Unity blog Hop

Hi everyone, I am joining in today with the Unity group on their blog hop.

I am guest hopping because my Susan K. Weckesser inspired tag won the Unity {be inspired} Challenge using the What's Up Gnomey? stamp set! You can see it here. It was an awesome prize package too, I cannot wait to get it!!

I love their challenge because you get to choose what style inspires you to be creative. There is a color challenge ( my favorite ), a card and a layout sketch challenge. Really, something for everyone!

This is my card ♥

I was inspired by the beautiful colors and used the Susan K. Weckesser stamp One of a Kind Winter { Christmas Campaign } to create my card. I stamped him once on the Kraft paper and then again on a piece of white paper. I cut out his little body and adhered it over the top of the stamped image.

I also love doodling and added some whimsical borders of my own using my Sakura Pigma Microns and Signo white pen.

I love that the Sakura Moon Glow pens show up so well on top of black ink! I colored in the fringe of his scarf and hat and also the buttons in a bright pink. The rest of his hat and scarf were colored in with Dylusions inks using a water brush. 

Make sure to leave lots of comments so that you can win an awesome hop prize from Unity Stamps!
I can't wait to hop along and see the awesome designs from the Unity team!

Guest Design - Die Cutting Divas

I want to thank all the Die Cuttin' Divas for letting be a guest diva! 
I have the crown to wear too...::insert royal wave::

Here is my project for the challenge
Winter Fun

I love taking other elements from the cartridges and mixing them up together, like the snow cap from page 48 and putting it on the squirrel from page 57. This little guy is layered, inked and popped up for added dimension and the snowflake is glittered and bejeweled for some added snap!

I just love the huge anime sized eye he has too!

Cricut -Winter Woodland cartridge, pp 48, 57

Frosted Designs December kit - sparkly felt, stickles, distress glitter, chipboard snowflake

Helmar - Liquid Scrap Dots

Frosted Designs Monday Inspiration - Embossing

Hi everyone, it's time for some Monday inspiration for the new Frosted Designs challenge!

 Our sponsor for this challenge is

  Molossi  

You can see what they have in store here,

They will be offering a 30.00 chipboard and bling pack to one lucky winner!!

I think wet embossing was one of my first techniques that I tried when I was first learning to scrapbook that both thrilled me and scared me, lol I can still remember my first failures at it, but unlike some things I use to do ages ago, ( like decorative scissors...ahem..) this is one that I still love to do. I still have my original heat gun too!

 I used 2 different styles of embossing, the first one is dry embossing where I ran a piece of my gelli print paper through my big shot with a leaf texture plate and then cut the leaves out by hand. The second type of embossing was wet, I stamped the sentiment and drew my faux stitching lines with an embossing pen and then heat set it with powder.

entering this in:

Creative Inspiration - Inspired by Anything Goes

Stampin' UP! - embossing buddy

Close to my Heart - embossing powder

Ink it Up! - white pigment ink

Zig - emboss writer

Sheena - embossing folder

Big Shot

Gelli Plate

American Crafts - flower

brad - misc.
Best Occasions - Textured stack

Blatherskite: noun

voluble nonsensical or inconsequential talk or writing; blather

pronunciation

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PaperSmooches - July 29- August 4th ANYTHING GOES challenge

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes

Creative Inspirations - Inspired by Anything Goes

 

 

Well, roasting smore's would make ME happy!

 I did a small amount of masking so that the smore's branch would appear to be in his mouth and a little bit of paper piecing to give the marshmallows some dimension.

Gelli print background

Paper Smooches - Happy Camper stamp set

Viva Decor - pearl pen ( branch )

Tulip - puffy Paint - ( leaves )

Helmar - Liquid Scrapdot ( marshmallow layer )

Faber Castell - PITT pen

Sheena - sentiment stamp

Ranger - Distress Ink

Eisensteinian: adjective

From Sergey Eisenstein (1898-1948) Russian

Think: montage, montage, montage.

This rounds out our top 10 words inspired by filmmakers

and again, this one isn't actually IN the Merriam-Webster dictionary

although they offer it up as a word!

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House of Cards - Shabby & Vintage

365 Cards - Day 202 - Super Sketchy Sunday

It's so nice to have a sketch to follow, takes all the stress away. 

Love the felt flower layered over the lace. 

DCWV - Shimmer Stack

Prima - butterfly paper

Martha Stewart - doily

Maya Road - felt flower

brad, lace - misc.

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Simon Says Monday Challenge Blog - Celebrate

Craftin Desert Diva's - Craft It Up & Link It Up Party #11 - Birthdays

Crafty Cardmakers -#96  Birthday

( The balloon is hand drawn. )

My Little Shoebox - stamp

StazOn Ink

Faber Castell - PITT pen

Ranger - Distress Stain

K&Co. - pattern paper
CARDSTV - sentiment stamp

Capraesque: adjective

From Frank Capra (1897-1991) American

Think: celebration and eventual triumph of the average guy, sentimentalism.

