tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6643820743587243242024-03-25T06:58:15.999-07:00Gathering PlaceDarlahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18120129331636884242noreply@blogger.comBlogger177125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-664382074358724324.post-51076669079683312962023-03-07T03:19:00.000-08:002023-03-07T03:19:01.697-08:00Off to the FramerI've taken two pieces to a new-to-me framer. One is for me; the other will be a gift. Hannah Beeby has been done quite a while. She's over on one 25-count Lugana, the name of which I don't recall offhand.<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRHufO5k_7HlSeaqNh7hK7n4BS8mGrEe1WmEziCY7j-JCgDfnOhr2rEMN1JfQbMvMN3rmKWL97aRF7pKTZwni7F5nXV0FPm-ywiXpyDJ26jvs-qkhGiOTb5Hh7x5IK7aftC_L6x9e4DETBG0j1zFUnFjJ8HGG5g9_UUoV5otPpexWDwCMZJOCuPNHF/s4032/20230304_082339.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRHufO5k_7HlSeaqNh7hK7n4BS8mGrEe1WmEziCY7j-JCgDfnOhr2rEMN1JfQbMvMN3rmKWL97aRF7pKTZwni7F5nXV0FPm-ywiXpyDJ26jvs-qkhGiOTb5Hh7x5IK7aftC_L6x9e4DETBG0j1zFUnFjJ8HGG5g9_UUoV5otPpexWDwCMZJOCuPNHF/s320/20230304_082339.jpg" width="320" /></a>And this one's so old, it's on 14-count Aida. It's been so long since I've stitched on blockweaves that I don't remember what the last piece was. I know that nearly everything has been on one count or another of Lugana since "Amid Amish Life" was published in Cross Stitch and Country Crafts magazine in the mid-1980s.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL234rTM8bqTlyaUPwyMUQZGqylKWJn2TYPQPX4qF8zxJ-mZlYI5fPscCQR74l2Sk8_VUw8Z0g-hwRcR-uuSVlUDYufAihmg-9_0V1TwSHvkozb8cDEPm9UKDau_yt1CRXkjUkfzN67pAdGYZ2OVnej-OM5cpp8oJa-f4deKqarEe7bfainLcfmFPJ/s4032/20230304_082357.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL234rTM8bqTlyaUPwyMUQZGqylKWJn2TYPQPX4qF8zxJ-mZlYI5fPscCQR74l2Sk8_VUw8Z0g-hwRcR-uuSVlUDYufAihmg-9_0V1TwSHvkozb8cDEPm9UKDau_yt1CRXkjUkfzN67pAdGYZ2OVnej-OM5cpp8oJa-f4deKqarEe7bfainLcfmFPJ/s320/20230304_082357.jpg" /></a></div>Darlahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18120129331636884242noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-664382074358724324.post-37652803377149580162023-01-17T10:55:00.004-08:002023-01-17T10:55:41.394-08:00Nearly Five Years??<p> I keep telling myself I'm going back to blogging more, but I haven't succeeded yet. </p><p>Currently: not much stamping going on, but lots of stitching, including a retreat in Temecula last week. I've also resumed the monthly usually-Saturday stitch classes since the Pandemic.</p><p>I've had a hankering to do another Teresa Wentzler design, so I created Wentzlerday, a day each week for stitching TW. I chose her Fall Carousel Horse, and started in November. I also allow myself some "bonus" days, such as when I decided that the other current project was not pleasing me, either with the fabric and count or with the counting errors. So I ordered new fabric, and awarded myself "Bonus Days" while waiting for it to come.</p><p>Last Friday was the last "bonus day," when the fabric arrived and I prepped it for a rainy Saturday start.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy9smwemzbiNPh7ALVotmPKDFSuJui9u-li44OrqguBNaDYGA1bsgIUICQ9bsDanYIWtzU67m9fkZsMhiJF7TYW28jI8pt6I4KleKtouUtyGRH_zk6xGBquo602SfMP5xLkL_70YIZHPa-AKZ1O5ERe2gOfBYiph285g-ZLtFqqsxOvhOptelnmKS9/s4032/TW%20CH%20Fall%20230113.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy9smwemzbiNPh7ALVotmPKDFSuJui9u-li44OrqguBNaDYGA1bsgIUICQ9bsDanYIWtzU67m9fkZsMhiJF7TYW28jI8pt6I4KleKtouUtyGRH_zk6xGBquo602SfMP5xLkL_70YIZHPa-AKZ1O5ERe2gOfBYiph285g-ZLtFqqsxOvhOptelnmKS9/s320/TW%20CH%20Fall%20230113.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>Lugana 25 cream, with mostly Accentuate substitutions for the called-for Kreinik blending filament. I am using Petite Treasure Braid in gold for the gold metallic among the vines.</p><p>Some of the photos I've posted in the past were linked from the now-defunct PictureTrail, so those are missing from some prior posts.<br /></p>Darlahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18120129331636884242noreply@blogger.com0Anaheim, CA, USA33.8365932 -117.91430125.5263593638211574 -153.0705512 62.146827036178848 -82.7580512tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-664382074358724324.post-27062767279671086052018-02-17T06:36:00.003-08:002018-02-17T06:36:49.329-08:00So Little Blogging!Makes it look like I'm not doing anything! Not much stitching, to be honest, but I have been doing some card crafting, and even recently participated in a <a href="http://www.thedailymarker.com/2018/01/30-day-coloring-challenge-2/" target="_blank">30-day coloring challenge</a>. So this seriously picture-heavy post will focus on what I've done in that. And in no particular order. The object of the challenge was to get the participants to spend just 10 minutes per day coloring, and not necessarily for card crafting. Even completing cards wasn't required, which is a good thing, because only two of the pieces I colored have actually been made into cards! There won't be 30 pieces here because some days didn't see a piece completely colored, so the coloring was carried over to another day, or two, or three. And I have a couple of pieces which didn't get completely colored at all. Some of the pictures were taken with the phone, some with the camera.<br />
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Most of my coloring was done with my new love, Faber Castell's Polychromos line of pencils, but I also used the old standby, Prismacolor, and also used a few from some other lines from both Faber Castell and another manufacturer. The other FC line is their Pitt Pastel, and the other company, which I learned about during this challenge, is Caran d'Ache, with some pencils from their Luminance line. I'll be picking up a few more of these! The Polychromos line is severely lacking in pinks and lavenders/light purples.<br />
