A warm hello to each of you! After a two month hiatus, Eclectic Ellapu is back and kicking us off is the Pink Team! Our challenge is to create a project using lots of texture. I LOVE texture on a card and really enjoyed creating this one. I began with gold embossing paste and stenciled it on using a Tim Holtz Stencil. Next I layered on a paper doily and some Dresden Trim by Retro Art Cafe. The gorgeous digital images are from Gecko Galz and finishing touches include some rhinestone heart gems and a bit of seam binding tied into a bow. The sentiment was created using ChitChat Seasonal Stickers. Please enjoy the inspiration pieces of the rest of the Pink Team and I hope you will submit a piece of your own for us to enjoy. Have a great weekend! Hugs, Yvonne
Hello faithful followers! I am having one of those days when I have multiple Design Team Posts to share with you, so thank you in advance for your patience. The tag above is for the newest challenge over at Fashionable Stamping Challenge, where my Design Team Sister, Laura Bomber, has chosen for us to create a project "Without Using Ink." We are permitted to use ink for coloring in. As always, our challenge is supported by FlonzCraft and one lucky participant at the end of the challenge will be chosen to receive a gift voucher for $20. Now if you follow my blog on a regular bases, you know that I am primarily a card maker! I thought I was going to die when I had to make my first tag for FSC back in 2011! For some reason, I just thought this would be a good challenge to use a tag. I began by smooshing various fall colored Distress Paints onto my Craft Mat. A bit of water mist came next and then I dragged my tag through the paints for my background color. I would normally distress the edges with Vintage Photo or another color of Distress Ink, but I resisted and instead used some Gathered Twigs Distress Paint with a blending tool. Next, I embossed the tag with some White Embossing Paste by Dreamworks through a Tim Holtz stencil. In the center of the tag, I pounced Black Soot DP through another Tim Holtz stencil. The focal image by Lost Coast Design was stamped with more Black Soot DP and colored in with the allowed Distress Markers. For more contrast, I added Idea-ology Rub-ons onto the tag. I painted several chipboard pieces with more Black Soot DP and dabbed some Spiced Marmalade DP onto a wood piece by Idea-ology. The gauze behind the focal image and at the top of the tag where colored with more Distress Paints as was the metal tag. I must say, I was out of my comfort zone for this challenge on many fronts and kept trying to reach for my ink pads, but that's why it is a challenge, yes?! I'm glad I gave it a go, and I hope you will stop by FSC to see what the rest of the Design Team has created and then make a project of your own. Thanks for dropping by! Yvonne
Greetings! Back with another post for Word Wednesday over at 365 Cards. Our word this week is "Speedy." I immediately thought of this plate by Artistic Outpost. I love this young lady in her classy coat, scarf, hat and sun glasses and the sentiment is too rich. The background is Dreamworks White Embossing Paste, dyed with Gathered Twigs and Ripe Persimmon Distress Paint and stenciled through a Tim Holtz Stencil. Bakers Twine and Black Liquid Pearls complete my card. I am also submitting my card to the September Referral Program at Artistic Outpost. I look forward to seeing what you come up with for your own card. Take care! Yvonne
Greetings! It's Wednesday and time for another Word Wednesday Challenge over at 365 Cards. This time, our challenge is to use the word "Pretty" to create our card. As I looked around my art studio, and went through some clip art images, this ethereal image by Gecko Galz of a beautiful woman holding and studying a bird caught my eye. The ephemera on either side of her, is also by GG. Since I worked with an 8" x 8" card base in order to frame the paper doily, I wanted to fill in the background somewhat. I decided to use a Dylusions Stencil and Dreamworks Embossing Paste (yes, the jar is probably a decade old). I poured a small amount of Spun Sugar Distress Paint onto my craft mat and smooshed the embossing paste into it with palette knife to colorize it. After it dried, I applied some Gesso to the embossed diamonds to tone down the pink a bit. A length of pink lace along the bottom, some complimentary pink dyed seam binding, a metal embellishment, buttons softened with Gesso, (all compliments of one generous Linda Coughlin at The Funkie Junkie Boutique) a feather, some cheese cloth and some liquid pearls complete my card. Looking forward to seeing what you come up with for your "Pretty" card. My thanks to so many of you who wished me a Happy Birthday. There is still time to sign up for my Birthday Blog Candy - see the sticky post at the top of my blog! Cheers, Yvonne
