Badda Bling Wacky Wednesday #26

  Candy is the challenge hostess today and she decided on Bling.  So, add any kind of bling to your card and or project, Glitter, Rhinestones, Pearls, Glitter EP, etc.  I actually used a pearl flourish by Prima, but I also pulled out my beading supplies and made a woven border for the top out of Czech crystals and pearlized seed beads.  The pattern is called Hugs & Kisses because of the x’s and o’s in the weave.  I love Paris and dream of returning there again soon, so that is a dream I do believe in.  Here is the full card and the deets.  Be sure to visit the RN Blog for the challenge details.  Also, check out what the other DT members have come up with this week.

• Bev  - Savor the Journey
• Broni - Splashes of Watercolor
• Candy - Candy's Land
• Joan -Stamping with a Passion!
• Jules -  Stampin with Inky Fingers
• Linda - Linda's Works of Heart
• Sherry - Walkin' on the BAD Side!

2. Stamps:  Eiffel Tower, Believe in your dreams Text, Script background, Flourish inchies

Ink:  Versafine Smokey Grey, Onyx Black & Distress Aged Mahagony

Paper:  Prism Razzleberry Dark & Medium, My Minds Eye Designer Paper. 

Accessories:  Prima pearl flourish, Czech crystals and seed beads. 

The edges of the designer paper were “scraped” with a toothbrush inked up with versafine smokey grey ink.  This is my favorite way to finish off the edges of a layer to mimic the look of the edges of cardstock such as this piece of MME.  Once you cut down a 12 x12 sheet to card size, you are left with edges that don’t have the distressed printing.  The versafine ink/toothbrush does a good job of duplicating the look.  I really prefer the versafine ink for this as it is an oil based ink that dries quickly but is easy to manipulate.   I also distressed my paper slightly by tapping the brush on other areas of the DP.  I keep the brush in a small zip baggie and because of the oil base, the brush doesn’t need much inking off the stamp pad each time.  The woven detail at the top is attached with glue dots so that it can be removed and made into a bracelet. 

Have a wonderful Wednesday, I hope you are able to play along w/ us this week!

WW #24 An inspiring challenge

This was a fun one, I must say.  On that note, I started out with a different vision altogether.  My memory was going to be of my most treasured trip to Paris.  Somehow I ended up here.  I guess the only explanation is that it is my Mothers birthday today, I wore these colors to work on Tuesday when I made the card and that must have dictated the end result.   So, instead of my original intent, I am sharing a birthday card for my Mom.  I grew up going antiquing, loved anything vintage and still do.  I think most of my inspiration came from that.  The spellbinders curved rectangles dies even look vintage to me.  So, here’s what I used:

Stamps:  Flourish Background 462, Screen Background 452, Girls Sleeping 2010-01 SO, Happy Memories Text 824 SO

Paper:  Prism Simply Smooth Ivory, Island Mist Dark, Island Mist Light

Ink:  Distress Tea Dye, Walnut Stain, Broken China, Brown Marker

Accessories:  Ribbon, Foam Dimensional Tape, Corner embellishment, Spellbinders Curved Rectangle Dies, Heat Gun, Sponges, Mini Misters.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

So anyway, my card today is in honor of my Mother, antiquing and memories in general. 

We would love for you to play along in the challenge with us this week! Just upload your card/project to your blog or favorite online gallery and link it to the RN Blog .  You’ll have a chance to win a 40% off coupon for your next purchase!

Check out what the talented design team members have created today:

• Bev Gerard (Tex)
• Candy Williams
• Joan Ervin
• Juliana Swanson
• Linda Duke
• Shelly Kuck
• Sherry Cheever

**In order to qualify for the 40% off your entire order at Rubbernecker, you must post a link to your creation here on this post by Monday, August 17.  Winners will be announced on Tuesday, August 18.  Have fun creating!

Wacky Wednesday #24

My Treasured Friend.  I can think of so many people to send this card to, I guess I need to make a bunch of cards with this sentiment.  Anyway, the challenge today is to use flowers.  Not a tough challenge at all!  Broni is hosting this week and I am sure she will delight us with a fabulous card or project.  So, here is my humble project for this week.

• Stamps:  Flourish Set 463, Flower Silhouette Set 468, Diamond Background, Script Background
• Paper: Prism White, Majestic Purple Dark, Twighlight Light, Herbal Farden Medium
• Ink:  Distress Milled Lavender, Dusty Concord, Stazon Black.  Markers, Lavender and green.
• Accessories:  Brads, Window Punch, Organdy,Tim Holtz clear acrylic tag, Ranger Mini Mister filled with water

So, I used a water based brush tip marker to just ink up the edges of the diamond shapes on the background stamp, misted with water and stamped.  The flourishes were stamped in the corner and misted to make them bleed a little too.  The bouquet of flowers was inked with markers and stamped on the white CS, then the script was stamped in milled lavender over the top.  I sponged the edges using Dusty Concord and finished the card with the tabs, and tag tied on with organdy. 

