Gesso Resists!

Good Morning!

Wow!  I cannot believe that the unofficial official start to summer is here!  School is out for us and that means time to get things done around the house and more craft time.  And don't you find you stay up later during the summer hours?  I know I do and I was up late last night making a mixed media card for SCS's Mix challenge, to use both rough and smooth elements on our cards.

I started by following a tutorial on Gesso Resist technique by Kim at Eclectic Paperie, found here.  I applied the gesso to my cs base and once dry, splotched on diluted More Mustard and Calypso Coral reinker, spritzed with water and dried to desired effect. And the gesso really does resist beautifully.
Next I stamped a bit of Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps Music Background image in black on portions of the background.  Then I stamped the flourish from SU's Everything Eleanor on Craft White and embossed with white ep.
The stars are made with SU's Glimmer Paper, diecut with Sizzix star dies and then the two larger stars are coated with Crystal Effects.
The top 'awning' or layer is made with So Saffron and stamped in Craft White with MFT's Darling Dots stamp.  Wish Big is stamped with Archival Black ink.  

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you have a blessed weekend!

Lee Ann :)

Supplies used-
Stamps-SU Word Play, Everything Eleanor; MFT Darling Dots, Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps Music Background
Paper-SU So Saffron, Basic Black, Calypso Coral, Silver Glimmer Paper; white cs
Ink- Archival Black, SU More Mustard, Calypso Coral, Craft White
Other-SU ribbon, gesso,  Sizzix star dies, SU Apothecary Framelits, Crystal Effects

Designer Paper Challenge

Happy Friday, Everyone!  It was a wonderfully short work week and here we are again at the weekend!  I have 2 more Creative Crew cards for you today; these cards are for the challenge focusing on the new Designer Series Paper in the Spring Mini and Sale-a-bration catalogs. I have used the Tea for Two dsp for these cards-

For this card I have paired the bird from Everything Eleanor with the bird cage from Nature Walk to create a vintage style card.

  

For this card I have used a sentiment from the Trust God set and made a rolled rose by punching a large scalloped circle, cutting it into a spiral and rolling the spiral, starting from the outside and working your way to the center.  The edges of the rose are sponged with Calypso Coral.  Fan Fair dsp is also used behind the sentiment.
Thanks so much for visiting!  Have a wonderful weekend!

Blessings,
Lee Ann :)

Supplies Used (all Stampin' Up)
Stamps-Everything Eleanor, Trust God, Nature Walk, Teeny Tiny Wishes
Paper-Basic Black, Basic Gray, Barely Banana, Crumb Cake, Naturals White, Lucky Limeade, Very Vanilla, Fan Fair dsp and Tea for Two dsp
Ink-Stazon Black, Calypso Coral, Basic Gray
Other-Window Frames Framelits, Oval Framelits, dimensionals, Little Leaves die, Decorative Labels punch, pearls

Simple Thanks

Wahoo!  It is Christmas break!  Time to enjoy the holidays and recharge for the new year.  We had snow flurries yesterday, but nothing stuck.  I am hoping for snow.  I know many of you would rather the weather stay warm and precipitation free!  Which category do you fall into?  Either way, today is the first day of winter and the official start to the Christmas holiday for me.  To celebrate, I played in the Free for All challenge at SCS and got my card done early for a change. 
Today's challenge is to make a simple Thank You card-one we would be willing to reproduce.  Well, I don't like to reproduce any cards-I like the creative process.  This card had to be really easy to want to reproduce it.

This was easy peasy; I stamped the Everything Eleanor image on Naturals Ivory in Craft Black ink.  I punched the circular image from the Festival of Prints dsp Stack and adhered it (with a dimensional) to the center of the stamped image.  The Teeny Tiny Wishes sentiment is stamped in black.  I scored around the Naturals Ivory panel and then layered on another dsp from the Festival of Prints pack.  The card base is Naturals Ivory. 
This card was so easy I may actually reproduce it! I need several cards for students who gave me Christmas gifts.  Thanks so much for stopping by!

Blessings,

Lee Ann  :)

Another Go at CAS Cards

 Please excuse the mess!  Blog under construction. 

Today's CAS challenge at SCS was based on a piece of fabric-a lovely floral in grays, mustard yellow, white and red.  Here is my take on that challenge-

I feel I am still working out some "kinks" with the cas (clean and simple) style.  The more I look at this card though, the more it grows on me.  I stamped the flowers on Whisper White CS and fussy cut them.  The Swirl is stamped in Basic Gray and the florals adhered to the panel, with one of them popped up on dimensionals. The flower centers were watercolored with Cherry Cobbler ink; I added pearls colored with a Copic marker to one flower center.  The panel was machine stitched and popped up on dimensionals. 
Thanks so much for stopping by my corner of blogland.
Blessings to you!

Lee Ann  :)

Supplies used-
Stamps-SU Everything Eleanor, Tiny Tags
Paper-More Mustard, Whisper White, Naturals White
Ink-Basic Gray, Cherry Cobbler
Other-pearls, dimensionals, sewing (machine)

Colorful Sunday

Happy Sunday to Everyone!  I have a quick post this morning before I get on to other things-sadly, housework.  This is for this week's Color Throwdown 217.

