Patterned Papered Dreams

CFC113: Get feminine with kraft and text

Happy Friday, friends! Time for a new challenge for "krafty girls". Can you guess what it's all about this week?

 

Exactly! Create a clean and simple project incorporating kraft and text. Oh, and it has to be feminine too :) Our sponsor is CAS-ual Fridays Stamps and is offering a fantastic prize! Here are the details.

I went for a Christmas in August theme this time. A pretty package that uses kraft, and of course some text and a happy seasonal message. This CAS-ual Fridays Stamps set came in very handy ;) I stamped the fun text line repeatedly on the holly leaves. The berries were die cut from a very cool "frosted" craft foam.

 

Oh! and this bag is perfect for the Moxie Fab World Holiday Cards & More Gift Wrap Challenge, so I'm entering it because I just can't resist a Christmas challenge :).

 

Have a great weekend and thanks for stopping by!

Mama Elephant Challenge

Good morning! How has your week been so far? Lots of work around here and a 6th Birthday to celebrate too :)

Today I'm playing along with the Mama Elephant Challenge. Phew, I almost missed the deadline! Here's the inspiration photo

 

And here's my card. I used Flashy Letters, Filigree, and the "love" is a partially stamped sentiment from Smitten. The stripes were added with washi tape and I finished the card with some sequins.

 

And a closer one (I heat embossed the letters, can you notice the shine?)

 

 

There you have it! Thanks for visiting :)

A published card

The lovely Cath featured today on the Moxie Fab World this little card of mine that appears on the September-October issue of Paper Crafts Magazine.

 

 

This card broke a 2 year spell, because it's the first time I have a project published in the Sept-Oct issue :) I used a double embossing resist technique and some masking for this card. You will find more details in the issue. Get your copy here! It's SO full of ideas! And I love the chalkboard inspired cover!

Thanks for stopping by and happy weekend!

Happy discoveries

You know it's a happy day when your run accross not only one but two awesome discoveries or techniques shared by other talented crafters. And that's what happened the other day. So I made a card combining the super cool "swipe stamping" technique" shared by Jennifer McGuire here, and also impressed my card base with a piece of burlap, as shown by the oh so clever Kelly Griglione here. Thanks, Jennifer and Kelly for sharing such cool stuff!

And here's the card

 

One thing I discovered when trying the swipe stamping is that you have to be quick or the ink streaks you get by swiping the stamp on the ink pad surface will blend back again. Does that make sense? The result if you don't stamp quick is kind of a "mushy" impression. And obviously, solid stamps are the images to go for this technique.

For the card, I die cut a few banners and stamped on them flowers and leaves from this WPlus9 set. I probably could have done all the stamping first and then die cut the banners :)

As for the amazing burlap texture, here you have a little close up. Just that: amazing! Imagine the possibilities!

 

 

That's all! Go ahead, visit the blogs of Kelly and Jennifer, leave them some love for being so kind and sharing,  and then try the discoveries yourself. There's no wrong way with this techniques and you'll have a lot of fun. I know I did :)

Thanks for visiting!

Craving Navy

Hi there! Playing along with this week's Tuesday Trigger at the Moxie Fab World. Isn't that an inspiring room?

 

For my card I picked the navy stripes, and because of the "homey" feel of the pic, I went for a "homey" themed card. I used a stripe from this PTI set and the sentiment and cute house are from this Kelly Purkey set. Love the graphic feel of her stamps!

 

Keeping it short and sweet today. Thanks for visiting!

Hello. Sunshine

Hi friends! I hope you're having a great weekend so far. It's been a while since I last played in the Paper Crafts Connection monthly challenge, but this month I'm jumping in. It's about all things sunshine and you can enter your creations here.

Let's get to my card

Does it scream sunshine or what? I've been wanting to try watercoloring with Distress Paints since I saw this tutorial from the ever amazing Julie Ebersole. So I painted the base pannel with a watercolor brush and then swiped some Perfect Pearls on it. Instant sunshine!

 

The "thanks" panel was created with the Cameo and the sentiment underneath is PTI. I used some sequins to finish the card. They're round, sparkly and yellow, just like little suns ;)

Thanks for visiting!

CFC112: A color challenge

Hello! It's time for a new CAS-ual Fridays challenge, and this time we're getting colorful. Create a clean and simple project that features green, aqua and orange. Any shade of it you fancy, from bolds to pastels :)

 

There's a fantastic prize up for grabs! Simon Says Stamp is our sponsor this week, you can learn more about it here.

And here's my card. I die cut a bunch of triangles in the challenge colors and played around with them until I found an arrangement I liked. Once I decided I liked it, and to make things easier, I punched small circles and adhered the triangles to them, then placed the completed hexagons on the card. The sentiment is from this great CAS-ual Fridays set.

 

And here's a close up of the triangle-made hexagon. I'm not sure why the colors changed so much fro one pic to the other.

