I saw a card similar to this and so this is not really my idea. Just can't remember where.... sorry.
The 'starry' verses are from Verve Rubber stamps.
Wasn't going to put this card up, but it really is pretty in the gold and white combination. Used the Floral oval from Spellbinders and a Mariannes white spray. The little tiny flowers are 2 (yes 2), punches from Ecstacy Crafts. One punches, one embosses. They are so cute and there are three sizes of the flowers. The yellow flowers are Petaloo.
Yes, it is the end of the month already. I have some new cards to share today. Had fun using 'stuff' I haven't used before, or in a very long time. I used dies that I had had, handmade papers that I got from Costco years ago, and stamps that were pristine! Spellbinders dies
I want them all! Actually for anyone that knows me, they know that I have more than one or two. So when I saw the ad for the new Narrative I was pretty hooked. I did some Project life for friends.. Well, I set them up with the supplies and took a couple pictures for them. I like the Project Life, Documented Life, Snap & etc: I think every company is starting their own line of this 'easier' way of scrapbooking.
Take a look at the Narrative and you will see what I was trying to do with these next pictures. http://getnarrative.com/
Al & I went shopping and I tried to attach my point & shoot (with a steady hand) to my t-shirt top. You were spared walking through the house, the laundry room, the garage, (good grief, the mess), right up to getting into the car.
The Narrative shoots automatically every 30 seconds! So I tried to count once we got to the mall.
I am short, so it would've been lots of pictures of the dash. This was a 20 Plus minute drive. Lots of boring...... Al is taller and would have had a view of the outdoors, oh, and the steering wheel, but it might have been better than mine!
Entering mall. Remember, I can't choose or focus. It will do that for you.
Just want to say, dozens of people saw me with the 3x5 camera attached to my shirt and NO one asked any questions! How strange.
This is me showing how I positioned the camera. ugh.
And yes, some are blurry, but just wait and see if you don't get one fantastic one that you might have missed. I think I still like this idea!!
Yes, I am soooo mad. So this IS the second part of the recipie for the cookies. As usual something is screwy with typepad. No matter how I tried the picture following the cut sections wound up at the top of the page instead of in order. Happens all the time. Seem words don't go end up where they were when you wrote the post. See the wavy cuts. That is the cookie.
This is what I meant by paper thin. You need a deep fryer. You will be so frustrated if you don't. Set it at 350 degrees.
Cut those cute little wavy cuts, no rules there! Roll them thinner. Then drop them in the deep fryer for less than one minute per side. Usually I do one at a time. you will note that when I get to the fourth section, the cookies get bigger. Ha!
Look how pretty and golden they are. Not too golden though....
Icing ....
Box of powdered sugar and milk mixed to nice glazing consistency. Add at least a teaspoon of almond extract and a little red food color.
I think I got this cookie recipie from a Souix City, Ia. newspaper. That was way back when newspapers ran home interest. Like about 45 years ago. Yup. So I made these for my family before chlorestrol (or deep frying) was a no no. Kids liked them then and I hear someone is looking for the recipie.
GUANTIS…. I couldn’t find these by this name anywhere online.
3 eggs This is actually the full recipie cut in half.
¼ C sugar, 2 tsp. vanilla
¼ LESS 1 TBSP vegetable oil
2 1/8 C flour 2tsp Baking powder
This sounds easy, but please read the rest.
Whisk the eggs, oil and vanilla together.
Stir the flour and baking powder togther and add to the egg mixture.
The mixture is pretty firm. The original called for 6 cups of flour to 6 eggs. I have made them that way, but you need muscle to roll out that dough. I have done it this way using 3 eggs and alittle less flour than equal. Turns out fine and are easier to roll.
I patted the dough out in a ball and cut it in FOUR pieces. I know, It looks like three, but I did finally cut in in two. Now start one piece at a time, rolling and rolling, till they are paper thin. If you fudge, they will be tough. I am not kidding roll one section and roll some more!
This is my first Valentine card of the year. I used the Birthday vintage labels four stamp set from Just Rite stamps. The matching die is called labels four, and is also from Just Rite. It is different that the Spellbinders labels four!
Look for more valentine cards soon!
The next two pink cards are just different papers and colors from the Just Rite stamp set. I wish there were more embellishments on the one on the right. But again, I try to limit the weight for mailing. The cards are donated to a church. Oh, I notice the 'Have a lovely day" on the top is slightly crooked! oh no! I have to fix that.
