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Wednesday, January 22, 2020

Exploding Box


While helping my Mom recuperate from knee replacement surgery, we played with a kit she got.  I can't remember what the kit was or who made it, but this was the exploding box card that I made from it.

And here's the card folded ready for mailing:
 

Tuesday, January 21, 2020

Using Scraps #1


I've got a lot of scraps that I felt were too large to throw away, but often turn out to be smaller than what I need for a project.  The piles have been growing & I needed to do something to pare them down.  Here's what I decided to do - use them to make pre-made embellishments.  These are hopefully just the first installment of MANY to come as I work on clearing out my scraps!  

To color these I used a combination of 3 different mediums: pastel chalks added with a brush, Inktense pencils with water for blending, and occasionally gelatos (used a couple of the metallic colors with water for cats eyes).  Below is a closeup of some of them.  The dogs and cats are stamps/dies from Stampendous.  The deer & trees are stamps/dies from Heartfelt Creations.








Tuesday, January 7, 2020

Peek-a-Boo Dog


Today's card was made using my Christmas present (Peek-a-Boo Dog by Gemini and the matching arch dies).

Tools & Supplies Used:
  • Peek-a-Boo Dog stamps & dies & Arch Dies (Gemini)
  • Woodland Wonder sets of stamps & dies (Heartfelt Creations)
  • Brick Wall embossing folder (Darice). 
  • Distress, Distress Oxide & die inks
  • Inktense pencils & water brush
  • Pastel Chalks
  • Glimmer Paper
  • Craft card base & scrap card stock from my stash
  • Freehand cut "rock" 
Here's the inside: