New Year, renewed effort to blog!

Well, the end of this year has been busy for me. Lots of projects created, and many were not photographed... But let me show you some that *were*!



This card is one of my favorites, and I have made several versions of it recently. I sponge multiple colors in layers to create a sunrise or sunset effect, then stamped images from September's Stamp of the Month set (Treasure Life) in black ink - first and second generation stamping.
Mat the sunrise/set onto darker CS and attach to the card front. This one uses a saying that is also from the Treasure Life set.

Each time I make this card, I love it more!! Play with the colors in your layers to get the effect that you are seeking. I don't think that this can be done badly!




This next one was a wedding card for two very dear friends of mine, who, like me, LOVE all things Celtic.




I found a Celtic heart knot online and blew the image up, then used a light box to trace the image with a gold pen. Then, I matted the image on a sheet of green CS and gold vellum, rounding the corners of each layer.


The sentiment was printed on my home computer, using RGB codes to match the green CTMH paper, and matted in the same manner.





Lastly, I was involved in a 6x6 Scripture verse swap- 23 pages of Scriptural inspiration. All entries used the "Boom-di-Ada" paperpacks and related stamps. All of my Scripture verses were printed on my home computer using RGB codes.

My three submissions were as follows:




For this entry, I did a LOT of intricate cutting.

I used three different flowers from the Cottage Floral set, cut them out, layered them using foam tape and adhered to a circle that was sponged around the edges with Garden Green ink.

I also took the striped B&T paper and cut out the scallops to make a paper ribbon.

The remaining pieces that you see are the green polka dot B&T and buttercup CS.






This was my first attempt at "paper quilting." It wasn't until I was done that I realized that the effect was lost because of the paper patterns that I used - oh well!!! The inspiration was from a quilting block book that I own. I took two 3x3 squares of the orange floral B&T and two 1 1/2 x 1 1/2 squares and cut each into triangles, then pieced these into the quilted pattern. I went over the seams with the Simple Stitches stamp set in cocoa ink. Then adhered the CS with my verse- making little cross stitches using the new orange floss. I will definitely be doing this technique again - can you say "workshop?!?!"





Finally, my experiment in total distressing!!
The striped B&T is sanded.
The Barn Red CS is edge distressed.
The buttercup CS is sponged on the edges.

Three eyelets were set in with my favorite tool - my Crop-a-dile, and wha-la, there is one beautifully distressing layout!







I hope that you enjoy these creations as much as I do!!!
Talk to you soon!