Scribbled Lives 2021 - Wk 17 Impressions - Metal Love

 

Scribbled Lives 2021 - Wk 17 Impressions - Metal Love

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Feb/19 - Side Easel Clocks - ED Happy Birthday - The Only Time

More from my stash... You may remember a card I did not so long ago using the embossed background designs. I'm using all the leftover pieces and splicing together... LOVE this card

I'm using a die "Happy Birthday #2" 2pce set from Elizabeth Craft Designs, also available on Quietfire Design HERE

I'm also using a rubber quote stamp from Quietfire Design ("The Only Time You Should...")

Click on any card image to see all the details and descriptions etc. Enjoy

MC Sept/18 - Easel Fimo Leaves - ECD Danke - Nature Gives To Every Time

Suzanne came out with a whole batch of rubber stamp sets and singles. I'm using the grid patterned background stamp as well as the quote. They are all gorgeous. Sigh!!

I also came across some fimo leaves I made eons ago and thought I'd finally get to use them.

I'm using an A Way With Words dies  "Danke" from Elizabeth Craft Designs, also available on Quietfire Design HERE

I'm also using a quote and design element stamps from Quietfire Design

("Autumn Collection -  Nature Gives To Every Time" 4pce set); ("Grid Background") 

Click on any card image to see all the details and descriptions etc. Enjoy

And it fits for these challenges:
Fashionable Stamping  #139 quote
MMM Challenge  #80 Autumn/Fall colors
City Crafter  #429  fall colors (2nd entry)
Sisterhood of Crafters  cozy plaid
Aud Sentiment Challenge  #212 fall + sentiment
Crafty Catz Weekly  #429 anything goes

MC June/18 - Brown Gate Fold - ECD Happy Birthday - Without Music

I was in a mood to make a couple gate fold cards using Elizabeth Craft Designs Moda Scrap die. Such a pretty die... This is the first one.

I'm using an A Way With Words dies  "Happy Birthday 1"  from Elizabeth Craft Designs, also available on Quietfire Design HERE

 

I 'm also using one of the newest stamps from Quietfire Design  ("Without Music...") 

Click on any card image to see all the details and descriptions etc. Enjoy

And it fits for these challenges:
Pennys Challenges  #389 anything goes
Simon Says Stamp Challenge  use a die or punch
4 Crafty Chicks  #412  anything goes
Cute Card Thursday #539 bugs/butterflies
Little Miss Muffet  #193 anything goes
Craft Stamper  Monthly July  anything goes
Love 2 Scrap  #111 anything goes
Penny Black at All Sorts  things with wings
Simply Crate Too  #140 no patterned DP
City Crafter  #422 butterflies
Craftalicious Challenge  #29  anything goes
Dies R Us Challenge  #101 birthday
JW Scrap Shack  #243  anything goes
Polka Doodle Challenge #29  anything goes
QKR Stampede  #305  anything goes

MC July/17 - Star snowflake Box and Card - Xmas in July

 

I was enthused by this star box from Suzanne and thought I'd make one...

I'm using a  digital file from Suzanne available on the Silhouette onLine store - click on image to purchase. 

I'm also using a bunch of sentiment stamps from Quietfire Design  ("International Merry Christmas" 6pce set) 

PS Christmas in July at Quietfire Design - all Xmas stamps are 25% off.

Click on any card image to enlarge. Enjoy

And it fits for these challenges:

Crazy Hazelnut Challenge  monthly July anything Xmas
Cute Daisy May  Monthly July  Xmas (2nd entry)
Die cut Divas  Monthly July  Xmas (2nd entry)
Hiding In My Craft Room  #NSD310 any holiday
Crafty Catz Weekly  #381 no cards (I'm submitting the star box...)

 

MC June/16 - Tri Fold Quill - ECD Happy Birthday - Let The Beauty

I was in a mood to do some Malaysian style quilled flowers (you can see a tutorial by Angela from The Crafty Angels HERE)

And I had the rosette floral thing (made with Joanna Sheen Signature Lace die) from quite a while back still sitting on my desk...

