Cards from September Scrappin' Saturday

It seems like Scrappin Saturday was yesterday, but in reality it was almost 2 weeks ago!  No matter when it was, these are the sample cards I made for the day!

Cards 3 and 5 are designs I "lifted" from Els' facebook page.  All the other designs are ones I created. Each card has Elizabeth Craft Designs stickers, Glitter Ritz highlight glitter and copic markers.   

Card 1

Cards 1 & 2 use some of Tim's (Holtz) dies.  Card 2 also has some "Dress it up" buttons.

Card 2

Card 3 uses some Bronze Shimmer Sheets with Ranger's Alcohol Blending Solution,

Card 3

The moon in card 4 was cut with a Nestabilities die, the Happy Halloween was stamped with clear embossing ink and Distress Embossing powder and Tim's "swirl" embossing folder.

Card 4

Card 5 background stamp is Hero Arts "Holly Flourish "  stamp.  The design was stamped using Stazon inks. 

Card 5

The next Scrappin Saturday is only a couple of weeks away.  By popular request we will work on Christmas cards and tags.   Hope you drop back by to see what the ladies will be making!

A Compendium of Curiosities, Vol 2 - challenges 11 and 12

Whew!  Just under the wire with a not quite finished project for the challenge presented by the wonderful Linda at Studio L3!  Linda's challenge lasted 2 weeks, only I didn't see it until Monday (the 9th)!  Instructions for the challenge were to turn to pages 33 & 34 in Tim Holtz' "A Compendium of Curiosities, Vol 2".  

Like I said, it's not quite finished so I will be back in the next week or so with a finished box!

Better late than never

Last week over at Studio L3 was Challenge 9 from the Compendium of Curiosity, volume 2.  The challenge had us turning to page 35 of Tim Holtz' awesome book.

I finished my card too late to add to the challenge but I did finish it! I made it for my sister-in-law's 60th birthday, which we celebrated Friday night.  She loved the card!

The butterfly background started as a napkin!

I am off to go try Challenge 10! If you want to play, drop by Linda's StudioL3 blog for all the details and find out about the prize!

Have a great week!

GM #19

Here's my entry for Studio L3's Grungy Monday #19 Challenge.  Our inspiration/instructions came from Tim's 12 tags of Christmas. . . day 10 (2010).

The bird and branch are on top of the cracked window, the cage under it.

Have a great week.

Linda

Products used:
Ranger Ink:  Manilla cardstock, Snow Cap & Copper Dabbers, Broken China, Faded Jeans, Dusty Concord, Forest Moss and Black Soot Distress Inks, Coffee and Jet Black Archival ink, Glossy Accents.

Sizzix - Mover & Shapers Mini Bird & Cage Set

Misc - scraps of grungeboard, scraps green & brown cardstocks.

Grungy Monday #18

For Grungy Monday 18 Linda at Studio L3 had us go to Tim's 12 Tags of Christmas...{day 8} 2009!

Here is my creation!

The bird is from the "Nature" grunge pack - I used Black Soot Distress Ink then covered it with Ranger's Holographic embossing powder!  This is the coolest embossing powder ever, it changes colors depending on how much you heat it!  (I heated the center a bit more than the edges)  On the branch I used Walnut Stain Distress Ink with Vintage Photo Distress Powder.  See below for the other products used.


Have a fabulous week and be sure to check the StudioL3 blog for Challenge 19 after Monday, August 8!


Linda






Other products used:
Card base - Stardust "Fairway" cover stock,
Mat - Ranger's manilla card stock
Distress Ink
   - Tumbled Glass
   - Black Soot
   - Walnut Stain
   - Old Paper
   - Vintage Photo
   - Forest Moss
   - Bundled Sage
   - Peeled Paint
Sentiment stamp - Clear Art Stamps - "Bird Lovers" set
Leaf  Stamp  - Great Impressions
Birds stamp - Visual Artistry - Lost & Found set
Ranger Archival  Jet Black ink
Vellum - from my scrap bin
Craft Esstentials black embossing powder

GM #16 Grungeboard (or Grungepaper) Extravaganza

This week StudioL3's challenge for Grungy Monday was to create something using Grungepaper or Grungeboard as the predominate element in a project.  We could use any technique we wanted.  If you need inspiration or instructions a fabulous place to go is to the King of Grunge . . . Tim Holtz' blog where you will find scores of ideas.  There are links to his archives on his left sidebar and a link to video demos on the right sidebar.

