Collaboration and CCC #30

Before the holidays, SJ and I donated some cards we had each made for an annual raffle held at work.  Part of the prize was 4 custom cards of the raffle winner's choice.  A couple of weeks ago, the raffle winner asked us for a wedding card, giving us about 4 weeks lead time.

We were in the middle of wedding invitations when she asked us. ( I am happy to say wedding invitations were mailed on the 1st as planned!  We have even received 2 RSVPs already!)  So yesterday (Saturday) we were finally able to get to it.  I gave SJ a refresher on how to make roses (she made the big one). To get white roses we used Ranger's "snow cap" dabber.   I have found when using paint for grunge roses,  it is easier to create each layer, paint, then assemble.  (As opposed to using ink and inking the grungepaper before making the layers.)

 I was having a rough day yesterday so SJ did most of the work of putting the card together. My main contributions were some ideas and the word stick.  Didn't she do a fantastic job?  I think so too!  Thank you SJ for your help!  I am pretty sure I'd still be trying to decide on the base! lol

The word stick is my "project" for the Compendium of Curiosities Challenge, hosted by the fabulous Linda at StudioL3, Altered Metal with Paint.  The instructions for the challenge can be found on page 48 of Tim Holtz' book Compendium of Curiosities.


To leave you with a smile, here's a picture of my awesome husband Dave and Max!  (Yes, Max is actually sleeping with his head resting on Dave's arm!)

Have a great Super Bowl Sunday afternoon!  And a fabulous week!

Linda

Beyond your comfort zone.

The other day I posted about stepping outside my comfort zone and asked what you what is out of your comfort zone.  SJ commented about making a "scrappy" quilt  that was outside her comfort zone. 

She brought it into the office today to show me!  It is GORGEOUS! And I have her permission to share it with you!

 

Am I right?  Isn't it GORGEOUS? 

My cube is at a "T" intersection, all day this beautiful quilt hung on the top  of the "T" so each time I walked from the  back of the office to my desk I got to see her fabulous quilt!  Every time I looked I made a new discovery!

Thank you SJ for sharing your beautiful "guilt" with me for the day, it is definitely a piece of artwork to cherish!

Take care and take a step outside your comfort zone!

Linda

  

Corruption of a quilter!

As I posted earlier, last Saturday was Scrappin Saturday and I had 6 ladies over, one of them being a quilter, SJ. I am slowly corrupting SJ into a papercrafter! And she is having fun with it! I forgot to get pictures of her cards before she left, so she brought them to me today and here they are:

(the first 2 were created from the kits that were available)






The "Happy" card was desiged and created by SJ! Inside the card say "Birthday"



Didn't she do a fabulous job?

Thanks for dropping by! Check back soon, I am working on a challenge or contest or something. . . haven't quite figured out all the details, but I will let you know as soon as I do!

Take care, be safe,

Linda