Creative Jump Start 2014 - Fly (Art Journal Page)

 

HI!  I have signed up for Creative Jump Start 2014.  So far it has been lots of fun and very inspiring! 

The overall theme is using household objects in your art.  What fun!

 

In one of Natalie's first video's she encouraged us to use a very interesting household object to create cool texture ... like I did here!  Curious .. sign up for the course and find out what made this awesome design.

 

When making it, I used Liquitex Gesso spread over the entire page, then used the household object to create partial circles of awesome texture! 

 

 

Added home-made sprays and Gelatos for colour.  Then collaged a bit with some bits and pieces in my stash.  I really like how the bird turned out ... it is cut from grungeboard (Ranger) then painted with more Liquitex Gesso, then  stamped using more of the turquoise home-made spray.  The brad was rusted (followed France's technique) and then some white spray added to it and more of my turquoise home-made spray to look like patina. 

 

So much fun.  I have so much more to share. Stay tuned!

Donelda

Whatevers Round 2 -6 (Journal Page)

Hello.  I am back.  I have taken a VERY LONG vacation from uploading to this blog but now I am back.  And, as you will notice, I have shifted, yet again, my passion.  These days I have been dabbling in art journaling.  I love it and it allows me to work through and manage the stress of a busy life.  I still do some scrapbooking and the occasional card, but I will likely be posting about art journaling more than anything else.

 

Today, I am uploading this page I created for the Whatevers Round 2 #6.  If you have not heard about it you need to go check out Nat Kalbach's blog and read about it.  I think it is a lot of fun and have played along before but never uploaded until now. 

 

 

Had so much fun on this page.  Started out with splats of distress stains, added script stamping, then lemon zest ink spray from Dylusions. Added some modelling past over the Mini Tiny Circles stencil by Balzer Designs.  The stencil had leftover red ink on it which ended up making a cool colour pattern on the modelling paste!.  A bit of brown distress ink and some turquoise paint splatters finished off the background.

 

 

All of the additional paper embellishments are from a Kaiser Craft package called Tigerlilly.  I also added some strips of fabric that had white gesso added. 

 

Off to do another page.

Donelda 

Birds Eye View (Scrapbook)

Hello again!  Today I have a scrapbook page to show you that I love!  I don'tI usually love my pages and typically feel like my layouts look so 'novice' compared to the awesome Garden Girls and other great scrappers.  However, this project was so much fun and I think it turned out awesome in the end. 

 

It was made in response to Wilna Furstenburg' Mood to Scrap challenge to use the impasto paint technique.  This is a technique where you put paint on very thickly like you can see HERE.  I thought it was a real challenge .. which tends to inspire my creativity the most. 

 

 

I started out by stamping this Stupendous image onto watercolour paper.  Then I layered the paint on - thick!  It was so much fun!  I also did some watercolour painting on the rest of the page.  I also like how that turned out and might need to try that one again.

 

 I used my hobby knife to cut out parts of the painted image to slip my photos and some embellishments behind it.  I totally used the second layout in this Glitter Girl video seen HERE as my layout inspiration.   

 

What fun!  I love when there is a challenge that is really 'out there'!

See you again soon,

Donelda

 

 

Thanks for visiting. 

Donelda

Crafty Creations Challenges #162 - Photo Inspiration - Happy Birthday Princess

Hello everyone.  This week's Crafty Creations Challenge #162 is Group 1's challenge but when I saw this lovely inspiration photo I just had to give it a go!!

I focused on the pink pattern with the little flowers, the banner in the background, and the gold crown.  Here is what I ended up with!

Very different from my typical style ...

A fun collage of items - embossed crown (French Country Postage - Gel a tins), hand-made rolled flower, little heart button!!

and this is only my 2nd time making a banner! 

Now you need to go see what everyone else did with this great inspiration photo - go to Crafty Creations Challenges.  And then once you are inspired, give it a go to win from In 2 Stamps. 

