VSN Weekend!

It's been forever since I joined in one of the VSNs over on Splitcoast.  So I was excited to get home from work today to start the weekend with some crafting!!  Woot!!

A fun challenge to kick off was Judi's "Summertime Foods We Love" challenge.  I went with "ice cream" as a Summertime fav and the cute little Denami Designs image.  Colored it in with Copics, added Stickles to the cherry and cone, and Crystal Lacquer to the scoops!  The sentiment is a Basic Grey rub-on.

This window box was for the 2nd VSN challenge -- Summer Breeze:  "Use a window as a style element or focal point."  So I made a window box using a Bigz Shaker Box Sizzix die and SEI Dill Blossom DP.  Punched a SU Scallop circle and snipped the petals, folded it in half and sponged the edges with a little brown ink.  I punched an oval and cut it in half and glued it to the back of the folded flower so it poked out just a tad.  I doodled the center of the flower and then bent the petals up a little for dimension.  I adhered the flower to the layered square then drew a stem coming out from the bottom.  Viola!


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Wireless Birthday Card!

What kind of birthday card could you possibly make a male teen that is totally focused and super excited about starting out on his own for the first time ever to a new out-of-state college?  Tough one, huh?!!  No ideas here, until I decided to recreate the laptop he'll be taking with him.  Suddenly it all came together, and pretty easily even!!









I started by searching Google Images for an Apple logo and keyboard.  I used these two for my project.  That saved me having to recreate them -- which could easily have taken me forever!! 











Next I cut a 4-1/2" x 3-1/4" piece of silver Bazzil Bling card stock (from Frantic Stamper of course!) to create the base for the "Mac Book". I folded it in half and rounded my corners.

For the "screen" (inside top half) of my card, I first cut a rectangle piece of black CS 2-1/4" x 3-1/4", adhered it to the inside top portion of the card and rounded the corners.  Next I cut a rectangle piece of light blue CS 1/4" smaller on all sides and rounded the corners.  I sponged the edges of the light blue CS in a darker blue to give it a dimensional look, and wrote my happy birthday note on the blue "screen" panel.  I then layered it over the black piece.  To complete the look, I cut a piece of acetate the same size as the black CS piece to cover the "screen" so it looked a little more like glass.

For the keyboard part, I printed out the keyboard image twice onto white CS.  I layered the first keyboard image onto the inside bottom half of my card base and rounded the corners.  Then I cut out just the keypad-part of the keyboard from the second image.  I adhered the keypad part onto of the keyboard using dimensionals so it was raised up a little. 

And now for the front of the card, I printed out the Apple logo, fussy cut it and adhered it to the center on the outside of my card.  I used Crystal Lacquer to create the raised and shinny logo.







I added a "happy birthday" rub on sentiment just below the logo.

The best tip for this is to use the Google images from the web -- that saved me tons of time and gave the card a more realistic look!!  As you can see, it pretty much was just basically assembly of the pieces!


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My Fabulous BRAKs!

 Thanks Girlfriends!  I am blessed !!  What an honor it is to me to have you in my life!!

From Anne Harmon (aka Inking in Red)

From Vicki aka Luvs2Stamp

 From Nancy Bush aka SouthernYankeeCrafterMy Woodware Homie!

 From Val Jensen aka lunaladyone    My new special friend!

From Paulette my faithful dear kind wonderful sister in Christ!

Many thanks and giant hugs to you!

God Bless!

Owly Owly Owl Come Free!!

I've been making these cute owl guys all weekend!!  Paper Dolls for birds!!  Soooo cute, can't hardly contain myself!!

This one is for the Featured Stamper Challenge (Congrats Vicki!!) over on SCS, the Color Throwdown #104, and the Curtain Call Color Challenge - Act 42. 

The owl is made with the punch that I almost didn't order from SU -- then I saw a Make and Take over at the Heirloom Rubberstamp Convention back in June and was totally sold!!  I've been punching away ever since!!

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Etsy 100!

This is for the EtsyInspired #100 Challenge!  Congrats on the big 100 Ashley!!  There's awesome blog candy to be won this week!!  Head over there and join the fun!

This week's EtsyInspired shop is Cathy Walters. Her hand crafted pendants are wonderful, there's so much to love there!!  I decided on this "Dream Big Dreams Sweet Bird" pendant as my inspiration. 

 I started to blurf around for a sketch to use and the first place I stopped was at Jen Del Muro's blog to check out her sketch because Ashley just so "happens" to be the guest designer over there this month!!  (How convenient for me!!)  That made it all so easy.  Here is the sketch from Jen's blog:

The bird image and swirls on my card are all rub-ons by My Minds Eye.  The crown is a brad that I got from the Scrapbook Convention in June -- great deal, 6 of these beauties for $1.00.