The winner of this Wacky Wednesday Challenge will receive a Certificate good for 40% off your entire order at Rubbernecker!  In order to qualify to win, you must post a link to your card/project on the RN Blog by Monday, August 10.   The winner will be announced on Tuesday, August 11.     Don't forget to post a direct link to your card!

You'll find lots of inspiration to fuel your creativity on our Design Team Blogs!

• Bev  - Savor the Journey
• Broni - Splashes of Watercolor
• Candy - Candy's Land
• Joan -Stamping with a Passion!
• Jules -  Stampin with Inky Fingers
• Linda - Linda's Works of Heart
• Shelly -  Stamp with Shelly
• Sherry - Walkin' on the BAD Side!

Wacky Wednesday #22 Button Button

It’s my turn to host the Wednesday challenge over at the Rubbernecker Blog and I chose to make it a button challenge. We may have done a button challenge in the past, but I couldn’t resist when I happened across these making memories buttons on my desk the other day. So, the challenge to you today is to use buttons on your project. Yes, that is plural. Use more than one button on your work. You could create a border, maybe make a frame out of buttons, flower centers, wheels, corner adornments, animal eyes……………. I am sure you already have some ideas, so it’s time to check out what the design team has come up with today and then play along!

The abstract floral background was stamped using Castaway ink, left for a couple minutes for the ink to soak in and then ironed. It works like bleach only not so unpredictable. The pad works on Prism CS, but not many other brands I have tried. I prefer Prism CS for my projects anyway.

• Stamps: Abstract Floral Background 450, Shopping Background 237-01, Fashion Icons Set 456 (sentiment)
• Ink: Versafine Onyx Black, Jacquard Castaway Pad
• Paper: Prism Cardstock Razzleberry medium, Buttercream, Black
• Misc: Making Memories button assortment, Craft Iron, Misc. ribbon, Sakura stardust gel pen.

The winner of this Wacky Wednesday Challenge will receive a Certificate good for 40% off your entire order at Rubbernecker! In order to qualify to win, you must post a link to your card/project on the RN BLOG by Monday, August 3rd. The winner will be announced on Tuesday, August 4. Don't forget to post a direct link to your card!

You'll find lots of inspiration to fuel your creativity on our Design Team Blogs.

Bev - Savor the Journey

Broni - Splashes of Watercolor

Joan -Stamping with a Passion!

Jules - Stampin with Inky Fingers

Kittie - Kittie Kraft

Sherry - Walkin' on the BAD Side!

Linda - Linda’s Works of Heart

Candy - Candys Land

Wacky Wednesday #21

Kittie is the hostess of the challenge today and it is to use a circle or circles on your project. It can  be anything from a simple circle tag to multiple circle frames.  You can make your card as simple or as intricate as you wish.   I don’t have a challenge card today for a couple reasons.  My plan was to get up early and stamp.  I overslept!  I must have slept like a log because I remember my husband shaking me awake in the night and saying that I was snoring loud enough to wake the neighbors.  Huh???????????  I was not even in a deep sleep – so I thought………….  On top of that, I have to make a dish to pass for parents night at Boy Scout camp tonight and work today.  So, that means that my challenge card is not happening.  I do have a photo of my framed challenge project from a few weeks ago though.  This is the first time I have had my work custom framed.  I have tried numerous times to capture the framed work in a photo, and this is as good as it gets.  Anyway, it is truly a Wacky Wednesday for me.  I hope yours goes better and that you can play along in the circle challenge.

Here’s the project I did a few weeks ago.  The details can be found HERE.

And, it framed.  The finished size is about

14” x 16”  The mat is black linen and the glass is non glare which gave me all kinds of photography issues.  The custom framing was done at Hobby Lobby by a very talented Jackie, who also happens to be a fabulous stamper! 

Back to the challenge today.  The winner will receive a Certificate good for 40% off your entire order at Rubbernecker!  In order to qualify to win, you must post a link to your card/project here on this post by Monday, July 27.   The winner will be announced on Tuesday, July 28.     Don't forget to post a direct link to your card!

You'll find lots of inspiration to fuel your creativity on our Design Team Blogs!

• Bev  - Savor the Journey
• Broni - Splashes of Watercolor
• Candy - Candy's Land
• Joan -Stamping with a Passion!
• Jules -  Stampin with Inky Fingers
• Kittie -  Kittie Kraft
• Linda - Linda's Works of Heart
• Sherry - Walkin' on the BAD Side!

Please remember to post a link to your card or project on the Rubbernecker Blog.

