SFYTT July - Happy Birthday

Hi Friends!
Yikes- it's been a bit, huh? I even got an email from my mom asking if I was posting anymore because she hadn't received any updates from my blog!  I guess that meant it was time for me to FINALLY take some pictures of what I've been working on and blog them!

Well, today's card is one I actually worked on this past Saturday.  There were a bunch of trial and errors with this card (thankfully not including glue) so it took me a lot longer than it should have, but I'm happy with the final result.

This card is 'almost' 100% Papertrey Ink (stamps, ink and paper).  I started with the Harvest Berry stamps covering the background with two different inks.  Then I used a Verve mini background stamp on the white panel and die cut the Harvest Berries out 3x.  I used some gems as the berries and the PTI sentiment.   In person, the sentiment is much easier to read!!

I'm entering this card in the Sketch For You To Try - July sketch.

Now time to get going on some more posts!!


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TSOT#104 - You make Life Bright!

Happy Sunday to you!!!!!!  I'm writing this up on Friday and we're about to get hit with 12" - 18" of snow!  This should make for a GREAT crafting day - but I'm still not 100% so it might turn into a great sleeping day :(.

I did have time this week to play along with the Try Stamping on Tuesday Sketch #104:

This is a Lawn Fawn lantern embossed on watercolor paper and then colored in with Distress Inks.  The sentiment is from the Verve and wow - that paper is ancient!!! LOL

Here's the sketch:

Have a great day!!!!!

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CAS(E)#13 - Seize the Cupcake

It's Monday! Are you ready for the week? Hope so!

Here's a pretty clean card to start your week!  I'll enter this card in the CAS(E) This Sketch #13 challenge:

I used some MME paper and a Verve stamp set. Easy Easy!

Here's the sketch! You have until Tuesday at noon to play along:

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SDC83 - Be

Oh boy! Another Journal Page..........Not sure my 'idea' was fully realized but.......I'm growing to like it more and more.

The Stampotique Designer's Challenge # 83 is to use your New Year's Resolutions as inspiration.

I don't make New Year's resolutions........but things on the journal page are things I want to "Be" everyday.....

Here are some close ups:

I went back after taking pictures and added an 'e' inside the big "B".  I liked it more that way.  Lots of texture on this page.  A bit bright - but I'm happy with it. Especially my white dots!


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2013 Art Journal - You're never too old...

How was your weekend? Hopefully filled with fun stuff! This past week I worked on another Journal page and I have to say..............this time I'm THRILLED with the outcome!!!!!!!!  I definitely channeled some Donna Downey with this page.  I LOVE how vibrant it is!

 

I really had a lot of fun creating this page. I started by plopping down three colors on the left hand side of the page and then dragging it over to the right with an acetate sheet. Once dry - I painted the tree and branches - then channeled Christy Tomlinson and randomly cut leaves from my American Crafts stash and decoupaged then on. I added Outline Rubber Stamps grass and Hero Arts flower and used a combination of Faber-Castell Big Brush markers and paint to color them in.  Lastly - I took a Verve sentiment and PRAYED really hard that I'd get a great impression and not mess up the whole page!! LOL

I'm going to enter this page in the Stampotique Designer's Challenge# 81 and the Hero Arts "Try Something New" January Challenge

So, after finishing THIS page - my hopes for the journal are a bit higher than my first page - but there could be a fall from grace! :)

Have a great Monday!!!!!!


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I'm so sorry

Hiya Friends!  Hope you are well today.  I made this card last week for a friend who had to put her dog Brandy down.  She was 14 years old, which is quite old for her breed, but even still - it is a tough loss for them.

When I saw the Mojo#270 sketch - which was two week's ago - I kept it unread in my Google Reader because I liked the sketch and knew I wanted to use it even if I missed the deadline.

