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Wednesday, October 31, 2012

Cards from a Tutorial Post at Just Some Lines

A while back, longer than I care to admit (stop laughing Jenn!), Jenn Borjeson asked if I'd be interested in doing a tutorial over at Just Some Lines.  I couldn't really come up with anything to share until Denice over at Wicked Wednesdays mentioned she really liked a background I'd done on an ATC.  Solved that problem.  Today Jenn is running my tutorial on Just Some Lines if you'd like to take a look.  Here are the two cards you can find there.




Sunday, October 28, 2012

Eatin' Sand layout

Again, I've had a set of pictures paired up with papers for a long while just begging to be scrapped.  I actually won the Amy Tangerine line from American Crafts a while back but wasn't sure what I was going to do with them until I looked at these pix.  Perfect!



Ingredients:
All paper & embellishments: Amy Tangerine "Sketchbook": American Crafts

Thickers: American Crafts

Saturday, October 27, 2012

CAS Halloween Card

Can you tell that the hubby took the little one and they headed out of town for the weekend?  Yep.  I've gotten a few pages done, a card made, challenges entered and a reservation scheduled for tonight's ghost tour in downtown Salem (of Winston-Salem.)  I still need to try to make a Phineas shirt for Sunday's Halloween party in case the boys are back in time for it and Beast needs his costume ready.  Anywho.  Card.  I needed another Halloween card and I liked the Big Picture Class "Happy Mail" circles challenge so I came up with a way to work them together.  I love this card in that it cooked up quick and baked even quicker- I had it done in about 15-20min.  YAY!


Ingredients:
Cardstock:(Only Orange, Elegant Eggplant, Whisper White, Basic Black): Stampin' Up, 

Patterned Paper: Target
Ink: (Black Momento) Tsukineko, (Black Soot): Tim Holtz
Stamps: (Scary Skeleton): Stampin' Up

Challenges:
BPC: Happy Mail: Circles

Crafters' Cafe: #9: Halloween w/ distressing
Unique Crafters: Halloween 
ColorQ: #160 (I didn't have any of the exact colors except black and white but I went as close as I could.)


Unusual layout

Well, for me it's unusual.  Partially because it's SO not what I normally do and partially because it's on trend... which I'm generally not.  LOL.  I had a picture of my son that unlike most of my pix, really didn't belong to an event and was a single photo.  I've been seeing lots and lots of layouts with layers and layers and LAYERS of paper and I kinda like them but since I don't do single photos, they just don't mesh with what I do.  Then there's that one photo.  I didn't use as many patterned papers as maybe I would have liked and probably could have used a few more embellishments but I'm just happy I tried something new and I'm generally pleased with the result.


Ingredients:
Paper: (Cardstock): Stampin' Up, (Patterned): Authentique, BoBunny

Brads: Basic Grey
Paper embellishments: Authentique
Alpha: (Amy Tangerine Thickers): American Crafts
Ink: (Pumpkin Pie, Summer Sun): Stampin' Up

Challenges:
Apron Strings: #19 (It's funny.  I was working towards challenge #18 though I didn't have any of the purplish color.  Then when I was almost done, #19 was posted and you would have thought that I'd copied the colors directly so I'm submitting it for #19.)

Beach Layout

I've had a bag of photos and matching cardstock and embellishments just waiting to be scrapped.  I pulled it out this past week, telling myself to finally do something with them.  Then I saw the Basic Grey sketch challenge and knew it was falling in place.  I raided my BG papers and found that the "Out of Print" papers I had left from a CKC class worked beautifully with the cardstock.  And the planets aligned.  To make the journaling tag, I gessoed a scrap of the BG paper until the pattern was subdued enough to write on.

Paper: (Cardstock): Coredinations, (Patterned): Basic Grey
Alpha: Studio Calico
Embellishments: Creative Imaginations

Challenges:
BG: Sketch


Friday, October 26, 2012

And now, time for Frozen Yogurt!

