Merry Christmoose

Very slowly I am starting to work on some Christmas cards.  I am going to be dog sitting so I have made a kit of this card so I can assemble a total of 5 cards.

The challenge at Merry Monday Christmas Challenge is to use a moose on your card.  I do have a few moose stamps.  My daughter lives in Alaska so it is a favorite subject for me.

The moose is a stamp from Gina K designs.

I am also entering the card in the weekly challenge at Addicted to Stamps where the challenge is holiday.

Thanks for stopping by.

Oldie Moldie Monday

It is Monday.  Time to show some love for your old supplies.  I made this card with things that were just laying on my design table.  I added some spray and had some fun with it.  I do like how it turned out.  It may not be too well aged but it was just pieces laying around.

Here you can see the spray.

I used a piece of patterned paper across the middle and then added for a pop of color a strip of distress oxide ink paper.

Remember to show some love for your old supplies.

Journal Page - Peace

This is a journal page I am entering into a contest sponsored by Dina Wakely and Ranger Inks.  The contest is to journal about putting the ME into our mixed media.

I believe what mixed media does for me is that it brings me inner peace.  My soul enjoys it and for a little while you forget your worries.  I like to do anything that makes my hands messy.

Lots of Dina Wakely paints (love the bright colors).  I also used the scribble sticks on the page.  I really like how the color on the peace symbols turned out.  They remind me of the 60's and 70's and tie dye.

I am not the best journaling person but I do have fun.

ICAD Cards Week Three

I must say it is getting harder to do these so when I get stumped - I just go off prompt and do whatever I want.

Day 15  This was a fun background.  I just used the little distress ink cubes and stamped them all over the page.  I then sprayed with water to get the starburst colored background.  Starburst remind me of a former student worker.

Day 16  Another fun background to make.  Once again I used the distress inks in rainbow colors and sprayed with water.  I then stamped some images on the front.

Day 17  I did this lettering myself.  You do need to keep stretching your skills.

Day 18  Spray background.  I then stamped the alphabet on the card front.  I have a collection of alphabet stamps.  Something about the alphabet intrigues me.  In the 80's I cross stitched many alphabet samplers which decorate my dining room.

Day 19  I took the lazy way out and printed a picture of gears and used some distress oxide inks for the background.

Day 20  This was a total lift from something I saw on the internet.  I could not get into the suggested prompt.

Day 21  This prompt I totally enjoyed.  The card is sprayed and then I stamped this huge stamp on the back of a pattern front.  I then made a collage of items from a sewing pattern.

Come back next week to see if I can make it through another week.

Oldie Moldie Monday on Tuesday

Once again laziness has struck and I did not get my pictures downloaded.  The card was made over the week end.

The stamped image was done before last Christmas and it was all cut out.  The white embossed paper is more graduation booklet paper.  The bear is mounted on a piece of vellum which curled when I sprayed it with Dazzling Diamonds.  The teal paper the sentiment (very old sentiment stamp) was from the scrap pile.

So remember, show some love to your old supplies or that stamped image that keeps floating around the design  table.  I have three little penguin images that are floating now - and I know what oldie moldie paper I want to use - but where is it is the question.

Enjoy your Tuesday.

Graduation Cards and Canvas Corp Paper

I am featured on the Canvas Corp Blog today with a project for graduation cards.  How to use one design and one patterned paper and make a card for both a male and female graduate.

You can get the details on how to make the cards at this link.

Traveling Art Journal - May 2017 - Canvas Corp

I am participating in a Traveling Art Journal with fellow designers from the Canvas Corp Design Team.  We have two groups.  If you wish to see what Group 1 did with their journals for the month of May, just check this link out.

Here is my completed journal for the month of May.  I used the Mixed Origins paper for my focal images of shoes.  The beautiful lace like trim was part of the design on the paper also.  I did not let any of this beautiful paper go to waste.

Here is a close up of one page.  I am trying to embrace my hand writing and use it in my journaling.

Here is a close up of the other page.

Here are some pictures of the steps I used to complete my layout.
I colored the page with some Tattered Angels mist.

I fussy cut the shoes and lace from the paper.

I used a glimmer paste I had to add some shine to my shoes.

I added some silver embossing paste in the corner of each page.

I then used a darker shade of mist to add more color to the page.

I adhered the shoes and lace with gel medium and added my title for the page.  A few embellishments were added to the page to give it some more sparkle.

The Tattered Angel products I used are as follows:
Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist - Patina
Tattered Angels Chalkboard Mist Paint - Teal High Heel
Tattered Angels Mixed Media Origins - High Heels

If you want to see what everyone else has created, pop on over to the Canvas Corp Brands blog and check them out.    

This is a fun experience and I will be so excited when I get my journal back when it has made its trip around the world.