Donelda

Valentine Collage

While at my local scrapbooking store, I was trying really hard to just buy the necessities ... but couldn't help picking up a package of Echo Park paper - Victoria Garderns by Cassandra Cooper.  It is so beautiful and perfect for making Valentine cards!  I made this card a while ago (it went to my mom for Valentine's day) but haven't had a chance to load it up yet.

Such a different style for me.

The only stamping on this card is the sentiment from Beyond Basic Borders (Papertrey Ink).  That stamp was an element on one back side of a page, I just cut it out using my deco scissors to become a stamp!  The larger flower was from the sticker page.  The heart-shaped doily was from one of my former Secret Sisters (thanks Linda!). 

So fun to play around with such lovely papers!! 

Donelda

My Son Likes to Get Crafty

Yes, this is created by my 12 year old son.  He is really interested in Steampunk these days.  If you are unsure what steampunk is you should google it!  It is all gears and rivets and iron kind of things. 

As you can see ... he definately captured the style he was going for.  Inside is a picture of a cymbal monkey with sock monkey arms that he generated with the computer and he made it look like an old postcard.  He is very creative!!  :-) 

I've been working on some Moxie Fab challenges that I will be posting tomorrow!! 
Thanks for dropping by.
Donelda

Take 3 - Week of July 11 - part 2

Well, check this card out.  It is the 2nd card for my Take 3 challenge this week.  And sooooooo different from yesterday's card, right!!??

I randomly stamped the leaf image using Antique Linen, Tea Dye, and Walnut Stain distress inks (Ranger).  Then I added all the other yumminess!! 

I don't use lace very often .. very fun!!

I was inspired by Shari Caroll after seeing this card she made.

Thanks for checking out my second card in this week's Take 3 challenge.  One more card using the same leaf image tomorrow...and another new technique for me.

Donelda

Scrappy Love

(note - blogger was supposed to post this yesterday but didn't!  That is frustrating when that happens.  It seems to say scheduled when I look but then decides to change it back to draft ... anyone know why that happens???)

I found all of these lovely pieces (5) in my scrap bin and pulled them together to create this love you card.

To make everything work well together, I sponged Close to Cocoa ink around the edges. 

Amazing what a few pieces of leftovers can create!!

Thanks for dropping by today!  I hope your day is fantastic.

Donelda

Au Revoir Mini Collage

I cased this idea from Susan Rihala's Splitcoaststamper Gallery that you can see HERE.  I had remembered it from a loooooong time ago.   I looked and looked and looked and finally found her card. 

The sentiment was created using my computer!  The stamp is a real stamp!!!  I got it on a package I received from a blogging friend Dina.  While you can't see it well in this photo, there is some sponging around the edges which gives it a nice soft definined edge in real life. 

Stamps - Background Basics: Text, Wedding Day, Polka Dot Basics(Papertrey Ink), Travel (Fiskars).

A very clean and simple card in many ways.
Thanks for dropping in.  Enjoy your day.

Donelda

Deb Corder's Birthday Card!

You might have been over at Deb Corder's blog before, especially if you love vintage and collage.  She rocks at it!  And she is a super sweet person!!  So today is her birthday and a few of her friends decided to get together and surprise her with a birthday hop!!   So if you have arrived here from KELLY's blog you are on the right track.  If you have arrived her accendently, you will want to go to the start at JOANNA's blog.  For Deb's card, I wanted to create something she will appreciate. So, since her favorite color is green I decided to go with that combined with brown.  I found this "moo" (which is 1.5" x 3") that I had made a long time ago.  I thought it would be perfect for Deb's card as it was a bit on the collage side!  I added it to the alcohol inked background, did some sponging and added this rustic ribbon.  Some supplies: Stamps - Text Boxed (Papertrey Ink); Paper - glossy cardstock, Chocolate Chip, Wild Wasabi (Stampin' Up!); Other - vintage girl (freebie from somewhere a long time ago!), leaf cut from fabric in my scraps, buttons (Hero Arts I think), brown ribbon (Stampin' Up!), alcohol inks (Ranger), dimensionals. 

