Twisted Sketches card #95

I am getting back on track!  

To see the sketch for this card head on over to Twisted Sketches blog.  The twist this week is "leap".  

The sentiment is a Wendy Vecchi stamp from her "Art-fully said" set.  To take a "leap" (of faith) you have to believe all things are possible. The butterfly is from  Hero Arts' Antique Engravings that I stamped with Staz-on Jet Black on glossy cardstock after covering it with Alcohol Inks.   The flowers are also on glossy cardstock covered in Alcohol Inks.  (I used citrus, pool, cool perl,  purple twilight. and blending solution).  The black "circle"  was cut from Memory Box's Whimsey Circle die.  I attached the circles to the glossy cardstock and hand cut.   The card and lavender paper were from my scrap bin.  The buttons were in my stash.  Hope you like it!

Linda

New Twisted Sketch (card) design team

Twisted Sketch had a design team call recently.  Existing DT members were asked to create a card based on the sketch being used for the call.  Head on over to the Twisted Sketch blog to meet the new design team and see the sketch.

The twist was "numbers".  Here is the card I created:

Notice anything missing?  Yep, forgot to work in the twist.  Sometimes I am such a dork!  The sad thing is I didn't even realize it until I saw the posted on Twisted Sketches blog.  Before I started creating it,  I KNEW I the exact  background paper I was going to use.  It is white paper covered with numbers in black ink and then I was going to add the sentiment in a bright color on white paper matted on matching paper (to the sentiment ink) to make it pop. . . and some how this is what I ended up with.  Not sure when I took the detour. . .the brain is a mysterious thing. . .especially mine!

Hope you had a terrific weekend!

Wishing you peace.

Linda

Twisted Sketches Card # 88

Did you notice the sketch #?  It's an even number (normally I only post odd # sketches)!  Does it mean there's something different going on?  Yes it does!  This week both Teams are posting cards, so there will be LOTS of inspiration for you!

Not only do you need to go to Twisted Sketches to see this week's sketch, but you need to go see all the great cards the other designers have created too!

The twist this week is "JOY".

I started with a "traditional" Christmas brown card base.  The edge of the green BoBunny paper was cut on my Vagabond using Tim's "Plaque & Postage" On the Edge Alteration Sizzix die.  (I used the Plaque side), I ran it through the Vagabond a second time using Tim's "Joy" Movers & Shapers Alteration Sizzix die. I inked the edges with some distress ink. . .I think it was Evergreen Bough, but won't swear to it! lol.    After "auditioning" many pieces of paper behind "JOY", I decided I like the green metallic best, so I used that.  (It was from my scrap bin, so I don't know if was actually a full sheet of paper at some point or from some packaging I "recycled".)

Next I used a piece of Gold Metallic Shimmer Sheetz and embossed it using Tim's burlap embossing folder.  I cut the scallop edge using my Cutterpede with the wavy blade.  Then swiped some "watermelon" alcohol ink over the strip!  Alcohol ink has a fantastic effect on Shimmer Sheetz - in some places it left AI color and in other places it removed all color (including the gold) from the Shimmer Sheetz!

I added a poinsettia to each side of Joy.  Then decided it didn't look quite right, so I added a couple more poinsettias to the left side.  Ahhhh, much better!  Then I looked at the sketch again and realized, this is not looking too much like the sketch.

Sooooooooooooooooooooooo, I went back to my original idea and created this:

Awwwwwwwwwwwwwww, much closer to the sketch!  Again I used Tim's "Plaque & Postage" On the Edge Alteration Sizzix die, this time with some Hot Off the Press Ivory Poinsettia paper. The "Joy", which is a Hero Arts stamp, was embossed using Distress Clear Embossing Ink with Tamp-N Stuff Claret embossing powder.  I stamped and embossed a couple of extra poinsettias on a manila tag then cut them out, inked the edges and the backs, added a drop of yellow Stickles, curled the edges for a bit of dimension.and attached over the top of the stamped image on the card.   The ribbon is attached with some Viva Las Vegas Miracle tape (LOVE this stuff!!)  The green "things" are some spacers topped with a Martha Stewart gem. Both were colored (separately)  with Alcohol Ink (Meadow).

What are you plans for the weekend?  Hope you will play along with Twisted Sketches!  

