Just a quick post to share with you my make at Andy Skinner's class at The Stamp Attic yesterday.
Sunday, November 10, 2013
Clock Class at The Stamp Attic
Wednesday, August 7, 2013
Daybook
Well, hopefully I will be able to create a little more often, but it is not looking that way lol
Till next time
=Di
Thursday, July 4, 2013
Wednesday, July 3, 2013
Pregnancy Journal
Here are a few of the pages inside, I used a lot of random embellishments and paper, punches and ribbon.
The tiny amazing album Julie made came in this adorable bag with the cutest tag. We received a lot of thoughtful cards, some of them handmade by my talented scrappy friends, I wanted to keep them all in one place for Eliza's keepsake, and used Julie's bag and tag as the cover, love how it turned out.
Tuesday, May 28, 2013
A little Copic
Sunday, April 28, 2013
A knitting post
Just a quickie knitting post today, if you've followed our blog for a while you'll know I pop up with these from time to time!
I've been trying a few things to move on from knit stitch and the inevitable scarf, and with the arrival of my lovely friend's beautiful little girl (congratulations D!!) I went looking for a simple pattern on the internet so that I could send a handmade gift.
I had a small cardboard box hidden away in my stash of things to alter, so covered with some scrapbooking paper and added a little bling thinking it would be useful for keepsakes :)
The booties are knitted from yarn in a very pale yellow/cream colour, with a pink ribbon threaded through to fasten them.
Thursday, April 25, 2013
Enjoying the Process
Good morning! It's Julie here today with a post about the creative process! This isn't a post with a finished product like a card, but a post about how getting there can be all the fun!!
Sometimes I feel pressured by deadlines. There's always laundry, etc. to do that need to be done and there's always a person's birthday or an event that I need to make a card for and sometimes that pressure means something falls through the cracks or I rush and try to do everything and that means (for me at least), not doing anything well or thoroughly. For today's post.....I'm enjoying the process!!!
For a few years I admired all the paper crafters using their Copics and doing wonderful cards! Their cards were so wonderful to me that it kept me from coloring mine! I just didn't like the way my images came out (at the time I had no Copics). My Copic collection has since grown and I'm enjoying playing with them. Each time I color with them, I am learning things. Crafting can definitely be an evolution of learning; learning what works and what doesn't, learning what we like and what we don't! I have come to love my Copics. I just need more practice with them!
I just got some new stamps to enjoy my coloring process! The images below are from C.C. Designs and The Greeting Farm. The girls in these images are just perfect for coloring. Please excuse my Packers cup! As a Minnesotan, this seems likes a treasonous item to have but I like the Packers, just not as much as I like my Vikings! Haha! Anyway, on to the post!!! ;)
I have stamped out a ton of the stamps on watercolor paper (for Inktense pencils) and Neenah White cardstock for Copic coloring! Part of enjoying coloring for me is coloring in different mediums.
Part of enjoying the process for me is failure! Haha! As odd as that sounds, failure does help me enjoy the process. I learn what works and what doesn't. I learned that I need A LOT of work on my Inktense skin coloring! Check out the girls below!! YIKES!!!
This image came out a lot better! I used Inktense pencils on all of this Princess EXCEPT the skin! I used a mix of two Gelatos from Faber-Castell to product the right color. She still needs a little touch up but she is almost complete!
Then I played with my Copics! I still need a lot of work on hair and skin coloring but again, learning is part of the process and part of the fun!
Thursday, April 18, 2013
A side step card
Hello! It's Julie here today with a side step card I needed to make for a local store's card challenge.
I was given a set of border stickers and a green card base that was already cut and scored to make the side step card. The challenge was to use the base and at least part of one sticker on the card. Anything else could be added.
I started by using the stickers first. I layed them all down on the front layer of the card. (Then I covered a lot of them up! Lol). I had had no inspiration on this card until late last night but when it hit me, it hit me and kept me up late.
I cut panels of light purple cardstock to cover all panels (even the stickers I set down at first). I made sure to leave some of the stickers visible. I inked the panels with a purple Hero Arts pad before I glued them on.
I used a Nestabilities scalloped rectangle die to cut a white rectangle. Them I set it aside. I stamped a Princess and a Prince from Penny Black on Neenah white cardstock with Memento Ink and I played with my Copics to get their color right. Stickles here and there added the finishing touches. I set those images aside and then stamped flowers from Technique Tuesday with Versafine black ink and colored with Gelatos. I added Stickles and a black pearl to each center and art aside.
My sentiment from Penny Black was embossed on a piece of white cardstock after I colored with Gelatos. Then I tried to figure out where I was putting everything. :)
I decided to ultimately alter the scalloped white rectangle. I used scrap paper to free hand draw clouds. I cut the clouds out and used them as a mask. I watered down a blue gelato and used a stipple brush to stencil the cloud background. I then placed it on the front of the card and added the princess. I didn't like having her float in the sky so added the flowers beneath her and a little ribbon.
I added some corrugated cardboard to the back step thinking it was like a fence or a hill for the Prince. I glued that on and added the Prince. I added the sentiment to the front of the card with pop up glue dots. I thought it and the second step were missing something so I found Studio Calico wood veneers and colored them with Gelatos. Then I added them to the card and carefully added Stickles.
So that is my card share today and since I ended up liking the side step card idea, I might do a tutorial on cutting, scoring and making one next week. :). Have a great day!