Bella Border

I bought the Bella Wheel a while back and have not yet found a card to use it on. Well, today that was my own personal challenge. I rolled the wheel and then scalloped the edge. I then did the cracked glass technique. The bow is actually 4 pieces. The long piece goes around the white Cardstock top. I then made the bow loop and wrapped another piece around it. The tail is just folded in half and glued to the back. Well, I hope you have a nice weekend. Off to do those pesky household chores!

Stamps: Short & Sweet, Bella's Border Wheel, Fresh Cuts

Paper: Not Quite Navy, Whisper White, Real Red, Not Quite Navy Print Pack DSP

Ink: Real Red, Not Quite Navy, VersaMark

Accessories: Scallop Circle Punch, 1" Circle Punch, 1 1/4" Circle Punch, Scallop Edge Punch, Glassy Glaze Embossing Powder, Real Read Wide Grosgrain, White Gel Pen, Spiral Punch

Techniques: Cracked Glass

Cracked Motifs

Well, I think I finally have the bugs worked out of my web-site. Yesterday it did not want to upload so I was down most of the day. I really got sick of seeing server not found! Besides the fact that I was really sick. I had a nasty cold hit me again Sunday night. I guess I'm thankful it did not hit while we were at State. I would of hated not being able to watch my son. If you would like to see him, or my other sons, wrestle you can find pictures and videos on our family site. I will be playing around with the site and adjusting things as I go along. Please let me know what you think or give suggestions by either a post or an e-mail. I'd love to hear from you!

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So I am still working on the sketches I did while we were in Madison last weekend. This is the one I had intended for the Misc card for my Card Buffet next month. If you missed my quandary, due to my site being down yesterday, please check out yesterday's post. A few of my ladies had asked if we could do the cracked glass this month. I thought this would be easy enough to throw in with this group. I took the colors from the Color Challenge on SCS today.

Stamps: Baroque Motifs

Paper: Basic Gray, Soft Sky, Whisper White

Ink: Basic Gray, Soft Sky, Versamark

Accessories: Tool Kit for Piercing, Glassy Enamel Embossing Powder, Rhinestone brad from Pretties Kit, Soft Sky Stitched Ribbon

Black Rock

Today I made this card for the Color Challenge. I'm on some major cold meds and my head is spinning so I am not even aware if I used the right colors. I hope I did...
This is a set that will be available on March 1st. Not much info today, I am going back to bed!

Stamps: Esssence of Love

Paper: Basic Black, River Rock Textured, Whisper White

Ink: River Rock, Versamark, Basic Black

Accessories: Photo Corner Punch, Black Brad. Word Window Punch, River Rock Stitched Grosgrain, Black Hemp Twine, Glassy Glaze EP

Cracked Ship, Scallop Ornament

This was done for the Ways to Use it Challenge. I loved this paper when I saw it. I thought this would make a great sympathy card. The challenge was to use a unique brad. Since I have not yet bought the build-a-brads and I promised to use the designer paper as much as I could this month I decided to make my own. I cut out the circles from the designer paper and mounted them in the corners where I would put the brads. I then covered them in crystal effects and set aside to dry. The cracked glass is done by rubbing the image on my Versamark pad and pouring Glassy Glaze over it. I heat it from the back so the powder does not blow off as easy. I do two good coats and stick it in the freezer. A short time later I take it out and crack it right away. Then I take a sponge and rub ink across the cracks.

Stamps: Winds of Grace

Paper: Basic Gray, Very Vanilla, Carbon DSP

Ink: Basic Gray, Versamark

Accessories: Glassy Glaze Enamel Embossing Powder, Crystal Effects, Ticket corner punch

Techniques: Cracked Glass

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My ornament for the day is really pretty easy to do. I punched 6 scallops (3 of each side). I've read that some are doing it with 8, but I am happy with 6. Fold them all in half put adhesive on one side and adhere as I go around lining up the scallops. Right before I adhere the last one I insert the cord with the embellishments. I seal the top and bottom with Crystal Effects. I also use CE to hold the beads in place.

Paper: Dash DSP

Accessories: Silver Elastic Cord, Beads from the Pretties Kit, Scallop Punch

70th Birthday

One of my friends had a birthday party for her father this weekend. She asked if I had a card that she might be able to give him. This is what I came up with. I used the cracked glass technique on his age. You can find a tutorial for it here. It also just happens to be the Technique challenge for today. This is also a side hinge card. The edge is scored and sealed together with sticky strip tape.

Stamps: Headline Numbers, Sanded, Baroque Motifs, It's Your Birthday.

Paper: Basic Grey, Whisper White, Basic Black

Ink: Going Grey, Basic Grey, Versamark

Accessories: Grey Taffeta, Ticket CornerPunch, Glassy Glaze Embossing Powder, Hodge Podge Hardware, Horizontal Slot Punch

Cracked Triptych

This is for today's Sketch Challenge on SCS. This also worked out perfect. Last night when I went to bed I said I wanted to use more of the wide grosgrain ribbon on a card. It seems I always grab the Chocolate and the rest have not been touched. So this sketch gave me the perfect opportunity to use the wide ribbon. I just had to choose the color. I choose the color, cut all the paper and then decided which set to use. I wish the main image would of stayed to true color, but I guess I can't have it all.

Stamps: Baroque Motiffs, Holy Triptych

Paper: Real Red, River Rock

Ink: Real Red, Versamark

Accessories: 5/8" Real Red Grosgrain, Red Eyelets, Glassy Glaze Embossing Powder, Photo Corner Punch

Techniques: Cracked Glass