I decided (finally) on making a post-it note holder along with a grunge rose. . .

Last week (GM 15) I only got as far as creating what turned out to be a background for the challenge.  I am happy to say I completed the piece and it is now residing at its new home.

My chiropractor has this AWESOME machine, which has some name I can never remember because I always call it "Thumper".  They always laugh when I ask if I get Thumper.  Now everyone is going to call it Thumper because I made a sign to hang on it!

I found a digital coloring page for Thumper and paper pieced it together, all 25 pieces!   This the AWESOME machine with it's name tag and the FABULOUS Theresa!

Hope you have a great week!

Linda

Products used on Post-it holder:


Grungepaper
Distress Ink: Peeled Paint, Broken China, Faded Jeans, Rusty Hinge, Barn Door, Forest Moss
Alterations Ticket die
Stamper Anonymous - Tim Holtz Odds & Ends stamps
Staz-on Jet Black Ink
Post-it Notes
Miscellaneous Bling


Products used on Thumper
all the paper was from my scrap piles
Sizzix Tree die for the bushes
Maya Road mini alphabets
Misc flowers
sticklesPublish Post

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!

Under the weather and the wire (GM 15)

Earlier in the week I finished the background pieces for GM 15 over at Studio L3!  I checked out Tim's blog, followed the direction and created these:

Unfortunately, that is as far as I got this week. . . check back soon for a completed project!

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

A weekend of FUN!

Hi!

Why a weekend of fun?  Because I get to stay in the AC and PLAY!!!

Studio L3's Grungy Monday Challenge 13 is to play with one of my very favorite-ist (I know, I just created a new word! lol) Ranger product - Alcohol Inks!!!   This week's instructions had us going to Ranger Ink to watch a video with Tim Holtz demoing the use of Alcohol Inks!  

Here's a card I made for the challenge:

This card along with a lot of others I have created will be heading off to Operation Write Home.  They in turn will ship it (along with a bunch of others) to our troops stationed overseas so they can send cards home to their families and friends.

Speaking for OWH, they are having a virtual card making party on their Stars and Stamps blog, right NOW!   Every 2 hours today and tomorrow (Saturday and Sunday), there is a different blog hosting the party.  Each blog has a challenge and some have blog candy!   OWH will also pick a random winner from ALL entries at the end of  July!  

I will be the hostess at 1 p.m. tomorrow (Sunday) and I WILL have blog candy to give away!  Hope you come back and play!

Have a fun and safe weekend!

Linda

Products used: 

Ranger Inks Alcohol Inks: Purple Twilight, Sailboat Blue, Raspberry, Butterscotch, Citrus, and a few other greens a (the list I was keeping disappeared)

Memory Box "Whimsy Circle" die

2 clear gem stickers (dyed with Citrus Alcohol Ink)

Hero Arts Clear Designs A (adore)

White glossy card stock

Black glossy card stock

Grungy Monday 12

WOW! It is Monday and I have the current challenge posted.  Well, I guess it helped that the awesome Linda at StudioL3 asked me to be a guest designer this week!  So I HAD to have my project done and posted!  Thank you Linda for the honor of being a guest designer!

Be sure to check out my fellow guest designer, Alison Hall's awesome project too!

If you LOVE all things Tim and you haven't already, be sure to check out the All Things Tim Yahoo Group!  It's a great place to ask questions, find inspiration and see fabulous projects in the picture gallery!

The idea behind Grungy Monday is to create something using a Tim Holtz technique as "assigned" by Linda at StudioL3 using supplies from your stash, NOT spending a fortune trying to get everything, unless of course, you have an extra fortune laying around.  So with that and thinking it was a good time to start making Christmas gifts in mind, I began my adventure in creating my "guest designer" project!

