Wanderlust - Week 6

 It is week 6 of Wanderlust and our classes for the month are on ephemera.  The artist leading the group this week was Kristin Peterson.  

Here are my two interpretations on the different styles she discussed.  One area dealt with junk journals - and this is the page I created.  It was all leftovers from different projects, etc.  

This is in my journal and I am trying to complete all the pages.  There was a background on this page done with leftover spray inks.  I put a layer of gesso over the background to make it meld together.  I assembled my "junk" and made this layout.  I tried to have a flow between the two groups.  The stars flow through the page.  I then stamped the little stars and added the sentiment to complete the page.  

Here is a close up of one of the groupings.

This is the second project I did.  I first put a layer of gesso on the page and then adhered ephemera all over the page.  There was a flow of pieces and they connected.  After this was completed I got out some high flow acrylics and added them to the page.  I first added the pink and then the teal.  I wiped lots of it off.  I then used a black acrylic and stenciled on the heart.  I added the lines on the bottom through a stencil and the color ran through so that is why it is smudged (happy accident).  I added a smudge in the other corner and then put black around the edge.

I may go back and add black splatter and a title.

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Oldie Moldie Monday

 It is Monday, time to show some love for your old supplies.

Today I made a card with this beautiful panel which was already made, all I needed to do was add the sentiment and make it into a card.  How easy is that.  I have so many unfinished items like this, I could probably create for weeks or months.

Remember to show some love for your old supplies, they still work.

Beautiful Floral Birthday

 In the midst of cold weather, it is nice to have some beautiful new floral stamps to create with.  They give us hope that spring will arrive probably later than sooner.  

I am playing along with the monthly challenge at The Flower Challenge where the challenge is to use your latest stamps and dies.

The stamp I used is a new one from the brushstroke line from Penny Black.  It was a learning experience and I am going to do more experimentation with it.  I used some new inks and  they may not be the best for this technique.  After I had done my stamping and was not overly happy with the results, I took out a water brush and tried to even out some of the ink in the leaves and flowers.  I then added some pen lines with my black fine liner and a white gel pen.  I finished the card with some splatters.  From all of this the card took on more of a mixed media vibe.  

On this image, do you see the boo boo made with running ink.  It is amazing what a strategically placed sentiment will cover up.

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Love Is In The Air

 It is February and all cardmakers turn their creativity to Valentine's day or something with hearts on it.  

I am entering this card into the weekly challenge at Wednesday's Simon Says Stamp Challenge Blog.  The challenge is "love is in the air".

The background for these cards were created with the baby wipe technique.  I took a baby wipe and acrylic paint and swiped it across my card front.  I used multiple bright colors.  I then stamped the the sentiment in black and heat embossed it.  I thought it still needed something so I got out a stencil and my clear glitter gel and added it over the stop.  These cards were fun and easy to make.

When I put my girls to bed at night, I always thought them to think happy thoughts.  

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Happy Little Stampers February Christmas Challenge

It is February - so time for a new monthly Christmas Challenge at Happy Little Stampers.  The challenge for this month is Anything Goes with the optional twist of Berries.  

I decided I wanted to use the leaf and berries die from My Favorite Things.  I die cut many pieces out of watercolor paper and colored the leaves with various shades of green and the berries with shades of red.  I also knew I wanted to make it look like a wreath.  I taped two circle dies together and cut out the circle shape.  I cut it from several layers of gold card stock to give it a little dimension.  I figured out the layout and then using my Misti stamped and heat embossed my sentiment before gluing the gold circle in place.  I believe the bow die is from Tim Holtz.  I layered the leaves on top of each side of the bow and tucked the berries in between some leaves.

I did have a hard time finding a background when I started planning this card.  I found this blue one in my box of backgrounds and for me it worked perfectly.  The card base is made from a navy card stock.  

After the card was all assembled, I added gold splatter to complete it.

Here is a close up of the wreath, sentiment, bows, leaves and berries.

Here is a close up of the berries.  You can see the different layers of color.  I also added some red Stickles to the berries to give them some shine.

Please join us at Happy Little Stampers for our February Christmas Challenge.  

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Wanderlust - Week 5

 In Week 5 of Wanderlust, Kasia Avery was our instructor.  We have started a month of classes on ephemera.  I love to do pages using ephemera.  I will enjoy this month.

My page this month uses my mother's high school graduation picture.  Her favorite color was pink and she loved flowers.

The papers I used on my journal pages are from a 6 x 6 pad from Prima.  The definitions come from a dictionary.  I did freehand the hearts.  The pink is paint from Arteza.

I was very pleased with this page.  It made me happy.

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Oldie Moldie Monday

 It is Monday - time to show some love for your old supplies.  

One day as I was looking through a scrap box I found scraps of an entire set of coordinating papers.  The papers are beautiful and wonderful colors.  I made two cards but there is more paper to make more - just need to find the time and unbury the paper on my desk.

Remember to show some love for your old supplies.  They still make beautiful projects.