TRYING TO KEEP WARM!

Here in Delaware this week we have been having some really cold weather!  And of course that is when my car's thermostat decides to die.  It was so cold I ended up in the ER with frostbite on my fingers.  While I was there my finger actually started warming up but I developed a migraine sitting for over 4 hours in the waiting room.  That migraine lasted until today so I am a few days behind in posting so I have a lot to share with you tonite.

My first creation is a card.  I used Feeling Sketchy challenge #112 sketch -

 

 

and here is mine -

 

 

 

Next I have a layout for Sketches4all January DT challenge.  It was using this sketch:

 

 

along with this Wordart-

 

 

 

and here is my submission -

 

 

My inspiration from the Wordart was the colors and the word Friendship.  The photos were from a wonderful crop I went to run by Robin's Scrap Nest.  It was held in an actual barn called  Rivercrest Farm in Dover, OH.  I had an awesome time and made some wonderful new friends (some of whom you see above!)  (I am also submitting this layout and the card above to Soul Scrappers in the hopes of becoming a member of their DT!  Both were done using all scraps other than the 12x12 patterned paper background and card base.)

 

My next layout is for the LIFT21 challenge on Soul Scrappers.  Here is the layout we were to lift from:

 

 

Here is my layout:

 

 

I wish that the phone would capture better quality photos.  These were from my drive home from the crop mentioned above.  I had gone around that Tappan Dam the night I arrived in the pitch dark.  It is really big and there was not much between the road and the water.  In the dark it was quite scary.  In the daylight it was beautiful and I took several photos on my way around.  The center bottom is a photo of the only Hobby Lobby I have ever been in.  What an amazing store!  I had heard all about them but there have never been any close enough to anywhere I have lived to get into one so when I spotted this on the road above the highway I was on I was determined to get up there and have a look see...which added a few hours to my trip...  The final photo is a speed limit 70 sign.  I loved that as I tend to have a led foot and most of the roads in my area are only speed limit 55 with an occasional 65.  The embellishments were the perfect colors.  They are these great ribbon things that I won on a challenge at Pinque Peacock.

 



Here is a quick card I put together last night.  It apparently had been a card I made a while ago but the chipboard had loosened and was in the bottom of the envelop so I revamped the whole thing adding another layer and re-arranging everything and adding the sentiment 'Peace'.

 

 

I am submitting this to Word Art Wednesday for the Anything Goes challenge #165.

 

I also started a journal page which is for a new site I found called Art to the 5th Academy!  More coming tomorrow!

 

 



 

 

 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





HAVING FUN WITH JULIE NUTTING/PRIMA DOLLS!

I've been working on a mixed media canvas for the past week or so.  I started it in the usual way - with a coat of gesso.  Then I took my favorite texture medium - DryDex spackling and some of my Crafters Workshop templates.  

On top of this I added strips of dry wall tape.  This is the first time I've used that and I'm sure I will be playing with it again soon.

Next I took some Gelatos and a wet brush and added color.

The colors were a bit more vibrant than what I had envisioned so I took some watered down gesso and covered it.

Ok...now I'm ready...

There was a quote challenge on Soul Scrappers and I knew exactly how I wanted to use it.

Here is the quote:

"Be a girl with a mind,

A woman with an attitude

And a lady with class."

-Author Unknown

I had recently purchased 3 of the Julie Nutting/Prima Doll stamps and they were just perfect!  I took some StazOn Jet Black ink and stamped them on an off white cardstock and then fussy cut them out.  I stamped them again on various patterned papers and fussy cut their clothes, shoes and hair. I took a flesh colored Spectrum Noir pen and added a bit of color to the skin. I printed the quote on a peachy-pink patterned paper in separate lines and I cut them out with a ragged edged tearing ruler.  

I laid the dolls and the quote out and moved them around until I got them where I wanted them and then I glued them down.  I covered it all with a coat of ModPodge Matte Medium.

I have also entered this in Flying Unicorn June Valley of the Paper Dolls challenge, A2Z Scraplets June challenge for an Off-the-Page Project, a Blog Named Hero challenge #45 It's not in the Cards calling for anything but a card, 4 Crafty Chicks Crazy Egg challenge #196 Anything Goes and Pinque Peacock challenge #6 Anything Goes.  

Now all that's left to do is finish it up with some embellishing...

So come back tomorrow and see what I've opted for...

TIME FOR A TAG!

Tonite I tried out another of my new Prima doll stamps.  I had fun with this one as she looks like my eldest son's girlfriend so I used their prom photo as some extra inspiration.  

Here is a photo of Robert & Kathryn at their prom back in 2011.  The prom was actually the event that started their dating.  They are still together today (and I love her and would be very happy if she becomes his forever choice!)

I am entering my tag in the following challenges:

Divas by Design - Anything but a card

Pinque Peacock - Challenge #5 - Altered Tag

Dragons Dream - Challenge TIO#166 The Letter "Q" and Gold

Flying Unicorn - May Parade of the Paper Dolls

Word Art Wednesday - Challenge #132 Anything Goes

Craft Hoarders Anonymous - challenge #7 Ribbon, Lace and Twine Oh My!

Alphabet Challenge - G is for Gorgeous Gowns

And now without further ado...here is my tag -

And now I need to get to bed.  Church and Sunday School early tomorrow!