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This is a stamp image from <a href="https://powerpoppy.com/" target="_blank">Power Poppy</a>, as were more than one of my choices, as I really like Marcella's artwork, having been a fan since her days with the original Flourishes. This image has a matching die.<br />
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Another Power Poppy, from a set of multiple sweet pea images. I just randomly assembled them on a piece of card stock, then used my <a href="https://www.mysweetpetunia.com/" target="_blank">MISTI</a> to do the stamping.</div>
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This is also a Power Poppy design, but it's a digital image. I'm hoping Marcella will release this as an actual stamp.</div>
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Yep: another digital image from Power Poppy, and another I'd like to see as an actual stamp. This image will show up later on a different card stock in a slightly different colorway.</div>
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This is a single image stamped twice, from Hero Arts. Because the flowers are whimsical, I didn't bother with the shading I try to accomplish with more realistic images.</div>
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This one was done entirely in the Luminance pencils. These are from a set by Stamp Doctor, and are supposed to match the elements of one of their die sets.</div>
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This is a stamp from Penny Black.</div>
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And another Penny Black.</div>
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Another Hero Arts clear stamp set.</div>
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This one's from Inkadinkado.</div>
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The other, somewhat differently colored, Power Poppy image, this time on Kraft card stock, and with the ladybug enhanced with a colored pen. In both of these, the metallic bits on the pencil and the brushes were enhanced with Wink of Stella clear. The WoS was also used on the bees' wings in both, although I left the bees' wings otherwise uncolored in this one, where I used a very light grey in the first one. I think this is where I switched from phone to camera.</div>
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This image is from, if I remember correctly, Serendipity, and it remains incomplete so far. Hey, it was 10 minutes per day and no requirements to finish or to actually use the images! Blogger apparently doesn't have the option to turn an image, so even though its orientation is correct on my computer, it's off here.</div>
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This is another Hero Arts image. This one's finished into a card, with this image being the entire face of the card.</div>
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Another Hero Arts image, and yes, I did finally notice and color the uncolored bud in this one!</div>
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This image is from Ken Oliver, and has a matching die.</div>
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Another one still not complete. This photo does nothing to indicate to you just how small this All Night Media image is. The wood block is 2"x3" and the image smaller than that. I've actually taken this one off the block and attached it to cling foam. Unfortunately, the only way to keep the colored image on the block is to keep the whole damned block! Boo.</div>
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I not only had problems getting a clearly stamped impression of this Stamps Happen image, I never finished it and actually tossed it into the circular file.</div>
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I didn't even bother trying to color the building in this Embossing Arts image. And then there's the challenge of coloring the wicker basket on the bike and the bread in the basket without making both basket and bread the same color. The chain guard is on the wrong side of the bike.</div>
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I'm not even sure why I have this Rubber Stampede image, as I'm not that much of a fan of sunflowers.</div>
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I want to have a little garden shed like this in my back yard. This one is from Peddler's Pack. And yes, this Buffalo Springfield fan always has blue birds!</div>
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This image is from Holly Berry House, and I'm not sure how long I looked at it before I realized the image elements are squash of assorted varieties!</div>
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Double stamping of a single image, from Impression Obsession. These will eventually be made into cards for the upcoming winter holidays. Another one Blogger doesn't want to orient correctly. Not that it matters all that much, since no matter which landscape orientation you choose, one of these will always be head down.</div>
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One of the first colored, but actually the last to be posted and the first to be made into a card. The recipient's birthday is right around the end of the challenge, so I didn't want to post it sooner in the group. I know she didn't participate this year, but I wasn't sure whether she was lurking there. The image is from Mostly Animals. Happy birthday, <a href="http://melscardcorner.com/" target="_blank">Melissa</a>!!</div>