I Just like the yellow! This is an easy card using just dies, flowers, butterflies and patterned papers. The dies are Spellbinders. The die in polka dot is the 'floral oval', the solid lighter yellow cut is from labels 28. Flowers are Petaloo and I think the butterflys are from a Martha Stewart punch.
The last card is another from the Graphic 45 Secret Garden Series. Love this paper!
Another obsession! So let me make it short, it is paper, paper, all sizes, prints, and colors. You get the idea?? Some paper I've had FOREVER! We used an "almost" pristine stack called the 'luxury stack' for a quick project. Well, just because I used it, I figured, lets really USE it!
The card on the right has a Spellbinders opulent oval die embellished with flowers, greenery and a bow. The frame is a Nellies rectangle. The copper colored wreath in the center of the other card is a Marianne die. And the butterflys are Mariannes die too.
I used the 'luxury stack' for the background paper. Then I used the Spellbinders captivating squares for the layers. The butterfly is Memory Box dies. The center is the rose postcard from the Secret Garden series. More paper from Graphic 45!
Keep in mind that my cards are for a church ministry. I am mindful of that embellishments add postage. Although lace would have been an pretty addition to this one!
Thanks, Mary
Let me share with you one or two of my newest obsessions!
Love these new flower stamp sets from Paper Trey Ink. Yes, there are two sets, the Rosie Posie and the Rosie Posie #2. The Rosie Posie #2 is the shading set. Don't disregard that... I almost didn't buy it, but am so glad that I did.
Any color works well, love the pinks, of course, and the peach and turquoise is so pretty. Then use same color, or a darker color for the highlights!
That last post just about did me in! Yeah, the type turned blue, I lost the whole post once!
Here are some random cards that I have done since the first of the year. This card was alot of fun. I haven't done direct ink to paper in a long time. The image is an old, but one of my unused, from an Inkadinkadoo set.
Image is the sketch birthday stamp from Outlines. I used copic to color in and added diamond glaze to the balloons.
The next three cards are birthday greetings made with graphic 45's Secret Garden papers. I used different dies, embossing folders, punched borders and of course, flowers!
More to come tomorrow!
Thanks for looking, Mary
Just a few pictures of our very special New Years! Our daughter in law drove nearly 1000 miles one way, yes you read right, one way! Just so we could visit with our grandson! How nice!
we did have nice family visits. We ate alot, saw a movie and even did some 'crafty things!
Grandpa (Al) & Johnathon at Fudruckers!
Diana, Carl, Niki & Kyle with Dawn and Johnathon. One word to the wise... when people act like they don't want their pictures taken ... do it anyway!!! It takes lots to get a couple great ones!
I am not sure where to start! I missed posting at Christmas, either lazy or busy or alittle of both! Today, I am going to do a couple entries starting with some of my forgotten cards from Christmas! This was my card to the Friday girls. Here is a list of the dies I used, both Spellbinders and Mariannes. https://spellbinderspaperarts.com/products/p-708-lattice-motifs.aspx Lattice is the background & don't forget the poinsettias on the center 'step' http://www.spellbinderspaperarts.com/Products/csearch.aspx?CategoryID=0&ManufacturerID=0&SectionID=0&PriceRange=0&SortBy=1&PageSize=12&AndOr=AND&DisplayMode=Grid&Search=poinsettia
http://www.ecstasycrafts.com/Creatables-Dies--Petras-Bridge-_p_8267.html
Nearly forgot the CARD is made with the Cherry Lynn center step die. It fits a 6 x6 envelope perfectly. It can take 'parcel' postage. I had two postal workers tell me different amounts. One was $2.07. Here is yet another long link! http://www.cheerylynndesigns.com/step-card-b348/
Linda gave me this die for Christmas. It is a Nellie Snellen die also, from Ecstacy crafts.
http://www.ecstasycrafts.com/search.asp?keyword=MFD008&search= It called a 'multi frame', and it is so versatile.
These last two cards a just an idea of what the Friday girls did this year for the nursing home. We did 140 (plus), and that was barely enough for ONE home. We are able to hand them out ourselves, and some years are more uplifting that others. This year it seemed everyone was appreciative. Next year will be our 10th year!! Wow. You know the saying.......
there, but for the grace of God, go i 1 Corinthians 15:10,
Hope you like my Christmas Album. I called it a "min" album, so I am not sure it qualifies. It is 5.5 x 8. Really a nice size for photos!
This is the inside cover closed. Uh... still got that paper clip hanging out. Instead of Santa, add your own photo!