The lacy ribbon is Webster's Pages "Life and Lullaby" trim and the rosettes are Primas.  I did indeed go a bit overboard here, but, I intended to incorporate a lacy ribbon look so my card would also qualify for the "Lots to Do" challenge to use Ribbons and lace!  Ta DAH!  I do so appreciate all the inspiring challenges out there!!





Supplies:
Paper:  Early Espresso, Crumb Cake, Websters Pages "Natures Storybook"
Etc:  My Minds Eye  "Sweetness" Rub Ons  Nestibilities Blossoms die.  Misc. jewels, Websters Pages Trim, Primas, Crown Brad, SU Textured EF, Bravo Burgundy marker.


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Willow Inspiration

The weekend at last!  As usual, I'm starting my stamping this weekend with the SCS Inspiration Challenge.  The lovely Stephanie has chosen the Frankie and Julie website for our inspiration website this week.




From there, I chose this "Willow Belt Buckle" as my inspiration piece.



I used a new background stamp from SU called Dotted Spring which is as beautiful as I imagined it would be {smile} and a branch image from SU Watercolor trio.  I punched several white flowers and shaped them for the branches.  The centers of the flowers are Dimensional Pearls and the sentiment is a SU Rubon.

Supplies:

Paper:  White, Early Espresso, Kraft (all SU)

Ink:  White Craft, Basic Brown (SU)

Tools: Trio punch (SU), Nesties Ovals.

Etc.: SU Rubon sentiment from Eastern Elegance. Adirondack Dimensional Pearls (Raisin); Lace trim (personal stash)

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Blog Hop with Woodware Stamps!

Welcome to Woodware USA’s first ever blog hop!!

Thanks for hopping by!!  We are so excited to introduce our fabulous inaugural team today!!  We have assembled a sensational team of 8 paper crafters from all over and today we are show-casing the new team and Woodware USA Stamps!! 
 

"Woodware  USA, LLC is a US based retail subsidiary of Woodware Craft Collection of the UK.   Wooden toys were the initial product offering by Woodware Craft Collection. Then they expanded into wooden craft items and eventually wood mounted rubber stamps. Over the years they have expanded their product mix to include all kinds of  crafting products from many suppliers and manufacturers."  Woodware USA stamps are made of fine photo-polymer quality material that can’t be beat.
 

I'm am very excited to be a part of this creative company and the Woodware Design Team!!

Now...on with the show!

BLOG HOP RULES! 

Visit each new team members’ blogs and leave them some love on their maiden voyage!!   Each stamp artist will have a letter of the alphabet for you to "collect" that will culminate in spelling out a very special word.

Visit each blog in order, making sure you begin with Dawn’s blog and end at the Woodware USA company blog!  Hoppers collecting all 8 letters in order and completing the Blog Hop will then have a chance to win stamp sets and prizes from Woodware USA!  As a bonus, become a Blog Follower, and you will get an extra entry to win the prize pack!!

BACK TO SCHOOL KIT!

For today's blog hop, I am featuring Woodware's "School Tots" stamp set.  This set includes school-themed embellishment images to use with your designs!  I love that these kiddos are in school uniforms and have a fun little back pack, books, crayons and such!


All the images on my project are stamped with Versafine Onyx Black ink and colored with Copics.  The DP is "Josie" by Elsie Papers.




For my back to school kit, I first created the carrier using two Sizzix Bigs Box 2 die cuts.  (To see details how to make these, see my post on Double Handled Boxes here.)  I adhered the two together and decorated the sides with the little boy image and several of the embellishment images.

This is the reverse side of the kit.  The little stack of books is another image from the same set, and it's wrapped with hemp twine!  I also added a dark blue mini binder clip with a ribbon knotted at the end for more decor!  I filled it up with the little composition book on one site (shown below) and a little mini office-supplies kit on the other side ($1.00 find from Michael's).  You can put in snacks, gift cards, notes, any kind of fun little surprises or gifts for for your special back-to-school tot!!  


I altered a mini Composition book by randomly stamping the embellishment images from the set and spelling out "Darren" (my grand-nephew's name!) with chipboard letters from Momenta.

I created a little bookmark using a red paperclip, scalloped circle punches, and the apple image from the set.

This fits perfectly inside the pocket of this carrier!



I just loved making this back-to-school kit with my Woodware stampset!  The images are so easy to color and create with!!  I hope I've inspired you to give them a try!

Thanks so much for joining me on this special blog hop!!  And your reward for getting through my post today is my letter!!  Woooo hoooo!!  Happy dance!!   ;)

My letter is O.  And your next stop on the hop is Harriet!! (AllyCat Cards).

Here is the order of the Blog Hop if you came by without the benefit of starting at the beginning. Just keep going through the list in the following order:

Dawn 

Anne  (that's me!  You are HERE!) 

Harriet 

Bonnie Rose 

Kerry 

Piali 

Rachel 

Nancy 

Woodware blog 

Hope you have a fantastic day!!  I'm so glad you stopped by!