Your next stop in the Blog Hop is JANET's blog. 

Deb, I hope you've had a great birthday and a wonderful suprise!!! 

Donelda

Artisan Tape, Washi Tape, or Japanese Tape??

I love the look of the latest Washi Tape or Japanese tapes that are being used on cards these days.  I bought a roll of 'Artisan Tape' by Pink Paislee.  I'm not 100% sure if this is the same as Washi Tape or not but it is fun to work with.  One think I really like is that it can be taken back up once it is down on the paper.  That is really good for me because I make mistakes all the time!! 

I don't 'do' this flowery collage-y style very often.  I find it rather hard to do and this card took me FOREVER to finish!!  I'm not sure if I like the end results or not!  Feel free to give me some feedback and kind criticism so I can continue to grow creatively. 

Thanks!
Donelda

Baby Doily Card

Remember those Martha Stewart Doilies I had been making (Here, Here, Here and Here if you missed them), well, they are really addictive!!  There is a whole group on Flickr if you'd like to see called The Embellished Paper Doily Project.  I saw this one by MariePscraps and loved the colors so I decided to use it as inspiration.  Here is my end result! 

I decided to make it into a baby card (the tag says Sweet Baby - Mixed Messages - Papertrey Ink) but I realize you can barely see it).   While it doesn't look like there is much stamping on here, there is more than you might think.  The white swirls on the blue are Fancy Flourishes (Papertrey Ink) with white embossing powder.  Aslo the yellow has yellow polka dots (Polka Dot Basics - Papertrey Ink) done in a slightly darker yellow than the cardstock.  The key to these doilies is all in the details!!

Leave me a comment and let me know if you like the doilies?  and share if you've made one of your own!!!

Donelda

Paper Doily #3 and Color Combo Challenge

So these paper doilies (labeled tags by Martha Stewart and found at Michaels) has totally re-inspired me and my mojo is working overtime!!!

This time I combined using one with the new Color Combos Galore Challenge #144. The colors are so yummy!!!

I also realized that I didn't have to always use white doilies but I could change them to any color I wanted by sponging on my desired color! That is exactly what I did here and I can't wait to try some other colors.

This card actually has me perplexed. I like it and yet I don't. I think it is because the base of the card is soft and elegant while the blues and pinks are quite bright so I think the looks contrast too much. Maybe if I had changed up the combination of colors on my doily it would have blended in better with the card base. My attempts to 'connect' the 2 elements was to do some distressing on all items by sponging some Antique Linen and then some Chocolate Chip. Maybe I should have given it dimensional but I didn't because the ribbon and button was doing a good job of that.

What do you think??? I'd love your input!! Have you run out to get some of these doilies yet??? I hear from Christine Middlecamp (who has started a project with them that has totally inspired me) that they are hard to find.

Oh yeah, and when I was sponging on the turquoise color, I saw that it was leaving a beautiful mask on the scratch paper on my desk so I quickly slipped a piece of what cardstock underneath it and was able to create this card with it!! I don't have a whole sheet of tempting turquoise cardstock left so I sponged around the edge of a white card to create a card base. The sentiment says "The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams". Eleanor Roosevelt

Supplies:

Celebrate Card

Stamps - Giga Guide Lines, Simple Little Things (Papertrey Ink), circle (g studio); Paper - Kraft, Tempting Turquoise, Regal Rose, Very Vanilla (all Stampin' Up!), designer paper (Anna Griffin); Ink - Antique Linen (distress ink by Ranger), Chocolate Chip, Tempting Turquoise (Stampin' Up!); other - paper doily (called 'tags' on package by Martha Stewart), starburst punch (Martha Stewart), circle and scallop circle nestabilities (Spellbinders), vintage cream satin ribbon {I used the back side} (Papertrey Ink), button (my own collection), hemp cord (Darice), sponge, sewing machine.

Future Card:

Stamps - Meausre of Life (Stampin' Up! retired); Tempting Turquoise (Stampin' Up!), Jet Black (Ranger); Paper - Whisper White; Other - sponge, paper doily for mask (Martha Stewart), dimensionals.

