TLC330 Old World Look

Hello everyone....hope you had a wonderful weekend!!! It's my turn to host the TLC challenge on Splitcoast and my challenge to you is to make a card or project with the *Old World Look*

There are lots of techniques to age your paper...here are a few of them:

1. The easiest technique for me is to distress the paper with a distressing tool or use an old butter knife.
2. Sponge your project with distress inks...I like to use Vintage Photo. If you lay the paper down over a rough surface while sponging, you will get a textured look. You can also drag the ink pad over the paper for a really rustic look.
3. Use Walnut Ink Crystals and water. After mixing the crystals with water you can sponge it on, paint it on, or dip the paper in it.
4. You can do the same thing with tea or coffee. In fact, you can use a wet tea bag to rub over the paper or blot it on for a blotchy effect.
5. After sponging your project, stamp over the finished product with a script background stamp or a Weathered looking stamp...this is what I did to my sample.
6. Brayer on texture...ink up the brayer and spritz with water before applying to the paper.
7. Rub chalk over your image for a dusky, muted look or add it to the roughed edges.
8. Use sprays like Glimmer Mist or glazes...apply with a sponge for more texture.
9. Use lemon or lime juice to *burn* the edges of the project. Apply the juice to the paper with a sponge and heat with a heat gun.
10. You can also age something with sweetened condenced milk....apply it with a brush and heat with a heat gun...this looks really cool!!! I used it once on an owl image for the feathers.
11. Wrinkle your paper by misting it with water, wadding it up, and them smoothing it out. This works best on a finished project. Don't try to color an image after you have wrinkled the paper!! You can iron it a bit if it's too wrinkled and misting with a dark glaze or rinker and water mix will highlight the wrinkles.

My card features Rubbernecker's Flower Basket stamp #SKU 532-11...it was colored with Copics and sponged with Ranger Vintage Photo Distress Ink. It was then stamped with the Stampin Up's Weathered background stamp and Stampin Up's French Script stamp using Vintage Photo. A Nestabilities oval die was used to cut out an oval frame from a piece of Pink Paislee's Butterfly Garden dp and the Soft Suede matting. The frame was also sponged, distressed, and stamped with the Weathered background stamp. Pearls, seam binding, and a metal flower finish it off.

Thanks for visiting...hope you join us for this fun technique!!!

Happy Father's Day!!

Good morning everyone!!! Guess what.....I am grandchildless!!!! The last of the Grands went home yesterday afternoon and I am still recovering...LOL!!! I actually went to bed before 10:00 last night...I think my body was in shock!!! I finally got a couple of Father's Day cards finished...this one is for my Dad. He was in the Navy during WWII stationed at Pearl Harbor so I know he will love this nautical themed card. I used papers from Webster's Pages Yacht Club and the ship is the coordinating Unity Stamp called Celebrate. The large ship on the right was stamped on the dp, colored with copics, cutout, and popped up on foam dots. The anchor was punched out of the dp and the sentiment stamps were from Taylored Expressions Boys Will be Boys set. Brads, clip, and ribbon finish it off.

Recipe: Stamps: Unity's Celebrate, TE's Boys Will be Boys, Paper: White, Soft Suede, Chocolate Chip, Webster's Pages Yacht Club, Ink: Memento Rich Cocoa, Accessories: Copics, Brads, Clip, Ribbon, Round Punches

This card is for my fisherman husband...I actually made this card three years ago for a challenge and since I was pressed for time, I recycled it for Father's Day.....don't tell my sweet hubby!!! I just love this adorable little fisherman from Whipper Snapper...it was watercolored with reinkers on watercolor paper and the background was created with the Going My Way jumbo wheel from Stampin Up! The Father's Day sentiment is from Taylored Expression's Boys will be Boys set and the brads, piercing, and the little fish brad at the bottom finish it off.
Recipe: Stamps: Whipper Snapper, TE's Boys Will be Boys, Stampin Up Going My Way Jumbo Wheel, Paper: Cool Caribbean, Blue Bayou, Wild Wasabi, Watercolor Paper, Ink: Stazon Black, Reinkers: So Saffron, More Mustard, Blue Bayou, Creamy Caramel, Wild Wasabi, Regal Rose, Blush Blossom, Old Olive, Cool Caribbean, Accessories; Brads, Ribbon, Punches, Fish Brad

Most of my African Violets are in full bloom and I just had to share a couple of pictures...I grow my plants from leaves. At one time I had over 50 but have scaled down to about 7.