I'm using an "A Way With Words" die from Elizabeth Craft Designs ("Happy Birthday" 2pce die set) available in the near future, designed by Suzanne Cannon (also available HERE).

I'm also using a quote and design element stamp from Quietfire Design  ("Let The Beauty..."); ("Crackle Background") 

Click on any image to see all the details and descriptions. Enjoy

And it fits for these challenges:
Fashionable Stamping   #112 flowers
4 Crafty Chicks  #303  Metal (the diamond shaped paper click holding card closed - seen in top photo)
Seize The Birthday  anything goes
Crafty Catz Weekly  #329 dots (the lattice work embossed design is all dots)
Fussy and Fancy  #166 flowers
All Sorts Challenge  #368 garden/flowers
Love To Scrap  #80 anything goes
Cuttlebug Mania  Flowers/wreaths
Deep Ocean Challenge  #131 metal or wood (the diamond shaped paper click holding card closed - seen in top photo)

MC Apr/16 - Tim's Tag - Awesome - ECD Friends - HB

And April's tag for Tim's challenges is done... This month it was "Faux Mosaic Technique". Whoops missed the paint resist technique... Oh well half the challenge is better than none...

Using a bunch of quilled elements from a while back. And that fabulous "Awesome" word from Suzanne available on the Silhouette onLine store. And the Penny Black stamp I just got which I created an eCut file to fussy cut it... And using one of my newest lace dies from Joanna Sheen. And my favorite brick background stamp from Impression Obsession. And on the inside that humongous butterfly from Tim (die and embossing folder set)

And using an A Way With Words die "Friends" also available on Quietfire Design HERE.

Plus a couple sentiment stamps from Quietfire Design. "Happy Birthday Plain and Simple" 7pce set; and "Twirl and Enjoy" 3pce set

Click on any image to see all the details and descriptions etc. Enjoy

And it fits for these challenges:
Tim's April Tag Challenge
We Love To Create  #8 anything mixed media
Creatalicious  #88 things with wings (2nd entry)
Digi Stamps 4 Joy  #123 Add a BFly (2nd entry)
Emerald Creek  monthly April (2nd entry) (Embossing powder Blue Sparkle & Silver Satin Pearl)
Penny Black at All Sorts  Monthly April BD (2nd entry)
Reasonable Ribbon  ribbon & flowers (2nd entry)
Facebook Cardmaker Challenge  watercoloring
Crafty Ribbons Challenge  #147 tag + ribbon
Polka Doodle Challenge  #13 floral frenzy (2nd entry)
Stamps Fun Creativity  #276 Birthday

MC Jan/16 - Tim's Tags - ECD Live - Time Waits For No One

 Well I think I'm starting the year off well... and finally doing one of Tim's tag challenges. It's been a while...

It's so rare I work with black cardstock, so right off the bat he got my juices going.

I die cut the black tag (Sizzix Tim's "Tag & Bookplate").

Applied some aluminum duct tape to thin white cardstock, embossed with Sizzix "Pocket Watches" embossing folder. Painted all over with Distress acrylic daubers "Black Soot", then some "Walnut Stain"  and a bit more of the black, drying between layers, then sanding the high points. Adhered to tag.

Die cut the gears (Sizzix Tim's on the Edge "Gears") from black cardstock. Painted with the black and brown and added some "Copper". Adhered to edge of tag.

Stamped the watch with rose (Stamp It Australia "Rose Clock") using Versafine Black Onyx on white cardstock and clear embossed. Fussy cut around and colored with Prisma colored pencils, Adhered off the edge of the tag.

Die cut the Elizabeth Craft Designs word "Live" (also available on Quietfire Design HERE) from black and white cardstock. Swiped some "Picket Fence" over the black in a streaky fashion to mimic blackboard effect. Adhered it to the white die cut, off set, then on to the tag. Added the word "now" using a pointed nib and a mix of Copic White Opaque and H2º.

Swiped over the oval frame (part of the bookplate die) with the picket fence and wrote my words on the oval drop out "Time waits for no one" and doodled some dots. Adhered to tag and adhered the frame using 3D foam tape, adding two pewter colored screw brads.

