A few new cards

Easter weekend has been a bit productive in the play department!

This was a $1 stamp I came across, but never used. I also made a mistake with the new sewing machine and found I really liked it! I hit a different stitch button while stitching straight across the bottom and though OH NO! I've ruined it! I can't fix it, the holes will stick out like a sore thumb. I'll make it look on purpose to save it. Wish I could say I thought this up and did it on purpose, but I can't. lol Do wish I hadn't sewn on the flowers themselves, but...

Wings

If you haven't noticed, I love hearts. Yes, it's true, I can't get enough of them. I don't know what it is that draws me to them, but it's highly magnetic! I was just playing with one of the coffee stained hearts I had made a while back and had to use the Gelatins wings that I never used. I forget who makes the woman's face, but I find her gorgeous when used subtly. Anyway, just playing :)

Mother's Day

Mother's Day is fast approaching and I usually end up in last minute mode. This year, I thought I'd get it done early and only have to worry about actually mailing it on time!

Swap: Computer generated

This is for a "computer generated" swap. I made the background in Illustrator and printed it out. The fairy was made by D'analen, which closed, but it was bought by About Art Accents and they still have her. She's very large.

I embossed in silver ep with fine glitter and I used Radiant Pearls to paint her. You can't see the glitter sparkle or paint shimmer, but she does. The wings are also raised, but it's not evident in the pic. She is my most favorite stamp so it was fun to pull her out again!

Sketch Challenge - Drink in Life!

This layout was chosen from sketches on Two Peas in a Bucket.



I masked a stampingbella into a $1 Michael's martini glass, colored it and added dimensional glaze to the glasses.

Based on sketch

Our challenge this week was taken from a card by Sherry, in the ink-stains gallery. I've made a few attempts below...

Inspire

I got this beautiful stamp from Paper Artsy a little bit ago. I just adore her.

Little beauty

This is the card I was working on and used the leftovers for the DCM card. Like that one, you can't see the gold webbing sprayed on the background or the gold on the dyed flowers. I think the webbing adds so much flavor to the card. I tied the scrappers floss so there were some knots in it and not so plain.

DCM Dare - Twins

This week's Daring Card Makers' dare is "Multiple births!" Check out their site!

This is only a 3x3 card and a feeble attempt at the dare, but while I was making another card and had left over bits, I figured what the heck. It's very non-traditional, but I have no one to send it to anyway. lol

The background paper is Basic Grey, but I sprayed it with gold webbing to give it texture and bit of gold sheen. The black is scrapper's floss. The stamps are $1 Michael's stamps that I hadn't ever used.

Arch Challenge & new technique

Ink-stains challenge this week was a gothic arch. I was fully prepared to skip it, when Kim referred me to Ethel's blog to check out her latest challenge. It was there I reminded of the masking tape technique that I'd always wanted to try. I've never done any decoupage type stuff, but I did have a sheet of fairies Diane sent me long ago,(Thanks, Diane!) so I gave it a shot.

Love...still

Friendship

Made this card while visiting with Vanilla, for the first time today. T'was fun, but I really need to pack better when playing outside the house. How people do those crops, I have no idea. Oh, if I had only brought this...oh, wish I had brought this...awww, forgot that.
The colors are a bit off so I may try to take a pic tomorrow.

DCM Dare - How Random!

This week's Daring Card Makers' dare is "How Random!" Check out their site!

Well...Man O' Man!! was that a challenge! I thought I'd list many things I don't use at all or rarely, but I did add rubber stamps to the list because, I umm...need them. lol Of course, Dh did not choose that number and I was left with:
Glitter
Stickers
Flowers
Brads
Fibers

I almost said, "Oh, forget that!!!" lol All things I'd hope he'd not pick, he did. I even thought, well, no one will know stamps weren't picked, but I got a case of the guilts. Luckily, I had unopened MM stickers that were double-sided to stick glitter to, so I could kill two stinky birds with one stone. And the fiber, well, it's not a fiber, more of a tinsel thread, but it was in my fiber drawer, so it was fair game. The photo is wonky, but the scanner refused to show the glitter color and mirror cardstock.
Anyway, this was quite a lesson in "if you don't use it, get rid of it" because it will come back to haunt you! LOL

Sketch Challenge

These two cards were done for a weekly challenge. They are based on this sketch by Di Hickman. Click on her name to go to her blog.
The Asian card looks like it has silver accents, but they are actually shiny gold. My scanner seems to have a sense of humor.

Sketch Challenge

We all had to make a card using a pre-made layout sketch. This is mine. I borrowed Kim's stamps and I adore this woman! She's just simply beautiful! Thanks, Kim... Miss you already!!

DCM Dare - Friendship - Call NOW!

This week's Daring Card Makers' dare is 'All Things Media':

It's around us no matter which way we turn, and all designed to get our attention. Ads designed by graphic designers who know all the tricks & techniques to draw our eyes to the product in question. You only have to glance at a Newspaper quickly to read headings with 'Shock' titles & 'Clever' puns all designed to make you want to read what the article is all about!

Friendship is by SU, photo stamp by Stampsmith, and call me stamp is by unknown. The 'call now for your free sample' is computer generated.

The colors are off as this has no pink, only darker peaches and browns, but...

This one I have to give 100% credit to Miss Gillian. Her sewing inspired me to open my new machine and play! (can you believe I actually opened it?!) I also stamped on the flower. This is a brilliant idea I wouldn't have thought of myself!

Thanks, Gil. You touch more lives and minds than you could imagine, between your kindness and talent! Bless your cotton socks! ;)

Still stuck on Love...

The heart is made of crumpled cardstock stained in coffee and the background is a pretty, aged rose vellum, but I don't know who makes it. Love stamp by Heidi Swapp. (I just noticed I forgot to cut the ribbon ends shorter before I scanned. ooops. lol)

Just starting to play with my Stamping Bella stamps. This is grumpabella. Since I sure can be a grump, we have a lot in common.

I still do..

I've finally taken the plunge and tried to meet a dare set out by Daring Card Makers. I usually say I should try it, but either run out of time or plain chicken out. I'm not sure it's quite up to the challenge layed out, but it was my attempt.
The dare for this week is:

A Really Romantic Scrapbook Layout - but on a card!
Scrapbookers are challenged to downsize your usual a 12x12 LO onto a teenyweeny one - maximum of 6x6, which can be sent safely through the mail. Cardmakers - you're used to working on a small space, and you know all about the ribbons, brads and other bits and bobs - but can you take on board all the other little touches that are used on a scrapbook page - the titles, the journalling, the photographs etc?