The Color Throwdown - 5 Year Celebration!

As a past Guest Designer for the Color Throwdown,  I'm excited to be participating in their 5 year celebration today!  Here are the beautiful summery colors for the challenge:

and here is the card I created using similar colors:

My stamps are from Teeny Trees and Country Labels 4 by Waltzingmouse.  I dry embossed a square Nestability on the card base for a frame.  Then I stamped on a white card stock panel that fit inside the frame.  I adhered the panel to the card with foam dots for more dimension.  I could use this card as a get well, birthday, or thinking of you card.

Here is a close up of the embossed frame and layered panel.

Please check out the Color Throwdown blog for a list of all participating alumni and guest designers.  You'll also find a list of all the prizes that are available for you to win if you participate in the challenge as well.  (It’s a long and fabulous list!)  We hope you'll join in on the fun!

Thanks so much for stopping by today!

Stamps: Waltzingmouse - trees and buds from Teeny Trees, sun wreath and sentiment from Country Labels 4
Paper:  White - PTI
Ink:  Ranger Distress - Salty Ocean, Worn Lipstick, Scattered Straw, Frayed Burlap, Versafine Onyx Black.
Accessories:  Square Nestability, foam dots.

Keep Calm and Craft On

I am struggling with the new Mixed Media Color challenges that Mona and Sue are running every other Friday -  I love the idea of using all kinds of paints, sprays and pastes on projects -  but it is not yet coming naturally to me -  I think, when I sit down,  I'm trying to copy examples I have seen - and, of course, when it's not natural, it doesn't come out well!!

After several false starts -  I pushed everything off my work table and started again. The hardest thing for me is to wait for the different mediums to dry - as I usually only have a little time for stamping/crafting between work, church and keeping up the garden!   I need to learn to set aside more small pieces of time so the layers can dry!

For this week - the colors to use were yellow, pink and peach.

So - starting with a piece of colored card stock and adding one element at a time I finally created this mixed media piece.  I used acrylic paint and Walnut Ink spray for my two media elements.

I brushed pink acrylic paint over the peachy card stock, then added the dots using bubble wrap with yellow acrylic paint.  I stamped the grid in the corner with black ink as well as the sentiments.  I die cut the Keep Calm stampings with Labels 20 Nestabilities and sponged it before taking it out of the die.  Then I sprayed the whole thing with Cherry blossom Walnut Ink.

 It's a 6x6 piece - and it sort of speaks to my creative issues in learning a new craft!   I will hang this over my work table to remind myself to keep calm and just let the creative juices flow where they will!!

The Keep Calm stamps are from We are Memory Keepers - the sentiments are from Clearly Sentimental  about Art by MFT.

I think with each project, this Mixed Media craft will come easier to me - and until I find 'my' style - I will just KEEP CALM AND CRAFT ON!

I'm also entering this in the Blogger's Challenge - to create your own background!

Stamps:  Keep Calm - Clear Stamps, Clearly Sentimental Art - MFT, Distressed Grid - Cornish Heritage Farms.
Paper:  Summer Sunrise - PTI, DP Sidewalks 8x8 pad October Afternoon.
Ink:  Versafine Onyx Black, Ranger Distress Wild Honey
Accessories: Acrylic Paints - Hydrangea Pink/Ceramacoat, Jonquil - Martha Stewart.  Cherry Blossom Walnut Ink - Tsukineko, bubble wrap, Labels 20 Nestability.

A Little Rain Must Fall

Here's a quick card I made for the Addicted to CAS challenge -  Code Word Water.

My stamps are from Asian Gardens Additions by Waltzingmouse.  I stamped the sentiment in black and the rain in Ranger Distress Weathered Wood.   I dry embossed a square in the card base, then stamped on a white panel and layered it inside the frame with foam dots. I love this technique - so pretty AND easy to do!

Stamps:  Waltzingmouse - Asian Garden Additions
Paper:  White, Spring Rain - PTI
Ink:  Versafine Onyx Black, Ranger Distress Weathered Wood
Accessories:  square Nestability, foam dots.

Wee Little Baby

Today I have a sweet little bag - dressed up to hold a gift for a wee baby girl!

