Last layout for this week. Another from my trip to Wisconsin with sister Chrissie to visit the Mothership. We visited the Club Scrap Headquarters in Greenville for some champagne shopping. The entire West Coast Scrap group of gals posed together in front of the sign.
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Another layout from our wonderful trip to Wisconsin. This one covers the DELICIOUS Chocolate party we had in Diane’s room on the first day of Retreat. I’m still thinking about that table of chocolate.
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This week Nancy of Squirrely Art chose the Neutral Shadows technique from the February 2011 Technique Junkies newsletter. I also shamelessly copied a card Nancy had already posted using a beautiful stamp from Be Wonderful. Couldn’t let pass the opportunity to CASE her work of art. Problem is, I couldn’t stop with one. Had to make three different color ways. Hope you enjoy.
It is now Week 33 of the Compendium of Curiosities Challenge at Studio L3. This week our technique is Altered Metal Alcohol Inks on Page 56 of Tim Holtz’s book.We are nearing the end of this experience. Whatever will I do with my time when it’s over?
Whew! Another week of PSL under our belts. I don’t know what I was thinking signing up for two teams because I simply cannot compete. Here are four more cards I whipped up right before the deadline for this week’s challenge: Art Medium. Only managed to eak out one layout this week. Next week, I intend to focus more on layouts and cut back on the cards. I seriously want to finish my Wisconsin scrapbook during PSL.
I set a goal to make Christmas cards all year, this year, to avoid that year-end pressure in mid-December. Here are four.
Card base from Club Scrap (of course), the Framed Gatefold cards. The technique on the panels is Wrinkle Free Distress with the addition of homemade Perfect Pearl Spray and imprinted with inkjet digital images from Club Scrap’s Joyful kit. Text stamp from Retro kit. Snowflake brads from my ancient stash. Thanks for looking.
Another Squirrely Challenge with my friend Nancy. I am actually finished early this time. The technique is from the February 2011 Technique Junkies newsletter and is called Faux Barn Wood. It’s a cool technique and not too difficult, if you have a little patience or time, which I don’t. So I used a heat tool to dry it quickly. I’d like to try it again and allow the layers to dry naturally.
Club Scrap Cardstock: Apothecary card base, Gratitude red bird
Embellishments: Stamp used: Lotus Pond un-mounted stamp, bird cut with Silhouette, Magic Mesh
Challenge element: Technique Junkies Faux Barn Wood technique used on panel, Distress ink used on edges
This is my long overdue Squirrely Challenge from my friend Nancy. This one is from the December 2010 Technique Junkies newsletter. All cardstock and stencils from Club Scrap.
Challenge element: Versamark stencil technique from Technique Junkies used on left side utilizing flames from Americana Lady Liberty stencil and embossing powders, Polynesian fish stencil used on right side with embossing powder
This was a wonderful experience for my sister Chrissie and me in Door County after a long day of photographing lighthouses. The fish boil was exciting and the Michigan Whitefish was melt-in-your-mouth delicious. Another memorable day on our trip to Wisconsin.
Supplies used: Club Scrap cardstock: Blues from Framed (Centennial design), Concrete Jungle and Varsity, yellow and orange from Rhapsody and stencils from Americana and Polynesian
We are up to Week 32 of the Compendium of Curiosities Challenge at Studio L3. The technique is Inking and Stamping Masks on page 59 of Tim Holtz’s educational book.
Card base is from Club Scrap’s All That Jazz Greetings to Go kit. The panel was created using the Wrinkle Free technique with Distress Inks. The Hand in Hand stamp by Michael Strong was masked for the challenge technique.
This sketch is from the artists at Midnight Madness.
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All cardstock from Club Scrap kits: Surf's Up base, Expressions panels, Stratosphere mats and strips
Embellishment: All edges inked Distress Inks, Martha Stewart edge border punch, bling and ribbon from stash,
Challenge element: Stencil from Solstice used with watercolor crayons - negative image on white panel
In the heat of PSL now so I’m trying do multi-task by using Challenge Sketches for my cards. This one is from Mojo Monday and it’s the first time I’ve participated in their challenge.
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All cardstock from Club Scrap kits: Surf's Up base, Expressions panels, Stratosphere mats
Embellishment: Expressions Cutaparts, all edges inked Distress Inks, Expressions ribbon, bling from stash colored with Bic Mark-its
Challenge element: Stencil from Solstice used with watercolor crayons - negative image on white panel
These are my first two entries in the PSL Layout gallery this season. Buckle your seatbelts. You will be seeing a lot of layouts in the coming weeks. At least, I hope you will.
These are both layouts about my recent trip to Wisconsin with my sister Chrissie at Making Impressions.
The one above covers our SECOND trip to the Club Scrap Headquarters on our return to Neenah. And the one below features the little Hyundai Accent we rented for our road trip.
Nearly all supplies from Club Scrap. Kits used include Memoirs, Road Trip, Road Trip Remix, Destinations, Refresh, Sparkle and Sonoma.
Thanks for looking.
This week, Nancy at SquirrelyArt and I challenged each other to make a card using the Glitter Gel Window technique from Technique Junkies. This was one of my resulting cards. I love the look of it, the little window with bling.
Supplies used: All supplies except the glitter are from Club Scrap. Cardstock from Freedom and Memoirs kits, Digital heart image from Love, Inkorporated, Dot stencil from Fizz. Translucent embossing paste from Dreamweavers. Glitter from Martha Stewart.
Tools used: Cuttlebug from Provocraft and Label die from Spellbinders.
Thanks for looking.
Okay. We are up to Week 30 at the Compendium of Curiosities Challenge at Studio L3. The technique is Altered Metal with Paint on page 48 in Tim Holtz’s guide. Are you worn out yet? I am started to feel a little frayed.
For my Valentine I also used sketch MMSC #89 from Midnight Madness.
I realize this card is very similar to my Valentine posted last week, but it is, indeed, different, with several additional techniques used.
Supplies used: All cardstock from Club Scrap, (used red and pink scraps from Fizz, Let Me Count The Ways, overskirt and border web ribbon is from Vogue, skirt belt is from Bistro). The dressform and pearl-lobed ovals were cut on my Silhouette. Glitter is Sugar Cube from Martha Stewart. The cracked glass embossing folder is from Tim Holtz through Sizzix. Skirt is organza ribbon from stash. The Compendium Challenge is met on the dressform stand which is a Grungeboard hinge (thanks to sister Chrissie for that idea!) from Tim Holtz covered with metal flashing tape, colored with Bic Mark-it and Paint Dabber (Pearl) from Ranger. Also used Distress Inks from Ranger to alter the color of the cardstocks.
Thanks for looking.
