Showing posts with label Card - general. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Card - general. Show all posts

Sunday, September 2, 2012

Autumn Colors Blog Hop - Day 2 (September 2)

If you are here for the Halloween Spooktacular Banner Hop for Special Needs Kids, please click on this LINK. (We would appreciate your visit there, too!) 


Welcome back to Day #2 of the Krazy Crafting Crew's monthly hop. This month's theme is "Autumn Colors."

Yesterday, I showed you a card made with a lovely new designer paper by FarmHouse Paper Company called "Sugar Hill Autumn."  If the paper doesn't get you in the mood for the changing season, only the changing leaves and cooler weather will do it for you!

Today, let me show you another autumn project:

To make this card, I also started with a kraft card base. I stamped the RubberNecker large floral image slightly off-center, using Tsukineko Memento Tuxedo Black ink pad.  I then colored the flowers in the image using Copic markers. The sunflower seed packet image was cut from a piece of the FarmHouse Sugar Hill Autumn paper, distressed and edged in Memento Cocoa ink.  I adhered it using foam tape by XPress It. I made the rolled zinnia after cutting the template for it using Cricut's Art Philosophy cartridge and some Halloween scraps. The leaf is a silk leaf from my flower stash, glued onto the card using Aleene's Turbo Tack glue.  
 
Please do visit our hop hostess's site to learn more about the blog candy being offered this month. Our hostess for is Katina of "Loving Life's Little Blessings" blog. To continue on the hop full of Autumn's colors, hop on over to: ZENITA's fun blog! 



By the way,
have you seen the Halloween banners on the
Halloween Spooktacular Banner Hop
for Special Needs Kids? 

Can I tempt you with blog candy ....???  
Go on ... you want to!
 

 DeFiaNtLy DiFfeReNt & CreAtiVeLy Yours,

Friday, September 24, 2010

Dance, Sing, Live!

Hello, Friends!


It feels so wonderful when I have an hour or two to rub together like nickels in my pocket, so I can spend time creating in my Craft Loft. Tonight, I stole those hours -- somewhere after dinner, after watching some TV with Mr. Smiley, and before bed. Dishes? Ha! Something has to give!



Tonight I created this card with one of my favorite sayings. How often do we follow these instructions, to dance ... sing... live?


To make this card, I typeset the phrase using Adobe Illustrator and free fonts found online. I printed it out using simple black ink on white cardstock. Once trimmed, I inked the edges with my new Anna Griffin ink pads -- what a deal I got on those, 12 for $30 or so including shipping. They are in the most luscious colors! (See photo)


Next, I matted a brown liner on a premade white card, then added an additional two-tone liner for underneath the saying. I tied a bow from this handsome voile ribbon, wrapping it around the 2nd liner. Decorated with Jolee's stickers and voila!


Take time to enjoy these warm, Indian summer days. Dance, sing, live!