Wisteria 100 for Whimsical Wednesdays

I just love the sketches these kids come up with! Thanks Madelynn. And another shaped card-YEAH!!!! (yep, I shoulda coloured the flower next to the verse ***SIGH***)

 

Did you enter to win “Down by the Pond” by The Greeting Farm by making a project based on the inspiration photo last week? Be sure to visit the Whimsical Wednesdays blog to see if you won! Once again, we would love to see what you can create with this sketch! Upload to your blog of PCP or SCS with keyword DDSC6. I can’t wait to see your work and that of the DAREDEVILS!! If you need more inspiration, be sure to visit the team and leave ‘em some love!! We are all playing except Debbie.

If you are wondering how I get a shaped card without any flat spots, check out this post – Shaped Card Tutorial. This is also for Verve’s current challenge. “We'd love for you to play along with us and show us your card or project focused on encouraging words or friendship. Verve stamps are not required, but if you've got 'em, why not show 'em a little love? ;)”
Want to play? Click HERE.

Enjoy, Rebecca

RECIPE
Paper: Wisteria-Basic Grey, Eggplant CS-SU!, white CS-Taylored Expressions
Ink: memento black, eggplant-SU!
Stamps: Verve
Accessories: Prima Flowers, K&Co rhinestones, foam dots-Jody Morrow, Gold paint pen-Pilot, Kaisercraft pearls

Winner of Blog Candy

I am sooooooooooo sorry I didn’t post this anywhere near the posted date. I have been so caught up with the wedding favours  that I totally forgot. (I’ll show you the final version soon.) I probably spent at least 50 hours making 180 of them. In addition to regular life, it was a lot of time. Which is also why I haven’t posted much lately. My stats for this summer were also pathetic but I did have fun with my boys at the park! Sorry for so few posts. So with no further ado, the winner is:

mtscrapgal said...

I found your blog when Firflies and Flutterbyes sent me. Both you gals are super creative. One of my favorite of your posts was 4-16-09Clearly Original Spring Card.The clear cards fascinate me. I tried a clear panel on a card recently that was fun. I love how you are not afraid to tell about your boo-boos when crafting. That makes us newbys feel better about not being so perfect. I've bookmarked your sight and will visit often. Would love to win the luscious blog candy. Thanks
Angie-mtscrapgal

Yep Angie, I make a LOT of boo-boos! Why not write about them if I can help someone else? That is the whole point of this blog. Please email me at rebeccacell at gmail dot com as soon as possible. Be sure to include your snail mail addy. I normally only allow 3 days for winners to contact me, but I will allow 5 days this time. If I don’t hear from you by Sunday 12MN EST, I will pick another winner.

Thank you all for your patience with me! With cold temperatures upon us, I will be indoors more so more crafting and more fun stuff to show you!!

Rebecca

So You Think You Can Stamp-Week 1: Wedding View Master Card

What a fun challenge from My Favourite Things! So You Think You Can Stamp, every week the theme is based on a different dance style. This week was West Cost Swing; if you aren’t familiar with it, it has a lot of tricks and lifts so this week’s card had to include a flip, spin or lift element. I decided to go with a View Master Card, I’ve made only a couple before and I made a few mistakes, OF COURSE. I should have looked up the directions again.

I should have cut the hole first, traced it onto the wheel multiple times and then removed the wheel and stamped the sentiments. A couple are off center and one is down right crooked too. ***SIGH***  Also be sure to measure the length and width of your largest image/sentiment before creating your hole. Remember, the maximum length and width may not both be found in the same stamp. Ex: my tallest sentiment with long ascenders and descenders was not the longest. I had to measure all of them to be sure.

To create my hole with nice rounded ends, I die cut a tag shape. It was too short and I couldn’t have used it directly anyway because of another tag on the same die so I used the negative image as a template and used a craft knife to cut it out. Of course, mid-way I had to slide it over to make it long enough. I extended the lines with a ruler to make sure it was still straight after moving the template. (I had considered die cutting it twice, overlapping them to create one long cut out, you could do that if your die is a single like Nestabilities.) Just be sure when you cut your hole that it centered (if your layout is like mine) and far enough in so that the sentiments won’t show at the edges where the wheel sticks out.

BTW, When I assembled it, I put the brad in so the head is inside the card and the ends are under the focal panel so it looks decent inside. The card edges are finished with a silver paint pen. TIP: To get a perfect line, use scrap cardstock or thin chipboard to press a groove into the felt tip of your pen. Hold your paper up off the table, flex it so it isn’t floppy, place the paper in the groove and slide the pen along the paper’s edge.  When making the groove in the felt tip, if you do it off center, you can even have two grooves, each different depths for different widths of lines.

