CJS 2014 - Journal Cover (art journal)

Hello!

 

Today I am uploading a picture of this journal cover I just finished.  I took advantage of a video tutorial from Creative Jump Start 2014.  The label is created using the Joint Compound idea from Dina Wakely ... that was a ton of fun!!  And I used joint compound on the whole book cover, then stamped it with a harlequin image.  Then I went to town with my Twinkling H2Os by Luminarte and a few acrylic paints.  The H2Os give it a great sparkle in real life that do not show up in this picture. 

 

Twinkling H2Os are one of my favourite products!   And there is a give away ... so I am totally crossing my fingers!!!

 

 

 

I used some grungeboard "hinges" (Ranger) that I painted dark brown and then covered with some rock candy crackle paint (Ranger).  The clock face and key hole images are from smARTworks (who I see are now closed).  You might also note a neat little addition ... snaps ... the ones you use to keep skirts closed. 

 

Well, off to play more in my art journal!

 

Donelda

Favourite Art Project (art journal page)

 

Hello!

 

There is so much going on at Creative Jump Start 2014 (CJS) that it is hard to keep up!

 

Today I am posting some pictures of my favourite art project of 2013.  It is an art journal page I made.  It uses a few favourite things, first, my stamps.  I started out with stamps and I love them so I try to use them as often as I can in my art journaling.  Some products that are also on this page is moulding paste (you can see that on this page I stamped my stamp into some moulding paste!) and varnish (which I used to stamp the same image using the varnish ... which acted like a resist as more layers went on).   

 

 

Here is a close up of the stamp pushed into the moulding paste.

 

And here is a close up where you can see the varnish resist image .. at the bottom left and a bit in the middle right.  It has the orange colour coming through which resisted the darker blues placed over top.

 

One of my all time favourite pages using some of my favourite tools and products!  So much fun.

Okay, off to make another page. 

 

Donelda

Nana and Papa (scrapbooking)

Today's layout is very special.  It is a layout that includes pictures of my brother and his wife with their first grandchild.  It is so precious for me to see!  I really struggle to call him "papa" but having fun with it since he is quite a bit older than I am! 

 

I am adding this layout to Glitter Girls challenge (at 2peas) to create a page using the things you are drawn to.  Well, any of you who know me know that I am totally addicted to beautiful designer paper.  I have so much of it!  Recently I purchased the new Yes, Please (Amy Tangerine for American Crafts), Lucky Charm (Dear Lizzy for American Crafts) and Maggie Holmes paper (by Crate Paper) paper packs and I am determined to use them and not hoard them like I usually do with my favourite papers.

 

So, here is a layout made with the first page from Yes, Please.  Look at all that colour!  Delish!!

 

 

Here is a close up of the butterflies - orange with a layer of vellum over top. And you can see the splatters of the orange twinkling H2Os that I added as well. More yum!

 

Thanks for dropping by!  Enjoy your day!

Donelda

My Buddy (scrapbooking)

Hello!  I have a new scrapbook page to share with you today! 

 

This page came together for a challenge from 2 peas.  Dear Lizzy challenged us to use a painted ombre technique.  If ombre is new to you, it means "dark to light" and is very popular right now in the scrapbooking world.  I love it! 

 

For my ombre, I pulled out my twinkling H2Os.  Love them.  I used watercolour paper and cut it into 4 strips.  Painted the colours being sure to make them dark at one end and light at the other.  This became the bottom portion of my layout.

 

 

Then I added my 3 black and white photos (isn't he the cutest!) and a whole bunch of black and white embellishments!  I really like that swirly flourish at the bottome - it is from the For the Record sticker sheet (Lilly Bee). 

 

 Why don't you give ombre a try?!  Either use one of the many products already out there with this effect (papers, stickers, tags, brads, etc.)... or create your own like I did!  If you do, I'd love to see it!  Leave me a link.

 

Thanks for dropping by,

Donelda

 

Happy Father's Day - TV

I thought this TV image would be perfect for a father's day card.

Simply coloured it in, added the sentiment, attached it to a leftover background.  That black (not brown as it looks in the photo) woodgrain paper must be from a friend ... but darned if I can remember who!!

