I have been blessed with a wonderful husband and 4 beautiful children. I am a SAHM and love to be able to help out in the kids classes whenever needed. I will again be a DI Team Manager for 2 teams this year...1 Elementary Level Team and 1 Middle School Level Team. I am also the DI Site Coordinator for my kids Elementary School.
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Happy Tuesday....and welcome to another challenge with Claudia & Company. Today our challenge is to make a card with a Fancy Fold. A few ideas would be an Easel Card (which is what I chose), a Gatefold Card, a tent card or a stair step card.
I chose to use Cheeky Beach and made a beach scene with her. I used papers from the My Minds Eye Good Day Sunshine Boy collection...just goes to show you you can use these papers for more than just boy projects. The panel behind the image is made from kraft cardstock which I roughed up to look like sand (thanks for the idea Jenny), some torn blue paper for the water and then some lighter blue paper for the sky. I also rubbed a Palette Ink New Canvas pad over the water and sky. Cheeky was colored with copics and I added some Crystal Effects to the beach ball to make it more realistic. I used some Teal Bakers Twine and attached a starfish charm and a bow to it. As you can see on the "inside" of the card, I again roughed up some Kraft cardstock to look like a beach and added a few seashells. I really had a lot of fun with this card and love how it turned out. I followed the sketch over at Sketch Saturday, but I did rotate it.
I also used the challenge at Wee Memories to be inspired by a picture on Etsy or Pinterest. Here is my inspiration picture from pinterest:
We'd love to have you join in our challenge. You have until Saturday, June 11th to link up your entry. For more inspiration from the Design Team, head on over the the Claudia & Company blog.
Keep an eye out, we have some great new releases coming up next week!
Yesterday we went over to my brother's house for the day and couldn't have asked for better weather. We spent the entire day outside and had a great time (and some great food too). Now I'm hoping this weather is here to stay!
Sorry this is posting late....I just got back from my son's play and noticed that blogger never published my post when I had it scheduled...
Today is an Inspirational Day for Claudia & Company and the Design Team has some wonderful projects to share with you.
For my card I used Fancy Anya from The Greeting Farm, colored part of her with copics and paper pieced the rest. The designer papers are from the Lily Bee Picket Fence collection. I made the lace flower from some vintage lace, placed a button in the center and finished it off with some ribbon. A piece of ribbon down the side and some pearls complete the card. I followed this weeks The Deconstructed Sketch.
I had wanted a shimmery background for this card so I sprayed each panel of the card with some Baby's Breath Shimmerz Spritz that I picked up awhile back. After letting it dry, I don't see any shimmer, just a few splatter marks on the cardstock...I'm hoping this spray will work better on canvas projects. Yep, even though I know nothing about "altering" a canvas, the kids and I decided to pick up a few canvas panels the other day...now I need to get daring and actually take one out of the bag and just have fun with it...after all, you can always paint over it ;)
Make sure you visit the rest of the Design Team to see their beautiful projects.
This weekend Tyler had one of his friends sleep over Saturday and then we went to the bowling alley for his birthday party on Sunday. He had so much fun with his friends! Last night two of his friends came over to make costumes for their class play and today I get to see them in action ~ looking forward to it!
Happy Tuesday....and welcome to another challenge with Claudia & Company. Today our challenge is to make a Girls' Birthday Card.
For my card today I used Puddle Jumpers Birthday Lily and colored the images with copics. I added crystal effects to the balloon and since this is a girl card I jsut had to pull out the stickles as well. I used Echo Park Springtime papers and made the banner by cutting some triangles and attaching them to a length of Teal Bakers Twine which I tied into bows at both ends. I pulled out the stickles once again and added it to the top of the banners for a little definition. I used a border punch on the embossed blue cardstock and added a strip of white ribbon which was colored with a copic marker to match the papers.
We would love to have you join in our challenge. You will have until Saturday, May 28th to link up your entry. For more inspiration from the Design Team, head on over the the Claudia & Company blog.
Challenges entered to be updated....
Thanks for stopping by and have a fantastic day!
