My creative rumblings

Friday, June 15, 2012

Michael Strong Friday Card of the Day

In the Michael Strong Yahoo Group, we have a weekly Card Captain - so we have daily inspiration. This week, no one signed up, so we were able to sign up for just one day- so I am the Captain for today.

This set -Mini Cloisonne Shapes also has a set of matching dies. I used a number of TJ techniques to make this card- the background is Glimmer Mist Watercolor, I used Cascading images, the flowers are die cut from a UFO- an earlier technique I made a few extra's and did not note what I did.....and the Baker's twine is home made using a Copic and Pearl Cotton in White. The card is really shimmery IRL .
My colors are Glimmer Mist- Yellow Daisy and Blue Sky. I stamped the images on the BG in Yo Yo Yellow, Only Orange and Gable Green- I stamped off first so the colors would be subtle. The images cut out with the die are stamped in black.

The sentiment is Stampendous circa 1998- embossed in black.

Thanks for stopping by!
Shelly

Tuesday, June 12, 2012

A Quickie for a 10 minute challenge

Julie Koerber is celebrating 5 years of blogging and has a challenge to "Gimme 10 and Celebrate 5".

This is a third card I made a card with Flourishes Thank You set -I love Tulips.....I colored this with R02 and R32 and G's for the leaves.

I stamped and embossed it, colored it and then went over the image with Versamark and clear embossing powder for my RESIST for the challenge. I stamped the text image over the floral image and sponged on some Groovy Guava ink. I embossed a strip of the CS and highlighted the dots with ink. I stamped the sentiment and made a banner tag. I put 2 dimensionals under the strip to give some dimension. I added a Dew Drop in the corner and had to stop for time.

Congrats on five years Julie and Thanks for all of the beautiful Inspiration!!!

Thanks for stopping by!
Shelly

Give me 10 and celebrate 5 post #2

Julie Koerber is celebrating 5 years of blogging and has a challenge to "Gimme 10 and Celebrate 5".

This is my 2nd card. I made it in less than 10 minutes- this is for my youngest brother, who has just moved his family to Dallas for his job. We are Irish and he will love this card- although he does not need luck......I wanted to sew a row of stitching around the outside too, but the thread broke in my machine, and I could not re-thread it and still stay under 10 minutes.......

I used Webster Pages DSP again and Coordinations cardstock (Sandy Tans). The stamps are called Irish Blessings.

Congrats on five years Julie and Thanks for all of the beautiful Inspiration!!!

Thanks for stopping by!
Shelly

Gimme 10 and Celebrate 5

Julie Koerber is celebrating 5 years of blogging and has a challenge to "Gimme 10 and Celebrate 5". Oh boy, I do not do CAS easily, but thought it would be fun to try- especially since I love the Flourishes stamps she enables me to buy : ) and I do not use them enough.
My First card uses a new Technique Junkies Technique called Copic Outline. I used Webster papers and I also made a quick piece of custom Baker's twine with YG03 Copic. The stamps are called Spring Ephemerals .

Congrats on five years Julie and Thanks for all of the beautiful Inspiration!!!

Thanks for stopping by!
Shelly

Monday, June 11, 2012

Sweet Stamps- Bleached

This week the Sweet Stamps Challenge is Bleached:

I had fun with this challenge- can you tell? I got out my Technique Junkies listing and found 12/05 Brayered Bleach- with three variations- so I did method three- background plus.
I used Shades Ink- In the Pink HERE. I brayered the ink on over the stamped images and then used bleach in an aqua painter to remove the color. The Butterfly image is HERE. I did stamping with the Ring Around the Rosey border image found HERE- to add background dimension. I added a light touch of Fairy Dust Creative Inspirations paint over the top of each of the butterflies to add shimmer- CI paint is HERE.
The Seam binding just happened to be on my desk left over from a prior project- I do love pink....... I cannot tell you what colors I used to die this.
Happy Birthday-found HERE- is stamped in black and mounted it to mimic the BG of the card- and I added an outline of sewing to finish off the card.

I hope you will join in the challenge! Every entry qualifies you for a chance to win $20 of items from the store at Sweet Stamps, and if you use a Sweet Stamps image- you will receive an additional chance to win! Please note- there is a limit of 10 challenges for each entry.The winner is chosen by Random.org- so everyone has a chance to win!

Stop by the Sweet Stamps Challenge Blog HERE to see what the rest of the DT has created for the Double Dutch Fold Challenge.

Sweet Stamps Design Team:

* Bonnie * Dawn B * Dawn L *

* Jacqueline * Jacki * Jenn * Joni *

* Kendra * Linda * Nazeema "Calypso" *

* Shelly (you are here) * Tamara *

Challenges:
Creative Inspirations Paint- Inspired by Butterflies
Fashionista- Simply Summer
Lexi's Creations- Happy Birthday
Paper Pretties- your favorite color- Oh that would be Pink...!
Cutie Pie Challenge- Stitching
Sweet Stampin- All Stitched Up
Card Crafters Circle- Monochromatic
Frosted Designs- Stitching

Thanks for stopping by!
Shelly

Bloggers Challenge- Anniversary

My daughter graduated again this year from Ohio State University with her Master's Degree in Education! (Last year, she graduated with her BA). So, on this Anniversary- taking creative liberties here- I made a card using Technique Junkies techniques called Depth of Field and layer up.
The Red (Crimson), Gray and Black are The Ohio State University school colors. Images are Grad hat is Stampin Up (retired) and sentiment Close to My Heart.
To join in the Bloggers Challenge for this week, join in Mr Linky Below. BC 'Mom' Lisa's Blog can be located HERE.
It was very hot- a blazing 90 degree day and a 3 hour ceremony- the grads were sitting in the hot sun.....