Thanks for dropping in for a visit!! Leave me some commenting love :-)

Donelda

Decorative Doily and Kristina Werner color challenge #2

So for any of you who frequent here once in a while you probably know that I'm usually a 2 color girl ... sometimes I get crazy and throw in a 3rd color but only when I'm feeling dangerous!! LOL! So, you can only imagine my distress when I saw 6 colors on Kristina Werner's latest Reader's Choice Color Inspiration #2!! Gasp, oh my, how could anyone put so many colors together on one card???!!! But then I remembered that it is supposed to be a challenge....right??!! So I dove right in!! Of course it helped a lot having recently checked out Christine Middlecamp's blog and her amazing Martha Stewart paper doily project. Here creations are simply out of this world ... so much so that I ran to Michaels' today in the rain just to get some!! I also picked up the Martha Stewart starburst punch (you can see it under the flower and leaf) just because Christine used it on one of her doilies. I just couldn't resist. And just a note, other than the card base and the doily, all of the paper used on this card are from my scrap bins. You see, I am totally fasinated with Amy Heller's 1 hour challenge idea where she takes all her scraps and sees what she can create in exactly one hour. Reading about it has gotten me itching to use up some of my scraps again. Supplies: Stamps - sentiment from Autumn Abundance (Papertrey Ink), Borders & Corners (Papertrey Ink), Turning a New Leaf (Papertrey Ink), stitching is from Of a Feather (Memory Box); Ink - Archival Jet Black (Ranger), Tea Dye (Ranger distress ink); Paper - all scraps from my bin; Other - paper doily called "tags" on package (Martha Stewart), 1 1/2" circle punch (Stampin' Up!), starburst punch (Martha Stewart), flower punch (EK Success), yellow rhinstone (Me & My Big Ideas). You totally know that I will be creating more of these wonderful paper doily creations!! I can't wait! I think I might have to remember to stop long enough to eat this weekend!! Now I'm off to see what everyone else did with Kristina's wonderful colors!! Thanks for dropping into my little corner of the blogging world. So glad you could join me!! Donelda

Saturday Spotlight - Friendship

So this week over at Saturday Spotlight with Hidden Potential the challege is to "think of friendship" as a theme for a card. I instantly wanted to use one of these adorable Tilda images that a friend of mine sent me ... Hi Jessica!! I don't have a ton of Copics but pulled what I did have out to color her in.

I needed some inspiration for the layout and when I saw the great one at Friday Sketchers I decided to go with that! I don't usually go with this kind of "collage style" but the samples I've seen by some increadibly talented ladies lead me to go in that direction.

I even used some of those ribbon silk flowers that I bought at Michaels. I tend to not use them (even though I have picked up a whole bunch) because I don't know how to get them adhered to the card without their "lumpy bases" making them stick up too far or look ugly! If anyone out there has some tips for me I'd be ever so grateful!! For these ones I bent the green "lumpy bases" to fold under the popped up Tilda panel and covered it with some extra cut out leaves.

Supplies: Tilda (Magnolia), Simple Little Things, Turning a New Leaf (Papertrey Ink); Ink - Jet Black, Antique Linen, Walnut Stain (Ranger); Paper -Whisper White (Stampin' Up!), Mandrin Slice from Marrakech collection (BasicGrey), text paper (unknown from a friend - Hi Cameldiva!!); Other - markers (Copic), ribbon (Michaels), coluzzle, sewing maching and thread, flowers (Michaels, dimensionals.

Thanks for dropping in! and thanks for leaving me a comment if you feel like it! Your comments are like nice little hugs :-)

Donelda

KLSNS Challenge #15 - Sketch

The gals over at KL Stampin N Scrapin have posted this awesome sketch to use as a challenge. I kinda swayed a bit from the basics here but the general layout follows the basics of the sketch.

