Sketch Tuesday {JOY} and Experimenting with Alcohol Inks

Hello,

The remodel saga continues..... however I'm hiding away in my craft room for a bit and I've been playing with this weeks sketch from our go to gal Gloria Stengel. I've also been experimenting with the alcohol inks! So I have 3 cards to share with you today. Two I like, the third... not to fond of it. The first one is from a tutorial from Angella who posted this at Christian Paper Crafts for us!! Whoo-hoo Angella, this was fun and I loved using this technique (Bandana). I can certainly see this in future cards!!

Card #1

You'll have to click to enlarge to really see the details of the "bandana" technique. I started with white glossy cardstock (Paper Accents) and then used alcohol ink to color the paper. I've used "currant" and "meadow" after getting the color pattern I wanted (kinda) I choose four stamps, each from the Heidi Grace Design series from Fiskars and randomly (kinda) stamped all over with Stazon Jet Black ink. Then after all was dry (which was very quick) I took my Sharpie white poster paint pen and dotted all around the images. Then took a piece of glossy cardstock that I was "practicing" on with the alcohol inks and punched out the oval scallop (Marvy Uchida) the sentiment is a wood mounted stamp from Inkadinkadoo. Used foam squares to mount it and... voila! This was a very quick and easy card to do! The only thing I would change is the color of the inks, I think I would have preferred traditional red and green for this but you use what you've got!!

Card #2 CPC-ST34

Here is my JOY card using this weeks SKETCH TUESDAY from CHRISTIAN PAPER CRAFTS . The dp is Crate Paper (cratepaper.com) that came in a package "North Pole Collection) It's doublesided, if you click on the photo you'll see the ornament side and then the brown side that has a faint pattern to it as well. The red cardstock is from Bazzill. The buttons from my stash and the ribbon is American Crafts with a red grosgrain( 1/4") on top of it from Joann Fabrics. The stamps are from two different sets: the sentiment is from Heidi Grace Designs (Fiskars) and the 2 ornaments are from BoBunny. I used Stazon jet black ink for the "JOY" and the ornaments are colored with Prismacolor pencils (crimsom red, dk green, deco yellow) using OMS, the smaller ornament I used green perfect pearls for a little sheen and then put Candy Cane Stickles over the red. The card base is Kraft cardstock from Paper Accents.

CPC BVT34 and CPC ST34

My last card is our Bible Verse Thursday challenge from Christian Paper Crafts. I'm sorry to say it's my least favorite. I'm still experimenting with the alcohol inks and I don't know if it's the colors or just my choices in general. Anyway, in all fairness it is nicer looking in person. I do like the little butterflies I used instead of buttons. I thought they turned out pretty good and are definitely one of a kind! The larger butterfly I cut out using my Cricut, (Walk in My Garden cart.) I've added pearls from Creative Charms, ribbon from American Crafts and you probably recognize the pattern paper from Basic Grey Eskimo Kisses and the cardstock green base is from Bazzill. I used Stazon jet black ink and the alcohol inks from Ranger (shell pink, meadow green and cloudy blue). The scallop circle punch is from Marvy Uchida and I also used the EK Success corner rounder. You can barely see the little white dots that I put around the scalloped circle using a Sharpie white poster paint pen.

Wow this was a long post. I'll have another one later cause it's Fun on Friday and I need to see what Cindy has for us. I keep getting interrupted with our remodeling!! Have a great evening!

Sketch Tuesday and What a Time to Remodel!

Hope everyone is having a wonderful Wednesday!!

Don't you just love this sketch!! I can't wait to use it for inspiration for my next project. Gloria did an incredible job with it for our Sketch Tuesday and I'm so excited that she's using her wonderful talents to share with us and Christian Paper Crafts! Remember, use keywords ST34 in our gallery and CPC-ST34 in other galleries or blogs so we can find your work!

We are in the process of remodeling our little bathroom and it has turned our household upside down!! We only have one bathroom, so you can only imagine the craziness. (how we managed with 3 teenagers at one time, I'll never know!)

End of day 1 (notice the toilet seat is up, so you know who was last in there (tee-hee!).

End of Day 2 (LARGE hole in the floor!) No toilet...