Challenge 12 involves going to Tim's April 2008 Technique Challenge.   Step 1, hmmmmm I don't have the paper he used, but I have tons of paper and decided on my favorite piece from Tim's Lost & Found Paper Stash. Next step, harlequin stamp?  Shocking as it may sound, I don't have it. (OK Chris, get up off the floor from your shock, lol!)  I have some background stamps, but not with the lots of "negative" space.   After some pondering some or maybe it was after hearing the pop-pop-pop of bubble wrap in a co-worker's cube, it hit me!  Use a piece of "large bubble" bubble wrap.  With the major hurdles behind me, I was on my way.

I used a 6 x 12 canvas as my base.  I embossed and painted the paper before adhering it to the canvas.

I really like how the bubble wrap worked as a stamp.  This was the first time I tried this technique, think I will try it again. I followed Tim's instructions until I got to the part about using "Crackle Accents".  Again something I don't have, but I did have some Rock Candy Distress Crackle Paint and used that on the butterflies.

I added a few more finishing touches and ta da -

It even comes with options of what to hang from it. . . .

the calendar (see my Grungy Monday 11 post) 

OR 

a note "pad"

The note pad was creating using the challenge technique too.  Here's a close up

 I used tissue tape that I inked with Alcohol Inks around the edges of the canvas and had a piece left over , so I "altered" a mechanical pencil.

Thanks for stopping by!  I hope you enjoyed your visit and will be back soon!   And thank you again Linda for having me as a guest designer and a BIG thank you to TIM for all the inspiration he continually gives us!

 Have a fabulous week!

Linda

Products used:
6 x12 canvas
repurposed bubble wrap
RANGER INK
Pitch Black paint dabber

Stickles

   Icicile

   Burgundy

   Waterfall

   Black Diamond

Distress Ink

   Chipped Sapphire

   Stormy Sky

   Wild Honey

   Brushed Corduroy

   Walnut Stain

   Rusty Hinge

   Black Soot

   Clear Embossing

Perfect Pearls

    Heirloom Gold

    Sunflower

    Blue Patina

Alcohol Ink

   Wild Plum

   Cranberry

   Stonewash

   Lettuce

Distress Stain 

   Faded Jeans

   Broken China

Glossy Accents

Craft Mat

Studio Mat Medium

Blending tools

IDEA-OLOGY

Lost & Found paper stash
Grungeboard 
   Nature pack
   Plain sheet

Tissue Tape

Hinge Clip

Word Key

Philosophy Tag

Lavish Trim

Link Chain

Hero Arts clear embossing powder

Sizzix 
   Alteration die -Caged bird
   Doodle Block Alphabet
Prima - Say it with Studs
Miscellaneous stuff from my stash
Crown
beads
gem
screw eye
picture hook
bubble wrap
staple gun

Grungy Monday #11

Does anyone have a way to SLOW down time?  It seems like I blink an eye and a week has passed by.  So here it is Sunday, again, and the final day to post for Grungy Monday 11. . .

Last Monday Linda Ledbetter posted Grungy Monday #11  on her StudioL3 blog.  We were to create something using Tim (Holtz) January (2008) Technique Challenge.  I decided NOW was a good time to start working on Christmas presents.  So I made a calendar, of sorts. . . it's not quite done yet.  The pages are but it needs to be mounted on something or bound or . . . I will be sure to post a picture of the completed calendar when it is complete.

Check out Tim's blog for the directions.  I used clear distress embossing ink instead of the color and 8.5 x 11 paper.  After I finished step 11, I jumped to step 14 but instead of stamping I ran the paper through my printer.  (I created the calendar in Printmaster, then used the image in MS Word and re-sized to get 2 calendar pages on one piece of paper.  I created the calendar in Printmaster, then used the image in MS Word and re-sized to get 2 calendar pages on one piece of paper.)   Then went back to step 12 after cutting the calendar to the correct size.

The fabulous Linda (Ledbetter) will post a new challenge tomorrow (Monday) so make sure you drop by her blog and see what the challenge is so you can play along.  I KNOW you don't want to miss the fun!

Thanks for stopping by!  Happy Dad's day to all the dads out there!

Have a fabulous week!

