Wednesday, August 26, 2015

Frilly and Funkie - A Touch of Gold

Hello Everyone!

Well, my blog will officially be on auto-pilot after today so I can concentrate on the oh-so-fun things like packing and sorting and heaving and ho-ing (is that a word?) Anyway, thanks for sticking with me and I will talk to everyone soon as I get sorted out in my new digs! 

It's time for another wonderful challenge over at Frilly and Funkie! This time the very amazing and talented Georgie is our hostess and she has chosen the theme A TOUCH OF GOLD. She would like to see metal elements, glitter, embossing powder, paint, ribbon, whatever it is, as long as there's a splash of gold in your vintage or shabby chic projects!! ! One lucky winner will receive a $25 gift certificate to Linda's shop The Funkie Junkie Boutique!



I had originally intended on using some Tim Holtz Tarnished Brass paint to decorate my card, but after a bit of a craft room explosion, I ended up using gold embossing powder to alter some bronze corner embellishments and a beautiful bronze rose from Linda's shop. I also added a gold trim onto all of the panels using the embossing powder and some Perfect Medium. In the background is the larger stamp from the Tim Holtz Flourish stamp set.


MY CRAFT ROOM EXPLOSION
Yep, that's the first draft of my card over there on the left side of the image. I had to redo all three panels!! I was shaking the Tarnished Brass when suddenly it just exploded! I think it must have gotten hot and the pressure was built up inside because the lid shot all the way across the room and the paint went onto the far wall! I was covered, my outfit was ruined and it took me hours to clean it up! Stupid Canadian heat waves!!



I stamped several flowers using the masking technique and my favourite flower from the new Tim Holtz Flower Garden stamp set. I stamped with Ranger Archival Coffee ink and then coloured with Gathered Twigs, Tattered Rose and Abandoned Coral distress markers. In the centers I added some of the Heirloom roses, and then I added a little gold embossing powder to the ends of the petals.




The flowers were cut with Tim Holtz Tattered Florals and coloured with Abandoned Coral. The seam binding was coloured with Squeezed Lemonade and Wild Honey. The decorative die cut pieces are from Spellbinders. I cut them out of foam and painted them with Picket Fence distress paint. The background greens are Shabby Shutters and Peeled Paint. The damask stamp is from Tim Holtz Distress Damask stamp set. The sentiment is from the Small Talk sticker book.


UPDATE:
My card won awards in the following wonderful challenge:




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All of the following products that I used can be purchased at The Funkie Junkie Boutique


That's it for today. Thank you for stopping in and for all the amazing comments. I read and appreciate every single one! If you have any questions, please let me know.



Tuesday, August 18, 2015

Try it on Tuesday - Sending You Flowers

Hello Everyone!

It's time to start another challenge over at Try it on Tuesday. This time around our theme is FLOWERS. I thought I would just put together something uber feminine that I could use to give one of my girl friends or female family members for any occasion. Lots of pastels, lots of pearls and lots of flowers!!




For the background panels I used DecoArt Antique White paint and Hero Arts Shadow ink Soft Sand. I stamped some flourishes from Inkadinkado and some flowers from Prima. The flowers were cut with Joy Crafts Flower die sets and coloured with distress ink Tattered Rose. The white roses are store bought.



The wreath die is from Memory Box and I coloured it with distress ink Shabby Shutters. The foliage sprigs are from Marianne Designs. The butterfly is from Inkadinkado and I stamped it with Soft Sand, coloured it with Tattered Rose and fussy cut it out. I splashed the finished card with some distress ink spray Tattered Rose and some DecoArt Titanium White Paint to add a little extra shabbiness.




UPDATE:
My card won awards in the following wonderful challenges:

That's it for today. Thank you for stopping in and for all the amazing comments. I read and appreciate every single one! If you have any questions, please let me know.


Saturday, August 15, 2015

Giveaway Winners and Getting Back to Nature

Hello Everyone!

First I would like to say thank you to everyone for all of the wonderful comments you left me regarding my new position as a Designer for Scrap n Art Magazine! This is such an exciting time for me and I just love having such an amazing group of  people to share my news with!


And now for the two winners of a year's subscription to the magazine, as chosen by my two little girls Pebbles and Scully...drum roll please...

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YAY!! Please give me a shout when you have time and I will send you your gift voucher codes.

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And now for some really exciting personal news!! My hubby and I got the word this week that the little garden home outside the city that we have had our eye on, is all ours!!!!

I was raised in a small town and city life just isn't for me. All these years in the city have really taken a toll on me, so I can't even tell you how excited I am at the prospect of getting out of this concrete nightmare and moving to a place with a little bit of nature. It's so peaceful and serene there, I thought I would show you a few pics of my little oasis.

This is the walkway behind our unit...

This is the view from the side of our unit...

It's literally close enough to spit into the lake...


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I do have some posts for my Design Team projects that need to go up, but I may not be around for all them. I will do my best to check in on everyone when I can. We expect to be without internet entirely for 3 weeks from mid September, so I won't be answering any emails either, I apologize in advance if I miss any questions that you may send me.  Moving day is on October 1st, so I hope to be back in full force by mid October. Until then, I wish everyone the most amazing summer!!

Big hugs,