tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62748849095996843222024-03-18T22:58:27.556-04:00The Crooked StamperLeslie Hannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13514397178022946975noreply@blogger.comBlogger2924125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6274884909599684322.post-74055860209253084112015-12-26T18:33:00.002-05:002015-12-26T18:33:17.931-05:00So long, and good night!Hi everyone - this is Alex Hanna, Leslie's son. I'm sure by now you have all heard the news. If not, I want to apologize for sharing it in this way. Yesterday afternoon (Dec. 25), our mother passed away. It was far more sudden than any of us expected. Her family is here, and we are so very grateful for all the support and love over the years.<br />
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As you all know, she placed an incredible value on her friends. You are all among her best friends, and for that, I want to share my thanks. She will be missed.Leslie Hannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13514397178022946975noreply@blogger.com66tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6274884909599684322.post-13289143422357114332015-12-22T06:30:00.000-05:002015-12-22T09:04:24.069-05:00SOS #232: My PreciousIt's Tuesday, and time for a new challenge at <a href="http://shoppingourstash.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Shopping Our Stash</a>. This will be a two-week challenge to allow all of us to spend time with our families.<br />
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This week's theme is a repeat from a few years ago: <b><a href="http://shoppingourstash.blogspot.com/2015/12/sos-232-my-precious.html" target="_blank">My Precious</a></b>. We'd like you to <b>use something you have hoarded that you never, ever, planned to actually use</b>. Piece of pretty paper? Special embellishment? A piece of special ribbon or lace? Suck it up and <i>use it</i>!<br />
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I learned something about myself while playing this challenge: I am not a hoarder, at least not any more. I actually don't have anything that I haven't cut into because I love it so much. I have things I haven't used because I forgot I <i>had</i> them, but nothing that would make me cry to use.<br />
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That said, here's my card, then I'll explain:<br />
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Back in my craft show days, people would comment that they don't often see people selling cards. I'd tell them quite honestly that's because there's no money in it. Let's say your booth fee is $80 (I always tried to stay under $100). For you to make back your booth fee -- the cost of just showing up -- you'd need to sell 20 $4 cards. And that doesn't cover the cost of materials to <i>make and package</i> those 20 cards.<br />
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I was always pondering a higher-end product I could sell to make my life easier. I hit on the idea of making wine journals, where people keep track of wines they've had and take notes on flavor, etc. Here's my <a href="http://thecrookedstamper.blogspot.com/2008/03/whining-irreverence-and-drunken-pot.html" target="_blank">original post </a>back from 2008.<br />
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Anyway, for the wine journals, I added pages cut from some pretty 12x12 Laura Ashley vellum. I liked my mock-up, so I ordered more of the 12x12 sheets of vellum. Then I never made more wine journals, so I had this cache of pretty vellum. It made the cut when I purged my 12x12 papers, so I guess I like it.<br />
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ANYway, for this challenge I used a piece of the printed vellum. It's quite busy, so I just added a sentiment, and a wine glass cut from card-stock-weight vellum. I colored the back of the wine glass and stuck it to the front with a piece of Kool Tak. I used my tape runner to apply some stick behind the sentiment strip, wine glass, and a few of the darker spots of the vellum to stick it to the front of my card base.<br />
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Pretty simple to make once I got a clue.<br />
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So, are you hoarding something special, waiting for just the right moment to use it? I know you bought two of them; don't we all? One to keep and one to use, right? So <i>use it</i>, then stop over at <a href="http://shoppingourstash.blogspot.com/2015/12/sos-232-my-precious.html" target="_blank">Shopping Our Stash</a> to link up.<br />
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Thanks for stopping by!<br />
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Some of the stuff I used: a piece of Laura Ashley printed vellum, Copic V09, card-stock-weight vellum, and the following:<br />
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Here's my card:<br />
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This stamp set is ancient, at least in stamping terms. It's an old MFT set, and it's still available!<br />
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I like how easy it is to use - just stamp and color. I added some clouds, then pulled out my also-ancient Liquid Applique to add snow at his feet. I love how it puffs up when you heat it. I also love that it's still white. I was kindof expecting it to be yellow by now.<br />
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So, got snowflakes or snowmen or faux snow in your stash? Why not pull 'em out and join us at <a href="http://shoppingourstash.blogspot.com/2015/12/sos-231-let-it-snow.html" target="_blank">SOS</a> this week?<br />
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Thanks for stopping by!<br />
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This is for a friend in Boston who says "card" like "cod", so it's perfect, at least in <i>my</i> mind.<br />
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I did it a bit differently this time. I usually stamp the fish on a remnant, then cut it out, but today I stamped it onto the card base, stamped it again on some masking paper, and masked the stamped image before I colored the background. I'm not sure why, as it wasn't really any easier, just different.<br />
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I used three colors of Distress ink for the water, then stamped the top part of the water with Pool ink and a wave stamp. I sponged in a few clouds at the top so it wasn't so white, and after I stuck the panel to a card front, I added a Santa hat.<br />
