Ice Storm 2009 - Day 1, Venturing Out

I felt like scrapping a series of photos that tell a story.  

It's time for a double page spread!

I love the reflection of my husband's work gloves in the windshield of the truck.

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Solemn Stillness GOLD

The gilded age has returned!  

I love the sparkle, especially the Zing! Glitter Finish Gold embossing powder!  I'm not certain I'm impressed with the Mister Huey Gold.  In the right light, it shimmers nicely; otherwise, meh.  While I wish I had tried it without the Mister Huey Gold, I'm very happy with how it turned out otherwise! Mister Huey plays a big role in this card though.  LOL. Maybe it will grow on me some more.  

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Stamps: SU! Solemn Stillness
Paper: SU! Very Vanilla & Brushed Gold
Ink: Brilliance Galaxy Gold, Versamark
Accessories: SC Mister Huey (Gold); SU! gold cord, Gold Glory EP; Zing Glitter Finish Gold EP

MSM's Solemn Stillness

I need 16 - 20 more Christmas cards.  (sigh)  I thought I had enough.  No worries.  I'm having fun making cards.  I checked in with my go-to challenges over on SCS: CAS, Color Challenge and Sketch Challenge.  I figured I best pick a stamp set first.  So, I picked another go-to: SU!'s Solemn Stillness.  There are so many possibilities with this stamp set.

Next, I chose the color challenge:  Chocolate Chip, Crumb Cake and Pool Party.  Really? Pool Party. That name so does not go with winter in Kentucky.  LOL.  BUT, adding touches of silver and bouncing off the Sketch Challenge, it made a lovely card.

I made four of this style, which is my favorite number for successful mass production.  I probably could do up to 10 maximum.  But, I did four.  And am very happy with them.

Stay tuned for more variations on Solemn Stillness!

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Stamps: SU! Solemn Stillness & Christmas Greetings
Paper: SU! Chocolate Chip, Crumb Cake & Whisper White
Ink: SU! Pool Party & Chocolate Chip, Versamark
Accessories: SU! Sterling Silver DP & silver cord

Happy Halloween

I have been blessed with a lovely case of bronchitis.  I'm hoping I'm on the mend because my mojo appeared!  I want to play with Halloween goodies...I mean...make Halloween cards.  So...feeling halfway decent today, after work I went to Michael's.  I picked up some chalkboard paint and a lovely 6 x 6 pad of MAMBI Halloween paper!  I have oodles of 12 x 12 Halloween paper, but that's for scrapbooking only.  **wink wink**   I had no 6 x 6 pads of Halloween paper.  **gasp**  It made perfect sense that I pick up more Halloween paper in the 6 x 6 size.  The scale of the pattern in the 6 x 6 pad is perfect for making cute cards, right?

 

Being sick, I missed the deadline for the yellow, orange & khaki color combo.  I'm still gonna do my idea.  I disgress.

This is AMMCC8 and SC454. 

The colors...

...and the sketch.

 

 

Now that proper introductions have been made, let's get acquainted.

 



 

The mixed media portion is the main panel.  I painted the top with a chalkboard paint!  I love it!  Two coats...one horizontal, let it dry; then one vertical, let THAT dry.  I stamped the greeting with Versamark & white pigment ink (SU! Whisper White craft ink), dumped on white embossing powder (SU! Winter White) and blasted it with the heat gun. 

 

See those CUTE Halloween wood veneers?  From Studio Calico Licorice add-on for the Double Scoop SB kit.  I love them.  I also love that black candy stripe washi from Freckled Fawn that was in the Licorice kit as well.  The glitter cat is from my stash.  He has some companions...I plan on using them in a few more projects! 

 

Wanna see the inside?

 

 

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TIMBER!!!

The boy watched way too much of TLC's AX MEN.  He had to go cut down a tree with his new chainsaw.  We have, or had, TWO trees.  LOL.  A big tulip poplar in the field...and that locust tree growing out of the sink hole.  A storm had already messed up the top part of that locust tree, so Dale said Phillip could go ahead & cut it down.   One Sunday afternoon, he did just that.  Then he came in & took a nap. 

