Another week of blogland fun:
Have a tremendous Thursday!
When I was out of town with my sister, a co-worker needed a sympathy card. She shared that my stash of sympathy cards that I keep at the office was subsequently depleted, so I needed to make a few to restock my stash.
I like to use silhouette images in masculine tones, so they will work for any occasion. For the first one I used both the images and sentiment from Cathy Zielske's Silhouette Sentiments with Simon Says Stamp. I used Catherine Pooler's Ginger ink on a kraft card base.
I'm linking that card up at the Simon Says Stamp Anything Goes Challenge.
For the second one, I used a lighter kraft card base with the same Ginger Ink and a larger silhouette image from Simon Say Stamp Wildflowers with a sentiment from Simon Says Stamp Wild & Free Flowers.
With all of the leaves in my silhouette image, I'm linking this one up at the Leaves Challenge at CAS on Sunday.
I just returned from Sisters' Weekend 2024 in Kansas City. One of the fun things we did was take a journey down The Rabbit Hole. While it was more for children, my sister and I are both children at heart and lovers of classic books, so we knew we would love it (and we did). It was truly magical.
You start by descending through The Rabbit Hole - a grotto built with books with phrases from Alice in Wonderland embedded into the walls. You come out into a magical land of books. But first, we stopped in the bathroom where this talking guy greeted us from one of the stalls.
It was hard to pick a favorite, but Shel Silverstein's Where the Sidewalk Ends was certainly right up there.
And of course, we couldn't resist having a little fun.
We couldn't get over how spot-on each scene was ... staying so true to the book's illustrations.
In each scene there were multiple copies of the book being featured and fun little nooks and benches where children could sit and read.
There was so much laughter and fun in this space.
So many wonderful childhood reading memories returned as we enjoyed the lovely space.
It was a lovely way to spend our afternoon.
It was a wonderful way to spend time with my sister.
It's amazing that a place like this exists. I hope all of the kiddos there have equally wonderful reading memories when they grow-up.
We're getting Sketch-y at Jingle Belles this week.
I used a Doodlebug Tag for my focal element & paired it with another sentiment cut from one of their papers.
I can't wait to see what you make with my sketch.
Another week of fun in blogland:
Have a tremendous Thursday!
The September Challenge at Pinkfresh Studio is to use Wreaths and Leaves on your project.
I started with two wreaths cut from the Pinkfresh Studio Holiday Elements Washi Tape. I cut one of the wreaths in half and positioned it over the second wreath. Next I added the die cut poinsettia from the same Washi Tape and added some gold enamel dots.
I positioned my wreath on gorgeous paper from the Pinkfresh Studio / AlteNew Celebrate collaboration paper pad (which adds even more leaves to the overall design).
I finished with a gold die cut sentiment from Pinkfresh Studio Holiday Sentiment Ephemera.
At Shopping Our Stash, the newest prompt - I'm LEAF-ing it Up to You - is all about creating with LEAVES.
I started by foiling the Gina K. Designs Thankful Leaves with Therm-o-Web Peach Princess Foil and cutting them with the coordinating Dies. Next, I used the same Peach Princess Foil with a Black Toner Card Front to create my foil-covered metallic cardstock. I'm also joining the Gina K. Designs Monthly Mix Challenge to make your own metallic cardstock.
I attached the leaves (using foam tape for some to add dimension) and finished with a sentiment from Gina K. Designs Spring Tulips.
I used another Black Toner Card Front together with the negative of the leaves and die cut them with the coordinating dies for another Gina K. Designs #monthlymixchallenge card.
I mounted them on cardstock de-bossed with the Gina K. Designs Lattice Embossing Folder and finished with some gems and a different sentiment from Gina K. Designs Spring Tulips.
I'm also linking-up at the Cut It Up Colors of Fall/Autumn Challenge, and I'm joining Paperminutes Autumn Challenge.
I'm not sure how I never realized there is a monthly Challenge in the Share Handmade Kindness Facebook Group. It's based on one of Jennifer Maguire's past technique videos, and this month it is on using Designer Paper.
Since she used Memory Box papers in her video, I pulled out my papers and used them for this week's Freshly Made Sketch. As she suggested, I inked around the edges of my trees and added foam tape for dimension and contrast.
The Memory Box Challenge for September is Foliage - Trees or Leaves, so it works both with my leafy papers from Memory Box Garland and my triangle Christmas Trees. Sentiment is Memory Box Christmas Tiles. I finished with a scattering of bling.
I belong to Sande Poema's Cardmaking Group on Faceback where she provides lots of inspiration and some fun printables. This is the Color Challenge inspiration this week.
I adore those colors, so I used them for today's GelliArts #abcprintingchallenge V is for Vegetable. I wasn't sure what vegetable I was going to use, but when I went to the kitchen I saw the End of the bunch of Long Beans I had picked-up at the Farmers Market and had made for supper, so inspiration struck.
For the first print I put down the first paint color and pounced the beans into the plate. Then, I used the second color to pick-up the print. For the second one on the right, I twisted the Beans slightly as I pounced to get a different effect.
I decided to use the free printables she provided together with my prints to make a card.
I framed the digital image with a black circle. Sentiment is from AlteNew Sentiment Strips. I finished with some Black Tim Holtz Halloween Droplets.
I'm still having fun printing every day with GelliArts.
First-up is O is for Ombre. I used Catherine Pooler Inks for several prints ... here's the one in purples.
You can click through to this post from earlier this week where I made a card from the P is for Postcard print.
Q is for Q-Tip is always fun. I grouped three together and made dot clusters for one and swishes for the second.
For the R is for Rainbow prompt, I overlapped four colors of paint to create the eight hues of the rainbow.
S is for Stencil. I used the Circles Circles Stencil from Stencil Girl, one of my most loved & paint-covered from my stencil stash.
T is for Typography. I attached a bunch of letter stickers to a piece of cardstock and made my own Typography Stamp. It probably would have worked better with thicker letters, but I still love the effect.
U is for Upcycle was today's prompt. I upcycled some Doilies I picked-up at the Create/Exchange, and rather than using paper or cardstock, I upcycled a clothing pattern for some transparent collage papers.