I used papers from My Mind's Eye pack, which I just love the pink/brown combo.
I die cut hearts from a Verve die and the heart border is Memory Box die.
The sentiment is Studio G and I forget who makes the pawprints.

I hope this gave some comfort to my friend.  Have a great day!


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Wishing you......

Here's another "Wishing You..." card I made last week.  This time using a Penny Black image and Distress Markers.

I kept the card quite simple but added some nice glitter to the flower.  Here's a close up:

So.........if Hurricane Sandy didn't take me away from blogland enough........I'm now taking a short break. I have some posts set up during this absence and I'll do my best for visits when I come back.  Sorry if any of my Bloggy friends are feeling neglected!

Oh - and if you want to enter my giveaway - leave a comment on THIS POST.

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Blog Giveaway & Wishing you....

Hiya!  New power estimates are Tuesday at 11pm. Oh-well......

Quick post of one of the cards I made last week using my Inkadinkado Fairy stamp and Distress Markers on watercolor paper:

I used my PTI Impression plate and a Verve sentiment.

Oh............and today is my birthday - so I'm having a giveaway!  This is my first ever official giveaway.  So since (as I'm writing this) I still don't have power - I'm going to make this easy.

Here's the giveaway (so far):

(I'll add some paper to this too - once I get to it!!)

So to enter - just leave a comment on this post and I'll use a random number generator to pick a winner on November 20th!  You don't need to become a follower if you're not already - but feel free to share the post.

AND......we got power back at 6pm last night!!!  YAH!!!!!!!!!

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SSS79 - Thinking of You

Sadly, I was in need of a sympathy this week for a friend's dad who passed away. I was looking through some sketch challenges to give me a boost and came across Chupa's Sketchbook Saturday Challenge#79 and decided to use that layout.

I created the background using two different Verve stamps and two different Memento Inks.  I used two Hero Arts sentiments as well.  I didn't want to overwhelm the card, although the flowers might be a bit too much anyway.

Here's the sketch if you want to try it:

Hope you have some fun plans for today!  TGIF!

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Mojo261/JUGS156 - Happy Birthday

It's mid-week! Hope your week is going well so far!  We had a rainy day on Tuesday - so I was able craft up some cards!  I needed a birthday card for a surprise party we attended last night - so I decided to play along with the Mojo Monday Sketch#261 and the JUGS#156 Challenge to use numbers on your card.

I grabbed my Mind's Eye Paper for the card and cut out all my layers.  Then I used one of my Sizzlets for the "55".  I sent it through my Xyron tape runner the opposite direction so the adhesive was on the front of the numbers. Then I poured glitter on top and burnished it in. (I did the same for the cupcake top).

I pierced around the circle and then bent a PTI sentiment to follow the curve.  

I popped the Verve cupcake up on dimensionals.

Here's the sketch if you want to play along!

Hope you have a great day!

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SSC70 - Yahoo!

Welcome back!!!!  I'm sure you're thinking it's quite late in the summer for a graduation card, but my hubby has to go to a graduation party next weekend, so I thought I'd get ahead of the game and get this card done!

I used the Sketchbook Saturday Challenge#70 to make this pretty CAS card:

I started off with My Mind's Eye paper and some Studio G stamps!  I came across a Verve notebook stamp and thought it would go great with this graduation card.  Plus, it's for a 'guy' so I couldn't make it too frilly!

Here's the sketch:

Have a great day!!!

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RS22 - Live the life you've imaged

Hello!!!

A good friend and neighbor asked me to make a card for her to send to HER friend to celebrate 14 years of sobriety!  What a glorious achievement and that's the kind of friend she is - that she would continuously encourage her friend.

Since the Verve sentiment is the main 'image', I decided to use a lot of texture on the card.  I followed the Retro Sketches 22 layout and two Cuttlebug embossing folders.  I embossed the sentiment with white powder and then added some score lines.  You can't really see the texture on the button, but it is linen.

Here's the sketch:

Just a quickie post today - but I hope she's happy with it as well as the recipient!

