Crafty Saturday

• I love Saturdays...I slept in...
• I vacuumed half the house before I decided that paper was far more interesting than dust...
• Me and the hubster drove to the craft store, where he didn't complain one iota as I daydreamed and bought more than I went there for in the first place...
• Previously mentioned wonderful hubster made me dinner while I crafted... and no, it wasn't hot dogs...
• The Vancouver Canucks are trouncing the Chicago Blackhawks 5-0...

What an awesome day!  :)

Here's what I made:

nabelle Stamps, Basic Grey, birthday, Burlap, Ladybug and Friends, Pile It On, Secret Crafter

This one's been entered into 4 different challenge blog:

•  365 Cards - Day 61: Circles 3 Ways (card shape, button & pearls)
• Annabelle Stamps: Say it With Pearls
• Pile it On: Make it Sweet (sentiment)
• Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge: Friendship

(Cardstock - Bazill and Paper Source; Image - Ladybug and Friends; Sentiment - Technique Tuesday; Ribbon - May Arts; Pearls - Kaiser Kraft (coloured with Copic E04; Button - stash)

This one's entered into 1 challenge:

• 365 Cards - Day 62: Look Who's Talking (using speech or thought bubbles)

(Cardstock - Paper Source; Burlap; Die Cuts - Basic Grey "Mellow"; Speech Bubble Big Brads - Dollar Store; Happy Birthday Confetti; Woof - CTMH Atomic lower case)


Cheers  ~ Carolyn

365 Cards - Challenge 155

It's Super Sketchy Sunday over at 365 cards, and here's the sketch we were to base our cards on:

I'm not crazy about my result. The idea was so clear in my head, but it didn't come out the way I envisioned it. The components are OK, but they don't seem to work together. Eh, happens to almost everyone...

I like the burlap on the card (dollar store find) but don't like the colour... it's too bright. Unfortunately the only other choice (yellow) was even brighter.
I do like the buttons, which are made out of shell (and were a great find in my mum's button box - thanks Mum!) I think that I should have matted the crackle paper, for more depth and impact.

Oh well, tomorrow's another day... with another challenge, and I get the day off with pay! Yay! Statutory holidays!!! I plan on crafting for 8 hours, all the while giggling gleefully and mumbling "I'm getting paid for this"... well, that and sleeping in. :)

Cardstock & Papers: Nameless in the stash; Image: Penny Black; Sentiment: Technique Tuesday; Burlap: Dollar Giant; Shell Buttons: Mom

Thanks for popping on by the madhouse :)

365 Cards - Challenge 149

It's Try a Technique day at 365 Cards - and the technique to try is 'sponging'.

We had a couple of great examples today, with Gloria's incredible aqua tag card - and a guest designer, Barb Foster, who showcased her formidable talent with a fun Halloween card.

What I love about playing along with these challenges is that they force me to try new things - and to try old things in a different way. I tried to take a different approach than both of the featured designers (just to see what would happen) by starting off with a chocolate Bazzill paper. I stamped the images (CTMH - Treasure Life) with Versamark and then embossed clear.

I then took my Q stack and started sponging (hey, those wee pads are little sponges, so it works!) I layered about 8 colours before I had the look I wanted, then wiped off the embossed part. I was a little disappointed at first because the colours weren't as bright as the designers'... but I started with brown paper, so I should have known. The look on mine is kind of faded - like an old postcard, which I though lent itself to a 'shabby' card. I'm reasonably happy with the result, but will definitely try to start with a white cardstock next time.

I aged the inside by sponging Distress Ink around the outer edges too, so this card's sponged out n' in.

I hope you had as much fun with this challenge as I did!





Papers: Bazzill (Chocolate& Black mat); CTMH - textured pumpkin (card base); Dollar store corrugated fun & rough cloth (I be lovin' the dollar store lately!)
Inks: Versamark; Q Rainbow & Aqua stacks
Beads: found objects (thanks Mom!)