Tomorrow (Sunday) is Gingerbread House day!  That means today I will be baking gingerbread houses so my nieces and great-nieces can come over and decorate!!!    This is our 4th annual event!  (I will post pictures of their fabulous creations sometime in the next week!)

Take care,
Linda

Twisted Sketches Card # 87

Wow!  Time really flies!  Here it is almost the end of November and this is my first November post!  Last week I participated in a class at Stamper's Corner. The instructor was Els from Elizabeth's Craft Designs.  All I can say is OH MY!  I took 2 classes and created 2 cards in each class (I will post those later.)

The reason I mentioned the classes here is because I used the technique and products from one of the classes and created a card for this week's Twisted Sketches Card #87.  The twist this week is Glitter!!! (You can click the link to see the sketch.)

The background started as plain white card stock to which I added some "Be Creative" Tape, then the fun began!  I masked the exposed tape with snowflakes then covered with Glitter Ritz Deep Purple Opaque Micro Fine Glitter.   After completely covering, I removed the excess glitter and returned it to the jar.  I burnished what remained on the tape with my finger.  This glitter is amazing, it is soft to the touch almost like velvet!  After burnishing well, I carefully removed the masks and added Glitter Ritz Cool Highlights glitter following the steps I mentioned earlier.

The picture really does not do justice to the "glittery-ness" of the card, I wish you could see it in person!

Have you ever wanted to be on a design team?  Do you like working from sketches?  Then you need to check out the Design Team Call Twisted Sketches has going on right now.  You gotta hurry though, the last day to submit is December 1, 2011.

Hope you have a great week!

Linda

Twisted Sketches #83 and a neighbor

Just as I was adjusting to an empty nest and accepting the "new" normal, I got the flu and the new normal was interrupted once again.    Well I've recovered from the flu and getting back in the flow of things! 

The twist for Twisted Card Sketch  #83 is black!  (You can click on the link to see the sketch and get some inspiration from the design team.)

Here is my take on the sketch

This is not exactly as I had planned. . .I had plastic letters that spelled "BOO", but sometime between "auditioning" the letters and adhering them to the card, one of the "o's" walked away.  I spent 30 or so frustrating minutes trying to find that sneaky little "o", but to no avail, so I had to rethink the card.  I incorporated pitch black Adironack dabber paint for the twist.  I used it to edge the card and elements (instead of ink)!

Now, I have to show you my neighbor.  She is adorable!  The other day I was getting ready to go somewhere and opened the front door and there she was! She gave me a quick look and just continued her chores!

The surprising thing is she was only about 10 feet away while both the front door and screen doors were open and Max (our Golden Retriever) was at the opening with me!  

Hope you have a fabulous autumn weekend!

Linda

Twisted Sketches Card # 81

Hi!  Remember me?  I know I have been MIA for a while. . . lots has been going on  . . . nothing horrible, just life.

This week over at Twisted Sketches the twist on card #81 is "love", any how, any way! (You can see the sketch by clicking on the link!)

I used a periwinkle-ish colored card from my stash for the base.  I used a Mini Baroque Movers & Shapers die to cut a frame in the card.  I used a Snow Flurries Texture Fades on the front of the card.  Once I embossed the card front I used a bit of Tumbled Glass distress ink to bring out the snowflakes.  I used Archival Jet Black to stamp the main image is an Inkadinkado stamp and is stamped INSIDE the card and colored with Kimberly water color pencils.  I used a Sizzix Traditional Tag die, the sentiment is from Studio G series 12 stamped in Stazon Ultramarine.  It's hard to see but there are snowflakes stamped in the background which are also Studio G Series 33.  The tag edges are inked with Tumble Glass and Chipped Sapphire Distress Inks.  The snowflake holding the tag down is a "dress it up" button.

Hope you will play along.  If you do, please leave me a link to your creation!

Until next time!

Linda

Twisted Sketches Card #77

This week I had intended to make a very obvious autumn card. The plan called for a word like "autumn" or "blessing" or some other word that means it's my favorite time of year.  I gathered supplies and took a right turn somewhere along the process.  Although the card was not what I had planned, I am pleased with the way it came out as an any season card!

Check out this week's Twisted Sketches card sketch can be found here!  The twist is "plain"   I thought of a play on words and was going to get clever with a (air)plane or a plane used in woodworking but cleverness beyond the thought was beyond me this week.  So I stuck to "plain".  

