First, a great big thank you to my most recent followers! Always amazed and delighted when someone decides to follow my blog. We are up to Week 11 at Twelve Tags of Christmas Funkie Junkie Style, with The Funkie Junkie Boutique being our sponsor. Linda's beautiful tag is shown below. I was inspired to use numerous elements from Linda's tag. The bronze tones, a white flower and bronze leaves, some lace, a script background and copper liquid pearls.
I chose my Holiday image based on Linda's "A Joyful Christmas." It inspired me to choose my beautiful "Joy and Happiness" image from Stampington, which I embossed with Copper powder. The "Peace" and "Noel" sentiments are by Recollections. I did not have a holly die cut so I used my Tattered Flowers die cut, purchased at The Funkie Junkie Boutique. Thanks for dropping by. Best wishes, Yvonne
Happy Tuesday! I am sharing a card today for the latest challenge over at 365 Card. This week, the sponsor at 365 Cards is Stamp Your Life. For my card, the beautiful, bold December 25 circle is a digi image from Stamp Your Life. This is my very first ever card using a digi image. After printing my image, I cut my card stock down to fit a card base. I worked with images from Oxford Impressions. The holly and snowflakes were stamped directly onto the card stock. The sweet boy and girl were stamped on scrap card stock, trimmed and water colored with Distress Markers. Simple embellishments include tartan plaid twill ribbon and a vintage red button tied with burlap string. Thank so much for dropping by. I hope you will drop by 365 Cards and join in the challenge. Best wishes, Yvonne
Happy Monday! It's is just so good to be back home again. There truly is no place like home. Since it's Monday, that means there is a new challenge over at Make My Monday. This time, the challenge is to include Buttons and Ribbon in an Autumnal design. While rooting through my ribbon stash for some fall ribbon, I came across this twill ribbon. I decided to go with it and the rest of my card flowed from there. The images are from Artistic Outpost's Bluebird plate. The little boy appears to be harvesting wheat to me and birds on a wire are a frequent scene this time of year. I had fun sorting through my vintage button stash and decided to stack a few of them for added dimension. A bit of paper doily, via a TH die cut, a paper leaf, a feather and some copper liquid pearls complete my card. Happy Harvest everyone. Yvonne
Playing catch up, but wanted to play along at Make My Monday Challenge where the challenge continues to be Autumn and specifically Vellum. I rarely work with vellum, so this was a great challenge for me to try. I began by stamping some acorns and leaves onto vellum with Black StazOn Ink. The acorns and leaves by Studio 112 were colored with Distress Markers in various shades. Paper leaves were layered over a paper doily and accented with a vintage button. Lace, burlap string and a scrap of seam binding are wrapped around the bottom of the card. The sentiment, also by Studio 112, was added to the top of the card and accented with Copper Liquid Pearls. Thanks for dropping by. Yvonne
It is almost impossible to believe we are up to the 10th week at 12 Tags of Christmas Funkie Junkie Style. The challenge is sponsored by The Funkie Junkie Boutique. For week ten, Linda created the tag below. I have to tell you, this really took me back to my childhood. My dad use to wrap the stand our tree stood on with brick paper and the brick on Linda's card just reminded me of my childhood instantly!
For my own card, I was inspired to use a brick embossing folder to incorporate brick in my own card. I also included the number 25 and a scrap of cheese cloth as inspired by Linda's tag. I was also inspired to select a vintage replica art image and in place of icicles, I decided to frost the top of my card with a portion of paper lace that I purchased at The Funkie Junkie Boutique some time ago. Some kraft and green striped paper, also from The Funkie Junkie Boutique, and a couple of snowflakes and vintage buttons complete my card.
On a personal note, I am home again, after being out of town for three weeks while my husband under went some medical treatment. It is so good to be back home. We are hoping he feels better soon and that the treatments are successful. Thank you to each of you who have sent kind wishes of encouragement our way the past few weeks. Best wishes, Yvonne
Greetings! This is a scheduled post as I continue to be out of town with my husband. Today is hopefully the completion of his treatments so we look forward to tomorrow! I am sharing a card today for the newest challenge over at 365 Cards where today's challenge is "Just Smile." We are to include a big smile on our card. My first thought went to images of people, which I adore. In the end, I decided to go with clowns as they are known for making us smile. I hope you will join in the fun and submit your take on our challenge. My images and sentiments are from Artistic Outpost's Send in the Clowns Plate. I am also submitting this to the November Artistic Outpost Referral Program. Happy Thanksgiving to those who will celebrate tomorrow here in the United States. Best wishes, Yvonne
The weeks go by so fast! Once again it is time for a new challenge over at Fashionable Stamping Challenge. Our theme this time, selected by me, is "Home Sweet Home." There are all sorts of ways to go with this theme. My first thought went to this Artistic Outpost image from the Outpost plate, however, you could also make a house shaped card or a card with a bird cage. The possibilities are endless. For my card, I began with smooshing various Distress Inks on my Craft Mat and sopping up the inks onto white card stock. I stamped my house image with Black StazOn Ink over the background. The sentiment was stamped onto a torn piece of Kraft paper. Simple embellishments include vintage seam binding and button, burlap string, and some beautiful die cut leaves compliments of the Funkie Junkie Boutique with a recent order. I hope you will check out the inspiration pieces of my design team sisters and submit an entry of your own for a possible prize. Please remember we need to see stamping on your entry as we are a stamping challenge. Thanks so much for stopping by. Best wishes, Yvonne
