You're some kind of wonderful

Hello. Playing in the Freshly Made Sketch challenge today. I don’t know if the leaves are starting to change where you are, but here in the PNW, they are due to a lack of water.

I used the smallest leaf die in the TH skeleton leaves dies by Sizzix.  I started with designer paper from craft consortium and then added a bit of distress oxide inks to highlight them.  The sentiment is from The Stamp Market. The dotted outline cover die is from MFT.

Thanks for stopping by.

Dragonfly impressions

Hello, It's my turn to do a project of the week over at The House That Stamps Built. I used several layers of liquid platinum embossing powder and the small dragonflies to create this impression. 

I covered a rectangle piece of cardstock with versamark and applied the embossing powder, heated it up to melt and then repeated 3 times. Arranged the dragonflies onto my block and coated them with versamark and while the last layer is still a bit hot, pressed them down. Being very careful not to move it too much. 

I also added the dragonflies and the set of Keys to the background designer paper using versamark ink. Distressed it with vintage photo around the edges. The sentiment is stamped on the same designer paper and then I added some glossy accents to the top of it and stuck a tag fragment on to it. Once dry, trimmed the paper to match the tag and threaded some twine through it. 

I really like how much dimension this ended up having. 

Thanks for stopping in!

Designer choice - childhood memories

Hi everyone. Happy New Year! It's time for another challenge over at The House That Stamps Built. This week our challenge is a designer choice challenge. Shirley wants us to create something that sparks a childhood memory.

We traveled a lot when I was growing up - in the camper or trailer. We were always on the road going somewhere. 

I stamped the map, travel sentiment and the date stamp in versafine and heat embossed with clear embossing powder. Then I took out my distress inks and distressed them. The deckled die is from Spellbinders. I created my own geo point using a raindrop and a hole punch. 

There's a new challenge every week over at  The House That Stamps Built, and you don't have to use Repeat Impressions stamps to link up or win. Also, for my blog readers: Enjoy the 10% discount code to the Repeat Impressions Store posted on the sidebar.

One lucky person will win a $25 Repeat Impressions Gift Certificate on the first Wednesday of every month – Good luck!

Also, check out our Rock Star blogs to see what they did with the challenge.

Donna

Esther
Heather
Joy
Shirley
Patti

http://www.thehousethatstampsbuilt.com/

http://www.repeatimpressions.com/

Thanks for stopping in!

Mixed media canvas

Hello! I've been  playing around with some mixed media on canvas and finally got one done that I like.

I should've taken photos as I added the layers and different ways I colored this. Oh well, I was just really playing around anyway.

I started with tearing up some designer paper from The Paper Studio and gluing them down with Mod Podge. Then I added some texture using stencils and modeling paste.

Using mostly distress inks, dyes and paints and a few spray inks here and there, I added color where ever I wanted. 

Added a few die cut flowers, stems and swirls and then decided to add a few words as a title. the Dream and believe are made using Memory Box alpha's that I cut out of black cardstock. The "You" is a stand alone die that I think is from SSS. The ampersand is from PTI.
 
To finish things off, I added a butterfly cut out (Memory Box) and a corner guard embellishment from t!m holtz. 

There are no rules with Mixed Media and for a person like me that is a huge challenge. I tend to like things clean and simple, especially in card making, so this is kind of fun to let my creativity just fly.

I just bought a new journal and I'm going to try do some art journaling. Wish me luck in between making cards of actually getting one done.

I'd appreciate any feedback! Thanks!





 

Pillow box

Hi everyone! I just purchased these really cute pillow boxes at Impress Rubber Stamps and thought I'd play around with one today.

Sentiment is from Papertrey, Ink.

I cut the flower from the tatters floral die using a linen piece of fabric. I then cut the leaves using a die from Spellbinders. To get the leaves green I used distress stain in peeled paint and the added a bit of picket fence to it to get a lighter green.

Button is from American Crafts and the twine is from PTI.

Entering this into the following challenges:
A Passion for Papertrey - use three embellishments
Simon Says Stamp - Anything goes
The Paper Players - ABC


Thanks for stopping by!

Thank you! CFC108

I everyone! I wanted to show you what I came up with for this weeks CAS-ual Friday's challenge.

I got the little draw string bag from Close To My Heart, it's muslin and comes in a package of 3. They're really cute! I stamped the sentiment from PTI using versafine ink then let it dry.

The sunflower is made out of sticky back canvas and colored with distress stains. I used the tattered floral die to cut out the canvas. I did not peel off the backing to the canvas because I didn't want it to lay totally flat. So, I decided to use hot glue to get it to adhere right.  Button is from American Crafts.

Thanks for stopping by!

Sun?

In honor of all the beautiful sun we've been having here in Washington, I thought I'd post a sunflower for the occasion!

I cut out the flower and leaves from the tattered floral die by Tim Holtz using some canvas. I then used some distress dyes to color them up. After they dried, I used more distress inks to grunge them up a bit. The brown button for the center of the flower comes from American Crafts.