Here we are prior to the ceremony. I had to take a fun pic of Katie's from the side:

At The Ohio State University, the ENTIRE class graduates together- all Bachelor's candidates, all Masters, Doctors, PhD's....etc There were over 10,000 grads in the ceremony- here they are filling up the end zone. It is amazing to see this process of the grads coming in- the PhD's get their names called individually, the rest are awarded their diploma's in the 'exit march'.

I love the flag raising ceremony:

And finally, in the sea of graduates, here is Katie receiving her diploma:

Wahoo!!! What an accomplishment! We sure are proud parents!!!

Thanks for stopping by!
Shelly

Friday, June 8, 2012

I made a CASE of a card of my own- using an Iris image- just changed up the color:

The image and sentiment and all of the dies are from Sweet Stamps.
Iris HERE
Sentiment HERE
Border -Dancing Doily Lace HERE - I think this looks like tatting- my favorite border die!
Marinne Design dies- Ana Corner and Anja Edge HERE

The ribbon and image are colored with Copic markers, I added Creative Inspirations Fairy Dust paint to the bow for some sparkle.

Thanks for stopping by!
Shelly

Monday, June 4, 2012

Sweet Stamps-For Dad

This week the Sweet Stamps Challenge is For Dad.

I had a little brayering fun on this card. Here are the supplies I used:
Stamps: 2 Horse Silhouette, Horseshoe both found HERE, and Dad found HERE.
Inks: Shades Die Inks- found HERE , Distress Ink- clear embossing Ink HERE
Embossing Powder: Clear and Fantasy Ivory HERE
Die: Nellie Snellen Rectangle Multi frame HERE
Cardstock: Coordinations Sandy Tans HERE
DSP for rosettes: Bo Bunny Vicki HERE

I found the ribbon in Breckenridge Colorado last summer- perfect! I wish you could see the glittery gold sparkle from the Fantasy Ivory EP I used on Dad and the horseshoe. The Horse Silhouette was stamped using the Rock and Roll technique, then stamped into the embossing ink and clear embossed so I could brayer over it. The card measures 5 1/4" x 5 1/4".

With the Belmont Stakes coming up this weekend, I thought a horse themed card would be perfect! I’ll Have Another has a chance to win- and the last time we had a Triple Crown winner was Affirmed - and that was 34 years ago! So, lets all cheer on I’ll Have Another........!!!

I hope you will join in the challenge! Every entry qualifies you for a chance to win $20 of items from the store at Sweet Stamps, and if you use a Sweet Stamps image- you will receive an additional chance to win! Please note- there is a limit of 10 challenges for each entry.The winner is chosen by Random.org- so everyone has a chance to win!

Stop by the Sweet Stamps Challenge Blog HERE to see what the rest of the DT has created for the Double Dutch Fold Challenge.

Sweet Stamps Design Team:

* Bonnie * Dawn B * Dawn L *

* Jacqueline * Jacki * Jenn * Joni *

* Kendra * Linda * Nazeema "Calypso" *

* Shelly (you are here) * Tamara *

Challenges:
Card Positioning Sketches-Sketch
Bunny Zoe's Crafts- Anything Goes
Cards for Men- Father's Day
Crafty Bloggers Network- 3D paper folding
Lexi's Creation- For the Man or Boy in our lives
Love to Create- Father's Day or for a Special Guy in Your Life
The Ribbon Reel Challenge - Use a die cut

Thanks for stopping by!
Shelly

Friday, June 1, 2012

Mcmahon Five Designs New Release 6/1/12

I got a package in the mail from McMahon Five Designs today- and I had to make a card!

I used a new release digi by Solocosmo called Annalise Lane. I colored the image with Copics- and used a new Technique Junkies technique called Dotty Edges. I used Cryogen White cardstock which has a shimmer to it and takes the color from the Copics beautifully. If you have been thinking of trying this cardstock- check it out now- BIG SALE!
New at McMahon Five Designs are Memory Box Dies- I used the Butterfly Delights Die for the small butterflies on the Lt border of my card. I used the Fancy Blossom Die and the Tender Leaves Die using the Prima DSP for the flowers.

I used Prima Songbird DSP for the card and all of the die cuts. I added some Prima lace- love this lace- it is also on sale.... Next, I used Prima Songbird Say it in Pearls- I used just portions of the pearls as you can tell. I distressed to the edges of the DSP and added stitching and Kraft cardstock to bring out the browns in the DSP.

Can you believe it is June already??? McMahon Five Designs is going to give the designers a break for the summer, and we are going to have our releases less frequently-we'll still be around......just not as frequently. Sue will still post flashbacks- so check out the M5D blog and sign up to follow to keep up with the store!

Challenges:

Charisma- Bling

Crop Stop- Pretty Pearls

Paper Shelter- Vintage/Shabby Chic

Truly Scruptious- Pink

365 Cards-day 92-Wear and Tear/Distressed edge

Crafty Cardmakers-Distress it

Thanks for Stopping By!

Shelly