This funky little feathery bag is from Pouch Mart.  (Although I can't find it on their site right now)  The bag is approximately 6"x4" - perfect size for some baby socks, a rolled up onesie or a gift certificate!

I adhered these pretty ribbon flowers fromCraftpon.com to the bag with Aleene's fabric adhesive.  (I put a piece of carboard inside the bag before adding the flowers - so the adhesive wouldn't go through to the back and glue the bag shut!)

I die cut the sentiment with Fancy Tags 2 but cut off the ornate end as it was too long and rounded the corners.  The ornate piece is still on the top of the tag but hidden by the big bow!   I sponged the tag before taking it out of the die.  I tied a triple bow of wrinkled seam tape through the top of the tag looping the ribbon through this wee metal cup from Craftpon.com - it has BABY engraved on it -  too cute!
I attached the tag to the bag with a brad.

A pretty way to package a little gift - and it also includes the card! (tag)

I'm also entering this in this week's Casual Friday's challenge -  Material Girl -  to use material on your project!

We're still in a heat wave here in MA -  today it's supposed to hit 96 feeling like the 100's with the humidity - it makes me glad to be at work in the airconditioning (well, sort of!!)

Stamps:  Waltzingmouse - Compact Sentiments
Paper:  Hibiscus Burst - PTI
Ink:  Versamark Onyx Black, Ranger Distress Victorian Velvet
Accessories:  flowers and metal baby cup - Craftpon.com, Aleene's Fabric Adhesive - Michaels, Zutter corner rounder, Fancy Tags 2 - Spellbinders, wrinkled seam tape - Prairie Bird Boutiqe Etsy shop.

Guest Designer for Cas(e) this Sketch! And Happy 4th America!

Not only am I celebrating the 4th of July today (Happy Birthday USA!)

 

I'm also celebrating being asked to be the Guest Designer for this weeks' Cas(e) this Sketch challenge!  I was asked after one of my sketch cards was chosen the 'winner' here.   I just love the sketches the ladies create for us each week - they always inspire me - and this week is no exception - here's the sketch from Chrissy:

And here is the card I created:

 

 I used little flowers from the Waltzingmouse stamp set called You're a Doll - the sentiment is from Camelia.  I die cut the sentiment with a rectangle Nestability.

I hope you'll join me in making a card for the Cas(e) this Sketch this week -  you might find yourself being a Guest Designer too!!  whoo hoo!!

Sometimes Card:
Stamps:  Waltzingmouse - flowers from You're a Doll set, sentiment from Camelia set.
Paper:  white - PTI
Ink:  Versafine Onyx black, Ranger Distress Ripe Persimmon and Salty Ocean.
Accessories:  Foam dots, orange zest polka dot satin ribbon -PTI, Rectangle Nestability, rhinestones - Kaiser Craft.

4th of July card:
Stamps:  Waltzingmouse - USA 1776, Bright Season Paper: white, Pure Poppy, Enchanted Evening - PTI Ink:  Versafine Onyx Black, Memento Nautical Blue and Lady Bug, Versamark Accessories:  embossing folder - Americana Background & Borders Set - Tim Holtz Texture fades, clear and gold embossing powders, foam tape, WMS Bright Season cut file, WMS USA 1776 cut files, wrinkled seam tape - Prairie Bird Boutique Etsy Shop, Silhouette Cameo.

Creations by AR July Release - Fore the Golfer!!

Oh my goodness - what a fun template the Design Team has to show you today for the Creations by AR July Release.  Adela has created a wonderful GOLF CART -  Fore the Golfer - perfect for all your friends and family that love to get out on the green!!  All of Adela's templates come in 3 formats - PDF to print and cut out, SVG and DXF to use with cutting machines like Silhouette Cameo.

I like to check out Pinterest for ideas on style, color and design and here's what I found.

This one that inspired me for theme design.

and this one that inspired me for colors:

 And here's how I interpreted the inspiration into my "Fore the Golfer" Template Golf Cart! 

 I used pictures from my two nieces weddings. Here's the cart from the back with a picture of my niece Christie and her husband Nate.