(Probably the first nonactor movie director to be known by the general public.)

pronunciation

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Paper Smooches - July 15-21 Cool Shades challenge

  

Craftin Desert Diva's - Summer Linky Party #10

I started my card off with a piece a watercolor paper, spritzed it lightly with water and then gave it one good shot of ink spray, took a paper towel and dabbed away the outside edges leaving me with a focal point for the camp fire.

 I was a little stumped at first with how to create the fire staying within the color parameters, because I wanted to add oranges and yellow to the flames. Then it hit me on the head like a bottle of V-8...paper piecing! So I stamped the image first on grey paper for the logs, then 4 more times for the flames. Cut out the flames and adhered them with LSD for dimension. I used the same pen to color them in, just layered the ink for different intensity levels.

The marsh mellows are paper pieced too, I wanted to make sure I had a piece of the cream white for the color scheme.

Paper Smooches - Happy Camper stamp set

Tattered Angels - Midnight Blue Glimmer Mist

Faber Castell - PITT pen, pale geranium lake ( pretty name for red, huh? )

Helmars - Liquid Scrapdots

Petunia Bounce - font

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cardabilities - Sketch #79-Design Team Reveal 

and

House of Cards - Classic & Elegant

also in:
Creative Inspirations - Inspired by: Ribbon and Bling
Moxie Fab - Tuesday Trigger

The water feature is reflecting an arc of light across the picture, I should know better than to photograph out there in the afternoon. I will replace the picture tomorrow with a better one.
UPDATE: New picture, goes to show you that it is important to pay attention to what time of day is the best time to take photos!

DCWV - Homespun Card Stack, glitter paper
Prima - Candy Gems Carmel Apple
Helmar - 450

Hitchcockian: adjective

From Alfred Hitchcock (1899-1990) British-American
Think: nail-biting suspense, droll humor, cool patrician blondes.
(One of the few directors who was able to "brand" himself with the American public.)

pronunciation
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Delightful Inspiration - FREE Digital Stamp of the Month Challenge
Inkspirational - Challenge #28

I printed the lady bug twice so I could give her more dimension, to look like she flew up there on the easel to paint some flowers that she likes. I figured since she is a lady bug she would paint black dots much like her own to decorate with.

Sakura - Glaze pens
Reminisce - dot paper
Faber Castell - PITT pens

So here's wishing you a dot filled day!
 I haven't a clue what that means either...

comely: adjective

pleasurably conforming to notions of good appearance, suitability, or proportion

 having a pleasing appearance : not homely or plain

pronunciation
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Inkspirational - #25

Eclectic Paperie - E-Team Picks Challenge - Monochromatic

All the major work on this card was done on the background. I think sometimes I can get more wrapped up when creating my own paper than the actual design of the card itself. Anyhoo....I first used Broken China along with water, spritzing, and drying, but it still was too dark. So after I finally achieved what I hope for will pass as a sky, I let it thoroughly dry and then sprayed it with my Archrival Varnish and let that dry. Then, I went over the background with a white wash to soften it up somewhat. Stamping the image and sentiment was the easiest part. ;)

Ranger - Distress Stain

StazOn - ink

Hero Arts - branch and bird stamp

Our Daily Bread - sentiment

Golden - Archival Varnish

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Cute Card Thursday - # 274 - In the Summertime...

Little Scrap Pieces - Fun Friday Summer Luvin' Challenge

Delightful Inspiration - i {heart} card sketches no. 23

I colored my cool cat in with some distress stains, added a little stickle to the center of the flower on his sandals....done. :) 

Creative Imagination - pattern paper

Hambo - cool cat digital stamp

Ranger - Distress stains, stickles

Faber Castell -PITT pens

Really Reasonable Ribbon

Helmar - 450

harangue: noun

 

 speech addressed to a public assembly

 

a ranting speech or writing

 

 lecture

 

pronunciation

 

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Hello to all my lovely WOYWW friends, let me first say THANK YOU to everyone who has gone over to my Journal of a Lazy Dieter and left me a little "like" to show your support. Ya'll are super sweet! ♥ ( You can find the tab with links up at the top of the page. )

Today's WOYWW is brought to you by the "Floor of Shame"...enjoy! Digging out all my dirty laundry to share with you today! lol

I'll be over to snoop around....get the tea ready!



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A color challenge over at Paper Smooches - Cool Shades Challenge

 

The small square background was created with distress sprays, which I sprayed onto a piece of wax paper and then pressed my watercolor paper onto and let dry. And the little seahorse was colored first with distress markers and then filled in with liquid pearls and stickles.