I meant to add Tiny Twinkles to the scallops on the dress so I will go back and add them. I may also put one in her hair.

Enjoy, Rebecca

RECIPE
Paper: DSP, white CS-SU!, Focal image CS-Taylored Expressions 
Ink: memento black, pink pirouette-SU!
Stamps: MTF
Accessories: silver brad-SU!, foam dots-Jody Morrow, Copic markers, wave scissors-UK, silver paint pen-Pilot, tag die-Cuttlebug

Frog Celebration for Whimsical Wednesdays

What a cute inspiration photo! Thanks to Nicky for this one, apparently he loves frogs. The photo is from www.cupcakestakethecake.blogspot.com, THANKS to them for letting us use their yummies as inspiration.

I decided to go with a super simple one-layer card. Well mostly, does it count as one layer if the frog is separate and popped up? Not much time to craft tonight. Yep, I know, I should have used a Stamp Positioner to stamp the ‘celebrate’ but since I am typing this right after I made it at almost 4am I hope you will forgive me! Be sure to play along with this challenge because there is a ***PRIZE*** this week. Marie of the Greeting Farm is giving away a stamp set, Down by the Pond to one random participant.  YEAH FUN!!!

To enter, create a project and upload it to PCP or SCS with DDSC5 or upload to your blog. Either way, leave a comment on this week’s post with a link to your creation and be entered. Need some inspiration? Visit the DareDevils this week! We are all playing except Cassie and Debbie, Heather’s card maybe a bit late because her kiddos are sick so if you are an early riser, check back a bit later in the day.

In case you are wondering how I did the frame, I first decided what size I wanted the border, 1/2”. That leaves a ‘frame’ size of 3.25” x 4.5”. I cut that size from heavy chipboard and traced around it to create the frame with my marker. I figured if I tried to use a ruler, I’d end up smudging the bit of marker that inevitable gets on the ruler and I was also worried I’d overshoot the corners. Because I used chipboard, any excess ink from the marker would soak into the paper and with an exact corner to trace, no overshoot!

Enjoy, Rebecca

RECIPE
Stamps: SU!
Ink: Memento black
Paper: base-white CS SU!, frog-white CS Taylored Expressions 
Accessories: green marker-SU!, Copics, foam dots-Jody Morrow 

Seriously, this has to be the shortest supply list EVAH!

***** WORLD CARD MAKING DAY!! *****

Yeah, it is finally here! I am going to keep this short because I know a few of you visiting here are going to blog hop all day! Two cards today, a great guy card BELOW, be sure to scroll down.

Card 1.
I used Weekend Sketch Challenge 99. The first card I saw made with this sketch used a full circle, hanging off the edge, instead of just a partial circle. I am kinda a fan of going beyond the edges. Check out HERE. The lace was pre-pleated, I ran a basting thread along one edge and pulled it until the lace formed a circle, you can do this with unpleated lace and ribbon too. The sentiment is part of a SU! wheel, I unmounted it and cut apart the sentiments according to the directions HERE.

RECIPE
Ink: chocolate chip-SU!, worn lipstick and antique linen Distress ink, old olive-SU!
Stamps: friendship wheel-SU!
Paper: unknown DP, Bazzil CS (dark brown), old olive CS-SU!
Accessories: Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist, swirl die-Sizzix, notebook punch-SU!, brad-stash, vintage lace-stash, foam dots-Jody Morrow

Card 2.
I saw a really cute card yesterday with multiple circles sewn on to the card. Sorry, I don’t remember where. I took the idea and changed it just a wee bit, using fewer elements and changing them to stars. This is another sentiment from the Friendship wheel. Cute button isn’t it? Must be laser etched the work on it is so finely detailed.

I hope you will visit some more of my cards. Feel free to scroll down and if you really love a card, don’t forget to book mark that post, leave a comment and VISIT AGAIN!

Enjoy World Card Making Day! Rebecca

RECIPE
Ink: chocolate chip, so saffron-SU!, vintage photo Distress ink
Stamps: Friendship wheel, Star wheel
Paper: really rust, kraft, chocolate chip CS, DSP-SU!
Accessories: hemp twine-Hemptique, tag die-Cuttlebug, star die-SU!, foam dots-Jody Morrow, twine and button-stash, chocolate chip marker-SU!