Embossing folder is from Darice and the cardstock is sugar cookie from Bazzill. I added the yellow polka dot designer paper since the dots match all of them in the embossing folder. Everything is layered in brown and a length of brown satin ribbon is run down the middle.

Thanks for stopping by! I'm headed out to enjoy the Vitamin D!

FMS82 - Green Quadrefoil

Greetings everyone! Here's my CAS take on this weeks Freshly Made Sketch #82.

I just picked up this quadrefoil template from The Crafters Workshop at my local stamping store.  I laid it over a piece of vintage cream cardstock and used Pear ink from Fresh Ink and a big sponge dauber to create the look of designer paper. I had a really hard time waiting for the ink to dry to finish up this card!

Sentiment is from Verve and stamped onto light green cardstock that almost matched the Pear ink color.  I used the vintage cabinet die (the smaller insert) from Tim Holtz Alterations on another piece of vintage cream cardstock and then turned it upside down. This allowed me to put the circle sentiment right where I wanted it.

The flower is left naked (no color) and I added a small yellow button to the center. Leaf punch from Martha Stewart Crafts used to cut out the leaves that I added behind the flower. Lastly, cream satin ribbon used at top and bottom.

That's it for today! Thanks for stopping by!

Flowers of today

Hi everyone! I decided to give this weeks Mojo Monday sketch a try. 

Sentiment is from Verve and cut out using an oval nestie.  I used PTI stampers white cardstock to emboss the lattice. Like using it because it gives a deep embossing effect.

The dot designer paper is from Lasting Impressions and the lime green came out of my stash and matched the color of the dots, so I went with it! I layered the lime green panels in black cardstock to really make it pop!

Ok, for the flower...I used a few different things to create it. The green petals came from Oriental Trading Co. I cut the white one from the TH tattered petals die, the yellow is cut from a MFT die and finally I added a black pearl for the center. whew! Did you get all that?

Thanks for stopping by!

A big thank you

Hello! I got this sentiment set from Papertrey, Ink for free when I placed my December order and had to play around with it.


The swirl stamp on the top and bottom of the die cut are from an undetermined stamp company that I found in my drawer. I thought they went pretty well with the sentiment. Everything is stamped in Archival jet black ink.

Designer paper is from Once Upon A Time from DCWV. Green cardstock is from Bazzill and the ivory is from PTI. I cut the dp with the bracket die from Tim Holtz alterations line. Then I popped up the bottom portion with some foam tape. Self adhesive gold pearls used inthe corners and ivory satin ribbon used behind the label die, which is from PTI.

Thanks for stopping by!

Thinking of you

Hi everyone! Sorry I've been missing in action the last couple of days. The day job has kept me extremely busy with no end until next Wednesday! Yuk! I'm so tired and my body is telling me that too!

Ok, enough complaining....Here's a card I recently made for Verve's challenge over at SCS.

Stamps are from Verve and done by coloring directing on the stamp using Tombow markers then misting with water and stamping onto a piece of cardstock. It took me a couple of tries to get this one exactly how I wanted it. Added some yellow liquid pearls onto the flower centers.

Pink designer paper is from Lasting Impressions and the other dp is from my stash which I believe comes from My Minds Eye, but not certain. Kraft cardstock is cut with the Plaque Alterations die.

I did cut the doily in half and then overlap it to get it to fit within the body of the card. Lastly, used the boweasy to tie the bow from the white satin ribbon.

Thanks for dropping by!

Mojo Monday #214

Hi there! There is something about this Mojo Monday sketch that really caught my attention - don't know what, but here's how it came out for me.




The leaf is die cut from chipboard using the tattered leaves Alterations die. I used the new winter distress ink in Festive Berries to color it. To add the splashes of black, I dipped a tooth brush into black acrylic paint and used my finger to flick it about.

Sentiment and tag die are from Verve. Designer papers are from Papertrey, Ink. I did pop up the leaf and the sentiment tag with foam tape. Button is from OTC and tied with twine.

What do you think? Thanks for stopping in.

Wreath

Hi all! I've been playing around with the my new tattered leaves die from Tim Holtz Alterations line. Here is what I made out of all the leaves I cut out.


Here's a close up of the leaves and the acorns.

I cut everything out of light weight chipboard. Then painted a thin layer of white on to them in order to give it a base coat to work off of. I also added some crackle medium, which ended up just giving it a shine instead of the crackle effect I was going for! I didn't paint it on thick enough, I guess.

To get the leaves the color of fall, I used a combination of Distress dyes, Alcohol inks and distress inks, all from Ranger.

The twig is cut from brown cardstock using the die from Memory Box. The Acorn die is from Lil' Inker Designs.

I got the grape vine wreath at Wal*Mart for $5.00 and the chipboard was recycled from the backs of writing tablets. Even the ribbon was recycled - it came wrapped around a dog blanket.

Thanks for stopping by!

