Begin Each Day With A Grateful Heart Decor Piece

This decor piece started out as a wall hanging, but after I caught sight of Linda's shabby chic project on her blog The Funkie Junkie, I switched gears. I haven't done a challenge for a long while, but she truly inspired me to go for this. I love what she created, so I incorporated some of her ideas into mine... the corrugate, the embossing and the Thinlits leaves.

My base is fabric from Tim's Textile Surfaces colored with Vintage Photo Distress Stain. The papers are Authentique Harvest and a free sheet from a Stampington magazine, with heavily distressed edges (scissors and VP Distress ink).

I colored the cheesecloth with more VP Distress Stain. The big bloom is an old Recollections from Michaels, the burlap leaves are by Prima, the smaller inky leaves were cut with Alterations Thinlits Fall Foliage, the natural burlap string is by May Arts.

In addition to distressing the Authentique sentiment ATC edges, I did some splatters using Tim's Speckles Layering Stencil and super heavy gesso by Liquitex. I also applied some with a pallet knife to give it more grunge.

The Stampington paper was embossed with Tim's Blueprint Texture Fade. I applied some Golden Light Molding Paste with the Speckles LS then sprinkled on Distress Vintage Photo embossing power and heat set. That gave it a rusty sort of look. 

The gem is a vintage Prima. The metal corner pieces are from Linda's shop, as are most of my supplies.

The keys epoxy sticker is another ancient item from my stash from a company called Bottle Cap Inc.

I'm entering my decor piece in the following challenges:

Frilly and Funkie - What a "Mesh"

Word Art Wednesday - Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by!

J'adore Valentine Pocket Card & Movie Update

I'm still in high gear working on Valentine's Day cards. I love the feeling that comes with creating something to be given to a person you love.

The base paper for this card (MME Lost & Found Heirloom) was so pretty, I didn't want to cover too much of it up. I kept the layers at a minimum so the glittery J'adore could shine.

To enhance it, I heat embossed all my leaves and ferns with Ranger's Ultra Thick Embossing Enamel (utee), which gave them a cool, wet look... very glossy. I applied it three times to build up the coat for optimum gloss.

I added some Idea-ology ephemera, hearts cut with Alterations Mini Hearts dies, half pearls, roses, lace, red heart trim, and copper metal accents.

I'm entering my card at these challenges:

Frilly and Funkie - Enjoy Your Embossing

Tuesday Throwdown - Anything Goes

For those interested, our son will begin filming his third documentary in April. If you would like to be a part of that, here is the link to the Kickstarter.

Thanks for stopping by today!

Linda

I Love You in Inky Purples

Each year after CHA, I seem to get a renewed interest in using all my Ranger products, especially Distress inks. I have nearly every color, and am working on getting them all. I just ordered four of the newer ones... Carved Pumpkin, Lucky Clover, Blueprint Sketch, and Wilted Violet. I was really wishing I had Wilted Violet when did this card, but I'm still happy with the results of Seedless Preserves, Dusty Concord, and Shaded Lilac.

The trim is one of Prima's older products that I've always loved. This is the last of what I had put away, except for about a tiny one inch piece.  The silver heart charm is from my stash.

The flowers and leaves are all by Petaloo. I applied some Twinklets Diamond Dust onto the purple Botanica bloom using Liquitex matte medium.

The rhinestones are from TPC Studio, the music paper scalloped heart is from my stash (bought online several years ago), my wood butterflies are from my favorite wood shop in Tennessee, some of the papers are Graphic 45, the ephemera pieces are by Idea-ology, and the lace heart is from The Funkie Junkie Boutique.

The green pearl stems are by Petaloo.

I'm linking up my card at:
Allsorts Challenge - Girly and Sparkly
Crafting for All Seasons - Monochrome
Frilly and Funkie Challenge - Sing, Sing, Sing
Word Art Wednesday - Anything Goes

Have a fabulous weekend... we have some nasty weather heading our way. Hope yours will be better.

Thanks for stopping by!

Linda

You Are Loved Pocket Card

With the need to make that baby shower card I spoke of yesterday, I went ahead and created another Valentine card. I saw this lovely lady on a sheet of G45 Mon Amour paper and knew I had to use her image on a card. I am partial to black and white, so this collection was a must have for me. I made it into a pocket card so I would have that extra amount of space to work with, and I think I maxed it.

For the florals, I pulled out an older Prima flower and glued some ivory gathered tulle trim to the bottom. I teamed it up with an antique bronze leaf and some other flowers and leaves from I Am Roses. 