You may remember that the other month I did a post about pudding for ConAgra foods.  Well, I have another one and it's another yummer.  This time I was able to try Healthy Choice's Greek Frozen Yogurts, Raspberry and Vanilla varieties to be exact.  While I'm not a huge fan of plain vanilla anything, I wanted to try it since I do like to serve vanilla ice cream or frozen yogurt WITH things (like, oh, I dunno... brownies maybe?)  Both flavors were VERY rich, much richer and with more creaminess than traditional frozen yogurt.  They'd definitely appeal to ice cream fans who don't care for the lighter, less "melty creaminess" that frozen yogurt usually offers.  Personally, they were a bit too rich for my tastes since I prefer frozen yogurts and sherbets that are lighter.  However, I will say that while the vanilla was good, the flavor of the raspberry was simply wonderful.  And, at only 100cal per serving cup, they're certainly an allowable snack... even at midnight or so if you're a night owl that gets late night munchie attacks.

I haven't seen these in the stores myself so I don't know what the price point is but if you see them and the price is agreeable, I'd definitely recommend giving them a try.  I don't think you'll be disappointed.



Saturday, October 20, 2012

WCMD #10: Sketch

And that brings me to my final WCMD challenge card- one for a Unity sketch.  I waited on this one because I just couldn't come up with anything that I loved.  I wanted to make a Halloween card and really only have "The Glowing Hours" to work with.  I couldn't figure out how to include the chandelier but thought the sentiment would be bland on its own.  However, I then looked at the sketch a bit differently and instead of seeing a section where the paper might be different, I looked at it as something that just wasn't entirely shown.  Something like the moon.


I wasn't able to get a photo that shows it well but the moon is made from a pearlescent paper and the highlights on the bats' wings are done in a pearly paint.

In retrospect, it's weird to have the moon over a bat and not the other way around.  My inks and stamps are put away.  Weird it is.

Ingredients:
Stamp: (The Glowing Hours): Unity
Ink: (Silver, Pearl Paint): Tsukineko, (Distress marker): Tim Holtz, (Night of Navy- sponged on moon): Stampin' Up
Paper: (Night of Navy): Stampin'  Up, (Pearl white): ?

Challenges: 
Unique Crafters' Challenge: Halloween
Unity Challenge: Things in the air
Unity:


WCMD #9: Texture

Yeah.  I'm still at it.  There are two more challenges over at Unity that are due tonight and I'm finally getting them wrapped up.  Between getting sick (subbing at a preschool meant I was exposed to lots of loveliness that I managed to pick up and hang on to quite nicely) and my parents visiting this past week, I'm just flat out behind.  But now, done.  Yay!

This was for the Unity Texture challenge.  I used some stripped corrugated cardboard, hemp twine, and edge distressing to give this some teeth.

Ingredients:
Stamp: (Play in the Sun): Unity

Ink: (Vintage Photo, Distress markers): Tim Holtz
Paper: (Basic Brown, Chocolate Chip): Stampin' Up, (Natural White resume paper): ?, Corrugate

Challenges: 
Unity Challenge: Things in the air
Unity: Texture

Tuesday, October 16, 2012

Happy Birthday Wicked Wednesday!

Hey!  Look at me skating in just under the wire again!  Oh well.  At least I made it to the party before it was COMPLETELY over!  This week's Wicked Wednesday ATC challenge was for their 1st birthday and it has... guess.... a BIRTHDAY theme!  Bet you didn't get that one did you!?  ;)

I went for a fairly CAS look on this one.  There are 2 pieces of wire on it- the red to look like a spring and a thinner white one to make the cupcake do a bit of a bobble.




Ingredients:
Stamps: (Out of the Box): Stampin' Up

Coloring: (Black Momento): Tsukineko, Copics, (Distress Marker): Tim Holtz
Paper: (Whisper White): Stampin' Up
Misc: (Happy Birthday rub-ons):? Wire

Challenges:
Simon Says: Favorite technique (Hand coloring and fussy cutting)

Thursday, October 11, 2012

WCMD #8: Color challenge card

Yes, but wait, there's more.  This card was for the Unity World Card Making Day color challenge- olive, pumpkin, brown and cream.  Sounds like Thanksgiving minus red to me.