These are some fabulous colors!  Here is my take on the challenge-

 I have not used my set, Everything Eleanor too much, so I thought I would play with that.  I went with a white flower and the Lucky Limeade was perfect for the greenery.  I love the framing affect when using the Framelit Window dies and made mine in Night of Navy.  I hope I have inspired you! 


 Thanks so much for stopping by and have a blessed week!

Lee Ann :)

Supplies used-
Stamps-Everything Eleanor
Paper-Whisper White, Night of Navy, Lucky Limeade, Basic Black
Ink-Lucky Limeade, Stazon black
Other-Polka Dot ef, Vintage Wallpaper ef, Little Leaves Sizzlit, Window Framelits, dimensionals 
All Supplies are from Stampin' Up

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Well, so much for housework!!  I couldn't let the weekend get away from me without playing the Featured Stamper challenge at SCS today.  Today's featured stamper has a wonderful gallery and I chose this card to case.  I really enjoy making frames for my images and this card is no exception.  I like how Patty used a die cut as the main focal point in the frame.
This is my take on her card-

Instead of using a die cut as the focal point in the frame, I used a masked image. I ended up blending two colors on the mask as I started out using Buckaroo Blue but quickly realized that the sponge I grabbed had brown on it.  The white frame and sentiment panel are both embossed with the wood grain ef and popped up on dimensionals.  I applied Dazzling Details to the berries, although you really can't see it in the photo and distress Stickles to the pine cone.



Thanks so much for stopping by my blog!


Lee Ann :)

Supplies used-
Stamps-Peaceful Wishes, Gently Falling, Watercolor Winter
Paper-Whisper White, Crumb Cake
Ink-Early Espresso, Always Artichoke, Tangerine Tango, Chocolate chip, Crumb Cake, Buckaroo Blue
Other-Wood grain ef, Window Framelits, dimensionals, Aspen mask (Crafter's Workshop), Stickles, Dazzling Details

Dynamic Day

It is a Dynamic Day today, and not just because it is Election Day!  I decided to play along with Dynamic Duos Challenge, using only 2 colors on a card.  Today's colors are-

And here is my card-

Hope you like it!  It is hard to see in the pictures, but I have added a dab of Dazzling Details to the center of each of the circle patterns on the ornament image.  It has such a pretty shimmer irl!  Thanks for looking, gotta go run and vote!

Thanks for stopping by!

Lee Ann:)

Products used include-

Stamps-Everything Eleanor, Keepsake Ornaments, Watercolor Winter, Teeny Tiny Wishes

Paper-Whisper White, Gumball Green

Ink-Gumball Green, Raspberry Ripple, Versamark

Other-Keepsake Ornament die, Modern Label Punch, Word Window Punch, Polka Dot and Houndstooth ef, gold ep, dimensionals, Dazzling Details, white Baker's Twine

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Hello Ladies!  I hope this of you in the U. S. got a chance to vote today.  What a privlege!  

I wanted to do more with my Ornament Keepsakes, but wanted to try something other than formal, so went for a whimsical look.  

This is very easy to make when you use the Ornament Keepsake Framelits to die cut each ornament.  I may have to make more of these!  Thanks so much for stopping by!

Lee Ann :)

Products used include

Stamps-Watercolor Winter and Ornament Keepsakes-Stampin Up

Paper-Gumball Green, Whisper White, Regal Rose, Crumb Cake

Ink-Brilliant Blue, Regal Rose, Gumball Green, Summer Starfruit, Eggplant, Versamark

Other-gold ep, Polka Dot ef, Scalloped Edge punch, Ornament Keepsake Framelits, faceted button, ribbon, linen thread     

Unexpected Pumpkin

It is my second post of the day and this card is an unexpected one.  It is for the Color Throwdown as well as The Paper Players challenges; I thought I was going to avoid this color combination, as I wasn't fond of the colors but inspiration hit and I love the results. 

 

I really like how this turned out and am going to try the layout for different occasions. 

Thanks for stopping by!  Go Vote tomorrow!

Lee Ann :)

Supplies used for this card-
Stamps-Everything Eleanor, Teeny Tiny Wishes; Pumpkins are Inkadinkadoo
Paper-Whisper White, Crumb Cake, Midnight Muse
Ink-Night of Navy, Pumpkin Pie, Crumb Cake, Stazon Black
Other-Houndstooth ef, Polka Dot ef, Word Window Punch, Modern Label Punch

More Inspiration

This week's inspiration at Inspired By is this wonderful retro image-

Boy, I new this one was going to be fun.  I tried the featured technique at SCS this week, which is faux tarnished silver.  I thought it worked perfectly for mimicking the silver accents on the typewriter.

