Sew Fashionable

I think it looks like something from a posh dressing room.

Lots of things going on here!  It all started with...ahem...I have NO idea!  I'll start where I started.  With this tutorial from Michelle Zindorf!  The inks I sponged were Crumb Cake for the wall & River Rock for the floor.  Then I stamped the sewing dummy from Sew Suite in Basic Black.  Then there was the VSN Mash Up challenge..in reference to the show Glee (which I do not watch, I'm a NCIS, Criminal Minds, Mentalist type of gal!)...which is to make your own mash up by using two (or more) techniques on your card or project!

I decided to paper piece.  A new one for me!  I already sponged and masked!  Then I found a sketch....SCS SC220...and WAIT...there's the Flybaby challenge to use at least five colors on your card! 

I'm pleased with the card.  Remember the red buttons and the crystal effects mess...yep...that's the button!  I'm loving the Patterns Pack in the In Colors - this is a hostess item from the big catalog.  I love the Concord Crush!  It looks awesome with the Pretties Kit pearls and the Raven Lace.  I'll be mailing this one in a padded envelope!

Thanks for stopping by!  Have a moo-valous day!

SUPPLIES:

Stamps: Sew Suite

Paper: SU! In Color 6 x 6 Pattern Pack (Hostess), Whisper White, Crumb Cake, Basic Black

Ink: Basic Black, River Rock, Crumb Cake

Accessories: Pop dots, Pretties Kit, Glue Dots, Sticky Strip, Raven Black Lace, Black Satin Ribbon, Faux Button, Sponges, Post It Notes, Basic Gray Marker

Techniques: Paper Piecing, Masking, Sponging, Faux Button

Frosty the Snowman

...came to life one cold winter day.  I love Frosty the Snowman!  Stampin' Up! has this "retro" Santa / Frosty stamp set named "Jolly Old Saint Nick".  Jolly Ole' Saint Nicholas...lean you ear this way...

Back to Frosty.  This has to be my favorite Snowman image.  Ain't he a cutie?

I've cased Michelle Zindorff (AKA the brayer Queen!)  Here's her tutorial entitled Chilly Day #382.  As soon as I saw her card, I knew I had to try this tutorial. 

I did change a couple of things from her original card - the right side is a sentiment instead of a die cut.  I also used the snowflake from Jolly Old Saint Nick in the sky as well as make large dots.  Ahem...she said small random dots.  BUT, I did get the image all covered in Versamarker, and all inside the lines, too!  YAY!  It takes practice.  I made four of these cards.  Reckon I had enuf practice with this one.  {wink}

This is a fun card to send for Christmas thank-yous that should be arriving to recipients in January 2011.  Thanks for stopping by!  Have a moo-valous day!


SUPPLIES
Stamps: Jolly Old Saint Nick, Snow Buddies, Wonderful Words
Paper: SU! Whisper White, SU! Baja Breeze
Ink: Versamark, Baja Breeze, Not Quite Navy
Accessories: Clear Embossing Powder, Heat Gun, Mat Pack Mat, SU! Markers (Cherry Cobbler, Crumb Cake, Blush Blossom, Baja Breeze), Versamarker, Sponge, Stamp a ma jig, Brayer
Techniques: Emboss Resist, Brayer, Masking

Spring Garden

This is a first for me...scrapping my gardening & flower pictures. I decided to do a four page segment on Spring in Central Kentucky. This is the first page. There's good things about Spring and there's bad things about Spring. I reckon this just focuses on things that happen in Spring.

Notice that border? OMGosh! I love it! I really did not plan it. First off...I stamped the images with the "wrong" ink to color with Copic Markers. Then...see the distance perspective for the garden? The garden will get smaller the further back it goes.

Hahaha...you ought to have see it before. It extended to heaven & beyond. I was following one of Michelle Zindorf's tutorials, Gardening with MFT. What I failed to realize at the time is Michelle's garden cut off for a smaller picture...I had more to the right of my garden. As I said, I really didn't plan this one...I just "winged it". And as "winging it" goes, I did GOOD! Right?

This was lots of fun to create. I used some charms from my stash, ordered several years ago from Oriental Trading Company. That's the barn, the tractor and the cute little chick. The table, the watering can and the clay pots are from SU! Scene in a Garden. Who's That Girl, the seed packets, the rabbit and the flower are from MFT's Can Ya Dig It? The green check paper is from Making Memories Flower Patch Collection, as are the title & subtitle die cuts. The journaling panel was cut & notched to match the title die cut.