The two small leaves at the bottom right corner were punched from the leftover paper from my tree card.  I spritzed the hemp twine with the Smooch spray to color it the dark brown.

Ingredients:
Stamps: (Gobble Til You Wobble): Unity

Paper: (Chocolate Chip, Very Vanilla): Stampin' Up
Coloring: (Basic Brown, Old Olive, Pumpkin Pie inks, Watercolor crayons): Stampin' Up, (Log Cabin): Smooch Spray
Misc: Hemp twine

Challenges:
Unity: Colors

WCMD #7- Shaped card

Yep.  I'm still at it.  There was a challenge over at Unity for a shaped card.  I haven't really made shaped cards- I'm kinda a rectangular card gal.  I considered using one of my Spellbinders or Sizzix dies but then I saw a card over at Moxie Fab that I LOVED and it made me rethink the direction I was going in.  Once more, I decided to fill my canning jar.  While it's a bit smaller than a traditional card, the jar is HUGE and still makes a nicely sized card.

Though it's a bit hard to see, the pixie's wings and the centers of the stars have been glittered

Ingredients:
Stamps: (Jar of Sunshine, The Glowing Hours, Twinkle Twinkle, Playfully Pixie): Unity

Paper: (Whisper White, Basic Black): Stampin' Up
Ink: (Black Momento, VersaMark): Tsukineko
Coloring: Copics, (Colored pencils): Crayola, (Chalk): Binney & Smith, (Gold EP): Stampendous
Misc: (Twine): The Twinery

Challenge:
Unity: Shaped cards

Monday, October 8, 2012

Poisoned Peas Day of the Dead Inspiration

This month we have a "Day of the Dead" theme over at Poisoned Peas and we're being sponsored by Dilly Beans Digi Stamps.  

LOVE their "big eyes" line of images!  There's also some great Day of the Dead sugar skull images and I used one of them for my project this month.
I gessoed the tag and once dry, dripped India ink on it and blew it around with a straw (thank you Donna Downey for that one!)  After sealing it (I learned my lesson the first time- I guess I forgot that India ink and other liquids generally make a smudgy, smeary mess), I rubbed the tag down with some distress inks... and then sealed it again (distress ink on top of sealer doesn't exactly dry well).

The skulls were colored with Copics and... oh... you know... fussy cut.  SURPRISE!

Along the edges of the tag, I sprinkled on some "ice" glitter to "sugar" it up a bit.

I hope you join us in our Day of the Dead challenge at Poisoned Peas!  The winner of this challenge will get 3 Dilly Beans images of their (the winner's) choice- not too shabby!

Ingredients:
Image: (420-sugar skulls stack): Dilly Beans

Coloring: India Ink, Copics, (Broken China, Tumbled Glass, Faded Jeans Distress Pads): Tim Holtz
Misc: (Boho Blossoms XL Punch): Stampin' Up, Small gems (colored black w/ Copic)

Sunday, October 7, 2012

WCMD #6- Christmas

Ingredients:
Stamps: (Kissmas & Mistletoe): Unity

Ink: (Whisper White): Stampin' Up, (Distress Markers): Tim Holtz
Paper: (Green Galore, Real Red, Whisper White): Stampin' Up

Challenges: 
Unity: Christmas
Scrapbooker's Paradise Ponderings: Sketch

WCMD #5- colored card

Ingredients:
Stamps: (Friends and Wine): Unity,  (Print Pattern): Stampin' Up

Ink: (Black Momento. VersaMark): Tsukineko
Paper: (Whisper White, Basic Black, Elegant Eggplant): Stampin' Up
Misc: Copics, (Watercolor pencils): Staedtler, (Crystal Effects): Stampin' Up, (Clear EP): Joann's, (Candi dots): CraftWorkCards

Challenges:
Unity: Coloring

Studio Calico: Harlequin
Play Date Cafe: B/W + Plum
Just Us Girls: Sketch

WCMD again... #4 Fall card

Again, not much to say other than I definitely kept this simple- not sure if it's not too simple.  The leaves overpower it a bit but I still like it.  I could have done falling hearts but I liked leaves.