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NOW I'm done. All my holiday stuff has been stowed for another year. Well, no, probably only until January when those <a href="http://jinglebellesrock.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Jingle Belles</a> fire up their 2016 challenge series. But for a few weeks, it's all put away.<br />
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Tomorrow I shall begin writing on the insides of the cards. My goal is to get to the Post Office by Tuesday. I'm afraid Monday will be a madhouse. It may be the official mailing day for Christmas, so I'm not taking any chances. Normally I'd just stuff the envelopes into the slot and run away, but I have a few with questionable thickness, and a few going to Canada, so ... yeah, I'll stand in line for those.<br />
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I hope you're making progress on your card-making. And if you've already mailed your cards, I don't want to hear about it. Darn over-achievers.<br />
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Edited to add: I'm linking up with the <a href="http://snarkystampers.blogspot.com/2015/12/soss-49-x-is-for-xmas.html" target="_blank">Snarky Stampers</a>, since their last challenge this year is:<br />
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NOW I'm done.<br />
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Some of the stuff I used: Cod and Cod Sayings from River City Rubber Works, Little B Santa hat stickers, Copics (N1, N2), and the following:<br />
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Yeah, it's crooked. It was more crooked before, so please just tilt your head a bit. I thank you.<br />
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I started out by opening my NBUS (never been used) Bokeh Dots stamp set from Ellen Hutson. I inked the images in Memories Unicorn ink, then heat-embossed them with Hero Arts white embossing powder.<br />
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Then I masked off a strip of the panel and blended three Distress inks over the embossing.<br />
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This is actually the second card I made. I managed to destroy the first one when I mis-stamped the sentiment. I <i>knew</i> I should have used my MISTI!<br />
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The boo-boo:<br />
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Whoops!<br />
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I considered cutting or artistically tearing off the corner and inking up the card stock behind it. That would have been easier than starting over, but I started over. I did use my MISTI for the sentiment on the finished card.<br />
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Those dark smudges you see are actually stars from my Martha Hearts and Stars confetti. I attempted to cover up some imperfections in the card stock (probably schmears, but I'm in denial), but I think it just may draw attention to them instead. Oh, well.<br />
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A few words of caution: It's important to at least pretend to pay attention to what you are doing. When one gets into mass-production mode, it's easy to grab the wrong product. In my case, I had a teeny tiny star to glue down, so I grabbed the small bottle of Matte Medium to add a drop of glue. Unfortunately, when I turned it over to do that, I dumped a squillion tiny stars <i>everywhere</i>. Can you say "static cling"? OMG, what a mess. I got most of them back into the bottle, but I suspect I'll be finding those babies all over the house for a while.<br />
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Anyway, I hope you'll play along with <a href="http://thecrookedstamper.blogspot.com/2015/12/cssc-11.html" target="_blank">this month's sketch</a>. <span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: 21.56px;">The link-up is on the </span><a href="http://thecrookedstamper.blogspot.com/2015/12/cssc-11.html" style="background-color: white; color: #888888; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: 21.56px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">original post</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: 21.56px;">; you have until 11:55 pm EST on the 21st to enter.</span><br />
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Some of the stuff I used: SU Bermuda Bay card stock (I think), and the following:<br />
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I decided I needed a few more Christmas cards, and since I had a new stamp set, I figured <i>why not</i>? I made a few of these:<br />
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I used three colors of Distress ink and water colored the panels, then flicked some water on them to get spots. Then I got tired and left them to dry over night.<br />
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The next daaaay ... (Does anyone else have Little Bunny Foo Foo streaming in their head right now? You're welcome.)<br />
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The next day, I die-cut all the panels so they were the same size, then used my MISTI to stamp the sentiment in Hero Arts Silver. I need to get a re-inker so I don't have to ink it up twice to get a good impression. Or maybe it's because it's water color paper and the texture needs more impressions than regular card stock. Whatever.<br />
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I embossed the sentiment and star with SU silver embossing powder. It's very shiny:<br />
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Purple. That Blueprint Sketch color is on the purple/violet side, and I got to go look for a piece of purple card stock for a layer. This usually ends badly for me, but luckily I found a piece of textured 12x12 card stock I declared to be close enough. I've now disappeared 1 1/2 sheets of it, too. #bonus<br />
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My next task is to start addressing envelopes, and matching cards to people. Do you do that? Since I have so many different cards, I like to give them to specific people who'd appreciate them. Some of my friends wouldn't appreciate a snarky Christmas card, for example.<br />
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Wow, it's only the 10th. I might actually pull this off this year and get stuff mailed before the 23rd. Could happen.<br />
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Thanks for stopping by!<br />
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Some of the stuff I used: SU silver embossing powder, mystery purple card stock, and the following:<br />
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This was too easy. I have no idea why I spent so much time on <a href="http://thecrookedstamper.blogspot.com/2015/11/hanukkah-2015.html" target="_blank">the other design</a> when this took me almost no time at all. Maybe because I need to have a different design every year? Perhaps. But these stamps are <i>old</i> and it was time to use them again.<br />
