12 Tags of 2013 - February

Evening Girlz!

Well.. I am going to try and do the 12 tags of 2013 and play along with Tim Holtz!  I dont have all the stamps and embossing folders or Wasabi Tape (sp?) but am giving improvisation my best shot!

I used Distress Worn Lipstick and Distress Festive Berries to distress the tag.  Between each addition of colour I flicked water to create water marks.  These were accented with each layer of colour.  The edges were distressed and used Distress Black Soot on the edges.

For the bottom of the tag I cut a piece of black cardstock and used Inka Gold in Red for the first streaked layer.  After buffing it with a paper towel I then added a streaked layer of Inka Gold and buffed it again with a paper towel.  The last part was to emboss it with the Valentine Cuttlebug folder and then use Distress Gathered Twigs on the raised parts.  That idea was originally from The Wandering Buckeye

The strip at the top of the tag was done the same as above minus the embossing.  Hearts were cut with the Cricut and distressed with Festive Berries and Vintage Photo.  The same was done with the letter U at the bottom.  The Love tag was distressed with Vintage Photo and popped up.

The vintage photo was one I found on the net a very long time ago.  I resized it to fit and printed.  A Fiskars deckled scissor was used to cut it out.  The edges were distressed with Vintage Photo.  To make the photo look like one I used VersaMark dragged over the top and then Ranger Clear Embossing Powder was thickly layered and heated from the underside.

I had some gold thread to wrap around the tag instead of bakers twine which I didnt have.  A heart cut with the Cricut and embossed was then stuck over the gold thread.  Raffia and ribbon were put through the tag hole.

And.. never forget to finish the back of the tag!  I used Wild Honey and then Vintage Photo on the edges.

So....  here it is!!

 

 

Here is a closeup of the clear embossing on the photo..

This sort of shows how the Inka Gold and Inka Gold Red look on the black cardstock

Thanks for looking!  Have a wonderful week!

Hugz,
Sheree

Twelve Tags Of 2013 - #1

Good Evening Girlz!

I went to the Tim Holtz blog at the beginning of January and have now put mine together from memory.  I have a feeling it isn't even close to Tim's but.. a valiant effort!  I will find out for sure when I check his after posting mine!

For my tag I had to improvise quite a bit.  The sentiment is one that I picked out for the recipient of the tag.  He is a friend of my son who has his degree and is now venturing into politics.  I hope he likes it!

The gears were painted with silver paint and then once dry, rubbed with a VersaMark pad and sprinkled with Stampendous Aged Taupe Embossing Enamel and sprinkled with Zing Black glossy embossing powder. 

The film strip that Tim used wasn't available here so I used a ticket die and acrylic from a Spellbinder package.  I rubbed THoltz silver paint dauber and rubbed it in with my finger... and removed some as well.  This gave it a cloudy effect.

Tim used a pointed finger stamp which I didn't have so I cut one out with my Cricut using the Going Places cartridge.

The tag itself was distressed and then I stamped the Hero Arts Watch Gears stamp using Vintage Photo.  I quickly poured clear embossing powder over it all which gave it a nice glossy finish.

The strip with the sentiment was first stamped with Hero Arts Map of Americas using Distress Frayed Burlap.  The edges were distressed and then I used Vintage Photo on the edges.

My ribbon was first stamped with Archival Black, dried and then rubbed in Distress Honey.  It didn't turn out as I had hoped but... you live and learn!

Here are some closer views so you can see what I have been talking about!

The recipe is...
Stamps - Hero Arts Clock Gears and Map Of Americas
Inks - Distress Iced Spruce, Wild Honey, Vintage Photo, Gathered Twigs
          VersaMark
Embossing Powders - Ranger Super Fine Clear, Stampendous Aged Taupe Enamel, Zing
Dies - Tim Holtz Gears
Cricut - Going Places Cartridge
Paper - Recollections, Staples 110 lb.
Seam Binding

Thanks for looking!

Hugz,
Sheree

For My Cricut Lover Buddies!

Good Afternoon Girlz!

I clicked on a visitor's blog that showed up on my stats, Trails of Paper
and while looking around at her beautiful work I spotted a button on her side bar for Cricuts.  So... I clicked on it and boy did I ever hit the jackpot!!!

