My First DT Post for Lil Patch of Crafty Friends Challenge #7 - Anything goes

I'm SUPER excited to reveal my first DT post for Lil Patch of Crafty Friends challenge blog! It's always anything goes so I hope you start entering regularly!! So join in on the fun during this two week challenge! Can't wait to see what you, my faithful followers, create!!

This month we have not one, not two, BUT THREE sponsors! Cottage Rose Graphics, Kith and Kin Stamp Company, Michele R Designs. Here's the sponsor's links and the prizes...

First Sponsor

https://www.etsy.com/shop/cottagerosegraphics

Prize ~ $20 to spend in store

Second Sponsor

 https://www.facebook.com/kithandkinstampco/app_150178545006427

Prize ~ 3 Images

Third Sponsor

http://www.michelerdesigns.com/

Prize ~ €10 Gift Voucher

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On with my project!!!! 

I was given the cutest digi called Jordan Rock Star by Kith and Kin Stamp Co. I decided to decorate a 5" x 7" flip top notebook with the image.

I started by reducing the image and printing with the economy setting. I didn't want a heavy harsh line as I colored Jordan in. Where I needed darker lines I traced with a black Copic multiliner 0.3 for more contrast.

Since Jordan is a rock star I decided to give his skin an edgy, grundge look by shading with a BV00 Copic. I also used a real jeans swatch soaked in colorless blender to give his jeans an authentic stonewashed look. Once I fussy cut him out, I ran a black Copic along the white edges of the paper to color them. That makes it look like I cut him out perfectly.

Here's a look at the whole notebook. Using a card front from DCWV and scraps I created this notebook cover. I was inspired by this pin on Pinterest. However, the addition of wood veneers made me very happy. I inked one with Distress ink and covered in glossy accents and I covered the remaining two wood veneers in coordinating scraps.

The Cricut cuts were made using my Cricut Explore and design space. I believe the notes and stars were from Hannah Montana cartridge. I decided to try my hand at some rock star lettering. LOL! Well, I think that makes this work of art a definite original.

I love the definition and style of this notebook and I believe it will make a little boy very happy.

Supplies:

• Jordan Rock Star digi by Kith and Kin Stamp Co. 
• 5"x 7" kraft cover notebook from Dollar Tree
• Stampendous Mixed Media Cardstock
• DCWV card front - Boyhood box of cards
• Bo Bunny - Mama-Razzi shutter cardstock
• Basic Grey - striped cardstock
• Bazzill - black and blue cardstocks
• Cricut Explore - music notes
• Star paper, Wood veneers from my stash
• Wink of Stella - clear
• American Crafts - red twine
• Elizabeth Crafts spring action scissors (fussy cut scissors)
• Uniball Signo white gel pen
• Tim Holtz Distress Ink - Broken China applied with Imagine Crafts - Brushstix
• Adhesives: ATG, Ranger multi medium matte, Glossy Accents, Zig 2 Way glue pen
• Copic Multiliner black .05, blue .03
• Copics (see below)

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• Crafty Catz - #273 AG
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• Simply Create Too Challenge Blog - #82 AG
• Simply Papercraft - #1 AG
• left of center creative challenges - #72 monochromatic
• Craftin Desert Divas - AG Linky Party

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Kraftie Kre8ations DT Reveal - Swatch book of Thankfulness

As a part of the Kraftie Kre8ations (KK8) DT, I'm learning about new crafts and techniques. Today we are showing our gratitude in a swatch book. "What's that?" you may ask... well it's like a small scrapbook. I've been mulling over whether I wanted to start a project life type scrapbook and making a swatch book kind of reminded me of that style of scrapbooking. So this is me, dipping my toe in the water and it feels fine!!

My swatch book entitled Live, Love, Laugh is about my adventures in October 2013. It's made from 3 x 4 inch pieces of cardstock from my scrap bin and a couple of journaling cards from a Project Life core kit called Amber edition. The scraps were from DCWV, Bo Bunny, Basic Grey, American Crafts, etc. The ten pages of the swatch book were made with my We R Memory Keepers 3 x 4 punch (with rounded corners) and the holes were added with my Crop-a-dile Big Bite.

Here's a closer look...

Last month, I was on a weight loss journey so I thought I would show my gratitude for my progress and my growing bond with my workout partner.

I used a dimensional sticker sheet (Jolee's maybe??) to adorn the pages and to being continuity to the swatch book. The butterfly is from a dollar store sticker sheet and the one kraft chevron is a leftover from a border punch from Stampin' Up!

Here's to meeting up with old friends and for having some old fashioned fun!! My daughter is winning a race and my son is ready for a sack race at the church fish fry. We are thankful!

I am thankful that my husband and my best friend accompanied me to a huge costume party (where we had a BALL) and that my new-found fitness allowed me to look fabulous in my flapper outfit! My daughter saw us having so much fun she went and threw her outfit on for some pics.

