Alice In Wondeland - Blogger's Challenge #151 Red, Teal and Curry

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Hello bloggers and readers...Yes I'm late, I'm late, for the Blogger's Challenge.  This beautiful stamp set, depicting Alice in Wonderland,  is a set  from Artistic Outpost called Wonderful Collage.

This week's challenge was to use the colors Red, Teal and Curry...be sure to stop by HERE and view  other blogger players's  wonderful and creative ideas using this color combo.

The background on this card, is my rendition of Technique Junkies creative techie called Splatter, you can find this technique in the Subscription issue of June 2009.

I used  Ranger Alcohol inks from the Tim Holtz collection called Wild Honey, Tumbled Glass and Barn Door. 

I design for a wonderful store called Scrapbookingfanatics...this is the place you can find  Ranger Products and the Tim Holtz Collections line.

If your are interested in certain products and cannot find them in the store site, simply e-mail Jayme HERE with your requests.

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Blogger's Challenge #137 Color Challenge: Red/Black/White

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Good day to my faithful readers. It's Friday and that means time for blogger's challenge. Our list mom, Lisa Sommerville gave us a color challenge for this week. We are to incorporate the colors of Red, black and white in what we crafting . You can click HERE to view more artistic creations of other challenge players.

I found this challenge somewhat limiting me due to my recent hand surgery and really wondered what I could create. Lucky for me, synchonocity was on my side, as the first container of patterned paper I opened contained all the goodies I needed and there was the perfect photo just laying on top.

This layout is special to me, as it represents the amusing entertainment that occurs when we get together as a family. The photo was taken at Christmas of my daughter, (who was getting very tired of being pregnant)....She and her grandmother were performing for us, having fun comparing the size of their stomachs...My little mother is so much fun.

The large black matt was cut from my Cricut Machine, I believe it was the Home Accents cartridge.

The flowers in the corner are manufactured by Prima - Alabaster in the Abby line and also Fiesta. I love how it matches the design in my daughter's blouse.

The rhinestones are form Heid Swapp: Ruby Accents and Crafts: Rhinestones.

The red, black and white Cardstock is from Stampin Up

The background was distressed to subdue the brightness of the white cardstock and provide more color harmony by using grey and red Stampin Up Pigment inks.

Stampin Up's Scratch Background stamp and their distress wheels are just perfect for the grungy look. In the past I would habitually distress my backgrounds by hand via swiping the cardstock with inkpads; I love these stamps to achieve this process..

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Blogger's Challenge #120 Sketch

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Welcome to #120 of Blogger's challenge week. Take a boo over HERE to see what other players created using Lisa Somerville's sketch.

I am using a scrapbook layout....need to get those pictures scrapped. This page is of my grandson, who loves the outdoors and his bike. I found it a little hard to follow the sketch exactly, and aligning the circle to the right made it much easier to use the picture for my focal point. The larger letters are just perfect as borders and embellishing around the photo. I love to embellish using word-art on my layouts for the male gender.

The word-art are was die cuts from an electronic machine and patterned paper from another craft source.

Cardstock is from Stampin Up: Red Riding Hood Red (retired), Tempting Turquoise, Pumkin Pie, Real Red, Old Olive.

Ink: sponged edges of cardstock and word 'OUTSIDE' with Craft Black. I distressed the background red Cardstock with a a retired distressing wheel by Stampin Up using white craft ink. This is a technique I use when I want to subdue the brightness of my color.

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Embossed Foil/Tin with Ranger Alcohol Inks

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This card was one of my "firsts" embossing on Tin...I was so inspired by a Card that Ranger- Group member Evelyn Spikes did on Tin Foil. Evelyn really rocked this technique. Click Here to see a photo gallery of the beautiful creations by Evelyn Spikes..wow the third card in the top row is the card that I tried to case the technique

I used the Provo Craft Embossing Folder on the Cuttlebug machine, called Floral Fantasy
on tin foil.

I daubed with Ranger Applicator and the New Brights - Ranger Alcohol Inks gently onto the foil...oohhhh they are so bright and vibrant..I allowed each color to dry between applications.

Next step, was using Ranger Archival Ink pad...I very slightly and gently grazed the raised embossing with ink and then heat embossed with clear powder.

This was also my first attempt using the Fragments by Tim Holtz...thanks to the gals on the Ranger group for all your help. I applied the alcohol inks onto the fragments, grazed with glossy accents and applied white cardstock to the fragement..This helps to pop out the color.

The " J " is Tim Holtz alpha grunge, this is a very addiciting product and equally mezmorizing is the pigment inks and the stickles...BEWARE OF THIS PRODUCT...lol

Stop by Tim's Blog HERE to see some awesome Tutorials.

Hope my grandaughter enjoys her birthday card.

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Friends 24-7

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I am finally getting around to trying out my new Stampin Up Stamps. "Friends 24-7" stamp set is going to be one of my favorites.
And...I am excited about the Salutation set "Oval All" in the Occassions Mini.. I used up a huge stash of scraps and prestamped and punched Greetings for future cards.
My next adrenal rush was using the new Texture Plates by Sizzix and the Birds and Branches Sizzlets Decorative Strips dies..I love my Big Shot machine, especially for mass production projects. I have a Cricut Expression also and use both machines equally but for different reasons.
Stampin Up's new Eyelet Border Punch is another " I must have"...punches with nice crisp cuts on Stampin Up Cardstock. A saving grace for adding elegance to your cards.

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Happy Easter Everyone

Simply Perfect

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Here is a Scrapbook layout of one of my grandsons when he was brand new to the world. I had a difficult time, as always, coming up with an idea for journaling; but, the picture says it all.."Simply Perfect".

I had a lot of fun editing in my new Adobe Lightroom program, if only I could remember how I added the three-D butterflys.

The Scrapbook Patterned Paper is by Sassafralass, the series called Branch Out. The chipboard letters are Thickers by American Crafts. I cut out the owl from the paper and masked it with Black Cardstock from Stampin Up. I found the owl was disappearing into the business of the paper. I love to use this technique when I want to place emphasis on a specific piece of the Patterned Paper.

Stop by the link I provided, this company has some yummy paper.


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Bloggers Challenge #86 Valentines

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Welcome to this week's Blogger's Challenge. Click here to see more wonderful works featuring the theme of Valentine's Day.

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And just to feast your eyes on some awesome talent, take a boo over to Artistic Oupost Blog.
Some very WOW talent on this blog.

I labored, over what to make, for this challenge. I love, love these vintage/nostalgic images from "Artistic Outpost". I have several of their sheets and love the quality of the rubber and perfect impressions.

These images evoke fond memories of my childhood days..the little gal reminds me of the " Campbell's Soup" girl.

The cardfront was done on white cardstock and completed as one layer only. I used a masking technique for the circles and the girl image. Inks were applied with sponges using Stampin Up's New In-Colors.

For the background I simply swiped leftover inks from my painting wells, onto white Cardstock. Next, I applied different mediums to acquire an old Vintage look using gesso and white craft ink. I completed this background using Black craft and a texture stamp by Stampendous.

Happy Valentine's Day

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Serenity

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My first experimental attempt at using Shimmerz paints. The left hand portion of the card and the Oriental Image are hand painted with the Shimmerz paints.


Although you cannot see the shimmer, it is stunning and so vibrant. If you live in Canada, Elaine Seip of Integrity Designs, carries these fabulous glitter paints.



The Foral Background stamp is from Stampin Up Bella Toile. The images with Oriental writing and the beautiful lady are by Innovative Stamp Creations.


Technique I used to color the background and stamp behind the image was done by using a masking technique.
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Connie