Making Art! Challenge #18

I've admired Wendy Vecchi's stamps and art work for several years. Like a lurker..... from afar.....

Then I joined the EverythingWendyVecchi Yahoo group and this last week won a set of Wendy's stamps!! Then bought some more stamps..... And from there this tale runs..... not into a wall, but a card.....

This challenge asked for: 1) striped paper, 2) rectangle frame, 3) Wendy stamp. I had fun pulling paper out of the old stash: Bazzill cardstock, Die Cuts with a View striped paper, Basic Grey Black Tie (green) & Basics (Ledger-lined).

Wendy's HOMEMADE ART stamp was inked up with Ranger's Walnut Stain distress ink; this was also used to ink the edges of the striped & green papers.

Since my daughter and son-in-law have just made an offer on their first home, I'll put this card in the "stash" with the hopes that it can be mailed for their first house-warming!!!

Thanks for looking.

WSC #40 Happy Birthday

I've missed a couple of weeks of Beate's weekend sketch challenge.


So I knew that I wanted to get back into the swing of things this weekend.

Beate's sketch is at the right.

My take on it is below.

I have to say that I feel kinda guilty even submitting this for the sketch challenge. There's no stamping on it!!!

And the round element on the upper left just didn't work for me (as much as I tried different sized circles). Then there's the matting, which isn't exactly according to the sketch.

But since Beate's drawing was the inspiration for this card (and since I'm very happy with it), I'll submit it anyway with a big thanks for a fun drawing.

And since it's for my grandson's 10th birthday (yikes, the first one in double-digits!!!), I'm doubly grateful for the inspiration.

Materials: white cardstock (Georgia Pacific); yellow, orange, purple, silver metallic cardstocks (old, old stash); designer paper (Pebbles, Inc); chipboard (number sign, numbers) (Basic Grey); green ink (Tsukineko dauber duos); silver paint dauber (Ranger).

Thanks again for looking.

Anniversary card

At Caardvarks, the card challenge blog there's been a new challenge each week in February related to the theme of Love. This week's challenge is anniversary love.

I made this card for my son and daughter-in-law for their, uh, you guessed it..... their 2nd anniversary.

I'm not a real bright color person, but my dear daughter-in-law is. So when I chose the papers/colors for this card, I wanted bright happy colors for Emilie. I've enjoyed making cards for her, because they get me out of my comfort zone.

Supplies: cardstock: Bazzill Basics; designer paper: Basic Grey; die cut: Cricut; chipboard (2nd): Basic Grey; flower: unknown; brad: Imaginesce; ink: Tim Holtz distress ink.

Thanks for looking.

More Valentine's Fun

Last night I posted the mailboxes that I decorated for Valentine's for my grandchildren, using the tutorial found at Emily Giovanni's blog, Stamping and Stuff.

Tonight I want to post the blocks that I made for Valentine's for my son and his wife.

These were made using most of the same papers that I used for the mailboxes from Basic Grey's Two Scoops line. I printed 5 photos of the kids in black & white on matte paper. If this were a scrapbooking project, I wouldn't have printed the photos on my cheap-y HP printer. But for this project, I didn't feel like being super-archival-minded.

I purchased the 2-inch wooden blocks from Crafts 'n' Stuff (a small local Florida craft store chain) and painted them with Making Memories white (Spotlight) paint. The papers and photos were punched out using my 1 3/4-inch Marvy Uchida square punch. Papers and photos were attached to blocks using Mod-Podge.



The blocks were sanded only around the edges of the papers; I didn't want to distress the photos. After the sanding was completed Cloud 9 Designs Love rub-ons were applied (the letters, the hearts you can see on the photo of my grand-birdie on the O block, as well as some larger heart rub-ons, which aren't visible in any of the photos). Finally I sealed the blocks with Delta Ceramcoat Matte Varnish.

This was super easy and super fun to do. I'm already working on a set of blocks for my daughter's family. Again, many thanks to Emily Giovanni for her fun tutorials. And thanks to all who come and take a look here.

Valentine's fun

I love the blogosphere. There is so much fun stuff out there (or is it here?) to be learned.

One of my favorite places to learn stuff is at Emily Giovanni's blog, Stamping and Stuff.

I've got two projects to post, both of which came from tutorials at her blog.

Tonight's project posted: the Target mailboxes.

These were made with Basic Grey papers from the Two Scoops line. Have I said before that I just love Basic Grey paper? Yes, I think I've said that once or twice or thirty-seven times.

Supplies: Basic Grey paper; Pioneer Photo Memory Double-Sided Mounting Tape

Now, I just need to get these into the mail tomorrow to get to the grandchildren before Easter!!!

Thanks for looking.