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I stamped the menorah in Hero Arts silver ink and embossed it with SU silver embossing powder. Cut it out with a Lil Inker Stitched Circle die, then cut a slightly larger circle from some PTI Night Sky Shimmer card stock with the Lifestyle Crafts circle dies. I stamped the sentiment in Hero silver and embossed with SU silver ep. I used my Faber-Castell Pitt Artist Pens to color the candles - they are so skinny! And done!<br />
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Now to get these cards out so they are delivered before the end of the holiday. Time's a wastin'!<br />
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Thanks for stopping by!<br />
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Some of the stuff I used: SU silver embossing powder, A Muse menorah, sentiment from Ruth's Jewish Stamps, PTI Night Sky Shimmer card stock, and the following:<br />
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Here's my card for this challenge:<br />
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One thing I have in great abundance (is there any other kind?) is Gelli plate panels. I have a challenge on my list to use blue & green (my favorite!), so I chose a Gelli panel with mostly blue & green to die-cut my snowflake.<br />
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I actually cut it twice so I could put one on the back and make this a spinner card. Well, that was my plan, anyway. I found my 5 spools of SU gold cord (before they made the elastic version) and used a few inches of it to secure the snowflake in the circle aperture. <br />
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Then I veered off track and just backed it with a piece of SU Brushed Gold card stock, so it's not a spinner after all.<br />
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The green layer is a piece of Hero Arts designer paper that was sitting in my cast-off pile near my paper trimmer. The <b>peace</b> die was a freebie from Taylored Expressions for shopping on their site. First time I've used it.<br />
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For my final act I added a turquoise enamel dot to the center of the snowflake to hopefully accent the blue in the die-cut.<br />
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So, got UFOs? Why not join us at <a href="http://shoppingourstash.blogspot.com/2015/12/sos-230-ufos.html" target="_blank">SOS</a> and use some of them. While you're there, please make sure to check out what the other gals have made and leave them some bloggy comment love.<br />
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I'm entering this card in the <a href="http://simplylessismoore.blogspot.com/2015/12/week-253-colour.html" target="_blank">Less Is More challenge</a> to use green & blue, and the <a href="http://cas-ualfridays.blogspot.com/2015/12/cfc146.html" target="_blank">CAS-ual Fridays challenge</a> to use a snowflake:<br />
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Thanks for stopping by!<br />
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Some of the stuff I used: SU Brushed Gold card stock, SU gold cord, Taylored Expressions <b>peace</b> die, and the following:<br />
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Here is my desk with all the parts-is-parts laid out:<br />
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We have (from left to right): a Hero Arts set I wanted to use again before I put it away, an unfinished card panel, a package of Santa hats, a stamped mouse from the HA set, a die-cut circle from some SU card stock, a die-cut circle of fun foam, and a bag of Pretty Pink Posh bling I bought last year and have never opened.<br />
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Here is the card that rose from these ashes:<br />
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Those silver circles are very shiny, so naturally I am incapable of capturing that on <strike>film</strike> pixels. The sentiment is stamped in HA Silver and embossed with SU silver embossing powder.<br />
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Maybe not my best work, but all that stuff is now off my desk, and I have one more card for my holiday card pile.<br />
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In other news, Hanukkah started last night, and I still haven't mailed my cards. I did start addressing the envelopes, though. Baby steps. Thank goodness I have six more days of holiday before my cards are late. :)<br />
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Thanks for stopping by!<br />
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Attitude may not scream <i>snarky</i> or<i> naughty</i> to you, but I'll bet Santa isn't happy right now, and this guy just might get some coal in his stocking:<br />
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The sketch is one I've had out for a few days, and I finally used it here. There were a few <i>heh hehs</i> and <i>whoopsies</i> along the way, which is pretty standard in my world. One of the <i>heh hehs</i> was my use of ribbon. In the old days, I put that shit on everything (name that commercial); now, not so much. Also, I'd planned to stamp the sentiment onto a piece of acetate, so I was using my MISTI to line things up, and I stamped it directly onto the paper instead. (<i>whoopsie</i>)<br />
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Instead of embossing the top part of the card, I pulled out my never-been-used Dots and Lines stencil and used it instead of my Falling Snow stencil, mostly because I ran across it first and I stopped looking. Because my photography skills are so poor, you can't see where I touched the embossing paste before it had completely dried. Impatience is not a virtue.<br />
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The sketch is from <a href="http://freshlymadesketches.blogspot.com/2015/12/freshly-made-sketches-215-sketch-by-jen.html" target="_blank">Freshly Made Sketches</a>: <br />
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Aaaaand, the link-up has closed. Oh, well.<br />
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I have another Christmas card I made today that I'll share in my next post.<br />
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Thanks for stopping by!<br />
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ETA: This card won me a Princess crown at <a href="http://snarkystampers.blogspot.com/2015/12/all-hail-queen-of-snark_15.html" target="_blank">Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers</a>!<br />