I was a little concerned because we now can walk on the the ground through the floor, into the guest bedroom which means that so could the skunks that have taken up residence under our lovely little home!! Our cat came in that way last night so I'm thinking so can other critters! Such as, raccoons, possums and skunks, oh my!! Not to mention the other neighborhood stray kitties looking for a warm spot to sleep for the night! Only another 2 or 3 nights like that. I'm so glad I have long johns and flannel pjs to keep me warm it's been in the low 20s at night and early morning hours and it's downright cold!! If the urge to use the potty comes we must run next door to the church.... needless to say my fluid intake has dropped drastically in the evening.

Day 3: Plumbing 90% finished, at least the part you can't see when the job is complete! Here are two pictures of our contractor also known as our son, Sean!

Did I not tell you there was a big hole in the floor!!

Sean busy at work! He knows his stuff and is making us proud!!

It's Color Monday!! "Cute or Elegant, It's Red & Brown."

Good Morning!
Hope you'll join us for the Color Monday Challenge at Christian Paper Crafts. Jen has adorable cards to share so be sure and check it out. Here is what Jen says about our colors this week: "Some say brown is the new black. Cute or Elegant, it's red & brown. You may also use white or vanilla.When uploading to our gallery, please use keyword CM34 and when uploading to your blog or other online galleries, please use keyword CPC-CM34. Here is a link to the CM34 gallery."

My card is actually from last week, which I hadn't posted yet at Christian Paper Crafts and you can find the post here. It's the "Gingerbread Couple" featuring the buttons.

You are Invited to the "March of the Snowmen" Blog Hop!! TODAY!

You are invited to the first annual "March of the Snowmen" Blog Hop (TODAY) Dec 5th. I was so impressed with all the fun snowmen cards and altered creations and gift ideas I had to share about it!! Almost every participate is offering up blog candy. SPREAD THE SNOW!! I MEAN THE WORD!! Our own Angella Crockett from Christian Paper Crafts starts out the hop so head over to her blog here. Melisa Waldorf has organized this group and they are so very talented and fun!! You don't want to miss out on this. For more info you can contact Melisa here.

Also today at CPC, it is our Scripture Saturday and this is what Mary has challenged us with: "For the month of December, I would like us to try something a little different. Please feel free to select any verse from Luke 2:1-20 (The Christmas Story) for your creation each week. One way I will be using these verses is to make premade scrapbook pages to have on hand for scrapbooking our Christmas play at church. Please join along with me as we celebrate this wonderous occasion of our Savior's birth through praise and paper-crafting! As always, there are no time restrictions, please just have fun! Don't forget to link back to us and stop back by once you have uploaded your creation either to our gallery or elsewhere and let us know how we may find you! Remember to add the keyword CPC SS25 God Bless You!

If you you like CAS other papercrafters we also have a challenge for you this month. Again, Mary (aka softangelkisses) has provided an ongoing challenge for December. Here are her thoughts: "Throughout this time of year, many people begin to think about what they are most thankful for. I hope everyone else feels just as thankful for my "DT Sisters" or "Design Team Sisters" as I do. Not only can you draw inspiration from these lovely women in the form of their paper crafting works of art, but also through their love of our God. Please join me throughout the month of December as we CASE the Christmas area of our design team girls. Each Saturday I will post two names of who are the "Designers for the Week" and encourage you to show them how much you appreciate them!Knowing this is an awful busy time of year, if you are unable to participate now, remember that as with all challenges here at CPC, there are no time limits. Thank you and God Bless You!"December 5 - Cindy's Gallery & Angella's gallery (keyword: CPC CAS32)

Challenges and Introducing our New Challenge Hostesses!

Hello Friends!

