Just stopping in to say Hello! That's all. Just Hello. Hope you are all having a great Spring!
{{To create this vibrant background I used three crayons on water colour cardstock and then "painted" the pigment with a very wet paintbrush. I loved how vibrant they turned out.
The sentiment circles are from the Fun Flair by Ali Edwards stamp set.}}
Hello Everyone.
Today I have a card that was made using the photo below as inspiration. The colours were my take off point rather than an Easter theme but I did want to re-create that adorable little farmers market berry basket so I drew the basket directly onto cream cardstock, cut it out with scissors and used distress ink and Copics to try to give it some depth. It's pretty rough looking so don't look too closely. It's the idea that counts, right?
I'm sure you've seen them all over the net lately. I even bought one from Anthropologie last year when they first became popular.
The Technique Tiles Scalloped Circles were coloured with water colour crayons. Chipboard is clearly not going to be water resistant and in the end I liked how the water gave it some distressed texture.
I stamped my faux basket liner with Chevron Two Step. It's a bit hard to see but it is peeking out there below the flowers.
Last but not least the sentiment is from the Bring on the Sun by Ali Edwards stamp set. I love all the fonts and sentiments in that set. Good stuff.
Please visit the Technique Tuesday blog to see what the other girls did using the photo inspiration. Have a great day!
Hey Everyone!
The new Embellish Magazine challenge is being postponed until Monday. You may (or not) have noticed that I didn't post a card for the last challenge. That's because it was toooo fugly to post. Seriously, I made the ugliest card in the history of cards and I'm still shaking my head wondering what I was thinking.
Anywho, I thought I'd pop in to post a just because, random card today. I was thinking this might make a good teachers card. My sister has 3 kids in school now so I want to make her a bunch of cards to have on hand. I know she loves the kids teachers so telling them they are awesome with a big ol' denim star just seems right!
I used AWESOME from Technique Tuesday. Pretty cool stamp set don't you think? It's just one of their many new releases this year. If you haven't checked out the TT blog please head on over there for your chance to win prizes to celebrate their 2 year Studio AE stamp sets anniversary.
So any big plans today? Me? I'm going to make these cookies. Flourless Chocolate Almond and Coconut Cookies. And I think you should too! They are fantastic!
Hi Everybody......it's Friday! I am so glad you could come on by because we have such a fun new Embellish Magazine Challenge today. Seriously, just look at the photo above. How can you not be inspired by all that pretty colour! All you need to do is use those colours and add in the element of a TELEPHONE. It can be an actual phone image or numbers on the keypad of a phone or even relate it to texting etc. Whatever, you choose and however you are inspired is exactly right!
I was sure I didn't have a single thing relating to a telephone so I was so happy to find one of my Cricut cartridges had this adorable retro looking phone. I just love it. {{an old green, rotary phone has been on my thrifty wish list for some time now. True story.}}. This card makes me smile and chuckle because I love it but I cannot imagine it will ever get used. I'm hardly a card sender as it is but for what occasion would I send such a card? I pretty much only text people I know and don't answer the phone. Ha.
Warning: This song will stick in your head today and possibly even allllll weekend! Sorry about that!
Raise your hand if you LOVE all 80's music!
Well I'm off. My very exciting Friday consists of lots of errands. Groceries, bank, {thrift stores...hee}. I know, I know....I can hardly stand the excitement myself. I try to get everything done on my Fridays off so I don't have to venture out on the weekend. Have a wonderful day and enjoy your weekend plans!
Hello. my friends!! It's a wonderful snowy spring day here in Calgary. Yeah, it's crazy that we got dumped on yesterday but we are used to it snowing here until at least mid-May so it's no surprise. Really, it's quite pretty and the moisture will help turn everything green around here. I cannot wait until I can plant pots of flowers around the May long weekend. It should be warm enough by then ;)
I know I've been a total flake when it comes to posting lately but I am always excited when we have a brand new Embellish Magazine Color Challenge for you.
This challenge is to incorporate CHEVRON into your creation. I know you know how trendy it is right now. It's everywhere, which is why it's mind boggling to me that I don't have a single thing Chevron. No stamps, no paper, no fabric. I had to get creative and turn this amazing Echo Park striped paper into my own Chevron patterned paper. It's really easy. Just cut a corner of the page off at 45 degrees. Then cut strips (I think mine are about 3/4" wide). Turn the paper to cut the other corner the same way so you have the stripes going in different directions. Then just match them up and glue them to a backing.
I am sure it comes as no surprise to you that I made a chevron heart. Is there anything I won't put on a heart? Um, no.
I stamped the frame and sentiment from Sweet Somethings by Technique Tuesday. I trimmed it out with scissors and then cut another border behind it.
So there you go! Just use these crazy adorable colors (Aqua, Grey, Purple and Pink), and Chevron, on your awesome creation and add it to the linky tool over on Embellish Magazine blog. I cannot wait to see what you all come up with. Have a wonderful snowy spring day!
Congrats to Janice Aeschliman. You are lucky #13 and ou won the Sign of the Times stamp set. I will email you to get your address from you so I can pop it in the mail.
