SCS Brown Paper Collage

I haven't joined in on a 

Mix-Ability Challenge at SCS

for ages! Time to get back on board!

Check out MIX108 HERE.

The challenge Friday was to use 

brown paper as a base and include

images stamped or cut from paper

with text on it.

I adhered brown paper to my

art journal pages and then

tore hills from an almanac-type

farm catalog. I used ads that

included horses and horse equipment.

To make the birch trees, I dipped the edge of an old

credit card in black paint and swept it across the 

advertising.  Then I cut the tree trunks as wide as 

I wanted them to be. I adhered them and when

the multi-medium was dry I outlined them with

black and brown big Pitt artist markers.

Next I went over everything with a gesso wash.

I was careful to go vertical on the whole page

and then horizontal on the tree trunks.

I added my horse (Phyllis Harris stamp from Unity)

last and didn't whitewash him so that he would 

stand out. I inked him with Vintage Photo DI.

Then I added texture paste to imitate snow.

I used a gel pen to add the snowflakes and went

around the outside of the page with Black Soot

DI on my inking tool.

This layout feels sad to me.  I may have

to add a quote or something yet.

Bday for BIL

My bil is a huge fan of anything

to do with the Old West.

I thought including a buffalo would make

a great masculine card for him.

 

I recently saw Jennifer McGuire

paint with colored embossing paste

so I thought that technique would be

perfect for the front, hairy part of

this buffalo.  I dyed the paste with

Distress Inks and Stain and applied

it with a paint brush after inking

my white cardstock with StazOn

brown ink. The buffalo is a

Silhouette file. I cut 4 and stacked

them all together.

 

 

The background is made on watercolor paper

with gelatos and Distress paint.

The tree is from Unity and the sentiment

is from PTI. I added a bit of grass around

his feet with Distress markers & Copics.

 

This is inspired by the Mix-Ability #76

Challenge to fingerpaint.



Watercolor Angie Card

 

I haven't posted for ages! Life has been crazy

this year....DD2's wedding in April,

 spring planting, moved DD1 from TX to ID.

Now our DIL and 3 grandkids are here for the month.

 

This is a watercolor I did for DGD1's June birthday.

 

 

Stamped the Angie Girl stamp & sentiment

 from Unity Stamp Co. in StazOn , then

used Distress Markers/Inks smeared on

an acrylic block.  I picked the color

up with my new #4 brush. Love how

it turned out & will be doing more

watercoloring!

 

Thanks for stopping by!

Encourage Art Journal Pages

Thought I'd let you in on

a bit of the process of the

page I've been working on

the last few days.  This

journal is my project for the

2013 Divine Design Bible

Verse Challenge at SCS.

And I'm linking up to
Word Art Wednesday
for their 81st challenge and
to Art Journal Everyday
at Balzer Designs.

I am using an 8.5 x 11

sketchbook....I glue a couple

pages together to make them stronger.

I started with gesso and craft paint

diluted with water. Used a round

sponge to add the turquoise circles.

Stamped music on tissue paper

and ModPodged it down.

I added pink Thickers, spelling

"sing" but using random letters

on other parts of the page.  I put

pieces of cheesecloth over the

letters that don't spell anything.

I cut Tattered Florals from

old book paper and then added more

paint here and there.

I used random Unity Stamp Co.

stamps with StazOn black ink.

Here is a close up with the Prima

flowers and leaves cut on my

Silhouette added. I used a black

Sharpie to color the word "sing".

I printed the verse out on my

computer, using a free

"Old Typewriter" font I found online.

And here is the finished page:



Attitude of Gratitude Day 29 & FWF

APPRECIATION
What do you most appreciate in life?

Day 29.....one more day & I

will complete the 30 days of

focusing on gratitude & the

art journal I made along with some

others at the Attitude of Gratitude blog.

This has been a great exercise &

I am eager to be finished.

This is also my Unity Friends

With Flair post!  Used

Harvest of Memories & Simple Blessings sets

on this page.

The challenge was to use one ply of

a napkin on my page.  This is the

only style of napkin I had in the house

but I think it is especially fitting

since we just celebrated Thanksgiving

& appreciating everything we've been given.

Thanks for stopping by &

have a great weekend!

08.10.12 FWF & WAW

I tried to post last week

while sitting in an airport.

Both my flights were cancelled so

I thought I would post from my phone.

I think I would have figured it out eventually

but never did get the post finished!

