Higgledy-Piggledy Crafts

Tuesday, July 6, 2021

Hey, Hot Stuff!

After my brain freeze over the weekend, I decided to take action. Saturday I was staring at this BBQ stamp and die set, matching patterned paper, and embellishments with not one idea surfacing. I decided to make an "Idea Jar". I cut 1" x 2" pieces of card stock and wrote all sorts of ideas to give me a boost when I am stuck. I just looked around the room -- ribbon, embossing folder, names of fancy folds, some dies that could be used with any topic, etc.

When I had a healthy stack of cards to throw in my jar, I drew. I got "SHUTTER CARD", and here it is:

I have just completed a total de-clutter of my craft room. I found a stack of these two Bo Bunny patterned papers left over from an Easter layout I did in 2018. You can see the layout here. It worked perfectly with the outdoorsy print on the back of the green leaves. I started with a white card base and matted all panels with Kraft. I then mixed it up a bit with the patterned paper.

I used my Copics to color the BBQ pit, then die-cut it, and die-cut another out of Kraft card stock to make it sturdier. I added a spatula, tongs, and meat fork, some twine and enamel dots.

My B70 Copic marker was almost out of ink. You can see how light the center of the coloring is. I have decided that I like the contrast and have an ink refill ordered.

The sentiment "BBQ time" was in the stamp set, but I was feeling lazy about masking half of it. Using my Evernote data base, I found a stamp that had the word "time" by itself.

Here is a pic from another angle:

The IDEA Jar

Materials:

Patterned Paper: Bo Bunny - Week Adventures

Card Stock: TSOL - Powdered Sugar

Kraft

Peacock

Silver Mirrored

Stamps: TSOL - BBQ 2 Stamp

Party Statement "time"

Dies: TSOL - BBQ 2 Stamp

More BBQ 2 Stamp

Ink: Momento - Tuxedo Black

TSOL - Twig

Banana

Green Apple

Copics: BG 70, 72, 75, 78

R 35, 37, 39

E 42, 43, 44 477

Embellies: Kraft/White Twine

Peacock Enamel Hearts

Challenges:

Creative Creases - Fun Fold - #15 - *

Creative Fingers - Anything Goes - #144 - *

Saturday, July 3, 2021

King of the Grill

I had made 10 cards using The Stamps of Life "Birdbath" Die Hard sets and monthly kit back in April, but never completed the insides of the cards. Yesterday I spent the morning finishing those. I then decided to put the kit up. that means putting the paper, embellishments, etc into stash and move on to the next month of stamps, dies, and kit. That brings me to the BBQ pit. I just couldn't get an idea to start a card. I saw this layout sketch on Sketch N Scrap and shifted my thoughts to making a layout. This layout is made predominately with TSOL products.

Sketch #228 by Stacy Daubenberger

I used the BBQ pit from the paper pack. I made it into a chipboard piece, so it is very sturdy.

I did the BBQ sentiment the same way.

The cooking utensils are die cut from silver mirror card stock and I added some Velvet Night ends to give them interest.

The intended use for the oven mitt is as a shape card. I thought it would be great if it opened with extra pictures and journaling.

Materials List:

Patterned Paper: The Stamps of Life - Totally Rad Collection
Card Stock: My Colors - Velvet Night
Snowbound
The Stamps of Life - Cranberry
Kiwi
Twig
Stamps: The Stamps of Life - BBQ 2 Stamp
Dies: The Stamps of Life - BBQ 2 Stamp Dies
More BBQ 2 Stamp Dies
5 x 7 Oven Mitt Fold-It
Loop Border
Gingerbread 2 Stamp (stars)
Stitched Tags
Anboo - Alphabet
Ink: The Stamps of Life - Midnight
Twine
Silver Mirrored Card Stock

Saturday, March 27, 2021

Take It Easy Dragonfly

I happened across this card sketch from Sketch N Scrap. I thought it would make a great card and be fun to work with. I have been making cards like crazy with the "Take It Easy" kit from The Stamps of Life. The paper pad had this print in several colors. Since this is card #I6, I chose the colors based on what was left.

Card with Envelope

Card Sketch #190 by Lisa Hidy

Everything is glued right onto the card except that the dragonfly is pop dotted. I colored the dragonfly using Copics.

Inside of Card

16 cards made with the kit

Some of these cards were heavily influenced by Lisa Mears (9 of them), Jeanne of Spectrum Ink (1 of them), 5 designed by me, and one from a member of the Facebook Stamps of Life Fan Group (can't find it again).

Materials List: The Stamps of Life

Card Stock: The Stamps of Life - Powdered Sugar

Licorice

Patterned Paper: The Stamps of Life - Take It Easy Paper Pad

Stamps: The Stamps of Life - Take It Easy Kit

Dies: The Stamps of Life - Dragonflies 2 Stamp

More Dragonflies 2 Stamp

Ink: Momento - Tuxedo Black

The Stamps of Life - Mint Chip

Candy

Blue Jay

Pixie

Copics: B0000, 000, 00

RV52, 55

V12, 15

Wink of Stella: Clear

Monday, March 15, 2021

Dream Dragonfly

Here is my #11 card from the Take It Easy card kit. I decided to add a little licorice card stock to the kit and use an embossing folder that love.

I added some Wink of Stella after I took the picture. It was a huge improvement. I think this card may even look better with one of the designer papers from the paper pad in place of the embossed background.

Inside of Card

Materials List:

Card Stock: The Stamps of Life -

Powdered Sugar

5.5 x 8.5, scored at 4.25

2.5 x 2.5

3.75 x 5

.5 x 1

Licorice

4 x 5.25

3 x 3

.75 x 1.25

2.5 x 2.5 (inside of card)

Pixie

2.75 x 2.75

2.75 x 2.75 (inside of card)

Patterned Paper: none

Stamp: The Stamps of Life - Dragonflies 2 Stamp(Dream)

Dies: The Stamps of Life - More Dragonflies 2 Stamp

Ink: Momento - Tuxedo Black

Embossing Folder: Stampin Up - Tufted 3D

Enamel Dots: 3 Lilac

Prisma Colored Pencils: Lilac, Pink, Yellow Ochre

Glitter: Wink of Stella - Clear

Hello Beautiful

I am really enjoying my "TAKE IT EASY" card kit from The Stamps of Life. This is card #10 for me. I am planning to work on #11 this afternoon, so stay tuned... I did run out of mint chip card stock and had to reach into my stash for a full sheet.