Linda

Supplies used (by month):


  All months used Old Paper & Walnut Stain Distress Inks, Distress Embossing Ink, Hero Arts clear embossing powder and White Diamond paper.
  January - Stampers Anonymous (SA) Mini Holiday 2, Distress Inks (Tumbled Glass, Stormy Sky)
  February - Visual Artistry (VA) Urban Grunge, Distress Inks (Spun Sugar, Milled Lavender)
  March - VA French Market, Distress Inks (Bundled Sage, Pine Needles, Shabby Shutters)
  April - VA French Market, Distress Inks (Peeled Paint, Pine Needles, Crushed Olive, Brushed Corduroy, Stormy Sky)
   May - VA Flights of Fancy, Distress Inks (Tumbled Glass, Stormy Sky, Broken China, Faded Jeans and swipes of oranges and yellows blending tools)
   June - VA Flights of Fancy, Distress Inks (Tumbled Glass, Dusty Concord, Wild Honey, Bundle Sage, swipe of orange blending tool)
   July -  SA Rock Star, Distress Inks (Faded Jeans, Chipped Sapphire, Barn Door and Fired Brick)
   August - Hero Arts Antique Engravings, Distress Inks (Frayed Burlap, Stormy Sky, Broken China, Tumbled Glass & Spun Sugar)
   September  - SA Pen & Pencil, Distress Inks (Stormy Sky, Mustard Seed, Wild Honey, & Brushed Corduroy, I think)
   October - SA Trick or Treat, Distress Inks (Pumice Stone and Weathered Wood)
  November - SA Falling Leaves, Distress Inks (Fired Brick, Aged Mahogany, Dried Marigold, Rusty Hinge, Mustard Seed, Forest Moss.
   December - SA Holiday Wishes, Distress Inks (Pine Needles, Forest Moss, Fired Brick, Aged Mahogany)

Grungy Monday #10 with a "Nellie Knot" tutorial

On Monday when I went to Linda's Studio L3 to learn what the latest challenge was, I found that was simply "Distress Ink".  Now don't get me wrong, "simply" does NOT describe Distress Ink as there are multitudes of ways to use it and looks to get, in fact Distress Ink is my "go to" ink unless I need a waterproof ink.  Our challenge was to create something using Distress Ink any way we wanted!  Oh what fun this will be!

Tuesday evening I was a bit stressed, so I did something that "de-stresses" me.  I "Smooshed"!  Smooshed? What is "Smooshing" you ask?  Perhaps you know it better by what Tim (Holtz) calls it, "Wrinkle Free Distress"!  You can find the directions for Smooshing, I mean, Wrinkle Free Distress on page 33 of Tim's book A Compendium of Curiosities.

I used every color of DI (not all on one sheet) and created 10 sheets of background paper!  I had great fun and felt much better after I finished!

I used part of one of the background pieces for this card:

A while back I took a class at Stamper's Corner (Elk Grove, CA) where Nellie taught us a nifty trick for bows/knots on our cards.  What is nifty is the bow/knot will stay exactly where you put it!   With her permission, here is how to make a Nellie Knot.



1) Decide where you want your bow or knot.

2) Punch a hole in the chosen spot. (Note: If the card is vertical like mine, then just put a hole in the top layers before you adhere it to the card.  If the card is horizontal, then you can adhere the layers, then punch the hole  the layers and card.)

3) Cut a piece of fiber 2 1/2 to 3 times as long as the width of the direction the fiber will go.

4) Fold fiber in half.

5) Push fiber from front to back through hole.

6) Put ends on either side of hole and loop the fiber from the back over to the front (making sure there are no unwanted twists in the fiber).

7) Tie the bow or knot!

8) Voila!  A bow or not that won't move or fall off!  Pretty nifty, huh?

Hope you enjoyed the tutorial!

Be sure to check out Linda's (Ledbetter) blog on Monday morning for Grungy Monday 11!

Have a fabulous week!

Linda

Products used to create:  Craft sheet, White Diamond paper (from Stampers' Corner), Distress ink (Broken China, Tumbled Glass, Dusty Concord, Peeled Paint, Frayed Burlap, Walnut Stain, Vintage Photo), Art Glitter Mist (copper), Ace Hardware multi-purpose twine, Idea-ology Muse Token, Tim Holtz "Odds & Ends" and "Nature's Discovery" stamps, Ranger Ink Pearl Blue embossing powder.