 

Paper Smooches - Surf and Turf stamp set
Ranger - Liquid Pearls-buttercup, stickles- Lagoon, Lime, Baby Blue ,distress markers-Broken China, Dylusional sprays-Fresh Lime, Vibrant Turquoise, Lemon Zest
Really Reasonable Ribbon
Faber Castell - PITT pen
Reminisce - pattern paper

exiguous: adjective

 excessively scanty : inadequate

pronunciation

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Paper Smooches - Anything Goes

Simon Says Stamp - Happy Mail

Inkspirational - #18 color challenge ( peach, grape, olive )

Moxie Fab - The Wonder of Watercolor Challenge

For anyone who thinks they cannot use digital stamps because they have the wrong kind of printer ( me ) ....this is what I do. I print out the image and use my light box to trace over it with a waterproof pen and then color the image in. Of course, this can be done best with a simple design, nothing too complicated. 

I gave the background a light blue grey wash of color, then painted in the balloons. Next I laid my water color paper over the printed digital image and traced. I drew the image in 2 steps, the squirrel was first: angled a little bit, then tilted my paper back a little so the word hi would be a straighter. Next, I outlined the balloons...finis!

Kim Hughes  - Paper Smooches free digital stamp

Ranger - Distress Ink

Faber Castell - gelatos and PITT pen

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Crafty Steals - Third Thursday Sketch Challenge

I added some Distress Stain to this chipboard star and I love how it looks like suede!

Maya Road - star chipboard
 traveling typewriter - font
Prima - Gear pattern paper
Copics - marker
Balsam wood, remaining papers - from stash bin
Ranger - Distress Stain

Hope you had fun yesterday for NSD...did you scrap? I got a few things done!

redaction: noun

an act or instance of preparing something for publication

 an act or instance of obscuring or removing something from a document prior to publication or release

 edition, version

pronunciation

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Craftin Desert Diva's - #5 Use a Pun

Moxie Fab -  The Wonder of Watercolor challenge

Did a little ombre coloring for type writer paper by first cover the it with water and then starting with red watercolor at the bottom and yellow at the top and blending the top down to the bottom. Then after it dried I ran it through the printer for the punny sentiment.

Love the colored typewriter keys! I used my box of Bruynzeel water color pencils to color in the top of each key, mixing the colors as I went along to get a color wheel type effect.

The typewriter was a clip art image that I printed out and since my ink from my printer is not compatible with water, I just went with the flow ( another pun, lol ) I used the ink to shade the typewriter, I think it turned out pretty cool. 

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Allie Gower from My Card Party made my day by making me this!

So that's the closest I'll ever get to having Ryan Goslin say my name!

She also made this FB header for my page too!

And she made my watermark..how do you like it?

I can't get over how easy it is to use!

 I highly recommend her, she is extremely talented!

Watermark by MyCardParty

She has a ½ coupon good through April 19th

MAY42013

xenophobia: noun

 fear and hatred of strangers or foreigners or of anything that is strange or foreign
pronunciation
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Cute Card Thursday - #265 Cakewalk
CARDZ TV - #28 Cute as a Button

Do you think a sticker has to stay in the way it was made? Or do you like to alter them? I buy sticker sheets for usually about ½ of them, and then have leftovers that use to drive me crazy because I felt I wasn't getting my moneys worth...now I love the left over stickers because I can play with them, change them up, alter them and it's fun!

 

Tip 'o the Day!

 Here, I had used half of this sweet little glittered flower border and had a portion left over so I used my hole punch to remove those flowers and put them on the cupcake as sprinkles. And if you look at the tag itself, those cute little bees were all cute out from the sticker sheet. ( I do recommend placing the stickers on a piece of paper before cutting, makes it very easy then. ) That big Happy Birthday sticker is another one I changed up, it was too big for the tag so I removed an element and then ran a line of stickles around it to hide where it was cut off.

So, alter..or leave in your scrap pile in case you might need it one day...which way do you roll?

 

Viva - Pearl Pen

Little Yellow Bicycle - striped paper, bees, sticker sentiment

Ranger - stickles

candy buzz - font

Cricut - Rock Princess, p. 77 ( cupcake )

Stretch Your Imagination, p. (tag )

Zig - marker
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Fantabulous Cricut - #156 April Showers
Chocolate,Coffee, & Cards - #37 Download

Sketch as is on left, and flipped on right

 

As you can tell I chose to flip the sketch over;

The umbrella was cut out of chipboard and then the handle was cut off so I could lift the canopy up for some dimension using Liquid Scrap Dots. Added some faux stitching to the canopy.

Cricut - Everyday Paperdolls, p. 42

My Little Shoebox- pink cloud

American Crafts - felt flowers

felt flower brads - misc.

Copic

Zig Writer

Assorted sprays

Fiskar - embossing plate

Petunia Bounce - font

Helmar - Liquid Scrapdots, Gemstone Adhesive