Final touch added the black/silver Sari ribbon bow.

Click on any image to enlarge. Enjoy

And it fits for these challenges:
Tim's tags 2016  January technique remix
Moving Along with The Times  #11 spots and dots
Cute Card Thursday  #407  something new (the "Live" die)
Facebook Card Maker Magazine  color something metal
Craft Your Passion  #293 anything goes
Hiding In MY Craft Room  #232 black and white + 1 color
Avenue 613 Challenge  #157  anything goes optional CAS
Our Creative Corner  monthly Jan  inspir mood image (se pic below)

MC Dec/15 - ECD Love You - To Love - Friendship

My turn on the Quietfire Creations Blog today and I made a simple card using Elizabeth Craft Designs dies ("Love"), ("You"), and "Alphabet Caps" die cut from Color Burst decorated watercolor paper enhanced with Schminke Gold Powder and Coarse Kosher Salt. 

Click on card image to see all the details and descriptions as well as an easy trick for adhering all these little letters big grin. I first saw it on Pinterest - by llwillison  on Youtube
Or click HERE to go to my website

I'm using a quote stamp on the inside by Quietfire Design "Frienship Isn't a Big Thing..."

And it fits for these challenges:
Polka Doodle Challenge  #51 anything goes
Brown Sugar Challenge  #177 anything goes
Penny Black @ All Sorts  Monthly Dec Anything goes
All Sorts Challenge  #324/343 anything but Xmas
Hiding In My Craft Room  #230 anything goes #214
We Love To Create  #26 anything goes - mixed media

MC Dec/15 - Quill - ECD Happy Birthday - Just For You

Thought I was using one of the newest Elizabeth Craft Designs dies and realized as I was writing my blurb it was the earlier released die. Sheesh. Back to the drawing board...

But I am really happy with the results. I'm using a bunch of scraps and stuff from my bins. Loving the curvy leaf background which was the negative of the leaves done on Color Burst decorated watercolor paper and looked so pretty when I was finished with it I didn't have the heart to throw it away. Also using a bunch of quilled elements from previous sessions. And I had opened one of my ribbon drawers and there was that little piece of webbed ribbon ...

And the "Happy Birthday" is a top and bottom off the edge die cutting technique explained on my website. Yes you could die cut the word and just glue the edges to a couple borders... There is always more than one way to do things...

Anyway, just click on any card image to see all the details and descriptions and lots more views.


I'm using Elizabeth Craft Designs dies "Happy Birthday"; "Curvy Leaves"; "Leafy Branch"; "Hardware 1 - Hinges";

And on the inside I'm using sentiments from Quietfire Design ("Just For You" 4pce set)

And it fits for these challenges:
Simon Says Stamp Challenge  Die Crazy
City Crafter  #292 Heat Embossing
Tuesday Throwdown  #274 anything goes
Penny's Challenges  #258 anything goes
The Paper Shelter  #231 Anything goes
Hiding in My Craft Room  #229 use your scraps
Fashionable Stamping  #106 make your own background

MC June/15 - Fern Napkin - Quill Flower - You Use Works of Art - HB

I have drawers full to bursting with napkins... I finally decided to use one ROFL. Love the ferns. I also recently picked up this new Fiskars squeeze punch "In Bloom" and used it with some cardstock I had painted with Brusho's, then paired it with some quilled flowers I made a while back.I think it turned out really well.

Anyway you can see all the details and descriptions by clicking on any card image. Enjoy

I'm using part of a quote stamp on the outside and sentiment & quote stamp on the inside by Quietfire Design.

And it fits for these challenges:
All Sorts Challenge  #315 Flower Power
Brown Sugar Challenge  #150 in the garden
Card Mania Challenge  #69 metal embellie
Hiding in My Craft Room  #203 use your scraps
MFP Stamps Shop Challenge  #266 use a corner
We Love to Create  #12 anything goes

MC May/15 - Quill Tulips Frame Card - Becca Pocket Dies - HB - The Woods

And another very productive quilling session... I demo'ed using Brusho's and Colour burst to my quill group and ended up using some for this card... I finished making more tulips. Decided on what my background for this would be... that took a while BIG GRIN and then when my friends left I put it all together adding more and more elements as usual. ROFL.