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Some of the stuff I used: MME Mistletoe Magic 6x6 paper pad, Copics (0, E81, E42, E43), SU 2-way glue pen, SU brown flock, SU satin ribbon, and the following:<br />
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<!-- inlinkz code end -->Leslie Hannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13514397178022946975noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6274884909599684322.post-90248109424093828322015-12-06T21:19:00.000-05:002015-12-06T21:19:02.206-05:00Poinsettia CardsA year or two ago, Poppystamps released the Small Blooming Poinsettia dies. I liked it because it was small. I wanted it <i>baaaaaadly</i>. It was sold out, since I guess everyone else wanted it, too. I finally got it, maybe even after the holiday, and had not used it (to my recollection). That changed this weekend.<br />
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I thought it would be fun to die-cut the small poinsettia out of one of my Gelli plate prints, so I chose one made with <span style="font-size: x-small;">(gah)</span> pink and green, and I cut extra leaves from the mostly-green parts.<br />
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Here's one of the two cards I made:<br />
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I've been in search of an easy card to make multiples of ... this is not it. However, it started out as just a piece of patterned Christmas paper at the bottom of a white panel. I wanted to emboss the top half, but the idea of partial embossing was too much for my brain at that time, so I went wild and embossed the whole thing, including the patterned paper.<br />
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I stamped the sentiment on a piece of green from the same paper pack, assembled the poinsettia, and stuck them to the card front. I colored the tiny center of the flower with my gold Wink of Luna brush pen, then stuck it on, and added a <span style="font-size: x-small;">(gah)</span> pink A Muse gem.<br />
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Here's the detail of the poinsettia:<br />
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The paints I used on the Gelli panel are a shimmer paints, so the flower is quite shiny.<br />
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The second card is the same; only the flower is a bit different, as it was cut from another part of the Gelli print. Here they are, side by each:<br />
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I love the variation in color. (It looks purple here, but trust me, it's pink.)<br />
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Lest you think I am embracing pink, you'd be wrong. I see this as an exercise to purge my world of the color. It is not growing on me, and will not be replaced once it's all gone. It might take 20 years, but it will eventually all be just a bad memory. I look forward to that day.<br />
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Thanks for stopping by!<br />
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Some of the stuff I used: Gelli print panel, A Muse twinkle gems, Memory Box Yuletide 6x6 papers, and the following:<br />
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Me being me, I opted to go rogue and use weird colors for the trees. I pulled out my MFT plaid papers and chose two pieces that had purple in them. Then I die-cut the plaids with the tree dies. I also cut it -- a lot -- from a piece of SSS Blue Violet. Most of you know that purple is my second most disliked color, just one notch above <span style="font-size: x-small;">(gah)</span> pink.<br />
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WAIT! Is that pink in the middle tree? Sigh.<br />
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So my plan was to stack the purple outlines in different thicknesses (I have, left to right, stacked them at three, two and four or five). Before I stuck everything down, I decided there was too much white, so I sponged in some clouds and added a die-cut snow hill. Then I glued down the purple outlines and added the plaid pieces. <br />
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The sentiment was stamped in Memento Luxe Elderberry*, the closest I could get to the card stock color, and clear-embossed it.<br />
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I thought it was still missing something, so I took one of my deer brads, cut off the legs on the back, and stuck it to the card front with mini glue dots.<br />
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It's certainly not a traditional Christmas card, but then *I* made it.<br />
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Thanks for stopping by!<br />
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*<span style="font-size: x-small;">Elderberry ink. I purchased this color ONLY because of the name (you know how much I adore purple). It's from a line in, you guessed it, Monty Python and the Holy Grail (skip ahead to 1:45 if you don't want to watch the whole 2:09, but who wouldn't want to watch the whole thing? It's a classic!):</span><br />
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Here's my second submission:<br />
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Gosh, but I do love Stella. This is actually a clear stamp set from Stampalicious (now closed); not a digital image. I linked below to the Bugaboo digital site. <br />
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The layout was inspired by the sketch at <a href="http://www.asyouseeitchallenge.com/challenge-115/" target="_blank">As You See It</a>:<br />
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but I didn't include all the sketch elements. I'll probably be disqualified. But I created <i>in the spirit</i> of the sketch.<br />
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I first stamped Stella and her chariot, then I opened and used my Molotow masking fluid pen. Apparently it's not as easy to use as it looks in <a href="http://jennifermcguireink.com/" target="_blank">Jennifer McGuire</a>'s hand. If you look closely (not even <i>too </i>closely ...) you can see flecks of blue everywhere. In her hair, on her face, on the chariot. Sigh. For the chariot, I could say she parked next to some rude shoppers, but on her face? Double-sigh. I WAS NOT STARTING OVER, so I'm dealing with it.<br />
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After I removed the masking fluid, I colored the image with Copics, and applied white flock to her hat and under the sleigh as snow. I wanted to make the back edge of the sleigh look like chrome (one of the sentiments in this set is "Pimp my ride"), but my remnant of shiny silver paper went missing, so I colored it with my Wink of Luna silver marker. Not really what I was looking for. Oh, as I was cleaning up, I found the silver card stock. Of course.<br />
