On the Wild Side TIOT challenge

Hey, Friends !

It's time for another challenge over at

Try it on Tuesdays and our theme this go round is

 "On the Wild Side".

You must feature animals or birds in your design.

I made this little birthday card/tag for my special girl,

who has never been a flowery, pink bows in

her hair kinda girl.

In fact , she pulled every bow I ever tried to put

in her hair out as soon as she could.

She had this wild mass of curls that well, stayed wild.

I found some faux denim tags in my stash

that I stamped with a "groovy" abstract design

 stamp in black ink.

embellished with a chipboard bird, embossed

aluminum tape, black ribbon and black punched edging.

Covered a chipboard circle with some

embossed aluminum tape to make the charm.

Made a little sleeve envelope.

Hope you will join us with our newest challenge.

I am linking this to:

Craft Room Challenge - Stamp your background

Make it Monday - Anything goes challenge

Happy Creating!!

Cathy

The Month of Cards

Hey, Friends !

Making more cards this week.

If you remember, this month is

our family month of craziness!!

Birthdays, anniversaries, graduations !!

I love this color combo!

Stamp from Rogue Redhead Designs 

Linking this to:

Rogue Redhead Designs - Flowers

Frosted Designs : Black, White +1

Opus Gluei - Flowers

Cheerful Stamppad - It's Natural

Retro Sketches #63

Hope your week started off wonderfully.

Cathy

"I See The Moon" mixed media canvas

Hey, Friends!!

I've been trying to pare down my range

of paper crafting this week to things that I really enjoy

doing and collecting. 

With a limited amount of time to create,

 I really need to focus on those things

that I really love and stretch me creatively

(because we all have to keep growing).

I find myself doing way too many "art things"

that really stress me out.

How silly is that?!!

Sorry to bring you in on my self-analysis this week.

;)

This week I created a little 6x6 mixed media piece

for the  first grand baby of a dear friend.

A blue and white nautical themed nursery.

His birth date on the sail.

CAS - the way I like them.

I hand embossed this with a sailboat

and stars stencil that I cut out of cardstock.

Very easy to do, maybe I will put together

a tutorial on how to do this soon.

Have a super Spring weekend!

It's finally arrived here in the south.

Cathy

A Fairy Delivered Birthday greeting.

Hey, Friends!

Faery or Fairy?

I didn't realize that according to RealFairies.net

there is a difference:

"Here’s the story–while both were derived from the same root word “fae,” the word “fairy” is often used to refer to the small winged, Victorian, pixie type fairy. This would include fairies in fairytales, children’s stories and Disney characters such as Tinkerbell. These fairies tend to be gentle and kind, maybe a bit mischievous and tempermental, but nothing too scary.

The word “faery,” usually refers to be a more adult type faery, the legendary faery with origins in the ancient times and places. These “faeries” are not necessarily sweet and cute and playful all the time....."

So, I think we will go with fairy here.

;)

This is my DT piece for the new TIOT challenge:

"Feminine and Fancy"

I think this would be so fun to pull out of an envelope,

with all those ribbons.

Happy Tuesday!!

Cathy

A Birthday Card and Tip-in page

Hey, Friends !

Quick post today, as I am having a crazy busy week.

Besides December, May is a whirlwind month

in our family.

Graduations, birthdays galore, anniversaries...

you name it, it is happening in May.

Yes, I know it is still April but the craziness has begun.

First a birthday card:

Cuttlebug embossing folder

Background trees - Nature notes set by Rogue Redhead Designs

(I stamped it twice, side by side using bundled sage DI)

Party Giraffe -dollar bin at Michael's

(isn't he the cutest? just love him)

Stampendous- Simply Safari border stamp

I am linking this to the Retro Sketches #61 challenge,

one of my favorite card challenge sites.

Next is my tip-in layout for Donna M. over at Paper Traders.

Her theme was "Magic"

Hope you are having a wonderful week.

Cathy

Inchies, Inchies, Inchies

Hey, Friends!

We are having an Inchie Accordian Book swap

over at my Paper Traders Group.

We got this cute idea from the

Gingersnap Creations Blog

(they left all their great tutorials up).

You start with a masterboard of

inked and stamped images that

you will cut up into inchies for the project.

My base sheet was a piece of vintage sheet music.

I first sprayed alcohol inks in yellow, green, 

blue and orange over it, using stencils in some places.

I then stamped all over it randomly using

small stamps and graphite black Brilliance Ink

I then cut out my inchie squares using my square hole punch.

(a major time saver!!)

I glued them to a strip of black card stock.

Embellished with sentiment and some buttons and puffy brads.

I glued a thin black ribbon to mine so that they

could be folded up and tied.

I enjoyed this project so much that I created another sheet.

This time I used larger stamps because I wanted to 

see how that affected the overall look of the inchies.

I think I like the use of smaller stamps, 

better for the inchie format, but I really liked the

color combination here.

Then I flipped it vertically and made two bookmarks

plus several ATC backgrounds, where I think

the larger stamps work better.

Now, we are on to a Moo card swap.

Won't you join us?

Paper Traders Yahoo Art Group

Cathy

A thing of beauty is a joy for ever:
Its loveliness increases; it will never
Pass into nothingness; but still will keep
A bower quiet for us, and a sleep
Full of sweet dreams, and health, and quiet breathing.

~John Keats

An "Inventions" TIOT Challenge

Hey, Friends !

I've missed a few TIOT challenges,

due to family circumstances but

was happy to be able to add my DT piece

for this go round.

First, our sponsor for April is

Genuinely Jane Studios



Genuinely Jane Studios produces dozens of different styles

 of natural birch wood albums and mini-albums for scrapbookers,

mixed media artists and altered artists. 

We also offer complimentary products including paints, inks,

 adhesives, glitters and much, much more

A Gift Certificate of $25.00 will be offered to the monthly winner.

Our theme is "Inventions" and I

created a little tiny thumb tack case for a special someone 

(who I need to ban from my blog for a few weeks so he

won't see it).

;)

I started with two mini wrapped canvases, 2.75"squares. 

I wrapped them in aluminum tape that I had run

through my embossing folders.

(Tim Holtz Texture Fades in Patchwork & Checkerboard.)

I am in love with this aluminum tape.

It is amazing what you can do with it.

I covered the inside with some faux leather paper

that I peeled off the inside of an envelope.

:)

I applied  Adirondack alcohol ink in ginger

with a cotton swap onto the tape. I coated

it several times, letting it dry  between layers.

Then I embellished my little niche with

a vintage schematic of a light bulb as

well as a found rusted washer, smashed

bottle cap, a screw and a metal spring.

Filled the bottom piece with gold thumb tacks.

 Top view

You can see the top of the hinges here.

bottom view

I added 4 little cork circles.

I really love the way this turned out and

can't wait to experiment with some more aluminum tape.

I hope you will join us at TIOT for this "inventions" challenge.

Have a great week of creating!

Cathy