Just Flutterin' By

Hi Everyone,

Well, we are 7 days into July, already. This month is flying by so fast and so is this year. Pretty soon we will be looking at Christmas cards and such. I already have a class scheduled this month for Christmas cards. I will be sharing those cards with you after the class is held.

Over at Craft-Dee BowZ, the theme this month for the designers  is "Out of Shape - No Square or Rectangle Card". Boy that really opens the gates up pretty wide. Well I took the easy way out I guess. I made a circular easel card.

A few things you will see on this card are items I  have had in my stash for a while but have never used, Time to get them out and use them.When I decided on a butterfly then a few things just came together.

Let me share with you this card:

Here is the card closed

And here is the card, opened

Here is a closer view of the inside sentiment.

A close-up of the bow.

I just made a double loop bow for this card..

I used two stamp sets from My Sentiments Exactly. I used the lines and swirls to make my background, it was perfect for the background. I also used another My Sentiments Exactly set for my sentiment and that smaller typed butterfly shape. 

I have to address that large butterfly. That was made using a Tim Holtz die, Fanciful Flight. I also used some papers that I made a while back, using my Gelli Plate. After looking at the black cutouts of the butterfly wings, I thought of my Gelli Plate papers. Thought they might be the perfect paper to use as the background for the wings. Let me show you,

This is just a pull from left overs from other Gelli Plate designs. 

This will make a great background for a card.

OK let me show you this paper with a wing sitting on it 

If you move the wing around you will get a slightly different effect for the wing background. 

So that's how the butterfly came to be.

OK all you Gelli Plate lovers  start using those sheets you are hoarding.

Stop in next Tuesday at the Craft-Dee BowZ blog for a post by Vicki.

 I wonder what she has in store for us???

SUPPLIES USED ON MY PROJECT

Stamps: My Sentiments Exactly - Graphic Backgrounds, Garden Faire Sentiments Paper/Card Stock: Creamy Yellow CS, White Paper  Ink: Black Dye Ink Dies Used: Sizzix Tim Holtz Fanciful Flight Accessories: Ribbon, Craft-Dee BowZ  tool, dimensional foam

I am submitting my card in the following challenges:

Amusing - Anything Goes (all month) (#13)

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends -  #13 Anything Goes (W1 of 2) (#25)

Robyn`s Fetish - W - #271 Anything Goes (#30)

Stamping Sensations - July - Feature A Creature  (#21)

Crafty Friends Challenge  - Anything Goes (#75)

Scrappers Delights   Always Anything Goes (#37)

Artbymiran Challenge - No.35 - (W2 of 2) - Anything Goes (#98)

Crafty Catz - #286 - Anything Goes (#181)

Simply Papercraft - No. 8 (W1 of 2) - Anything Goes (#89)

Thanks for stopping by, see you soon.

Best Wishes

Hello and welcome back,

Today I am sharing the second card from my masculine card class held last Saturday.

I used a stamp set that really covers a few different means of travel, and this set is so versatile and perfect for the guy cards that seem to be so hard to design. Below are two close-ups of those gray triangular pieces. Using VersaMark, I stamped the images that are a compliment to the ship theme.

Supplies used on this card:
Stamps - Stampers Anonymous Tim Holtz Collection - Travel Ways, Simple Sayings (Sentiment)
Ink - India Ink, VersaMark
Card stock - Black, White, Dark Gray, Brown
Dies - Spellbinders -Circles S4-114, S4-116
Bakers Twine

I am submitting this card to the following challenges:

• Cardz 4 Guyz  - Monochrome For Guyz (#8 )
• Craft Room Challenge - Age of Aquarius - All things water based (#9 )
• Just Inspirational Challenges  - Anything Goes (#25 )
• LEJ Designs  -challenge #85 Anything Goes (#184 )
• Sweet Stamps - challenge # 153 Anything Goes (#48 )
• Through The Craft Room Door - Always Anything Goes (#88 )
• Digi Sketch Challenge - Sketch* and/or Theme: For Men (#14 )
• Imagination Crafts - (January) Anything Goes (#49 )
• Make it Monday -  Always Anything Goes (#160 )
• My Craft Creations - Always Anything Goes (#29)
• Ooh La La Creations - A Man Card (#21 )

Just Celebrate

Hi Everyone,
Saturday I gave a class at Simply Said Rubber Stamps in Loveland, Ohio .The theme for the cards was masculine. We all have problems with those types of cards, it seems. So throughout the week I will be sharing the 3 cards from this class.

