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

Crafty Creations Challenge #164 - Flocked Pussywillows says Spring

Hello and welcome back to another Crafty Creations Challenge.  This week Digital Delights us sponsoring out challenge.  Our challenge #164 is to celebrate spring with some green/buds/blossoms/grass.  I opted to go with buds ... Pussywillows to be precise.  This image from smARTworks is my favourite to pull out at this time of year! 

The pussywillows are 'flocked' with white ... they are soft and fuzzy in real life.  Unfortunately hard to tell in this photo.  I also used my new Distress Stain in Tumbled Glass (Ranger) for the background.

Now you need to go visit Crafty Creations Challenge Blog to see what all the others did for this challenge.  Then link up your own card or project for your chance to win!!

Donelda

Tuesday Morning Sketch #119 - Noah

Decided to play along with Tuesday Morning Sketches again!  A great sketch this week by none other than Kathy Curry!! 

I had fun using this image from smARTworks.  It was watercoloured using my Stampin' Up! watercolour pencil crayons.

Had to try one of those little bows like Jill Foster puts on all her cards.  It was a perfect addition for the sketch.

Thanks for dropping by.

Donelda

A Moo or Two - Easter

When I saw the latest challenge for the Moo or Two site I knew I needed to pull out this smARTworks set!  It is my favorite for Easter cards! 

Here are my moos.  I stamped the images onto kraft cardstock and then colored them in using my Prismacolor pencil crayons!  Not sure why but I love to do that with these images becuase the bunnies are so fun to color in white!  Added a few strips of designer paper.  The swirls are a Memory Box stamp a bought a few years ago and seem to forget about!

Off to see what everyone created for the last challenge (too bad I was away - script would have been fun!) and for this one so far!

Have a great Sunday!
Donelda

Inchie Nuts About You

Happy Groundhog Day.  I don't actually own a groundhog stamp so I thought this squirrel was pretty close.
This cute little squirrel is from the retired Stampin' Up! set called Wildlife Reserve.   The card ended up being very Clean and Simple. 
I stamped the squirrel and then colored him with my Copics and colored pencils (Prismacolor).  Then I punched him out with a one inch square.  Next, I punched out 4 other 1" squares and colored 3 of them in with 3 of the Copic colors I had used to color in the squirrel (a pale blue, clay, and light brown).  I left one of the squares white.  Lined the squares up on the card.  The 4 colored squares are adhered directly to the card and the squirrel is popped up on dimensionals.  I added the sentiment (smARTworks) but now that this is posted I see it is a bit crooked.  Drat, I even used my Stamp-a-ma-jig and everything .. grrrrr! 

Drop back in on Friday to find out what image Linda and I decided to use for our second challenge!!!  

Have a great day!
Donelda

One Layer Wednesday (OLW) 38 - Sketch Challenge

Edited: oops, that's right, it is actually Jennifer who handed out the actual challenge this week and she created the sketch herself!!  Sorry Jennifer for making this mistake!!

Susan R. gave us a sketch to use for this week's one layer wednesday challenge #38.  That is quite different!  I saw her card and wanted to use a silhouette flower and the bee.  You can't really see it in the photo but the flowers have a nice shimmer to them.  That is because I sprayed the inked up stamp with some water mixed with Perfect Pearls (Ranger) - one of Jennifer McGuire's favorite techniques! 

Flower and bee from smARTwork stamps, sentiment is from Papertrey Ink

Thanks for dropping by. 

Donelda

Birdie Cards

These 2 cards were made using some of my smARTwork stamps.  They come from a set called Birdie Fun and were designed by Dina from Mama Dini's Stamperia ... such a great artist and card maker!  Note that the little 'Celebrate' sentiment from the green card is from Mixed Messages (Papertrey Ink).  I had seen a card somewhere with a similar bird that was outlined with grey.  It reminded me of these birds so I decided to pull them out and play!

While you can't see it in the photo, there are score marks around the white main image of the red card.  It finishes off the card nicely.  You also can't see the grey outlining the birds (on both cards) but it is there...really! The patch of grass on the second card is made with Copic markers.  The ribbon is unknown but the black button is from my Papertrey Ink black button package. 

Hope your day is going well.  Thanks for stopping by!  Leave me a comment so I know you are out there :-)

Donelda

Loonie Stamper's Challenge - #106 - Fabric

The latest Loonie Challenge is to use fabric.  Well, I just happen to have acquired a ton of great fabric scraps and also recently purchased a package of K&Co. fabric so this is a perfect excuse to get off my duff and actually use it! 