This is actually a magnet and I am planning on sending it to my mom for a valentine gift with her card. I cut the square, scallop square, and circle using my Nestabilities. The rest is all bits and pieces put together!! I think it turned out pretty good and I am considering making a few more for myself and some other friends/relatives!

Supplies: Stamps - Background Basics: Text Style, Beyond Basic Borders, Limitless Labels (all Papertrey Ink); Ink - Walnut Ink (Ranger) Pure Poppy (Papertrey Ink); Paper - Brown (Bazzil), Very Vanilla (Stampin' Up!), Green (scrap, unknown); Other-butterfly punch (Martha Stewart), various Nestabilities (Spellbinders), button (Papertrey Ink), twine (Stampin' Up!), brown marker, decorative scissors (Provocraft).

Hope you have a great day! Thanks for dropping by my little corner of blogland!!

Donelda

Inspiration Day 4 - Book Cover

It's Saturday and that means another Inspiration Day.

Today I took my inpsiration from this book that we have at our house. I was looking at the cover the other day when it happened..."this would be a great layout for a card" and then I remembered it could be an Inspiration Piece.

I started out by cutting some vanilla cardstock into squares that would fill a regular A2 size card. Then, I pulled out a bunch of my smARTworks stamps that would go together on the squares. I randomly stamped bits and pieces of the images onto the squares and overstamped with a few background stamps. I then used the various Distress Inks that I have (in shades of brown) and distressed each individual piece. I adhered them and added the sentiment.

It ended up a bit on the busy side and fairly masculine.

Stamps used: WD-220 Lock and Key, Watch Trio, WD-196 Feathers, BG14, and the sentiment is from FS-03 Swirly Gigs (all from smARTworks), also used French Script and Linen background stamps (Stampin' Up!); Inks - Walnut Stain, Tea Dye, Antique Linen (all Ranger Distress Inks).

So, does this book cover Inspire you?? If so, create something (whether it is based on the colors or layout or theme....whatever) and leave me a link so I can check it out!!

Have a great crafty day!!

Donelda

Mom's Birthday

My mom's birthday was on Sunday. this is the card I sent her. While she hasn't received it yet, I'm not worried of her seeing this because she does not check my blog!

I really like how this cardboard heart turned out as a focal image. I cut the heart shape out of some light cardboard. Then I stamped my Script background using Chocolate Chip ink. Then, I added some flowers and leaf images. Finally, I did a little sponging around the edges.

I placed the heart onto a piece of Bazzill cardstock with some great texture!! Then I ripped the bottom leaving just enough room on the bottom to put a sentiment and a button.

I added the cute little butterfly, some little seed beads for the body, some flowers and buttons. Even my hubby said how much he liked this one....always a promising sign!!

And here is the card my son made for Granny!! One evening he was in my craft room and saw this great pink button sitting on my desk. He got really excited and said "I know exactly what kind fo card I could make with that button" (Not sure where he ever heard of that before????). So the next morning he went into my craft room and came out with THIS GREAT CARD!!! Pretty cute hey??!! Granny is sure to Love it!!

Heart Birthday

Supplies: Paper-Kraft (Stampin; Up), burgandy (Bazzill); Ink - Bravo Burgandy, Close to Cocoa, Chocolate Chip (Stampin' Up!), Green Craft inks (Color Box); Stamps - Petal Prints, Script (retired) (Stampin' Up), Simple Little Things (Papertrey Ink); Other - Flowers (Prima), buttons (grandma's stash), hemp, butterfly punch (Martha Stewert), sponge, brown seed beads.

Piggy Card

Supplies: Paper-Pink (un known), Pixie Pink, Whisper White (Stampin' Up!); Stamps-Simple Little Things (Papertrey Ink), another version of itty bitty backgrounds -forget the actual name at this very minute (Stampin' Up!); Ink-Pixie Pink, Basic Black (Stampin' Up!); Other - button (unknown), pink wire (unknown), red ribbon (unknown), corner ticket punch (Stampin' Up!).

Thanks for dropping in again!!

Donelda

Very Sentimental Anniversary Present!