Ingredients:
Stamps: (The Time is Now, ?) Unity

Ink: Tim Holtz markers
Paper: (Kraft, Whisper White): Stampin' Up

Challenges:
Unity: Fall

Moxie Fab: Thank you
Sarah Hurley: Autumn
DYSU: Warm Colors
Simon Says: Leaves

WCMD #3: stamped butterfly border

Not much to say about this one other than sorry for the dreary lighting.


Ingredients:
Stamps: (The Simple Things, Now & Always): Unity

Ink: (Rose Romance, Positively Pink): Stampin' Up, (Worn Lipstick marker): Tim Holtz, (Black Marker): LePlume
Paper: (Whisper White, Basic Black, Rose Romance): Stampin' Up

Challenges:
Unity: #6 Stamped border w/out border stamp

Studio Calico: 15min card

WCMD #2: Quick embossed card

I lucked out on this one.  I was going to do a white scrap with the sentiment in red on it.  As soon as I put white on it... nah.  Blah.  So red with white text.  When I opened my red scrap folder, this little strip with hearts punched out of it was right on top, left over from some other project I'd done.  PERFECT!

Ingredients:
Stamps: (Crappy Day): Unity

Ink: (Whisper White): Stampin' Up
Paper: (Whisper White, Kraft): Stampin' Up
Misc: (White EP): Joann's, (Heart border punch): Stampin' Up

Challenges:
Unity: Embossing

Studio Calico: Stamped background

WCMD Card #1- One layer

The orange flowers, the text and the green dots are embossed for shine, texture, and interest.



Ingredients:
Stamps: (Doilies): Studio Calico, (Qwick Qwips): Paper Smooches
Ink: (Yoyo Yellow, Green Galore, Only Orange): Stampin' Up, (VersaMark): Tsukineko
Misc: (Clear EP): Stampin' Up, (Candi dots): CraftWorkCards

Challenges:
Studio Calico: 1 layer
Paper Smooches: 1 layer
Octopode Factory: Lime, orange, yellow
Moxie Fab: Hello/Thinking of You

Tuesday, October 2, 2012

Run away!

This week's challenge over at Wicked Wednesday is to make a storybook character ATC.  What I really set out to do initially was to ink up the Stampendous Halloween raven background stamp that I picked up this weekend.  Then I was feeling guilty about not having entered anything at WW for several (SEVERAL) weeks.  Then I was thinking about what to do with my raven.  Then I was thinking about storybook characters. (See, I did it again.  I dragged you down into my stream of consciousness path again.)  Then I thought of my FABU Octopode Tweedledee/Tweedledum and Cheshire Cat images since they're the only storybook characters I have.  Raven.  Tweedledee/dum.  Raven... WAIT!  Aren't Dee and Dum terrified of a raven or an eagle or something.  Quick!  Run to Boy's room and yank "Alice in Wonderland" off the shelf!  Miraculously open to the Dee/Dum chapter!  Yes!!  They're terrified when a... crow flies by.  Ummm.... CLOSE ENOUGH!  Dee!  Dum!!  RAVEN!!!  YES!!!!

And this is the end result.
Ingredients:
Stamps: (Tweedledee/Dum): Octopode Factory, (Raven Background): Stampendous
Colorants: (Concord Crush, Marmalade): Tim Holtz, (Watercolor pencils): Staedtler, (Versamark, Versamarker): Tsukinekoo
Misc: (Embossing enamel): Stampendous, (Embossing powder): Joann's, (Stickers): Creative Imaginations

Challenges: 
Wicked Wednesday #51: Storybook character
Stampendous: Embossing
Frosted Designs: Embossing