Page one extended. Another 'Santa" exchange for your photo, and add photos to the tags too!
These cards were all made with the new 'step card' die from Cherry Lynn Designs. http://www.cheerylynndesigns.com/ The web is from Chery lynn Designs too. The tiny bat dies are La la land dies. The images are Paper Shelter digitals
I am posting the second time in two days!! The reason is I'd like to share with you how I keep track, log, whatever you call it, my copic markers. First of all I had those plastic boxes and I hated carrying them out to my work table. Just when you think you had it all, you had to go get the box with another color.
Plus, those plastic boxes are awkward to carry. This bag is well worth the investment.
I arrange mine alittle differently. I put all the E's in one, The the B's and BV's, Next the R's and YR. That is 3 of the six bags. I keep the C's and T's separately. The last 3 bags are the RV & V's, then the Y & YG. Lastly the G, and BG. Works for me.
This is MY record for the copics tht I have. It started out that I bought Neenah paper (Avalanche white) from Kelly paper in 13x19. It was a great buy! Anyway when I cut to size, I always had an extra strip left...So I was determined to use these strips. I cut lots of poinsettas dies, roses, vines, and snowflakes! Yup, Got lots of extras!
These strips of paper were perfect for the copics. Lay out the copics from the G0000 to G99... thats just an example. Use your colors, and I had left some space to fill in new colors. The convenience of these strips is fantastic! Just take a strip to the store and you won't buy the same thing twice. Take the strip to your paper room and match paper or your ink colors to your copics! So easy. Here is how I store the strips.
Someday I will decorate the cover.
Just plain old comp book.
Little pocket inside the front cover. I have little hair-coloring ideas in the pocket too. And as you will see, I tear out pages from the book, or glue pages together for stability. Goes back to the old 'altering' days!
This is the fun part. For nearly every project I do, I record what combination I use. Skin color, hair color, clothes and anything else. At first I just stamped a second image and (sort of) scribbled the color combo.
I finally had the 'AHA' moment when I realized I could copy the finished card and paste it in. Certainly did look nicer!
Be sure that this wasn't meant for anyone but me, so I didn't think to make my writing neat... . Sorry about that. I actually hope you like the idea.
Lastly, I did bigger sheets of cardstock for swatches of my distress inks so I could match them to paper or ribbon or flowers.
Thanks & Have Fun!
Mary
Thats it! September is half over, unbelievable, how fast this year has gone. Just wanted to show you some 'new' cards I made in the last few weeks.
I think I ended the last post with cards made with the Mexican Tile from Mariannes. This one is cut from black cardstock and layered with orange, black and yellow. It matches the Halloween ima
ge of the woman. Easy easy card.
This is called "I May have Exaggerated a bit" from The Paper Shelter. It is a digital stamp and she was such fun to color. Of course, I love her hair!
I used copic markers. For the hair I used Y31, YR15, YR18, E19. The Eyes are B05. Skin is E00 & R20. Pretty simple. The spooky cuts are really mixed. The spider web is a Cherry Lynn die, the bats are a LaLa Land die. The haunted house is a Cameo cut & there is a Martha Stewart spider web border punch on the right side.
This is the inside of the card. The Witch is a cameo cut, the web is Cherry Lynn and the rectangle is a Spellbinders cut called 'Polka Dot'.
Another obsession! I love the Mexican Tile die from Mariannes Creatables
These are so versatile just by changing the colors or the background color papers! I cut this first tile in green, backed in red, then it is accented in gold and finished on a 5x5 red embossed card. The center 'tile' is backed in gold and embellished with red flowers.
The white card is backed in gold mirror paper and it has gold behind the center tile with red flowers like the green card. I used a combination of the 'adorning' and 'marvelous squares by Spellbinders for the inside of the card.
My favorite is the White, gold and purple combination with the butterfly from Just Rite stamps.
Linda Freitas made these cards from a set of stamps and a the 'carriage' die combo. The set is from Mariannes. So Cute!
Love this die!! It is one of those 'match & create' dies from Spellbinders that you can cut and emboss multiple ways. I used the largest cut from the Opulent Oval set, but instead of using the usual inside cut, I used the outside frame. The secret to this cut is to be sure to leave a border around the edge. This is beautifully embossed on the inside border. I added two of the next size dies, both cut and embellished with the flowers and butterflies. The outside is cut 5x7.