BACK TO WINTERTHUR

Tonite I have a few more layouts from my visit to Winterthur.  The first uses sketch #29 from Scrap Africa and the monotone color theme from Scrapbook.com.

The Sketch:

The Color:

and with the color there was a twist - create a layout about something you love to do.  I love to go to museums.  

My Layout:

 

The next layout is also a monochromatic in that color, using Page Maps Sketch #1 from the May Scrapbook.com Challenge.

Here's the sketch:

And here is my layout:

The circles are done with Rock Candy Stickles and that great flower is by Pinque Peacock.

Hope that you have enjoyed a bit more of my visit to Winterthur.  Keep stopping by there are still several more photos to go!

REMEMBER THIS?

Today I scrapped some old photos of my older son.  He's on the telephone...a phone with a cord!  I didn't realize we had corded phones since my kids were born - it seems like forever that everything has been cell or cordless.

I used a sketch from Scrapbook.com PageMaps #3, and Monochrome Green for the monochrome challenge (along with the twist of having some paint splatter on the page.)

Here's the sketch:

and the color:

Optional Twist: when I was little my parents would put teeny tiny footprints all over the house for St. Patricks day. . .for this twist have some paint splatter on your page

and my Layout:

I am also entering this layout in Scrap Our Stash Scrap-a-Thon challenge # 6 Sprinkles/Mist and Sketches4All Cheryl's Holiday Challenge - use green and Pinque Peacock challenge #3 Anything but a Card.

The wonderful bottle caps that are holding my title on the right and a green button on the left are from the Pinque Peacock shop.

Hope you have enjoyed this blast from the past.

Thanks for stopping by.  All comments greatly appreciated.

THE KING & QUEEN OF HEARTS

Coming in just under the wire I have a set of Mardi Gras Masks.

The Grand opening challenge for the Pinque Peacock was to alter a mask.  Here are the rules:

RULES
1.  Your altered mask MUST fit within of one of the following themes (the theme you followed on your mask must be recognizable to the challenge moderators)

•  Valentine's Day/LOVE 
•  Mardi Gras
•  St. Patrick's Day
•  Shabby Chic 
•  Steampunk

2. Your entry must have some sort of Bling element. Lets see some sparkle!


3. The mask must feature your choice, either feathers, ribbon or lace, or some combination of these.

I started with a plain mask.  Here is a gold one.  

 I used the green and purple ones and had already decided what I was going to do - cut them in half and piece them together.  To do that I used black electrical tape.  

For decoration I added gold, green and purple pearls, feathers, black lace and gold trim ribbons. 

Here are the final results:

 I distressed playing cards with Distress Inks, wrinkling them, distressing the edges and adding some stickles.  I printed the drama symbols on glossy paper and fussy cut them.

I added these to the corners!

I hope you have enjoyed my final masks!  Be sure to stop by Pinque Peacock and check out their challenges and fun products!

FOR THE LUCK OF THE IRISH

Pinque Peacock is having their first challenge on their new blog.  It as for creating altered masks.  This was a time consuming but interesting project to work on.  This is my second and I am hoping to sneak in one more before the end of the day.  

Here are the rules:

1.  Your altered mask MUST fit within of one of the following themes (the theme you followed on your mask must be recognizable to the challenge moderators)

•  Valentine's Day/LOVE 
•  Mardi Gras
•  St. Patrick's Day
•  Shabby Chic 
•  Steampunk

2. Your entry must have some sort of Bling element. Lets see some sparkle!

3. The mask must feature your choice, either feathers, ribbon or lace, or some combination of these.

For my entry this time I have chosen a St. Patrick's Day theme.

Here are the details:

This was my mask as I had just started.

 

and here it is complete!

Close up of Left Side:

Close up of Right Side:

I hope you have enjoyed viewing this fun creation.  Come back later to see what I create for Mardi Gras!  Have a great day and if you are on the East Coast/MidWest of the US stay warm!  These bitter cold days are wearing thin on me!!!

WHO IS THAT?

Who is that hiding behind that mask?

Pinque Peacock opened a new challenge blog with this first unusual challenge - create an altered mask.  

1.  Your altered mask MUST fit within of one of the following themes (the theme you followed on your mask must be recognizable to the challenge moderators)

•  Valentine's Day/LOVE 
•  Mardi Gras
•  St. Patrick's Day
•  Shabby Chic 
•  Steampunk

2. Your entry must have some sort of Bling element. Lets see some sparkle!

3. The mask must feature your choice, either feathers, ribbon or lace, or some combination of these.

I decided this might be fun to try and I gathered some masks and a bunch of my odd assortment of trims, and then I put it off for nearly the entire month.  Now that we are down to the wire I finally got to it.  

I was so out of my comfort zone that I never took photos as I was going along but it has lots of feathers on the left, there is a slew of different ribbons and lace hanging down the side and it's rimmed in lace.  For the bling the eyes and edges are rimmed in pearls and there is a vintage button with a sparkly stone in a flower mixed into the feathers.  

Here it is - 

Here are a few close-ups so you can see some of the details a bit better.

I was happy with the end results but the photos really don't do it justice.  It's so hard to capture the details with everything being black but I wanted to keep with the elegance and there just wasn't any color I wanted to add to it that I felt would keep the feel.


Although it is down to the wire, if I finish up my DT assignments I may try and sneak in another mask since I have supplies to make a few more.  

Hope that you have enjoyed this unusual project.  Thanks for stopping by.  Please come back soon!