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All of the actual stamped images were stamped with Tsukineko products, primarily their VersaFine Onyx Black. The Stamps Happen image was stamped with VersaColor Boysenberry. The digital images were printed on my Canon printer with Canon inks. The white and eggshell/offwhite card stocks are Strathmore Bristol; the Kraft card stock is Neenah Desert Storm.</div>
Darlahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18120129331636884242noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-664382074358724324.post-37500401287881973212017-03-27T16:24:00.000-07:002017-04-08T08:41:40.488-07:00Birthday Card for MelissaI like using orange for Melissa's cards because she's a Vols fiend. And she loves irises, even has an iris tat in memory of her iris-growing granny. So I threw this card together, and promptly screwed up by assembling it wrong. And instead of doing it all over again, I opted to cut the original apart and put it on a slightly larger card base, which led me to create a homemade envelope, too!<br />
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I don't remember what the cardstocks are, although the replacement base was a Bazzill--that much I'm certain of. The others came out of stash. The stamp is either All Night Media after they went mass market or PSX, and of course it's gone walkabout (it's around here somewhere!). The ink is VersaFine Onyx Black.<br />
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It's colored with Prismacolor pencils, and I think the dies are from the HA "Infinity" rectangles. I think I've said before that I'm no fan of front-of-card sentiments, and only use them seldom.<br />
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The really fun part? I even asked her advice on what to do when you've mucked up your assembly. Her answer? Cry. Well, it didn't go that far, but it was a frustrating few days of pouting over the blunder before I decided to go slightly-larger-than A2 for this one, even though it meant the custom-made envelope--which also got stamped and colored, but I don't think I photographed that.<br />
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Edited 4/8 after the iris ended its walkabout: it's an old Hero Arts stamp.<br />
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I'm entering this in the <a href="http://simplylessismoore.blogspot.com/2017/03/challenge-321-recipe.html" target="_blank">Less is More #321 "Recipe"</a> challenge.Darlahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18120129331636884242noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-664382074358724324.post-90982551838404665332016-08-21T11:50:00.000-07:002016-08-21T11:50:04.981-07:00Another "Color and Assemble" Class with ShirleySo yesterday we had another "color and assemble" class with Shirley at my LSS <a href="http://stampfeverstore.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Stamp Fever</a>. I do these not because I'm actually learning something, but for socialization and maybe some ideas, as well as possible introductions to other stamp companies. We did these in no particular order.<br />
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Card Number 1:<br />
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This stamp is from Power Poppy, and I used Prismacolor pencils to color it in. The yellow card stocks are from Bazzill. I'm not sure what she uses for her white, but it's probably Neenah Classic Cover.<br />
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The three images on this one are a single stamp, and I don't remember what company it's from. Funny how that works when it's just not your style! I know the yellow layer is Bazzill, but I'm not at all certain of the sources for the other layers. And again, colored with Prismacolor pencils.<br />
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Once again, the colored card stocks are Bazzill, and I colored with my Prismacolor pencils. I <i>think</i> the image is a Penny Black. Shirley kindly did the fussy cutting for me. (Melissa, would you believe I actually started to type "fuzzy"? It's All. Your. Fault!)<br />
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Then Bette and I had a little get-together to go over the plans for the class we're co-teaching next month. Background stamps. That's all the information you're getting for now.<br />
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<br />Darlahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18120129331636884242noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-664382074358724324.post-71300096044289114742016-08-14T13:42:00.000-07:002016-08-14T13:42:47.076-07:00Another Challenge to Enter!This one is over at <a href="http://aaacards.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">AAA Cards</a> and is "blending."<br />
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This is actually on a cream card base, and the image is directly on the card base, so it qualifies as pure "clean and simple" as well as featuring the blending technique. It takes several passes with the die-cutting machine to get the acetate to cut all the way through all the way around, but acetate does make nice reuseable masks. For this I used the Spellbinders' Deckle Edge. The inks used for blending are from the Memento line of Tsukineko products: New Sprout, Pear Tart, Bamboo Leaves, and Cottage Ivy. The Hero Arts "grasses" image was stamped in Tsukineko's Versa Fine "Olympic Green."</div>
Darlahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18120129331636884242noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-664382074358724324.post-13429100776782848132016-07-18T17:32:00.000-07:002016-07-18T17:32:20.952-07:00Another Plea for Birthday CardsThis time it's for a young person whose next birthday is likely his last--his cancer is terminal. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I used one of my favorites, the cupcake tower from Peddlers Pack, but it's been so long I'm not sure what ink I used. It looks like it may be Tsukineko's VersaMagic in "Gingerbread." No clue where the cream-colored card stock the image layer and card base are from. No clue where the striped stock is from. The "antiquing" is one of the Distress Inks from Ranger's Tim Holtz line, probably "Tea Dye." And the edges of the image layer were scraped with one of those distressing tools. The inside is pretty much the same, but the "Happy Birthday" image layer is tilted in the other direction. Happy birthday, Jacob.</div>
Darlahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18120129331636884242noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-664382074358724324.post-21704104563132456142016-06-27T17:35:00.001-07:002016-06-27T17:35:29.605-07:00CAS on SundayI'd love to participate in <a href="http://cleanandsimpleonsunday.blogspot.com/2016/06/challenge-86-black-white-one-color.html" target="_blank">this challenge</a> at the <a href="http://cleanandsimpleonsunday.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">CAS on Sunday</a> blog, but I have the awful feeling it might be too many layers to be strictly "Clean and Simple."<br />
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This card was one of a number of similar cards in what's essentially a single design in different colorways. The cupcake tower image is from Peddler's Pack and was stamped with VersaFine Onyx Black ink on what's probably a generic white cardstock, but might even be Neenah Solar White. There are three shades of purple Bazzill card stock, with Hero Arts' "Envelope" background stamp inked with VersaMark on the light vertical strip, and the three light "ribbon" strips stamped with an Inkadinkado background stamp also inked with VersaMark. Nothing was popped, and the card ended up going to a BFF for her birthday.<br />
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Does it qualify as CAS with so many layers?<br />
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Oddly enough, that's not the first essentially monochrome birthday card I've given to BFF-M!Darlahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18120129331636884242noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-664382074358724324.post-74834559756122429152016-06-25T19:22:00.000-07:002016-06-25T19:22:02.167-07:00Card Class TodaySherry is a new-to-me--and, apparently, new to <a href="http://stampfeverstore.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Stamp Fever</a>--teacher and had a class there today, although some of my classmates knew her from Ultimate Hobbies. Three cards, all Penny Black stamps and dies.<br />
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Card Number 1:<br />
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Hmmmm. Looks like another funky scan. Anyway, as I said, we used all Penny Black stamps and dies, while the inks were Peeled Paint, Faded Jeans, and Dried Marigold Distress inks. I have no idea what papers were used. I don't have the background stamp nor the border stencil (the green slashes bordering the blue strip), nor the dies, but I do have that floral stamp. I didn't use the sentiment, not even on the inside.<br />
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This one was all dies and stencils, with no stamping (although there was a sentiment available). I am definitely unhappy with the way the stenciling turned out, as it was supposed to be more subtle than it turned out on mine. The Peeled Paint paid was pretty "juicy." The inks were Dried Marigold and Peeled Paint.<br />
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Card Number 3:<br />
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This one required the use of two of the butterfly dies--cut in white for coloring with the distress inks, and again in black for the body and antennae. I don't know what ink was used for the background stamp on the olive green card base, but it was smeary, and they didn't warn us of that. And again, the inks were Peeled Paint and Dried Marigold.<br />
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All in all, a nice change from the usual, although not the sorts of designs I'm likely to CASE, except possibly some variations of the first one. She's planning another class utilizing Memory Box supplies.Darlahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18120129331636884242noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-664382074358724324.post-26532289083069005262016-06-12T17:35:00.000-07:002016-06-12T17:35:15.297-07:00Mostly More or Less Monochromatic Birthday CardNow that BFF-M has her card, I can post pictures of it. I got the idea for it from a couple of cards on display at the LSS, <a href="http://stampfeverstore.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Stamp Fever</a>. The card stock is all from Bazzill, although two shades are the canvas finish and the third, the lightest, is one of the other finishes. All three shades were stamped with the <a href="http://www.iostamps.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=CC112&Store_Code=IOSTAMPS&search=herringbone&searchoffset=&filter_cat=&PowerSearch_Begin_Only=&sort=&range_low=&range_high=" target="_blank">Impression Obsession Cover-A--Card "Herringbone"</a> using VersaMark ink in a watermark effect. The <a href="https://www.peddlerspack.com/store/index.asp?show=pdet&pid=1174&cid=13" target="_blank">cupcake tower</a> is from Peddlers Pack. The sentiment is from a foam-mounted set, and I'm not sure who the manufacturer was; I've had it a long time.<br />
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The front:<br />
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All the way open and laid out flat:<br />
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Partial open/closed:<br />