My Cut Search has lists of carts but here is the kicker!  On the home page you can type a word into the search box and it will tell you which carts have characters or images of what you need.  Then, you can pick from the list of photos for the one you want and so on.

I don't know how many times I have sat down thumbing through all of the cart books to find an image that I want.  A lot of them are not put on the back of the box so you have to find them by trial and error and... try to remember where you found it the next time around.

Head on over and have a look!  I love saving time because I just don't have much of it to spare and finding this site made my day!

Hugs,
Sheree

First Grandbaby Has Arrived!

Evening Girlz!

Just a quick post tonight.  Terrys son and wife had a baby girl this morning.. Livia River.  Not sure where the middle name River came from but I will get used to it!  She has ten fingers and ten toes so that means she is perfect!

I made this card last night while they were with the midwife at the hospital.  I wanted something to put a bit of money for take out food one nigfht when she is too tired to cook.  Up here, you are sent home within hours of having the baby if there are no complications.  Go figure.

I used the Cricut for most of the card..

 

This is the inside..

 



The recipe is..

Sentiments - Stamping Bella, Stampin Up
Cricut - George and Newborn
Papers - Recollections and .. Little Yellow Bicycle - Hello Spring
Inks - Distress Walnut, VersaFine
Embossing Powder - Zing red (it ends up being purple!)
Stars - Dollarama

Thanks for looking!
Hugz,
Sheree
 

Oh Valentine!

Good Evening Girlz!

I know.. We just entered into a new year and I am talking Valentines!  (Speaking of new year.. I just noticed my watermark still says 2012..oops!!)  The one I am posting tonight was fun to make.  If you want me to do a picture tutorial of the glossy parts just leave a comment below.  I have been playing around with distressing and this idea popped into my head so I headed off to the rubber room to  play with paper, ink and loads of embossing powder!!

 I started by cutting out the hearts using my Cricut and the Sweetheart cartridge.  The main white hearts were set at 5 1/2 inches.  Two were cut using the main scallop shape and two using the shadow option.  I embossed one scallop with Swiss dots and left the other hearts plain.  Using tape, join one scallop to each of the shadow cut hearts. 

 

The hearts were joined together by scoring the back hearts at approximately 1/2 inch.  Tape the back to the front and now start to decorate!

 

For the front I cut the  same heart using the shadow option at 3 1/2 inches.  I cant exactly remember if it was that or 3 3/4 inches.  Eeghad! 

 

I distressed the larger coloured heart using Distress inks and embossing powder.  Before embossing I used the Hero Arts music backgrund stamp and Walnut Stain ink for fun. 

 

The heart lock is also from the Sweetheart cartridge.  I cut that at 2 1/2 inches and distressed the red heart layer and embossed the heck out of it as well.  It is hard to show how dimensional everything looks in photos so trust me when I say everything really does look better in real life!!

 

 

I punched two holes to feed the black ribbon through.  The skeleton key on the inside was cut from a Tim Holtz die and distressed to look like wrought iron.

 

 

 

The sentiment inside was done on the computer and cut out.

 

 

There you have it!

 

Hereès the recipe...

 

Stamps - Hero Arts music background

Inks - Distress Walnut Stain, Fired Brick, Worn Lipstick, Wild Honey, Festive Brrries

Ranger clear embossing powder

Cricut - Sweethearts

Cuttlebug

Ribbon - Unknown from stash

 

Thanks for stopping by!

 

Hugz..

Sheree

 

Distressed Cricut Tags

Evening Chicks!

When I use the Memory Box dies and others to do different projects, some of my wonderful friends dont have the dies but like to use the Cricut.  Soooo.. I pulled out the Christmas Cheer cart and found kewl images that resemble Tim Holtz ones.   Ooops, the fence is a die cut but the trees aren't!  I will post another one using the snowman from the same cart in a day or two.

My tags are nowhere near the super kewl level that Tim's are but, I am trying!  It is hard to tell but the trees are embossed with the CBug and lots of clear embossing powder dumped on after!

The recipe is:

Tags - From our shop
Trees - Cricut Christmas Cheer cart
Snowflakes - WalMart pack of 20 for super cheap!
Fence - Memory Box die
Ribbon - Not sure - My stash
Distress Inks - Gathered Twigs, Wild Honey, Peeled Paint, Evergreen Bough, Forest Moss
Perfect Pearls Spray - Copper
Ribbon - Stash
Embossing Powder - Clear...Lots of it!