I have a burgundy violet that is sooo pretty but it's not blooming at this time. This deep purple one is my favorite!!

This is a light blue violet that I grew from a friend's plant. I have had this plant for almost 8 years.

Thanks for stopping by...I hope you have a wonderful day and can spend it with your special father/husband/son/brother/uncle/friend!!!

Vellum Poinsettia

Hello everyone....it's 2AM and all the Grands are sleeping...whoohoo!!! I only had 3 Grands this week but tomorrow we will have 2 more for the day....we are going to have a Wii dance contest and I bet you can guess who won't win...LOL!!!! By the weekend I should be down to only one granddaughter...we won't know how to act!!! Anyway....I wanted to upload this Christmas card before I went to bed. I made it for the Ways to Use It challenge on Splitcoast this morning. The challenge was to use vellum...... I love the soft look vellum brings to a card design!! The poinsettia from Waltzingmouse's Big Bloom Poinsettia set was first embossed on the kraft and then embossed on the vellum, cutout, and popped up. Pearls were added to the center and the black silk ribbon finishes it off. I'm not sure I like the blank space under the bow...I may have to add a leaf or something. It looks kinds naked...LOL!!!

Thanks for stopping by...have a great Friday!!!

Patchwork Birthday Wishes

Good morning everyone....hope you are all staying cool!!! It is sooo hot here that I think we could fry eggs on the sidewalk...LOL!!!! We don't have any rain in out forcast so I'm sure we will go into water rationing....I just hate to see the grass turn brown. I may have to buy some green spray paint...LOL!!! Anyway....

I made this card yesterday for the Technique Lover's Challenge on Splitcoast. Holly challenged us to use a patchwork on our card. I used papers from Pink Paislee's Butterfly Gardens and the Happy Birthday Square from Rubbernecker. Sewing was done around the blocks and Primas, seam binding, twine, lace, and a Spellbinder's die finish it off. This is also for the Shabby Tea Room's challenge to use pink, green and flowers.

Thanks for visiting today....hope you have a wonderful Tuesday!!!!

The Dream Team and Special Friends June Blog Hop!!

Hello everyone ...are you ready for some fun?? I am just thrilled to be part of the Dream Team and Special Guests Blog Hop for the Stampers Dream Store.....Whoohoo!!! What a privilege to be hopping with such fabulous stampers!!! Thanks, Michelle, for inviting me again to be part of such a fun event!!!!

My card features stamps from Alesa Baker's Home Sweet Nest set by Impression Obsession. The nest was stamped on the Bo Bunny Gabrielle dp and colored with Copics. The birds were also stamped on the Bo Bunny dp, lightly colored with Copics, cutout, and popped up with foam dots. Sewing was done around the background layers, and a Spellbinder's diecut, doily, lace, button, twine, and silk ribbon finish it off.



Here is the blog hop list. Be sure to leave a comment for each and every one of them when you visit their blog post today because there is hidden blog candy on one of the blogs!!! Check out all the goodies in the picture above!!!

Debbie Olson
Becca Feeken
Michelle Rodgers
Laurie Schmidlin
Amy Sheffer
Denise Marzec
Tosh Leyendekker
Mona Pendleton
Cindy Lawrence
Silke Ledlow
Arlene Cuevas
Charmaine Ikach
Mariana Grigsby
Lea Lawson
Joan Ervin
Teresa Kline
Jeanne Streiff
Kellie Fortin
Christina Fischer
Jo Thompson

Thanks for stopping by and have fun on the hop!!!

