CR84FN40 -- Joy!

Hi Friends! I hope you're having a nice, cool, fall weekend, and maybe even getting in a little crafting time. I've been eagerly awaiting today so that I could finally tell you my latest happy news! I'm the Guest Designer for the CR84FN Color Challenge for the month of October! Whoo Hoo! When I got Mona's invitation I was beyond thrilled, as I already loved participating in CR84FN's challenges. Mona always has the most beautiful color combinations and her super-talented Design Team consistently creates beautiful, inspirational projects to spark your personal creativity. Thanks, Mona. I'm looking forward to a fabulous, colorful month with CR84FN!

So, without further ado, here is my take on this week's CR84FN color challenge of red, brown, and kraft.

If you've been around my blog at all, you probably already know that I adore distressing paper, and the challenge colors this week are perfect for shredding and inking! I used both Vintage Photo and Black Soot Distress Inks on the edges. On the lower panel, I used the Dots, Circles & Stars embossing folder, then swiped white acrylic paint across the raised areas to give them just a little extra definition before distressing the edges. The dots on the Lotus pendant behind the sentiment panel are Liquid Pearls and the black dots on the Parisian motif are Enamel Accents. The Joy stamp was another dollar bin find at Michael's. I stamped it in Aged Mahogany Distress Ink and added teeny little red rhinestones to the tip of each flourish.

I dyed red seam binding with Aged Mahogany Distress Ink reinker and sponged that same color on the edges of the poinsettia petals (McGill Paper Blossoms punches) before I assembled the flower. The beads in the center were a pearl white color. I colored them with a yellow Copic marker.

Here's another angle so you can see the layers a little better.












The bg paper on the inside came about as an afterthought. When I was dying the seam binding, I accidentally spilled reinker on my craft mat--more than I needed to dye the seam binding, so I grabbed a piece of cardstock and blotted it up. As I was drying the seam binding with my heat gun, I also kept blotting the extra ink with that same piece of cardstock. When I was finished, I really liked the way the cs looked, but it still needed a little something else, so I used Vintage Photo ink and a Hero Arts background stamp to add a design to it. I inked the edges with Vintage Photo, and...tada!

You can just barely see it in the photo, but there is a small watermark design directly behind the "Peace Hope Love" sentiment, and I inked and pierced the edges of the Labels Thirteen die cut while the paper was still in the die.

Now that you've seen my card, be sure to feast your eyes on the rest of the Design Team's inspiring creations, and then head over to the CR84FN40 Color Challenge for details on the challenge and play along with us!  

Mona

Suzanne

Deborah

Stephanie

Heather

Sue

Andrea

Lisa  

I can't wait to see YOUR fabulous creation!

Thanks for visiting, and come back soon!

 

Stamps: Joy (Michael's); Holiday Greetings (Flourishes); Dots & Flowers (Hero Arts); Studio 112
Paper: Timepiece Collection (Bo Bunny)
Ink: Tim Holtz Distress Ink; Versamark; Copic markers
Dies: Labels Thirteen, Parisian Motifs, Lotus Pendant (Spellbinders)
Accessories: Alpine Snowflake punch, Star Lily punch (McGill Paper Blossoms punches); stylus; Dots, Circles, & Stars embossing folder (Sizzix); seam binding dyed with Distress reinker (Hug Snug); Enamel Accents (Inkssentials); acrylic paint (Ceramcoat); paper piercing tool; rhinestones; sewing thread; beads; Liquid Pearls; Glossy Accents; Perfect Pearls Mist; foam dots
Size: A2 (4.25" x 5.5")

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For your entertainment...

Hi friends! No card today--just a little something to make you smile.

Every now and then I like to see what Whitestone Motion Pictures, a local boutique film company, has been up to, and invariably, I end up watching this video. The guy in it is so consumed with "more" he's comical. I love this video--truth in an entertaining package. Thought you might enjoy it, too. You can see other Whitestone videos here.

Thanks for stopping by. Hope you have a fabulous day!

 

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Wacky World Card Making Day Challenge

Hi Friends! In honor of World Card Making Day earlier this month, Flourishes issued a wacky color challenge: find a picture of your favorite animated character and be inspired by the colors. This was a fun challenge, and it was so easy to know which character I was going to go with. My favorite animated character is...

If you haven't seen this movie, well...you should. I won't even tell you how many times I've seen it! It's a really funny movie, but I like the Megamind character (the big-headed blue guy) more than the actual story. He's the "bad guy" but only because he likes playing the role. I won't say any more. It would spoil the movie for you.

So, for my Wacky Megamind card, I used blue, green, black, purple, and pink. The blue and black is obvious. The not-so-obvious: green for his eyes, and pink and purple for his cheeks and ears. Isn't he just adorable!

The layout is from the September 2011 Card Maps. I chose the word "Hello" for the sentiment because of a scene in the movie where Megamind answers the phone and says "Olow" (hello, backwards...sort of). Kind of clues you in about how clueless he is about even the simplest things. It's cute. Anyway, here's the inside of the card.

Thanks for stopping by. Have a fabulous evening.

 

Stamps: Bee My Honey (Flourishes)
Paper: Abrianna (K&Co); Best of K&Co
Ink: Tim Holtz Distress Ink
Dies: Nested Lacey Pennants, Ironwork Motifs (Spellbinders)
Accessories: Binding Edge punch (EK Success); Tropical Paisley embossing folder (Sizzix); Corner Chomper; Mod Podge; glitter (Martha Stewart); twine (The Twinery); buttons
Size: A2 (4.25" x 5.5")

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Give Thanks

Hello everyone! I've missed you the past few days. I've been busy behind the scenes on a couple of things, but I'm hoping to get things caught up around here soon so life can get back to normal.