So there you have it! The last page has some journaling and here's a look at the book closed and spread open. I enjoyed making this swatch book so much. It's a great way to reflect on the month. Now I see why Project Lifers are into it so much. I can easily remember the little things we did and show my young children to remind them as well. I just might start one for real come Jan 1, 2014. Follow me here and on Bloglovin' (buttons at the sidebar) to see the big reveal!!

I hope you enjoyed this presentation and will check out my fellow DT member's reveals at Kraftie Kre8ations.

La-Vie

Lucky You, Lucky Me card

I'm loving the daily excitement of creating projects for challenges! You've got to give it a try! Today I am entering 4 challenges. The first is a sketch challenge: M613 Sketch Challenge (see below) at Repeat Impressions. The second is a color challenge: going green at Trendy Twine which calls for a St. Patrick's Day theme with a clover, leprechaun (or both),  Monochromatic green (shades of green; no other colors) and Trendy Twine or hemp if you don't own any of their brand.  The third is an "it's all about the green" (plus ribbon) theme at 3 Girl Jam. Last but not least - is an Action Wobble challenge called seeing double. They asked for a project that has two of something that's exactly the same and to use an action wobble. I think my project was a perfect marriage between the three challenges!

 

Supplies

• Action wobble
• DCWV pre-cut, textured, green card 5.5 x 5.5"
• border- cardstock from my stash - floral punched with EK Success border punch
• dark green patterned square - Bo Bunny Mama-Razzi slides
• light green grid cardstock - stash
• hemp twine - stash
• ribbon - Wrights seam binding - green adorned with Dahlia embellishments Stampin' Up!
• ink - Tim Holtz Distress Ink - Forest Moss to stamp the sentiment and ink all edges
• shamrocks - DCWV Nana's Kids stack and Cricut lite cartridge Celebrate with Flourish cut at 1" real dial size ON
• Sentiment - Stampin' Up! Afterthoughts (hostess)
• creative memories corner rounder
• X-acto knife for cutting a slit for the seam binding to pass through
• adhesives: xryon, zots, scotch ATG, glossy accents

 

 

 

This  project was a journey! Keeping in line with all the requirements and still exerting my creativity while trying new techniques was exhilarating! Quite by chance, I ended up with 2 double elements -the shamrocks and the dahlia seam binding bows. I have been watching some folks outline die cuts with twine. I love the look but have no idea how they keep the twine straight and not gluey looking?! I struggled with outlining this simple shape using glossy accents. Any tips and tricks would be greatly appreciated!! Please leave it in the comments section. I am in love with my Stampin' Up dahlias and their stamps (of course!). They always seem to have a perfect saying for my projects. AND being organized with the ScrapRack allows me to be familiar with my stash and know exactly where to find it. That makes being creative so much easier and fun!

 

here's the action wobble!

On to the next adventure... my workout!! I promised my husband/trainer I would do it as soon as I posted this... gotta keep my word.


La-Vie

Instant scrapbook baby boy - hester

A baby's first halloween can be so fun! The tiny costume options are endless!And who doesn't love a baby in costume? This scrapbook page is a quick and easy one for Halloween. The paper from my stash is already brilliantly fashioned for the holiday. I simply added a mat in black cardstock punched on the top with Martha Stewart "cracks" punch and on the bottom with her "Drippy Goo" punch. The green spider mats break up all the black (since it is for a baby).

Bo Bunny rub ons - the witch, skeleton, pumpkin, bug help complete the look. The title Trick or Treat, happy halloween and flourishes are dimensional stickers from my stash as well. Amazingly, I did not use my Cricut for this one, but I love it even more!

La-Vie

Instant Scrapbook Baby Boy - Pg 14

As continued from last time, here are the next page of the scrapbook. 2 Cute to Spook - this is my favorite layout of this whole album!!! I loved putting it together and creatively bringing the theme across. Who doesn't love a first Halloween? Seeing the little one in their first costume brings joy to all who sees it. I wanted to make sure that this page properly represents that excitement.

The fonts are a combination of Thickers (for the "2") and halloween alpha stickers from my stash. The 12x12 background paper is by GCD Studios - Spooked collection pack. The pumpkin dimensional stickers are from Reminisce "trick or treat" and the bat and dino rub ons are by Bo Bunny. The journaling block is from Nikki Sivils Scrapbooker 6x6 mini paddle "Boo-tiful". To enhance the look of the jounraling block I used the "cracks" Martha Stewart Punch.

Waste not/want not.. I added the positive punched paper from the journaling block (that would usually get thrown away) to the border strip to add to the spooky look created by Martha Stewart drippy goo punch. The Cricut cuts - bats, spiders, spider webs are from the Wild Card cart. The circles in orange and patterened paper are DCWV. Black Foam glitter bats from my stash adorn the page. Ending with a Happy Halloween dimensional sticker by recollections seemed fitting.

La-Vie