I started out with the flower.  A few days ago I had made THIS card using pink and green reinker inks.  Not wanting to waste anything, I took the left over pink and green ink and brushed it onto a piece of scrap cardstock.  I used this scrap today (see me trying to be better at using my scraps!) by stamping this lovely flower (smARTworks), a waterlily I would say, onto the paper.  I mostly got the pink part of the paper but the tips of the middle petals have a bit of green on them.  Then, I picked this green and white fabric (K&Co.) to combine with the pink color.  I adore pink and green together (as you can see on the card that I posted where these colors of ink originated).  The little strip of pink at the bottom is also the painted reinker scrap and I stamped this swirl border (Stampology) on it.  The black under the flower is some True Black twill (Papertrey Ink) and the sentiment is from the Birthday Basics set (Papertrey Ink). 

Okay, now what did those loonie ladies do with fabric ... I can't wait to find out:

Dee, Wendy, Char, Regan, Jewels, Maria

Hope you have a good and stampy weekend!!

Donelda

Using Vellum

I totally struggle to use vellum!!  It's not that I can't think of what to do with it ... it's that I can never plan a good way on how to attach it without the unsightly adheseve showing.  I know, brads are a great alternative .. but I'm not really a "brad girl" as I rarely use them on my cards! 

However, when I saw a few samples from Kristina Werner where she wrapped vellum around the front panel of the card... now that I knew I could do.

I set out to create a card.  I decided I wanted to "mimic" the Hero Arts stamp called Dandelion Frame (seen on page 68 if the current  2010 catalog).  I took a number of my silhouette stamps from smARTworks and created the panel.  Not so sure if I got the "mimicing" part exactly but I did it from memory.... Then, I added the sentiment (also from smARTworks) and the swirls (from Everyday Classics by Papertrey Ink) onto the vellum piece.   I wraped it, adhered it on the back and then put the whole panel on a white card base.

I am definately doing this again with vellum!!

Thanks for dropping into my little corner of the blogging world.  Have a great day and a great week!!
Donelda

Clean and Simple (CAS) Challenge - 76 - sketch

(note- this is actually my third post for the day ~having lots of fun crafting today, finally ~ if you'd like to see my submission for Lucy's button challenge or Susan's R.'s latest One Layer Wednesday card scroll down)

So I haven't played along with the Clean and Simple Challenges on Splitcoaststampers for a while.  I saw the adorable card by ravengirl that was being used as a layout for challenge #76 and decided to play along. 

I realized that the layout would be an excellent opportunity to use one of my doilies (inspired by Christine Middlecamp and her doily project seen HERE) that I had made previously.  I kept pretty close to the basic layout simply changing the shape of the desinger paper layer, the colors, and using the doily instead of a flower.  As ravengirl did, I distressed around my designer paper which served to pull it together with my doily creation. 

Supplies: Stamps- Wishing You, Polka Dot Basics II (Papertrey Ink), Watch Trio (smARTworks); Paper - Whisper White (Stampin' Up!), Winsom from the Ambrosia collection (Papertrey Ink), aqua paper (unknown); Ink - Jet Black (Ranger), Broken China and Peeled Paint (Ranger); Other - transparency, button (Hero Arts), white doily (Martha Stewart), white crochet thread, clear embossing powder (used to make the polkadot background as it was emboss resisted with the 2 ranger inks), dimensionals, sponge. 

Well, that was fun for a change!!  I sure have been prolific today ... 3 posts!!  and I have a  bunch more ready to go for the rest of the week.  I think I am back in the swing of this stamping :-)  That makes me smile!!

Have a great evening!!
Donelda

Lucy's Challenge #12 - Buttons

(note, this is my second post of the day, to see my card for Susan R's watercolor OLW challenge, be sure to scroll down!)

Lucy gave us another challenge and this time she wanted us to use buttons.  Well, I have lots of those that I can use!! 

In fact, I had this lovely "collection" of spectrum colored buttons all the same that came out of a large general pack of buttons from Walmart.  I had kept them knowing that I would use them for something at some point! 

The sentiment is from a smARTwoks set.  I stamped the senitment on a pice of white, did some sewing with my machine, and them added the buttons.  I added a few strips of black cardstock that was cut with my small scallop scissors.  A very easy and Clean and Simple card. 

(edited to add - and guess what... Lucy picked my card as one of the 'winners' of this challenge.  You can check that out HERE)

Off to see what everyone else did with thier buttons!

Donelda

Fabriano Feather

Hello everyone. 

Here is a card I actaully made a while ago.  I can't remember which card she made, but I'm pretty sure this card was inspired by none other than the simply wonderful Susan R. 

This feather is a stamp from smARTworks as is the wonderful Fabriano card.  These cards are nothing but delicious!!  I stamped the feather and senitment with Chocolate chip ink.   A very Clean and simple card for sure!! 

Hope you are all having a great week!  I am busy creating a few cards using supplies I received from my Secret Sister in a swap I am in. I will photograph and post them when I get a chance. 

Donelda

So here is an Anniversary card I made.  It was sooo complex and took me a few hours to get finished, even if it looks pretty simple!! 

