Crafty Creations Challenge #171 - Pastels, Pearls and Lace

Okay, can you say totally out of my comfort zone!!  This week at Crafty Creations Challenges #171 the challenge is to use pastels, pearls, and lace.  Definately out of my comfort zone.  So I worked really hard and managed to come up with this....

Pastels .. check, pearls ... check, and lace..... check!

Supplies: Stamps - Rosie Posie, Flower Garden, Basic Backgrounds - Retro (Papertrey Ink), Ink - Sweet Blush, Spring Moss (Papertrey Ink), London Fog (Memento); Cardstock - Sweet Blush (Papertrey Ink), Other - Pearls (Hero Arts), Lace (from my husband's grandmother's stash), doily (from one of my past secret sisters - thanks Linda).

Now off to see what the rest of Design Team 2's creations:

Peggy

Jaime

Lindsey

and check out at the CCC blog to see any of Design Team 1 who decided to play along!

This week you could win a prize from Whimsy Stamps so go ahead, create, and link up on the CCC blog!

Thanks for dropping by.  Sorry that my blogging break (with the exception of Wednesdays for my Design Team work is getting to be much longer than I had anticipated!  My life is really just a whirlwind right now!  I'll be back soon!!)

Donelda

Crafty Creations Challenge #159 - Vintage Lady

Hi everyone and welcome to Crafty Creations Challenge #159 - Vintage Fashion.  This week's sponsor is Digi Doodle Shop and they have shared this lovely vintage lady for us to use!  I decided to go with a clean and simple vintage instead of a shabby vintage.

Her big beautiful dress just screamed purple to me!!  I wanted to keep the overall card clean and simple so I just added this great ribbon and flower embellishment. 

You need to check out what the others from Team 2 of the CCC Design Team did with this and the other vintage lady images ....

Peggy

Jaime

Lindsey

Kathleen

Now it is your turn ... create a card that reflects Vintage Fashion for your chance to win!

Donelda

Our Creative Corner - Rustic Ruffled Anniversary

I saw this inspiration photo collage from Our Creative Corner and I couldn't resist all those ruffles.  The different layers of cream ruffles with the soft blue flowers inspired me most.

Here is the card I created:

I made the hand-rolled flower. Love the 3 pearls in the middle. The leaves are cut from some material.  I also made the long ruffle at the bottom from some material I bought at a garage sale.  The other lace are some of my favourites!

The colours also fit the CCC colours - an amazing combo:

My co-worker was looking for a few Anniversary cards so I added the appropraite sentiment in Chocolate Chip.

Thanks for dropping by.

Donelda

Take 3 Challenge - Hero Arts Stem Blossom - Take 1

Welcome to another Take 3 Challenge.  If you are new to my blog, I have been giving myself challenges to make 3 different cards or ``takes`` using the same stamp.  Sometimes I do it with the same embellishment, layout, paper ... but my favorite are when I use the same stamp! 

Today I am using the Long Stem Blossom stamp from Hero Arts.  My first take, Take 1, is what I like to call Clean and Simple Vintage! 

Yummy soft and warm colors with a bit of lace, a button, and some crochet yarn! 
Drop back by tomorrow to see Take 2 and a totally different look using this same stamp image! 
Donelda

Strawberry Wish

Well, here is one last strawberry card. This one all started out with that rectangle of white. It is actually a rectangle of grungeboard painted with white acrylic paint. When I stamped the strawberry with ink it came out molted-like and looked vintage. So I tried to go with a vintage look. I even used one of the doily's I bought a while ago.

So I've decided that I just don't "do" vintage very well!!! I tried!! Some of the things I did to try to make it vintage-y is stitching around the red polka dots, sponging around the edge of the red with some with craft ink, the doily, and the paint(which looks kinda crackly).

Well, I hope you enjoyed my strawberry week. I hear that Dina did a strawberry card - she hasn't posted it yet (she's been a bit busy) but I'm going to keep checking because I'm sure it will be spectacular!! Did you get the strawberry fever and make a card???? I'd love to see it. Leave a link!!

Have a great weekend.

Donelda

Cookie Challenge #13 - Fannie Mae

Note: Go HERE to see my blog candy for 50,000 blog hits, make sure you leave a comment so you have a chance to win. When I opened the envelope from Susan that contained the latest Cookie Challenge my jaw hit the floor!! Fannie Mae is awesome but she would require creating a "vintage" card...and I really have a hard time creating "vintage". So, I started searching out vintage galleries, blogs, and cards! I gathered a bunch of different ideas from various cards and pulled it all together to get my own creation. Fannie Mae is colored with my Copics. The text background is a page from an old book, and I used my sewing machine, and even cut the edges jagged and sponged around the edges as well. In my exploration I saw a lot of lace so I wanted to include it on my card too....but my lace was so white and bright! So, I brewed a cup of stong tea and dunked the lace into it!! Just 20 minutes later and the lace fit much better!! One last little detail, see that button...it was white!! So I took my pink Copic marker (the same one I used to color in the fan) and changed the button from white to pink!! Now, I am off to see what the other Design Team members did. They are all together in the Cookie Jar. I am shocked to see how many different styles we all ended up with dispite using the same stamp set!! Donelda

Vintage - Key

Every once in a while I like to try my hand at vintage stamping. I find it rather difficult and I'm rarely satisfied with the results. This project is "okay" with me and maybe my favorite vintage work I've done yet.

It all stared with that piece of scrap designer paper I had in my stash. I loved it but was not sure what I was going to do with it. Then I thought of this awesome key image by smARTworks and thought it might work. I started out by stamping it onto some vanilla cardstock and coloring it in. Then, I used my linen background stamp and sponged in spots using various distress inks. Next, I added the decorative top and bottom by using pieces of stamps. A little more distressing and a sentiment and the focal image was complete. I adhered it to the card with dimensionals.

Stamps - Lock and Key (smARTworks), Simple Little Things, Guide Lines 2, Wedding Day (Papertrey Ink); Linen background stamp (STampin' Up!); Ink - Walnut Stain, Antique Linen, Tea Dye (Ranger Distress Inks).

I am off to see if I can find some inspiration for vintage cards. Do you know of a blogger that tends to do "vintage" stuff?? If so, I'd love to get a link!! Thanks!!

Donelda

Favorite Color Moos

Over at Make a Moo or Two the challenge was to make a Moo using your favorite color! Well, I have two colors that are very close but my very favorite color is .... green!! That is why my blog is geen!! And my second favorite is brown. So, I made my moos mainly using green but also adding a little bit of brown!

What, you don't know what a moo is?? Well, it is a little card with the size dimensions of 2.8 cm x 7 cm (1.1" x 2.8" approximately). Here is one of my earlier sets - the them was Friends.

I don't generally make cards in this style, but over on the Moo site, this vintage collage look is very popular so I decided to give it a try. It was quite difficult afterall but I think I might have pulled it off -- or gotten close!

Ultimately, these will go on Easter cards (you'll note that one girl is holding an egg basket and the other has bunny ears on!!

Thanks for visiting. I'd love to see your Moos!! Give them a try, they are lots of fun!!

Donelda