Greetings! This is a scheduled post that I am hoping to post before we lose power here in Central Pennsylvania in the midst of Hurricane Sandy. I hope wherever you reside that you are safe, dry and warm. Over a 365 Cards, the challenge for today is to create a card based on a Decorative Item in your home. My thoughts immediately went to this decorative pillow in my den. Although my card is not a "replica," the composition was truly inspired by the pillow. The images and sentiment are all from the Beyond the Sea plate by Artistic Outpost. The sky, light coming from the lighthouse and water were all created with Distress Inks. I chose to use star fish rather than stars for my corners. What will you chose to inspire your creation? We hope you will join in the fun at 365 Cards! Thanks for dropping by. Best wishes, Yvonne
This marks the half way mark for the 12 Tags of Christmas Funkie Junkie style! Above is Linda's beautiful tag, which serves as our inspiration piece. The challenge is sponsored by The Funkie Junkie Boutique. For my card (rather than tag), I incorporated a pine tree, a bit of vintage page text, the word joy, snow flakes and a layered red paper flower and button, from Linda's tag into my own interpretation. The pine trees from Artistic Outpost were stamped with Iced Spruce Distress Ink and distressed with more Vintage Photo Distress Ink. The Santa image and sentiment by Stampsmith were inked with Red StazOn Ink and also distressed with Vintage Photo DI. Vintage seam binding, a bit of burlap string and some Chrome Liquid Pearls complete my card. There's still lots of time if you want to join in the fun for a possible prize! Thanks for dropping by. Hugs, Yvonne
Okay, I know we are all focused on Autumnal or Holiday cards at the moment. But Pam over at 365 Cards has decided to switch things up for the day and gives us the challenge of "Be My Valentine." A refreshing change for me, I must say. I immediately knew I wanted to work with one of my favorite plates of images over at Artistic Outpost called Cutie Pie. Because I was going for a vintage look, I decided to stamp the main image with red ink and add just a touch of Spun Sugar Distress Ink. The background was stamped with Black StazOn Ink and water colored with Worn Lipstick, Spun Sugar, Fired Brick and Barn Red Distress Markers. A red paper doily, vintage pink seam binding, an Idea-ology heart charm and a touch of red glitter glue complete my card.
There's a new challenge over at Tuesday Alchemy. The random word selector has chosen three words: Bath, Duct Tape and Sparrow to work from. Although I generally attempt to create a card with all three words, I elected to just go with the sparrow this time. I chose stamps by TPC Studio for my card, inked them with Black StazOn ink and stamped them onto Specialty Paper before trimming them and lightly water coloring them with Pumice Stone and Brick Red Distress Markers. Simple embellishments include a scrap of lace, a vintage button, red burlap string, vintage page scraps, torn scrap of handmade paper, cheesecloth, and an embossed photo corner. Thanks for dropping by. I hope you are having a great day. Best wishes, Yvonne
It's Monday and that means a new challenge over at Make My Monday! I am truly enjoying this month of French Vintage challenges at MMM. For this week, the challenge is to create a project in Tricoleur of Red, White and Blue. I began with this vintage image of the Eiffel Tower by Stampsmith and stamped it in Faded Jeans Distress Ink. The edges were distressed with Vintage Photo Distress Ink. The stamped image was matted and layered to the card front over a black doily. The sentiment is also from Stampsmith. A variety of airmail stickers, by Martha Stewart were distressed with more Vintage Photo Distress Ink and added to the card front. A bit of air mail Baker's Twine, an Eiffel Tower charm from my stash, and some Liquid Pearls complete my card. Thanks so much for dropping by. Best wishes, Yvonne
Happy Saturday everyone! There's a new challenge over at Our Creative Corner. This time around, we are to create a CAS card with images you might find in a kitchen. Oh how tempted I was to add an image of a lady, a paper doily and lace to my card front, but in the end, I resisted! The image and sentiment are from the London Elements plate by Artistic Outpost. I have been waiting for some time to use this twill ribbon and thought it was perfect for this challenge. Vintage buttons (can you believe the size of the holes in the larger button?) compete my card. Thanks for all your visits to my blog and your kind words of encouragement. It means so much to me. Best wishes, Yvonne
Well, here we are again, with another new challenge over at Fashionable Stamping Challenge! A very timely theme of Halloween, using Halloween Colors for the next two weeks. For my inspirational piece, I decided to create a background using a variety of Distress Inks in Halloween colors. Images from Halloween Treats and Apothecary plates by Artistic Outpost were stamped on Specialty Paper. Some of the images were water colored with Distress Markers and all of the images were distressed with Vintage Photo Distress Markers. Embellishments include burlap string from The Funkie Junkie Boutique, Copper Liquid Pearls and Spider Stickers from Martha Stewart. I hope you will check out the other inspiration pieces by the rest of the Design Team and I hope you will consider making a project of your own for a possible prize. Full details can be found over at FSC! Thanks for dropping by. Best wishes, Yvonne
