JUGS CHALLENGE

This week the challenge at JUGS is "WATER" - stamp, die cut or use water are all fine.  Have you ever done blowing bubbles on paper??? I've used watercolor paper and Bristol paper and both work well - you just need a heavy weight cardstock.  Here is a short video demo - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/opZK-szVjXM.  I used acrylic paints, a few drops of Dawn and not very much water - I've also used tube liquid watercolor, but acrylic is much cheaper.  Deep colors work best.  I've done this technique with my card class several times and it's always popular.

These are my two bubble colored pieces before I cut them out. 

I made a Z fold card using side panels embossed with Altenew's Curving Leaves folder and then Grand Dahlia flowers and leaves dies.  Will wait until I need a special card for someone before adding a sentiment.

I hope you like my inspiration card and will join in the challenge this week.  You have a week to design and enter. 

Crafty Hugs,

 

 

 

 

 

BOOKMARK CARD

On the second Tuesday of every month, I teach a card class at a senior living apartment complex.  Today we did a really easy card and with a little help everyone went back to their apartment with a pretty card to mail.

When I have a class, I precut everything so there's usually just gluing to do.  Today was really easy.  I had the base, polka dot piece, black piece for holding the bookmark and bookmarks precut.  The bookmarks were made from used greeting cards that I have collected.  I had 20 in the class (2 men and 18 women!!} so had about 40-50 bookmarks for them from which to choose.  Every bookmark was different.  Had a variety of narrow ribbons out also with scissors so everyone chose a bookmark and cut ribbon of color choice.  Measurements for the polka dot piece is 4" x 5 1/4", black piece is a little under 2 3/4" x 5 1/2" and the bookmark is 1 3/4" x 5" and all on a topfold A2 card base.

 

During National Library Week this past April, a group of us made just the bookmarks for about 350 kids at a nearby elementary school - used old greeting cards cut to size for this project too.

Crafty hugs,

 

 

WHITE ON WHITE

Vicki Dutcher from Just Us Girls Challenge contacted me recently and asked me to be the weekly guest designer for the month of August.  WOW!! What an honor and challenge!  I really have had to get those creative juices flowing!

The first week's challenge is Dies and Anything Goes.  Since flowers are my "go to" for creating, I went through my favorite Altenew florals and chose their Cape Marguerite dies. I intended to ink blend on them but couldn't decide on a color.  Put the flowers aside and did the background by die cutting a side fold card with Spellbinder's Essential Arches layered up with a smaller arched piece and all embossed with Altenew's Geo Steps.  Put this base together and began arranging the flowers (still not colored) and liked the white on white look.  Die cut some white leaves, put it all together and had my first ever white on white card.  Added white enamel dots and done!  I think this might be a future wedding card when needed.

I hope you like my inspiration card and will join in the challenge this week.  You have a week to design and enter.

Crafty Hugs,

 

 

ECLECTIC BLOOMS

A large set of Olo markers was given to me for my birthday and I put them to good use for today's card for the TicTacToe Challenge #298.  I went across the bottom with border, yellow and markers.  There's also a little sparkle in the flowers with tiny black gems and you might consider the arched card a fun fold.  I like to try and find ways of using multiple elements from the board in my cards.

 

I used Altenew's Eclectic Bouquet for my flowers and the embossed background. Spellbinder's Essential Arches dies were used to cut the card and the background piece. 

Hope you'll join in our challenge for the next two weeks!

Crafty Hugs,

 

SUMMER BLOOM

Rosanne has a great challenge for us today on the TicTacToe Challenge #296!  I went down the center with patterned paper, die cuts and 3D.  Those layering flowers dies from Altenew certainly made it easy to do the 3D and dies elements from the board.  I went thru my patterned papers and tried out a few before deciding on this one for my card.  I think it turned out to be a fun way for creating a flower.

I embossed the black background with leaves and mounted it on a piece of A2 cardstock desert storm.  The flowers and leaves are from Altenew - Grand Dahlia and Curving Leaves.  I'll add a sentiment when needed or maybe not at all!!
 

Hope to see your card in this fun challenge from Roseanne!

Crafty Hugs,