 

I purchased Timber Riley just for this!  Riley is so cute; he's a bear to color though.  I think I stamped and colored FIVE.  This was the best one!   I'm on a coloring kick.  It was interesting to see how different Riley looks colored with markers & watercolors or a mix of the two.  And REALLY!  After Dale picked out the best one, I have NO idea how I colored the Riley image he picked!  LOL.  Oh well.   

 

I'm attempting to "kill" an old Studio Calico kit, Daydream Believer, that I purchased during "Last Call".  This kit was before my time with SC.  I do love the green with the, hello!, doodles!  and the, hello!, doodle woodgrain paper!  That kit also had two alphabets!  I added veneer & sequins (of course) from my stash. 

I'm lovin' this page!  It makes me smile!

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VERVE Happiness

I participated in the week long stamp boot camp...I mean the annual Dare to Get Dirty 2013 for the Fan Club members over on SplitCoastStampers!  I won a prize.  Actually, I won TWO prizes.  One was an extension of my Fan Club membership.  The second was a VERVE gift certificate.  I was a VERVE virgin.  Was. 

It took me a week or so to decide what to get.  VERVE is totally different from any other stamps I have.  That's not bad.  That's expanding ya horizons.  Gettin' outta ya box.  Stuff like that.  Along the way, I found a stamp or two or three that reflect my philosophy on life.  Things like "life is a journey, not a destination."  I think I need that made into a stamp.  I digress.

I found this:  "Happiness is found along the way - not at the end of the road."  Sol Gordon.  Perfect. 

I used this week's SCS sketch, flipped; more SC Marks & Co plus stash!  I love the boldness of the orange...and the seafoam green.  I made a PL card; I believe I'm gonna use this as a reminder / motivator for myself...tack it up in a place where I will see it and remember. 

Let me show you how my order arrived. 

Um...HELLO, sparkles!

The invoice is on the inside of this folded card! 

My PRIZE!  These were the items I selected.

 Let me show you what I made again.  ;-)

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Smile & Enjoy

I decided to participate in the 400th sketch challenge on Splitcoaststampers dot com.  It was "crafter's choice".  So I picked Sketch 379.  It is a great sketch to showcase some great designer paper from the August Studio Calico kit - Summer of '69.  I made two cards. 

 

No stamping what-so-ever.  I'm so not the frilly butterfly gal ok, but I love this paper. 

Here's a close-up of the washi tape stack + the stickers.

This is a stacked embellishment.  Took a label sticker + a large kalidescope sequin + a decorative brad. 

 

I love to make my cards in pairs...and I think this one is my favorite.

 

 

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SUPPLIES

Paper: October Afternoon Woodland Park Huckleberry Hill, SU! Wild Wasabi

Accessories: October Afternoon Woodland Park (Designer Brads, Word Stickers, Label Stickers & Chip N Stick), Cartwright Kalidescope Sequins, My Mind's Eye Washi Tape (Honeycomb, Blue Chevron), Freckled Fawn Pink Air Mail Washi Tape

Cow Piles, 9 Layers & Unfinished Bizness

Remember the Cow Piles?  Here's one all colored up and pasted in my SMASHing idea book!

I colored the pile of Cow Piles with SU! Watercolor Wonder Crayons and an aquapainter!  I was planning to make Cow Appreciation Day cards to take to work.  That didn't happen.  Then yesterday, the stars aligned!  LOL.  A Stampin' Flybabies stamping challenge to use NINE layers AND an SCS sketch challenge from Wednesday...plus the mollymoo challenge to finish unfinished bizenss...and I just plumb felt up to a challenge or two or three! 

Viola!

A nine layer cow pile card...and that don't count the pile of cows!

Am I going to take the remaining four cow piles and create FOUR more NINE layer cards?  I reckon so.  I think the key to a great nine layer card is that it doesn't look like you tried to make a nine layer card.  I think I got it! 

Have you made a nine layer card?  How'd you feel about it?

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