Greetings dear friends! It is Wednesday and time for a new Word Wednesday challenge over at 365 Cards. This time, the challenge is to ask someone in your family, or a friend, to give you a word for you to create a card around. I asked my husband for a word for my own creation and he said "Quote." Well, I immediately knew I wanted to used a new sentiment from a plate of images called Chalkboard Wisdom by Artistic Outpost with a line from a Beatles' Song. I stamped several landmarks from London and a pigeon, also from Artistic Outpost, in the background and then added a clip art image, matted in red, by Gecko Galz. And there you have it, a simple creation, but my husband believes any one loving the Beatles would be delighted to receive my card. Isn't he sweet? Thanks so much for dropping by. Best wishes, Yvonne
Greetings! There's a new challenge over at Eclectic Ellapu, and the Pink Team has stepped up to the challenge to create projects for the theme of "Celebrating Autumn." Please stop over and check out their beautiful projects, and I hope you will be inspired to create one of your own. I just love this time of year and really enjoyed working on this canvas. I began by smooshing most of the recently released Seasonal Distress Paints onto a Craft Sheet and then spritzed with a bit of water and dredged the canvas through the paint. Several Tim Holtz Stencils were stenciled onto the canvas with Distress Inks and the honeycomb stencil, also by Tim Holtz, was embossed with Embossing Paste that was tinted with Gathered Twigs Distress Paint. The stamped images are by Finnabair for Prima. The gorgeous clip art is by Gecko Galz. I hope you will join us and submit a project that celebrates Autumn. Thanks so much for stopping by and enjoy this beautiful fall season. Hugs, Yvonne
Greetings! It is hard to believe another fortnight has passed and already it is time for a new challenge over at Fashionable Stamping Challenge! This time, the theme is to create a project with either a Mask or Stencil. I hope you pop over to FSC to see what the rest of the Design Team have created to inspire you to create one of your own. For my own project, I decided to work on a canvas rather than a card, which is where my comfort zone truly resides. I recently purchased Gelatos and have been wanting to work more with them. I found a video online that shows laying Gelatos onto a Gessoed Canvas and then brushing Gesso over top of the bright colors to provide a creamy background. Next I used several Tim Holtz Stencils and Distress Inks to layer onto the canvas. The rays at the top needed something so I cut out a yellow sun from fabric and adhered it to the corner and added some faux stitching. The fun houses are by Francoise Papillon for Stampotique. After stamping the first one, using a mask, I stamped another next to it. The houses were water colored with Distress Markers. The Mushrooms and Grasses at the bottom of the canvas are by Dylusions. The children and kite are stencils by Andy Skinner. The kite was embossed with Black Embossing Paste by Wendy Vecchi. Buttons, twine, and chip board complete my card. As always, FlonzCraft is our generous sponsor and one lucky winner will receive a gift voucher for $20. I hope you will join in! Best wishes, Yvonne
Greetings and welcome to my blog. Thanks so much for dropping by! Another week has flown by and it is time once again for a new challenge over at Inkspirational. There are also a few changes. There is new leadership. Several of our Design Team members were facing life changes and needed to relinquish a number of responsibilities accordingly. We are now under the helm of Marina (thanks so much for taking on this responsibility) and of course as we bid farewell to some of the original Design Team, a huge thank you to Mynnette and Ellen co-owners and Ruth post coordinator for all their hard work in getting Inkspirational off the ground from its inception. We have also decided to move to a bi-weekly format, allowing all of our followers a bit more time to create their own project. As for this week's challenge, we have a color challenge, as shown below. The twist though, is that you can pick either two or three of the colors with which to work. I chose to use all three for my own creation.
I am working with a new to me image and sentiment that are from Penny Black. The image and sentiment were stamped with Black StazOn Ink and then water colored with Picked Raspberry, Salty Ocean and Pumice Stone to replicate the color palette above. The image and sentiment were trimmed, distressed with Black Soot Distress Ink and layered over a gray mat which was first stenciled and embossed with embossing paste using stencils by Tim Holtz. A simple black and white piece of twine and metal tag holder by Idea-ology complete my card. I hope you will pop over to see what the rest of the design team has come up with and welcome our newest design team member, Nonni, too. Thanks for dropping by. Best wishes, Yvonne
Greetings! It's Wednesday and that means it is time for another Word Wednesday Challenge over at 365 Cards! Our word this week is "Swirls." I am traveling and was a bit limited as I left my swirl stamps back home. Then I remembered these chipboard swirls in storage and immediately, my card came together. The beautiful focal image is by Gecko Galz. The stamped images on the card base are by Finnabair. The base, focal image and doily were distressed with Vintage Photo Distress Ink and the swirls were colored with a Spun Sugar Distress Marker. A vintage seam binding bow complete my card. Thanks for stopping by and I hope you will join in with a creation of your own. Take care, Yvonne
Greetings! It's time for a new challenge over at Inkspirational! This week we are working from the sketch below.
I have been itching to ink up these new images from Artistic Stamper. Some upcycled lace, wooden buttons and gingham ribbon complete my card. Please be sure to stop over to Inkspirational to see what the rest of the Design Team has created to inspire you and then have a go at a creation of your own! Our sponsor for September is Inspired by Stamping and one month long participant will win a gift card valued at $20! Best wishes and thanks so much for stopping 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