Enjoy your day!

Donelda

Image Swap - April

Hello!  Today I am sharing the card I created for a swap I am in.  This image, from Tanja is so cute.  She added the challenge to use red and blue, which I think was a perfect choice for the image.

While you can't see it in the photo, the stars are all painted with Twinkling H2O and looks really shimmery in real life! 

And see my sentiment bubble ... made with felt!  So fun!!

Thanks for dropping by.

Donelda

Watercolored Daffodils

This image has been stamped and sitting in my "to use" bin for a while.  I had gotten some yellow ink outside the flowers as I was watercoloring a different image.  I knew I'd still be able to use the image in some way.  I decided to paint the daffodils in yellow (twinkling H2Os) and add a smidgen of orange to the inside portions of the petals.  Then I added more of the yellow around the daffodils so the original yellow outside the lines looked like it was on purpose ... LOL!  There are no mistakes in art ... right??!!  Then, I carefully added some blue ink around the yellow to create the effect of the sky with the yellow daffodils being so brilliant in the bright blue sky.  The effect in real life is pretty good. 

The rest of the card is pretty straight forward!  See the visual triangle I created with the ribbon.  I adhered just a small fold of it under the main image panel. 

A bit about this image.  It comes from Impression Obsession.  I recieved it from Dina (from Mama Dini's Stamperia) who had heard that I was looking for a good daffodil stamp as they are my favorite flower.    Wasn't that just the sweetest thing!! 

I believe that crafty folks are some of the nicest people in the world :-)

Thanks for dropping by.  Have a great day!
Donelda

Christmas Gift Card Holder #1

I bet you were wondering where all my Christmas items were ... well, I have decided not to make Christmas cards this year!  Too much stress.  I have created a few and will simply keep them for next year.  I did, however, make a few gift card holders that I will share over the next few days!!  Here we go ....

Yes, my friend asked me to make a few gift card holders for her.  She likes non-traditional colors.  That makes it so much fun!!

Here is my purple snowflake holder.  The snowflake stamp was painted with purple Twinkling H2O and stamped ont the cream cardstock.  Easy peasy!!

Supplies: Stamps - Snowflakes (retired - Stampin' Up!), sentiment from Take a Bough (Papertrey Ink); Other - Twinkling H20,, Rhinestone Stickers (Recollections), dimensionals, Lavendar Moon silk ribbon (Papertrey Ink).

Thanks for dropping buy.

Donelda

One Layer Wednesday (OLW) - Peace Wreath

I haven't played along with Susan R's One Layer Wednesday (OLW) for a while becuase my computer has been toast (for over 5 weeks!!).  In fact, until the last few days, I've not really done much stamping at all!!!

So tonight, I pulled out some cardstock and stamps and got busy!!

The challenge is intresting.  Make a card that would meet the requirements of a penitentary (no metal, gems, brads, etc).  I decided to pull out a few pots of Twinkling H2Os (yes, Susan has inspired me) and a set I haven't used nearly enough - Rustic Branches (Papertrey Ink).   A little black marker around the edge of the card and voila, a great CAS Christmas card. 

Here is a close up of the glimmer - you can always click on it to make it bigger (or maybe right click and then click on open).  

Enjoy the day, especially since it is Friday! Yeah!!!!

Donelda

Purple Snowflakes??!!

Well, what do you expect??!!  Susan R. handed out the latest One Layer Wednesday challenge and made me do it!!  She told us to create a holiday card using "unexpected colors".  Well, here are my purple snowflakes :-)  I used more Twinkling H2O's - this time, English Lavender.  I created 2 cards actually.  The first one just got "busy" and I wasn't sure I really liked it.  The second one was less busy ... but like usual, I stamped the sentiment on crooked (that is why I photographed it on the side...so you wouldn't notice so much ... but then I went and told you .. sheesh!!). 

Which one do you like best (assuming the sentiments were both straight!)??