I used Hero Arts layering paper in Latte for the card base.  I spritzed it with some Perfect Pearls  in Perfect Gold and water to give it a little simmer.  I tore a piece of handmade paper for the strip.  The sentiment is a Making Memories de-fined clear stickers.   I mounted the sticker on a scrap piece of velum envelope. . . the gummed part!  I added a bit of water to activate the stickiness and glued it to the hand made paper and ta da! no telltale glue under the velum!  The twine is from Ace Hardware and the "A" is a brad from my stash!

Hope my card has provided a bit of inspiration!  For more inspiration be sure to check out the Twisted Sketches blog and I hope you play along too!  If you do, be sure to link up your card to the Twisted Sketches blog!

Twisted Sketches Card #75

Wow! Where does time go?   It seems like it just goes by faster and faster! So after being sick for a week and then a week long trip to get my son off to college I am BACK!!!  (I will post my trip soon!  for now I will just say it was AWESOME!)

On to the important stuff of the day. . . Twisted Sketch Card 75!!!  If you haven't already stopped by Twisted Sketches to see the sketch, go take a look, I will wait! lol   The twist this week is "ink".

Here's my card. . .

I used some Bazzill cardstock for the card base and the piece the sentiment is stamped on, the floral background paper is from my scrap pile,  the brads are from my stash.  I used the hello stamp from Hero Arts "Dictionary Greeting" set and Stazon Ultramarine ink.  I lightly inked the edges of both the sentiment and background paper.  The flower "ribbon" is "half the edge" Bazzill paper strip.

Stop back soon as I have a couple more cards to add using this week's sketch. . . they are mostly finished I just need to add a couple finishing touches but first I need to get ready for the grandkids they will be here soon!  And I am VERY excited to see them!  Guess I am excited to see my son-in-law too and then later today or tomorrow my daughter!

Have a fabulous and safe weekend!

LindaPublish Post

Twisted Sketches Card #71

To see this week's card sketch head on over to the Twisted Sketches blog.  And if you play along, you can now link your creation to the Twisted Sketches blog!

This week's twisted is "edge".  The initial plan was to use autumn colors and make it a masculine card.   My first attempt didn't quite emerge as I saw it in my head.  As I sat contemplating whether I should go ahead and use the card or not, I realized I totally overlooked the twist.

I took the opportunity to improve upon my first card and came up with this card!

The first card had a solid background with alcohol ink strips and just didn't look right.  Switching the "patterned" and solid papers around I was much happier with the results!  The twist this week is "edge" so I tore the edges of the background and each strip and distressed the other 3 edges of the strips.

I used Stardust "Fairway" cover stock for the card and the strips, the background paper is glossy card stock with alcohol inks in terra cotta, rust, pesto, butterscotch, copper mixative and blending solution.  The sentiment stamp is from Great Impressions. The flowers and brad are from my stash.  I used some Viva Las Vegas tape and  glue dots.

Don't forget to add your card with Mr. Linky on the Twisted Sketches blog!  I am looking forward to seeing it!

Hope you have a fabulous weekend!

Twisted Sketches Card #69

It's looks a little like Christmas in July around here!  For this week's Twisted Sketches Card Challenge, I made a Christmas card! (Clicking on the link will take you to this week's sketch!)  If you know me, you know I LOVE Tim Holtz and this week I went to Tim's products to create the card.

This week the twist is "square".  I used Tim's Stampers Anonymous stamp from the "Santa's Wish" set with Staz-on jet black ink.  Using a blending tools, I added Distress Inks (Aged Mahogany, Fired Brick, Peeled Paint, Pine Needles).  To make the image more of a square shape I tore the top and right side then inked with Vintage Photo and Black Soot.  I used Tim's Alteration's Checkerboard embossing folder on the card. Using Viva Las Vegas tape (I LOVE this stuff), I added the image to the card, then cut the sentiment from Tim's Seasonal Paper Stash, mounted it on a leftover piece of "smooshed" inked paper, added a piece of foam tape and adhered it to the card.  I added some Burgundy Stickles for the holly berries and voila - it's finished!

Hope you play along.  If you do, please leave a comment (either here or at Twisted Sketches) with a link to your  creation!

Hope you have a fabulous weekend!

Twisted Sketches Card #67

It's time for another Twisted Sketch for cards!  You can see the sketch here  (Please note the web address has changed a bit, the new address is Twistedsketches.ORG).

