Loving Wishes

     I have seen cards colored like this many times. When you wiggle them under the light, it looks like the marker shines. It turns out this is an illusion. To make this shiny image, I first stamped with Versa Mark, then heat embossed with gold embossing powder. I colored within each section of the flower. When you wiggle it under the light, it shines. Actually only the embossing is shining, but it seems like then entire flower is shining. 

Card Sketch #145 by Heather Hall

     This card does not contain any patterned paper. The blue linen in the background is stamped with a large background stamp. I added one of my favorite edge punches and color matched the flowers to make banners.

     For the inside of the card, I repeated several of the elements from the front of the card. I restamped the same image using navy ink.I used the background stamp once again. I added another card stock banner and a strip of the same edge punch. I added one gem like the ones from the front of the card.

Inside of Card

     I had so much fun making this card, that I decided to make it again with orange.

My BINGO Card So Far

Materials List:

     Card Stock: Gina K - White

                                    Blue Denim

                                    Dusty Rose

                                    Sweet Mango

     Die: Burniston - Rectangles Crosshatch

            Gina K - Wishes

     Stamps: Gina K - Peaceful Florals

                               Wishes

                               Background Stamp Gauze

     Ink: Gina K - Blue Denim

                         Ocean Mist

            Versa Mark

     Markers: Zig - Pink, Light Carmine, Light Pink

                          Deep Green, Light Green, Pale Green

                          Orange, Bright Yellow, Flesh Colour

     Edge Punch: Recollections - Lace

     Embellies: Gems

                     Antique Gold Embossing Powder

Challenges

Imagine

     This was a super simple page. Once I had chosen my paper collection and card stock, I never got up from my chair. There is nothing on this layout except the paper from the collection. 

Sketch by Lisa Hidy

     Here I made my own grouping using several stickers.

     I cut the title from the ephemera page and added more stickers. I finished it in an hour and half including clean up. Usually I spend 2 days worrying over every detail.

My BINGO Card So Far

Materials List:      

     

     Patterned Paper: Echo Park - Playground

                                                     Capture the Flag

                                                     Merry Go Round

                                                     Simon Says Border Strips

                                                     Jumbo Rope

                                                     Element Stickers

     Card Stock: Coredinations - Chipped Sapphire

    

Challenges

Summertime Bicycles

     I recently spent the afternoon with two of my grandchildren. They were showing me how well they can ride their Christmas bikes. I used this opportunity to take some pics. I used Lisa Hidy's sketch from Sketch N Scrap to get started on the left page. 

     I am still trying to whittle down the stack of Graphic 45 Seasons paper left over from the card classes I taught last year. I am on my second layout - the first being a Spring layout.

Sketch #176 by Lisa Hidy

      Since this patterned paper has an old-fashioned feel, I decided to look in the Silhouette store for some bikes of yesteryear to set the tone. As soon as I saw these big wheel bikes, I knew that I was going to put a round pic in the spokes. The scalloped circle mat inside the wheel was a little something I found in the bag of leftover goodies. The red floral paper is on the reverse side of the elements page. With some strategic cutting, I was able to get the "Summertime" title, the "Explore" sentiment, and the row of flowers on green strips. 

     I had my son hold the bike up at Ellie's face level to get this pic of her looking through the spokes of her bike. 

     To continue the layout into two pages, I extended some, but not all of the lines. 

     I had some fun on this page matting my pictures. For this pic I trimmed diagonally between the bikes and off-set the pictures. This made the picture take up less room horizontally. I added the strip of flowers on green for a repeat of elements from the left page. 

     For this 5 x 7 pic I made the mat with a 3/4 inch border. I then cut 1/2 inch strips of metallic gold. I placed them around the pic leaving 1/8 inch borders inside and outside of the strips. I also mitered the corners. 
     I made a point of repeating an element from the cards on my spring layout, so I thought I would do the same here. I repeated the pen nib butterfly exactly as it appears on this card from my class. Because of this I added a couple more butterflies to the layout.

     These purple half pearls in two sizes worked out well in the centers of the wheel and sprinkled on the page. Also I will note that I added the mini scalloped circle to the center of the wheels, because the Silhouette had a bit of trouble cutting them to a point. Instead of fussy cutting each to fix it, I just added a little somethin' somethin' to hide it.

My BINGO card so far

Materials List:

     Patterned Paper: Graphic 45 - Seasons

                                                     Summer & Summer Collective

     Card Stock: My Colors - Concord Jam

                                        Wildflowers

                                        Ecru

                      Paper Cuts - Metallic Gold

     Die: Spellbinders - Las Papillons

            Sizzix - Nested Circles

     Silhouette Files - Vintage Bicycle by Alaa!K

     Ink: Inking - Frayed Burlap

     Embellies: Purple Pearls (4mm & 7mm)

                     Purple Twine

                     Pen Nib

Challenges

a2z Scrapbooking - Anything Goes - #6 - *
Your Scrapbook Place - Anything Goes - #12 - *

Sunflowers & Ladybugs

     Hey, I actually remember buying this stamp in the summer of 2014 in Brown County, Indiana. I was spending a couple of weeks with my sister and her husband in Indianapolis. We decided to take a road trip to Brown County where the shopping is amazing. Believe it or not, there were two papercraft shops across the street from each other. I WAS IN HEAVEN!!! I spent quite a bit that day - mostly on stamps and paper. I bought so much that I had to mail it back home. One of the stores had stamps from floor to ceiling on two walls. I picked up two Miss Muffet stamps that day. I hadn't used the other one yet either (a winter theme).

