CR84FN34 & Moxie Fab World Tuesday Trigger - Celebrate

Part II of the CR84FN colors... I ran out of time yesterday to create something fun with the lovely colors so I played this morning. I was feeling inspired by the Moxie Fab World Tuesday Trigger.

I dressed my little girl in a pretty yellow flirty frock like the Moxie Fab World inspiration photo:

The image is from B Line Designs. I think she is so sweet.  The sentiment is Amuse. The background paper was a gift from a friend.


The beautiful CR84FN34 colors are courtesy of Scott Pendleton: 

For all the details on the challenge this week go to the CR84FN blog. 

The fabulous CR84FN Design Team:

Deborah Frings * Sue Lelli  * Andrea Matthews *  Stephanie Kraft * Suzanne Czosek (me)  *  Heather Jensen * Mona Pendleton  * Lisa Somerville 


Thanks for stopping by! 

Suzz

Happy Birthday Lisa! x 2

Happy Birthday Lisa S and Lisa S! I have two extremely talented stamping friends who both have birthdays this month, and they are both Lisa's.  I created two different cards for each of them.

I had a hard time picking out what stamps to use for the first Lisa's birthday card, so I let the papers do the talking. There is this super fun paper pad called Wanted from Cosmo Cricket.  Gorgeous colors and designs on the papers. 

The papers basically designed the card and the sentiment is from a fun set from B Line designs which has the perfect sentiments. The card works for the Simon Says Stamp and Show your stars. (These stars are some favorites of mine and are almost all gone.) :(   They are from Christmas Trim that I purchased at the craft store.

The second Lisa is the one that introduced me to stamping.  Here is a cute card that I think she will like!

The images are from Crafty Secrets and I loved the sentiments and thought the Kewpie angels were adorable.   The circles were created with a mask and coloring the edges of the circle and pulling in the color with a water brush. Love how this turned out and definitely will be doing this again. :)

Lisa and Lisa, I hope your birthdays are wonderful!


Suzz

Cityscapes

Cath over at Moxie Fab World put forth a new challenge called The Cityscapes are on the Rise. I had created this skyline image awhile ago and it was sitting in my scraps box. I loved  the colors but set it aside as I had no inspiration for the design of the card.  Here is the end result.

 

The skyline was on one piece and I ended up cutting it into two circles and making a third circle to complete the design.   The skyline image is from B Line Designs and the map is from Cornish Heritage Farms and the sentiment Hero Arts. The images were stamped with Versafine Smokey Gray and clear embossed. The skyline is a combination of black dye ink and Rangers Distress Inks Wild Honey.  

Thanks for stopping by! 

Suzz

Happy Memorial Day!

Happy Memorial Day to my U.S. friends.  We had a slightly rainy and cloudy day today but it was a lovely day with my family.

I have been busy working on projects that I can't share... :(  I had to create a few things for a December publication. So strange to be creating Christmas cards when it is 90 degrees outside. :) 

I did create two little projects from some scraps that I generated while working on other projects.  The paper was dragged through re-inkers on my craft mat mixed with a little water.

I created an ATC and a mini-card using a new set of stamps from Stampin Up. While taking the Zindorf class(so much fun!) she included a lovely set of stamps as part of the class. All the flowers and berry stamps are from the Stampin Up.

 The birds are from a B Line set which has several sizes and types of birds to be used. I colored everything using the watercolor pencils and the images are stamped using Vintage Sepia.

Nothing too complex but I enjoyed playing with the new stamps!

Have a lovely week!

Suzz

Wings of Dreams

Just playing around with my new Hero Arts Designblock Silhouette Grass.

I had a labels 8 die cut shape from white cardstock sitting on my desk from another project and decided to create a background.

The background is created by smearing tattered rose on my craft mat and spritzing water on the ink until it beads. Then use your finger to mix up the ink into swirls on the craft mat. Drag your white card stock through it until completely covered. Let dry with something on it to keep it flat.
Stamp the grass using versamark. Stamp the sentiment and birds using a brown pigment ink. Heat emboss using a clear embossing powder.

Sponge over the bottom half of the card with brown dye ink and top half with Ranger Distress Ink Tattered Rose.

Sponge the edges with brown dye ink and around the tops of the grass to give them a shadow.

Tie some twine around attach a button and you are done. :)

Products:

• Hero Arts - Silhouette Grass
• Hero Arts - Old Letter Writing
• Memento - Rich Cocoa
• Versafine - Vintage Sepia
• Ranger Distress Inks - Tattered Rose
• B Line Design Cube - Birds
• Verses - QQ0841-3 Wings of your Dreams
• Spellbinders Nestabilities - labels 8

I forgot to mention my new header. I enjoyed pulling out some of my vintage goodies for my holiday header that I thought I would go rummaging again. The cards leaning up in the background actually have a price tag from Woolworth's on them with 30 cents! I loved Woolworth's when we were growing up, you could always get a great deal. The other set of cards says it is the property of the churches woman's club that my Great-Aunt belonged to. Don't know how my mother ended up with them but glad I have them. My favorite is that little dog and his rug. My mother loved that dog and he always had a spot of honor on her shelf in the kitchen.