 

That's it from me today. I'm also entering this card in the Trendy Triangles challenge at the Moxie Fab World.

Thanks for stopping by and happy weekend!

 

And the winner...

... of the Holiday Cards & More Blog Hop according to Random.Org  is *drumroll*

Here is your sequence:

63
Timestamp: 2013-08-14 13:13:00 UTC

You are a riot, still laughing. Your card is really pretty, not typical Holiday colors but they work. Packaging is cute too.

Posted by: Barbara H | 08/10/2013 at 08:13 PM

 

Congrats, Barbara! Email me your details at lorecl (at) hotmail (dot) com and I'll pass them on to Paper Crafts Magazine so they can ship you the issue.

Thanks everyone for the lovely comments! Each and every one of them made my day :)

One Layer with Lawn Fawn

*If you're looking for the Holiday Cards & More Blog Hop scroll down or click here. You still have time to leave a comment for a chance to win this fabulous issue!*

Hello there! I hope the week started great for you! I've had a lot of work, but during the weekend I had some time to stamp and today I'm sharing one of the cards I made.

Remember I went to Summer CHA? Well, one of the best things here was meeting the Lawn Fawn guys. Without any doubt, their booth was the happiest one in the whole show! Their make and take was adorable too, and Kelly Marie and the Fawnies? Too sweet for words :) So with that in mind, I created this card:

 

I started with a pannel die cut from watercolor paper and adhered it to my card base (this way you end up with a one layer card but prevent your card base from warping because of the water). First came the pretty rose from Flutter By. Then, some masking to add the leaves from Blissful Botanicals. I watercolored everything with Inktense pencils and added some shine dipping my waterbrush in Perfect Pearls.

 

Finally, I built my sentiment using the brand new Milo's Alphabet that Kelly Marie generously gave me when I visited them so I could try their new stamps. Thanks so much! The LF alpha sets have been my favorite ones ever since they launched the first one. The fonts are adorable and lining them on the block is super easy!

So there you have it. I would like to send a big thank you to the Lawn Fawn team. I confess I was very nervous at the show and they really made me feel at home in their booth.

I'm also entering this one layer card in the current Lawnscaping Challenge #63.

Thanks for visiting!

Holiday Cards & More Vol. 8 Blog Hop

 Hi everyone and welcome to the Holiday Cards & More vol. 8 Blog Hop! First of all, I want to apologize. I don't know how, the system published the draft I have made for this post instead of the correct one, so I'm rewriting it at super full speed!!! I promise I know how to write, lol! Thanks for your patiente :)

 

 

So today we are helping to launch my favorite issue. It is so full of Christmas goodness that I don't know where to start. Really. Just go. Get. It. Here.

And to help you get into the Christmas spirit, what better that some Holiday treats with a pretty packaging? We were asked by the lovely Paper Crafts Mag team to share a favorite Christmas recipe. I have to confess I am pretty much a disaster at the kitchen. And franckly, a whole stuffed turkey wouldn't fit in my pretty box. So I made Christmas chocolates (super simple recipe to come later). And here's how I packaged them. I tried my hand at classy and elegant, even when I'm unable to tie a big satin bow. But twine? That I can do!

 

 

I promise the chocolates are there. Down there, can you see them? Lol! They wouldn't stay put when I was taking the pic, and although I almost stuck them in place with a glue dot, I thought better. Because that's not exactly my idea about how sticky and sweet should be ;)

 

 

And of course, a coordinating card had to be done. I just switched the colors instead of making the pannel identical to the one I made for the box.

 

As for the recipe for the chocolate? Please, don't laugh... And also forgive the lack of super technical kitchen goddess terms (I never understand those when I read a recipe, anyway)

1. Melt a bar of your favorite chocolate at very, very, very slow fire. Use a non stick pan for this. Ask me how I know.

2. Pour the melted chocolate into a silicone mold. There are super cute ones out there! I used a simple one :) At this step, you can also add some grounded nuts, finely crushed candy canes or even spices (chili chocolate, anyone?)

3. Let it become solid, pop the chocolates out of the mold and stuff them in your mouth put them into the pretty box. Done.

See why I thought you would laugh at my lack of cooking talent? And now, it's time to start hopping!  Your next stop is the blog of the fantastic Kalyn Kepner. I love the softness and delicacy in her creations! Here you have the complete blog hop list. Right now you are at the first stop:

 

Kalyn Kepner

Erin Lincoln

Jeanne Jachna

Nina Yang

Amanda Coleman

Karolyn Loncon

Kelly Griglione

Vera Wirianta Yates

Maurine Anderson

 

And of course, the lovely Paper Crafts Mag team kindly let me give away a free copy of the issue to one lucky comenter. Just leave me a comment before Tuesday, August 13th at midnight and I'll pick a winner shortly after.

Thanks for stopping by and Merry Christmas in August!