Charms

I found a new challenge site this week called Awfully Big Art Adventure. Their challenge for the week was to make charms for on cards, projects or scrapbook pages.   I have always collected bottle caps and have planned to do things with them so this gave me the opportunity.

I actually started with my soda can embellishments that I die cut with the cuttlebug.  The blue flowers have alcohol ink on them.  The silver one has some clear and silver embossing powder on it.

The faces are from vintage post cards that I have taken pictures of and just cut out the faces.

I hope this year that I can try many different types of medias in my cardmaking, paper crafting and projects.

Watercolor and Flower Soft

This card was made for Stamp Something’s challenge of using something new.  I had purchased a new product called Flower soft this fall but had not gotten a chance to try it out.  So I decided to try it for this challenge.  I stamped Serene Spring by Stampin Up! with stazon black ink and colored in with watercolor pencils.  The image was stamped on Watercolor paper.

When satisfied with the image I added some glue that came with the Flower Soft and poured on the flower soft.  I might have added a bit too much glue.  The designer paper is by Stampin Up! as well as the rub on saying.

Time keeps on ticking

I made this card for Lots To Do’s challenge of time.  The stamped image is from Inkadinkado.  I stamped the image with Versa-mark on White card-stock and embossed with clear embossing powder.  The I took three different colors of color wash and sprayed the card-stock and then wiped it off of the image.  The I sprayed it with Honey Dew Mist, glimmer mist.  The clip art of the pocket watch was found on Graphics Fairy. I printed the pocket watch on my printer and sprayed with the Honey Dew glimmer mist.  The saying is a Stampin Up! rub on.

Some Announcements for the 2009

Tuesday Tutorials will start up again on January 13th.  Please let me know if there is something you really want to see or learn.

Starting Sunday January 11th-  I will issue a challenge to those who wish to participate.  On the following Saturday I will choose someone by random org. The winner will receive a small prize in the mail.

I have also been working on updating my Retired Page, it is not done but please keep checking to see if there is anything you are interested in.

New Year card for design team

This is a card that I made for A Scrap Addict’s sketches design team.  I started with a red riding hood card base and a matte of Basic grey designer paper.  Then a triangle of barely banana and so saffron designer paper.  The gold hearts are from the middle of doillies. I stamped the Lovey Dovey heart from Stampin Up on vellum and embossed with gold embossing powder.  "Love" is from Stampin Up’s holiday ornament kit.  The ribbon, faux pearls and brads are the final touch.

Cuttlebug Challenge

I made this card for a site that I recently found Cuttlebug Challenges.  This background was made just like the card in Post 1026. I added a bit extra to it though.  I thought that this background was great to embroider, so that is what I did with three different colored embroidery floss.

The card base is Very Vanilla with a Pacific Point matte.  The snowflake is also a cuttlebug die cut out of gesso card stock.  The saying is from Stampin UP!

Framed Art

This is a project that I came up with last night, while watching a movie.  I went to Clipart Ect. and printed the image on a transparency.  When the image comes out of the printer, I immediately put clear embossing powder over it and heat with a heat gun.  Then, while watching a movie, I colored in the clip art with Sharpie Permanent markers.

I then put a piece of Basic Grey scrapbook paper under it and framed it.  I was considering adding more layers under it but decided to keep it simple.

May everyone have a Safe and Happy New Year!!

Our New Family

This is our new family member Chili .  She is a Chinchilla.  She is sleeping in her box at this very moment.

Vintage Love

This card was made with Clipart that I got from The Graphics Fairy.  I printed the rose and the sheet music out on regular copy paper and matted it with creamy caramel and barely banana. 

After adding the ribbon and the decorative brad I stamped the heart from A Little Something, new Stampin UP! hostess set. 

I am currently in the process of going through my used stamp sets that I would like to sell and will be posting them on my retired stamp set page soon.

Card Sketch

Hi there,

This is my sketch for A ScrapAddict’s Sketches. 

The Christmas season is not the best time of year for me.  I have been busy with the kid’s school activities.  My daughter had 14 freinds over on Saturday for a Holiday football party.  Many people thought I needed my head examined but I would rather be the house where the kids like to hang out at than to wonder where my kids are.

I also have several Christmas presents I still need to finish.

We recently got a chinchilla.  She is so cute and we are trying hard to tame her so she can come out of her cage to play.

Retired SU designer paper comes in handy

Here is my card for Kristina’s color challenge this week.  The retired Stampin Up! designer paper has almost all of the challenge colors in it.  The card base is sage shadow with a bordering blue matte.  I inked up the scalloped chipboard frame with perfect plum and added some rhinestones to the corners.  The saying True Friends is a hostess set from Stampin Up!  called Punches Three.  I stamped vellum with versa-mark and bordering blue ink and then embossed with clear embossing powder and added a white piece of card-stock under it to make it pop.  The ribbon was my final touch.