Anyway you can see all the details and descriptions and more views by clicking on any card image. Enjoy

I'm using Quietfire Design quote and sentiment stamps. And the die set I'm using from Becca's new release is available on Quietfire Design as well. Here

And it fits for these challenges:
Crafty Calendar Challenge  monthly May  Things with Wings
City Crafter  #261  flowers
Cute Daisy May  monthly May  Things with wings
Top Tip Tuesday  #153  animals
Dreamvalley Challenges  #106  Things with wings
Cuttlebug Mania  use ribbon
Fantastic Tuesday  #85  Flowers
Papertake Weekly  in the Garden
Crafty Creations Challenges  #289 use at least 3 of these colors: kraft, pink, green, brown, white
Fab n Funky Challenges  #259 tag (Spellbinders fancy tag #2)
Inky Impressions  #209 more than 1 fold
Lil Red Wagon  #289 dry embossing
Penny's Challenges  #227 more than 1 fold
The Paper Shelter  #203 use a metal charm
Crafty Ribbons Challenge  #119 animal + ribbon
Sassy Studio Designs  #280  tag (Spellbinders fancy tag #2)
Trimmie's Craft Challenge  #311  birthday
Southern Girls Challenge  #110 animal
Frilly and Funky  add crackle medium (on the blue butterfly)
Pinspiration Challenges  #141 inspir image (see below)

MC May/15 - Marcel Jalopy - Roadster - HB - May Your Day

It's my uncle's birthday in a few weeks, so figured I'd better get a card made... and since I just got the Roadster die from Frantic Stamper, thought I'd incorporate that too, and came across a pinterest pic of embossed metal colored with a "colored wax" product and decided to do something similar using metallic Rub-ons. It all came together nicely. I'm pleased with the results.

Anyway you can see all the details and descriptions and more views by clicking on any card image. Enjoy

I'm using sentiment and an altered quote (part of one and part of another - BIG GRIN) from Quietfire Design.

And it fits for these challenges:
Incy Wincy Designs  #295 the great outdoors (riding around - tooting my horn...)
Creative Card Crew  #87 embossing wet or dry (both)
Loves Rubber Stamps  #151 sentiment
Tuesday Throwdown  #244 add a doodle (the chain started out as a doodle and then uploaded to cut with my electronic cutter)
All Sorts Challenge  #310 use more than 2 dies

ANYTHING GOES
Craft Your Passion  #261
Scrap Creations
TTCRD  #12- 18

MC Dec/14 - Metal Lantern - Life is a Pure Flame - HB

One of my DT friends asked if I had ever cut metal with my Silhouette Cameo... I said no. So immediately set about trying it... and even though it cut quite well, it ruined my blade, so it is not something I will be trying again any time soon. Waaay too expensive..

And recently I bought some cork sheets (DCWV) and decided to use some. And then there is this Spellbinders die I used for the edging - bought at the beginning of 2012... So I have something new and something old BIG GRIN

The candles were colored with Prisma colored pencils and then glittered.

Anyway, you can see all the details and descriptions etc by clicking on any card image. Enjoy

I'm using Quietfire Design quote & sentiment stamps.

and it fits for these challenges:
Aurora Wings Challenge  #10 glitter
Artistic Inspirations #123 usually my newest thing is my favorite thing until the next one... Love the lantern and really like using the cork.
Card Mania Challenges  #63 anything goes
Loves Rubber Stamps  #132 something old (Spellbinders die), something new (cork sheet)
TTCRD  #30 - 5 anything goes
Digi Stamps for Joy  #107 Glitter (2nd entry)

MC Sept/14 - Jingle Bells - My Idea of a Perfect Christmas

I picked up this embossing folder by Sheena Douglas and love it as a background. So of course had to make an Xmas card with it. ROFL.

