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With Sympathy

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Apr 242007

After running around like a chicken with my head cut off yesterday, I’m hoping for a little studio time today. So far so good! I checked in on the Splitcoast Color Challenge this morning and my first thoughts about the colors were yuck. But then I realized that the purpose of the challenge was to make sympathy cards for families of a few Virginia Tech victims. One of our fellow SCS’ers has volunteered to give cards to two families that are co-workers of her husband’s family. May our thoughts and prayers be with these families.

I colored the petals of the flower with Pumpkin Pie, highlighting sections with Bravo Burgundy, and colored the stem and leaves with Always Artichoke. I misted the stamp with water and then stamped the image three consecutive times on Whisper White cardstock. The edges of the flower panel are sponged with Bravo Burgundy. I inked the background panel is Well-Worn Words inked in Pumpkin Pie and Bravo Burgundy inked around the edges. It was then stamped on Whisper White. Wanting for depth to the panel, I used a sea sponge and sponged Bravo Burgundy very lightly over the entire panel. Once that was dry, I sponged the edges with a little more Bravo Burgundy. The sentiment is stamped in Bravo Burgundy and the edges are also sponged and the panel is mounted on dimensionals.

Stamps: Well-Worn Words, Warmest Regards, Blush by Penny Black

Ink: Pumpkin Pie, Bravo Burgundy, Always Artichoke, Chocolate Chip

Paper: Whisper White, Pumpkin Pie, Bravo Burgundy

Accessories: Ribbon, Brads, Dimensionals, Spray Bottle, Markers, Sea Sponge, Wedge Sponge

Red Lace Flowers

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Apr 232007

So today has been just a little hectic around here. Kate had her first final this morning and instead of running back home and then back to pick her up (since driving home would have been 30 minutes and her estimated time for the final was 30 minutes) it seemed rather silly. I dropped her off thought I would go to the LSS at that end of town, went by where I thought it was, and it wasn’t there. My mouth flew open and I’m saying out loud – I can’t believe she has already closed down! At that point, I decided to visit the Meijers at that end of town – as I was walking in the door, a lightbulb went off, that LSS is a little farther down the road – duh! Hopped in the car and drove the LSS, which was closed anyway, I was 45 minutes too early. Now frustrated that I was, I headed back to IUS to wait for Kate. Sat in the car reading for about 20 minutes when she called and said she was headed out. We went from IUS to her place of employment to get some time off approved by her manager and on a whim, I turned the car to Hobby Lobby.

Hmmmmmm Hobby Lobby!!! Maybe a mistake. I’ve been wanting to try the chalk ink as well as the Prismacolor markers. I’m cruising down the stamp aisle, look up and there on the shelf were two of the new Penny Black brush stroke stamps. They were mine – regardless of the lady standing next to me wanting them also. As I’m still cruising the aisle along with 3 other ladies and their carts, I’m looking for the chalk ink. I can find the bigger pads, and I pick out 3 or 4 colors that I might work with and handed them to Kate. A few more steps down, and my eyes bug and I squeal, “there, that’s what I’m looking for.” I throw the pads to Kate who is now buried behind a couple of carts and tell her to put them back. I found little cats eye Color Box Fluid Chalk Inkpads in packages with 3 colors each. I picked up one of each color package – four in all, and headed over to the artists supply section. Now Kate is being really rather patient with her old mom at this point. I’m studying the markers, pick up a few and once again, find a basic color set – so you know I just had to buy it. I figure that I have enough new toys to try them, play with them and decide if I like them before I make a major purchase and buy the whole set of either makers or the inkpads. WOO HOO!

The shopping spree is not over. After we came home, Mallory was getting ready for her tennis match and lost a contact. I called Lenscrafters to see if I could come by and pick up some contacts and they had them in stock. After Mallory leaves for tennis, Kate and I head back into town. We get the contacts and as we are leaving, Kate decides it might be fun to see if we could find a Wii. We have been looking since Christmas for this thing! We hop into Circuit City – sold out. We turn into Target, the lights green and Kate’s going “Mom that’s a good sign.” As we meander through Target, we find ourselves back by the electronics and one of Kate’s friend from high school is rounding the corner yelling at Kate that she bought a Wii today. Kate’s mouth falls open, her eyes bug and she yells “that’s why we’re here, do you have any left.” As luck would have it, there was one in the case. Kate jumps up and down and calls dibs while some other lady is hovering. We grab the Wii along with the necessary games, extra remotes and head to check out. As I am scanning the debit card, the phone rings and someone is asking about the Wii. The cashier tells them she just sold the last one. Lucky day for us today shopping!!!!! Needless to say, after playing Wii all afternoon with Kate, this old lady is worn out. My legs hurt, my arms hurt and I was gasping for breath after the last boxing match. What a great workout!!!!