Have a great day!

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SFYTT-June - Thanks Dad!

Happy Wednesday to you!!!!  Here's the card I made for Frank for Father's Day 'from the dogs'.  I used the June Sketch For You To Try layout and my There She Goes stamps!!   I really like how it came out! The sketch ended up being perfect to reflect the '3' dogs.

I stamped them all out and colored them with my prisma pencils.  Then cut them all out and layered them around the circle.  I used one of my new paper packs from My Mind's Eye that I got at Home Goods for $2.99 (SCORE!!!) - they retail for $6 online!!

I stamped a Studio G sentiment and then punched out some hearts from a Verve set I received as a 'bonus' from a previous purchase.  I added some Stickles to the center heart.

Here's the sketch if you want to play along! You've got until the end of the month!!

Hope you're having a great week!

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{Pin}C#9 - Birthday Card

Hello and Happy Sunday to you!!  I'm FINALLY running my first 5k of 2012 today!  It's for our hospital's HUGE event called "Hope in Motion".  Run starts at 9:30am! Yah!!

My blogging friend Lynn of Crafty Creations by Lynn was just asked to be a DT Member on the {Pin}spirational Challenge blog, so I wanted to support her and play along with their challenge this week.
(The inspiration photo is down below my card)

I hope 11 year old girls still like pink!  This is a birthday card going to my God-daughter in July.

I started my card off with a Savvy small background stamp I haven't used in a bit. I embossed it in white and then used pink Distress Inks all over it.  I took a Verve cupcake stamp and paper pieced the top of it 4 times.  Added two Inkadinakdo ticket stamps, some ribbon and of course.........bling!!

Here's the shot of the layers of cupcake!

I had fun with this challenge!!!  Can't wait to see what the next one is :)

Here is the inspiration picture if you want to play along.  You have until Tuesday!:

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FTL192 - Wishing You......

Hello!!  Just a quick post today showing a birthday card I made following the Clean and Simple FTL#192 sketch:

I inked up both layers with Distress Inks, then stamped this Impression Obsession background stamp using the same Distress Inks for a tone on tone look.  I used my PTI flower die again and layered two buttons and finished it with a Verve sentiment embossed in white.  Simple Simple!

Here's the sketch!

Enjoy the Day!!!

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Never too old.......

Happy Sunday!!  I've got TWO cards for you today!  Same technique, same sentiment.....different layouts!

I had been wanting to do some emboss resist with Distress Inks and some water splatters, so that's what I'm showing you today!   I've seen some great coloring on watercolor paper by crafters out there just dragging their ink pads across the paper, but I just couldn't get the right touch doing it that way - so I used my daubers to create three areas of color and then took some water and threw splatters of it on the paper to create those drops. (that is AFTER I heat embossed the image with white powder)

A quick story about the card above.......I was making it for my mom and she decided to come over while I was making it. I had a sewing issue and she corrected it for me (not knowing she was working on her OWN card!).  I cut a few border scallops and layered them like my friend Cheryl at She Stamps.   I added some white enamel accent dots too!!!

This second card I sent to my neighbor, using some different Distress colors.  Now that's a BIG BOW!  I had to use a big envelope and thank goodness I didn't have mail the card!

I created three panels with my EK Success border punch and then layered them on the card.  It needed a bit more, so I created some dots with my black enamel accents.  I really liked how they came out!

Well - hope you have a restful Sunday!!!!!!!!

I'm hoping to make my blog visits today........I've been quite busy this past week and this coming week is another busy one.  Our big fundraising event for the Allyson Rioux Memorial Foundation is on Thursday and the softball field re-dedication in her name is on Wednesday. Plus I still have a ton of work to do to prepare for the Celebration Dinner!

I don't think I'll be creating much this week - except for my Mother Of All Blog Hop's project & post for There She Goes which will be May 12th and May 13th!


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