I side folded my white card (5"w x 7"h).

Inked up the embossing folder with a Distress mini pad (nice and juicy) "Mowed Lawn", then colored the berries with a Distress Marker "Barn Door", misted with water and inserted my white cardstock in to the un-inked side, then closed to folder and ran through my machine (my newest gadget a Cheery Lynn Crossover machine - love it...). Trimmed down and layered it on to a dark green textured cardstock. Trimmed that down using my layering ruler at 1/8" and adhered them to the card front. Added a bit of Quickie Glue to the berries and sprinkled with Glitter Ritz micro fine glitter Regal Red".

Placed a piece of aluminum tape onto a piece of cardstock and die cut using Memory Box "Jingle Bells" a couple times. Adhered to card with white glue.

Stamped the quote (Quietfire Design "My Idea...") using Versafine Black Onyx and clear embossed. Die cut with Spellbinders circle set and sponged edges with Distress "Barn Door". Adhered to card. Die cut the ornament attachment using Sizzix "Carved Ornament" die set and a scrap of the aluminum cardstock. Distressed the hanger and colored with a black Lumocolor marker and wiped off the excess. Adhered to ornament on card.

Punched out some pine branches (McGill punch) from some green decorated cardstock, then hit the punched elements with Distress "Pine Needles". Adhered to ornament. Adhered some narrow red ribbon and added a bow.

Click on card image to enlarge. Enjoy

And it fits for these challenges:
Hiding in My Craft Room  #167 any holiday
Suzy Pants Smarty  #48 use some red
Trimmie's Craft Challenge  #278 add a charm or use metal (2nd entry)
Sassy Studio Designs  #248 metal (2nd entry)
Cute Card Thursday  #340 dies & punches
Crafty Hazelnut Christmas  monthly Sept  anything goes (2nd entry)

Creative Chemistry 102 - Tag Box

Well I needed to put my tags in something safe and good looking BIG GRIN, so made a box for them using my 2 favorite techniques from the class, the Industrial look and the faux rust.

You can see more details and views by clicking on box image. PS that page will also link you to all the tags I made. Enjoy

And it fits for these challenges:
Craft Your Passion  #184 Embossing (there's wet & dry)
MIM Challenge  #116 Texture (pity you can't feel it because there's a ton of it...)
Penny's Challenge  #148 anything but square
Sisterhood of Crafters  anything goes
Quirky Crafts  #21 Favorite things (the 2 techniques used on this box...)

Creative Chemistry 102 - Day 1 - 5

OK I've been up to my earlobes creating tags... I signed up for Creative Chemistry 102 and it's been ABSOLUTELY fabulous. Quite a few new techniques under my belt. You can click on any image to go to that page. At the bottom of each of those pages is a next button to link you to every tag I've made so far. Still a couple more to come tomorrow I hope...Enjoy.

I'm using a lot of Quietfire Design calligraphic stamp quotes and sentiments. They work so well with these tags.

    

MC Aug/12 - Metal Frame - Hearts Warm

It's been a while since Ive used the Plumbers/Electricians aluminum tape... but pulled it out to create the frame. Love the results. And I'm finally using the patio rubber stamp from Old Island I bought last Christmas... That's hot chocolate in the cups

I split apart one of Quietfire Design rubber Friendship quote stamps to fit (sorry Suzanne)

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

And it fits for these challegnes:
Crazy Challenge  #126 Black, white + 1 color
Die Kreative Stempel Freunde  #57 stamp a scene
Incy Wincy  #158 Sugar & spice - girlie creation
Shabby Tearoom  #125 soft neutrals (well metal ain't so soft, but the sentiment and idea is soft and the colors in real are soft...)
TSG Clear Stamps  #168 sentiment as focus.
One Stop Craft Challenge  #194 city break
The Crafty Pad  #182 show some metal
One Stitch at a Time  #125 white + 1 color
Pan Pastel UK  #30 Summer fun
Pile it On  #32 add some metal
Anything Challenge  #73 Summer days (I wish I could be there...)
Papertake Weekly  Anything Goes
Belli's Challenge  #149  vacation/travel

Vamp Stamp News May/12 Issue

I'm on the front and back cover of this month's Vamp Stamp News with the theme of using scraps.