We have two more fun challenges to add to this week at Christian Paper Crafts. The first one is Bible Verse Thursday. Here is what our talented Angella C. has to share: This week's Bible Verse Thursday Challenge is to make something with a vintage feel, plus use your favorite verse regarding GIFTS FROM ABOVE. Please use Keyword BVT33 when uploading your project to our gallery at CPC. Please use Keyword CPC-BVT33 when uploading to any additional on-line galleries. There are no time limits or challenge police.....these challenges are to help you have fun and bring out your creativity while glorifying our Lord!! God Bless!
Our second challenge Fun on Friday with Cindy giving us our challenge: Use fruit on your project to reflect the Fruit of the Spirit. If you upload at CPC be sure and label your creation with FOF32 and if you upload on your blog or any other gallery please use the keyword CPC FOF32.
I invite you to check out the gallery at CPC and see what both Cindy and Angella have created for these challenges! We have some very talented ladies.
I'd love to know if you are playing along so be sure to let me know by leaving a comment.

We are excited to announce we also have 3 new challenge hostesses!
DT member Jenny Charboneau (aka Miss Boo - check out her blog and also visit her at Splitcoast Stampers ) will now be hostessing the Color Monday challenge which I've had a sneak peak at and I'm excited about her fun challenges with color! Gloria Stengel (Gloriadee), will be taking over the Sketch Tuesday challenge. Be sure to check out Gloria's blog (Scraps of Life)not only is she a very talented cardmaker but she has a great sense of humor!! Next we have Lynn Ray (Mitzy5000), who will be doing our Journaling Challenge on Wednesday and Saturday. You'll also want to visit Lynn's blog (Scraplife with Lynn). Thanks ladies, we appreciate your talent and your love for the Lord!


I want to mention one more thing.... Every week at CPC we have Altered For HIM Wednesdays and this is not a challenge but the opportunity to win a "tag/card" to give to someone needing an encouraging word. All you need to do is leave a comment and the following week a name is chosen randomly and then sent to the recipient or to you to give out. I hope you'll take time to visit and see the beautiful and encouraging vintage tags that Cassandra is making each week! Well, that's enough and if you've read this whole thing I applaud and appreciate you!! God bless.

Run Run As Fast as You Can...

...You can't catch me, I'm the Gingerbread Man! Well... in this case, it's the Gingerbread boy and girl wishing everyone a Merry Christmas in this card.

Hello Everyone!!

This was a fun card! I actually combined a couple of challenges here and both are a first for me. The design is a sketch from Card Patterns (#43) and the other challenge is from La La Land Crafts their "La La Weekly Wednesday Challenge #15 which was to incorporate buttons into your card or creation. That's not very difficult for me 'cause I love using buttons, so the easier the challenge the better!! La La Land Crafts is also the sponsor this week at Stampin' Sisters in Christ, so be sure and head over there to see what the DTs have done!! Incredible as usual, what a creative team they have over there! I'm hoping to play along with that challenge next!

I love the pattern paper from American Crafts, the Gingerbread couple stamp is also from American Crafts. Each piece is from the Merrymint line. I doubled the brown buttons (BoBunny) and added the red grosgrain ribbon (Offray) the brown dotted wired ribbon is from Michaels.

I want to focus in on this close-up because I originally used white cardstock(Paper Accents) but it was so bright it was distracting so I used 2 different Distress Inks from Ranger and blended the ink around the edges (Antique Linen and Worn Lipstick) the sentiment is a stamp from a 12 piece set from the Heidi Grace Designs from Fiskars. I cut this out using my Cricut, George cartridge (cylinder shape). The brown cardstock(Bazzill) I put through my Cuttlebug using the Dotted Swiss folder and the white dots around the red cardstock (Bazzill) is Smooch pearlized ink, I also used it to do a little highlighting on the gingerbread kids. I also used the EK Success corner rounder. The finished card is 6"x 5.5"

Thanks for looking!!

All Pout But No Tears! And Color Monday/Sketch Tuesday

Hello Friends!

It's Tuesday evening but I wanted to make sure I got the two challenges posted for this weeks challenges at Christian Paper Crafts and then post this adorable pic of my youngest granddaughter Addy.

Trust me this was just a pout there were no tears!! Can I just say she has us wrapped around her little finger!! Look at those rosy cheeks!

Okay, I confess, I'm a proud Grammie...

Here are the challenges this week:

Color Monday: Certain Celery, Bashful Blue and Kraft (When posting please use the label CPC CM32)

Sketch Tuesday: (CPC - ST33)

Have fun! Hope to be back soon with a card or layout to share! Have a good evening!