ABNH - Vellum Challenge

Hi there! It's the 15th of the month, so it's time for a new challenge at A Blog Named Hero! This time our theme is Vellum:

For my card, I tried to make a window, sorta. I love the hexagon circle die from Simon Says Stamp, and I may or may not be into neon these days, so here's my card, then I'll explain:

It's dark, but no glare. Baby steps, people, baby steps.

I've used vellum in two ways here. First, the obvious one: the sentiment banner. I stamped the sentiment in Versamark onto white cardstock-weight vellum and embossed it with white embossing powder. You want to use the cardstock-weight vellum for this, since the thinner vellum will curl. Ask me how I know.

I think we've already established that vellum and I are not on speaking terms, so I chose to wrap the vellum strip around to the back of the layer to secure it. I put some Kool Tak (clear) dimensional adhesive under the thick embossed letters to hold it down more. It's kinda floaty, but very secure.

The second vellum usage here is to tone down the neon. I ran my yellow neon dauber over a piece of white card stock and put it behind the hexagon circle to see how it looked. It was blinding. I knew I didn't want the hexagons over white, so I put a piece of vellum (paper weight, not card stock weight) over the inked circle and it toned it down A LOT! Lookie:

Here you can see the bright yellow hexagon and the paler yellow background. I used the same ink for both; the vellum layer really softens the color. You can also see my goth-like embossing job. Sigh.

Now it's your turn. Come on over to A Blog Named Hero and play along with our vellum challenge!

Thanks, as always, to our fabulous sponsor:

One lucky crafter who links up to our challenge will win a $25 gift voucher from Simon Says Stamp to purchase some new toys.

Thanks for stopping by!

Products used: Neat & Tangled Neon sequins, misc vellum, and the following:

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SOS #114 - Color or Woodgrain

It's Tuesday, and time for a new challenge at Shopping Our Stash. This week we ask you to use this color combination in your creation:

- OR - use woodgrain. Or heck - use both!

I started out with the colors, but ended up with mostly woodgrain:

I did direct-to-paper with a piece of woodgrain card stock and my Hero Arts Soft Pool ink pad. It's unevenly inked, and I like it that way. :) I cut the circle with my Lil' Inker Stitched Mats: Circles (I loooooove how it leaves a faux stitched edge behind!) Then I die-cut another circle - larger than the opening - out of the same woodgrain card stock and I inked that one up with Soft Sand.

The owl is from Paper Smooches, and I have to tell you: a few of my first attempts were in the colors in the color graphic above, and, well, he was fugly. Just too too, if you know what I mean. So I stamped him again and went with muted browns. I did add Enamel Accents to his eyeballs when I was finished, the better to see you! Also, I like that his wing drapes over the opening a bit.

Because my Woohoo! sentiment was still out on my desk, I used it, then put it away. You're welcome. I went back to the color thing and added an old SU button from my Every Color Green But The One I Need jar of green-ish-yellow-y buttons as opposed to my jar of Every Color But The One I Need jar of green-ish-blue-y buttons.

Now it's your turn! Go into your stash and pull out stuff to match the color part of the challenge, or use something woodgrain-y, then make a card and come back to Shopping Our Stash so we can see what you've made.

Thanks for stopping by!

Products used: Lil' Inker Stitched Mats: Circles, SU twine, SU button, and the following:

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SOS #113: The Sun, the Moon and the Stars

It's Tuesday, and time for another Shopping Our Stash challenge. This week's theme is The Sun, the Moon and the Stars, and we ask you to use something related to the sky (sun, moon, stars, clouds, birds, kites, planes, etc.).

I chose to use a sun, and I made this:

I love this die from Simon Says Stamp.  I used two different colors of yellow card stock for the sun's rays, largely because I couldn't decide between the two, so I opted to not decide and used both. I actually like how it turned out, too.

It was kindof stark, though, so I added some die-cut clouds (die is from A*Muse Studio). I'm also down one yellow button - Whoot! Only 324 to go. ;/

Now it's your turn! Go into your stash and dig out some sun/moon/stars/clouds/kites/hot-air balloons stuff, make something, then come back to Shopping Our Stash and link us up so we can see what you've made!

Thanks for stopping by!

Products used, A*Muse Studio cloud dies, misc button, SU white twine, Martha Stewart gel adhesive, and the following:

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