Whale of a Good Time!!!

Good morning everyone...hope you are having a wonderful weekend!!! I spent yesterday afternoon at the clinic having a cyst removed from my back...my post procedure instructions included not lifting anything over 10 pounds and not reaching or stretching for things so I don't pop the sutures sooooo....I couldn't unload or load the dishwasher or take clothes out of the washer to put in the dryer....ooooh, darn!!!! I wonder if 6 months will be long enough for everything to heal...LOL!!!! Ok, Ok...I won't milk this for toooo long!!! Anyway....

I was playing last night with the little Whale stamp and coordinating sentiment from Rubbernecker...the little whale was colored with copics, cutout, and attached with foam dots. The little boat is from RN's Kittie Kits Cause a Scene #6 and was also colored with copics. The waves were cut out with a wave die from The Cat's Pajamas and the cloud dies are Die-namics from My Favorite Things. This is for the Inspiration Challenge on Splitcoast. Stef picked out a great site for us to find inspiration....I chose the Cute Jumping Whales as my inspiration.
Recipe: Stamps: Rubbernecker Whale and sentiment, Rubbernecker's Kittie Kits Cause a Scene #6, Paper: Marina Mist, White, Real Red, Prism Baby Blue Light and Baby Blue Medium, Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Accessories: Baker's Twine, Cloud Dies, Wave Die, Copics

I used the same RN whale stamp and sentiment...it was stamped on Bo Bunny Timepiece dp and colored with copics. Different embossing folders were used for all the circles and the wave...a MFT's Die-namics was used for the scalloped edge, a wave die was used for the wave, and the button and ribbon finished it off.
Recipe: Stamps: Whale and sentiment from Rubbernecker Stamps, Paper: White, Prism Herbal Garden Light, Baby Blue Medium, Baby Blue Dark, and Candle Glow Medium, Bella Blvd Camped Out dp, Bo Bunny Timepiece dp, Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Accessories: Button, Ribbon, Nestabilities, Wave die, Embossing Folders, Scalloped Border Die-namics

My sweet granddaughters Autumn and Mackenzie made a couple of cards....they really love it when they have free reigh in my craft room!!!

Grandpa and Cole picked up more baby chicks yesterday.....these are Rhode Island Reds. The other chicks are half grown now and will graduate to the chicken coop soon. They are sooo cute at this age!!!!

Thanks for visiting....have a great weekend!!!!

The Skinny Girl Within

Good morning everyone....hope you are having a great Friday morning!!! We rented True Grit last night and had a movie night with popcorn and chocolate!! The best part of the movie was watching Matt Damon...he was sooo easy to look at!!! My granddaughters thought he was an old man....now I know I'm over the hill...LOL!!! Anyway....
I'm still playing with my new Rubbernecker Stamps. The Vintage Kids image called Abigale was stamped with Memento Rich Cocoa and colored with very pale Copics. She was then cutout and draped over the Spellbinders Fancy Tags diecut and the Rubbernecker sentiment. The background paper is from GCD Studios Ella Blue and sewing, pearl flourish, seam binding and lace finish it off.

This is for a few challenges:
1. The Hotspot - dies
2. AI Factory - use something new (my new rubbah!!)
3. Crafts and Me Challenges - stamp something
4. Bunny Zoe's Crafts - lace
5. Sassy Studio Designs - stitching

Thanks for visiting...have a great Friday!!!

More New Rubbah!!

Good morning everyone....I was down to 3 Grands yesterday until my son called. He wanted to take his wife out on a date last night so he brought his 3 boys over. Talk about a wild household with 6 kiddos!! The 18 month old was just too quick for this old grandma...he scampered up on the chairs and table within seconds and then tried to jump off....We decided next time we would put some weights in the diaper...LOL!!! Anyway....It's time for another Moxie Fab World Tuesday Trigger.

I have been playing with my new Rubbernecker rubbah..... I just love the Vintage Kids stamps!!!