My card today is in shades of fall again. It's not hard to find a challenge incorporating this beautiful season in it in some way right now, and I'm glad, because all those warm autumn colors are spectacular. But, do you see that pink twine and the pink rose? Pink...for fall? Keep reading to see what's up with that. ;)

The sketch today is the Tuesday Morning Sketch #114, and the challenge is dedicated to my sweet friend, Theresa, at My Sassy Cards. Tomorrow is her birthday! Happy Birthday, Theresa!!!

But, October is also Breast Cancer Awareness month, and Theresa is a four-year breast cancer survivor, so Melissa (Theresa's sister), at TMS, is dedicating all the challenges in the month of October to Theresa. To participate this month, you must play every week, your creation must have pink added to it, and it can be linked to no more than two other challenges. This is definitely a fall-colored card, but I added Petal Pink Liquid Pearls to the Beaded Circles Spellbinders die cut, a pink paper rose, and pink and white twine.

You might think that pink is out of place on a fall card, but this card is also for two Flourishes challenges: Bring Back Beautiful: Beauty of a Technique Challenge #15 (I'll get to that in a minute), and Timeless Tuesday #138. Here's the inspiration photo for the Timeless Tuesday challenge:

Just look at that gorgeous photo, and low and behold, I see pink! Perfect! For the technique challenge, I used the faux silk technique that Beate Johns demonstrated at SCS. I used white tissue paper, stamped a background text image, then adhered it to cardstock that is orange with brown leaves on it. I sponged Vintage Photo around the edges before removing the Spellbinders die. What a great look--and so easy!

The inside of the card is a simple "Happy Thanksgiving," with a Flourishes leaf as an accent.

So, have you played in any of these challenges yet? If not, there's still time. Just click on over to Tuesday Morning Sketches or Flourishes (or both) to charge up your creative self with some fab inspiration by their respective Design Teams. And, be sure to stop by My Sassy Cards with Happy Birthday wishes for Theresa! She is one special lady.

Thanks for stopping by, and Happy Crafting!!!

 

Stamps: Sweet Nature, Falling Leaves (Flourishes); Fall Mini Assortment (Studio 112)
Paper: Forever Fall Collection (Bo Bunny); Que Sera Sera (K&Co); tissue paper
Ink: Memento; Tim Holtz Distress Ink
Dies: Classic Scalloped Circles Lg, Std Circles Lg, Beaded Circles (Spellbinders)
Accessories: Twine (The Twinery); Liquid Pearls; flowers (Recollections); glitter; foam dots
Size: 4.25" diameter

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Heartfelt Wishes & BIG News!

Hi Blog Friends! Let me just start right in with my BIG News! I'm on my First Design Team! I'm now officially on the 2011-2012 PPRS Design Team as a Guest Designer! I'm super excited and can't wait to design my first card with their beautiful stamps! Congrats to all the Design Team members, and thanks, Nicole, for giving me the opportunity to work with such a talented group of designers. Be sure to stop by each of their blogs to say hi, and to see their beautiful creations!

2011-2012 PPRS Design Team:

Amy

Angelica

Audrey

Cheryl (That's Me!)

Kristii

Lori

Melissa

Michelle

Tesa

Ujjwal

My card today is one I made a few months ago, but had left blank inside. My mother needed a wedding card for my cousin's upcoming wedding, and this particular one is perfect, as they are using sunflowers and rich fall colors in the wedding.

To make this card, I embossed the chandelier on vellum and sponged Wild Honey Distress Ink on the raised areas on the back. Then I turned it over and sponged Crushed Olive Distress Ink on the raised areas of the front. I glued the vellum to white cardstock, then cut it in an oval shape with my Curvy Cutter (This was before I owned very many Spellbinders dies). I added yellow Stickles to the lights of the chandelier and clear Stickles to the chandelier crystals. I sponged pumice stone around the edge of the oval.

I randomly stamped a distressing stamp over the entire bottom panel, then scored the cardstock every half inch. I folded on the score lines and sponged each folded edge with Wild Honey Distress Ink.

For the inside of the card, I typed the bride and groom's names in Word, printed on a transparency, then rubbed it onto the cardstock (thank goodness for homemade rub-ons!). I then used a fancy flourish under that, and a sentiment in the opposite corner, along with a wedding ring stamp.

There are two little flowers in the flourish, in which I placed a tiny dot of gold Stickles, and I also used gold Stickles on the wedding rings. I didn't try to completely fill in the rings--just wanted some sparkle.

And, that's all there was to it. ;)

I hope you have a wonderful weekend, and be sure to come back again, soon. I'll have lots of Prickley Pear stamps to show you, and I'll also have even MORE exciting news to share with you next weekend!

Thanks for visiting!

 

Stamps: Wedding (Inkadinkadoo); Distressing (Glitz); All Occasion Messages (Hero Arts)
Paper: Vellum (The Paper Co.); Darice
Ink: Tim Holtz Distress Ink; Memento
Dies: Lattice Border, Blossom Two (Spellbinders)

Accessories: Arch Lattice Edge Punch (Martha Stewart); Love is in the Air embossing folder (Cuttlebug); Organic Borders embossing folders (Cuttlebug); Curvy Cutter (EK Success); craft knife; Corner Chomper; scoreboard (Martha Stewart); rhinestones; sewing thread; twine (The Twinery); Stickles; Perfect Pearls Mist; foam dots; computer (for personalization)

Size: 6" square

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