MC Mar/12 - Polymer Clay - Shamrock Blessings

So I needed to do a "Green" card - shamrocks, luck of the Irish... stuff like that. And this is what came of it.

I used polymer clay to create the shamrocks. I finally have a toaster oven that has a temperature gauge that works...

Anyway to see more details and descriptions click on card image and enjoy.

And it fits for these challenges:
Raise the Bar  #94 use twine
Simply Create Too  #8 I'm so lucky
The Secret Crafter Saturday  #175 green as a main color
SSDS Challenge  use something from your stash (the polymer clay is from previous mixes, the die cut was cut from a scrap die cut)
Paper Sundaes  #110  Green or good luck (getting a 4 leaf clover is lots of luck...)

MC Nov/11 - Double Emboss - Thank You

One of Flourishes challenges is a Double Embossing technique. I must admit, it's rare I use it, preferring rather to just use my rubber mallet to emboss where I want. But it was a good exercise anyway...

I'm also use a Quietfire Design  rubber stamp.

Anyway to see more details and descriptions, just click on card image. Enjoy


And it fits for these challenges:
Createalicious  #27 Monthly - Distress the edges
Craft Your Passion  #83 Anything goes + brown
City Crafter  #82 Thanks - giving
Creative Crafts Challenges  Clean & Simple
Flourishes  #143 Double Embossing
Scrap Creations  Sentiment as main focus
Crafty Creations  #143 Kraft/Brown, White/Cream, + 1 other color
Penny's Challenges  #66 give thanks
Aud Sentiment  #41 Thank You
Card Makin Mamas  #33 Thankful
Christmas Stamping  use a stamp that hasn't been inked yet
Frosted Designs  Embossing
Incy Wincy Designs  #119 Stitching
Kortudfordring  #50 Clean & Simple
Totally Stampalicious  Anything goes
Truly Scrumptious challenge  #69  Bingo: Emboss, Flowers, glitter (plus lace, buttons, die)
Inspiration Avenue  lots of sewing/knitting/lacework images
CCEE Stampers   Use 3 different shapes (round buttons, cut out candle holders, die cut for the masking and then the embossing)

MC Aug/11 Easel Xmas Stars

So now I'm entering Flourishes Xmas challenge - inspired by a song "Dear Santa" by Clara Beeson Hubbard... I was reading the rules and then realized I had to use Flourishes stamps too... Had to rethink my card since I really only have 2 Xmas sets and I've used them both on previous cards. Well that was a challenge BIG GRIN. So I used bits and pieces from 3 stamps sets to fill in my stars with an Xmas feel to it. I think it worked.

I'm also using Textured Word set from Quietfire Design which i seem to be using quite a bit lately. They're so versatile.

So to see more details and descriptions etc, just click on card image and enjoy.

And it fits for these challenges too:
Moving Along with the Times  #110 Anything but square
Frosted Designs  Color something
Totally Paper Crafts  #77 Holidays
Wags n Whiskers  #70 Sparkly (various sparkly things)
Crazy 4 Challenges  #99 Shaped card
Mark's Finest Papers  #67 anything but standard card size

MC Aug 11 - Punched Frame - Thank You Friendship

So here's another punched frame but this one uses a regular corner punch rather than a photo frame corner punch. It may look busy but I really like the way it looks.

I'm also using a bunch of Flourishes rubber stamp sets.

Anyway to see more details, descriptions and close ups, just click on card image and enjoy.

And it fits for these challenges:
Fresh Brewed Designs  Monthly #58 Hot Colors
Kaboodle Doodles  #78 In the Garden
City Crafter  #68 Use an image of a birdhouse or home etc.
Flourishes  #129 Favorite Flower (Orchids are one of them and mine in my office is still blooming 9 months later)
Scrap Creations  Buttons & Bows
Belli Challenge  #123 use some non paper items (floral lace trim)
Cooking it up with Katie  #69  Something old (punch), something new (Orchid stamp), favorite thing or tech (Smooshing CS through moist Distress stamp pad inks on craft mat)
Crafts & Me Challenge  #46 Anything Goes
Fab n Funky  #84 Friendship
Reasonable Ribbon  #89 Sizzling Summer
Simply Scrapping Crafts  Glitter
YNS Challenges  #48 Beautiful Borders (use punches or dies)
Some Odd Girl  Thank you
Delightful Sketches  Stitching

MC Aug/11 - Rainbow/Wings - A Friend

One of the challenges called for using something clear... another one called for rainbow colors or wings and the rest evolved. The buttons are made with polymer clay, the butterfly with paper flowers. Anyway, if you want to see more details and descriptions, just click on card image and enjoy.