     My compliments to Heather Hall on this sketch. This is my absolute fave type of sketch. I love layers and a spot for a focal point. I can see myself using this one over and over and turning it around and around. It has four great sides. I can reverse it and it will have four more great side. Voilà . . . 8 different sketches in one.

Sketch #143 by Heather Hall

     I cut every mat on this sketch with Grass Green paper and then chose a patterned paper for each mat. Every mat is popped on here - lots of dimension. Since I popped the gray layer onto the red layer, I needed to to double pop the top half of the little girl. The lady bugs on the sand are from another stamp set. Originally I colored her hair with my fave hair color, which is the color of those sunflowers you are looking at. Oops too much of that color, so I colored over top of the golden hair with light browns.

     I have colored with pencils and watercolor markers, but Copics are my favorite. I love the way they blend and the vast choices of colors. There is rarely a project I do that doesn't have have Copics somewhere on it. It can be a touch of color under an arm so it don't have to fussy cut an arm triangle, a pearl gem, and here I was able to match the dress, sunflowers and leaves to the paper.

     The metal sunflower is a fun goodie from my stash. I interpreted the banner at the bottom a little differently than prescribed. I used 1/2 inch canvas ribbon to finish it off.

     For the inside of the card, I used scraps from the table and attempted to repeat as many elements from the front of the card as I could.

• patterned paper
• rounded corners
• similar leaf stamp and green Copics
• same ladybug stamp

Inside of Card

Materials List:      

     

     Patterned Paper: Close to My Heart - Grateful Heart

     Card Stock: Gina K - Grass Green

     Ink: Momento - Tuxedo Black

            Distress - Frayed Burlap

     Stamp: Little Miss Muffet - Polka Dot Pals

                 Gina K - A Year of Flowers

                 Impression Obsession - On Your Birthday

     Copics: Face - E50,51, 53, 55, 93

                 Hair - E31, 33, 34, 35

                 Sunflowers - YR20, 21, 23, E27

                 Dress - R56, 59

                 Pantaloons - C1, 3

                 Ladybug - E9, R56

                 Leaves & Headband - YG61, 63, 67

                 Ground - YR20, 21, 23, E27

     Embellies: 1/2" red canvas ribbon

                     metal sunflower

   

Challenges

Colour Crazy Craft Challenge - Coloring - #10 - *

Craft Stamper Magazine - Stamping - #8 - *

Crafting with Friends - Anything Goes - #54 - *

Creative Fingers Challenge - Anything Goes - #11 - *

Creative Knockouts - Anything Goes - #9 - *

Cute Card Thursday - Anything Goes - #67 - *

Simply Create Too Challenge - Anything Goes - #7 - *

TN: Cactus AZ

     We spent March 10 - 23 in Mesa, Arizona. It ranks in the top 3 vacations I have taken to date. In case you can't read the list of fun things we did on the journaling card, I will tell you bit about it. We visited with cousins Denny, Sue, Ruby, and Donna . We got to do some touristy stuff too - Grand Canyon, Goldfield Ghost Town, and Tortilla Flat. We got to eat at some great places: Waldo's Bar-B-Que, Del Taco, Chicago Hamburger Co., and Sam and Luca Rustic Kitchen (Italian). We shopped at a huge Flea Market and enjoyed it so much that we made a second pass. The BEST part by far were the 6 days we spent at Sloan Park watching games, batting practice, comparing notes with other fans, walking laps around the stadium, and meeting a couple of Hall of Famers (Andre Dawson and Fergie Jenkins.)

     Here is my March Traveler's Notebook page. I used Lisa Hidy's sketch and followed Lori's Washi tape challenge. I found this roll of Washi tape in a craft store in Tempe, AZ. It is shiny copper.

TN Sketch #3 by Lisa Hidy

     This is my fave pic of Huey and I at the Grand Canyon. I chose cacti for theme on this page. Not only did we see a multitude of cacti on this trip, the CUBS do their spring training games in the Cactus League.

Left Page

     Once again I am using dies for the first time, that I have had for quite a while. I had January 2017 written on the packaging for the cacti. The two die sets for the letters are some of my favorites and I have used them many times. 

The Spellbinders "Doily Accents" do not include the "Splendid Circle". Funny thing the "Doily Accents" are not circular. I guess they are just accents.

     If you look at the top of this cactus, you will see that I have hidden the word "Monday" there. Yes, indeed, we went to the GrandCanyon on a Monday.

Right Page

     I elected to place dandelions on the right page. I'm not sure it was a good decision. It seems that dandelions need moist soil 14 inches deep. That is not what we were seeing on our visit to Arizona. There are dandelions in Arizona, but probably not in the area we were staying.

Materials List:      

     

     Patterned Paper: Bo Bunny - Calendar Girl (March & December)

     Card Stock: Bazzill - Papaya Puree

                       My Colors - Black Magic

                                        Lime Pop

                                        Spanish Mooss

     Ink: Gina K - Soft Stone

     Dies: SOL: Succulents 2 Stamp

             Spellbinders - Splendid Circles

                                  Doily Accents

             Burniston - Alphabet .8 in.

             Sizzix - Circles

             Anboo - Dandelion

                         3/4 inch Alphabet

     Embellies: 2 green sparkle gems

                     Paper Source - Washi Tape - Copper

Challenges

Dragonfly Journeys - Dandelions - #3 - *

Scrap from Your Heart - Use Dies - #25 - *

TN Time with Lori - Use Washi Tape - #6 - *

TN Time with Lisa - Sketch #3 - #6 - *