I started out by stamping the smallest dots from Polka Dot Basics onto some vanilla cardstock using Tea Dye (Distress Inks) ink.  Then I did some stitiching around the panel with my sewing machine and some tan thread.  I added that to a white mat.  Then, I created my focal piece.  The flower (from smARTworks) was stamped and cut out.  I colored it with ink and Copic markers.  Adhered that to the oval, added the eyelet and hemp.  The rectangle focal piece is popped up on dimensionals!

The picture doesn't do a great job of sharing the true colors (I still need to buy better lights for my photo box).  The actually colors are a soft yellow, peachy pink, white, and kraft.  They look quite pretty in real life. 

Hope you are all enjoying your week.   I have an official count down until I'm done work.  Just 5 work days to go.  Woooohooooo!!!!

Donelda

Doily #6 - Butterfly Time

Here is another doily based on Christine Middlecamp's awesome project. I will not be making a piece of decorative wall art, like she is doing, but will likley use my doily creations on cards or on altered items, like gift boxes.

This doily includes a few neat items:

- The dotted background is clear embossed dots with a mixture of Broken China distress ink (Ranger) and Garden Green classic ink (Stampin' Up!) sponged on top. It ended up being a great color.

- The clock (both cardstock and transperancy that is laid on top) is not a piece of chipboard but a creation out of a smARTworks stamp.

- The butterfly is cut out from a piece of BasicGrey paper - such beautiful butterflies!!

Well, I have a whole bunch more to create! There is a Flickr group for these doily creations so you should check that out if you are interested.

Thanks for dropping in!

Donelda

Tea Time

A few months ago, Susan Trask from smARTworks, sent me my last package of stamps for design work. In that package she had used a page of beautiful paper. Not sure what kind of paper it was, whether it was some designer paper or not as there was no form of identification on the paper. But it was so beautiful I couldn't help but use it on a card.

I cut the paper into these long strips and sewed them with some zig zag stitching. I added this great tea cup image that was watercolored. A bit of wide grosgrain ribbon finished off the card.

Thanks for dropping in again!

Donelda

Inchie INKlings - Sketch #3 - Birthday Mouse

So you know how much I love working with inchies!! I decided to play with Ellen's 3rd inchie sketch!

What a fun little card. My neice plays the violin so maybe I'll keep this one for her.

Images were colored with Copic markers in browns and pinks.

Supplies: Stamps - Mouse and Cake - Inchies #3 (smARTworks), inchie swirl - Inchie Flourishes (Inkadinkadoo), Flourishes, Scattered Showers (Papertrey Ink); Ink - Brilliance black, Close to Cocoa (SU!); Paper - Sweet Blush (Papertrey Ink), Close to Cocoa, Basic Black, Whisper White (Stampin' Up!); Other - pinking sheers (Provo Carft), markers (Copic), dimensionals.

Hope you had a great day!

Donelda

smARTworks - Simple Blue Vase

A very simple card using an image and sentiment from smARTworks set Fun Stuff.

Simply stamped the image using Archivers Jet Black ink. Then I used a paint brush and ink to paint the flowers and water in the vase.

I cut around the left edge of the flowers to add some dimensions!!

Hope you have a great day!!

Donelda

smARTworks Howdy Dotty Girl

I made this card using smARTworks' set called Fun Stuff. I had seen some designer paper that had these large dots in these colors and I loved it so I decided to make my own. I used my sewing machine to stitch around the edges. Next I used white acrylic paint to add smaller dots to the Aqua Mist cardstock and matted it on some Pure Poppy. The girl was stamped and her dress paper pieced using some Pure Poppy Bitty Dots paper. The trim was colored with some Aqua Mist ink and a paint brush. Stamp - Fun Stuff (smARTworks) all other products are Papertrey Ink except sewing machine and thread of course!! Thanks for dropping in. I'm heading to bed for some much needed sleep. Donelda

Masculine Time

Here is another Masculine Card. I am continueing to try to keep my New Year's resolutions - to make masculine cards, use what I have, and actually make some challenges. SEe that awesome paper on there...it is all BasicGrey - from the Granola collection!! This image is from smARTworks. They are 2 different stamps so I masked the smaller one and then stamped the larger watch. Supplies: Stamps - Watch Trio (smARTworks), some set from Papertrey that I just can't think of right now!!!; Paper - 3 different pieces from the Granola collection (BasicGrey); Ink - Walnut Stamin (Ranger); Other - corner rounder (We R Memory Keepers), dimensionals. Hope you have a great day! Donelda

Umbrella Mouse

This is such a cute little mouse!! I knew that a paper pieced umbrella would be a lot of fun!! I also wanted to create one of these types of cards with the left adhered together and then scored. I colored him in with my Copic markers and then added the Bitty Dots paper for the unbrella. Supplies: Stamps - Fun Stuff (smARTworks); Paper - Summer Sunrise, White, Bitty Dots (Papertrey Ink), designer papers from my scrap bin; Ink -Black, Chocolate Chip (Stampin' Up!); Other - white eyelets (Stampin' Up!), brown himp, markers (Copics), dimensionals. Hope you enjoyed!! Donelda