Oldie Moldie Monday

It is Monday - time to show some love for your old supplies.  This is a combination of old and new supplies.  The stamp is a new Whipper Snapper Stamp which I could not leave behind at the store - it had a bee on it and the bee was sewing.  It is so precious and reminds me of my mom and all the other Bea's in my family.

The paper is from an old 6 x 6 pad.

This card is being sent to a friend who I worked with for almost 20 years.  We also carpooled together so many memories between the two of us.  She is a very special lady and she has moved to another state so I do not get to see her too often.

Remember your old supplies can make beautiful cards or other projects.

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Canvas Corp Traveling Journal

Here is my June pages for the traveling journal I received.  I was inspired by a project on U Tube that had the black dots and bright colors.

The journal had a small insert inside the page so that was fun to work with.  Here you can see the front side of the page.

Here is the backside of the insert.  Very simple.

I started by cutting the black dot paper from Canvas Corp to fit the page.  I masked off a border around the edge and added gesso.

I then added color to the center of the pages using different colors of High Impact Paint from Tattered Angels.

I then stenciled over the top of the bright colors with white gesso.

I removed the masking tape.  Look what happened  It tore the top of the dotted paper away in several places.  I felt so sick to my stomach that I had ruined my page.

But as Carolyn Dube says - it is an opportunity to be creative.  So I added one of the paints to the oops areas.  I also drew circles in this area with a black marker.

I cut flowers with my Silhouette out of black card stock and adhered to the pages.  I used one bloom on the backside of the small page.

In the end I was very happy with my page even though I had that "oops" in the middle of it.

Oldie Moldie Monday

Oops missed posting last week.  I was off staying with my niece's children while they went on a vacation.  I always have so much fun with them.

I made a Christmas card from some older paper.  Not that old but still in my large stash of 6 x 6 pads.  The stamp is new from Whipper Snapper Stamps.

I made about 6 of these.  The sentiment stamp is from Paper Smooches.

Remember to show some love to your old supplies.

Wedding Card

A high school classmate special ordered a wedding card for me.  I took the order and I made a beautiful card.  She has received it and she loved it.

I am entering the card in the Monday Challenge at Simon Says Stamp.  The challenge is to distress it.  Well I distressed the edges of all the paper with scissors (I couldn't find my distresser - it is playing hide and seek.)

Here are some close ups of different parts of the card.

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Happy Little Stampers July ATC Challenge

Time again for the new challenge at Happy Little Stampers - ATC.

The challenge this month is Animals.

The background for the ATC is Distress Oxide Inks.  The little monkey and heart are stickers that I have had for so many years.  I am so glad to be able to use at least one of the monkeys.  The Hello was stamped on the ATC front.

Please join us at Happy Little Stampers July ATC challenge.

Happy Little Stampers July Anything Goes With Dies Challenge

It is July, time for a new dies challenge at Happy Little Stampers and as always it is Anything Goes.

This will be either a Christmas card or a winter card.  I am not sure yet.  The sweater was die cut with a new die.  I love the non traditional accent of orange.  It is always nice to mix up your holiday cards.  The snowflake is one I had in my supplies.  The sentiment was cut with my Silhouette Cameo.

The background and the sentiment were created with distress oxide inks.  I love to play with those inks.  One hint is make sure you color your paper for your sentiment at the same time.  You can never recreate the same coloring with distress oxides.

Here is a close up of the sentiment.

Here is a close up of the sweater and background.

Get out your dies and join us at Happy Little Stampers Die Challenge - Anything Goes.

New Distress Ink Colors in the House

I had so much fun with the first colors that I had to order the next 12 colors.  I did find them on sale and with half price shipping.  Of course I started playing with them immediately.  I have made a bunch of backgrounds and I have six of them stamped for Christmas cards.  I will finish one and kit the rest to be assembled when I am away from home.

I decided to use one of my new panels to do the sketch at Freshly Made Sketches.  Here is the sketch.

Here is my card.  I used three different colors to make the more solid background and then the I did splatters on the background.  After doing this I struggle, is it a CAS card.  In my design world, it is because I know all the layers I like.  I love the bright colors I achieved.

I am also entering it into the challenge at Addicted to Stamps and more where the challenge is CAS.

Everyone have a wonderful day.  I may have to put the inks aside so I can make the two male birthday cards I need to make for tomorrow (plus make a salad) and I took a special order for a wedding card.  I would like to mail that this Monday.