Here is the first card 

Supplies I used:

Stamps - Unity Stamp Co - What the Buck, sentiment - Tim Holtz Stampers Anonymous - Simple Sayings

Ink - Tim Holtz Distress Inks - Gathered Twigs

Dies Used - Sizzix Tim Holtz Alterations On the Edge - File Tabs, Steampunk

Corrugated Box Strip

Bakers Twine

Card stock - White, Yellow, Brown

I am submitting this card in the following challenges:

• A Gem of a Challenge - #111One for the Boys(#75 )
• Crafty Calendar -   Lets Celebrate(#201 )
• Anyone for Anya - Corrugated Cardboard.(#12 )
• Challenges 4 Everybody -  Challenge #37 Anything Goes.(#507 )
• Hobbycutz  - Challenge #32 Lots of layers (#55 )
• Scribble and Scrap - Challenge #10 (1st Week) Always Anything Goes.(#81 )
• Sentimental Sundays- Challenge #190 More than 3 Layers (#72 )

Thanks for stopping in today and stay tuned for for my next post with another masculine card design.

Tree of Gratitude

Hi Everyone,
Thanks for stopping in today. I made a card today that uses a new stamp set I received recently. I also used a die set that (Memory Box) I have had for a while. I just love these dies but I just wasn't sure how to use this set together.

There are 2 dies that make up this tree, one die is the  tree trunk/limbs and the other die is leaves and both work in conjunction with each other. I had looked at both dies for a few months and finally decided to get them when someone said Barb, you know you will have to place all the leaves by hand on the tree trunk/branches. Well I almost changed my mind but then I got a thought about how to use the leaves die in a different manner. So I decided to go for it.
                                        
                         Twiggy Tree
                
                          Leaf Canopy

I cut the leaves, and used the negative space instead of using those itty bitty leaves. Then I glued the trunk/branches on to the leaf canopy, fussy cut around the tree leaves, added  two sided tape to the back of the tree leaves and added glitter to the leaf openings. Well I loved the tree and how it came out, but wasn't sure what I wanted to do with the tree.So it sat for a while on my table,....... waiting.

Unity has a new monthly subscription set that I subscribe to, called Layers of Life (LOL) . The Tree of Gratitude set is one of the LOL stamp sets and it works perfect with my tree. Check it out.

Here is the Layers Of Life stamp set I used. And the images are a great compliment to my die cut tree.

 

To make the background panel:

I used DP as the panel on the card front and stamped the tree image directly on to it. I used the single leaf image with the typed words in the background and stamped it a few times onto the DP and sponged color in the leaf design. Next, using a Tim Holtz  Burlap layering stencil, I sponged more color and design which adds more visual interest. Last, I used a torn scrap of paper from a book page added ink to the edges and layered that on the DP. Now I had the background ready for my tree.

I used the sentiment from the stamp set but wanted it to appear differently than the way it was designed, so, I stamped it out on white CS and used a hand punch to punch the individual letters. I wanted the word to be vertical, instead of horizontal and lastly I glued those letters onto the panel.

Since my tree canopy was made with white CS, I sponged some red, orange and green inks into the canopy to soften it.

I attached the tree with dimensional foam over the DP panel.