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Her glasses got Glossy Accents, and at the last moment, once the whole card was finished, I decided to Glossy Accent the sleigh.<br />
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See the shiny:<br />
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I'm still seeking that perfect card that I can handle with mass production. This is not it. It's going to be a busy weekend.<br />
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Some of the stuff I used: Stella images from Stampalicious (<a href="http://www.bugaboostamps.com/Stella-Christmas--Sled_p_1463.html" target="_blank">here</a> is the Bugaboo digital image of Stella and the sentiment I used), SU 2-way glue pen, SU white flock, Copics (N2, E000, Y21, Y23, BG11, BG34, BG01, BG05, R22, R14, R35), and the following:<br />
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I might have an impressive collection of Christmas irreverence, so I hope to play this one a few times. :)<br />
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Here's the first card I made:<br />
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I've used a few more inches of my Santa washi tape, and an old, wood-mounted sentiment from River City Rubber Works. I thought of this stamp as I sent off 5 lbs of Buckeyes to a friend in Alabama.<br />
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I'm having a particularly irreverent day, so another card may be in the offing. :)<br />
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Thanks for stopping by!<br />
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Some of the stuff I used: <a href="http://www.rivercityrubberworks.com/4071-fat-and-jolly/" target="_blank">Fat & Jolly</a> from River City Rubber Works, MME Sweater Weather 6x6 paper, and the following:<br />
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Here is this month's sketch:<br />
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which is based on this card by <a href="http://takinglifeonepageatatime.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Sybrina</a>:<br />
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Sybrina submitted her card for consideration (see bullet #3 under the <a href="http://thecrookedstamper.blogspot.com/p/blog-page.html" target="_blank">Rules</a>), and since I'm using it, she gets a guest gig. Here's the card she made for the challenge:<br />
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Aren't those reindeer adorable? Please stop by <a href="http://takinglifeonepageatatime.blogspot.com/2015/12/cssc-11.html" target="_blank">her blog</a> to see details about her card.<br />
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And here's my card:<br />
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Yes, you see <span style="font-size: x-small;">(gah)</span> pink! I followed the colors in the current <a href="http://www.cardchallenges.com/2015/11/mft-color-challenge-34.html" target="_blank">MFT color challenge</a>:<br />
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<!-- end InLinkz script -->Leslie Hannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13514397178022946975noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6274884909599684322.post-76236255640674443522015-11-28T10:00:00.000-05:002015-11-28T10:00:02.644-05:00Oh, Christmas TreeOnce again, I ended up making something completely different than I set out to make. It's what card-making is all about, at least in my world. You never know what you're going to get!<br />
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I made two versions of a card (just a minor difference). Here's the first one:<br />
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I followed the current <a href="http://freshlymadesketches.blogspot.com/2015/11/freshly-made-sketches-214-sketch-by-jen.html" target="_blank">Freshly Made Sketches sketch</a>:<br />
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Since everything was white-on-white, I used a strip of paper from MME Mistletoe Magic under my sentiment for some color and contrast. The tree is from Hero Arts, stamped in Hero Arts Silver, then embossed with SU silver embossing powder.<br />
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The tree is very shiny:<br />
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I made a second version with a strip of paper from Basic Grey Eskimo Kisses:<br />
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This one is a lot softer and of course, a less traditional color.<br />
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This second card is also inspired by the current <a href="http://fusioncardchallenge.blogspot.com/2015/11/fusion-blue-christmas.html" target="_blank">Fusion challenge</a>:<br />
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I saw blue and looked for a blue Christmas paper. I don't know what I'll do when I run out of my Eskimo Kisses papers. Well, I'll probably be 95 by then, so ...<br />
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The sentiment is from an A Muse set (and red rubber). I actually cut off the bottom half of it (I consider it customizing, as I'll probably never use that part of the sentiment). I stamped it on a very narrow strip of paper, so I used my MISTI to line it up perfectly.<br />
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Compared to my <a href="http://thecrookedstamper.blogspot.com/2015/11/hanukkah-2015.html" target="_blank">last card</a>, I can see why I'm migrating more toward CAS designs these days. :)<br />
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Oh, and just for grins, this is <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/-XU9gLu-mp/" target="_blank">the card</a> that inspired me to take out that tree stamp:<br />
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Sorry about the quality of the photo. Instagram isn't very screen-capture-friendly.</td></tr>
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I think my card veered a bit from the original inspiration, non?<br />
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Thanks for stopping by!<br />
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Some of the stuff I used: Basic Grey Eskimo Kisses 6x6 paper pad, A Muse Holiday Greetings Inside & Out, SU silver embossing powder, MME Mistletoe Magic 6x6 paper pad, silver sequins, and the following:<br />
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The winner for November is <a href="http://annieshobby.blogspot.com/2015/11/happy-golden-holidays.html" target="_blank">Annie</a> with this card:<br />
