tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-124048882024-03-05T23:53:53.274-05:00Eclectic EndeavoursPaper Art, Rubber Stamping and Other Creative MusingsRebecca Edniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14871562426315336608noreply@blogger.comBlogger1087125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12404888.post-41251286831371249932018-10-06T10:54:00.001-04:002018-10-06T10:54:45.486-04:00Exciting News!!I’ve decided to move, yep, I’m on my way over to a WordPress blog! And while I’m making big changes, I’ve decided to rebrand myself as well. So pop on over to My Crafts are Like a Box of Chocolates, You Never Know What I’m Going to Make! No one could ever spell my blog name anyway and the new name incorporates all the different styles of crafts I’d like to post. Rest assured that I will continueRebecca Edniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14871562426315336608noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12404888.post-60673573308565417632018-09-29T01:39:00.001-04:002018-09-29T01:39:50.585-04:00Fall Branches BouquetWelcome to another week at Crazy 4 Challenges! With it turning fall here in the Northern Hemisphere, we were asked to make a a fall-themed card. I’d forgotten what the challenge was but when I looked it up, I was like “YAY” as I had been working on a fall card anyway! Fun coincidence! The stamps are from the September Hero Arts kit. I stamped them in Antique Linen Distress ink but added aRebecca Edniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14871562426315336608noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12404888.post-63794681979447446042018-09-29T01:09:00.001-04:002018-09-29T01:09:26.746-04:00Pastel Party!When I saw the inspiration photo for the latest Card Concept Challenge, I knew exactly what stamps and dies to use. I’ve always loved pastels so I pulled out all of my pastel cardstock scraps and my Copics and went to work. The stamps and dies are by Concord & 9th. They are some of my favourite stamps of all time. I used a Simon Says Stamp cloud stencil on the background with Tumbled GlassRebecca Edniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14871562426315336608noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12404888.post-88940909303332266932018-09-24T01:54:00.001-04:002018-09-24T01:54:22.099-04:00Numbers CelebrateThis week at Crazy 4 Challenges we were asked to make a birthday card with numbers on it. If you have been reading my blog for a while, you probably already know that I don’t celebrate birthdays so I made a basic celebration card instead. The sketch is Sketch Saturday #531. It’s a great basic sketch that was easy to work with . I grabbed some older paper, sorry but I don’t remember the names Rebecca Edniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14871562426315336608noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12404888.post-6122415640226440472018-09-20T00:38:00.001-04:002018-09-20T00:38:14.613-04:00Pumpkins and SunflowersNo!! It can’t be fall already, can it? I don’t like fall much because it means winter is close by and I hate the cold. But these images are too fun to pass up! Speaking of the images, the stamps are by Hero Arts from last year’s fall card kit. The images are all layered giving loads of colour to these simple shapes without any colouring. I researched sun flowers to come up with one that was Rebecca Edniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14871562426315336608noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12404888.post-3035959583045105432018-09-08T15:24:00.001-04:002018-09-08T15:24:00.583-04:00Ornate Heart Love CardWhew! This summer has been so busy! I’ve taken a break from Crazy 4 Challenges for a couple of weeks but I’m back with a fun new theme. This week we were asked to make a love or thank you card for a family member. This card will likely be my sister’s anniversary card next year. I took inspiration from Jennifer McGuire who has shown a couple of variations on the gate fold card on her blog in Rebecca Edniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14871562426315336608noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12404888.post-21428044107269424282018-08-23T01:02:00.001-04:002018-08-23T01:02:19.819-04:00Autumn Coffee CardI just got my August Hero Arts card kit so I was excited to use it. When I make card, I often start out without knowing exactly where I’m going with it. But when I have a sketch to work with, it makes it so much easier! Today we have a sketch for you at Crazy 4 Challenges. The large center shape made me think shaker! I don’t think I could ever get sick of making and shaking them! I forgot thatRebecca Edniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14871562426315336608noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12404888.post-43531731142209781832018-08-14T12:21:00.001-04:002018-08-14T12:21:46.058-04:00Revisiting Old Card KitsIf you buy card kits, do you ever use them up before the next one arrives? Leave me a comment and let me know! I have to admit, I NEVER finish a card kit right away! in fact, I have ones going back to 2014! I think only 2 in that time are all used. So sometimes when I have some time, I pull out an older kit and try to make at least 3 cards with it. I don’t always manage three but I try even if I Rebecca Edniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14871562426315336608noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12404888.post-49619152268934343122018-08-07T23:17:00.001-04:002018-08-07T23:17:30.835-04:00A