Gathering Place
2023-03-07
Off to the Framer
2023-01-17
Nearly Five Years??
I keep telling myself I'm going back to blogging more, but I haven't succeeded yet.
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.
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.
Last Friday was the last "bonus day," when the fabric arrived and I prepped it for a rainy Saturday start.
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.
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.
2018-02-17
So Little Blogging!
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.
This is a stamp image from Power Poppy, 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.
2017-03-27
Birthday Card for Melissa
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.
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.
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.
Edited 4/8 after the iris ended its walkabout: it's an old Hero Arts stamp.
I'm entering this in the Less is More #321 "Recipe" challenge.
2016-08-21
Another "Color and Assemble" Class with Shirley
Card Number 1:
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.
Card Number 2:
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.
Card Number 3:
Once again, the colored card stocks are Bazzill, and I colored with my Prismacolor pencils. I think 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!)
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.
2016-08-14
Another Challenge to Enter!
2016-07-18
Another Plea for Birthday Cards
2016-06-27
CAS on Sunday
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.
Does it qualify as CAS with so many layers?
Oddly enough, that's not the first essentially monochrome birthday card I've given to BFF-M!
2016-06-25
Card Class Today
Card Number 1:
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.
Card Number 2:
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.
Card Number 3:
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.
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.
2016-06-12
Mostly More or Less Monochromatic Birthday Card
The front:
All the way open and laid out flat:
Partial open/closed:
If I remember right, I used Archival "Sepia" ink for the image and sentiment.