{{I did enter 25 in the Max section based on the number of entries but when I copy and paste it keeps reverting to 100. I couldn't get the image to save properly}}
Hey everyone....in case you have not heard already Technique Tuesday is having their annual Progressive Sale. Each week they discount the retiring stamps further and it's up to you if you grab them now or gamble and wait for the next weeks bigger discount.....hoping the stamps you want are still there.
Check out this link to see all the stamps that are being retired. Then scroll to the bottom of that page to read about how to get the discount code (which includes signing up for Newsletter, visiting their Facebook or Blog). We are entering the final week of the sale tomorrow and it runs January 9th - 15th. With the discount code you will get an awesome 60% discount on the retiring stamps. Score! If you have any questions let me know.
I just happen to have an extra stamp set called Sign of the Times and while it is being retired I'm hoping one of you would like to give it a new home? Leave me a comment if you would and I'll make a random draw on Thursday January 12. I will mail it anywhere. Be sure to leave your email address so I can get in touch with you to tell you that you are the winnah!!!
Have the best day ever!
Heellllooooo!
Our newest Embellish Color Trends challenge is here. I swear I did not notice until right this minute that my "turquoise" is soooo wrong for this challenge. I truly just had turquoise in my head but I should have checked the inspiration photo one more time before actually making my card. Whoops.
{you should be able to click on photos for larger view}
The "trend" that you need to incorporate when you tackle this color challenge is to add PAINT to your creation. You can paint the edges of your card, paint embellishments, stamp with paint or use a spray mist. Anything goes. I painted the chipboard cage a light grey and then distressed it with cream paint over top. I just used acrylic paints from Michaels.
So besides my color being {alot} off I was happy with final result and especially happy that I finally got around to using the bird and cage die. They are awesome dies don'tcha think?
I stamped the musical notes from Glee (Technique Tuesday stamps) using acrylic paint as well and it gives it a vintage-y look and a great texture.
Thanks for stopping by! Have a GREAT weekend everyone.
ETA: OK...let's try this again. I "think" I got it to work so I can get the photos of my card posted. I ended up taking new photos, editing them and posting those. Some how the other photos were "tiff"s rather than jpeg. Wish I could say I knew how that happened but I don't even know what a "tiff" is. Ha. Anywho.....I'm a day late and a dollar short but here's the card!
This week Regan chose this fantastic photo as our inspiration for this weeks challenge. I actually have to say I think the inspiration photos are alot more fun for me than just colours. Plus, it's always just nice to see gorgeous photos. That's why I like hanging out on Pinterest too.
My photos probably are coming across huge on your screen. For some reason I can't upload these pics from iPhoto (it's like they are invisible when I go to upload them) so I had to do a copy and paste by emailing them to myself. I hope this is just a one time glitch. I'll find out at my next apple class.
But because I am having technical difficulties I will leave it short and sweet and come back to fix it and add links soon. Thanks for stopping by everyone.
Technique Stamps used: Loving Words by Ali Edwards ~~and~~ Bijou Borders
Now that I've got my tech dilemma sorted out I'm heading over to see what the girls got going on.......
Hi Everyone......Welcome to the newest Embellish Magazine Challenge. As you can see in the challenge image above the colours are black, blue, kraft and red. The theme to incorporate is STRIPES. {{I love how the bounce of the girl in the photo is captured. It's just so carefree and natural.}}
The inspriation to make the stripes the way I did came from a photo I snapped with my iPhone this summer. There was a van that was parked on the street near the parking lot at my work place and I thought the pin striping would be a cool idea for a card. Here's the pic of that van.....
I just cut some strips of cardstock at an angle and matched them up to create the portion that extends up.
The hemp cord is glued onto the blue strip and does not wrap around as I wanted to keep the white block flat on the card base.
So? Who's up for playing along? Please do. I can't wait to see all the amazing entries! I'm always in awe by the talent we see. Trust me it makes voting very hard. See ya over at the Embellish blog. Have a great weekend everyone.
OMWord I feel like I'm not even a card maker anymore. Seriously it's been forever since I crafted and posted a card "just because" so I figured I better get to it so you know I am alive. I AM ALIVE! This summer is flying by isn't it? I've been doing my best to just enjoy it and go with the flow. It seems like I've taken a bit of a break from the craft room without intentionally doing so. I'll get back there don't you worry!
Work is crazy busy but it is what it is. Though, I do have to say.....enough with the floods and fires already! (yes, I work in Insurance....don't judge). We just got back from a week at the farm and it was great. So relaxing, so peaceful and my MIL is the best. We were so sad to have to come home to real life and work. The cherry on the top was that in town there is now a thrift store and a really cute antique/second hand store called "Jam Antiques". Loved that store. Why didn't I think of moving there and opening that store?!!! ha. I'll share my thrifty finds on the weekend and I'll also be back soon to show you a couple if items I just received in the mail for future DIY projects. I'm super excited!
Enjoy the card. It says just what I wanted to say to you all....Hello My Friend(s)!
Technique Tuesday Stamps: Message in a Banner, Long Stemmed Sentiments, Simply You by Ali Edwards.
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