Purple Bunny Shaped Card

I'm working on some cards for Farmhouse Memories this weekend.  Here's one of my favorites so far...

Not the greatest pic but not too bad for having practically no light ;)  The little image is by Wild Rose Studio and actually says Happy Birthday with a little mouse in the tree.  I masked that part of the stamp when I stamped it so I could use it for a different card.  The ribbon was colored using the darkest copic marker that I used on the purple in the image.  It's cute... I may not be able to part with it!

For the inside, I stamped a border that coordinates with the dies (like I did on the front of the card) and added a sentiment sticker from SRM.

Thanks for stopping by!

Angie

SUPPLIES - 

COPICS: G21, G24, G28, E29, E39, E71, E74, E77, R20, R21, W0, W2, 0, YG03, YG61, YG63, YG67, V12, V15, V17, FRV1

Masking Paper

Spellbinders Classic Ovals Large

Just Right Nested Clouds and Tags Dies

Distress Inks - Broken China and Dusty Concord

Inky Antics Cloud Stencil

White Seam Binding Ribbon

SRM Wishing You Well Sentiment Stickers

Foam Tap

Rainbow Art Journal Page

I've been working on an art journal page and (as always) seemed to take longer than I had anticipated!  I saw this quote that I liked on Goodreads awhile back and had an idea this week of turning it into a journal page.  And said it was rainbow/gold related it was perfect to usher in the spring AND St. Patrick's day.

I started by covering my pages in torn phone book pieces and covering them with a thin coat of gesso.

Next I added some a thin coat of blue paint.

While that was drying, I pulled out my gelli plate and made some rainbow sheets on deli paper.  I kept it really simple by just mixing the color with some gold paint.

I added a little stamping to my blue pages (not much since I knew a lot of it would be getting covered up anyway), colored my image, and prepared my rainbow.

Once I got everything painted, stamped, colored, and cut, I started putting it all together and here is my final page:

It's a little hard to see in the photo, but the quote says, 'Dare to love yourself like a rainbow with gold at both ends.'  Very fitting for spring and St. Patty's!

Here's a close up of my coloring.  I took a Halloween/witch stamp and turned it into a little leprechaun dress for her.

I'm linking up with the following challenges this week:

Some Odd Girl March Pot O'Gold

Thanks for stopping by!

~Angie

SUPPLIES:

COPICS - Skin - E000, E00, E01, E11, E13; Hair - E97, E99, E29; Shoes - C5, C7, 100; Eyes - G46, G43, G21; Dress - G20, G21, G24, G28

PAINT - Liquitex Basic Acrylics in Light Blue, Primary Blue, Brilliant Yellow Green, Phthalocyanine, Cadmium Red Deep Hue, Cadmium Orange deep hue, Cadmium Yellow Medium Hue, Hooker's Green Hue Permanent, Cerulean Blue Hue, Deep Violet, and Gold

MISC - Ahni and Zoe gold marker, deli paper, phone book, paintbrushes

*Claudine Hellmuth MULTI MEDIUM MATTE Paint Glue Ranger	*Claudine Hellmuth GESSO Studio Primer Paint Ranger	Kaylee's Closet Wardrobe	Kaylee's Closet: Witchy Wears
quinn's ABCs	harold's ABCs	*Tsukineko MEMENTO Full Size Ink Pad TUXEDO BLACK	*Fiskars FINGERTIP CONTROL CRAFT KNIFE 06305
*Colorbox FROST WHITE INK PAD Pigment Stamp 150801	*Tim Holtz Cling Rubber Stamps 2012 MIXED MEDIA cms125	*Versamark WATERMARK Rubber Stamp Emboss Chalk Resist INK PAD	*Precision Heat Embossing Emboss Tool Gun Hero Arts PW200
*EK Success POWDER TOOL Applicator EKT001	*American Crafts Zing! BLACK Opaque Embossing Powder	*EK Success HONEY BEE Non-Stick Scissors EKCB06	KLD Happy Trails
KLD Sunnybrook Lane	KLD Abbie Road

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Mosaics

It's been a few weeks because someone (mom ;)) has made me go to a couple crops in the last few weeks.  I got a ton of layouts done and some cards, but have been beat when I get home.  This weekend, I worked on a mosaic and needed to finish it up when I got up, so I did that today and thought I'd share it.

This is from a trip we took in 2008 to Longwood Gardens.  The paper pieces are what I worked on today.  I cut them out using my Silhouette to fit the remaining spaces.

Thanks for stopping by,

Angie

Happy Birthday, Mom!

