Crafty Boots Guest Designer - No Stamps Allowed

Hello Everyone!

Super glad to be here today, as I have the honour of being the Guest Designer for one of my favourite challenge blogs Crafty Boots. Their current challenge theme is "NO STAMPS ALLOWED". I know I know, not too much of a hard one for me right? lol

I shall now welcome you to "Pamellia's Schizophrenic Week of Mojo"!! Here's how it goes. On one shoulder is 'Bold Angel', she is saying "Bold and beautiful, do it yourself!". On the other shoulder is 'Soft Angel', she is saying "Soft and subtle, pre-designed!". So buckle your seatbelts ladies, because this week will be one heck of a ride!

...and 'Bold Angel' takes the lead!

I thought I would do something with a little spring pizazz using some of my new Tattered Angels Glimmer Mists and Baseboard Mists from Canvas Corp Brands.

I have been having so much fun playing with my new products from Tattered Angels and this background came together so easily with some thick Gesso, a harlequin stencil, some white paint, and some inky sprays. Here are the Canvas Corp Brands products that I used for this card:

TATTERED ANGELS:

High Impact Paint - White

Glimmer Mist - Dazzling Diamonds

Baseboard Mist Paint - Daffodil

Baseboard Mist Paint - Grass

Glimmer Mist - Marigold

Glimmer Mist - Dragonfly

Glimmer Mist - Turquoise Blue

Glimmer Mist - Dark Vintage Green

The leaves are from Joy Crafts and they were coloured with Baseboard Mist Paint - Grass and Glimmer Mist - Dark Vintage Green. The butterflies were made from crafter's clay and a ModPodge mold and I spritzed them with Glimmer Mist - Dazzling Diamonds for a subtle shimmer.

The pretty yellow straw came from my talented and sweet friend Sanderijn of Live, Laugh, Love. 

I made the large blue flower out of polyester ribbon and coloured it with Glimmer Mist - Dragonfly, the yellow roses were made out of grosgrain ribbon and coloured with Baseboard Mist Paint - Daffodil and Glimmer Mist - Marigold, the doily die is Prima Crochet Doily.

I've made a video tutorial on an improved version of the ribbon flower (the blue one), and that will be live on Saturday.

UPDATE:
My card won an award in the following wonderful challenge:

 - MY SHERI CRAFTS CHALLENGE #175 - Bold Colour

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I got outside for the first time in a couple of weeks. I'm sure this will surprise you...NIGHT SHOTS!! lol. When I stepped onto the walkway behind the house, my heart completely sank...my favourite little tree in the crossroads of the trails is GONE!! The oak trees here in Ontario have been getting sick and this mild weather is causing the disease to spread faster and further than it should. They estimate we could lose 100,000 trees this winter! So sad!

I've been slowly trying to build a trust with my balcony resident Dianna, and to my complete surprise, yesterday I walk around the corner and there she is...perched right up at the door. she won't take peanuts from my hand yet, but she sat right in front of the door while she ate! Is she the sweetest thing you've ever seen or what!!

She's so sweet, that I feel I have to enter a photo of her into Our Beautiful World - 135 ~ Sweet!!

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.

Just Us Girls - Colour Week

Hello Everyone!

It's time for my third of four Guest Designer spots over at the wonderful challenge blog Just Us Girls! This week is Colour Week and the colours are "AQUA, TEAL & NAVY". I decided to put together a birthday card that I can stash away for when I need it. These colours work great together, I do hope you will join us this week!

The flowers were punched out with Sizzix Tattered Floral punch and coloured with Tumbled Glass distress ink. The background leaves were a digital printout from some time ago, but I'm not sure where they came from. The butterfly is also a Sizzix punch. The floral border is from Memory Box.

The layers were coloured with Evergreen Bough and Chipped Sapphire and I stencilled the Art Is pattern from Crafter's Workshop using a touch of white paint. The sentiment stamp is from Heartfelt Creations and everything else is from my stash.

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

- Scrapping4fun Challenges - Challenge #59 Happy Birthday

 - Tuesday Throwdown - #281 Layer It Up

  

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Haven't ventured outside much yet, but I did catch some nice shots of the sunrises and sunsets by leaning out various windows this week. I'm feeling much better, but thought it best not to push my luck. That's OK, there's always lots of crafting to do.

When hubby and I put up our Christmas lights on the balcony this year, they weren't up even two weeks before they were all burnt out. I told him it was fate, I said that it was the last remnants of our old life in the city fizzling out. A couple of weeks ago, I made a startling discovery...I COULD NOT HAVE BEEN MORE WRONG!

"OH PLEASE THERE MUST BE SOMETHING TO EAT HERE SOMEWHERE!!"

"AHHHH - THANK GOODNESS, I AM SOOOO HUNGRY!!"

"OH - THE LOVELY LADY GAVE ME A YUMMY PEANUT

- NOW I DON'T HAVE TO EAT THESE THINGS. I WILL JUST DROP IT HERE."

UPON CLOSER INSPECTION - THIS IS WHAT DIANNA'S BEEN EATING!

WHAT!!!! Oh my gosh, she could have been electrocuted! Hubby and I have decided that next year we will not be adding any lights to the garland, and I will set out extra peanuts to make sure everyone has enough food and doesn't have to resort to eating Christmas lights! Poor thing!

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.

Seth and the City Journal Page with Video

Hello Everyone!

I'm back with another journal page today, and of course, my journal pages always come with a video, so you can find that further down the post. I am featuring a couple abstract stamps I received through Scrap n' Art Magazine from Impression Obsession. They are from the Seth Apter line, so in honour of him and his amazing unique style, I thought I would do something I've never done before...abstract art!! You may not be able to tell at first glance, but this is actually a city...it's just UPSIDE DOWN! How fun is that!!

Can you see it, can you see it???

   HOW 'BOUT NOW...

You won't believe what technique I used to create the background!! Is the suspense killing you?? OK, so without further ado, here is my abstract, upside down city journal page. Thanks to everyone for all the amazing feedback on my video channel, I just love hearing from you! And a big thank you to Seth Apter for his generosity and his inspiration! You can find Seth's amazing art at The Altered Page.

Journal Series 105 - Seth and the City

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So I finally got the snow I've been crying for and wouldn't you know it, I'm stuck inside all week!! Grrrr. The best I could do was a few early morning shots from the window. It sure looks pretty outside, I can't wait to beat this flu so I can get out there...before it melts away!

Remember I told you I built a little waterproof squirrel house on my balcony...well I finally got a resident. She's been there about a week now. She comes out a couple times a day to grab some food then back in she goes. It's hard to tell in these pictures, but she is super tiny and super cutsie!!

She is obviously smarter than most, since she know how to get free room and board with three squares a day, so I have named her after my Mom - Dianna (the smartest lady I know)!

This next shot was a hard one to get...standing on my tippy toes, holding the camera over my head and taking a guess about the aim and focus! If you look really closely though, you can see Dianna poking her head out from the front door of her brand-spanking new, fully-furnished, mortgage-free home!!

That's it for today. Thank you for stopping in and for all the amazing comments. I will be around to visit everyone soon as I can catch my breathe.