Love weaving scraps of paper. Just click on either card to see more details and descriptions for it etc, and enjoy

I'm also using Quietfire Design rubber stamp quotes/sentiments

Tims Tags 2011 - Day 9 - Tweet

Only 3 days left of Tim's tags. sigh!! I'm sure myself and others feel the same way - we'll hate it when it ends... But alas all good things must end.

So although I do some of the background technique that Tim's using today, I do it with embossing folders, and Tim has gone a step further - of course.

Inked up my stamp (Impression Obsession CAC Holly) with Distress Evergreen Bough and stamped onto my manilla die cut tag, clear embossed. Sponged Festive Berries all over and sprinkled with clear embossing powder and tapped of a lot of excess powder and brushed a little off as well, clear embossed. Now because of the tapping off and brushing some off, there is little to no embossing in areas for the next step to be effective. Sponged Gathered Twigs heavily onto tag. ( did a 2nd tag using more of Ted's color scheme and the background came out much better (practice make perfect).

Inked direct to paper with the twigs pad onto white cardstock and embossed with Distress "Old Paper" and "Vintage Photo" giving a more twig color look. Die cut with Tim's "Branch Tree". Brushed off excess powder. Added Aleenes "True Snow" and sprinkled with Ritz micro fine glitter "Warm Highlights". Set aside to dry.

Die cut the small bird (Spellbinders "Bird Sanctuary") from white cardstock. Inked up a bird stamp (Martha Stewart wood mounted 2 bird set) with Tombow markers, misted with water and stamped on bird die cut (it fit almost perfectly), then moved the color around a bit with my waterbrush.

Used my electronic cutter to cut out the birdcage twice, then adhered the two together to give a thicker profile. Applied Versafine Black Onyx all over and embossed with Rustique Antique Jade and Marcasite embossing powders. Also cut out the word "Tweet" using the George Basics cartridge, applying Viva Perlen Pen "Lemon" all over the letters then sprinkling with Pro Art Glitter "Crystal".

Direct to paper with the Evergreen Bough over white cardstock, then added Pine Needle and a touch of Gathered Twigs. Misted with water, dried, misted with Perfect Pearls "Sunflower Sparkle", dried, punched out with the larger of the Punch Bunch Holly" punches. Also cut some out with my electronic cutter.

Die cut the flourish (Spellbinders "Floral Flourishes"), inked with the Black Onyx and embossed with black embossing powder, then coated with Glossy Accents.

Die cut the smallest Heirloom Ornament (Spellbinders) from copper tape (Lee Valley slug tape), embossed them with the Cuttlebug "Swiss Dots" folder, scored down the middles, folded them, removed the liner and adhered them, half of one side to half of another side. Added a gold thread string for hanging and adhered the last ornament. I now have a 3D hanging ornament.

The last item was the little tag on the top left side. Wrote in my words on a piece of translucent vellum, punched out with a large punch, scalloped the corners with a hole punch, colored the edges with a red Zig Writer. Attached to card with the mini attacher including a few strands of the gold thread.

Pop dotted the tree branch and adhered everything else, adding some red half pearls on the holly and one in the birds mouth. Tied a gold cord for hanging. added a piece of the vellum behind the birdcage, I found it too bare without it.

It's another tag I'm happy with Tweet, tweet!!

And it fits for these challenges:
Die Kreativen Stempelfreunde  #39 make a scene
Stamps Fun Creativity  #76 Pearls
City Crafter  #86 Home for the holidays inspir image
Dude Time Doodles  Show us holiday spirit
Simon Says Stamp challenge  photo montage inspir image
Cute Card Thursday  #194 anything goes
Digi Doodles Shops Best  #83 Nature
Crafty Catz Weekly  #111 Anything Goes
Frosted Designs  Glitter
Simply Create Too  #2 Embossing ( I have hot and dry)