This one is called Jesse...he was stamped with Memento Rich Cocoa, lightly colored with Copics, and sponged with Crumb Cake. The paper inside the Spellbinders Frame is Bo Bunny's Butterfly Garden and the ribbons, lace, seam binding, and brad finish it off.

Recipe: Stamps: Rubbernecker Jesse, Paper: Vanilla, Pretty in Pink, Chocolate Chip, Pure Luxury Dark Chocolate, Bo Bunny Butterfly Garden, Ink: Memento Rich Cocoa, Crumb Cake, Accessories: Ribbon, Spellbinders/Nestabilities dies, Copics, Seam binding, Pearl Brad

Thanks for stopping by ...hope you have a super FABULOUS day!!!

Creative Belli Challenge #119

Welcome to another Creative Belli Challenge!! The challenge this two weeks is to make a card or project with a branch - you can use a branch stamp, real branch, punched branch, branch on patterned paper, or draw one yourself!! Be sure to use something old and forgotten from your stash, too...the Belli Challenge is all about using your old stuff and forgotten treasures!!!

My branch is from Taylored Expressions Branching Out set....all the stamps were stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black and colored with Copics. The birdhouse and birds were all stamped on scrap white cardstock, colored, cutout, and attached with foam dots. The designer papers were from Memory Box's Brioche collection and a MFT's Die-namics was used for the scallops. Sewing around the background layers, Baker's Twine, and a button finish it off.

This was also for a few other challenges:
1. A Spoon Full of Sugar - here comes summer
2. Creative Card Crew - wings
3. Ooh La La Creations - Happy Birthday
4. Charisma Cardz Challenges - something that flies
5. Pile it On - Summer Heaven

Be sure to stop by the other Belli Girls blogs to see what they made for you today....you will find lots of awesome inspiration!!! If you upload a card to Splitcoast , PCP, Stamp TV or another online gallery be sure to add CBC119 in the keywords section.

Anne Harmon Jessica Stockmeyer Shelly Schmidt Maria Matter Mary Marsh Karen Wallace Joy Hadden Robin Parker


Thanks for visiting....have a great day!!!

Sweet Little Tilda

Good morning everyone....I am still alive and kicking ...we are down to 4 Grands now after one went home last night. We all went to the water park yesterday and they were so worn out last night that they went to bed before 11:00 PM which is a miracle!!! The house is quiet this morning...the quiet before the storm...LOL!!! Anyway....

I made this card Sunday for the Featured Stamper Challenge on Splitcoast. My sweet friend, Carole (Carole of Brum) , who lives across the pond in England sent me the prettiest card and some images...this adorable Tilda was one of them. Carole is such a FABULOUS artist...her coloring is absolutely gorgeous...sure wish a little of her talent would rub off on me!!! My coloring isn't that great but I did have fun creating this card!! The Featured Stamper was Taylor (STAGCCVA).
I chose to case her adorable Going Swimming card. I kept the same basic layout, colors, and papers but changed the stamp, ribbon, and added the lace. The image was colored with Copics and cut out using the out of the box technique (the flower was cutout and placed outside the Nestabilities before the image was cut out). The papers are from Cosmo Cricket's Salt Air and the seam binding, button, and twine finish it off.

Thanks for stopping by...have a great day!!!

TLC328 Decorate the Envie

Hello everyone!!! Boy, have I had a wild weekend...5 of my grands stayed with me while Grandpa was at a fishing tournament in East Texas...I'm not sure that I am seeing straight tonight but that's ok!! My house may never be the same...LOL!!! We have the Wii set up in the first guest room and the two little boys have only come out to be fed and to feed the turtle. Cole couldn't be parted from his pet turtle. In fact, it stayed with me in my bedroom last night...I think we bonded...LOL!!!!! Anyway....

It is my turn to host this weeks TLC challenge on Splitcoast. I found my inspiration on my sweet friend Denise's blog...she colored this adorable envelope and I absolutely loved it!!! Soooo, the challenge this week is to color a scene on an envelope or create a design on the envelope to match a card you have already made....let's make it easy on ourselves...LOL!!