In the middle of all this, I was able to get a card done for todays Try a New Technique Challenge. The object today is to use a tab on your card – much like a pocket tab on a pair of jeans. Now I’ve taken just about 25 pictures of this card today, and none of them look remotely close to the actual colors in the card – I am so bummed. I used one of my new Penny Black stamps, colored it with markers, spritzed with water and then stamped the image 3 consecutive times on watercolor paper. The edges of the flower panel were then sponged in Certainly Celery. I had some extra scraps of K-ology Hannah DP laying around and used that as the background for the card. I stitched both panels to another piece of Certainly Celery cardstock. The sentiment is mounted away from the image with dimensionals and then the flower panel is double mounted on dimensions to give the entire panel some height.

Stamps: Lace Flower by Penny Black, Small Sayings

Ink: Real Red, Certainly Celery

Paper: Whisper White, Certainly Celery, K-ology Hannah

Accessories: Ribbon, Markers, Spray Bottle, Dimensionals, Sewing Machine, Wedge Sponge

In a Cosmo Mood

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Mar 302007

Happy Friday! I’m still rolling with laughter reading the BAD stories for the Blog Candy, please keep them coming. You have until midnight tonight and the winner will be announced tomorrow morning. I also noticed this morning that something has happened to all my email subscribers so I am assuming that there is a slight glitch somewhere. If you are a subscriber and are not receiving email updates, please let me know.

Today’s card is for the Limited Supply Challenge on Splitcoast. The object today was to use flower stamps, sentiments, up to two backgrounds, Soft Subtles, Rich Reals or neutrals and up to two colors or kinds of ribbon. After I finished the card, I think I may have strayed from the challenge because I used brads. I didn’t notice this until after I had set the first three and there was just no way I was going to go back and change it (hehe)!

I used my favorite Penny Black floral stamp, colored the image with markers, misted with water and stamped the image out three times. The edges were sponged with Mellow Moss and then layered. The Well-Worn Words background is stamped with Almost Amethyst on Whisper White cardstock, the edges were distressed with the blade of my scissors and then sponged with Mellow Moss. There is a small layer of Mellow Moss behind it and that is then layered on the white. For some reason today I’m liking the stark white with these colors. The sentiment was colored with marker and then stamped and layered. It is up on a piece of mounting tape for an added dimension.

Stamps: Blush by Penny Black, Well-Worn Words, Warmest Regards

Ink: Mellow Moss, Perfect Plum, Barely Banana, Almost Amethyst

Paper: Whisper White, Mellow Moss, Almost Amethyst

Accessories: Brads, Ribbon, Mounting Tape, Markers, Wedge Sponge, Spray Bottle

Ways To Use It

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Mar 222007

WOO HOO, this is day 4 of my own personal challenge! Of course, this has taken me all day, 4 attempts at different cards and my trash bin is over flowing. Today’s challenge on Splitcoast is the Ways to Use It Challenge, WT105 – Glossy Rerun. The challenge today is to use glossy cardstock, which I have tons of. After so many different attempts, I finally decided to try what I did yesterday on the glossy cardstock and see how it looked. I colored the image of the flower with markers, misted it and then stamped out 3 images. I love it! The ink pools on the top of the paper drying in varying depths. It gives so much dimension to the image. I liked it so well, that I used the same technique on the sentiment. All the edges of the glossy cardstock were sponged with Ranger Walnut Distress Ink and then layered on Mellow Moss and Perfect Plum cardstock. The bottom layer is Well-Worn Words stamped in Mellow Moss on Mellow Moss. To finish off the card I added some ribbon and brads.

Stamps: Well-Worn Words, Warmest Regards, Chandelier by Penny Black

Paper: Glossy, Mellow Moss, Perfect Plum

Ink: Pretty in Pink, Perfect Plum, Mellow Moss, Ranger Walnut Distress Ink

Accessories: Ribbon, Brads, Dimensionals, Wedge Sponge, Ticket Corner Punch

Delight in Life

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Mar 212007

Wow another day of being able to complete the challenge on Splitcoast. This card is for today’s Sketch Challenge, SC116. The minute I saw the sketch, I knew that my favorite flowers by Penny Black would be perfect. I colored the stamp with markers, misted it with water and then stamped the image three times on Whisper White paper. The corners were notched with the ticket corner punch. To give the image a little depth, I sponged the edges with Tim Holtz Walnut Distressing Ink. I love the flannel plaid background with this flower image and stamped it with Mellow Moss ink on Mellow Moss paper to make my background layer. The sentiment is stamped in Brown Stazon Ink and then the flower was colored with markers to match the main image. To make it work with the image, I then sponged the edges with the distressing ink. To finish off the card, I added a few brads and some ribbon. I sorta veered away from the actual sketch on this one. The sketch called for the sentiment to be at the top, but I just couldn’t make myself cover of those flowers, so I placed it at the bottom.