Thanks for looking!

Huggzz...
Sheree
p.s.  I will be back playing with Stampscapes again after the holidays.  I will be able to wrap my head around them when things slow down a bit!

Baby On The Way!

I'm back again!  Terry's  oldest son and his wife are expecting their first child in January.  Yes, its a girl!

One thing I have been busy with is doing a baby quilt that can hang on the wall in the nursery.  Here is the finished product...

I am trying to get a copy of a photo that really shows the beautiful pinks and mint greens.  I made the shower cards to go with all of the gifts from the C.River gang.  They are...

This card was done using my Cricut.  It wasn't a card pattern and I had to do many layers to make it turn out and stand up!

I cut many of the pieces for this one using the Cricut as well. I CASEd a card I saw on Pinterest (I love Pinterest!)  and it originated from the Just Rite stamp site.  I changed it up a wee bit.

I used left over pieces of paper to do this one and stitched them together.  The block letters are from the Cricut as well.

Thats it for tonight... naaaa.. I will do one more!  See you on the flip side!

Huggzz...
Sheree

 

Challenge Cards!

Good Afternoon Chicks!

This is a quick post.  We had a terrible wind storm with winds between 130 and 140 km/hr winds which blew everything apart up here.  Our power went out at home on Monday at 7:30 a.m. and have since found out that it could be off until Thursday 11 p.m. or later.  My teeth are starting to chatter!  It snowed twice today along with hail at one point.  You can see your breath inside the house!
We have power right now at the shop so am quickly posting two cards.  The lighting is horrible here so my card photos aren't that great.  They needed to be quickly posted because I'm going through Blogger withdrawl!!
Card Number 1 is for the Outlawz Sunday CAS challenge with a floral theme.

Here's a closer view of the embossing.  Too bad you can't buy that embossing powder anymore!!

Here's card number 2.  I originally made it for the sketch challenge at the Outlawz last Wednesday.  Due to power outages from our storm I couldn't get it posted so will add it to the bunch and find another challenge to enter it in to!

I don't have a recipe to type out right now because... we've been without power for three days now.  Once I can find things again, I will add the recipe to this post!

Hope everyone is well and happily stamping!

Hugs,

Sheree

Outlaws Challenge - 03-05-2012

The Greeting Card Challenge at The Outlawz this week is the colour green.  I think the background papers are from Stampin' Up! but don't quote me on that one.  The flower is actually a Penny Black sticker!  My ribbon is a sheer sage colour and I bought that at WalMart a long time ago.

Have a wonderful weekend Chicks!

Hugs,

Sheree

Prom Queen

Good Morning Chicks!

I've been playing around with flowers again and... the Cricut!  The Monday Challenge at The Outlawz.  Once again I'm in just under the wire!

The main image is actually a transparent sticker that I picked up at WalMart a while ago.  It was hanging on an end display and not actually in the scrapbooking aisle.

I mounted the sticker on some pastel mint green from Recollections.  This paper was also used in layers on the card as well as for greenery under the flowers and bow.  The cut background is done with the Cricut using the Story Book cartridge.  I'm really loving that cart and it's a must have!  The flower spray was done by memory using a Kitty Kraft tutorial.  Hers are waaaay better but I get A for effort!

The challenge was to use lace and pearls so I did just that.  The lace is actually a paper doily and the pearls are the flower centers and around the tag.  Here is a closeup!

The recipe is as follows:

Stamps - None - The sentiment was generated on the computer
Sticker - A Brides Wish from WalMart
Paper - Staples 110 lb. white and Recollections from the Easter pastel collection
Doily - Wilton
Punches - Martha Stewart and eksuccess??
Pop Dots
Diamond Stickles
Pearles - Dollar Store

Thanks for looking!

Hugs,
Sheree

Challenges entered:

That Craft Place Challenge Blog 

Odds & Sodds Times Four!

Good Evening Chicks!

I have four cards in the post tonight.  I've been working on putting them together for the past couple of days..rearranging this and rearranging that when I had a few minutes here and there.  I'm happy with the outcome although not jumping up and down haha!

This first card was done using the Penny Black stamp from the Slapstick collection.  I've been wanting this one for a very long time and accidentally found it.. up here in Campbell River!