Recipe ~ all items SU unless indicated Stamps:Puddle Jumpers Birthday Lily (by Lori Boyd for Claudia & Co.) Ink/Coloring:Memento Ink (Tuxedo Black); Copics (E00, E01, E11, R20, Y21, Y23, Y26, E13, E31, R81, R83, BG10, BG11, BG72) Paper: Cool Caribbean, Mauve Mist; Gina K Pure Luxury (White); DP - Echo Park (Springtime) Embellishments: Ribbon (white - colored with R81 copic); Bakers Twine (teal); Stickles (stardust); Crystal Effects Tools: Petite Oval Nesties; Oval and Scallop Oval Punch; Cuttlebug Embossing Folder (Swiss Dots); Martha Stewart Border Punch
Today is an Inspirational Day for Claudia & Company and the Design Team has some wonderful projects to share with you. Today I made a scene with Twirl Anya.
I colored Anya with copics and cut her out (cutting off the pinwheel she was holding as well). In place of her pinwheel, I added a toothpick that was cut at the ends and made my own pinwheel. I have a brad holding the pinwheel together and it is going through the background, so it does turn, but it doesn't spin because there isn't enough room behind it for the brad to move freely :( I should have put the scene panel on dimensionals and then it would have spun.....oh well, live and learn. The grass is cut with a border punch, the clouds were cut free hand and the little flowers in the grass were cut out from one of the patterned papers. The papers are all October Afternoon, from both the Detours and the Farm Fresh collections. The sentiment is from So Random Sentiments and I highlighted the word smiles with a copic.
I hope you enjoyed my project....I know I had a lot of fun making it!
I would like to enter this in the following challenges: The Pink Elephant - sketch
I had a little time to hit the craft room and since I haven't used my Unity Stamps for awhile decided to pull those out. No coloring on this one...I just stamped the chick from the April 2011 KOTM on some patterned paper, cut it out and added it to the circle panel. The chicken wire background on the circle panel was embossed in silver ~ I just thought it was a cute touch. The papers are from the Lily Bee This and That collection. I also tried something new on this one with the ribbon and like how it turned out. I added a button, some ric rac trim and a few brads to finish it off. All in all, I love how this card turned out.
I am entering this card in the following challenges:
Recipe ~ all items SU unless indicated Stamps: Unity April 2011 KOTM; Chicken Wire Background Ink/Coloring: Memento Ink (Tuxedo Black); Versamark; Silver Detail Embossing Powder Paper: Barely Banana, Riding Hood Red; DP - Lily Bee (This and That) Embellishments: Ribbon (wide - Very Vanilla; narrow - Cream); vintage Ric Rac; vintage Button; Brads (Making Memories) Tools: Circle Nesties; Heat tool
Tuesday, May 3, 2011
Happy Tuesday....and welcome to another challenge with Claudia & Company. Today our challenge is add a butterfly to your project. An image, a die cut, a punch, patterned paper, a chipboard shape....it doesn't matter, as long as there is a butterfly somewhere on your project you're good ;)
For my card I used the butterfly image that was released yesterday and paired it up with some October Afternoon Farm Fresh papers in the 6x6 sampler pack. I LOVE these packs, just enough papers to satisfy your craving for something new....and they average $3.00 a pack....can't beat that! On the bow I added a Basic Gray Kioshi Button and some Brown Bakers Twine.
Take a peek at what the rest of the Design Team did with this challenge by clicking on their links (located on the left side of my blog).
Spring Break is officially over and my kids are back to school today ~ I love having them home all day and sure will miss them! It is also time for this month's release at Claudia & Company. Today we have two new images to show you by John Grutta.
I colored this image with copics and added some stickles to the flowers. The dew drops were also colored with a copic to match the papers.
I think this one might be a first for me....I started coloring the butterfly and like how it was highlighted against the black and white so I didn't color the leaves ~ I don't think I've ever not colored an entire image before. I colored the butterfly with copics and then colored over it with a Spica clear pen for some subtle shimmer. To border the image panel I used a Copic multilner to trace along the inside of the nestie. The papers are from the Lily Bee This & That collection. I added a satin ribbon and a trio of brads to finish it off. I also followed the sketch over at Papertake.
We are not having a blog hop this month, but please stop by the Claudia & Company blog to see what the rest of the Design Team has cooked up for you using these new images. While you are there be sure to leave a comment because one lucky commenter will win these two images.