The twist this week is "green".  I went mostly literal this week and used the color green.  As I was looking for the last element it dawned on me "green" could mean "recycled" too! So I incorporated a bit of packaging in into my card too!  (I think the card looks better in person than it does in pictures.)

If you play along, I would love to see what you create.  Please leave a link in a comment.

Do you like to create scrapbook pages?  Ever thought about being on a design team?  Here's your chance. . . Twisted Sketches is have a design team call!

Hope you have a fabulous weekend!

Linda

Products Used:


Tim Holtz "retro" paper stash
Alterations Movers & Shapers - "Hope"
Alterations On the Edge Plaque & Postage ("negative")
Movers & Shapers base tray
Idea-ology Sprocket Gears
Idea-ology packaging (not sure from which product)
Distress inks -various green shades
Black card stock from scrap pile
Green card base - unknown

Twisted Sketches Card #65

Hi!  Thanks for stopping by!  The twist for "Twisted Sketches Card #65" is fabric!  Please click on the link to see the card sketch and while you are there check out the awesome projects my teammates created!

Here is the card I created using the sketch:

I hand stitched a scrap of red fabric on a rectangle taken from a pair of old jeans. After I stamped an Inky Antics elephant on some sticky backed canvas and colored her and the background with Prismacolor colored pencils, I used a Spellbinder Nestability circle die, then I hand stitched the piece to the jeans.  I machine stitched the jeans to the card front and added a flag with Studio Multi-Medium Matte.

For the record - no political statement is being made - she's just a cute elephant that I thought would be perfect holding a flag in her trunk to get ready for the 4th of July.

I created a 2nd card following the sketch with scraps of Tim Holtz' Shabby Vintage Paper Stash, an Idea-ology Ornate Plate, some Sakura Glaze Pen for faux stitching to give the impression of fabric,   a sentiment from Tim's "Odds & Ends" set by  Stamper Anonymous and just a quick pass of my black blending tool.

Hope you found a bit of inspiration and have time to play!   If you play along be sure to leave a comment on the Twisted Sketches blog with a way to get to your card.  I will try to get by sometime during the week, but blogger is up to it's fun and games and not always letting me leave a comment.

Have a fabulous weekend!

Linda

Twisted Sketches Card #63

Hi and welcome! This is my first ever post as a design team member!  It is such an honor!  I am super excited and perhaps a bit nervous too!   

If you haven't been to the Twisted Sketches blog yet,  when get there you will find a sketch with a "twist". Every Saturday, there is a new card sketch with a twist and every Wednesday there is a new scrapbook page layout sketch with twist!  I hope you drop by and visit!

This week's card twist is metal and here is my take on the sketch:

and because I had so much fun making the first card, I made this one too!

For more inspiration on this week's card sketch and twist, be sure to check out the other cards created by my talented teammates at Twisted Sketches.  

Have a fabulous weekend!

Linda

Material list: 

      Graduation card: Star Dream Folding Cards, DeNami Design Stamp (cap), Inkadinkadoo Stamp (sentiment), Hero Arts silver emobssing powder, Ranger Ink Distress embossing ink (weathered wood & pumice stone), Viva Las Vegas mircale tape, Making Memories charm plaques, Zig 2 way glue and gray paper from my stash.

      Baby card: Bo-Bunny Back to Basics "buttercup dot"; Scrap Ease Rub-on (sentiment), JoAnn's craft Essentials metal frames "tiny toes". The bears, lace, button and embroidery thread are all from my stash and I don't know who made them!

The secret is OUT!

I am so excited!  It was really hard not to say anything before now! But now I can!   I applied to the Twisted Sketches design team and I was accepted!!! Woo Hoo!!!!

I owe it all to Paula (WhatSpeaks2myHeart), she was on the design team and posted the link about the call for the new team.  THANK YOU Paula!

This is the card I submitted (it was right around Easter) with my application

the twist was glue.  I used my roasted fish technique, only I used a roasted bunny! (the link will take you to the roasted fish tutorial.)  Check out all the details and see the other fabulous cards created by the new design team on the Twisted Sketches blog.

Hope you will join us each Saturday at Twisted Sketches!  (Be sure to go back to the Twisted Sketches blog next Saturday for my first design team assignment!)

Have a fabulous week!

Linda