Butterfly Dream

What a wonderful easy sketch we have from Steph this week at Sunday Stamps.  I loved putting this together!  It's an easy  way of using DSP.

Be sure to check out the awesome inspirational projects provided by the design team - and then let us see your creation.

Hope your Sunday is full of Dreams - Thanks for stopping by.

Joan

Happenings Kit

I spent the rest of this afternoon finishing up the Happenings Simply Created Card Kit that I received at Leadership.  I created 15 different cards and didn't add anything extra.  My only disappointment was that when I stamped the greetings while I was at Leadership (because I didn't have the stamp set) I didn't pay attention to the direction the flags were going.  I would have stamped them in the other direction - or at least a combination of different directions.

The Happenenings Simply Created Kit is available in the 2014 Occasions catalogue through my website.

133329 - $18.95

131459 - $10.95 (wood only)

The two together would make a great gift for someone who is starting out, or who loves making cards but just can't find the time.

If you have any questions don't hesitate to contact me.

Thanks for stopping by

Joan

Pumpkin Catch-up!

After clean up my craft room (again) I got down to finishing off the cards from the February Paper Pumpkin.  I have to be honest and say I found this one a little hard to work with.  But I persevered and created 3 unique cards after I finished the prototype (shown above).

I'm not going to include the  details with the Paper Pumpkin Projects I complete.  I am still using bits and pieces from previous pumpkins.  

I will make a note on this one - I added the little rhinestones with the arrows because I noticed, after I stamped, that there was a little heart at that point.  Because I hadn't noticed it earlier, and I wanted the arrows heading to the right - the heart was upside down.  Thank goodness for bling!

Hope your day is going well.  Thanks for stopping by!

Joan

One of a Kind

Well - some days ya have it…..and some days not so much.  Or maybe I'm just not sure about one layer cards.  That's what the Friday Mashup! is this week - a single layer card with a nautical theme.

I do like my school of fish though - I ended up making three masks to get the school together.

Hope you have some fun plans for the weekend.  We're babysitting this evening and I'm not sure if we'll finger paint or bake…..we'll see how things work out.

Thanks for stopping by!

Joan

Shine On...

I'm working with the Freshly Made Sketches and Colour Me! challenges together today.  I have actually been doing that a lot since both challenges come out on Wednesday - I may not get to them on that day - but I like to work them together.

The sketch is clean and simple and the colours are wonderfully subtle….Soft Sky, Pear Pizzazz, and Coastal Cabana.

I decided to paper piece the nail polish lids using the silver Foil Sheets.  I have never gotten rid of my Stampin'Up! Spritzer Tool - I love it!  That is how I added the splashes of the three colours onto the top of the matt.

To make the little bottles of nail polish shine, I've added a coating of Crystal Effects.

Hope your day is going well - we're dealing with winter again - but at this time of year you know that it won't last for long.

Thanks for stopping by to visit.

Joan

STEPS FOR MASKING UNWANTED 

PORTION OF A STAMP IMAGE

1.  On the mounted stamp - put a piece of tape over the portion of the image you DO NOT want to use.

2.  Ink up your image.

3.TAKE OFF THE PIECE OF TAPE!!!  THIS STEP IS VITAL.  

I'm sure there are tons of us out there who have forgotten to take the tape off!!!!!!

4.  Stamp the remaining image onto the desired card stock - punch it out or use it according to your plan.

Here, Kitty, Kitty, Kitty

It is apparently true that I don't read instructions properly….all the time.  When I was working on the sketch for this weeks' MDS Monday challenge, I had initially used it as a scrapbook sketch in my attempt to get more of Elliot's 2013 book finished.  When I went to post it on the challenge blog I realized that I was suppose to change the colour of the DSP - well I tried, but I didn't like how it looked on this spread - so I kept these pages as they were and created the card I posted Monday.

But I had to share these - I'm pleased with how the cat turned out - not exactly like Button, but pretty close.  She doesn't run away from him as much any more - in fact she'll put herself into his hand to be pet.

Here is the page for the adjoining page to tell the whole story.

Pistachio Mambo Christmas

This week over at Merry Monday, they have a fun sketch and colour combo.  They are calling for a lime green and deep pink.  I don't have any Green Galore around anymore (anyone remember that colour?) so I went with Pistachio Pudding and Melon Mambo. Fun, fun, fun.

Hope you had a good beginning to your week.  To be honest, I've been grumpy all day.  Gotta do some more crafting or arting to get me out of it!

Thanks for stopping by - 

Joan

Changing Colours...

Welcome to another MDS Monday Challenge - Holly has the sketch for us this week and would like us to change the colour of our DSP this time round.

I saw these two colours together on something this past week  - so just had to give it a try.  I have originally used the "Kaleidescope" DSP.  Because the original papers have a variety of colours on them, they become a monochromatic scheme when you change the colour - and I love that.

Here is the sketch -

Hope you have fun with it - we'll look forward to seeing what papers you change!

Have a great day - Joan

Clean and Simple Spring

The Paper Players have the right idea this week with their challenge - Plain and Simple Spring!

I had the embossed background on my desk left over from last Monday - so I grabbed some Coastal Cabana and went to work.   I'm loving these colours together.

I'm not getting this posted until after the busyness of the day is over - it was a good one.  Hope your weekend was good for you too.

Thanks for stopping by!

Joan

Rainbow Smiles

I can't believe I haven't posted since Thursday - but I've been working on report cards - so I guess that's part of the reason time has passed me by.

