Keep Faith Pocket Card

I just had a visit with Ros, aka Mikey's Mom, and oooh'd and ahhhh'd over the beautiful card she posted today.  Seems she is hosting the challenge at City Crafter and the theme is Negativity. I did this card last night using a negative... coincidence... so I just have to enter this.

My negative is that skinny text paper border that was left over from a frame I cut a couple days ago, and had laying on my desk. The base is an oldie by The Girls' Paperie Kitch (from one of Kirsty's Pixie Dust kits.) It's combined with Prima's Lifetime collection and some polka dot paper my daughter-in-law gave me.

I cut the blue frame with Spellbinders Oval Floral. My sentiments are all cut from the Lifetime papers.

The kitty chipboard is Prima's Cartographer and the "rug" is Prima trim. My flowers are from I Am Roses and the leaves are by Petaloo.

I'm linking up at:

City Crafter - Negativity

Thanks for stopping by on a very snowy day in Ohio!

Linda

Transparency Mini Album

A short while back,

my blog friend, Ros... Mikey's Mom... and I did a swap of supplies and she sent me some transparency sheets that I had been wanting to make into a mini album. I've been captivated of late by the creativity of Stephanie Miller. As nearly everyone knows, she is in the forefront when it comes to mini albums. After watching her Ustream for Prima where she created a fabulous mini album with transparencies, I just had to try making one. Believe me... it wasn't as easy for me as it was for her.

 cover

I had a hard time

lining up my paper to the transparency, and in the end, I trimmed some of the edges with my Tonic scissors. Unfortunately, I'm one of whose people that are bothered by slight imperfections in their projects and I "try" to fix them all. (Probably why it takes me so long to make a project.)

The papers are all

from the Glitz Vintage Blue 6x6 pad and a few scraps of the 12x12 sheets plus the Vintage Blue Whatnots die-cuts I got from Audrey's Etsy shop last year. I thought it was time to use up this collection and make way for a new one. I'll try to give a brief description of what I used and how, but I may need to break this up into two posts... we'll see how this goes!

Lace and pearl trim - Surplus City, MD

Bauble - Recollections (clearance)

Flowers - I Am Roses, Petaloo

Pearls - Queen & Company

French Lace Doily - Hennytj's Boutique

Graphic 45 Staples Keyhole - Novel Concept 2

Brackets die - Alterations

 pages 1-2

Ooops... forgot to put the

white crinkled seam binding through the hole in my tag!

Warm Metal wide We R Memory Keepers eyelets - Scrapbook.com

Butterfly charm - Lindy's Stamp Gang

Distress Ink - Black Soot

Lace - Surplus City, MD

Crop-A-Dile Corner Chomper - We R Memory Keepers

Mini paper clip - Idea-ology

 pages 3-4

Tags - cut with Alterations Tiny Tabs & Tags die

Envelope - cut from a template I traced onto cardstock

Music Note clip - Prima

Text - Authentique Diction stickers

Pearl trim - Pat Catans (local store)

Lace trim - Surplus City, MD

Border punch - Martha Stewart Doily Lace

 pages 5-6

Distress Ink - Walnut Stain

Kraft tags - The Paper Studio

Metal flourish & label holder - Momenta

Label sticker - Crate Paper Random collection

Kraft mini pocket - Recollections

Circles die large - Spellbinders

If you zoom in,

you can see the Petaloo packaging I used behind the kraft mini pocket.

Chipboard stickers - Prima Almanac collection

Flowers - Prima, Petaloo, I Am Roses

Tab - cut with Alterations Tiny Tabs & Tags die

Distress Ink - Faded Jeans, Vintage Photo

Circles die large - Spellbinders

Border punch - Martha Stewart Scallop Dot

I'm about halfway,

so I believe I'll come back later with the rest of this. Sorry to keep you so long... thank you for putting up with my rambling. Hope to see you tomorrow!

I'm linking up at:

Make It Monday - Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by!

Linda

What Can I Say?

I'm so sorry, dear friends!

I've been in a creative frenzy, and have neglected my blogging duties. Here is a peek at what I'm working on right now...

a mini album using 

the transparency sheets Ros sent me. Believe me... this has been a challenge! My desk is utter chaos and I can hardly reach my keyboard to type... but I HAVE to finish this tomorrow. 

I promise to visit as soon as I can get this done.

Thanks for stopping by!

Linda

Experience

Another weather change

here. Much cooler and more rain. Yesterday we spent the evening watching the sky for tornados that didn't form, thankfully.

I haven't been able to

photograph any of my projects, as we only had sun two days... one some of our grandkids were here and we just had to play. The second we drove up to Brecksville. There is a Target with a full line grocery and I just had to get some of the multi grain bread from their bakery that we buy when we stay at the condo in Virginia (yeah, crazy I know... a long trip for two loaves of bread). Well, anyway... even with the rain today, I went ahead and took a couple photos of a journal page I did the first of the week...

I have been neglecting

my art journaling and felt I needed to do some creating with gesso and inks.