Side view:

 

I adhered a fringe to the edge of the roof panel (don't you love it!!??!) - trimming the fringe as it is twice as long as shown here! (all I can hear in my head is that old song from the musical Oklahoma "surrey with the fringe on top"

 Instead of a golf ball in the 'seat'  I inserted 2 pictures of my niece Katie and her husband Greg  - facing out on both sides.  I just curled each picture a bit and slipped them into the cut out circle on the top of the seat..

Here's a close up of the wired clay flowers (Michaels wedding section) that I placed in the holes  in the 'trunk' where you could also put golf tees. I knotted a piece of netting and inserted it behind the flowers. Both sentiments are die cut with rectangle Nestabilities and mounted on the cart with foam tape.

Adela's template uses a white circle for the steering wheel - but I had a metal sprocket gear from Tim Holtz that looks like a steering wheel that I thought would look fun!   I adhered a piece of a thin craft stick under the column that holds the wheel to support the extra weight of the metal.  I adhered the wheel with a thick glue dot to the template piece.

And here's a funny story -   Kent and I went to a wedding on Cape Cod a couple of weekends ago (just after I had made my wedding golf cart) and look what they had there!?!  The wedding was held outside on a farm and they had this golf cart available for people that might need rides around the area!!  So, of course, I just had to snap this picture!!

And just in case you are interested in seeing the full pictures of the ones I cut up of my beautiful nieces for this project- here they are -  Christie and Nate on their wedding day (with sister Katie looking on)

 and here's Katie and Greg on their wedding day.

So - one more look at my wedding golf cart - Isn't this just the cutest thing??!!   It measures about 5.25" x 4" x 2 1/2".  What kind of golf cart would you make??

I'm off to see all of the inspiration from the rest of the Design Team linked below - want to come too?  Leave comments along the way and you could win this cool little golf cart template!

Adela

Jak

Julia - ME!

Lisa

Patti

Sue K

HOW TO WIN:

• Leave comments on each of the Design Team blogs linked above.

You can also leave comments at these two places to increase your odds of winning!
• Creations by AR Facebook:
• Creations by AR PaperCraft Planet Group:

Comments accepted until Friday, July 5 (12:00 noon EST)

One random winner will be announced July 6 in the following locations:

Creations by AR Facebook:
Creations by AR PaperCraft Planet Group:
Creations by AR Blog:

Stamps:  Mr & Mrs - Stampendous, To the Bride and Groom - My Sentiments Exactly
Paper:  White, true black - PTI
Ink:  Versafine Onyx Black
Accessories:  Fore the Golfer Template - Creations by AR.com,  foam tape, ScorTape, ScorPal, glue dots, rectangle Nestabilities, Silhouette Cameo, steering wheel - Sprocket Gears Tim Holtz Alterations, flower brads - Making Memories, thin craft stick - Michaels, fringe - the Trim Shop (Joannes), wired clay rose buds - Michaels (wedding section).

Mojo Monday's 300th Sketch!

 

 It's the 300th Monday Mojo Sketch today and Julee is having quite a celebration.  Claire at Waltzingmouse is just one of the many stamp designers donating stamps for prizes this week - so being on Claire's DT - I just had to play along!    Here's the wonderful sketch....

and here's the card I created.  

I used one of the Russian Nesting dolls from Claire's new WMS set - You're a Doll.  I thought the patterned papers were similar to colors and patterns that you would see on one of the real wooden nesting dolls.

 

 I stamped the doll in three pieces - base, kerchief, and face and layered them with foam tape.

So - be sure to check out all the prizes offered this week celebrating the 300th Sketch over at 

the Mojo Monday blog!

I hope you'll stop by tomorrow to see my awesome creation using the new template Adela has created for July -  hint:  know anyone into golf??

Stamps:  Waltzingmouse - Russian nesting doll from You're a Doll, heart from You're a Doll Additions, sentiment from Frame It.
Paper:  White, Ocean Tides - PTI, DP Brioche - Memory Box
Ink:  Versafine Onyx Black, Memento Teal Zeal, Ranger Distress Festive Berries
Accessories:  Half and Half die - PTI, circle punch - Fiskars, foam tape, Modern Label punch - SU, scallop square Nestability.