The "You Are Loved" and tiny heart pieces are from the MA Tags & Pockets and Decorative Chipboard packs. I bought the scalloped edged music paper hearts from an Etsy shop ages ago. It's funny how I can use up some things so fast, and others take me years to do so.

This antique bronze filigree is actually a row of tiny hearts. I topped it with a gold gem from Prima's Holiday Jubilee Say It In Crystals. With this close-up view, you can see that I edged my fussy-cut lady with Walnut Stain Distress ink. My tag is finished with an antique bronze wide eyelet and filigree heart with a seam binding bow that I'm sure Kirsty must have hand-dyed having come from one of her Pixie Dust Paperie kits.

I'm playing along at these challenges this week:

Allsorts Challenge - What's New?  (Mon Amour Collection)

Fab n Funky - Something New (Mon Amour Collection)

Frilly and Funkie - Holiday Hues (Valentines Day)

Word Art Wednesday - Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by... I appreciate your visit!

Linda

A Moment In Time

It's been awhile since

I've worked in my art journal. When I pulled it out the other day, and flipped through the pages, I found this background I had done before our trip to Virginia. I remember putting down a lot of Distress Inks... Dusty Concord and Seedless Preserves to be sure, but the other is anyones guess. I could see some stamped tissue and stenciled molding paste. That was the point that I quit.

So now, beginning again,

I put down some old lace and a couple layers of distressed papers, one from the Graphic 45 Secret Garden collection. I topped those with a torn piece of old book paper that I stamped with Unity's Insightful Meadows. I wrapped it with some very old ivory hemming lace. I stamped an Artistic Outpost girl onto a scrap of ivory cardstock and fussy cut her then sponged on a bit of Vintage Photo DI. I tucked in a Prime Vintage Trinket timepiece cut in two, then added Prima and Petaloo flowers and leaves along with oak leaves cut with a Martha Stewart punch. Put on an Idea-ology wire pin and a mini paperclip.

The text is 

Authentique's Diction stickers and the pearls are from Queen & Co. The rhinestone on the black Prima flower is by Hero Arts.

I'm linking up at:

Balzer Designs - Art Journal Every Day

Frilly and Funkie - There's No Time To Waste

Make It Monday - Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by!

Linda

All That Glitters Has A Song

Charlene's put together

a fun challenge this week at City Crafters called "All That Glitters". 

Add any kind or color of glitter to your project, like mine here...

I put Clear Rock

Candy Stickles on all my white flowers and on my stamped image (wish the camera would pick it up better).  

I used a black 

textured cardstock base and papers from Basic Greys' Basic Manila and My Mind's Eye So Sophie 6x6 pads.

This stamp is from

Artistic Outpost's Serenity stamp set and teamed with Archival Ink in Jet Black. Black Soot Distress Ink was sponged on the paper edges after I distressed them with my paper distresser from Tonic.

The metal black bird

is by Momenta. The white flowers are I Am Roses and the lavender ones are Recollections. The clock is chipboard cut with Alterations Weathered Clock die and finished in Tarnished Brass Distress Stain and Titanium White acrylic paint for a shabby chic look.

The doily is French

Lace paper and the feathers came from a mixed packaged purchased at Hobby Lobby.

I've tried every camera

angle I could think of, but with no sunlight today I believed I've failed at showing you the glitter accents... I apologize!

I'm linking up at:

City Crafters Challenge - All That Glitters

Frilly and Funky - Layer it On and Share a Word

Thanks for stopping by!

Linda

Harvest Time

Basicgrey Challenges

post a new challenge every two weeks, their latest being... Harvest Time. Here is my entry...

Now you need to use

at least one Basic Grey product and I chose a sheet of their Clippings collection called 5th Avenue. It's that pretty polka dot with the neutral background and a hint of teal... love it!

I also used several

papers from the K & Company Tim Coffey Fall collection that I purchased at Michaels for half price... yow that a deal!!!!

The card base is kraft.

This was my first time 

to use my new Singer sewing machine, and I must say I'm very pleased with it. Although my old one was a top of the line and much better built, for what I paid for this new model, I believe it's the perfect machine for my purpose... so I did a bit of stitching  around the mat bases.

I used four dies on

this card... Alterations Distressed Doily and Spellbinder's Large Classic Scalloped Circles, Lacey Circles and Labels Seventeen. The "abundance" word charm is by AMM, the trinket under it is by Bo Bunny and the fasteners are Idea-ology. The paper doily is from my stash and it, along with all the paper edges, were sponged with Gathered Twigs Distress Ink. The shabby, wrinkled seam binding is from Prairie Bird Boutique and the May Arts ivory burlap string came from It's Always Fabulous, both on Etsy.