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If I remember right, I used Archival "Sepia" ink for the image and sentiment.Darlahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18120129331636884242noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-664382074358724324.post-46750398965715897752016-06-11T15:43:00.000-07:002016-06-11T15:43:06.417-07:00Another MISTI ClassSo today was another class at the LSS learning some new tricks with the stamping tool <a href="http://www.mysweetpetunia.com/" target="_blank">MISTI</a>. These are taught by Amanda, and this one was a much smaller group than the first session was. Today's focussed on a (1) simple row of a single image, (B) a focal image with a multi-stage background image, and (iii) a single image in multiple layers.<br />
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My dear buddy <a href="http://melscardcorner.com/" target="_blank">Melissa</a> was in this class, too, and so I used images borrowed from her selection, and I think they're all Lawn Fawn.<br />
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Number One: a single simple image stamped across the bottom of a piece of card stick, which allows you to create a border.<br />
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Number Two: A focal image with background images. The sheep is, of course, the focal image, and the grass and sentiment were stamped as background images. It's pretty hard to see in this photo, but I actually used two shades of green ink for the grass; the sentiment is "Need a Hug?" The graph paper behind the tag is the only way I could get the scanner to scan the whole tag; it kept cutting bits off. The graph paper was convenient; I didn't expect it to show through so well (the paper is actually upside down)!<br />
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Number Three: one image stamped to look like rows of that image. I got my greys in the wrong order.</div>
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I pretty much already knew these basics--I've done masked stamping before, as well as repeating images in a row much like the first piece we did in this class. This focussed on how to use the MISTI to achieve these ends.<br />
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I wish I had a photograph of the envelope I covered with a scene involving a 2-piece trash can set, a comet/shooting star stamp, and a box-framed "This Is Not Junk Mail" phrase stamp; there was a <i>lot</i> of masking in that one!Darlahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18120129331636884242noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-664382074358724324.post-86396152589361836112016-06-05T16:08:00.000-07:002016-06-05T16:08:12.141-07:00Card Class TodayLinda C had a class today, in the new classroom. This is the one she postponed a while back due to a health emergency. It was a very small group--only 5 of us--but fun cards and a very easy-going mellow session.<br />
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All of the images and their coordinating dies are from Artistic Impressions; the postage-style die is from Memory Box, and I don't remember which company the pull-tab die is from.<br />
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Card Number One:<br />
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Linda's original had the dark grey portion a bit narrower--this is adhered to the card base inside--and the plaid on the card base front a bit wider, so her elements fit together a bit better.<br />
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This shows the bookmark fully opened. There are magnets (1/32 inch thick!) adhered to the front of the bookmark between the plaid layer and the black layer under that bottom duck and another adhered under the sentiment in the lower photo.<br />
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I was tempted to put masks on some of my turtles.</div>
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This was one of the first times the new classroom space has been used, so there are still a few things we need, like cabinets and a clock and various tools such as paper cutter/trimmer, die-cutting/embossing machine, and things like that. But it's a very nice space, and a lot more comfortable than trying to hold a class in the store space.</div>
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<br />Darlahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18120129331636884242noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-664382074358724324.post-14534619054502130102016-05-23T14:51:00.000-07:002016-05-23T14:51:14.129-07:00A Class from a While BackI've made myself do a bit of tidying in this craft room I call a house, and have come across some more class cards from the past year or so. From Shirley's class back in August of last year, and in no particular order (because I honestly don't remember what order we did them in!):<br />
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The images are all by Artistic Impressions, from their Girlfriends series/collection.Darlahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18120129331636884242noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-664382074358724324.post-44994408988568702252016-05-21T14:29:00.002-07:002016-05-21T14:29:40.136-07:00Another Class TodayToday it was Linda C, and I have no clue whose stamps she used, and I'm not entirely sure whose dies she used, either, except that the cards with the curved tops used a Lawn Fawn die for the curved cuts. Several companies have the faux-stitching dies.<br />
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All of the designs were pretty simply, and except for one card, all we had to do was color and assemble. The one card which required a bit more was the first one, and involved a punch and a bit of fussy cutting.<br />
