This Is Anything But A Card

As you can see it really is.  How I got to this point is funny!  My friend is having a birthday and so I wanted to purchase a key chain and make cupcake charm (she loves cupcakes) to go with it.  Well the charm got made and key chain hasn't arrived and so........I know she likes to keep notes, etc., so..........hence the journal or whatever choose to call it!

I used a background I already had done using my Mega Mount^TM and Cover-A-Card^TM Vines inked with Brilliance Thyme.  It was on white cardstock.  I applied an old yellow mustard dye inkpad,  mounted it on a dark brown cardstock, probabaly Bazzil, then mounted those to the front and left inside.  That's the neat part about Cover-A-Card^TM. The stamp area is 5.75X5.75 and it fit great here.

I stamped Alesa Baker's  CrŠme Cup with Brilliance Galaxy Gold 3 times on Neenah Classic Crest Solar White cardstock, painted it with Twinkling H2O's Daffodil, Fern, Golden Sand, and Warm Pecan, cut out the layers, and placed them as shown.  Glossy Accents was added to the rosettes and leaves.

I ran a piece of Neenah Classic Crest Solar White cardstock through the Cuttlebug with Spellbinders Lacey Circles and embossed it.  Leaving the die on the scalloped piece, I stamped it with Cover-A-Card^TM Wispy inked with Brilliance Galaxy Gold.  I painted the scallops with Twinkling H2O's Solar Gold.  The image was mounted on the die cut and the 3mm pearls were added with Glossy Accents.

My friend loves big ribbon, so May Arts was taped around the cover and inside and a Bow-Easy bow was added with a little lace, to make it even more feminine.  The die cut image was added, along with some leftover buttons with gold sewing thread.

Next I used a stamp from one of Kalani Allred's new friendship sets, True Blue Friend.  I inked it with Gold Galaxy, stamped it on white cardstock, put it through the Cuttlebug with one of Spellbinders' Fancy Tags, trimmed it down as shown and used 3mm pearls as embellishments for it.

All this because I didn't get a key chain you ask??  LOL  Well, when I did the key chain charm I used the next to largest of Spellbinders Lacey Circles and White Shrink Plastic.  I stamped the front with Galaxy Gold and the same image as above.  Then I used VersaMark on the edges around it so when I heated it with my heat gun it wouldn't stick to itself.  Cleaned off the VersaMark with a soft toothbrush and water, dried it and painted it with Brilliance and Mica Gloss Colors.  I heated them to seal and dry and then I applied 2mm pearls and Glossy Accents as a seal and let that dry.

On the back I used a stamp from another Kalani Allred set, All Occasion I.  You really need to check out all her new phrase sets starting HERE.  You will go crazy, I swear.  One is has such cute and fun phrases that I had to have it, even before knowing how I would use them.

So now that you have seen what  I did, check out what the IO DT members did too!

• Daniel Dobson
• Dina Kowal
• Jeanne Streiff
• Kathy Menzies
• Laura Fulcher
• Julie Koerber

And don't forget that the IO Blog is now using Inlinkz for people who want to join in the challenges.  Much easier and faster I think.  There will be some more changes for the challenges coming soon too.  We also have the DT doing posts on their blogs in off-challenge Thursdays.  You can check the IO blog on that day to find out who is creating for the day!

Thanks for stopping by to look and share!!  See you soon.

 Shirley

An Idea That Went The Other Way

And a little bit of everything!!!  I've had this image forever!  I had stamped Magenta's Dasies In A Rectangle on white cardstock with Encore Gold pigment ink and embossed it with gold embossing powder, probably 4 years ago or more.  I had painted it with Radiant Pearls and they had faded over time, like Radiant Pearls can do.  I went through my "saved images" the other day and decided to do something with it.

The embossed area had tuned a little dark like antique gold.  I painted over the ares with Twinkling H2O's Lemon Yellow, Gold Dust, Mallard Green, and China Black.  They really made the flowers pop.  I added Dimensional glue in dots to the centers sprinkles with AIG Old Gold. 

For the background I embossed on Neenah Classic Solar White cardstock with Cuttlebug Love Language folder and on orange cardstock with Sizzix Floral Flourishes and Vines.  I had a card I had done a long time ago that measured 4"X8.5" and I saved some folded blanks I hadn't used.  I punch the top layer with Martha Stewarts Around The Page Eyelet Lace.   I measured, cut, and mounted the backgrounds as shown.

