More Chocolate Please

I absolutely fell in love with Basic Grey's new Picadilly line, and new the rich, warm colors would be perfect for my fall projects. You know, something happens when you give a five year old chocolate (as you can tell from my pictures!)

Details:
Stamps, Creative Scraps: Crafty Secrets
Epoxies, Round Studio Tool 25, Round Studio Tool 14, Felt Flower: Epiphany Crafts
Papers: Basic Grey Picadilly
Dies: Cottage Cutz
Dew Drops: Robin's Nest
Crystal Lacquer: Sakura
Twine: The Twinery

Robin's Nest in Bloom

I love flowers any time of the year, and fall colors are some of my favorites. So here is a card perfect for this autumn season. The bold stamps that I used are from Wendy Vecchi, and were really fun to stamp on patterned papers from the Robin's Nest. Don't be afraid to alter your patterned papers - There's a whole new world waiting for you if you do!


Winter Retreat Dew Drops
Distressed Honeycomb
Fleur Tropicana
Red Snowflakes (back side)
Stencil Green

Challenges:
Stamp and Show: Wendy Vecchi style

Flower Soft Fall Fun

Flower Soft has such great color mixes - but sometimes I need to mix my own to get the right match for my project. To make the mossy, autumn forest floor, I started with Vintage Christmas and added Burnt Sienna and Earth in the Ultrafine. It really matched my papers from Best Creation perfectly, with this combo. For the center of my flowers, I added just a tiny pop of Sunshine Yellow.



Challenges:
CPS - sketch
Serendipity: Autumn

Clean and Simple for Fall

If you know me, you know, I'm really not a clean and simple kind of girl. But yesterday, my sister helped me get my garage cleaned out - and it felt so good, I was just in the mood to make a CAS project to celebrate - lol!

I love these trees from the Summertime Fun die set from Cottage Cutz. And, I think they look great dressed for fall too! After I assembled my trees, I added Autumn Flower Soft for my fall foliage.

Thanks for stopping by!

Challenges:
Mark's Finest Papers: Dots
Wee Memories: Technique

Creative Paperclay - How cool!

I have a really cool product to share with you today - it's called Creative Paperclay, and it's just like the name implies, it's a modeling clay, made from paper that dries to a hard but light weight material. There are just so many great ways that you can use this clay - my mind is just racing with ideas.

When I am making any kind of mixed media project - I'm all about layers. I want someone to look, and wonder how did she do that? So, if you noticed the really interesting medallion on my card, it started out as just plain, white Creative Paperclay.

I began by rolling out the clay, to about a 1/4" thick. I inked up a stamp from JustRite's Bon Voyage set, and stamped into the clay, with a firm but even pressure.

I allowed the clay to dry for several hours, so it was set, but still pliable, and I trimmed it to my oval shape. Then I allowed it to dry completely before starting the coloring process.

To add colors - your choices are unlimited. I sprayed mine with mist first to get a nice, solid base color. Then I added Smooch inks, Viva Decor gold, Distress Stains. I put small amounts of Stickles in some of the deep grooves, and smeared this thin with my finger. I let this dry completely. And I could have stopped here, but decided what if....?

So for my final step, I covered the medallion in Sakura Crystal Lacquer. This added some much depth. I love how it turned out. I ended up using my piece on a card, but it would be awesome for jewelry, home decor, tassels - it's so versatile!


And the final project!
If you would like to see all of the great modeling products that Creative Paperclay offers, be sure to check out their website. And to see what the design team is up to - be sure to follow the Creative Paperclay Blog.


Challenges:
Mojo Monday: Sketch
JustRite: Fall Festival

Free for (F)all - Anything Goes!

I know, I know...it's too early to be thinking about Christmas, but I wanted to make a card to show off some of the great Christmas papers that Kimm has gotten in at the Beary Scrap. For the next two weeks, our challenge is really easy - anything goes! So we would love to have you join in, and have your chance to win a $20 gift certificate to the Beary Scrap!

My card was made using the gorgeous and vintage My Mind's Eye Lost and Found Christmas paper pack. You know, I am a huge fan of the Lost and Found line - and this newest addition will not disappoint. I inked the edges with my trusty Distress ink. I added Epiphany Crafts 25 round epoxies to either side of my die cut to balance everything - and tied it all off with a seam binding bow. My ruffes were made with Tim Holtz tissue tape, and really added some nice dimension.