Products used:

Burlap Layering Stencil - Tim Holtz (THS007)

Tree of Gratitude - Unity Stamps (Layers of Life)

Memory Box dies - Twiggy Tree 98143, Leaf Canopy 98142

Hand Punch

Glitters

Inks - Distress Ink - Shabby Shutters, Gathered Twig  Fresco Inks Cortez Sun, Bastille Brick, Golden Parchment

Sponge Dauber

CS/paper - Designer Paper (DP), White CS, Terra Cotta CS, Brown CS

Dimensional Foam

Scotch Quick-Dry Adhesive

Two Sided Tape

I am submitting my card in the following challenges:

• Hiding in my Craft Room - W, 1E  - #130  Anything but Holiday
• Scrapping4funChallenges - 2W, 1E - No.7 - Anything Goes till Jan 3, 2014
• Sister Act Card Challenge - W, Cards. - No. 38 - Anything Goes - challenge runs till Jan 10, 2014
• Stampin' For The Weekend - 2W, 1E – (W2 of 2) - Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping in today. See you soon,

Gift Tags

Hi Everyone,
I have a quick post to share with you. It's a tag I designed for my tag exchange that takes place tonite. I meet with a great group of ladies each month and tonite we are meeting for dinner and we are exchanging tags. We've done this for a few years.

Supplies used:
Trees Stamp - Just for Fun
Pine cone and lighter green sprig - Tim Holtz Sizzix Tattered Pine cone
Flourish - Tim Holtz Sizzix Elegant Flourishes
Darker green sprigs - Martha Stewart Punch
Poinsettia - Spellbinders Die
Ink - Fresco - Giovanni's Garden
Card Stock - Red CS, Green CS, Brown designer paper, Med. Green CS, Yellow CS
Gold Accents - Inka Gold by Viva, Pearl Pen by Viva
Tag Die - Accucut
Ribbon

This is such an easy tag to make, hope you try to use some or all of the elements I used.

Well have a great day and I will see you soon

Barbara

Christmas is on its Way

Hi Everyone

I want to share a card I just made for Just Imagine Crafts/Kreations.And oh my, just think Christmas will be here in 3 weeks!!! Whoa, where has the year gone??? I know you all are getting ready for the holidays and I thought 'd share this card with you. I've wanted to make this card for a while.

I made the wreath by cutting sprigs that are on the Tim Holtz Alterations Sizzix Tattered Pinecone die. I arranged them in a circle and rhinestones were added. That verse in the center says it all, doesn't it!! To finish this card off,  I knew I wanted to use a  punch on the corners but I wanted to make the corners stand out more. So, using gold card stock cut to 1 1/2" squares, I used punch 902 from Just Imagine Crafts/Kreations to punch just one corner of the small squares and then I added those to the corners of the card front.


Well that is it for today. Thanks for stopping by, and have a great week.

Fun and Funky Fold

Hi Everyone,
It's time for the new weekly challenge over at Art Impressions. This weeks theme is Fun and Funky Folds. Once I decided on the fold the rest kind of fell into place. The card design is called a Double Display card. Here is a link for the cut and folds for this easy to do card.

This first picture shows the card closed. You may notice the paper clips I had to use to keep the card  closed as I photographed it.(See them just peeking out at the top of the card.)

Opened, this card makes quite a statement. 

The card, as I mentioned, is really easy but it doesn't appear to be. Give it a try!!

Supplies I used:

Spellbinders - Lace Doily Motifs  S5-063

Tim Holtz Alterations by Sizzix - Elegant Flourishes 656639

Art Impressions Stamp - Christmas Village Window  M3184

Copic Markers - E33, E43, BG01, Y1, B00, YG41, C-1

Spica Pens(Made by Copic) - 09 Sky Blue, 20 Chocolate, 07 Olive

Sparkle N |Sprinkle Glitter - G1030 Fascination

Ribbon

Thanks for stopping by today, see you soon.

It's the Fall Season

Hi Stampers,
I want to share a card that I think shows the colors of fall. I used one of the Flower Fairies Friends sets from Crafters' Companion. I used Lavender. She is beautiful however I wanted to use the beautiful fall colors, so I cut off the sprig of lavender that she usually holds in her hands and replaced it with a beautiful leaf. I used a combination of Copic Markers and Fresco Inks to color the fairy.