I'm using a Quietfire Design rubber stamp quote.

And it fits for these challenges:

Flutterby Wednesdays #164 Stripes (but with BFly)
Truly Scrumptious Challenge  #62 Buttons & bows
Totally Paper Carfts  #77 Bling it Up
Wags n Whiskers  #59 Buttons & bows
The Crafty Pad  #132 Use something clear like acetate
Stamptacular Sunday  #122 Friendship

CBH July 12/11 - 2 colors - PolyClay Fiddleheads

The other day I was in a Polymer clay mood and wanted to make something similar I saw on line. You can see it HERE. Well, I can say without a doubt the original one I saw is about 200% better than mine... I guess I need to practice more BIG GRIN, but even so, I don't mind mine at all.

I had started with some already mixed clay and added other scraps which gave me a greyish blend, which I then extruded, coiled and lay down on another thin piece of clay (dark green blend). I then cut around my coil work and removed the negative areas. I sponged Distress greens on some cardstock, misted with water, dried and then stamped the word "Fiddleheads" and the Fiddlehead Ferns (both by Quietfire Design) with more Distress greens. Then I adhered my polyclay layer.

And this weeks theme over on Created By Hand and Quietfire Creations is "2 colors" which mine is - green & grey.

CBH June 28 - Buttons - Heart

This week's theme over on Created By Hand and Quietfire Creations is buttons or orange. I used both this time...

The two sentiment stamps are some of the newest from Quietfire Design. Love these little ones. They fit perfectly without overwhelming.

Anyway, to read more details and descriptions just click on card image. Enjoy.

Stampede 2011

The entry deadline has passed and I'm finally able to upload my Stampede pieces I entered for this year's contest. What with some ATC's I did a while back and the piece on the left, you can see I was in a Zen - doodle mood, and I'm using one of my favorite styles - Funky Neuland... you all know how I love "funky".

The piece on the right is basically Roman caps proportions. I recently took a class taught by Renate Worthington - "More than Just Roman Caps" and got a new appreciation for these letter forms. This is a layered piece, with the pencil worked letters as a base (they're not traditional Romans) but really like their look.

Anyway to see more details and descriptions, just click on either piece and you'll be taken to that web page. Enjoy. Now I keep my fingers crossed. I'll know on July 10th if I won anything. BIG GRIN

CBH - MC May11 - Lined Page - Write You Letters

Love the way this card came together. Starting with the notebook embossing folder, then the Kraft cardstock (like milk chocolate...). And when writing letters there must be a least a piece of chocolate or a chocolate cupcake to devour BIG GRIN

The theme on Created By Hand and Quietfire Creations is lined pages or journals.

I'm using a couple quotes by Quietfire Design as well as the cupcake image and the sentiment "my friend".

I'm using Becca's ribbon flower technique, but with my own twist of 2 different colors of ribbon.

Should you wish to see more images, details and descriptions, then just click on card image and enjoy.

And it fits for a few challenges:
Craft Your Passion #56 anything goes
Cupcake Craft challenge #140 Something that starts with the letter "C" (calligraphy, charm, Copics, & cola can)
Kaboodle Doodles #65 Embellish with the letter "B" (Button & Bling)
Lexis Creations #39 Friendship
Pollycraft Challenge #91 anything goes
Stamps-fun-Creativity #45 hearts
TSG Clear Stamps Challenge #105 3D flower
Woodware USA Clear Stamps #25 Yellow, blue & brown
Claudia & Co #80 Butterflies
Creative Craft Challenge Recycle something (cola can)
Paper Take Weekly #59 anything goes
Reasonable Ribbon challenge #23 Use 2 ribbons, laces or trim
Top Tip Tuesday #32 anything goes
Tuesday Taggers Wk #18 something old & new (Old lace, new stamp - ink bottle)
Crafts & Me challenge #33 swirls
Fab 'n Funky #71 no Designer Paper - create your own.
Flutterby Wednesday #153 Anything goes
YNS Challenge #41 Charms (handmade butterfly charm)
Cute card Thursday #163 chocolate (color, food or whatever)
Paper Play Challenges #18 Show us your style (beats me, no idea what my style is other than no people or kids stuff)
Stamp Insanity #57 Bling (glitter on pen & glass bead on BFly)

MCApr/11 Vintage-Hope Perches

Isn't that image of the girl beautiful? I couldn't resist buying and using it. Yesterday I got my Wonky Reverse Rectangles that I won recently. I really like them. Then got a bunch of other dies I pre-ordered way back when. So using lots of new stuff - just what I love doing...

I'm using one of the newest quotes by Quietfire Design.