The ducks are coloured with copics; The candy hearts are from a Fiskars set I found a long time ago on a bargain table for $1.  The background heart was cut with the Cricut and behind that is a paper doily from Wiltons.  I found a place up here where I can buy 1,000 paper doilies for $14 so may pick up some and give them away in the future!

The recipe is...

Stamps:  Penny Black & Fiskars

Paper: Recollections and Staples 110 lb. white

Copics

Ribbon:  Wally World

CuttleBug Swiss Dots

Wilton Doily

 This next card is sort of a Valentine's Day card.  You can tell by the sentiment on the inside.  I used a stamp from Penny Black (Love her stuff!!) and then distressed around the edges at first and then in the middle to give it more oomph!  The background was done with the CuttleBug and then distressed with Honey.  The sentiment is one I picked from Inkadinkado after winning at The Outlawz!

The recipe is....

Stamps:  Penny Black & Inkadinkado

Paper:  Staples 110 lb white, Recollections

Cuttle Bug - Cant remember the folder name

Distress inks:  Festive Berries. Wild Honey, Versafine

Jellyroll Stardust Pen - Red 

 

This is one of my faves from this group.  I watched a video done by Jill Foster at the Penny Black bog and  did th version by memory a few days after watching it.   Mine is nowhere near the quality of Jill Fosters but I like the bright colours.  I had to use a different stamp from Stampendous called Agapanthus cluster and stamped the image five times using a different colour each time.

The recipe is...

Stamps:  Stampendous, Studio G

Inks:  Distress Wild Honey, Preserves, Shabby Shutters, Festive Berries, Broken China

Paper:  Staples, Recollections

Bling

The fourth and final card is really quite kewl IRL.  I cut the heart out of the front cardstock with the Cricut.  Red glimmer paper was taped to the back of the opening.  It was too bare so I added two heart layers done with the Cricut as well. 



The recipe is...

Stamp:  Inkadinkado

Paper:  Staples, Recollections

Stampendous heart stickers

Well, there you have it.  A glimpse of what I have been up to the past few days.  Thanks for looking and I hope you all have a wonderful week!

Hugs,

Sheree

Hoppity Easter!

Good Afternoon Chicks!

I worked on this Friday night but this is the first chance I've had to post it.  I bought the stamp from Michelle's Scrapbooking and More a while ago and decided to give it a whirl. 

First off I stamped the scene with Distress Walnut Stain as black was too harsh.  Then, coloured the scene with copics.  I hadn't intended to colour as much as I did so I'll try my other idea later on!  When using the Sketch Copics on this I didn't take my time.  Using the brush tip I just started putting colour here and there with large swoops (is that a word?) so it wouldn't look perfect.  That's what I acheived as well.  Actually, my eyes seem to be getting worse all the time and colouring like this is so much easier and I can actually justify my actions haha!  Kind of looks like the colouring on floral greeting cards... the artistic kind.. Not by Hallmark printers!

Once I finished colouring I distressed with Distress Frayed Burlap and blended it into the scene.  Lastly, I used Distress Walnut Stain to darken the edges and blended that in half as far as the Burlap.

I was flipping through my Cricut Carts and found a flourish type of leafy corner on Storybook so cut that out in white and green.  They were both distress with Walnut Stain as well.

 

The recipe is....

Stamp - Northwoods Rubber Stamps Inc.

Papers - Recollections and dp is unknown

Inks - Distress Walnut Stain, Frayed Burlap

Copics

Ribbon - Michaels cheapie bin

Paper Flower - Dollarama (I haven't found them there in a year but am hoping they get more in)

Stickles - Light Pink on tulips

 

Have a wonderful weekend!

Hugs,

Sheree

p.s.  I thought of this before my head exploded Gail L.!

 

Lacey Valentine

Good Evening Chicks!

 

This is my first attempt at a Valentine card this year.  The lighting isn't that great, along with my photography skills but.. will have to do!

There's no sentiment on the front as it was too busy already.  I found a beautiful verse on the net and will add it to the inside instead.

For this I used the Cricut for the heart, CBug for the embossing, punches for under the ribbon, the flowers and twiggy things, Smooch on the heart and bling from the dollar store.   The ribbon was from my stash and I think I got that from my cousin when she was weeding out her sewing room.