The embossing folder is a Diesire Embossalicious by Crafters Companion. It is 8x8 and I ran it through the Grand Calibur. Love the big folders!
The next card is a Tri-Shutter, also embellished with flowers and butterflys. Just can't get away from that!
Oops! Big picture, but it does show the beautiful dies. The florals on the top and sides of the card are both Marianne dies.
At Create & Connect we weren't allowed to photograph the new Spellbinder dies. That was a bit off I thought. So this lovely Opulent Oval set actually came out last January.
http://spellbinderspaperarts.com/products/p-927-opulent-ovals.aspx This is the link so you can see the set.
Diana was here last week and we were sorting out her stamps. Anyway, we found the old (yes old), butterfly backgound stamp from Judikins and I couldn't help but play! We haven't used it in ages, but of course, now we couldn't possibly get rid of it! And this really shows the out side frame of the Opulent Ovals. Thanks, I think next time I'll use one of the 'Gold' labels. Thanks Mary!
This is Anna Dabrowska, a very talented mixed media designer for Prima. She was so gracious, and talked to us, and answered our questions even though she was busy. Here is a close up of what she was doing.
She uses metal embellishments, resins, flowers, chipboard, photos, fibers,stencils and more. Somehow she makes it tell a story with layers upon layers! One other thing she mentioned that she uses are the Silks by Luminarte! Got to have them. Here is Annas website for more inspiration....http://tworzysko.blogspot.com/
The next booth was Sizzix where we found Stephanie Barnard demoing the new ( to be released in Sept.) Flip it/Framelit dies! Here are some pictures from Create and Connect.
Lots of different shapes and the big thing is that the decorator pieces are cut for you!
Be sure and look at the video, it explaings so much more!
http://blog.sizzix.com/cha-summer-sneak-peek-stephanie-barnard/ So much more! Thanks for today....
Las Vegas Hilton is home to the Craft & Connect Convention this summer. This is the first time that the hobby industry has been here since about 1998. And we (or at least I do), get excited at the mention of a crafting convention! So getting right to the"good" stuff .... these are a couple new books from Maya Road.
Art Parts by Wendy Vechii. I love the 'art' and the "art parts" Stamps and chip (I am not sure, maybe thin wood) parts.
Wendy is demoing here. These tags represent the new Adirondak colors available soon. Really like all of this!
More from day one.....
One of three journaling stencils from Art Gone Wild. Need this!
How could you 'not' like the ladies from Art Impressions??? So much like Friday girls! Two of their Christmas stamps.
Sorry, but I don't remember where i took this one!
How cool are these below??
Now we are in to Tim Holtz Christmas!
NEED the Ornament stamp and I MUST have the little light inside the diorama below. It comes with a battery pack. Really lights up.
I still have more to go.... Love Stephanie with Sizzix and had a picture (not so good), of Claudine Helmuth... Won't post it, but her work is so fun. We met Anna D from Prima.... Ok, I just don't dare spell her name but on the next post ... oh, she was lovely and so is her art!!!
maybe tomorrow..Mary
Yes, I did suprise myself! Two posts in less than a week. I thought you might like to see a couple cards. They are 4 x9 and fit in a legal size envelope. The envelopes at Hobby Lobby are 3 5/8 wide. I found out they didn't fit.
I forgot to photograph the inside. It simply has a contrasting red lacey (?) oval then a smaller oval with a greeting. The "lacey" oval is the smallest of the Grand Calibur Ovals.
The inside of this card has a rectangle strip of green dots with the same lacy oval inscribed with an Our Daily Bread Design Stamp that says....
Live every day to the fullest...
Each minute a Blessing from God,
This is a free stamp set I found on Pinterest. I looked all morning and tried to give the source credit, but I couldn't find one.
Please contact me if you see this and I will give credit where I is supposed to be. '
I am pretty sure if you right click and save, you can print these!
One more vertical card! I used the Julie Nutting stamp from Prima to make this card.
These are sooo much fun!!
Just a note... FYI I did right click and print the flower image. I got a 4x6 . You need to right click/ save as to a photo imaging program..photoshop, microsoft has something I think, anyway you need to resize to 8 x11. Just printing in the 4x6 is cute too!!
This is another of our Friday Girl gatherings. The last two weeks we have been doing mixed media. We
watched a video and the inspiration began!
http://andrea-gomoll.de/ So we set up our list of supplies and we started collaging similar to Andrea's instructions. I am hoping the blog link works. If not, just copy in your browser and paste.