This card will be entered in the following:
Crafters' Companion September Challenge
Crazy4Challenges C4C104

Cardstock Used: Rich Brown CS, Orange CS, Sage Green and Sherbert Orange Coordinations CS

Inks used: Distress ink, Fresco Inks India Ink

Spellbinders Die: Assorted Leaves  S4-076, Labels Twenty Two S4-346

Sizzix Tim Holtx Alterations Bigz Die -Elegant Flourishes - 656639

Punch - Martha Stewart -Branch

Stampaway Day 2 of classes............

Well day 2 at Stampaway came early for me. And some of you know I am not an early riser. But I dragged my butt out of bed, went to breakfast in the hotel and went over to the hotel for my first class. 8:00 a.m., what a time for a class. This class (Sheer Fusion) was with Nancy Curry and she always teaches a great class. After 2 hours and much fun, I learned to play with alcohol inks a little differently. My masterpiece was done. Its amazing that a few colors of alcohol inks, a couple of pieces of transparencies  a black piece of canvas board and some masking tape can give you a really cool piece of artwork.(Getting up for this class was worth it.)

OK on to class #2. Gaye Medbury was the instructor and she taught us how to make a book called Step it Up. This is another class that I loved. This book is really not quite done. It needs some additional embellishments but the book is together and I love he way it looks and it is really pretty easy to do this book, even though it really looks complicated.

This book opens to pages that are in a step fashion and when you reach the center, you will see a page that explodes open to reveal a beautiful collage.

Amazing how a few folds can bring a book alive and make it so exciting.

OK now it's time for class #3. The one and only Tim Holtz is the instructor. I waited in line for about 30 minutes while the class in the room finished and Tim could get in and get set up for the students who were eagerly waiting for his 1st class of the day. The first person I see is Mario checking all the bins that hold all the kits for the classes.

                                                                                                                                                    

Next I see Tim and his other assistants going into the classroom to get it set up. In record time the doors open and we are allowed to come in and take our seats.

Charmed Possessions is the name of the class. Class starts and we all get our kits for the first class.We will be making a pin and 3 pendants.

The pin

A keyhole pendant

The Heart Pendant

The Bracelet

I am sitting at a table on the left side of the room up front. We have a great table location. And we are all at round tables. The room is a large room and we don't feel like sardines, yea!!!!!!

After a fast 2 hours, we are done with the class, and we have all made 4 cool things and we all are sorry the class is over. For those of us taking the next class we get to save our seats and go outside while they set up the room for the next class. So we all take a break and go back in after the room is ready again.

The next class I wasn't sure I would like. What, not like a Tim Holtz class?????? Well I am not a person who journals so The Journey Journal just didn't sound like something that I would necessarily like but, hey, it turns out it is a great little journal, a book or whatever you want to call it, but it is too cute!!!!

So whats not to like about this little suitcase.

It just so happens it holds the journal, and the journal is only 2 1/2  X 3 1/2.

A gift from Tim and Stampers Anonymous (Thanks Tim and Ted!!) And yes we received a gift in the first class as well, a grunge board alphabet. NICE!!!

All in all, the classes that I took this year were great and really exceeded my expectations.

Next was the preview party at 7:30  Friday night. It was so nice, and I saw so many familiar faces, vendors and friends alike. I got back to the hotel around midnight carrying a lot of bags. Saturday morning I went back to finish up and got home at 4:15. What a wonderful weekend.

Here is a small slide show that I made for other pic's that I took along the way. Enjoy!!

Tomorrow I will be going to the Burlington Antique Show at the Boone County Fairgrounds. Since the temperatures have been so high, I am getting an early start. I will be meeting a few friends at 8:00 to try and beat  the heat. So stop back to see what I pick up tomorrow.

Well that is it for now, thanks for stopping and see you later,

Barbara