I have spent almost a year working on this project! I wanted it to be perfect. (As well, I'm a bit of a procrastonator!! LOL). It will be going to my Mom and Dad in early October. I probably should wait until next year because that will actually be their 50th Wedding Anniversary, but my Dad is not healthy and I don't want to risk the chance of waiting for the year and having it not get to him at all!! So, it is a present to celebrate their 50th year of life as Husband and Wife, a little early.

I wanted the whole book to be elegant but not overwhelmed with lots of embellishments. So the pages are fairly clean and simple. I love the little collage on the front of the book! It was so much fun to make. I did this part while I was scrapbooking with my friend Carol (Hi Carol if you are reading my blog these days!!).

The pictures are copies of original wedding pictures. These original pictures are sadly in my mom's wedding album but the tape she used (yikes!) has all let go and many of the pictures have tape marks on them! For that reason, I am even more excited to make this book! These pictures will stay attached and not deteriate like the old book. I even copied the invitation which you can see on one of these pages.

I haven't included all the pages just a few so you can get the general idea of what the book looks like.

The book is actually made from cardboard that I cut to size and then, obviously, bound using my Bind It All.

Supplies: Paper-Simply Scrappin' Kit Today and Always {which includes the inside patterned paper, Very Vanilla, Blush Blossom, and Mellow Moss} (Stampin' Up!), front cover rose paper (Amscan), inside front cover (EK Success); Ink - True Thyme, Old Olive, Close to Cocoa, Versamark (all Stampin' Up!); Stamps - Together Forever, Forever Flowers (Stampin' Up!), Wedding Day, Favor It Weddings (Papertrey Ink); Other - tags are from Simply Scrappin' Kit (Stampin' Up!), Rub Ons (Deja Views), Large Brad (Makin Memories), velvet flower (Maya Road), cream flower (Bazzill), 1" circle punch (Stampin' Up!), ribbon (Stampin' Up!), sponge dauber, lace and buttons (grandma Mary's stash), pearls (K&Co.), Coluzzle, Chipboard swirl(Fancy Pants), key and heart charms (Dollar Store), hemp.

Thanks for visiting.

Donelda

Faux Jenni Bowlin Ticket

So, I have really enjoyed checking out all the blogs of those who were lucky enough to attend CHA!! I love to see all the new stuff coming out in the scrapbooking and stamping world!! However, these items take "forever" to get to the few stores near me (if ever) and I try to not buy on-line!! So, when I saw the cute new tickets being released by Jenni Bowlin, I knew I had to try making my own!!

It was actually easy. Using my Tim Holtz ruler and my Ruby Red marker, I drew in the lines. Added a heard and some numbers. This sentiment from Alli Miles' Wedding Day stamp set fit into the ticket perfectly!!

As well, I actually used one of my Maya Road velvet flowers!! I find them so hard to use because they are so pretty!! But I am determined to break my hoarding habit!! So there is one on this card, along with some of the buttons from Great Grandma Mary's stash of buttons she had collected over the years. A bit of scrap ribbon and linen thrad and the whole card pulled together easily!

Julia challenged us this morning on the Ways to Use It Challenge #177 to use scraps on our card! Well, I've been totally into using up my scraps these days so I was totally "in the zone" to do a scrappy card. This entire card is made from my scraps (even the base LOL). I've got about 5 other "scrap" cards made too!! It's actually been fun pulling out some of these bits and pieces and pulling them together!!

Supplies: Stamps-Wedding Day (Papertrey Ink), heart (Rhonna Farrer); Paper-Whisper White, Ruby Red, Basic Black (all Stampin' Up!), polka dots (Making Memories); Ink-Basic Black, Ruby Red (Stampin' Up!); Other-black velvet flower (Maya Road), adheasive pearl (K&Co.), ribbon (Michaels), ticket corner punch (Stampin' Up!), linen thread (Stampin' Up!), floss (DMC), buttons (Great Grandma Mary's button stash), Ruby Red marker (Stampin' Up!), ruler (Tim Holtz).

Thanks for visiting!

Donelda