Next is a picture of the first steps of my canvas. We started by adding scrapbook papers (ripped and torn), of course! We glued using matte medium or modge podge. We added paint to hide the white edges. We gessoed and modge podged over that. Then we rubbed in the new Gelatos by Faber Castell.
The Gelatoes are an oil pastel. A few are pearlescent.
Linda F is working and still smiling! This week we collaged tulips made from scrapbook paper
. Look at all the arty "stuff"!
Yes, someone said something funny, and so I, Yes me, who usually take the pictures, LET Linda E actually take one of Emily and I. Goofy is all I can say.
Emily chose to use a 3x5 piece of matboard for her tulip collage. After we did the basic background with papers, collage, gesso, modge podge, gelatos, we stamped, collaged more, stenciled, and stenciled with molding paste. Oh, and we doodled and 'dotted'! The idea is to create subtle layers that create a feeling of mystery. Thats my idea any way!
My tulips before they were outlined or collaged. I won't call this quite finished, but this is where I stopped Friday after the girls left.
We did the birds last week and I just laid the words over it. I probably will change the font and make them alittle larger. I like to leave it lay around awhile, then add to it, or maybe change it altogether!! One more picture to show today. This is Emilys little tulip collage.
What an experience! The last time I did ANYTHING with Polymer clay was about four years ago with our Friday Girl group! I nearly had to learn the techniques all over again.
This one way made four years ago. Really had to 'refresh' my memory. The angel in the center is a transfer. I have this one centered with two others on either side of it on my Moms antique hutch.
Had a hard time photographing this one..so I just laid it on the table. It is a stamped image. Precious is also a transferred image. They were transfered onto metal. Looks old and grungy, but I like it!
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So it begins, I set up all my supplies for making mosiacs. I have molds, pearl ex, pasta machine, boards for support, rollers, beads and the list goes on. Oh, did I say 'clay'. Yup, after four years, some new packages, some used, but well packaged.. yup. Two days of frustration. Good thing I have a motor for my pasta machine! Good thing I didn't kill it!
Bad clay. Full of white striations. I added water, I worked and worked. Then I bought new clay.
It took about three weeks and (with some journaling) inbetween to finish this mosiac. I am pretty happy with it. Wish I had put the angel in the center. Those really are birds on a branch! So if anyone is intrested the crosses came from the Christmas ornament section at Hobby Lobby. Last one is Nearly finished.
Maybe it needs words. I have cleaned up for now. So I may have time to think about this one. Hopefully not years!
Thanks for looking..
Mary
Isn't he pretty?? This is the male bird that Al & I have been watching all week.
He is perched on the support of a metal sun shade over the patio. The female and babies are in an inverted "V" just above him!
See the Mom on the right, and the 3 little tufts on top on the babies heads??
Love this pic!
The three babies. The male bird fed the babies. We were
so careful not to get close or bother them. See the babies on the right??
This is the last picture and I didn't realize it at the time, but this is a baby! See the tufts still on his head.
They were gone within 10 days. We could see the birds were trying to fly. They were there in the morning and gone by the afternoon. I would have like to watched them!
Just one of the cards for the ministry. I have been working on "sympathy" and "Get well" cards.
This is an easy card. I started with a neutral printed paper and then added the two side scallops in co-ordinating colors. The punch is a Martha Stewart punch, and the flowers are made with the Spellbinders 'bitty blossom' die. I used white paper and colored it Gold.
The stamp is from Printworks.
Another card, just different colors. The leaves are a 'leaf strip' die from Marianne dies.
I did get the Bird image online, I am sorry to say I forgot where. If I remember I will post it. Loved this card, usually I work in bright or even earth tones, so soft and blue was really different for me! The layers are all stitched or distressed except for the Spellbinders decorative labels 8 and the co-ordinating labels 8 dies. Added a star die cut, leaves, and dyed silk ribbon.
This is the last card for today.I used the Paper Wishes Medallion that I am so crazy about. The minty green doily in the background is a Spellbinder die called Exquisite circles. The background lattice is a Marianne die. The ribbon is Hug Snug linen and I dyed it with my distressed inks. Scattered straw.
I haven't posted in awhile as I can't seem to load pictures! Typepad is a constant thorn. In 2006 until (maybe last year), it was sooo easy and enjoyable. Now it is just a chore.
I have a new camera .. small panasonic, fits nicely in my purse. Try to load some of the random pictures we took this week. Nope re-edited pics from the camera and picts from photoshop and nothing is loading.
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