 

Wacky Wednesday #20

Jules is our hostess with the mostest today.  She found the cutest collection of bags by Janine King.  You can find your own inspiration in the collection and play along in the challenge.  Just run on over HERE to check them all out.  You may even end up doing some shopping.  I think I need a laptop bag, now to decide on my favorite one.  This is the bag I chose for my inspiration.

I was drawn to this Damask bag because of the black & cream combination and was inspired to use some sheet music from a vintage Hymnal dated 1934. 

No messy techniques today, just straightforward stamping in black.  The gemstone charm is part of an old brooch I came across the other day and I added a heart charm and attached them to the May Arts ribbon with a pearl head pin to finish it off. 

Stamps:  Flower Silhouettes 467, Flourish Background 462

Paper: Prism Black Prismatic & Simply Smooth Cream, Vintage Hymnal page

Ink: Versafine Onyx Black

Accessories: May Arts striped grosgrain, Heart Charm, Vintage pendant, pearl head pin

 

The winner of this Wacky Wednesday Challenge will receive a Certificate good for 40% off your entire order at Rubbernecker!  In order to qualify to win, you must post a link to your card/project  on the RN BLOG by Monday, July 20.   The winner will be announced on Tuesday, July 21.  Don't forget to post a direct link to your card!

You'll find lots of inspiration to fuel your creativity on our Design Team Blogs.

Bev  - Savor the Journey

Broni - Splashes of Watercolor

Joan -Stamping with a Passion!

Jules -  Stampin with Inky Fingers

Kittie -  Kittie Kraft

Sherry - Walkin' on the BAD Side!

Linda -  Linda’s Works of Heart

Candy - Candys Land                                                                                                                                                                                        

Wacky Wednesday #18 Hard & Soft Deconstructed

The fabulous Texas Grandma Bev has commissioned us to all use both metal & ribbon on our creations today, so here’s my addition! Be sure to drop by the Rubbernecker Blog to get all the challenge details and the links to the other DT members blogs for their take on the challenge today. I absolutely love how this turned out. First off, I have to tell you that the entire design and inspiration came from the June/July Stampers’ Sampler magazine with their new deconstructed stamping feature. This issue, the artist is Pam Carriker and I did use the same basic colors, the images and end result are my own though. Don’t you just love finding something inspiring, trying to duplicate the technique/look and having it evolvle? I never would have added the bold black and white triangular border to my work, but it sure frames in the images and pulls the whole project together. Pam has a great eye for detail and color that’s for sure! I am going to show you the finished project and then back up and go through step by step with the deets and photos together. I hope it makes sense and that you like the format. Here’s the finished piece. I am thinking of having it custom framed with the 7 gypsies door knob that I hung the hanger on. I will post the final project if I decide on a mat and frame etc………

The image base is stamped on Prism Simply Smooth Vanilla. The red is Prism Cranberry Dark and the Green is Sage Dark. I mounted the Prism layers on a piece of Graphix chipboard. The finished size of the stamped layer is 4 1/4" x 5 1/2" & the finished size mounted on the chipboard is 4 3/4" x 6"

Stipple Adirondack pigment inks on Prism simply smooth vanilla cardstock. I used Butterscotch, Terra Cotta & Bottle. Spritz with a Ranger mini mister filled with water, let dry or heat to dry with a craft iron.

Stamp images randomly on dry stippled layer. I prefer to stamp using Versafine ink as it is a fast drying pigment ink that resists water. I used Vintage Sepia for this step. The stamps include How do I love thee script RN 246-13 & Solid Diamond 1546-SO

Cut a window out of a sheet of scrap paper if your image is larger than you want to stamp. Mask the area, ink the image and stamp through the mask. I used a Stamp-a-ma-jig to position my image. The image is Time Collage 1611-SO and inked the image with Versafine Smokey Grey.

Punch a 1 /14” square out of a piece of scrap cardstock for a pattern. Trace diamonds onto edge of layer with pencil. I didn’t worry about them being the same size or even at all. I think with the random coloring the size variations add to the overall project.

Free hand in stripes on diamonds using a Copic Black marker and Inkssentials white gel pen.

As a final note, the Life is a Journey, Dream & There is no painful effort text is from Scratches & stains. The eye with script above the brass bookplate os 260-1 RN They were inked/stamped in Versafine Onyx Black

Here’s a close up of some of the detail. The tag is from a Tim Holtz Journal ticket that I made into a tag to suit my needs. I sponged the edges of my project and layers using Distress Tea Dye ink. Oh, the grommet on my tag would have covered my stamped words if I had it all the way on the tag, so I just punched the edge of the tag using a 3/8”circle punch and attached the grommet over the edge. The spinners are Tim Holtz, Lock/Key/Chain Hobby Lobby jewelry dept. and the book plate and fibers are vintage. The hanger is an unknown source and the brass knob is by 7gypsies. Have a wonderful Wednesday!!!!!!!!!!!