I noticed the challenge over at Try it on Tuesday is Travel. I have been itching to ink up a new to me Crafty Individuals stamp as I start thinking about my Christmas Cards for 2012 and so I thought this would be the perfect opportunity! I elected to use red and green card stock, but kept the rest of the card in black and white with some Pumice Stone Distress Ink. Simple embellishments include Silver Liquid Pearls and vintage black seam binding. We have friends who sail, so I think this will be their Christmas Card! Best wishes, Yvonne
Yeah! One of my very favorite challenge blogs is back after a month long break! Make My Monday is back with a month of challenges around Vintage. For the first week, we are to create a project depicting Vintage Fashion. The focal image above, a complimentary stamp I received from Crafty Individuals when purchasing other stamps was the only image I felt I had along with me that worked. When I think of fashion, I also think of sewing. This is probably because I sewed all of my own clothing for decades! And so, I intertwined sewing elements also from Crafty Individuals with this fashionable vintage image. A touch of black lace and vintage seam binding, a dot of black liquid pearls and a few ChitChat stickers and my card is complete. Thanks for dropping by! Best wishes, Yvonne
Greetings! Today is Labor Day in the United States. It pretty much represents the end of Summer. Mostly everyone closes up their pool after today, and children return to school, if they have not already done so. We decided to return home tomorrow from the beach, so it is a lazy day of card making for me! The card above is for a recent challenge over at 365 Cards. For Challenge # 185, we are asked to create a card with a mirror image. As I had never done this before, I Googled the Internet and found a tutorial. Not having acetate with me, I tried stamping the mirror image of my ship on an acrylic block. (Not good - the StazOn ink Stayed On!) I was excited to ink up these new to me images from Crafty Individuals. The instruments and chart were stamped with Pumice Stone Distress Ink for a faded appearance and parts of the overall card were distressed with more Pumice Stone DIs. Kraft Chitchat Stickers and Black Liquid Pearls complete my card. Thanks for dropping by. Best wishes, Yvonne
Greetings everyone! Back with a card for today's challenge # 186 over at 365 Cards. Sundays are Sketches at 365 Cards, and above is the sketch we are currently following. I layered green card stock and designer paper over a white card base. A panel of white card stock was centered over the top of those layers. Paper birds in several shades of yellow were added and the eyes were dotted with black Liquid Pearls. A bit of green rickrack and a sentiment by Crafty Individuals were added as finishing touches. Thanks for dropping by! Yvonne
My husband and I travel a lot. Both with his work, and when we are not traveling for his work, we like to decompress at our condo near the ocean. Probably like many of you, the thought of stepping away from card making for so long is not desirable! And so, whenever it is feasible, I take my crafting along with me. Obviously, I cannot bring everything with me, and so when responding to challenges, on the fly, I often note that I am working out of my travel bags. One of my dear friends, Lynne, has encouraged me to share what I carry. So hear is a look see. I normally give myself no more than 5-10 minutes to grab items from my art studio. I find when I need to improvise, my creativity is improved.
In bag one, my entire collection of Distress Inks, a Black StazOn Ink pad, double sided tape refill, a paper cutter, glue dots, several stacks of adhesive card mats, ChitChat stickers, a box of pearls, charms and odd small embellishments, a bag of lace, a bag of odds and ends of ribbon, buttons, several sets of Stampsmith Rubber Stamps, and a stack of card stock and card blanks.
In bag two, several pads of designer paper, adhesive card stock mats, a box of chipboard pieces, several packs of card blanks and envelopes, a basket full of Crafty Individuals stamps and some of their pads of paper, a bag full of small spools of ribbon, and my collection of vintage seam binding.
That's it! I keep my double sided tape dispenser here at the condo and a pack of baby wipes. The bags vary on occasion, but this is pretty much what I carry.
Hopefully, back a bit later with some creations made from my bag. Happy Crafting! Best, Yvonne
Today's card is based on the sketch above from Bloggers Challenge. As I am traveling, my stash is somewhat limited. No stamps were used for my card. Designer background papers, a sticker of a woman, chipboard scroll, seam binding and pearls and some bits of lace, a pinned charm and ChitChat stickers complete my card. Hope everyone is having a great weekend. Best, Yvonne
Greetings! My card today is for several challenges. The first is for Challenge #183 over at 365 Cards where we are asked to create a card based on the colors above. The card is also for a new challenge I learned about called Tuesday Alchemy where the challenge is to create a project inspired by the words "Bee," "Guitar," and "Lunch." The images are from Art Declassified, except for the bees and sentiment, which are from Character Construction. Distress Inks and Black StazOn Ink were used. Simple embellishments include Copper Liquid Pearls and vintage seam binding. Thanks so much for dropping by. Best, Yvonne
