Brayered Trees

I made this brayered image by adding yellows and oragnes and then stamping the new Through the Trees (Papertrey Ink) image onto white cardstock with brown ink. Popped it up on dimensionals and added the sentiment directly below it. A quick CAS card!!

Then re-created this awesome card that I saw Susan R. make using the same image!! I just couldn't help myself - it was so amazing!!

Have a great day!!!

Donelda

smART Word Challenge Jan. - ICE

The word for the January smART Word Challenge is ICE!!! Wow, that one had me stumped for about a minute, but then I thought of these great Snowy Pines and knew they would look great along the side of a pond that is covered with ice!! (and aparently, so did Dina!!)

Obviously I did the reflection technique for this card. I also did some brayering and sponging for the background.

The sentiment is from the newest Cookie Plate #2 - Vintage Variety. It is an amazing set and can be purchased using smART Bucks (and one easy way to gather those is to play along with our smART Word challenges and use smART rubber!!).

Now it is your turn to play. How does the word ICE inspire you?? Grab your stamps and some paper and get creating!! Link up with Mr. Linky on the smART Word blog and you will have a chance to win!!

I hope that after this smART Word challenge is done so is the ICE!!!

Enjoy your day. Thanks for dropping in!

Donelda

One Layer Card - Masking

Making one layer cards can be challenging but also a lot of fun. They are great to make because they can be easily mailed!! One easy way to create interesting one layer cards is by using MASKS!

I bought these masks from Tim Holtz' collection a few weeks ago. I was so excited to see that he has come out with some smaller ones that are easier to use on cards (don't get me wrong, I've seen some great stuff done with the larger ones, smaller is just easier).

I stared out with a white card base. I placed the masks where I wanted them and then using my brayer, covered the card with purple ink. Then, I sponged on some darker purple ink in the corner with the masks. I made sure to show lighter and darker spots of the sponging giving more dimension. After the masks were removed, I added a sentiment in black and some doodling around the card. I love this way of finishing off a card (as you can see in a few samples HERE and HERE).

Supplies: Stamps - Spiral Bouquet (Papertrey Ink); Ink - Lavendar Lace, Elegant Eggplant (Stampin' Up!); Paper - Whisper White (Stampin' Up!); Other - masks (Ranger), black marker (Zig), sponge.

Have you ever made a one layer card?? Link it up, I'd love to see it!!

Donelda

Saturday Spotlight - Halloween ... but not Halloween

(Note that this is my 3rd post for today...cruise down to see them all) So there is a new challenge blog out there called Saturday Spotlight with Hidden Potential . What a great name hey!! It sounds like their challenges are going to be lots of fun...like their very first one - It's Halloween...but NOT! They started out with a bang challenging us to create a halloween card....but without using halloween stamps!! What!!?? At first I was a bit concerned that I would never figure out a way to do it but laying in bed late last night it came to me....my favorite scribble cat would be perfect!! I decided to go with a Michelle Zindorf brayering style and add the cat in front of a full moon. My favorite part are the clouds in the sky....I did that by swiping my Chocolate Chip ink pad directly onto the paper. I was just "winging it" so I was so glad it turned out. A few brads and a sentiment and voila, a halloween card without one halloween stamp used!! Supplies: Stamps - Scribble Cat (All Night Media), Everyday Flexible Phrases (Stampin' Up! retired); Paper - Whisper White, Chocolate Chip (Stampin' Up!); Ink - Summer Sun, Pumpkin Pie, Really Rust, Chocolate Chip (SU!); Other - 1 1/4" circle punch, Post It notes, corner rounder, brads, sponges. I can't wait to see what everyone else does. And if this is the first challenge on the Saturday Spotlight blog, I can't wait to see what's next!! Donelda

A Flying Mouse?

Have you ever seen a flying mouse ?? Well, here's one!

This is an ATC that is made using Zindorf's brayered sky technique. Boy, if you haven't seen her cards yet, you should definately check out her gallery -- she does some amazing work!!

I am in Jessica's House Mouse swap #5 and need to figure out what technique I am going to do so I was playing around with this as an option. However, this took a ton of time and I"m not sure I could do it 10 times. So, I decided to put a hand-drawn sentiment and enter it into Jen's Limited supply challenge from today!!

Thanks for the visit!

Donelda