There you have it!  Just a quick one tonight.  Hope you all are having a wonderful start to the week!

 

Hugs,

Sheree

Shower Card For Baby Josh

Good Afternoon Chicks!

I hope everyone is having a wonderful weekend and enjoying the stress of the week before Christmas!

I am lovin' playing with my Cricut now that I have a table for it.  This card is for a baby shower for Josh.  I babysat his mom when she was just a wee tike!

The cartridge used was New Arrival for most of it but the lettering was the Disney Font cartridge.

This next photo is an angled view so that you can see the raised lettering and popped up clothing that's flapping on the clothesline.

 

 

The papers are from Stampin' Up! and Recollections....not sure which is which but the plaid is SU for sure.

 

Thanks for looking!

 

Hugs,

Sheree

 

And.. it looks like I've lost a few followers.  Hope it wasn't anything I did although.. there are so many incredible artists out there so I guess sometimes you have to pare down your lists.

Outlawz CAS Entry - Child's Card

Evening Chicks!

This is my entry into this week's Sunday CAS Challenge at The Outlawz.  I cut out the polar bear with the Cricut and mounted him on ripped white with stickles on the edge and stamped snowflakes on the  blue background.  What a super fast card!   It is going to be sent to my cousin's grandson Dawson who will be 5 this month.  Hope he likes it!

The theme for this week's challenge is Glitter It On!  I used stickles on my card to accent the snow and snowflakes along with his scarf.

Thanks for looking and I hope everyone is having a wonderful week!

Hugs,

Sheree

One Cut... Three Wreaths!

Evening Chicks!

I now have a table in my 'Rubber Room' so have the Cricut set up to play with now!  WooHoo!!

I used one of the Christmas Carts and cut out the wreaths, first on white paper to play with.  This wreath above is first cut in a gold shimmer paper.  Some of the leaves are glued and have applied micro fine glitter from Glitter Ritz.  I goofed on this one and the shadow cut (brown) was stuck on upside down making the leaves go the wrong way....ooooops!  I kind of like how it turned out tho'!

This wreath was cut out in a very light aqua and then used the new Glitter Ritz colour Iced Mint I think it is.  Added sprigs of branch done with a MS punch.  The background was embossed.  Pearls were from the dollar store.

I've saved the best for last!  This is the one I love.  The background paper is a very light aqua and I'm not sure but it could be from Stampin' Up! years ago.  Once again I popped up parts of the leaves where the vein cuts were to give it dimension.  Spriggs of branch done with the MS punch and small white flowers from Michaels in the wedding section.  The sentiment is by Flourishes and the second half of it is stamped inside.... It's time for Mistletoe and Holly!

Thanks for looking and have a wonderful weekend!

Hugs,

Sheree

S.O.S. !!!

Happy Tuesday to all my Blogland friends! 

I'm in need of some help with this one!  When I was thinking about this card I thought up a CAS design but things always look different once they're on paper.  So... I'm at wits end as to what this card needs!  I tried the white flowers but it took away from the stamped image.  I tried ribbon but that just didn't work either!

My followers and the creators I follow are the most creative people I know.  Please feel free to critique this one and if you have any suggestions I'd appreciate every one!   If you can think of an embellishment, background paper or layout that would work better with this image... Let me know!

Here's a pic of the side view.  I had stamped the image twice with the top image embossed and cut out.   Using pop dots to secure the image, I set it off centre. 

Stamps Used:

Hero Arts & Stampin' Up! for the sentiment

Paper:       Unknown from stash

Pop Dots

Cricut:      George cartridge

Stampendous embossing powder

Bling:  Dollarama

Thanks for looking and have a wonderful work week!

Hugs,

Sheree

Update!!!

I would like to thank all of my creative friends for helping me out with this one!  My car couldn't get home quick enough so that I could play while cooking dinner.

Everyone's ideas were fabulous and I could picture them all in my mind.  The hard part was making my mind tell my hands what to do.  The idea of embossing the background paper is a fab one!  We all know what happens when one uses sukwang (sp?) tape?  It's stuck forever!  The next card along this line will defintely be embossed!

I brought out the bling (my craft drawers have more than I do in my dress up drawer) and played with different positions.  After measuring here and measuring there I finally ended up putting the gems under the sentiment.  I think it turned out okay.