I brushed on a coat of Liquitex

surface prep gesso, then laid  Prima's Sunrise Sunset checkerboard stencil down while it was still wet. I dabbed on just a bit more gesso and lifted it... great effect. Dried it with my heat tool (hair dryer actually... still haven't gotten my replacement from Ranger... going on two months, I believe). Dabbed on some Vintage Photo Distress Stain, spritzed with water and let it run all down the page. Sponged on Distress Inks in Brushed Corduroy, Walnut Stain and Vintage Photo Stamped with a Bitty Grunge stamp and Brushed Corduroy DI. Put on some tissue tape and cheesecloth. Layered on 7 Gypsies paper scraps inked with Brushed Corduroy... stamped the top one with a stamp from Stuff To Say (both stamp sets are by Stampers Anonymous). I cut an arrow from kraft cardstock using Alterations Mini Old Jalopy & Arrow set. Sponged on BCDI and topped it with an Idea-ology game spinner and brad. Put more brads on the paper corners and glued on a Prima Junkyard Finding zipper that says "create".

I love the look of the

cheesecloth and the gesso squares underneath. The Penmaker wants me to make something similar on canvas, so I guess I'll give that a try some time soon. Right now I'm working on a mini album made with the transparencies that Ros sent me. It's not as easy as it looked when Stephanie Miller did it. I couldn't get the sheets to line up quite right... hope this turns out!

Have a great day, friends!

I'm linking up at:

 Balzer Designs - Art Journal Every Day
Make It Monday - Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by!

Linda

A Happy Make It Monday Morning

As some of you may

have noticed, I've been entering most of my projects at Make It Monday for quite awhile now! This morning I discovered an interesting bit of information that undoubtedly everyone knew except me... that along with the featured entry and winning commenter, the DT also have a featured pick on their blogs! I did not know this until just a few minutes ago, and am so happy in that Lisa S featured Katie's paper bag mini album. Katie will be thrilled when I tell her. She's at Bible School, so I'll have to wait until this afternoon to let her know. Thank you so much, Lisa.

Today I have a card to enter....

It's rather more of a

mixed media project than just a card... so I thought I'd do a step-by-step through some of the embellishments.

I started with a quick

mist of Lindy's Maidenhair Fern Green Starburst and some dabs of Tarnished Brass Distress Stain onto a chipboard frame and grunge board flourish.

A coat of gesso...

then more of the spray and DS. I dry with my heat tool between each layer.

I rubbed some of

the gesso onto a Idea-ology metal ornate plate as well, then some of the Tarnished Brass DS. On went a thick coat of Clear Rock Candy Distress Crackle Paint (frame and flourish).

Look at this fabulous texture.

This is the best crackle effect I've ever gotten.

The card base is

Recollections kraft cardstock along with black textured cardstock for the mats. The DP are the Kaisercraft 75 Cents collection.

I tinted some Golden

molding paste with the Tarnished Brass DS and put it on with my pallet knife using Prima's Poppies and Peonies mask.

While I was working on this,

my son Ethan walked in my studio, looked down at my waste basket and asked why I had thrown away a mirror. Startled, I looked in and saw the box top from my Puffs tissues with Vicks I had put there. Ahhh... an idea! I grabbed it up, gave it a thin coat of the Tarnished Brass DS and glued it to the back of the frame... perfect! I popped it up with 3-D foam adhesive. That butterfly in the center is from the 75 Cents 6.5 inch paper pad.

I finished with lots

of white flowers from I Am Roses and some Martha Stewart punched oak leaves... another of my heavy-weight cards! Oh, and by the way... the flourish didn't look right, so it's now on this pile of embellishments on my desk next to Ros's beautiful card.

Have a happy Monday, friends!

I'm linking up at:

Make It Monday - Anything Goes
Paper Playtime - Anything Goes

Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by!

Linda

Happy Mail And A Masculine Card

Our sweet Ros, 

aka Mikey's Mom, and I did a swap of supplies that we were both having trouble obtaining. The product she sent me, arrived yesterday along with this gorgeous card. This is going to sit right here on my desk, among these scraps, bottle caps, notes and wilting flowers, as my inspiration. Hopefully some of her talent will rub off onto me and my projects. Be sure to check out her blog if you haven't been there... lots of beautiful projects for you to see, like the fabulous necklace she did today for the City Crafter challenge blog.

Thank you, dear friend!

I'm still playing around

with DCWV Timeless Type and Kaisercraft Timeless papers in combination. These two work together so beautifully. Today I have a masculine card to show you...

This is on a black textured 

cardstock base with white textured mats. 

All these tags, banners

and labels are from the DCWV 8x8 inch stack. All are edged with Black Soot Distress Ink. As I normally do... I left the card front blank for a suitable sentiment when I give it away. I did a little machine stitching for more interest.

The gold pearl brads 

are from My Mind's Eye, and I used another of my son's soda bottle caps. This one has a button center tied with May Arts natural burlap string.

The banner is topped

with tiny buttons from my stash and more MA burlap string bows.

Tomorrow I'm going

to my daughter's to do some scrappin' with my granddaughter, Katie. We are planning on making a paper bag mini album and maybe a card, too! She is really into creating, and at nine years old, I want to help keep that flame burning.

Have a grand Tuesday!

Thanks for stopping by!

Linda