Friday was my mom's birthday and I created this little card for her:

The purple background is a print from playing with my gelli plate.  I did a slight ombre on some glossy cardstock with alcohol ink and stamped the image onto that.  Matted the imaged and added some dazzle border stickers.

For the inside, I used a strip of that same paper with one of the smaller dazzle strips.  Stamped the image and sentiment in a matching ink.

Thanks for stopping by!
Angie

Custom Coupon Book

I've been using one of those dollar store accordion folders to store coupons and I find myself never using them.  The grocery list and coupons never seem to stay together.  I told myself I needed a better system, but never found one.  Then I saw this.  I've had a disc bound notebook for years and love it.  I can easily move my to do lists around without ending up with a bunch of loose papers.

I started with a notebook...

I really like the Martha Stewart one that was used on my inspirational find, but it was a little larger than I would have liked.  This one is about 4 x 5.5 and fits nicely inside my purse.

Next I decided that I didn't want just plain old envelopes inside so I broke out my envelope punch board and some pretty paper paper.  I found the size that I liked best and made some envelopes.

As I was putting all of the envelopes together, I decided that the cover of the notebook needed something - a little color.  So I grabbed some Copics that matched the colors from the envelopes and colored the cover.  Love it!

Back to the envelopes.  I decided I didn't really need dividers like the inspiration notebook, so I decided to just label the envelopes.  I printed out the category names I wanted onto some sticky back paper and punched them out with a label punch.

Once they were punch, I attached them to the envelopes and then added everything into the notebook.

I left the sheets of paper in there between the envelopes to make shopping lists on so now they'll stay together.

The biggest expense of this whole project was the punch needed to get everything to fit the discs. I was really hesitant at first but then I realized, I've been using one of these notebooks for years and now I could customize the paper I'm writing on (like using the gelli print papers I've been making!).  And I realized it was a great way to add larger coupons to the notebook - this way the envelope wouldn't get too full and tear too soon, although I did use some pretty hefty paper so hopefully that won't happen!

I'm quite happy with how it turned out.  I'm feeling more organized already!

Thanks for stopping by.  Next week I should have another card to share.

Angie

House Mouse x 3

We had a House Mouse Copic class at Farmhouse Memories this weekend.  I had lots of fun coloring with the ladies.  The official card for the class used the Diva Shopper stamp -

Then we each had the First Aid stamp to play with.  I finished up the card today using some left over paper from the class card.  The sentiment is a SRM sticker that I put on some of the scrap paper (I love that they're clear so I can easily customize them!)

Lastly, June shared an extra image of the Bunny Luv stamp with me.  Instead of using Copics for this one, I used my Prismacolor pencils to color them in.  And the SRM sticker sheet I had used on the last card was still sitting on my desk and happened to have a 'sending HUGS' sticker... perfect!

And that's my crafty fun for the weekend!  

Thanks for stopping by,

Angie

SUPPLIES

STAMPS - STAMPENDOUS/HOUSE MOUSE FIRST AID, HAPPY HOPPER BUNNY LUV, AND HAPPY HOPPER SHOPPING DIVA

INK - MEMENTO TUXEDO BLACK

COPICS - SHOPPING DIVA: E95, E97, E99, B02, B04, B06, W1, W3, W5, R59; FIRST AID: E71, E74, E77, W1,W3,W5, C3,C1,C00, R00, R000

OTHER - SRM STICKERS WISHING YOU WELL, KAISER CRAFT PEARLS, PRISMACOLOR PENCILS, CORNER CHOMPER

Brrr-fect

Today I'm playing along with the latest Paper Smooches Sparks Challenge.  This week is a picture perfect challenge.  Here's the inspiration photo:

When I looked at the picture, I immediately thought a love card would be the way to go (because it's a wedding cake ;)).  I also took the color palette for inspiration and the scalloped square topper.  With all of that, I came up with...

My card is 4 1/4" square on a dark grey card base.  One thing I'm trying to keep up with this year is doing something with the inside of he cards as I make them.  (Fingers crossed I can keep up with that this year!) So here's the inside - 

I do love that little penguin!

Angie

SUPPLIES

STAMPS - Paper Smooches Chilly Chums and Sweethears; Impression Obsession Swatches

PAPER - Stampin' Up! Basic Grey, Daffodil Delight, Whisper White

INK - Versafine Onyx Black, Memento London Fog, Festive Berries Distress Ink, Stampin' Up! Daffodil Delight, Stampin' Write Markers in Daffodil Delight and Summer Sun

OTHER - Lifestyle Crafts Nesting Doilies Dies, Wink of Stella Black Glitter Pen, Twinery Twine