And this weeks theme over on Created By Hand & Quietfire Creations is Dancing Shoes or Vintage - I picked Vintage.

Anyway, to see more details and descriptions etc., just click on card image. Enjoy.

And it fits for a few challenges:
Craft Your Passion #52 Anything Goes
Crazy Challenge #61 Add Flowers
Kaboodle Doodles #61 Lets get girlie
Anything Challenge Pearls
A Spoonful of Sugar #146 Lots of texture (ruffles, lace, stitching, embossing, background feels like suede)
Paper Take Weekly #55 Anything goes - optional something new
Reasonable Ribbon #21 Dies or Punches and Ribbon
Scrap Creations #58 pick 3 (Ribbons, flowers, pearls, glitter, buttons, charms) - used 5 of the 6
Tuesday Taggers Wk 14 Color scheme from one of your rooms (my bedroom - green & pinks - sorry no pic)
Belli Challenge #114 USe something a seamstress uses (Thread, ribbon, lace, button)
Crafts & Me challenge #29 Glitter
Flutterby Wednesdays #148 Anything goes (but have a BFly or fairy etc)
CC EE Stampers #11-14 Doily die or lace
Pixie Dust Studios #69 Lace
Res Q Challenge #77 use Tissue Paper
Tellens Place Sparkle & Lace
YNS Challenge #39 Stitching
Crafty Catz Weekly #77 Embossing
Crafty Pad #115 Flowers
Stamptacular Challenge #105 Buttons, Bling & Blooms

Aprill 2011 ATCs Oriental

My face to face ATC trading is next week, so I had to snap to it to get these done since I have another 4 day class coming up this weekend. This one with Barbara Close.

Anyway click on ATC at left to see the other 8 that I made. There's a nice variety. Enjoy

I had a little helpful inspiration from 2 of my blogger friends, Wanda at Art by Wanda for the bookplate idea with sequin waste background, she had a word stamped inside the oval. I added the shrink plastic inset instead and mine is a faux bookplate whereas her's were the real deal....

Then I made several Scor-Tape ribbon flowers from Becca at Amazing Grace. Very addictive.BIG GRIN I can't find the post where she wraps it around a thin ruler and then rather than wrapping the taped ribbon around a brush handle, she wrapped it tightly like a rose bud by hand, which is the way I did mine.

MC Apr/11 - PC Flower - Thinking of You using Quietfire Design rubber

It's real hard to think of spring when there's about 8" of snow that has fallen today here in Calgary - wet heavy stuff...

I made the air dried polymer clay flower a few days ago and have been itching to put it on a card. yes!!! and check out the center of that flower. Check out how I made it by clicking on the card.

Did some digital creating and cutting with my Cricut (birdcage, butterfly & scalloped piping border), some edge punching and flower punching, some die cutting with shrink plastic, making a scored background...

My sentiment is by Quietfire Design.

Click on card to see details descriptions and close ups etc. Enjoy

And it also fits for a few challenges:
Little Claire's Designs #4 Spring
Cupcake Craft Challenge #135 Flowers for Mum
Incy Wincy Designs Sparkle & Shine
Kaboodle Doodles #60 Spring
Ooh La La Creations #76 Special friend
Polly Craft #86 Friend
Top Tip Tuesday #27 nature Inspired
Tuesday Throwdown #42 Florals
Cooking it up with Katie #56 Sparkle, Shine & Shimmer
Color Throwdown #135 Black, Red, cream & White
Craft Us Crazy #5 Spring
Delightful Sketches Flowers
Lil Red Wagon #74 Fabric
CCee Stampers #11-13 Go wild (but no buttons, bows, buckles or brads)
Charisma Cardz #13 Bling & Sparkle
Pixie Dust Studio #68 anything with wings
Shelly's Images Punches
Stamp Insanity #53 Edges
Card Makin Mamas #20 embellish it
Frosted Designs Bling
Stamp challenge Use something digital
Tellens Place Embossing
Wags n Whiskers Rubber Stamps #51 ribbons & pearls
All Sorts Challenge #97 Blooming Blossoms
2 Sisters Challenge #33 Thinking of You
Craft Your days Away #17 Spots & Stripes
Crazy 4 Challenges #81 Sketch (see below)
Drunken Stampers #61 use a sponge
One Stop Craft Challenge #125 Spots & dots
Our Creative Corner Handmade paper flowers, ribbon & bling.
The Secret Crafter #128 Butterflies
SSDS Challenge Glitz
Opus Gluei #96 Fabric

MC Mar/11 - Glitter - A Smile

There were two things I wanted to use on this card and then there was a sketch I thought would work, although it's rare I use sketches, preferring more to just let things evolve, rather than forcing them within set designs. But I guess everyone works differently.