Duo of Hero Arts Beach Themed CardsThe June Hero Arts kit, which was super popular, was called Sea and Sky. I ADORE everything beach so I sat down right away and made a couple of cards. I posted them on Instagram then promptly forgot to share them with you. It’s a funny thing, once I’ve shared a project in one place, I forget to post it in the other place. So today you get two cards! You will have to forgive me, I have a Rebecca Edniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14871562426315336608noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12404888.post-80776592776676969972018-08-07T21:20:00.001-04:002018-08-07T21:20:50.299-04:00Mountain Landscape SympathyI’ve been getting into more and more watercolouring lately. I took some classes about 20 years ago but I was never very good. ;) But with it getting so popular and now that we have YouTube, it’s easier than ever to learn how to watercolour! So I won’t pretend that this is a masterpiece but since I have no mountain stamps or dies and this week’s challenge at Crazy 4 Challenges was to make a Rebecca Edniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14871562426315336608noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12404888.post-38548642218383685942018-07-29T22:36:00.001-04:002018-07-29T22:36:39.817-04:00Praying for YouSometimes we have to make cards for some pretty serious occasions. We usually think of sympathy cards as being the hardest. But I find one other category is even tougher. Making cards for someone who is seriously ill or dying is definitely the hardest. Sometimes we can’t even make them for the person but instead for their family because they are too ill to appreciate a card. I call these hope Rebecca Edniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14871562426315336608noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12404888.post-23946955957820783822018-07-21T01:00:00.000-04:002018-07-30T01:04:28.551-04:00Kindness Enclosed: Flower and Wood Frame CardFor the third week of the month at Crazy 4 Challenges, I designed a sketch for us to use. I’ll be honest, I CASE’d this from a card I saw but when I went to find the name of the designer, I’d lost it! oops! So I learned some fun things when I was making this card. I tried a few different dies to make a frame. But, none of them were working quite right. So I tried making a frame with my new Rebecca Edniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14871562426315336608noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12404888.post-1315485691908820202018-07-14T00:28:00.000-04:002018-07-14T00:28:03.361-04:00Shaped Cards for Crazy 4 ChallengesFor my second week hosting over at Crazy 4 Challenges, I decided we should make shaped cards. Anything other than a plain circle, rectangle or square. I had lots of ideas but then I realized I’d already made this card that I loved! When I made it, I was experimenting with some new supplies. The Rebecca Lace background from Simon Says Stamp and some gorgeous new Daniel Smith paints. If you likeRebecca Edniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14871562426315336608noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12404888.post-75895041043501572022018-07-13T17:06:00.001-04:002018-07-13T17:06:41.233-04:00Mermaid’s TreasureFor the last few years, I’ve been obsessed with all things related to the ocean and blue-greens like teal, aqua and turquoise. I didn’t have any mermaid stamps until this year but I am so hooked! This sweet little gal and her accompanying stamps are by Stamping Bella. This style of illustration is my favourite from this company. She was so much fun to colour with my Copics. The little dots on Rebecca Edniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14871562426315336608noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12404888.post-6491415093594495442018-07-09T15:19:00.001-04:002018-07-09T15:19:21.026-04:00Eiffel Tower Tea Set CardI’ve got to admit, I’ve been holding out on you guys. I often post my cards to Instagram and forget to post them here. Sometimes I don’t even remember to take a photo of them with my good camera and all I have is an iPhone pic! So this summer, I am resolved to find all the cards I’ve made in the last while, about 6 months I think and post them all! We shall see how long this particular resolutionRebecca Edniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14871562426315336608noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12404888.post-61918577937309034652018-07-07T00:01:00.000-04:002018-07-07T00:01:23.500-04:00Hola! Piñata Celebration Spinner CardHey paper crafters! It’s my month to host at Crazy 4 Challenges and I’m so excited for you to see the challenges I’ve created! In addition, I have a giveaway for you this month, more details below. My card features stamps from the Mexican-themed Hero Arts kit from a couple of months ago. My theme for the week at C4C is WINDOWS. There are lots of ideas on the blog to get you started. When I Rebecca Edniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14871562426315336608noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12404888.post-27219667564121848482018-07-01T18:10:00.001-04:002018-07-01T18:10:06.885-04:00Party Balloons!This week at Crazy 4 Challenges, we were asked to try out the Eclipse Technique. I did another card with this technique recently so I’ll have to post it