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I love all the gold, the snowflake, and the shaped banner.<br />
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The two Honorable Mentions are <a href="http://creativecraftsbylynn.blogspot.com/2015/11/ho-ho-ho-times-two.html" target="_blank">Lynn</a>:<br />
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I really like the bright background paper, the embossed center panel, and the ribbon.<br />
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and <a href="http://ourlittleinspirations.blogspot.com/2015/11/cssc10.html" target="_blank">Carol L</a>:<br />
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I like how she used a shape for top sentiment, and the two patterns of paper are so different, yet work so well together (even if they <i>are</i> pink :)). <br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: 21.56px;">Congratulations, ladies! Feel free to grab your badge from the </span><a href="http://thecrookedstamper.blogspot.com/p/blog-page.html" style="background-color: white; color: #888888; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: 21.56px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">CSSC Rules & Badges page</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: 21.56px;">, and display it proudly on your blog. You've earned it!</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: 21.56px;">And Annie, please contact me (email in the right side bar), to claim your prize!</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: 21.56px;">I'll be back on the first with a new sketch!</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: 21.56px;">Thanks, again, for your support! xo</span>Leslie Hannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13514397178022946975noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6274884909599684322.post-44205599261794821372015-11-27T19:57:00.000-05:002015-11-27T19:57:41.219-05:00Hanukkah 2015I come from a small family, so I don't need to make a lot of Hanukkah cards. But that means I also need to change it up every year so people don't get the same card over and over again. I'm always on the lookout for something that intrigues me, and this year it was the CAS-ual Fridays Festival of Lights stamp set.<br />
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I must have played with this for days before I figured out something that would work. The main image is 5.5" wide, which fills the card width. I first tried it on a tri-fold card, with the front of the card folded back on itself, but it was not quite what I wanted.<br />
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I finally ended up with this:<br />
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Don't be fooled: there are a bazillion steps here, but each one was manageable and not too involved.<br />
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1. Stamp the main image with Hero Arts Silver ink. I used my MISTI and stamped it a few times to get good coverage.<br />
2. Cover with silver embossing powder and set aside.<br />
3. After 3 or 4, heat set.<br />
4. Repeat until you have 10 complete.<br />
5. Stamp the celebrate sentiment (again I used the MISTI) in Memento Luxe Nautical Blue.<br />
6. Cover with clear embossing powder and set aside.<br />
7. After 3 or 4, heat set.<br />
8. Repeat until you have all 10 done.<br />
9. Stamp the flames (9 per card) using SSS Sunshine dye ink.<br />
10. Go over each flame with a clear Wink of Stella brush pen.<br />
11. Cut 1/8" strips from some PTI Night Sky Shimmer card stock. My top panels are 4", and this makes them 4.25" to fill the card front.<br />
12. Glue all those strips into place.<br />
13. Cut some star borders from PTI Night Sky Shimmer card stock and stick one to each card front.<br />
14. Use bright gelly glaze pens to fill in the dots of each letter.<br />
15. Take a nap.<br />
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I like how they came out. I think next year, unless I'm wow'd by a new set that comes out, I'll do something completely different.<br />
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Thanks for stopping by!<br />
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Some of the stuff I used: vat of clear embossing powder, SU silver embossing powder, PTI Night Sky Shimmer card stock (I think it's the only PTI product still in my possession), Star Border die (PTI - okay, I have two PTI possessions), and the following:<br />
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Note: This is a TWO-WEEK challenge so our gals in the US can have some time off to spend Thanksgiving with their families.<br />
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Here is my No Stamping card:<br />
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This all started when I thought I'd use that Let It Snow sticker. Man, that must be at least 15 years old. It's also really stuck, and I can't move it to straighten it without tearing the paper. :(<br />
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I wanted to have snow hills, so I cut three, with the top layer a pale blue so you could see the white sticker. I sponged the clouds with what I think is the same blue.<br />
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It needed a vertical element, so I pulled out my Savvy Dies Birch Trees and cut them out of SSS Fog card stock. I tucked the ends under the top hill.<br />
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By tucking the ends under the hill, I created a visible bump, so I dug out my Memory Box Deer Trio, cut it out of a Kraft remnant, cut the legs off of the base, and put the mama and baby deer on the hill to cover the tree bump.<br />
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I thought it still needed something, so I pulled out my Memory Box Resting Birds because they are so tiny. I was going to cut a red one, but lo and behold, one of my habits is paying off! I tend to keep left-over die-cuts in the envelope with the dies. You just never know when they might come in handy. As I reached into the envelope to retrieve the die, I spied a cache of already-cut red birds! Yay! So I used one.<br />
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I layered everything onto a blue panel and put it on a white card base.<br />
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For my last act, I added clear Wink of Stella to the tops of the hills.<br />
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I was going to add some snow with a stencil and embossing paste, but I thought that might be a bit much. It's not snowing here, yet, but one of my pals is praying for it.<br />