I created a collage effect on the kraft envie to match the card I made for a swap I went to a couple of weeks ago. The images from Rubbernecker's Paris 1908 set were stamped with Memento's Desert Sand and Rich Cocoa. The to and from were hand written with an artists pen.

This is just tooo easy and fun....join us if you can!!! Thanks for stopping by!!

Tuesday Trigger on Friday

Good morning everyone!! It's been a while since I've done a Moxie Fab World Tuesday Trigger challenge but when I saw this gorgeous picture, I knew I had to get inky!! I had a little trouble matching the blue....Night of Navy was too dark and Pacific Point was too turquoise.

I finally settled on Not Quite Navy and a new background stamp from Rubbernecker called Toile Panel #SKU:527. The sentiment is from RN's Party Time set #SKU:439 and it was layered on the Fancy tags Nestabilities diecut. The silk bow and flowers finish it off.

Thanks for visiting!! I am headed to the shower so I can get ready for the last of the end of the year programs for my Grands....the kids are all so happy that school is out but I can't say the same thing for the Moms and Dads...LOL!!! Have a great day!!!

New Rubbah!!

Good morning everyone....I got a whole bag full of new rubber yesterday from Mr. Rubbernecker and I have been inky ever since!!! I just love the sweet little vintage girls...this one is called Shirley. She was stamped with Crumb Cake onto vanilla cardstock and lightly colored with copics. The edges of the image were sponged with Creamy Caramel and Crumb Cake while it was still in the Nesties. I used the sketch from Card Positioning Systems and papers from Pink Paislee's Butterfly Gardens. Distressing, sewing, pearls, seam binding, ball fringe, twine, and a button give it a shabby vintage look.

This is also for a few other challenges:

1. ABC challenge - V for variety - use 3 different embellishments. I used a button, pearls, and fibers.

2. A Spoon Full of Sugar - flower power

3. Divas by Design - florals
4. Crafty Hos' Challenge Blog - twine

Thanks for visiting....hope you have a very inky day!!!

Under the Big Tent!!

Hello everyone!! Hope all is well with you and yours!! I had to work today but my wonderful husbant took me out to eat tonight...we went to a German restaurant and boy, was the food good!!!! We had jagerschnitzel and spaetzle....yummm!!! I probably gained 5 pounds tonight but it was worth it!!! Anyway.....
I made this fun circus card for Saturday's Inspiration Challenge on Splitcoast..... the step by step instructions are listed below. I found my inspiration from the super cute circus plates...this is for my grandson who will have a birthday soon.

1. Cut the red cardstock 9" x 4" and score at 4 ½"; fold to make the card base; opening will be on the right
2. Cut blue cardstock 4"x4" and glue to center front
3. Cut two pieces of red cardstock 3/4 “ x 4", dry emboss, and glue to right and left sides of front.
4. Cut image from patterned paper, glue to matting, and then glue to center front. Attach star, stickers, and tickets.
5. Top: cut 4" x 4" piece of red cardstock and cut in half at opposite corners to create a triangle
6. Cut two pieces of vanilla cardstock 1" x 4". Cut them into triangles using the two corner points of one end and the middle point of the other end. Attach to red triangle matching the points at the top and cut off excess at the bottom. Attach scalloped border and rick rack. Glue the tent top to card base and trim off the corners of the card base to match the angle of the top (you can see the clipped corners on the inside picture). Cut out flag and attach between the layers at the top point.

7. Attach the stickers, diecut white piece for the sentiment, and patterned paper to the inside.
Recipe:

Paper: Vanilla, Real Red, Baja Breeze, Balancing Act dp by TaDa Creative Studios
Accessories: Ticket Adhesive Border Strip from Imaginisce, K&Co Star Stickers
Dotted Swiss Embossing Folder, Martha Stewart Crafts Scalloped Border Punch, Rick Rack, Nestabilities

Thanks for visiting today...have a happy hump day!!!

