A new technique

First of all, thank for the well wishes regarding my grandma. Your comments warm my heart!


I've been working on this card all week. No particular reason, it just came together as it did. The OCC challenge this week is to try a new technique and after seeing the tutorial on Diana Gibb's blog about faux tin tiles and knew I had to try it! Check out that link to see the video.


I also got my order in from i{heart}papers. I won a gift certificate from Tracy Shultz and took forever trying to decide how to spend it!! I ended up choosing one of Tracy's stamps, some burlap ribbon and some Basic Grey brads. Here's the card...



Here's a close up of the faux tiles. Something I discovered...they became a little brittle. I actually broke a couple right along the texture lines.

Thanks for stopping by!

ETA: I decided to add this to Sparkle's challenge even though I don't think sleigh riding is a winter sport....well maybe if done properly... wink) See her link on my sidebar.

Details: all CTMH unless noted

Paper: kraft card base (HL), grey wool cs, twilight cs, colonial white cs

Ink: black, versamark, olive marker, sweet leaf marker

Stamps: Sleigh Ride (The Petal Press)

Other: plaid ribbon (HL), silver ep (HL), watercolor pencils, water brush, silver pen (Pentel) cuttlebug embossing folder

Glitter Time

This week at OCC Challenge they have chosen the theme 'old is new again'. You are to use something that you've had for a long time but never used. Well, it is shameful how much I had to choose from. I had this box of chipboard shapes from DCWV that I got on sale when the Joanne's here was going out of business--probably four years ago.

They were a little outdated, but I have been itching to glitter something, anything standing still...so I grabbed several out of the box and hit them with the Prisma...

I then spent no less than five hours making this card. Now to be fair my mind has been elsewhere. BUT it took forever to finish this! And that white frame image I stamped about 50 times. Different inks, different sentiments...blah blah blah. The moral of the story: when I'm using different product lines it takes me lots of time to coordinate!

The good news? I'm happy with the results. That may be just because I have glitter stuck in my eye...

Details: all CTMH unless noted

Paper: white daisy cs, kraft card base (HL)

Ink: bubblegum, versamark

Stamps: Party Invitation, Frame of Mind, Dot Flourishes (Inkadinkado)

Other: chipboard (DCWV), white ep, bonding memories glue, prisma glitter

Our Creative Corner Challenge (second post today)

Tomorrow I will probably not get around to posting, so I thought I would go ahead and do this one now. The challenge from Our Creative Corner was to use music as your inspiration. Well I was just talking about some sheet music I got at an estate sale. I've never used it, so I thought now would be a good time to start.

I'm not trying to toot my own horn, but I am actually ecstatic with how this card turned out. I have a couple of stamp sets from SU! and this rose is from one of them. It lends itself extremely well to watercolor pencils. And Little d (apparently my new harshest critic) said "why don't you add some pollen to it?"

My mom needs a condolence card and I'm thinking of asking her if she would like this one with a "Thinking of You" sentiment.

On a completely unrelated note: If you've never checked in with the blog The Noble Pig you really should. Especially today. She posted a recipe for Cinnamon Donut Muffins....ugh...the picture alone will make you run to check your pantry for the ingredients!!

Details: CTMH unless noted

Paper: patterns (K&Co) sheet music (estate sale) vanilla cream cs

Ink: chocolate, black

Stamps: Fifth Avenue Floral (SU!) Thank You

Other: cranberry watercolor pencil and water brush pen