Boy with Frog February 29, 2012
Posted by Danielle in Crafts.Tags: CDAC, Copic, Fred She Said
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Just a quick post for the CDAC Progressive Freebie challenge…
For this card, I used cardstock from my stash to mat the image. The image is by Fred She Said and was generously donated for the challenge. For the coloring, I used the following Copic markers: 100, B91, B95, B99, C1, E00, E02, E17, E33, G03, G07, R22, R35, R37, YG01, and YR00.
Eagle in a Tree February 22, 2012
Posted by Danielle in Crafts.Tags: Anne's Digital Art, Crayola, Outlawz, Prismacolor
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Here is my card for the latest Outlawz Creative Freebie Challenge.
For this card, I used Anne’s awesome image of the eagle in a tree. I colored it using a combination of Prismacolor and Crayola colored pencils, and I blended them out with the Prismacolor Colorless Blender. I matted it on black and turquoise cardstock from my stash, and the background paper is also from my stash.
Clean and Simple with a Sentiment February 15, 2012
Posted by Danielle in Crafts.Tags: Anita Be Stampin, Copic, Core'dinations, Just Rite, TTCRD
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Well, the latest challenge is up for Through the Craftroom Door! This time around, the challenge is to create a clean and simple card with a sentiment. The prize for this challenge is a $20 gift certificate to SCACD.
For this card, I used an image from Anita Be Stampin’. I mounted the image on colored cardstock from Archivers, and the card base is Core’dinations cardstock. The image is colored using the following Copics: E00, E02, E29, E33, R20, RV0000, RV00, RV02, RV04, RV06, RV09, RV69, and YR14. The sentiment is stamped using a mini sentiment stamp from Just Rite’s Happy Everything Tag Making Kit using Whispers Archival Ink.
This card is being entered into the following challenges:
- Through the Craftroom Door - Challenge #20
- Penny’s Paper-Crafty Challenge Blog – Challenge #73
Float with Hearts February 8, 2012
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Just a quick entry for my CDAC Progressive Challenge card. I really like this image Lauretta donated as a freebie for this challenge — an ice cream float!
For this Valentine, I double matted it on red and black cardstock from my stash. The cute image is colored with Crayola colored pencils and blended with Gamsol. The straws are glossy because I used Glossy Accents on them, and I covered the whipped cream with white sand I purchased at the Dollar Tree. The card base is covered with some origami paper I purchased at Hobby Lobby.
A Valentine’s Day Angel February 8, 2012
Posted by Danielle in Crafts.Tags: Anne's Digital Art, Crayola, Prismacolor, Sizzix
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Here is a quick post for the card I made using Anne’s really cute angel digital image, which she created for the Outlawz Creative Freebie Challenge.
For this card, I colored in the sweet image using a combination of Prismacolor and Crayola colored pencils. I blended them out using the Prismacolor Colorless Blender. Then, I matted the image onto some red Recollections cardstock, and mounted that onto some embossed white cardstock. I used the Sizzix Ivy Flourishes Texture plate.
My First and Second Quilts February 7, 2012
Posted by Danielle in Crafts, Family Stuff.Tags: Elmo, fleece, Julia, rag quilt, tied quilt
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Well, I haven’t done much papercrafting lately, but I’ve been getting very well-acquainted with my sewing machine! How did this happen? Well, my niece Julia is going to be turning 2 soon. I ordered her some pajamas (and the next day I found out that although she’ll probably be okay wearing the princess pajamas, I shoud have gotten her something Elmo). Apparently princesses are more of an Emma thing. Well, the PJs were a good deal, and I’d been planning on buying her a toy or something to go with it anyway, so she’ll still be getting the pajamas. So I come up with the idea of making her a quilt with Elmo in it, since she is so into Elmo right now. Keep in mind, I’m a novice sewer, I’m a novice quilter… I can count on one hand the number articles of clothing I’ve sewn, and up until this week, I’d never made a quilt on my own.
So I got online… and found instructions for how to make a rag quilt. What I actually wound up doing was combining a couple of different instruction sets from here and here. For my quilt, I wound up using 7/8 yard of seven different flannels, cut in 7″ squares and then giving it a 1/2″ seam.
Elmo Quilt Front
Elmo Quilt Back
So there is my version of the rag quilt. All in all, I’m happy with how it turned out, especially for a first attempt. Are there things I would change? Of course! I’m terrible about keeping stuff in the right order when I lay it out. I’m not sure what to do about that issue…. probably just more practice. So a few of the rows had to be moved around so that none of the squares was next to the same pattern. I also discovered I’m not a huge fan of all the cutting required for rag quilts — but I do like the final result! LOL… so yes, I am planning on making another rag quilt… possibly for my niece Emma, whose birthday is in May.
Now what to do with the scraps? Hmm… I’ve made a couple memory quilts with Debb (although she did all the sewing for those; I helped cut the squares and with the layout), and she does tied quilts. I had some strips of flannel left, and from those I could cut ten 4″ squares. I had enough leftover flannel to use as a batting for the middle of the quilt, and I backed it using part of a Twin XL sheet leftover from my college days. I used some yellow worsted weight yarn leftover from a knitting project to tie the quilt. This quilt was a total experiment on my part. I’d never pieced a quilt top together, but it turned out. Right now, my fingers are still recovering from pushing that needle through all the layers of the quilt in order to tie it!
Elmo Doll Quilt
Hopefully Julia likes these quilts and gets lots of use out of them.
Clean and Simple Valentine Card February 3, 2012
Posted by Danielle in Crafts.Tags: Copic, Cuttlebug, Spellbinders, Stampin' Up
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Here is my entry for the Outlawz Clean and Simple Challenge.
I had a lot of fun making this card. The four things I used to create it are: Spellbinders Heart Squares, Stampin’ Up Greeting Card Kids, Copic Markers, Floral Fantasy Cuttlebug embossing folder. The Valentine’s Day ribbon is recycled from a gift I received last year, so I’m not sure where it came from.
Wearing Your Heart on Your Sleeve? February 1, 2012
Posted by Danielle in Crafts.Tags: Bonibleaux Designs Digis, Copic, Create with TLC, Dude Time Doodles, Hero Arts, Sizzix, TTCRD
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The latest Through the Craftroom Door challenge is now up and running. This time around, we are being sponsored by Dude Time Doodles. If you’re not familiar with them, Boni of Bonibleaux Designs Digis does a great job, and they have some fantastic manly images! Check out the store here.
The challenge this time is to create a Valentine’s Day card for a male, and not to use pink! The winner of this challenge will win a $10 gift certificate from Dude Time Doodles. Also remember that Aletha is offering a monthly prize of $18, but to be eligible to win you need to enter something for a challenge this month.
For this card, I started out doing the background using the Hero Arts Mixed Flowers Sizzix Textured Impressions Embossing Folder set. I thought it mirrored the flowers Archie is holding in his hand quite well. Boni’s digital image is called Archie Heartful, and you can find him here. I think he’s adorable! I printed him out on Cryogen cardstock and colored him with the following Copic markers: 0, 100, B000, B02, B04, E00, E13, E17, R20, R46, T2, T3, T5, T7, V25, Y15, YG07, YR00, YR14, and YR18. The sentiment is from Create with TLC, printed out and mounted on cardstock from my stash.
This card will be entered into the following challenges:
- Through the Craftroom Door – Challenge #19 Valentines for a Male and No Pink
- Stamp n Doodle’s Blog a Doodle – Love, Romance, and/or Valentine’s Day
- The Paper Shelter – Challenge #49 Love is in the Air
- Divas by Design – Challenge 20 Anything Goes