Sometimes

Wow, the week sure went fast, as did the weekend! DH was sick yesterday and that gave me a lot of time in the studio. Here's a card I completed for the Viva La Verve weekly sketch over at SCS.

The sentiment is from Verve and stamped in Palette Noir on the white panel which is cut out of a label 17 die. The red designer paper is from Glitz paper. The black cardstock is ran through the script texture embossing folder to go with the writing in the dp.

The red rose is done using the tattered blossoms alterations die by TH with pure poppy cardstock by PTI. Using green cardstock and the Martha Stewart leaf punch I added a few leaf stems around the rose. Pure poppy grosgrain ribbon is used over the white panel.

Thanks for stopping by and have a creative day!

Tags, tags are everywhere!

Seems that everyone is buzzing with the techniques and tags that you know who does every year for Christmas! I have to admit to following along and trying out some of them. Here are two that I've recently done that were inspired from watching (er, reading) along.

This one uses Tim Holtz stamps from Stampers Anonymous. I heat embossed the trees and snowflakes. The snowflake die is from Provo Craft and is cut out using grunge paper. I painted it with white craft paint and added some pearl luster medium too. It almost came out looking silver - hence the silver button in the center. I added a bit of stickles to the snowflakes here and there, but you can't really see them in the picture. The blue is faded jeans distress ink that is sponged on.



On this tag I used distress inks in pumice stone and vintage photo. The wood grain is an old back ground stamp from SU and stamped in Vintage photo - then I sponged around the edges with it too.

The sentiment and decorative element are from Papertrey ink (Big and Bold Holiday Wishes) and is stamped in Rich Cocoa Memento ink. The red is pure poppy Palette ink. It's hard to see "the" in Tis the Season due to the wood back ground stamp. If I did it again, I would probably use black ink.

The poinsettia is cut from grunge paper using nestabilities and I painted them with red craft paint. Added a bit of red stickles to the edges to make them stand out. The swirl die is from TH and it's also cut from grunge paper. I air brushed it using Copic's and then smeared some Star dust Stickles all over it.

Lastly, I used barn door distress ink to color the seam binding that I tied to the tag. I think this one is my favorite so far, which do you like best?



Don't forget about my blog candy challenge! Link your CAS one layer card to be included into the drawing! Entries will be allowed until midnight PST on 12/15.

Mini bag gift card holder

Hello - You might have seen this featured on SCS awhile back. I thought it was darling and just had to try to make it. Needless to say this was my second attempt. Does that ever happen to you? The first one looks like crap, but you stick with it till you get it right? snort!

Green cardstock is from Papertrey Ink. The leaf swirl stamp and the happy birthday sentiment are from Victorine Originals. I used Palette Jardin Moss to stamp everything in.

The leaf cut out is from Sizzix and works really well behind the paper flower. That flower is made of Coffee filters and cut from the Tim Holtz tattered florals alterations die. I used distress inks in scattered straw and spiced marmalade and swiped them directly onto my craft sheet. Spritzed with water and dipped them in inks and let dry. The center is a clear button that I colored with a copic marker. Lime green rhinestones were added for some bling.

To get the fancy end on the sentiment flag I used the cornice border punch from Martha Stewart crafts.

So what do you think of my second attempt at this gift card holder? I wont show you the first one as I filed it away in the round bin pretty quickly.

Thanks for stopping by and make sure you come back on Sunday for two posts that you wont want to miss. First up is a Christmas card showcase for Victorine Originals and a tag blog hop that a few TAC Angels are doing.

-Laurie

Father's Day Card #2

Here's another one for dear old Dad, or the handy man in your life!

Image is from The Digi Shack and colored with Copics. The designer paper is from Provo Craft that I picked up a couple of years ago that was designed to be used with the Sizzix machine. It came in a little mat pack and has the best patterned paper in it.

The black cardstock is cut out with the Tim Holtz Alterations die. I thought it resembled a saw blade and went well with this image. What do you think?

Here's a picture of the outside of the new DQ in Anchorage! I've been on my feet for way too many hours training people how to make the curl on top of the ice cream cone and how to blend a Blizzard correctly. Needless to say, they still need a lot of practice. Ah, the life of a Business Consultant - there's never a dull momment. BTW - what is your favorite Blizzard flavor?

Have a great day!

3D template

Hello! Today is digi day over at SNR. I will not be able to participate since I'm working, but thought I would show you a 3D template that is available over at TDS. It's a card slider box that holds A2 cards.

The flower is from Tim Holtz new line of dies. The grosgrain ribbon was colored with Copic markers to match.

Again, I used one of the new edge dies from Tim Holtz on this card. The flower and birthday label are all from The Digi Shack.

I used a swirl stamp from the HOTP delicate patterns set with versamark on the yellow panel. The back ground stamp is from SU called sanded. This card is so not my style, but sometimes you have to step outside the box. I'm not so sure it worked with this one, tho!

Have a great day and thanks for stopping by.