Thanks for stopping by...

Suzz

Vellum Shade

This is another one of those ideas that has sat fermenting in my brain for awhile... Lets hope it is like wine and not apples. :) I had seen this last year some time had created the vellum lining for a candle holder.


I decided to create my own free-standing candle frame to use with the new battery operated tea lights. (I don't like lighting candles always worried they will catch fire)


I cut a piece of vellum 10" long and scored it every 2" from the last score. I then stamped the trees all the way across using StaZon ink. Stamped the birds across the panel. Added touches of stickles for the fall leaves. Cut two pieces of my masterboard paper 1/2" x 10" and scored at the same measurements as the vellum. Glue the vellum to the two pieces of cardstock. Fold up the panel into a square and glued the overlap piece into the inside.
I went into the bathroom and tried to get a litup shot which was difficul due to lighting but I think it turned out okay. I have to confess I am waiting for my tea-light to come home from the store so this was taking with a small candle.

The stickles were to give it a little glitz during the day.

Products:

• Hero Arts - Three Winter Trees
• B Line Designs - Bird Silhouttes Cube
• Hero Arts - Antique Flower Background / Antique Brocade
• Ranger Distress Inks - Fire Brick Red, Mustard Yellow, Spiced Marmalade
• Stickles - Red, Orange, Rust
• Versamark
• Clear Embossing Powder

Thanks for stopping by... Hope you have a beautiful day!

Suzz

Snowy Christmas

Look at this gorgeous paper... It looks like snow falling and I couldn't resist creating a little scene using it as my sky with snow. I have had this verse for awhile and haven't had the chance to use it on a card. Now doesn't that just fit this quiet scene?

The paper is Cosmo Cricket Jolly by Golly. The Hero Arts Challenge this week is tearing paper. I tore the snowy ground and stamped on the Hero Arts tree. You don't get the full effect of the tree as I used the puffy Ranger Embossing powder to give it texture. The birds are B Line design. The verse is from Northwoods.

Hope you have a lovely day...

Suzz

Tag Tuesday Challenge #18

Tag Tuesday Challenge hosted by Louise is Birds... I had this masterboard I had created previously and hadn't used. So I cut a portion off to create the background for my tag. I just added a little more detail and popped a few of the birds to finish off the tag.

I was trying to achieve some different colors with this background and stayed with the oranges, reds and browns.

There is a big variety of stamps on the background a mix of Penny Black stamps along with Ranger Distress Inks.

The branch is Hero Arts and the birds are from B Line Designs.

Thanks for stopping by!

Suzz

Sorry it has been so long...

I have been busy with work and been trying to create a video. We ran into technical difficulties making the video but I still have plans to create a few videos. Stay tuned for those.

I have also been busy stamping... Just didn't get a chance to post them

I created two different projects for the Hero Arts blog Challenge: http://heroarts.com/blogs/club/2009/09/14/in-celebration-of-learning/ The challenge this week is about learning. Looking at cards from when we first started and what we have learned along the way.

The second challenge is from Louise's blog. http://kardkrazy.blogspot.com/2009/09/tag-challenge-16-grid-tag.html She hosts a Tuesday challenge and this week's challenge is grid tags.

For me the tag was a new area that I had never explored and was learned along the way along with the uses of scraps, embellishments and even grid cards... So this encompasses alot of things I have learned along the way in my stamping journey.


This was made from some beautiful scraps sent to me from Jacqueline. Thanks Jacqueline!

The second card is a thing I am still learning... How to use white effectively or negative space in my cards. I do tend to like my colors.. :)




So this was a little challenge for myself to keep my card in the whites/ivories...

Card Products:

• QuicKutz Embossing Folder - Diamonds and Dots
• Versamark
• Clear Embossing Flowers
• Clay Flowers
• Sheer Ivory Ribbon
• Hero Arts - Old Letter Writing
• Hero Arts - Real Salvia
• Hero Arts - Everyday Sayings

Tag Products:

• Ranger Distress Inks - Peeled Paint
• Memento - Rich Cocoa
• Versafine - Vintage Sepia
• Hero Arts - Monarch Butterfly
• Hero Arts - Purple Wash
• Penny Black - berry branch
• Hero Arts - Artistic Windows
• B Line Design - Bird Silhouettes
• Verses Rubber Stamps - Grow Old
• Inkadinkado - 96127 - CC
• Hero Arts - Old Letter Writing
• Hero Arts - Raindrop Background
• Hero Arts - Flower Word
  
  Thanks for stopping by...
  
  Suzz

Thinking Inking - Crackle Distress

Jennifer McGuire has been hosting videos and classes on 2 Pea's using all different types of Ranger Inking projects. The videos can all be found here... http://www.twopeasinabucket.com/mb.asp?cmd=list&forum_id=52.

This weeks class is about crackle paint. I don't have any but I have a crackle finish which I used in place of the crackle paint.

I combined this with a vacation/travel challenge on the Hero Arts Blog this week. I only have one stamp for Hero Arts which is a travel type of stamp so I used that to create my tag.

