Poppies

Welcome Back Everyone

My last post showed a class sample from my Techniques class that I taught last Saturday. The technique was Coloring using Colored Pencils and Gamsol.. I just have to share another sample from that class.

Here is a close up of the image.

This stamp is from Stacy Stamps and as a lover of poppies I absolutely love this image.In coloring this, I chose to use more of the oranges instead of the vibrant reds that you typically see for poppies. I used 4 or 5 different colors in the blossom.  I also added some of the orange/red color to the bud to try to make it more lifelike. Hope you have enjoyed this card.

I have another class this Saturday and we will be making masculine cards. Seems that we all have a hard time with that theme. I will share those cards with you next week. I think you will like them.

Thanks for stopping in today. 

                                    Hope you have a wonderful day

                                                                                I will be back soon. 

I am submitting this in the following challenges:

• Artistic Inspirations - Challenge 74 Anything Goes and/or Feminine (#66)
  
• Card Mania - Challenge #38  (Week 1) Anything Goes (#137)
• Crafty Boots -  (Week 2) Anything Goes (#239)
• Creative Creations Challenge Blog -  (Week 2) Anything Goes (#122)
• Digi Sketch Challenge - 2W - (Week 2) Sketch* and/or Theme: Flowers (#54)
• Imagination Crafts -  Challenge 7 (January) Anything Goes (#34)
• Lexi's Creations - Challenge 107  2W - (Week 2) Anything Goes (#163)
• Love to Scrap - Challenge 21 -(Week 2) Anything Goes (#143)
• Make it Monday -#174 - Always Anything Goes (#116)
• My Craft Creations -   Always Anything Goes (#75)

Roses

Hi Everyone
Saturday I taught a class at Simply Said Rubber Stamps in Loveland Ohio. My class was a techniques class that focused on using colored pencils to color . I love coloring with colored pencils. Using gamsol and stumps to blend the colors is such an easy way to color and I wanted to teach the students how easy it really is. You can even layer colors which can add additional interest and depth to your image. Have you ever tried coloring that way? If not, give it a try. Let me share with you one of the cards that I used as a class sample.

Here is a closer view of the roses and the coloring.

There are so many coloring agents available today and this is just one of them, one that is such an easy way to color. Try it, you may like it.

Supplies I used:

Stamps - Just Rite Stamps With Sympathy

Pencils - PrismaColor

Gamsol

Glitter

Pearls - Fab Scraps

Spellbinders Die - Octagon 

Punch - Fiskars

Ribbon

Bow Maker - Craft-Dee BowZ

I am submitting my card in the following challenges-

• Challenges 4 Everybody - Challenge #37 Anything Goes (#322)
• Dragonfly Dreams 1st  Challenge Thoughts of Summer (#13)
• Lacy Sunshine -  #24 Digi available.  (2nd Week) Anything Goes (#87)
• One Stitch At A Time - #195 Starting New (#16)
• Robyn`s Fetish - CHALLENGE # 194 - No Pattern Paper/Card Stock only (#16)
• Sunday Stamps - (1st week)- SSC67 It's a pop of Pink (#5)
• The Corrosive Challenges - Challenge #190 (2nd week) New Beginnings (#46)  

I will be back soon, have a great week.

Warmest Wishes

Hi Everyone,

 Thanks for stopping in today. Let me share a nostalgic trip back in time.Back in the late 50's and in the 60's winters were generally colder for longer periods of time and we had much more snow.When I was a kid, I loved going ice skating on a lake about a mile from my house. On weekends we'd all get together and go skating and build a fire and have a blast. So when I spied the skates die from Tim Holtz/Sizzix, that really brought those memories back home.And of course I had to have those.

Here is the card I made with those memories in mind.

Those skates behind the card are a decorative wooden pair I bought years ago at a craft fair. Couldn't pass them up, they are so nostalgic. BTW, I still have my skates from my teen years and they still fit. Now I am not so sure I could skate today, though. LOL

 The  bow I made for this card has 3 loops on each side of the knot and after I fuss with it a minute or two, the bow becomes really fluffy. I thought a fluffy bow would be the perfect addition to this card.Using the Craft-Dee BowZ tool makes bow making a snap!!! Whether you make a tiny bow or a large bow, for a card or to use on a gift, the Craft-Dee BowZ tool is your best friend in bow making terms.

Components I used on this card:

Dies  -Ice Skates  Sizzix/Tim Holtz, Circle Spellbinders, Striped Mittens - Memory Box Precious Mittens

Embroidery Floss - for laces on skates

Stamped Sentiment - Heartfelt Creations - Christmas Sentiment Circles

Paper/Card Stock - Cream Card Stock, White Card Stock, Vellum, DCWV (used under vellum), Silver CS for skate blades

Ink - Distress Ink Chipped Sapphire

Ribbon

Bow Maker - Craft-Dee BowZ tool

I am entering my card in the following challenges:

·         Craft It Up & Link It Up Linky Party by Craftin Desert Divas – Party #22  Winter

·         Crafty Boots -  (Week 1) Anything Goes

·         Creative Creations Challenge Blog –Challenge 7-  Anything Goes

·         Imagination Crafts - (January) Anything Goes

·         Kaboodle Doodles –Challenge 205- Let It Snow

·         Lexi's Creations – Challenge 107- Anything Goes

·         Love to Create - #97 - Blue + Bling (Winter)

·         Love to Scrap - #21 - (Week 1) Anything Goes

·         Make it Monday - #173 Always Anything Goes

·     Make My Monday - Embossing

·     My Craft Creations - Always Anything Goes

Happy New Year

Hi Everyone,

Welcome to the new year!.2014, I can't believe it. Another year gone and another new year starting.

Here is a quick post showing a card I made tonite. I used my Craft-Dee BowZ bow making tool to get the bow to look just right. The blue ribbon has wired edges and that really is my favorite type of ribbon. This bow is a double loop bow.

The January challenge has started at Craft-Dee BowZ. So if you are a challenge lover, click here  to enter the challenge for the month.The theme is the same every month - Anything Goes with a Handmade Bow. This months prize is 25 yards of yummy ribbon.

Here is a little inspiration for you.

Here is a closer view of the bow.

Items Used on this card:

Craft-Dee BowZ - Bow making tool

Heartfelt Creations - Decorative Leafy Frame Die, Vintage Floret Frame

Spellbinders - Embossibilities 

Paper/Card stock - Vellum, White Card Stock, Green Card Stock

Ribbon.

Inks/Coloring - Stamped in Fresco Giovanni's Garden, Colored using Derwent Inktense pencils

Gamsol  & Stumps - used for blending colored pencils

Sentiment is computer generated

Have a Happy New Year and I'll be back soon.