The flower is the latest tutorial on Becca Feeken's blog, so easy, and so impressive.

The glitter rectangles is actually made from Floral wrapping I picked up at my local "M" store. Really pretty stuff, then I added the glitter to it.

Made my own embellishments too, using the Lumina air dry Polymer Clay stuff I recently picked up. I'm going to pick up more of it...

Lots of die cutting, so if you want to see more details, descriptions and closeups, just click on card image. Enjoy

And the theme this week over on Created By Hand and Quietfire Creations is Out like a lamb or Glitter. It's sure evident I didn't use any lambs... BIG GRIN

I'm also using a Quietfire Design quote - such a true sentiment.

And it fits for a few challenges:
Crazy 4 Challenges #80 Sketch (see below)
Die Kreative en Stempelfreunde #21 Spring
Claudia & Company #78 pick 3 of the colors (I picked Rose, pale green, lavender)
Scrap Creations #56 Spring
Delightful Sketches Ribbons & Pastels
Wednesday Stamper Fabulously Colorful
Color Create #67 Pastels
If the Shoe Fits #72 Distress Inks, flower & clear bling
Prairie Fairy #49 Spring
Stamp challenges Spring
Totally Gorjuss #73 Spring
Two Sisters Challenge #32 make your own embellishments (the flourishes & flower)
CES Challenge #29 Die Cut Crazy
Mark's Finest Papers #46 Dry & heat embossing
Simply Create #40 do it yourself (make my own flower and embellishments)
Cute Daisy May Glitter & Glitz

MC Mar/11 - Greens - Pandas Thanks

Shabby chic and vintage are not easy subjects for me, even though I love the look of them, but since there were a couple challenges that asked for it, I decided to give it a go...

The sentiment is from Quietfire Design. I love those pandas, from Local King Rubber, but I think this is the first time I've used them.

And this week over on Created By Hand the theme is Lucky or Green

The pin on top with the elephant is an altered item. I had these doll head pins from eons ago and never used them. Didn't really want to use it this time either, but then I said - how can I alter it - and that got me in to two challenges - one that uses pins and one that said alter something BIG GRIN.

Tags is something else I very rarely use. But since there were several challenges that asked for tags as well - figured I might as well make one. And with all these challenges I really like the end result.

Anyway if you want to see more details and descriptions etc, just click on card image. Enjoy.

So it fits for these challenges:
The Pink Elephant #94 Buttons, lace & ribbon
TSG Clear Stamps #96 Stamp on something other than CS (Polymer Clay, then baked)
Spoonful of Sugar #141 use a tag
Creative Craft Challenge Thank You
Cuttlebug Challenge Use Pins
Flourishes #107 Green
Kort o Mania #35 Alter Something (the pin)
Tuesday Throwdown #38 use a tag
Belli Challenge #112 use an animal
Creative Cottage #34 use a tag
Gingersnaps Creations #90 charms
CCEE Stampers #1109 Swirls
Charisma Cardz #9 four legged friends
Do You Stack Up #9 green
Dutch Dare Card Challenge #102 Who's in the Zoo
Meljens Designs #48 use an animal
Paper Play Wk9 Shabby Chic & Vintage

Polymer Clay ATCs

I got a few more books on Polymer clay and the pics were so glorious, I had to pull some out and play today.

The one on the left is removable from the ATC and the recipient can wear it. The one on the right is stationary - attached with the heart brad.

Click on either ATC to see more details and descriptions etc. It's on the same sticker ATC page as the last post. So these will be on the top.

They also use some of my Calligraphic Peel Off stickers on the ecraftdesigns.com label.

Enjoy

Punch ATCs

I finally finished a few ATCs for our trade this Thursday. The theme was to use punches in unusual ways, or not what the punch may seem at first glance.
Click on the ATCs to see the others I made
Enjoy.

MC Aug Premo - Create Dream

I've finally had some time to play with my Polymer clay. I love the way this turned out. Needless to say, I'll be playing with it again real soon...

Click on card to see details and descriptions etc.

It also uses a couple of Quietfire Design rubber stamps that fit so beautifully in circles.

And it fits a few challenges:
Crazy 4 challenges #52 Incorporate lattice
Frosted Designs Circles
Flutter By Wednesday #119 Anything Goes (incl BFly, angel etc)
Digi Doodle Shops Best #22 Distressing
One Stop Craft Challenge #94 Sentiment as main focus
The Crafty Pad #86 Simply Pearls/rhinestones etc
Opus Gluei #69 make something different (using polymer clay)