Thursday, September 22, 2011

Happy Halloween Bird

Just a quick post today!

Created this for the Hero Arts challenge this month - Halloween Theme.  The "Bird with Long Legs" is Hero Arts colored with Copics. 

The hat is a MS punch that I spritzed with water, crunched up, then opened back up.  I hit it with my heat gun to dry the wrinkles into place.  The background is a spider web from Inkadinkadoo and I doodled the border.  Sentiment is SU!

TFL, I'm so glad you stopped by!

Monday, September 12, 2011

Inset Frames - One of A Kind (not!)

Hi Friends!

This weekend flew by, I stamped a little, ran errands, stamped a little more, went out with friends, stamped a little, did housework and laundry, stamped a little more, shopped, stamped a little more, hung out on the internet, stamped a little... whew!  Busy!!  LOL!

This card started out as a card-front that I didn't know what to do with.  I stamped it several weeks ago using the same Markers to Glossy technique that I use a lot (see this link)!

I ended up using 3 of my Rectangle Nesties to cut my image into 4 separate pieces.  I separated out the pieces and prepared them for reassembly!


First, I stamped a sentiment from Stamps of Life "You Are Too Kind" set on the center piece and added adhesive foam tape to the back of it.  I then added foam tape to the middle frame piece. 

Then, I began the reassembly!  I laid down a piece of Pacific Point CS first, then the outer frame of my stamped image.  Next I adhered the raised frame with the foam tape inside of that piece.  I continued with the next two pieces until the image was reassembled.  I attached the whole thing to Old Olive card base and added swirly bling rhinestones by Paper Studio.


TFL, I'm so glad you stopped by!

Monday, September 5, 2011

Thanks Set - Paper Piecing


This set is for my sister who asked me to make her some Thank You cards.  I really love the stamps I got from Purple Onion Designs designed by Stephanie Ackerman.  They are whimsical, easy to color and fun to paper piece, depending on my mood!  And they remind me of Judy, my sister who's going to get these! 



The stamps I used on these cards are "Hearts on a String", "Faith the Chicken", "Curly Bird" "Heart Flower" and "Pot-a-Flower".  (The "Thanks" sentiment is one of 3 freebies that came with my order!)  I stamped several different Basic Grey DP scraps with all the images so I would have a big selection to choose from when it came to assembling the cards. 


I made this set assembly-line style.  I first cut out my 6 main panels in white, doodled all the borders and then mounted them onto black CS.  Next I stamped my focal images onto the panels using Versafine Onyx Black ink.  Then, I just started cutting out the different matching pieces from the DP that I had stamped earlier and created the pieced images.  I popped up some of the pieces with dimensional tape.  On the big flowers, I added a K&Company bauble in the center just because they were the same fun, whimsical style as the images.  Once the focal image was done, I then selected some coordinating DP to layer under the finished panel, added another layer of black CS and finally, I mounted the whole thing onto a white CS base.

Here's pics of them individually:
















 
















 
















 
















 


















The teeny hearts on all the "Thanks" sentiments and the teeny birdies like the one on this card are just some that I drew on DP and cut out and glued to the cards.


TFL, I'm so glad you stopped by!

Friday, September 2, 2011

Inspiration Challenge No. 300!

Wow!  What a fun milestone this weekend; SCS is on Number 300 of the Inspiration Challenge.  It's been one of my favorite things getting to host on occasion!  I love being able to "give back" as a contributor to the website that is my major source of inspiration and creativity!



The website Stephanie chose this week is called "Pomegranite".  Lots of fun pieces and inspiration.  I went with this napkin ring because of that wonderful weave design behind the dragonfly, just love that texture!




My butterfly charm is by "Heart and Soul" from Michale's and those wire, bling stems are from HL that I got at 50% off last week in the Bridal section.  I bought one bunch, and liked it so much went back and got 4 more!  What??  It's not like I'm hoarding, really...ahem.



 So come join us over on SCS for the 300 Inspiration Challenge!!  Upload your card and I'll go by and see you!

TFL, I'm so glad you stopped by!