The faux silver technique was fun and easy to do.  I will definitely be using this technique again.
Supplies used include:
CS-Pretty in Pink, Whisper White, Crumb Cake, Very Vanilla
Ink-Soft Suede, Daffodil Delight, Versamark
Stamps-Everything Eleanor
Other-Little Leaves die, Window framelits, Chevron ef, silver ep, utee, mask, Mr. Huey spray, scroll work die MFT, Royal Roses dies MFT, ribbon

Thanks so much for stopping by; I hope you like this project!

Lee Ann  :)

Sunshine and Weddings

What a glorious day today!  Even though I wanted to stay in and stamp, I grabbed my son, the camera, and the dog and headed to the park for a walk.  I started taking pictures and then, horrors of horrors, I realized I had left the photo card in the computer!  Oh well, plenty more fall days to come; unfortunately I have no pictures to share of today though!

Today's Featured Stamper over at Splitcoast Stampers has an amazing gallery.  This is my take of her gorgeous card (my first attempt did not turn out like I had envisioned it-I hate it when that happens!).  I embossed the Whisper White paper with the Vintage Wallpaper ef.  The label is from the Everything Eleanor stamp set and the sentiment from the Teeny Tiny Wishes set. 
The label is stamped in basic gray and fussy cut.  The sentiment is stamped in Stazon black, punched out with the large oval punch and matted with a scallop oval punch in black. 
Both the embossed panel and the label are popped up on dimensionals. 
Simple, easy and elegant!

  Your feedback is so appreciated!  Thanks for stopping by!

Lee Ann

Trying a Little Primrose

Happy Wednesday to all!  Are you thinking Christmas cards already?  I am, for about a month now as I had no time for them last year since I procrastinated.  Today I combined new and old to come up with a nontraditional Christmas card.

To make this card I used-

Stamps- Everything Eleanor (new) and Word Play (old)

Paper-Whisper White, Early Espresso, Brushed Gold

Ink-Early Espresso, Versamark and Primrose Pink (new)

Other- Holiday Frame ef (new), Apothecary Framelits die ( sort of new), extra large oval punch, gold ep, dimensionals

Most of these items are very versatile and can be used in multiple ways. Everything Eleanor is not a Christmas set but this label stamp works very well on a Christmas card.  And  even though the embossing frame is a Christmas item, it can be used on non-Christmas cards.  Hope you like my design!

  

Thanks for stopping by my blog and have a blessed day!

Lee Ann

Wednesday, 2:20pm
Back again with the second Christmas card of the day, and again using a stamp  that is not designated "Christmas".  This card is also for the MOJO Monday sketch challenge.

This card uses the new Quint-essentials Flower stamp from Stampin' Up and their new Christmas paper, Snow Festival.  I have also used Gumball green paper and ink, Whisper White paper, Cherry Cobbler ink, Baja Breeze ink, Soft Suede ink, Baja Breeze seam binding, Cherry Cobbler Baker's twine, circle punches, both of Stampin' Up's scalloped circle punches, and Stampin' Up's new faceted buttons.
Thanks for stopping by!

Lee Ann

It's Like Christmas!

It's a great day when you receive your Stampin' Up order in the mail, with all the new Christmas goodies!  I am enjoying all of it, but the first new stamp I wanted to play with is the new Ornaments Keepsakes set with matching Framelits Dies.  I am loving this set!

Isn't this fun??!!  And really simple, too.  I suppose I could have gotten more elaborate, but I thought the embossed ornament and the new Holiday Embossing Frame packed enough of a punch. 
So, this card was made on a Cherry Cobbler base with a Whisper White mat, followed by a second Whisper White mat that was embossed with the Holiday frame.  Now for the fun!  Then I stamped one of the new ornaments from the Ornament Keepsakes set in Versamark and Cherry Cobbler and embossed it with clear ep.  I restamped the top of the ornament in Versamark and embossed it with gold ep.  Both were cut out with the new, matching  Framelit die.  I cut a second ornament framelit in white and adhered it to the back of the Cherry Cobbler embossed ornament just to give it a little more support.  The ornament was pieced together (gold hanger to ornament) and was popped up on the embossed frame layer.  I added a White Baker's Twine loop with a Jewelry tag punch stamped with the Tiny Tags stamp-"merry".  A Cherry Cobbler Seam Binding bow finishes it off. 
There you go-not hard at all!  The Framelits do all the work. 

Thanks for stopping by my blog and have a fabulous week!

Lee Ann

It's 9:00pm and still stamping, this time with a set I have been itching to get my hands on- Everything Eleanor.  No, I really don't know how they came up with the name.  But I LOVE this set; here is my first card with it.

I started out making this a Rose Red flower; I colored it with a blender pen and reinker.  I did not like how it looked, stamped another flower and did not like it either.  It really shouldn't take very long to color one small flower!  Anyway, I went back to my Rose Red flower and colored the "shaded" areas with a Tangerine Tango marker and then went over the whole flower with a Daffodil Delight marker.  The stamens are in More Mustard.  I went a very round about way to get this color, but I love how it turned out.  The background flowers were stamped using the masking technique.

 Thanks for stopping by!

Lee Ann :)