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This is the one which required the punch and the fussy cutting, and we had a choice of three options for that part. And that card stock is actually white; I scanned the card, and the popped-up "Nerd Alert" caused the shadowing effect on the card.<br />
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Obviously, this is the one with the curved top. The person sitting across from me brought a cup of ice in with her, and didn't have a lid on it. Fortunately, when she knocked the cup over the spilled ice only hit the envelope and not any of the card elements. She also had to hum along with the radio. And chew her ice. I did not pack up and move to the other end of the table. But I was not disappointed when she left.<br />
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Wow! Craptastic scan! Yes, mine are bluebirds, whereas Linda's were yellow. Pretty much all of my birds will be either black (condors and many corvids) or blue (hello! Buffalo Springfield fan here!).<br />
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That's it for classes for at least a couple of weeks, methinks. Linda has one in June which will be on a Sunday, and I seem to remember Shirley has another coming up in June. Also, there will be another MISTI class next month.<br />
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A week of vacation this week, and I'm already planning a day trip away from home, to get away and see the sites.Darlahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18120129331636884242noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-664382074358724324.post-49315984049185832462016-05-14T16:16:00.000-07:002016-05-14T16:16:50.782-07:00Card Class TodayI'm trying to be a little more conscientious about posting, but we all know how that works. Attended another of Shirley's classes at my LSS, <a href="http://stampfeverstore.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Stamp Fever</a>. All three of today's images are by Marcella Hawley of <a href="http://powerpoppy.com/" target="_blank">Power Poppy</a>, and she does some awesome floral images. I first "met" her through Flourishes, but that folded and she started her own company, so I have some of her stamps from two sources. All three of today's images are from the "<a href="http://powerpoppy.com/products/go-wild" target="_blank">Go Wild</a>" set, and Shirley provided us with the stamped images on two different card stocks—one for the alcohol pens users and one for the colored pencil users. Today's group all used pencils! She also had plenty of samples for our tiny class, and since it's really more coloring and assembling than it is stamping, we could start with whichever one we chose to do first.<br />
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I chose this one as the first one:<br />
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And my scanner cut off the right side of this one! Sheesh.<br />
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This one's tilted a bit. Oh well.<br />
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Looks like the bottom was cut off of that one. Bad day for my scanner, looks like.<br />
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Linda C's class is next Saturday, but sadly, my partner-in-crime <a href="http://melscardcorner.com/" target="_blank">Melissa</a> won't be able to make it.<br />
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Until next time...Darlahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18120129331636884242noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-664382074358724324.post-8320452013364756912016-04-17T16:19:00.000-07:002016-04-17T16:19:58.094-07:0052 Christmas Card Throwdown challengeWhile blogsurfing today, I checked in on <a href="http://52cct.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">this blog</a>, and decided I could easily play along.<br />
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I don't remember the manufacturer of the "confetti" paper I used for the image layer and the card base, but the olive green accent layer is from one of the Michaels house-brand collections. The green image is by <a href="http://powerpoppy.com/" target="_blank">Power Poppy</a> inked with Tsukineko VersaMagic "Hint of Pesto," and the barely visible background stamp is <a href="http://www.iostamps.com/2CAC/CC030.html" target="_blank">Impression Obsession's Cover-a-Card "Pine</a>," inked with Tsukineko VersaMagic "Cloud White." I also used my MISTI stamp positioner.</div>
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I'm posting this to <a href="http://52cct.blogspot.com/2016/04/april-theme-challenge.html" target="_blank">52 Christmas Card Throwdown</a>.</div>
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So today was another of Shirley's card classes, which are really more group crafting sessions than classes, at my LNS, <a href="http://stampfeverstore.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Stamp Fever</a>.<br />
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Since most of the instruction revolves around how to assemble the cards (once the coloring's done) rather than learning new techniques, we were free to do the cards in any order we liked. That worked out well, because she had made two samples of each of the three cards, and that spread the "wealth" of samples-to-consult-while-crafting around.<br />
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The first one I did was actually the most complex, involving a lot of coloring and then some fussy cutting.<br />
