Tall Cards

There was an Challenge at SCS to do an tall skinny card last week but, since I dont remember all the stamp info on either one of these cards (the sentiments were stamped a long time ago) I decided not to post them. the bird on this one is from Penny Black called winter perch I think. this is 3 1/2" x 6" in real life. 

Same size on this one, no clue about mfg info on that sentiment. the Farm scene is from an old SU set called country pleasures ( I think ) its colored with copic's. the heart button is unknown. the shipping tag was previously stained and the ribbon is from May Arts. 

a few random things

This was done for this weeks featured Stamper challenge, and I had this card of Jean's in my favorites since she made it, its such a beautiful design. the changes I made were to the colors, the size and the theme. Because we needed a birthday card for hubs hunting buddy. and when I finished this card and showed him Hub's started laughing and said oh, that is just like him ( Mancell ) he, never see's any wildlife in the woods ever.... So, since I had all the stuff out and I had considered adding a deer to the treeline. 

I decided to just give it another whirl and add the deer. so the deer section has more color and is popped up on this version. more like a spot light I guess. These are both 5X7 in real life. 

This was done as an second thing for the mix challenge of the written word last week. the dictionary page had discolored to that color then I had sprayed that with some red pepper. the hedgehog was stamped on the back side of some SU embossed kraft paper ( as scrap and its darker than kraft) I "almost" did not color it at all because it looked like an old comic this way but, finally caved and colored him with a white gel pen and prisma pencils.

I think this ones a couple weeks old the seed packet stamp was heat embossed on white glossy cardstock with the green powder years ago. I did pop this up to be able to give it some depth with the prima, Impress & doodlebug flowers. the thanks is from Stampendous! and the your a lifesaver is from A Muse. ( someday I hope to find some life saver candy as a stamp... everytime I come across an old on one ebay people pay huge amounts of money for that. ( rolling eyes here) 

This is a printable from pinterest that had to have been printed over an year ago. I dont know if I saved it there because, somethings I just hit print once and did not save them. will look later. the trellis is an Memorybox diecut and the leaf is wood. This one is A-6 in real life. 

another for hubs cards made with Pinterest printouts. the sentiment panel is layered with the red ridinghood cs and is up on pop dots. the DCWV pp was run through an Crafts Concepts folder and sanded after. the copper crinkled satin ribbon is unknown and this one is A-2 in real life. 

Think these are from a couple of weeks ago also. both are 3" square in real life. 

just because, I had her colored and sitting on the table for a long time now. she's an UK sized Elyzbell that was RAK'd to me from Leigh Anne ( Thanks Chickie!) colored with copic's. lots of diecuts layered on this one the top frilly frame is from a co. called hot off the press. funny thing their dies come in with foam in them like the old Quickutz ones did. the pearls are from Recollections. the lace is vintage. this one is 6" square in real life. 

Dream Led

Today's learn a new technique challenge was to give this no line piercing a try. I have been meaning to do this since I seen Dina  make this tutorial but, its just one of those thing you have more ideas than you have time to do them all so, it was a cool reminder to see this again this morning and I decided to give it a whirl after work today. This butterfly is colored with an aqua brush and the ink in the lid of the soft sky, blue bayou & river rock dye pads. the center bug body part has a tiny bit of Eucalyptus stickles in the center. 

This is actually 6" square in real life, the piercing just seemed to call for stitching so, both panels were run through the sewing machine and the center part is up on pop dots. these blooms are wild orchid crafts ones with some Cheery lynn flourish diecuts done in that new pistachio green. That butterfly stamp is an really old one from old towne crafts. The sentiment is from Unity empowered words by Donna Downey.  Its cut with an Nellie Snellen's tags# 3 multi frame die set ( and that is either the largest die in that set or the second largest die. they are tiny little dies) (good for sentiments) 

Bingo Jean {again}

all the stamps are from Art Impressions, the bingo paper is from Jenni Bowlin, the bingo chips on this one are authentic game pieces, the ribbon's from May Arts. these are both 5 1/2" square in real life. 

She always goes over well at the booth and I have not done anything with her in at least a year or more so. thought it was time. added some ocean colored dew drops to the tag on this one and put Jean behind the printed paper and did her "out of the box" slightly. That lace is vintage. 

Daisy Tag {mix}

This is a closer look at the floral's and the dimensions on this tag. early this morning before work I had seen Lydia made a gorgeous card with some vibrant red and it said the mix challenge today was to use text paper. so, as it happens that red was stuck in my head off and on today. and when I came home I had some happy mail ( the daisy pattern stamp heat embossed on the text paper) funny true story my old tattered books are dictionaries, atlas's, map books. ( I have not cut up an novels yet) so, randomly grabbing the first dictionary it opened to an I page and part of the definitions on this (under the daisy) were IMITATION. is that funny or what. nope, I didn't plan it at all. 

So the daisy pattern stamp ( penny black ) was one I "had to have" when I seen Sabrina use it on something last week and its heat embossed with white SU powder on the text paper which is on an size 8 shipping tag stained with some barn read distress stain, the text was water washed with some real red classic dye ink and an aqua pen and the centers were colored with some ranger bisque liquid pearls. the Savvy stamps daisy was also heat embossed with the white and not colored at all, its on some texture thick mulberry type paper. ( no mfg info) and the wood veneer butterfly ( studio calico) was pressed into an satin red versafine pad. the sentiment is SU and done on some kraft. the seam bindings are some hug snug that looks like kraft and the SU cherry cobbler. 

WOYWW250 bloomin'

If your curious about why my mess is on display you can read all about it here on Julia's blog and play along. 

So, after the booth I treated myself to an order from wild orchid crafts ( enough to qualify for free shipping) and that box arrived on monday but, there was no time to unpack it as we had more lambs born, on Tuesday after work I started un-packing it and then was a little bit like ah, it's gorgeous but, now you need a new storage system maybe ha ha.

a closer look at the bundles of blooms

This basket stays in the closet, the vintage canning jars on the wall behind this table have a few blooms from each package and then the others are in this shopping basket that I bought from Connie when she closed her stamp store I used to teach in. so, its like an "overstock" blooms basket. The other basket is full of vintage buttons. I keep saying someday I will sort the buttons by colors and get them into the jars and I do sometimes do a few but, its reached an incredible amount of them so, they would not all fit in the jars.

I think I am going to have to keep an eye out for more jars ( taller ones) I have quite a few short jars on the shelf and that would help with being able to put more of them "away but, on display" ( which is the only way I remember to use things) all of these photos were taken tuesday night.