Have a great evening,

Donelda

Twinkling Butterflies

Susan R. totally inspired this card with here version HERE (scroll down).  I thought I could make the black text (Background Basics: Text Style) look worn but it didn't quite turn out how I envisioned.  Regardless, I like the butterflies.  I painted on 3 different colors of Twinkling H2Os and then, once dry, I stamped this butterfly (Antique Engravings, Hero Arts) with black ink.  I cut them out and adhered them to the middle of the card.  I have added antenna since taking this photo (drat!). 

Thanks for dropping in.
Donelda

2 Cup Mornings

I wanted to make something with this adorable image that I recieved in my July Secret Sister package.  I love Changito with his 2 cups of coffee!  Look how his pajamas are not buttoned up properly ... if only you knew how many times I had done this!!  LOL! 

When I had my Twinkling H2O's out a few days ago to make THIS card, I decided to play a bit more with them.  I "painted" on the yummy sparkly blue Twinkling H2O onto the woodgrain background and stamped onto some white cardstock.  Today I decided to use it for a "spotlight" so I cut it out with my Coluzzle and then sponged around the edges with some Broken China distress ink. 

Next, I took some of the Broken China and smooched it onto a stamping block.  Using a watercolor brush, I picked up the ink and painted Changito's pajamas and coffee cups.  Then I used browns to paint in Changito himself.  I added a brown background stamped with the coffee cup using Versamark.  Did a bit of faux stitching to add a bit of detail.  Finally, I pulled the card together, popping Changito and the sentiment for some added demension!  I hope you can see how awesome the woodgrain background is ... all sparkly.  You can click on the picture (or right click and go to 'open') to see a larger view.  

He turned out so fun and cute I decided to enter him on the Moxie Fab World's Fun and Cute challenge.  You should play along too.  And if Fun and Cute is not your style, there is also a Clean and Graphic, Shabby and Chic, and Classy and Elegant category.  Go and have some fun!!!

Supplies: Images - Changito (not sure of actual stamp name, Stampendous), sentiment (unknown, from my Secret Sister), Warm Happiness (Papertrey Ink), Designer Woodgrain (Hero Arts); Paper - Whisper White (Stampin' Up!), Dark Chocolate, also from my secret sister (Papertrey Ink); Ink - Broken China (Ranger), Chocolate Chip, Creamy Caramel (Stampin' Up!), Versamark; Other - Twinkling H2O, Coluzzle, white gel pen (Signo), dimensionals, sponge.

My secret sister totally spoiled me and I will be showcasing lots of the goodies she sent me on upcoming cards!! 

I hope you all had a great weekend.
Donelda

One Layer Wednesday (OLW) - Christmas in July

Susan's One Layer Wednesday Challenge #13 is to make a Christmas card ... You are killing me Susan!!!  You really want me to dust off my Christmas stamps in the middle of July on such a warm day????  But I did anyway!! 

One of the things I love to do is use my Twinkling H2Os on these snowflakes.  It comes out so shimmery!! 

Supplies: Stamps - Snowflakes (Stampin' Up!), Take a Bough (Papertrey Ink); Paper - Whisper White (Stampin' Up!); Ink - Jet Black (Ranger); Other - Twinkling H2O's, paint brush.

Well, I hope you enjoy your nice sunny day, despite this post :-)

Donelda

Saturday Spotlight - snowflakes

So, here is another late challenge card. Last Saturday the

Saturday Spotlight challenge was snowflakes. I could hardly bare to pull out my Snowflake set (Stampin' Up!) but I did and I love the results.

I took and painted the small snowflake with some Twinkling H2O paint, then stamped onto a scrap of white cardstock. I repeated this until I had a staggered row, stamping off for a few to get some variation of color. To see how glittery this paint really is, you can click on the smaller close-up photo! I did some tearing and added a sentiment (Remember-Papertrey Ink). Then, I adhered a bit of Teal (Stampin' Up!) cardstock that I had left over from making THIS card. A bit of black grosgrain ribbon (Papertrey Ink) and my card was finished.

Now maybe I'll pop over to Saturday Spotlight to see what the current challenge is.

Donelda

CAS 38 - Ways to Use Brads - Holly Brads

The latest Clean and Simple challenge over at SCS is#38 and Jen asked us to pull out our brads or eyelets and use it on a card.