Grungy Monday done by Tuesday!

Did you notice the title? That's right! It's Tuesday as in the day after Monday when Linda at StudioL3 issued the latest Grungy Monday challenge and I am posting a project!  Woo Hoo!  Guess my mojo from last week is still with me!

The instructions for Challenge 7 were to go to the Ranger Ink website for a demo on Distress Ink Color Blocking Technique from the master himself, Tim Holtz!

I guess I've been living under a rock or something because this is another "Tim" technique that I had never tried before.  It was fun, quick and easy!  And it looks great!    The bear was stamped, cut out and adhered with foam tape.  His hat was cut free-hand.

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(After I took the picture, I decided to add strings with a black glaze pen to the inside balloons!)

I am so glad Linda is hosting Grungy Monday, it's getting me out and about! If you haven't tried Grungy Monday Challenge yet, drop by Linda's and give it a try!

Hope your week is fabulous!

Linda

In the comments Plume wondered how I did it.
Assuming that was not a rhetorical question, here's what I did for the bear:
Since I really struggle with blending the "traditional ways" (i.e., markers or pencils), I cheated.  I stamped the image on manilla cardstock, then with a blending tool lightly colored the entire bear (including the bow) with Frayed Burlap Distress Ink, next I lightly went over most of it with Vintage Photo, then Walnut Stain around the outer edges and "recessed" areas.  After I cut him out, I went over the edges with Walnut Stain DI too.  I stamped a partial image of the bear just making sure I had the entire bow .  Using the blending tool I covered everything in Broken China DI.  After I cut the bow out, I went around the edges with Faded Jeans DI before gluing it on the bear. I went over his eyes and nose with a black Sakura Glaze pen.  I added a tiny white (Sakura Glaze) dots to each eye too. Quick and easy!


Stuff I used: 
PAPER: Inkssential Manilla cardstock (have I mentioned I LOVE this stuff?), card base unknown 
INK: Ranger Distress Ink (Chipped Sapphire, Rusty Hinge, Victorian Velvet, Tumbled Glass, Pine Needles, Dusty Concord, Crushed Olive, Broken China, Frayed Burlap, Vintage Photo, Walnut Stain), Stazon Ink (Ultra Marine)
STAMPS: JudiKins Stamp (Bear), Studio G Alphabet Stamps (#VS4191), Hero Arts "Sunny Birthday" Stamp 
ADHESIVES:  Micracle tape, Ace double side mounting tape, Zig 2-way glue, Studio Mat Medium
MISC: Blending Tool, Craft Mat, Sizzix Balloon die, small bit of yarn, Sukura Glaze pen

A busy weekend!

I've been on a roll this weekend, actually all week!  Saturday was the deadline for getting items entered in the State Fair delivered.  I made it to the fair grounds with 22 minutes to spare. (And I was NOT the last person arriving either! lol)  Judging is Wednesday and then sometime before June 2, entrants find out what didn't make it.  (We have to pick up the items not receiving a ribbon on June 2 or June 3  or have the fair people mail the stuff on June 2.)   Once I know what made it and what didn't I will share pictures.

I was in creative high gear all week, then kicked it up a notch on Friday and Saturday.  I guess the juices are still flowing today as I have been busy creating most of this cool, rainy day!

Grungy Monday Challenge 6 (GM)(hosted by the fabulous Linda at Studio L3)  is based on Tim Holtz' 12 Tags of Christmas 2007, Day 8.   If you haven't checked out the challenges, you really need to as they are great fun!

Over at Gingersnap Creations' blog the Random Redhead Challenge that ends today is "Fans".  Gingersnap creations is another awesome challenge site, if you haven't checked them out, it's another place you need to go!

I decided to combine the challenges!  WHAT? How do you combine GM with fans?????  Well I created the background using GM's technique:

The piece on the left is being "saved", I have an idea floating around to use it in my canvas I started with Grungy Monday challenges 1-5.  The piece on the right is what I used for the background of Gingersnap's challenge.  (When I took this picture I wasn't quite finished with the GM as you are supposed to stamp an image on it, which I did eventually as you will see!)

