Two of my three sons were born in April and I'm celebrating. One card will be mailed and one will be given at a Birthday Lunch out. So glad I could almost literally do the same card for both of them.
Now you have to visit Die Cut Divas' Challenge blog to find the challenge (like the flavor) of the month. The samples below should give you a clue.
I really never used Washi tape on anything, but I'm finding it fun and easy - don't like something, just RIP it OFF. Don't you love Washi tape? I've started to really enjoy using it. I know this is April 1st and April Fools Day but I'm not fooling you!. Have a great April!
Recipe:
Washi Tape - yes, the black and red arrows are Washi Tape, but so are the red dots
Hero Arts Big Post Card S5665
Hero Arts Glow Girl CL650
Distress Ink - Fired Brick
Copic marker to outline some areas (R29, Lipstick Red)
Clear gems colored with Copic marker (R29, Lipstick Red)
Monday, April 1, 2013
Sunday, March 31, 2013
Goodbye to Hero Arts and Thank You
I wanted to say "Thank You" to Hero Arts today, the sponsor of Die Cut Divas' challenge for the month of March. What a month to start our blog sponsorship with, none other than Hero Arts. Celebrating with a flower for Hero Arts. It's always a beautiful month with a flower.
Visit Die Cut Divas blog for our last March post.
I've had so much fun making cards and even doing a written tutorial on the Triple Time Technique here after seeing the technique on video at Gaal Creative. Anne's friend Dawn Olchefske handles the video on this technique. You'll love it.
Recipe for card:
Kraft notecard
Hero Arts Artistic Border CL322
Hero Arts Everyday Sayings CL342
Cuttlebug
Spellbinders tag set (3 - smallest here)
Cuttlebug Provo Craft embossing folder
Distress Stickles Barn Door laid on the centerof the flower followed on top by Xmas Red Stickles
Baker's twine in green and white
Visit Die Cut Divas blog for our last March post.
I've had so much fun making cards and even doing a written tutorial on the Triple Time Technique here after seeing the technique on video at Gaal Creative. Anne's friend Dawn Olchefske handles the video on this technique. You'll love it.
Recipe for card:
Kraft notecard
Hero Arts Artistic Border CL322
Hero Arts Everyday Sayings CL342
Cuttlebug
Spellbinders tag set (3 - smallest here)
Cuttlebug Provo Craft embossing folder
Distress Stickles Barn Door laid on the centerof the flower followed on top by Xmas Red Stickles
Baker's twine in green and white
Tuesday, March 19, 2013
Triple Time Technique Card & Instructions
I think the next time I use the triple time technique, I will use darker matting, however, this works for instruction purposes and it's quite nice for a note. The embellishments stand out and make it more whimsical. As we know, Stickles always works wonders too.
Recipe:
Hero Arts Dandelion G4917
Hero Arts Everyday Sayings CL342
"Hi there" is a Hero Arts stamp too, but it fell out of its pack so I don't know which clear set
Cuttlebug
Spellbinders die-cut
Pearls colored with Copic markers B79 & YG09
Gold metallic twine & I have no idea where I got this.
Instructions to make this card.
Recipe:
Hero Arts Dandelion G4917
Hero Arts Everyday Sayings CL342
"Hi there" is a Hero Arts stamp too, but it fell out of its pack so I don't know which clear set
Cuttlebug
Spellbinders die-cut
Pearls colored with Copic markers B79 & YG09
Gold metallic twine & I have no idea where I got this.
I
found this technique on Anne
Gaal's blog
so you can follow along on the video, but I
wanted to write it down so I have the sizes and instructions always with me.
Instructions to make this card.
Size Stamped
panel dimensions Bottom panel
dimensions
A B
Smallest 2”
X 3 ¼” 2
¼” X 3 1/2 “
Middle 3”
X 4 ¼” 3
¼” X 4 1/2”
Largest 4”
X 5 ¼” 8
½” X 5 ½” BASE
All Right Ladies, Start your Engines… oops… cutting. Cut out all the sizes listed above. We’ll call the panels that are going to be
what I think of as the “top” panels Panel “A”s and the bottom panels (like the
panel that becomes the notecard itself) Panel “B”s.
Fold Panel "B" (base) in half and now you have your note card ready.
Take all the panel “A” s and tape with Removable tape,
largest on the bottom and smallest on the top.
On the smallest panel (A) you may wish to stamp a sentiment first and
then start stamping. Start in the center
and work your way around the edges, using a lighter ink because this is your
stamped background. You can use a background, script, or other
stamp for background. Then stamp with a
darker ink using a smaller image, like a flower, butterfly or other focal image on the panels "A", as you prefer. When satisfied,
stop and pull the panels apart. Take off the removable tape.
Starting with the smallest panel, layer the smallest panels
“A” and “B” together, next layer the middle panels “A” and “B” together. NOW, make sure the pieces are not
upside down when you layer 1st and 2nd sets. Attach the 2 “A/B” panels, smallest on top of
middle panels. Add embellishments like buttons, flowers,
pearls & twine (32 inches wraps 3 times around the top panels). To wrap
twine, hold twine to left side (for right-handers), starting in front and wrap
3 times. You can thread a button or tag with
the twine. Tie and make bow. Trim twine tails on bow.