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So, got stash you've forgotten about? I think you need to go rummage and play along with our No Stamping challenge. Go on, make something, then link us up over at <a href="http://shoppingourstash.blogspot.com/2015/11/sos-229-no-stamping.html" target="_blank">SOS</a>. Remember, you have TWO WEEKS.<br />
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Some of the stuff I used: Stampendous Class A'Peel stickers, and the following:<br />
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This coincided with the current <a href="http://colourmecardchallenge.blogspot.com/2015/11/cmcc98-colour-me-subtle.html" target="_blank">Colour Me!</a> challenge:<br />
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I just used the three colors in the challenge, omitting the orange and green. This was a good thing, since the die I planned to use gives me a headache, even though I love it.<br />
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I made many cards, and two survived. Here's one of them:<br />
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I think this was my third attempt. I started with white watercolor paper (you can kind of see that in the square with the sentiment), but decided to go with an off-white instead. I inked up an acrylic block with Tea Dye, Barn Door and Mustard Seed Distress inks, spritzed it to get the colors flowing, then pressed it onto a piece of water color paper. I let it sit for a bit to get the colors to soak in, then removed the bock and dried the panel with my heat gun.<br />
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I originally thought the white/cream squares would look good in a colored frame, but it was too stark. The off-white frame looked better with the colored squares, and that's what you see above.<br />
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The plain square looked funny with all the other square with designs in the centers, so *light bulb* I thought I'd break open my Mama Elephant Mini Messages set and give that blank square a job.<br />
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Next, I thought maybe I needed to use fewer patterns, so I die-cut a bunch more in off-white. I tired several combinations, but just wasn't feeling the love.<br />
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I finally settled on a colored frame with colored squares and off-white centers:<br />
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Normally, quilts have a contrasting edge, but for this, I liked the contrasting centers. I might be weird.<br />
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In other news, I am almost out of my favorite Hero Arts Punch Layering Papers. They no longer offer them by individual color; you need to buy the 3-color pack. Same with the packs of note cards. When I first got wind of this change last year, I immediately bought up all the Grass note cards I could find. I wasn't in Punch mode then. :( I found some Punch note cards at Amazon, but the shipping is per item, and I didn't want to pay a bazillion dollars in shipping, nor did I feel like contacting the seller to negotiate. So I'm running low on Punch layering papers. I may have to bite the bullet and buy the mixed packs. So sad.<br />
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I hope wherever you are, if you got snow, that you are happy about it. We got a tease yesterday, and it melted as soon as the sun hit it. I hear some people have gotten 12" or more. I'm not ready for that, yet. Maybe in January.<br />
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I got the colors from the <a href="http://cascoloursandsketches.blogspot.co.uk/2015/11/design-team-call-and-challenge-151.html" target="_blank">CAS Colours & Sketches</a> challenge:<br />
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and the sketch from <a href="http://thepaperplayers.blogspot.com/2015/11/pp-272-sketch-challenge-from-laurie.html" target="_blank">The Paper Players</a>:<br />
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I water colored a piece of Distress water color paper with Peacock Feathers, Festive Berries, and Weathered Wood.<br />
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I wanted to use my new-to-me kitty stamps and dies, and I thought I'd just put the kitty on a tag. I don't do tags very often, and I have very few tag dies, though they are easy enough to make if you don't care how fancy the top is. It turned out my one tag die set had a good-sized tag that just fit the kitty. I colored the kitty and present with Copics, then glued everything together.<br />
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For the Metallic Silver color, I used a silver glitter gelly pen to color the present's ribbon. In real life (and if I had a better photographer), it's quite shiny:<br />
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You can also see where I colored outside the lines. The colorless blender couldn't save me, even with the brown. And forget the red -- I'm pretty sure the people at Copic formulated the reds so they are impervious to the colorless blender.<br />
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At this point, I'd pretty much disqualified myself from the CAS part of the color challenge. Sigh.<br />
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For the banner, I stamped the sentiment in back using my MISTI. Good thing, too. It took about five tries to get it completely stamped, probably because it's water color paper.<br />
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The white banner looked weird, so I water colored it with Peacock Feathers.<br />
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Question du jour: How is it possible that I have 49672 miles of bakers' twine, and not the right color? I bought mine when you had to buy the whole 240-yard spool (smaller quantities and sampler packs weren't yet offered), so I have LOTS of twine. This Caribbean color is better than the Aqua/Teal, as it's a bit greener, but it's still not quite right.<br />
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Generally, I can tie a bow like nobody's business -- eight years of teaching other people how to do it helps keep one nimble. But I do have one issue: one of my loops <i>always</i> gets twisted. Always. So I fought back today and glued down the loops with dots of Matte Multi Medium. It's not going anywhere.<br />
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For my last act, I added a few shiny silver sequins. Did you know that the thing that makes the matte medium so cool (that it dries clear and matte) completely un-shines the sequins? Ask me how I know. :(<br />