For all the Unity Friends With Flair

details, check out the UNITY BLOG.

I've been working on some Christmas

cards for the monthly challenge

at Crafting By Designs. 
Since this stamp has a verse from
Luke 2:14 on it, I am also linking this
up to Word Art Wednesday.

Angel stamp is GLORIOUS

Papers are BG Wassail

Love my Unity Christmas stamps!

Thanks for stopping by,

have a blessed weekend!

Unity May Stripes Challenge

For this month's Unity Challenge
I have a sympathy card that uses

stripes.  It is an old scrap from my stash

but was just the piece I was needing!

Stamps are from the 

Ornate Artisan Stackers set.

 2 sets of Spellbinders:

Ornate Artisan & Crosses Two

Thanks for stopping by to take a peek!

05.18.12 FWF

Happy Friday to you!

Glad you could stop by today.

I know A LOT of people

who are having babies!

I LOVE this itty bitty!

Swing by Unity's BLOG to see

the list of everyone who is playing

along today!

Have a blessed weekend!!

05.11.12 FWF

Welcome to a

Unity Friends With Flair Friday! 

Check out their blog to see

lots of great creations.

 Two VERY different cards for

you to look at today!

I've been playing with

some faux metal techniques

because there is a challenge

at Crafting By Designs to

make a card with metal.

(Come play along, challenge

lasts all month.)

I pretty much got entralled

by this tutorial called

Metal Tape Art.

So here is my case of

her postcard.  I used my panel

on this grad card.

Sentiment is from To the Moon & Back KOM

Mortarboard was a free studio file,

 inked it directly from the inkpad.

American Thickers numbers &

mesh from orange bag under foil,

foil tape from Ace Hardware

black acrylic paint

So my second card is about as

different from this as you can get...

all colorful and sweet.

This is for the

May KOM Sketch Challenge

All Smiles KOM

Echo Park Country Drive

papers & banner

Thanks for stopping by!

Have a blessed weekend!

A Little Word Art Wednesday

I've been making GRAD cards.

Some for myself, some for dd

to take to the shop where she works.

Everyone needs grad cards!

I like to give a grad something

to hang on to, like a great

Scripture verse!

Linking up to Word Art Wednesday.

The stamp is from Unity

The mortarboard was a free studio file,

I cut and glued 2 together to make them

nice and stiff. 

 Spellbinders Romantic Rectangles diecuts.

Oh, and Paper Studio gemstones

Tonight we are off to our

final Praise Factory (kids) night

at church for this year.

Going with Green

These were made for the May

color your world challenge

at Studio JRU, but....I missed

the cutoff! Oh well, enjoy them

just the same!

The next challenge is June 6th

and the color is yellow.

Here is my mom's card

And a random happy day card!

I made the central image on

sticky back canvas with many

stamps and several inks/colorwashes/etc.

A Mother's Day Card

Enjoying a cloudy, rainy

Scrapbooking Day!

Figured it is time to get

some Mom's Day cards made.

Here is one for my dmil. 

It is a rough case of Kristina Werner's

example HERE.  I used her technique

to cut strips of paper (all mine are

from OA's Farmhouse collection)

and adhere them to a rectangle.

I used my new Unity chicken wire stamp

& VersaMark for the background.

The fibers are also Farmhouse,

Paper Studio pearls, two colored with Copics.

Ornate Artisan Stackers by Spellbinders.

The sentiment is a freebie from PaperCrafts.

Using Ippity

Here is a card using stamps from the

ippity set Life is the Journey. 

I won it from a comment I left

on a blog during the ippity

Release Party a week or 2 ago.

How fun are the stamps in this set?!

I'm linking up to ippity Monday

and also entered it into a challenge

at Crafting By Designs to

use a button.

The butterfly is an itty bitty

called Butterfly Effect.

I stamped it onto pale green

parchment paper and then watercolored

it with Chipped Sapphire DI

diluted with a mist of water.

Thanks for stopping by!

Have a blessed week!

04.06.12 FWF

April is here and so are

the spring flowers!  Love seeing them

 brighten up the landscape!

Welcome to my blog and another

FWF with Unity stamps.  Check out their

BLOG to see who is linking up today.

I used the multi-layer

stamping technique on this

card I made for my dad.

Stamps are:
Throughout All Generations
 Roots & Wings

Vintage Photo, Chipped Sapphire

& Stormy Sky Distress Inks

Linking this up to
Word Art Wednesday.
Check it out, fun inspiration!