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The scan's a bit crooked, I see, and not well cropped. The patterned paper is from Lawn Fawn (and, weirdly, is being discontinued almost immediately after being introduced!). I liked the look of the diagonal plaid more than the other side of the sheet, which was vertically/horizontally oriented. The stamp is from Penny Black. The solid colored card stocks are Bazzill, and the white card stock is from Neenah. It's not a stock I find favorable for colored pencils--at least not the oily/waxy ones like I use. In this case, the pencils are all Prismacolor, although I do have a small selection of Faber-Castell's PolyChromos, too.</div>
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The third one was a little bit more complex in terms of assembly. And color choices. The images aren't the kind I'm likely have, or to put in, my stash, so I probably spent more time actually trying to decide on colors than I spent on any of the three cards.</div>
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<br />Darlahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18120129331636884242noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-664382074358724324.post-3686023688370332012015-11-29T08:00:00.001-08:002015-11-29T08:00:38.839-08:00I Stitched!For the first time in I'm not at all certain how long, I actually stitched!<br />
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Yesterday, Small Business Saturday, I paid a visit to We, of the Needle, and they had a make-and-take.<br />
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The spool is about 3/4" tall. The fabric is a scrap of linen of unknown origin and count, and the fiber is an overdyed silk of unknown origin. The string is hemp cord.Darlahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18120129331636884242noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-664382074358724324.post-35355745873178771242015-06-06T16:15:00.001-07:002015-06-06T16:19:57.113-07:00Card Class!No, I haven't posted in a long time, even though I've actually been to several card classes this year. Can't say as I'm ever likely to catch up, either, nor to post steadily (2 more classes this month!). But here are today's from Linda Coley's "Black, White, and a Little Color."<br />
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First up was a geometric design. The stamping was done ahead of time by Linda, as was most of the cutting (we only had to trim a bit off the round pieces). I think the red should have been darker, but I used the darkest reds I had on hand, for the bricks and the butterfly. A darker red would have matched the "happy" die cut better. Oh, well. I used a bit of Glossy Accents on some of the bricks and on all of the butterfly.<br />
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I can't help but wonder what this one would be like if the round elements were trimmed with the same die as the first layer. I'll have to poke around among my dies and border images to see about CASEing this one. (Technically, CASE means Copy And Stamp Exactly; for most people, it's "I like this layout so I'm going to copy it my own way.")<br />
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The second card required a bit more coloring, and Linda's class samples had a closer fit on the plain circle and the scalloped circle. I've done this technique before, but with a smaller circle for my colored highlighted bit.<br />
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And the third card was a technique I've used several times, although I've never popped up any of the layers, nor used any ribbon on the earlier ones. We did our own stamping for these, with stamps of our own choice. Some in class used large, simple line designs, while others used some large, slightly more detailed stamps. But no one used a stamp as detailed as my choice. This is one of the few Stampin' Up stamps I own, as there just aren't many of their designs I like. I'm also not especially a fan of sets, since so many of them have only one or two images I want. The ink is Tsukineko's Memento "Tuxedo Black."<br />
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Linda has the good sense to refer to this technique as "Triple Layering"; the blogger I first learned it from uses--for reasons of her own, and which may well make perfect sense to her--"Triple Time" for the technique's name.<br />
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I wanted to try it in browns, too, so when I got home, I tested some of my brown inks on two different shades of light brown card stock and made my choices. Unfortunately, I forgot to pop up my layers <i>and</i> forgot the ribbon. Duh. Back to the drawing board! The card stock is from one of the collections of lightweight card stocks available at Michaels stores; the ink is Ranger's Archival "Coffee."<br />
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It's also a BFF's birthday today, so this morning I dug through my stack of creative-binge cards, then had to decide on a sentiment, which I tend to put inside rather than outside (with a few exceptions). I didn't take any detail photos, but the lightest of the three lavenders/purples are stamped, too, with two different background stamps. The vertical strip was stamped with Hero Arts' Envelope background in a lavender ink slightly darker than the card stock, while the "ribbon" strips were stamped with a floral image (I don't remember whose stamp it is, and I'm too lazy to look; it's generally readily available at JoAnn stores) with Tsukineko's Versa<strike>Magic</strike>Mark, then heat-embossed with clear embossing powder.<br />
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Yes, Melissa, it's <i>very</i> similar to yours! I did this design in three different colorways, but yours was the only one with real ribbon. And the only one with a red cherry.<br />
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And the innards:<br />
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Not a very "clean" stamped image, but that's because the card stock is textured.<br />