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I made another card that I'll share in a while.<br />
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Thanks for stopping by!<br />
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Update: This card was a DT Selection at <a href="http://thepaperplayers.blogspot.com/2015/11/paper-players-272-winners.html" target="_blank">Paper Players</a>!<br />
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Some of the stuff I used: <a href="http://shop.thetwinery.com/product/caribbean-teal-white-bakers-twine" target="_blank">Caribbean</a> twine from <a href="http://shop.thetwinery.com/" target="_blank">The Twinery</a>, Copics (0, RV11, E49, E74, E71, R22, R35), and the following:<br />
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plus a thankful theme. We can do the sketch, or the thankful theme, or both. I did both, because I found a Thank You sentiment that fit the design. I <i>told</i> you I stamp without a net. All my card parts were cut and the base pieces glued together before I went looking for a sentiment to fit the die-cut circle.<br />
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Here is my card:<br />
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The purple parts are remnants from a Gelli plate print that is now all gone. I added a black strip on the diagonal, and also as a layer for the circles.<br />
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I wanted to layer the white panel on purple, but I ran into my usual issue of not having the <i>right</i> purple. This is the main reason that purple is only one notch above pink on my "don't like to use them" list of colors, with pink at the very bottom, of course.<br />
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So that's why I used black.<br />
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I'm off to link up. Thanks for stopping by!<br />
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Some of the stuff I used: SU embossing folder, Gelli print remnant, SU black card stock, and the following:<br />
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The die is by Poppy Stamps, and it's awesome. I cut it out of a UFO water colored piece, and then again (just the top part) out of a remnant of green, because the yellow eyes made him look a bit possessed.<br />
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I also cut the die from a white panel that I lined up on the black card base, and used as my template for placing the pieces.<br />
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I colored his nose with an RV11 Copic marker. I've not seen a cat with a yellow nose.<br />
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I thought this sentiment from Paper Smooches worked well with the cat. It's stamped in Unicorn white pigment ink, and heat-embossed with Hero Arts white embossing powder.<br />
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This die is a lot of fun, and I am unnaturally happy that I own it. I might have issues.<br />
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and we're to use older WPlus9 products. Easy Peasy, I said, and I made this:<br />
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The die is from the Seasonal Sentiments die set, and the sentiment is from the Pretty Patches: Christmas stamp set. I used a light blue piece of paper from the Lawn Fawn Peace Love Joy 6x6 paper pad, and colored the <b>joy</b> die-cut in three shades of blue. The die set comes with a heart, so I used that as the center of the<b> o</b>. I added a few more <b>joy</b> die-cuts to give it some heft, then stuck it to the card front. I covered the <b>joy</b> and the heart with clear Wink of Stella.<br />
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At the last minute I added a shiny, glittery snow flake (it's either a bit or a bob), then added a SSS Island Blue layer before putting it on a white card base.<br />
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My last act was to cover the shiny heart with Glossy Accents.<br />
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The card design pretty much follows the current <a href="http://casethissketch.blogspot.com/2015/11/case-this-sketch-150.html" target="_blank">CAS(E) This Sketch!</a> sketch:<br />
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This was pretty easy to make, though I only made one. I could make more, maybe in different colors. I have about 18 of those snowflakes left ...<br />
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Thanks for stopping by!<br />
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Some of the stuff I used: Merry Minis snowflake, Copics (B01, BG02, BG07), Lawn Fawn Peace Love Joy 6x6 paper pad, and the following:<br />
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Here's my card, then I'll explain:<br />
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Now that I look at this, the snow looks like waves. Trust me, the baby deer is not on a sunny beach.<br />
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I started by going through the box in my Holiday Stuff drawer that holds all my bits and bobs: packages of stickers, felt thingies, brads, etc. I pulled out a bunch and used a few here.<br />
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For starters, that piece of Pool card stock was part of a failed card front. I stamped the trees from a Paper Smooches set in Soft Pool ink -- I was going for an <i>idea</i> of a forest in the background, but didn't want it to stand out or be a focal point.<br />
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I sponged around the trees with a cloud mask and some white pigment ink.I drew in the snow with a white gel pen.<br />
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There's a heart on the tall tree, and I covered it with my last Little B mini poinsettia. The deer is a brad from a package I found -- years old and never opened. Technically it's not a leftover, unless you count that it's ANCIENT and never opened. A relic.<br />
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The sentiment is from the Paper Smooches Christmas Sampler set. I stamped it in Hero Arts Silver ink and embossed it with SU silver embossing powder. In real life it's quite shiny.<br />
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Thank you to the Belles for making me go through my collection of holiday stuff. It was fun!<br />
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Thanks for stopping by!<br />
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Some of the stuff I used: Little B mini poinsettia sticker, SU silver embossing powder, deer brad, and the following:<br />
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