I taped the back of the May Arts ribbon, mounted it over and under the embossed backgrounds, and mounted the bow, done with the Bow-Easy.  The gold flower finding (bought at a stamp convention) on the bow was bent to fit the knot and a 5mm pearl sticker added with some Glossy Accents.

A corner of Neenah Classic Crest Solar White 80lb text was punched with the same corner punch I used for the edge of the card.  The words from Just Rite's Friendship Nested Sentiments were stamped with StazOn Forest Green at an angle to the corner.  A ruler was used to measure where to cut so the punch could be used on the opposite end.  Then the Scor-Pal was used for decorative lines above and below the words.  3mm pearls were added.

Supplies:

Image:  Magenta Daisies In A Rectangle, Just Rite Friendship Nested Sentiments
Paper: Neenah Classic Crest Solar White Super Smooth cardstock and text; orange cardstock
Ink: Encore Gold; Stazon Forest Green; Twinkling H2O's Lemon Yellow, Gold Dust, Mallard Green, China Black
Accessories: Niji Waterbrush, AIG Old Gold glitter, Cuttlebug Love Language embossing folder, Sizzix Floral Flourishes and Vines, Martha Stewart Around The Page Eyelet Lace Punches, 5 and 3MM pearl stickers, May Arts ribbon, Bow-Easy, Brass (Gold) flower finding.

Okay, now I am scared.  I just did spell check and it didn't show me any misspelled words.  I just misspelled on purpose and it didn't catch it.  Oh well, you know what I meant to type!! Yikes!!!  I should be back soon.  This Thursday is IO's "Anything But A Card" challenge.  Thanks for stopping by to look and share. Praying for the Middle East and Japan. :-(  Hope your weekend was good!

 Shirley

It's A Blue Challenge, Not A Blue Day!!!

When someone says blue to me and doesn't define anything else, for some reason, I think of Delft art or china.  Soooo here's how I did my card for this challenge.

I stamped Alesa Baker's new image, Wire Garden Bench, with StazOn Ultramarine.  It was painted with Twinkling H2O's Sapphire On Ice.  The great thing about watercolor is the different shades from just one color.  I highlighted the flowers with a Clear Sakuro Glaze Gel Pen

The edge was done with Martha Stewart's Around The Page String Lace and Neenah Classic Solar White Text paper.  I didn't like the white so I ran the StazOn Ultramarine over it and mounted the image on to.

I thought Impression Obsession's Cover-A-Card^TM  Round Floral in Ancient Page Cobalt would look a lot like Delft tiles.  I stamped it once using my  Mega Mount^TM,  for the 5.25X5.25 background, and once more for the left inside of the card, the lower left-hand corner of the envelope and the 4 square tiles you see on the corners. I first punched the three squares like you see in the lower right-hand corner where you see the word "hello" with a .75" punch.  I highlighted them with a Clear Sakuro Glaze Gel Pen.  Then to get the other 3 tiles I used a .5" punch.  They were mounted with 3D pop dots.   One of the left over hollow frames was used for the word "hello",  from Impression Obsession's Sentiments II Clear Stamp Set.

The image was placed on the background with 3D pop dots.  I mounted the white seam binding ribbon and then mounted all to the folded card, added the pearl embellishments, did the inside and the envelope and done.

Now there's more fun waiting for you.  Below are the blogs of the DT members with more wonderful "Blue Cards".

• Daniel Dobson
• Deborah March
• Dina Kowal
• Jeanne Streiff
• Jenny Gropp
• Julie Koerber
• Kathy Menzies
• Shirley Ross

Supplies:
Image: Impression Obsession - Cover-A-Card^TM Round Flowers, Alesa Baker Garden Bench, and  Sentiments II 

Paper: Neenah Classic Crest Solar White Super Smooth cardstock and text
Inks: Stazon Ultramarine and Ancient Page Cobalt; Twinkling H2O's Sapphire On Ice
Accessories: Niji Waterbrush, Clear Sakura Glaze Pen, Martha Stewart Around The Page String Lace Punches, 5 and 2MM pearl stickers, White Seam Binding,  Bow-Easy

Thanks for stopping by to look and share.  Hope to see you all soon!!

 

 Shirley