My second card uses a bargello

technique for the background paper.

See Beate's tutorial HERE.

Samantha Walker Live, Laugh, Love

I used BG Kioshi papers.

Spellbinders Romantic Rectangles

& Moroccan Accents dies.

Thanks for stopping by and

have a blessed Easter!!

03.23.12 FWF

Welcome to FWF... my usual

Friday post!  Love to see all the

creativity with Unity Stamp Co. stamps.

To join in the fun or find the

Linky list of everyone playing along

go to the UNITY BLOG.

I'm sharing a card I made for the

KOTM sketch challenge.  There is

still time to join in before April 1st!

Stamps are from 2 KsOTM:

 All Smiles & To the Moon & Back.

I embossed Dusty Concord DI

but it looks almost black.

The edge cut is part of a

Spellbinders Nestabilities

Romantic Rectangles die.

Also want to share a card I

made for the Unity challenge 

Doors & Windows,

 based on Angie's tutorial from Thursday.

Cut out window with Romantic Rectangles

 and embossed that layer.

Used another Rectangle to emboss

a frame within the frame.

Stamps are ippity's What Matter Most

& the Direction of Happy itty bitty.

Thanks for stopping by &

have a blessed weekend!

03.09.12 FWF & CPS-#255

Welcome to Unity's
FWF Friday...you can
check out the linky list of
everyone playing along HERE.
Join in the fun with your
Unity stamps!

We have a friend graduating

from Navy Bootcamp today.

I used CPS Sketch #255 for

his card:

The sentiment is from

To the Moon & Back

I use this set a LOT!

Papers are s.e.i. & Graphic 45.

burlap and shoestring.

Spellbinders banner die

Memento rich cocoa ink

I also made a card for the

Getting Ready for Christmas challenge

at Crafting By Designs. 

 {ippity}'s Warm Wishes

Spellbinders Moroccan  Motifs

Thanks for stopping by today,

enjoy the rest of the Hop and

have a great spring-y weekend!

03.02.12 FWF

Welcome to a March

Friends With Flair!  Unity's FWF

makes Friday a treat, don't you agree?

Check out the linky list of everyone

playing along HERE.

Great creativity and great prizes!

This card is for

Moxie Fab World's

Cure for the Winter Blues Challenge

and is also entered into

Little Birdie Blessings

Scripture Thursday Linky Party #18.

The verse is from FAITH set.

DP is Graphic 45 A Proper Gentleman

Archival Cobalt ink, Paper Studio trim

Spellbinders Labels 13 & Moroccan Motifs dies

This second card was intended 

for the sketch challenge

but then realized I used stamps from

Bevy of Butterflies instead of a KOM!

The cardfront is embossed with a

new M-Bossabilities folder I

won from Spellbinders.

Tattered Rose & Vintage Photo DIs.

Pearls are Paper Studio.

And this is the card

 that actually went into the

Feb. KOM Sketch Challenge.

Stamps are from Delightful Moments

& Perfect in Every Way KsOM.

Worn Lipstick & Vintage Photo DIs

Spellbinders Romantic Rectangles die.

Cosmo Cricket Clementine dp.

Happy March!

Have a blessed weekend!!

02.24.12 FWF

Just running a little behind today

but that is a good thing!  DH and I

have been working on the house.

New linoleum, transformed the

laundry room with new vanity,

sink....looks great...but

that isn't why you are here, is it?!

I'll be short and sweet here,

a card made with the

sticky-back canvas

(see HERE for details on that)

and a scrapbook page

of our oldest dgd!!

Off to do some touch up painting!!

Have a great weekend!

Another Word Art Wednesday Card

I printed out a couple options

of this verse and had time to

put this card together today.

LOVE the Word Art Wednesday

idea of using Scripture verses!!

Light bulb stamp is from

Unity Stamp Co.

Spellbinders label die

Flashback Friday 20.0

Looking back at projects I made

way back when is always fun!!

Flashback Friday's 20th

Challenge is to find your

first black & white card.

I found three projects
that feature black & white.
The last one was the only
one I could think of at first
but I found 2 older ones.

Looks like my first

black & white card was from

December 13, 2009.

It was for 3 challenges

You can read about it HERE.

This one is from Jan. 1, 2010.

This one is from Oct. 28th, 2010.

Original post here

The challenge goes until

February 24th so be sure

to join in on the blog hop

and the challenge.

Thanks for stopping by!