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And that's it for today. Our celebratory dinner will be at Outback Steakhouse--the birthday girl's choice.<br />
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<br />Darlahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18120129331636884242noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-664382074358724324.post-63571684657261266302015-04-25T16:50:00.000-07:002015-04-25T16:50:37.106-07:00Update!Well, sort of. I saw another card-crafting challenge I wanted to play along with, so here's another:<br />
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I'm entering this one into <a href="http://52cct.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">52 Christmas Card Throwdown</a>'s 52CCT17-15 Triple Time Challenge. I'm not sure what white cardstock I used, nor which red ink (although that was probably Ranger's Cranberry), nor what dark red cardstock. The stamp, however, is a Peddler's Pack background stamp.<br /><br />Darlahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18120129331636884242noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-664382074358724324.post-88695611314456208272015-01-28T17:24:00.003-08:002015-01-28T17:24:59.210-08:00It's Been a WhileBut I saw a <a href="http://casology.blogspot.com/2015/01/week-131-birthday.html" target="_blank">blog</a> I wanted to post to, and to do that, I needed to make a showing here. I went on a card-creation binge recently and produced more birthday cards than I use in 2 years! This is just one of them. The card base is plain ol' white Neenah Solar White. The three shades of teal are Bazzill. The cupcake stamp is Peddler's Pack, inked with VersaMagic "Ocean Depth," and stamped on plain ol' Neenah Solar White; the floral background on the middle band is an Inkadinkado b/g stamp, inked with VersaMark. No sentiment; I don't ordinarily put sentiments on the front of my cards, preferring to save that for inside. Unless, of course, there's a punch line involved!<br />
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No guarantees, of course, but I'll try to post a little more often.Darlahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18120129331636884242noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-664382074358724324.post-66938902763365498882013-11-02T20:50:00.000-07:002013-11-02T20:50:15.748-07:00Stitch Class November 2013Stitched exclusively on Margaret's Monochrome Madness, and am now down to just the outermost border and the beads in the outer border.<br />
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<br />Darlahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18120129331636884242noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-664382074358724324.post-6318678142222721882013-09-14T17:41:00.000-07:002013-09-14T17:41:03.461-07:00Found!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Darlahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18120129331636884242noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-664382074358724324.post-28305587429312307332013-02-18T08:22:00.003-08:002013-02-18T08:22:58.594-08:00I'm Pooped!And sometimes it seems like there's no end in sight, that all I do is pack and pack and pack and take the packings to the storage unit, then go home and pack and pack and pack some more and make another trip to the storage unit. Some stuff, of course, gets sorted straight into the giveaway piles, but some stuff I'm leaving the decision until later--just not prepared to take the final plunge for some things. Like the pressure cooker.<br />
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While sorting through Mom's stuff we found a card with return-credit on it, so yesterday I stopped by Kohl's and picked up a cover for the KitchenAid mixer.<br />
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I opted to skip the Saturday stitch class, which was held last Saturday instead of the more usual first Saturday of the month. I NEED some stitching time, but I really need to try to be out by the end of the month. I also stopped by the LSS (Local Stamp Store) to pick up some items I'd ordered, and was sorely tempted to stay for the Make 'n' Take, but again, I really need to get this stuff packed up!<br />
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And Mary Wigham is still missing.Darlahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18120129331636884242noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-664382074358724324.post-46876308998806858492012-12-01T19:42:00.001-08:002012-12-01T19:42:26.163-08:00Last Monthly Stitch Class of 2012And, as has been my habit these last several stitch classes, I worked on Margaret's Monochrome Madness.<br />
Here's the status at the beginning of class today:<br />
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And when class was done:<br />
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The box in the lower left is now about half done...after stitching and frogging and stitching and frogging and stitching and frogging and getting new "string" because the old "string" was starting to look pretty shabby and stitching and frogging and stitching.... <br />
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The light-colored border is now done up the right side and across the bottom, and is about a third of the way up the right side, and after trying one kind of "string" on the outermost border, I consulted with the teacher and tried another "string"--the same "string" used for the innermost border.<br />
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I had hoped to get that block done, but accomplishing what I did manage to get done took about 3/4 of the class time!Darlahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18120129331636884242noreply@blogger.com1