All the flowers and skeleton

leaves came from I Am Roses. The largest rose was originally white, and I sprayed it first with Expresso and then Butterscotch Color Wash. Then it got a mist of Lindy's Stamp Gang Golden Sleigh Bells Starburst as did all the other flowers... the shimmer is amazing! 

I'm linking up my card to these challenges:

BasicGrey Challenges - Harvest Time

Frilly & Funkie Challenge Blog - Fall Into Fall

Sentimental Sundays - Autumn

Tuesday Throwdown - Fall Colors

Don't you just love Fall?

It's my very favorite time of year... even if what comes next is my least favorite! But for now I'm going to enjoy every moment of this fabulous, colorful season. 

Thanks for stopping by!

Hugs!

Linda

Basic Grey Clippings

Our daughter-in-law's

dad had a successful gallbladder surgery this week and I wanted to make a card to send along to him. To make the creating of it a little more interesting, I looked up some challenges and made the card to fit the specifications of each. Here is what it looks like...

I started with the new

Clippings paper from Basic Grey that I bought at Archivers on Monday. It's teamed up with Bazzill's Raven cardstock and a piece from my old faithful BG's Basics Manila 6x6 paper pad. The vintage music sheet is from my stash, and the Distress Ink I chose is Walnut Stain.

The Alterations Mini 

Ticket was cut from a piece of canvas from Canvas Corp. The Psalm 33:1 verse was this week's free art  from Word Art Wednesday.

The black burlap string is 

May Arts, and the brads are My Mind's Eye Kraft Funday collection as are the kraft button and banner. I also used Spellbinder's Nestabilities Large Standard Circles.

The challenges I'm entering are:

Crafty Ann's - #71 Circles

Frilly and Funkie - Get Crafty with Canvas

Sugar Creek Hollow - #23 Something Old, Something New
The Shabby Tea Room - #126 Soft Neutrals

Word Art Wednesday - #40

Have a fun evening. The

Penmaker and I are heading out for a Mexican dinner with our son, Seth.

Thanks for stopping by!

Hugs!

Linda

Best Wishes

The new challenge at

Frilly and Funkie is to use this Inspiration Photo...

Here is my interpretation...

Along with Core'dinations

Kraft-Core Nostalgic Collection cardstock I've teamed Graphic 45's Steampunk Debutante... Fantasy Floral, Eclectic Emporium and SD Tags. I fussy cut several of the roses on the FF paper and layered them with 3-D foam squares.

The rhinestones are

TPC Studio Girlfriends Mini Jewels. The inks used are Antique Linen and Walnut Stain Distress with Jet Black Archival on the Best Wishes tag. Black organza ribbon and lace are from my stash. The piece of the white paper doily I found in my scrap box.

I cut the butterfly with

MFT Die-namics Butterlies Die and topped it with a thick coat of Twinklet's Diamond Dust. I also used Alterations Vintage Doily Die and Spellbinder's Large Classic Scalloped Circles. 

Check out the beautiful

projects the Frilly Team has made for the week here... and then join me in entering.

Thanks for the visit!

Hugs!

Linda

Kraft And Twine

The challenge at

Frilly and Funkie this week is to make your project using kraft paper and some type of twine. Our hostess, Linda, made such a gorgeous card, it inspired me to try something similar. So here is my attempt...

I went with a kraft

base and Glitz Design's Vintage Blue 6x6 paper pad.

This is a mini kraft

bag from Canvas Corp that I embossed with Cuttlebug's Distress Stripes and rubbed with Snow Cap Dabber paint from Ranger. The die was cut with Spellbinder's Floral Doily Motifs, the lace heart is from Linda's Etsy shop that I "antiqued" with Antique Linen Distress Ink, the twine is ivory burlap string from May Arts and the key charm is from my stash.

The flowers and leaves 

are all from I Am Roses... the largest one being sprayed with Cactus Gold Glitz Spritz. The blue vintage lace paper is from my stash. The strip of kraft paper was also embossed and distressed the same as the mini bag.

The tickets in the bag

were cut with Alterations Mini Tickets Set. 

I left the tickets blank

so that I could stamp an appropriate verse or sentiment on them when I use the card.

Hope you'll join in

the challenge and pull out your kraft and twine and create something beautiful.

I'm also entering in:
Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by today!

Hugs!

Linda