It was all a bit of an accident - just walked by this stamped image. You see, I had taken this stamp and made a bunch of impressions using Twinkling H2Os last year but didn't use them all. I keep all my Christmas stuff in a seperate box so when I walked by thinking about how I would ever create a CAS card using brads....I saw this image and instantly knew what I would do!!!

I cut the image out making sure to emphasize the curvy corners. Then I put brads in where the holly berries are at. I adhered it to the card with dimensionals. Then came the tricky part, where to put the sentiment!!?? It ended up bottom center of the image. A few rounded corners and the card was finished!!

Supplies: Stamps-Happiest of Holidays (retired Stampin' Up!), Faux Ribbon (Papertrey Ink); Ink - Pure Poppy (Papertrey Ink); Paper - Whisper White (Stampin' Up!); Other - Twinkling H20, paint brush, brads (Making Memories, I think), dimensionals, corner rounder.

Thanks for dropping in to my blog. Your comments matter !! :-)

Donelda

Loonie Stamper's Challenge #61 - Thanksgiving Place Cards

While I try to play along with the Loonie girls I have missed the last few weeks. I have truely found it hard to get organized since being away for a week. But things are getting better so I made sure I found time to play this week. When I saw these colors I wasn't sure what I would do. The colors by Wendy totally screamed "fall" to me but how to pull them together. But then I had a great idea. You see, this weekend is Thanksgiving here in Canada (our growing season is much shorter than the U.S. -- our veggies would be frozen in the earth if we waited until Nov.!!). And I decided that these colors would make great place cards. I cheated a bit by using these leaves which have the right colors on them.... made by applying Twinkling H2Os onto watercolor paper. The names of my hubby and son are on the other 2 cards, just blurred out. They look great at the placesetting. We are eating turkey today since hubby has to work tomorrow...and he's the one who cooks so there would be no point waiting until tomorrow!! I am thankful for a great family, friends, and so much more. What are you thankful for?? Head over to the Loonie Girl blogs to see what they did with these awesome colors: Wendy, Dee, Char, Jewels, Maria, Regan. Happy thanksgiving. Donelda

smARTworks - Twinkling Flower

Here is another card I made with the Petal Power stamp set from smARTworks. This flower was so much fun to create!! I started out with some watercolor paper. Then, using my Twinkling H2Os, I painted on different colors onto my paper. Next, I stamped this fancy swirly petal (one of my very favorites from the

set) onto the paper making sure to keep the yellow part of the painted area to the outside and the little bit of blue on the inside of the petal. When it was dry, I cut the petals out. I kept the basic card design simple because I didn't want to take anything away from that spectacular flower. It is always frustrating when making sparkly, shimmery cards because they never look as good in the photograph as they do in real life..... but then, you all probably know that! Remember you can click on the pictures for larger images which might show the shimmer a bit better.

Stamps – Petal Power (smARTworks), Ink- Brilliance Graphite Black (Tsukineko), Paper- Basic Black (Stampin’ Up!), African Daisy (The Paper Company), blue (unknown), watercolor paper, Other – Twinkling H2Os (Sunburst, Plumaria, Mediterranean Blue) (LuminArte), rhinestone (Me and My Big Ideas), dimensionals.

Well, have a great shimmery day!!

Donelda

Twinkling H2O cards

So, my friend Deb was showing me a great link to use Twinkling H2Os on watercolor paper to make great backgrounds. It was from the Memory Box blog and you can watch it yourself HERE. I had to give it a try. Here are 2 of the end results! I love it. And, as usual, the pictures just don't do it justice!! It just doesn't pick up the shimmer that is really there!! The images are simply stamped with black StazOn ink and mounted on some colorful paper.

Supplies: Stamps - Watch Trio, I've Gone Fishin' (smARTworks), Birds of a Feather (Papertrey Ink); Ink - Jet Black (StazOn); Paper-Very Vanilla, Basic Black (Stampin' Up!), watercolor paper (unknown), colored paper (creative expressions); Other - Twinkling H2Os, watercolor brush.

Thanks for dropping by.

Donelda