Challenges:
Ellen Hutson: Holiday Card Challenge
Card Patterns: Sketch

Scor-Pal Designer Challenge - Sweet Treats

Welcome to October! And that means a new challenge from the Scor-Pal DT. This month the theme is Sweet Treats. The challenge is open to interpretation -sweet images, packages for sweets, however you are inspired. Please be sure to add your entries over at the Scor-Pal blog, for your chance to win a fantastic prize. And speaking of prizes...

Already have a Scor-pal?? Already a Fan??

We'll then you have a chance to win a KINDLE!

All you have to do is create a project between now and Oct 31 and either post it on your blog and link it up on the fan page or post the image directly to the Scor-Pal Fan Page.

All entries will be entered into a drawing for a Kindle. You can enter as many times as you like but each project must be newly created.

For my Sweet Treats project, I made a Candy Corn container. This was really easy to make - and would be great to hand out a great treat for those very special trick-or-treaters. I found a candy template online - and just cut out two of them. I added Basic Glitter papers from Best Creation to add the right colors. Then I made a 3" square box, using my Scor-Pal. I glued the candy corn to the front and back - attaching with Scor-tape. I punched holes at the top to add my ribbon and tag (stamped from JustRite's Autumn Blessings) - Now, all I need is a little candy, and I'll be good to go!

Challenges:
JustRite: Fall Festival
Simon Says: Anything Goes

Give Thanks for Simple Blessings

Good morning! I realized I haven't posted any thing on my blog in several days - it's not that I haven't been busy creating (I just can't show you what I'm up to right now!) I am really blessed in so many ways - and love the sentiment I used on this card.

I was in the mood for fall, so I grabbed some Justrite Stamps (Autumn Blessings and Vintage Oval Labels) so that I could play along with their Fall challenge.I love how I can mix older Justrite stamps with the newer frames - It really gives me so many options! For my leaf bouquet - I cut oak leaves from the Tim Holtz Tattered leaves die, and shaded them with Art Institute Glitter. I "tied" the bouquet with seam binding, and added part of a felt flower from Epiphany Crafts and topped it with an epoxy made with the Shape Studio Tool Round 25.
I also added the smaller epoxies made with the Shape Studio Round 14 tool - around my stamped image.

Challenges:
JustRite: Fall
The Shabby Tea Room: Chevrons
Simon Says: Anything goes
Flourishes: Wacky World Card Making Day Challenge (Color Inspiration from your favorite cartoon character)

So Long Summer!

A couple of weeks ago, we took one final trip for the summer. It was a beautiful, warm weekend - and we finished it off with a paddle boat ride. I'm actually glad this summer is over - and am looking forward to many wonderful things this fall and beyond!

I used the Mischevious Papers from My Mind's Eye (although this certainly isn't a Halloween layout!) I inked all of the papers with Distress Ink. My flowers were stamped on vellum with the Sweet William set from Our Daily Bread Designs. Then I lightly sprayed them with Helmar Vellum Adhesive, and sprinkled them with glitter. My epoxies were all made with the Epiphany Crafts Studio, so that they matched my patterned papers.

Recipe:
Papers: Mischevious - My Mind's Eye
Stamps: Sweet William from Our Daily Bread Designs
Ink: Distress by Ranger
Adhesives: Helmar 450, Helmar V2 Vellum Adhesive
Epoxies, Vintage Settings: Epiphany Crafts - Shape Studio Round 14, Shape Studio Round 25
Mist: Moon Shadow Mists by Lindy's Stamp Gang
Ribbon: Seam Binding

Challenges:
Our Daily Bread: Scrapbook challenge with vellum
Helmar: Sketch
Simon Says: Dies to Die for
Simon Says Stamp and Show: Men Only

All Treats. No Tricks!

Fall is officially here! So now it's really time to get crafting all of those autumn inspired projects! I thought this Trick or Treat Puppy from CottageCutz was the cutest thing ever! And I also knew that my five year old nephew would love it - and would want lots of cards made for him with it! And of course, I was right.

I usually cut my images with colored and patterned papers, and piece them together. But, today, I decided to try cutting it from white cardstock, and coloring it with distress inks, like many of my teamies do. This was a really fun way to try - and I'm sure I will use it again. That is one of the really cool things about CottageCutz - there are so many ways to use them.

After I had my sweet puppy all pieced, I added a little Ultra Fine Flower Soft to make him kind of furry. It just made him that much more adorable!

Thanks for stopping by!

Challenges:
Simon Says: Dies to Die For
Cute Card Thursday: Sketch