My mojo comes and goes with my hot flashes.  Some days it's as if I have  clear tunnel from ear to ear!  haha!  Hopefully one day all the shorts in the wires will join correctly .. for now I just feel like the scarecrow!

Time to post another one I threw together last night as it was raining cats and dogs...

Thanks girls!

Sheree

Happy Easter

Hi Everyone!
Gee, here it is Friday night once again and it's looking like I don't have a life! Au Contrair (sp?)... I've got all my Blogland friends!!

This card is my entry into the Sketches With Heart #2 challenge at Heart Song Inspirations. I apologize to all the lovely girls there that I'm not using one of their digi images for my card!! I'm new to digi's and although I could download the file there was no way I was able to open it....so... When I have a few minutes this weekend I'll do some researching on the net as to what program I should use, etc. Until then.... I'm so sorry!

The stamp used was from Elzybells Art Stamps #E0085 Chick Trio. The dp's are from SEI and Keepin' It Real by Amy Hurley. I've been trying to use bits and pieces of my stash to fill in the rest. Ribbon is from WalMart and I made the glue dots myself in two sizes.  The circle and circle border were cut on the Cricut.

Yes, the image is kind of small for the sketch but I went through everything I had that was Easterish and it was either too big, or too small. Now it sounds like I'm talking about the three bears! I started putting it together last Sunday after seeing what our sketch for the week was.  This was one of those cards where you put it in a spot you'll see it a lot and you keep thinking... It's okay, It looks like heck, It looks spectacular, It needs a whole lot of something! These were only thoughts as I knew if I were to say them outloud for a few days people would wonder if I'm on 'crack!' The finished product was acheived after dinner tonight. I kept adding glue dots to fill in and make up for the small image. It's not my favourite but I made the deadline!

I can hardly wait to see the sketch for next week so I can find my mojo and brain cells that seemed to get away from me for the last 10 days.

Hope you all have a wonderful weekend!

Anniversary Card

Hi Everyone!

I was feeling creative last night and started playing with all of my 'stuff.' The Happy Anniversary stamp from Inkadinkado was purchased last month and then I really felt the need for the large Spellbinders so picked them up too! Seeing as the budget was now blown I wasn't able to pick up some awesome looking blue flowers so... I tried making my own as I had watched Tammy's tutorial last week! So... Hmm.. didn't have the right flower punch and ended up looking through my Cricut cartridges and found one sort of similar on the Accent Essentials cartridge (pg. 63). When I had them put together and curled they looked awesome! Thought I'd take it a bit further and used my Stampin' Up! watercolour crayons to deepen the colour of each petal towards the center. Once they were put together I added Diamond Stickles to all petals on the outside edges. The picture makes them look like cr#* and honestly... they really do look better here in front of me!
I embossed the stamped image with Stampendous Blue Tinsel on top of Stonewashed Blue ink. Tried using clear Versamark but the blue embossing was too transparant. The second layer was put through the CB with the paisley folder. The ribbon was done on the 'Bow Easy' with thin cream and a dark blue that I've had around since dinosaurs roamed the earth. The heart stick pin was purchased the other day. What a score! There were loads of them in cream and also red for $4.00 at The River Scrapbook Room in Campbell River! I picked up the webbed ribbon? at the same shop. The cream was just toooooo creamy so picked up Distress Aged Paper today (now I've REALLY blown the budget!) as they were out of Antique Linen. That seemed to do the trick and made the embossing stand out a lot better. Added pop dots here and there for dimension and there you have it!... My 'Out of my comfort zone' card! Using 3-D flowers and extra ribbon along with pins is foreign to me so even though it's not a perfect card... I'm on my way to getting there!
Thanks for looking and hope you all have a wonderful weekend!

Valentine #1

Well, here is my first upload to my Blog! This isn't the first card I've made but it's one I did up on the weekend while playing around.
The hearts are cut out with the Cricut and embossed with the Cuttlebug. Most papers are Stampin' Up! except for the plaid which is unknown. I've used popups under the hearts and plaid layer which may be a little hard to see. The heart brads and pink ribbon are from Michael's. The satin rose is from my stash circa 1992?
This card went through quite a few cuts and ammendments until I was somewhat happy. There was something else needed so the cream insert was extended past the rose and edged with the punch. The sentiment stamped inside is from Michael's as well.
Hope you like it and thanks for looking!