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

Pop Up Step Card

Will I ever learn.

After watching Anne's video here, I decided to try making one of her pop up step cards. What possesses me to try these things? Anne obviously has skills way beyond mine, as she seems to pump out one fabulous creation after another with, what seems like, little effort. I'll tell you straight up... this was the most difficult card I've ever put together! Now that it's finished though... I just have to try another. After all... practice makes perfect, right? So the next one just has to be easier.

Anne's card was so

beautiful, I used the same papers... Graphic 45's Place In Time. Isn't it funny how that two woman, making the same style card with the same papers can come up with two totally different looking creations.

I used  black textured

cardstock for my base... just love the black edges showing around the patterned paper.

To my inside,

I added pearl trim and lace from Hobby Lobby.

 I left a space

for a message here in the center... haha, not to sure how I'll get my hand in there to write though.

I'm linking up at:

Make It Monday - Anything Goes

Paper Playtime - More Than One Fold

Simon Says Stamp - April Showers and/or Spring Flowers

Thanks for stopping by!

Linda

And All The Trees Of The Fields Shall Clap Their Hands

Going through my scraps,

I found this negative of the tree die I cut to make this card, and thought it would be ideal to use for another masculine card. This is how it turned out...

Sometimes it pays to save

those bits you think you may not use, as they may end up being your vocal point. I again have here those two Basic Grey papers I've used so much of lately... from the Oxford Collection - "Sorority" and "Lacrosse". The cardstock is American Crafts Pine, Core'dinations Leapfrog and Sandtrap. Gathered Twigs Distress Ink was sponged on the edges after roughing them up with the Tim Holtz Paper Distresser. The brad is from Teresa Collins Christmas Home.

The gears are Tim Holtz Sprocket

Gears teamed with his Long Fasteners. The branch was cut from kraft cardstock and Tim's Alterations Tattered Pinecone die. My sentiment is an old set from Sweet'n Sassy on a die cut with Spellbinder's Labels Seventeen. I'm entering this card in these challenges:

Paper Playtime - Anything Goes, Past or Present

Scrapbook Sisters - Anything Goes

And now Grandma would like

to show you how our newest is growing... what a blessing from the Lord!

Thanks for stopping by, friends!