soon. Basically the technique requires you to cut a word or shape out of a background then add foam tape and add the die cut back into the spot from which it was cut. The background can be stamped, painted, printed (like patterned paper) or inRebecca Edniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14871562426315336608noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12404888.post-62839406194635721552018-06-23T12:31:00.000-04:002018-07-01T18:32:09.071-04:00Time for Summer, Baby!We’ve had some pretty hot temperatures lately here in Southern Ontario so a bathing suit card was perfect for this week’s Crazy 4 Challenges theme of Ombre! I absolutely ADORE this background paper. I could have 10 sheets of it and it still wouldn’t be enough. I wanted 2 layers under the bathing suit  but I also wanted to let that awesome ombre paper shine so I used some vellum for my Rebecca Edniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14871562426315336608noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12404888.post-87319338806059717732018-06-16T18:38:00.000-04:002018-07-01T18:49:18.166-04:00Cupcake Celebration!We have a very intricate sketch this week at Crazy 4 Challenges! It’s got lots of shapes and layers to work with. This project was coloured entirely with Copic markers with the exception of the inks on the banner but even that is shaded with Copics. I started by colouring the cupcakes but then I couldn’t find a background paper I liked for the life of me! ugh!! So, next I airbrushed a Rebecca Edniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14871562426315336608noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12404888.post-81847420246388533872018-06-09T19:20:00.000-04:002018-07-01T19:18:50.734-04:00Masculine CongratulationsHubby always has me make cards for him for his co-workers. I really don’t mind because it’s the least I can do since a huge portion of our disposable income goes to my crafting! And the timing was perfect because our theme at Crazy 4 Challenges is masculine cards. He needed a congrats card for someone he knows who is leaving for a job elsewhere. I always ask him about the person so I know whatRebecca Edniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14871562426315336608noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12404888.post-89797400729041624692018-06-02T01:20:00.001-04:002018-06-02T01:20:35.902-04:00Summer Flamingo CardSo apparently yesterday was Barefoot Day which makes that the theme for Crazy 4 Challenges. Which suits me fine as I regard socks as torture devices only to be worn when desperate! That means I’m barefoot anytime I’m inside and as much of the year as I can manage outside. All the papers are from Authentique, a pack called Utopia. The flamingo is an Echo Park die that I cut from more patterned Rebecca Edniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14871562426315336608noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12404888.post-42824864119117553042018-05-25T11:57:00.000-04:002018-06-02T00:57:44.244-04:00The Most Annoying Graduation Card EVER!!So the challenge this week at Crazy 4 Challenges was to make a graduation card. Seems simple right? Oh, you would think so… Oh but I had to complicate things by using Chibitronics lights. These are usually pretty easy to use, I’ve done it before, no big deal! Well, this time I spent HOURS agonizing over why they wouldn’t light. So I get all but one working… try to adjust the last light in the Rebecca Edniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14871562426315336608noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12404888.post-60570893683811347732018-05-24T19:40:00.001-04:002018-05-24T19:40:11.535-04:00Smile Tropical CardIt’s time for another sketch over at Crazy 4 Challenges! I’d just gotten my May Simon Says Stamp card kit when I made this card so I just had to use it for this card! As I often do, I treated the sketch as more of a suggestion rather than making my card match it exactly. I also flipped the sketch turning it upside down.  The clusters of leaves and flowers represent the circles on the Rebecca Edniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14871562426315336608noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12404888.post-30989806864705834332018-05-12T01:43:00.001-04:002018-05-12T01:44:40.939-04:00Camel TrainI had to think really hard about this week’s Crazy 4 Challenge Theme. Trains. That’s very specific and believe it or not, I have NO train stamps! What? I have over 7000 stamps collected across more than 14 years but not a single train? How is this possible? So I had to get very creative this week! So I give you a CAMEL train! Also known as a caravan, a camel train delivers goods across many Rebecca Edniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14871562426315336608noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12404888.post-6253757775483021882018-05-05T19:54:00.001-04:002018-05-05T19:54:41.727-04:00Dad Hero CardOur challenge at Crazy 4 Challenges this week was to make a super hero card! I was a bit stumped by this one! I have one super hero stamp but it’s really old so I pretty much gave it to my son who loves it. Sure, I could have used it anyway but I don’t have any papers that would go with it either! Not really my style as you know!! So I looked through my stash and found a hero sentiment. Rebecca Edniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14871562426315336608noreply@blogger.com0