I created some fan using washi paper and Tim's Sizzix rosette die.  I used the tiny attacher to hold the fans together, then wrapped some cord around the staple and volia! I had this card!  (Ok, I added a little glue and tape too, but you know what I mean! lol)

Since the base of the card is an Onyx (black) I created a second background piece to use as a liner inside the card:

Hope you enjoyed your visit!  Please take a moment and leave a comment, I'd love to hear from you!  Have fabulous week and don't forget to check out Studio L3 tomorrow for Grungy Monday challenge 7!

Linda


Supplies used for this card are:  Onyx (black) Stardream folding card, Inkssentials Manila Cardstock (LOVE that stuff!), Adirondack Aqua Dabber, Chipped Sapphire Distress Ink, Simply Sage Delta Paint for Paper, Hanko Designs Washi paper, Great Impression #e320 (leaves),  Kodomo Ink "Sayings  1", Studio Matte Medium and Miracle Tape.

Playing catch-up

What do you get when life is a whirlwind?  Behind!  My life certainly has been a whirlwind lately, but it is finally settling down!  I have been so busy (or sick)  that until this last week I did not even have time to play along with the Grungy Monday challenges and they are already on Challenge 5!  But never fear, it is time to play catch up!

What is Grungy Monday you ask?  Well head on over to StudioL3 to find out!  (The link will take to the "introduction" for Grungy Monday!)

The first challenge started back on March 28 and it used the techniques the AWESOME Tim Holtz used on the 2008 Day 10 Tag for the 12 Tags of Christmas!  The idea of Grungy Monday is to take a "Tim Technique" and put your personal twist on it.  Here is my twist!

 The second challenge took participants to the Ranger Ink website to view a Tim Holtz video demonstrating Distress Ink with Studio Matte Medium!  I never tried this technique before, it was quite fun!  It was kinda like magic because I was sure it wasn't going to come out, but I kept applying the ink and my ship magically appeared!  I think I got it right - the speakers are not hooked up to my computer, so I watched in silent mode, lol!

The third challenge explored using Tim Holtz Adirondack Color Wash!  Another product I had never used before!  All I can say is WOW! oh, and make sure everything around is well protected! lol

The fourth challenge took participates to  the "timholtz" YouTube channel for a lesson on Texture Fades and Distress!

And finally, the fifth challenge takes us to a New Dimension!  You can read all about it on Tim's blog.  This is the current challenge and it is open until 8:00 p.m. (MT) on Sunday, May 8, 2011.  Then on Monday, the fabulous Linda will post challenge 6!

So what do you get when you put 5 challenges together?  A work in progress!  I plan to incorporate a few more of the challenges into my canvas, so nothing is permanently attached yet.  I will let you know when it is complete!

Hope you have a fabulous weekend and in case I don't post again before Mother's Day. - Happy Mother's Day!

Scrappy Easter Cards!

Just a quick post to say "Happy Easter"!

Yesterday and this morning (in between fighting allergies) I enjoyed some serious studio time!  My first creation will remain unseen for awhile, but from the scraps and some scraps in my scrap box I made these Easter cards!

I tried a new style of card - a "tri-shutter card".  I followed the directions at SplitCoastStampers.  It was surprising easy and looks awesome in person!  I don't have any Easter saying stamps, so "Plan A" was to print on velum, then emboss.  "Plan B" and "Plan C" also involved the printer and different velum.  The printer was not cooperating. "Plan D" involved printing the saying, placing velum on top and copy using an embossing pen.  It worked.

Tri-Shutter

The side fold card uses an image from Tim's "seasonal paper stash".  (So did the Tri-Shutter card).  This is a true scrappy card - everything came from my scrap heap including the card base!  It's a little smaller than standard - it is 5.25 x 4.00".  If you were able to see behind the image, you'd see the rose paper has a partial circle cut out of the top!  I love using scraps and creating something new!  The picture is not the greatest, it looks much better in person.  "Happy Easter" is stamped inside.

Side fold

This one is also all from the scrap heap and the sticker files.  Again the picture is not the best.

All stickers

Inside the All stickers card

 My last card is another image from Tim's seasonal paper stash.

Hope you are enjoying your weekend!

Linda