I had a "craftsplosion" after creating this. Holy COW! What a supply list! I made a really small dent using up stash. So, why if I had so much gardening items available don't I scrap gardening and flower pictures more often?

I don't know. In this instance, I think I was inspired by the Stampin' Flybabies Spring 2009 Craft Kit. The paper and the die cuts are from the kit. It just snowballed from there.

Oh yeah! It snows in KY in the Spring, too!

Supply list:

Sketch: SBSC184

Stamps - MFT Can Ya Dig It?, SU! Scene in a Garden

Ink - Old Olive, Garden Green, Soft Sky, Not Quite Navy, Close to Cocoa, Creamy Caramel, Archival Jet Black

Paper - Making Memories Flower Patch, SU! Whisper White

Accessories - Zig Millenium .05 in Black, Versamarker, Stampin' Emboss Crystal Clear, SU! Heat Gun, Oriental Trading Company charms, Sticky Strip, Post It Notes, Brayer, Sponge, SU! Notch Corner Punch, Stamp a ma jig

Copic Marker Colors - Spectrum Green G02 (gloves, slippers), Rose Red R85 (outline journaling panel), Sand E33 (hat), Light Grayish cobalt B95 (shadows on dress), Colorless Blender 0, Brown E08 (flower pots), Light Crockery Blue B96 (dress), Pea Green YG63, Light Prawn R22 (rabbit ears), Moss YG67 (seedlings), Strong Red R46 (tomato), Golden yellow Y12 (corn & flower centers), Sepia E37 (table), Cool Gray No. 1 and No. 3 (rabbit and water can)

Alaskan Cruise

...nope! I didn't get to go, but my BFF Karen did! She shared some awesome pics with me. I'd love to have some more pics...hint, hint. Anyway, these pics were PERFECT for the new JLO "Save the Ocean Set" . Jess send these a while back and I've had this SB page completed for a while. What didn't I post it sooner?

Well...I've been trying to figure out a better way to photograph my pages. AND since these aren't my kids in the photo...I needed a creative, yet unobstrusive way, to preserve their privacy. It took me a while, but I did finally figure something out. Right...right...I'm slow...but I'm also busy.

OK...on to the page.

I love this page! The colors are retired SU! In Colors Cool Caribbean and True Thyme. This is a progressive page. The 6 x 6 page has the True Thyme stitched ribbon. The 8.5 x 11 page is the Cool Caribbean. Of course, the 12 x 12 is the white.


I cut out the bottom portion of the 8.5 x 11 page and embellished my page with a scene created using stamps, a brayer and post-it notes.


My ides is not original. I gotta give credit to the Brayer Queen...the great Ms. Zindorf . I think my mountains came out great. They don't look like they need a BRA do they? I think I combined a couple of Michelle's tutorials...one for mountains and one for the black images. That's a lot of thinking. I should post after I create...the thinking would be less taxing. Good thing I wrote all this down and stuck a post it note on the back. (big grin) After consulting my list...I used the Lone Wolf Tutorial.


I'm still diggin' into the retired SU! In Colors...I brayered Marigold Morning for the sky, Cool Caribbean for the sea, True Thyme for the mountains, added Garden Green to the mountains and sponged Close to Cocoa at the top. I stamped images, colored them, sponged some on some Black ink for the ground and then outlined the images with White Gel Pen.


The tree is from JLO's Relaxation Tree for All Seasons. I colored everything with the BLACKEST thing I could find...which was...consulting list here...doesn't say. Most likely a Copic marker. The twigs are from SU!'s Roof Garden Accents & Elements.









Here's a couple of close up shots of the stamped image. Karen mentioned a few animals they saw in Alaska...I've forgotten...but I'm sure these three would be right at home. Maybe...in either case, they sure look cute on this page!

Thanks for stopping by. See ya next time!

Supplies
Stamps - JLO Save the Ocean, JLO Relaxation Tree for All Seasons
Ink - Marigold Morning, Cool Caribbean, True Thyme, Garden Green, Close to Cocoa, Archival Jet Black
Paper - True Thyme, Cool Caribbean, Non-SU white
Other - Black Copic Marker, White Gel Pen, Brayer, Sponge, Post-It Notes, SU! Roof Garden Accents & Elements, True Thyme Stitched Ribbon.