Put dimensional on the bottom of the top "A" panel section and
layer to bottom panel.
You are finished.
Sunday, March 17, 2013
I ended up with a baby card... I think
Second Post today.
I had the back side of a wonderful note card, all a medium pink with lighter images of pink flowers. I know, sounds rather tooooo much PINK! But it is quite lovely. I stamped it with Hero Arts Newspaper Skyline (S5573). Now, why I ever, EVER thought of stamping a pink card with this stamp, I don't know... out of my mind, maybe? Well, I guess I was going to cut the buildings out (I often do) and use them individually, adding depth to cards. But when I pulled it from my stamped stash, I just couldn't get over how much I loved it. I popped it on top of a light medium blue note card, wrapped red and blue twines at the bottom of the panel and then discovered I needed something to cover the logo of the company that made the card. Ok, I now have a BLUE CLOUD over the small spot and it looks like a BABY CARD! LOL
I think it's kind of neat. I still can't believe I put those colors together with a city skyline. I am still chuckling. I hope you like it, because I'm rather fond of it.
Recipe:
Hero Arts Newspaper Skyline (S5573)
Hero Arts Heyday Thoughts (330054) - set includes Air Balloon as well as the clouds that are actually thought captions
Twine
I had the back side of a wonderful note card, all a medium pink with lighter images of pink flowers. I know, sounds rather tooooo much PINK! But it is quite lovely. I stamped it with Hero Arts Newspaper Skyline (S5573). Now, why I ever, EVER thought of stamping a pink card with this stamp, I don't know... out of my mind, maybe? Well, I guess I was going to cut the buildings out (I often do) and use them individually, adding depth to cards. But when I pulled it from my stamped stash, I just couldn't get over how much I loved it. I popped it on top of a light medium blue note card, wrapped red and blue twines at the bottom of the panel and then discovered I needed something to cover the logo of the company that made the card. Ok, I now have a BLUE CLOUD over the small spot and it looks like a BABY CARD! LOLI think it's kind of neat. I still can't believe I put those colors together with a city skyline. I am still chuckling. I hope you like it, because I'm rather fond of it.
Recipe:
Hero Arts Newspaper Skyline (S5573)
Hero Arts Heyday Thoughts (330054) - set includes Air Balloon as well as the clouds that are actually thought captions
Twine
Visit Scraps of me for Paula Laird's first blog candy give-away! Happy Days when blog candy days are here. You have until the end of March to visit and leave a comment. March 4th was her 4th blog anniversary! Give some lovin' comments to Paula and you might win some lovin' BLOG CANDY!.
And I'm lovin' her card on a recent post right here!
And I'm lovin' her card on a recent post right here!
Friday, March 15, 2013
A little something green for the Die Cut Divas' challenge "Anything Green" - a sample of green and I love the Chipped Sapphire Distress Ink too. Color those pearls purple and green for me... hehehe A little Hero Arts die cut completes the card. Our sponsor this month is HERO ARTS and our challenges seem to go hand in hand, so hop to the Die Cut Divas' blog and to the Hero Arts Blog to see what's going on in the challenges.
You need to visit Die Cut Divas for a fabulous interview today - personality plus shows through the interview.... I'm not naming names, so please visit and read her interview and VIEW her outright GORGEOUS cards.
This card is based on a card and video at Anne Gaal's blog regarding a technique called triple time. Anne's card is a triple time negative. Gorgeous! See Dawn Turley's card on Anne's blog here! The ladies outdo themselves.
Sunday, March 10, 2013
Thanking Saturated Canary
I'm a true neophyte when it comes to digital images. Having said that, I am still muddling my way through using them, really, just downloading them. Since I use Chrome Google, I was not having any luck with downloading a PNG file. Krista Smith of Saturated Canary emailed me with the cure to my problem. Switching browsers did let me download her lovely images properly. I'll have to keep this in mind for the future. She also emailed Tammypie to me. Isn't she the sweetest? I had to immediately color her. She just looked perfect for a tag. With school in and a little gal in your life, be she granddaughter or daughter, you can give her something sweet to go along with this tag.
I couldn't resist coloring one of the other images that I could now download onto my computer correctly. So here on her debut on my blog is Caligirl or California Gal, as I call her. She is the sweetest California girl, ever. With that said, I'm entering her into the Saturated Canary's challenge blog, the theme being Good vs. Evil. Those innocent eyes could only be used for good.
I couldn't resist coloring one of the other images that I could now download onto my computer correctly. So here on her debut on my blog is Caligirl or California Gal, as I call her. She is the sweetest California girl, ever. With that said, I'm entering her into the Saturated Canary's challenge blog, the theme being Good vs. Evil. Those innocent eyes could only be used for good.
Don't you just adore her? I think she looks fresh off the beach and has that fresh wide-eyed look of adventure and fun. Both images are colored with Copic markers.
I hope you visit Saturated Canary for a fun sample of wonderful images.
Happy Sunday.
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