Gentle as a Butterfly

Hello everyone...hope you had a great holiday weekend and are ready for a short work week...whoohoo!!! I have to work today so this well be short and sweet.....you know how working one or two days a week wears me out...LOL!!! Anyway....

I made this card last night while watching the Bachelorette (I just love reality shows). The papers are from Pink Paislee's Butterfly Garden and the stamps are from Rubbernecker's Butterflies are Free set were used to create this shabby vintage looking design. The chipboard frame was colored with a Creamy Caramel marker and Stickles was added to the edges. The butterfly was stamped on paper from the same collection, glittered up with Stickles, cutout, and adhered over the corrugated butterfly. Sewing, seam binding, pearls, and twine finish it off.

This is also for a few challenges:
1. Incy Wincy Designs - nature
2. Allsorts Challenge - things with wings
3. Fun With Shapes - everything must sparkle
4. Wags and Whiskers - stitches

Thanks for stopping by....have a great day!!!

Memorial Day Weekend

Hello everyone...hope you had a great Memorial Day weekend!!! Some of you may still be celebrating with a day off work and a BBQ....there is nothing like a little food with family and friends to make the day complete!!! We took our granddaughter home this afternoon and on the way back we rented a few movies and got take out from the Olive Garden....yummmmm!!!

Anyway....I couldn't let the Memorial Day weekend go by without making a patriotic card. Since we are a military family (retired), Memorial Day has special meaning. This is a fun little card that I will give my DH today....Papertrey Ink's Vintage Picnic set was stamped on the craft and the images were paper pieced with Creative Imaginations dp. The sparkly star and twine finish it off.

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you have a wonderful day!!!!



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Feeling Yucky?

Hello everyone...hope you are having a wonderful Sunday morning!! My DGD Mackenzie stayed with us last night and we had a girl party till almost midnight....we sent Grandpa to bed around 10:00...LOL!! Mackenzie is 11 going on 16 so it won't be long till staying at Grandma's will be out of the question!! Anyway...we did make time for a little stamping. I made a get well card for my husband's cousin's 4 year old granddaughter named Kallie. She is in an ICU after having a mechanical heart placed to help her heart pump until she is matched for a heart transplant. Her parents, grandparents, and great grandparents are all having a difficult time so we are all sending cards to Kallie and lots of prayers to her and the family!!

I used the adorable Crafty Secrets Feeling Yucky set for all the images and sentiment and the papers are from My minds Eye Fine and Dandy collection. The images were all colored with copics and I used the Labels 14 for the sentiment.

I'm off to get ready for church...have a great day!!!

Pretty in Pink

First of all I want to let my blogging friends know that I can't leave comments on everyone's blogs.....if I have to sign into your blog ...it keeps returning me to the login page...that is sooo frustrating!!!!! Blogger is having lots of issues and I sure do wish they would get them fixed!!!!

Good Friday morning everyone....I am not looking forward to this morning....I have my yearly mammogram today...YIKES!!! I hate to be smashed to a pancake but am happy for the good report when it comes so I guess I shouldn't complain!! Anyway.......I got out my favorite Rubbernecker stamp last night. I just love this elegant chandelier stamp from Rubbernecker's Clowns and Crowns set 3SKU-528...it was stamped on patterned paper from Making Memories called Just Chillin. Rubbernecker's Haystack Panel #SKU-522 background was also stamped on the Just Chillin paper and the sentiment from RN's Wildflower Silhouettes set was mounted on the Nestabilities Fancy Tags diecut. The silk ribbon, button, and twine finish it off.

And, BTW, Rubbernecker Stamps is having a......

Saturday - Sunday - Monday
Our entire stamp inventory on sale
Up to 40% OFF


Shoppers Reward Program is in effect during the Sale weekend so don't forget to give us your free choices. If you need help, the rules for the program are listed on the home page.
Sale Hours
Saturday morning 5/28 @ 9 AM until Monday evening 5/30 @ 9 PM


Thanks for dropping in this morning...have a great weekend!!!