I sat down with the Friday Mashup this afternoon - They are working with the following sketch this week and incorporating rainbow colours into the project for the mashup.

I decided to pull out the watercolour paper and douse it with reinker.

To get the bands of colour,

1)  I used an aqua painter  to wet  a small section of the paper

2) Add a drop of reinker and hold it vertically so the ink drips down the wet section - help it along with the aqua painter if necessary.

3) Continue across your paper until you've filled in the sections.  As I wet each section, I let some of the water bleed into the previous section so that the colour would blend a bit.

Here is the Friday Mashup Sketch

And here are my card instructions….

Directional Thoughts

Came home from school to do the Freshly Made Sketches  and the Colour Me…! Challenges.  Gotta admit - blue and orange are not my favourites - but I like how this turned out.  

I used a brayer to colour the inside of my chevron embossing folder before embossing the paper.  I also used my Stamp-a-ma-Jig to get the little squares lined up on the blue piece.

Absolutely loving the melting snow, the fresh air, the late light night sky….I know it still can snow before the May long weekend - but the end is in sight and it looks good.

Thanks for stopping by,

Joan

Traditional Grunge

Had a good day at school today - came home to do the Merry Monday Challenge - and I'm not quite sure what to think.  It makes me think of "Traditional meets Grunge" somehow.

The challenge was to use Chocolate Chip, Green (Old Olive) Gold and White.

I tried embossing the Christmas Tree onto the gold striped velum….be careful because the heat does affect the gold - and the ink doesn't stick to the gold.  However, because I put clear embossing powder onto the ink right away, the image showed up a bit.

Next I decided to add the wonderful gold washi tape - which lead to stamping some washi tape.  I decided to use the Christmas tickets because they were less traditional.  And finally, I threw on some pearls.  I actually tried to emboss them with gold embossing powder, but it just peeled off.  I like the clean look of the white pearls though - so……it is completely not my style - but I'm embracing it as a good try!  (And in the process of posting this, and looking at the card more often, it's grown one me!)

Ya can't get down when the sun is shining until 8:30 at night and the snow is melting!  WoooHooo!

Have a good one!

Joan

Masked Silhouette

I created this yesterday using the colours for this week's Paper Players Challenge - Marina Mist, Crushed Curry and Slate Grey.  I was making the second technique card for my Team Meeting tonight.  

I called this technique "reverse masking" - but does anyone else have a different name?

Lots of snow has melted here today - all I did while I was walking was breathe in deeply - the fresh - unfrosty - air felt so good.  The birds were enjoying it too - singing away.  

Hope your day was tickity-boo!

Thanks for stopping by.

Joan

Fun with Filmstrips

We're having fun with filmstrips this week over at MDS Monday.  Tami is right in with the trend right now of using filmstrips or polaroid images.  The filmstrips work perfectly if you have a series of photos from one event……as I usually do when I'm taking pictures of Elliot while he's playing.

I pulled out his dad's hot wheels a couple weeks ago and he had a blast.  I have other pictures to share once the pages are done.

Be sure to pop by the challenge blog because there's a wonderful array of interpretations of the sketch today….here it is.

Hope you Monday is off to a fabulous start - thanks for visiting.

Joan

Supplies for this page...

Background

     Color = BASIC GRAY 118,122,121

Embellishments

    _Designer Kits/Candid Frames - embellishments/Candid Frames - film frame

    Hodgepodge Hardware/Clip Assortment - library clip

Stamps

    Epic Overlays/Epic Overlays - ink splatter 1, Color = 0,0,0

    Epic Overlays/Epic Overlays - ink splatter 1, Color = 0,0,0

    Splatters/Ink Splatters/Ink Splatter 1, Color = 0,0,0

    Epic Overlays/Epic Overlays - epic, Color = 0,0,0

    Epic Overlays/Epic Overlays -  - letters for the title

    _Designer Kits/On the Go/On the Go - tractor

    _Designer Kits/On the Go/On the Go - dump truck

    _Designer Kits/On the Go/On the Go - car

    _Designer Kits/On the Go/On the Go - tractor

    _Designer Kits/On the Go/On the Go - car

    _Designer Kits/On the Go/On the Go - dump truck

    Epic Overlays/Epic Overlays - ink splatter 1, Color = 0,0,0     

Hexagon Hello

Welcome to a new Sunday Stamps Challenge - we've got Wild Wasabi, Wisteria Wonder and Baked Brown Sugar on our palette this time round.

I'm not sure why I've focused on the Baked Brown Sugar with this creation - but that's the direction it went in.  You must check in on the challenge blog to see the rest of the Design Team's creations.  Fabulous inspiration can be found!  (As always!!!)

Be sure to link your own creation back to the challenge blog so we can take a peak.

Have fun!

Joan

Wahoo!

A quick, easy card using BIG words for the "As You See It" challenge, and the sketch comes from "Create with Connie and Mary" - although I rotated it so I can continue to use up this dot embossed paper. Anyone else have stashes of leftovers they keep working away at?

I'm going to start working on a newsletter now and then maybe create some collages.

Hope your Saturday is full of fun stuff!

Joan

One of a Kind

Friday, Friday, Friday - can't believe it!  Time flies oh so quickly!

Of course, that means the Friday Mashup comes up quickly every week too!  Yay!

Today's mashup is a masculine card with stitching.  I was going to attach the stamps with little stitches, but decided to add a running stitch of Baker's Twine instead, leaving the ends to hang freely.

Hope you have some crafting plans for the weekend.

Thanks for dropping in for a visit.

Joan