Tag Recipe:

1. Smear multiple colors of acryclic dabbers on a piece of acetate.
2. Use a makeup sponge mix parts of the color together (this is in one of the videos Jennifer has up on 2 Peas)
3. Smear on white cardstock to create a background.
4. Let that dry and then stamp the image onto the paint background using a pigment ink.
5. Clear emboss the stamped image.
6. Layer on the crackle gloss finish. I put it on and then smeared it around with another makeup sponge. I put two layers on.

The butterfly is made from grunge paper and I applied the same finish but with a really thick layer and attempted to dry it using the heat gun. It didn't crackle but gave it a beautiful glossy finish. :)

The background of the card is made from distress inks smeared onto acetate and spritzed with water until they became very watery.

Everything else is a combination of stamping with brown pigment ink and embossing with gold embossing powders.

Products:

• Ranger Acryclic Paint Dabbers - Gold, Stream, Juniper
• Ranger Queens Gold Embossing Powder
• Versamark Watermark Ink
• Versafine - Vintage Sepia
• Ranger Crackle Glaze
• Hero Arts - Heart Winged Butterfly,
• Inkadinkado - 94010-N
• B Line Designs - Paris
• Hero Arts - Collage Take Time
• Stampers Anonymous - French Market
• Stampers Anonymous - Lined Paper
• Ranger Distress Inks - Peeled Paint, Broken China

Thanks for stopping by...

Suzz

A busy weekend...

We have had a really busy weekend... Track meet, soccer game, baseball practice, SRE and birthday parties. (One of which was hosted at our house for family for our 2 oldest) You name it we have done it... I only had time to work on one card which was supposed to be for Kwerner's color challenge, but I think the colors might be a little off so I might play with the colors again. The colors for the challenge were red, brown, yellow, turquoise, and white.

This stamp is from Rubber Stampede. I forgot I even had it and was digging out a stamp to send off and found it and thought "Oh I have to play with this again".

The shapes are from the nestabilities and I actually stamped the image twice to be able to get 3 shapes cut out.

Products:

• Rubber Stampede - Wild Rose Background
• Nestabilities
• Versafine - Vintage Sepia
• Watercolor Pencils
• Stampabilities - Happy Birthday 01
• B Line - Lace Background
• Ranger Distress Inks - Broken China

Thanks as always for stopping by... I appreciate all your comments and visits!

Suzz

Teal, Brown, Light Green...

These cards all started from a color challenge and veered off to a little darker palette. I ended up making two cards as I was playing around. This happens to me a lot when I am creating, I end up with major scraps and this time I decided to create two cards that look very similar but with two different layouts.

Card # 1
Card # 2

Unfortunately the vintage paper photographs so much darker and the stamping is really a lovely layer ontop of it.

Products:

• Tim Holtz - Stampers Anonymous - Flights of Fancy
• Cornish Heritage Farms - Silhouette Blooms I
• Hero Arts - Heart Winged Butterfly
• Impression Obsession - Inspire
• Versafine - Vintage Sepia, Deep Lagoon
• Ranger Distress Inks - Shabby Shutters, Broken China
• B Line Lace Background
• Fiskars - Border Punch
• Martha Stewart Edger
• Marvy Uchida Scalloped Circle, Circle Punch

Thanks for stopping by...

Suzz

Vintage Veranda Challenge

My friend Jacqueline: http://myscrapbasket.blogspot.com/2009/01/dreaming-of-far-away-places-challenge.html is the guest designer at Vintage Veranda and hosting a challenge for January called Dreaming of far-away places: http://www.thevintageveranda.com/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=17

Here is my entry:


Products:

• Radiant Rain - Twinkling H20's
• B line - Betsy
• Hero Arts - Design Block - Tree, Wavy Leaf
• Judikins - Copper Embossing Powder
• Inkadinkado - Flourishes
• Hero Arts - Old French Writing
• Hero Arts - Take Time Collage
• Stampabilities - Classic-Fleur-De-Lys
• Versafine- Vintage Sepia
• Twine, Lace Trim, Pearls
• Crochet Flower - Thanks Jacqueline!

Thanks for stopping by...

Suzz

Art Creations Challenge Friday #8

The Art Creations Challenges always provide beautiful backgrounds and stretch my creativity. Challenge # 8 is http://artcreationsfriday.blogspot.com/2009/01/8th-challenge.html to use this painted background:

There is so much wonderful color and depth in this background I wasn't sure if I could add to it.
Here is my end result. Unfortunately with the snow we are having.... I can't get an outside picture and I scanned it which means you can't see the glaze on here which pulls the colors and gives it another layer of texture.

Products:

• Versamark Watermark Ink
• Clear Embossing Powder
• Ranger Distress Embossing Powder - Vintage Photo
• Prima Flowers
• Gems, Twine, Butterfly Charms - Uknown
• B Line Design Spring Blossoms
• Penny Black Bare Tree
• Penny Black Berry Branch
• Asian Lady - Uknown

Thanks for stopping by...

Suzz