A Place To Start: April - Anything Goes w/Optional Twist 3 of 5

Hello, Crafty Makers!

You are invited to accept the Challenge at

A Place To Start

Anything Goes w/Optional Twist

  Create your projects 

using three of these five elements

Tag

Vellum/Parchment

Water Color

Flowers

Dies

We are a Monthly Challenge.  

You may enter up to 5 projects each month.  No special images are required and no limit on concurrent challenge entries. 

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Vintage Flower

(Tag, Flower, Die, Vellum)

To create my rosette, I die cut one piece of printed vellum and four pieces of Kraft CS.  I glued the kraft card pieces together and lightly brushed the top one with both Black Soot™ and Vintage Photo Distress Ink.  I used wet glue to adhere the vellum to the kraft card and then I added a thick layer of Glossy Accents™and set it aside to dry.  As the Glossy Accents dried, it formed interesting creases in the vellum and actually caused the edges to curl up (saving me the time).  

Stuff I Used: 

Stamps:  Prima® Life Time "Vintage",  Prima® Finnabair "Compositionen

Inks:      Distress Ink: Vintage Photo, Black Soot, Momento Tuxedo Black Ink

Paper:  Authentique™ "Fresh", Tim Holtz ™ "Wallflower Vellum"

Brads:  Petaloo "Shades of Black", Teresa Collins ™ "Vintage Finds" (banner brad)

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Country Iris

 (Tag, Flowers, Die, Vellum, Water Color)

Stuff I used: 

Dies:      Unbranded Iris Die, Gina Marie "Stitched Wonky Ovals" Die

Papers:  Graphic 45® "Mother Goose Collection", Vellum (stash)

Brands:  Teresa Collins "Spring Fling" Brads 

Distress Oxide Inks:  Squeezed Lemon, Wilted Violet ( "Faux" Water Color technique)

Other Supplies are shown below! 

Thanks for stopping by!

HUGZ

Supplies

Know Your Value - Shopping Our Stash - Summer Color Challenge

Hello, Crafty Peeps!

This week at Shopping Our Stash, we have a wonderful color palette to help inspire your creativity.

DaCre8tive One

I have recently become a fan of an artist known as DaCre8tive One.  I became aware of this artist while searching for African American Images on Pinterest.   I would like to say the image I used today is my favorite but I love all of the images and the truth is, they are all my favorites!

The DaCre8tive One has a unique way of using a neutral to bring energy and life to the faceless images, consequently, one is able to infer and express multiple meanings.

I took the most pedestrian interpretive approach for this design but the sentiment seemed very relevant to today's environment.  #knowyourvalue and #metoo 

I appreciate the visit and I look forward to seeing your design in the Shopping Our Stash Challenge

Supplies Used:

Cardstock: Worldwin ColorMates - "Deep Terra-Cotta; Neenah Papers-"Baronial Ivory"

Designer Paper: Authentique Collection - "Fresh"

Die Cut:  Sizzix® Alterations™ Thinlits™ - "Love"

Challenges Entered:  (Anything Goes)
Crafting From The Heart
Artistic Inspirations
Let's Craft and Create
Crafty Catz

Challenge #117 - 613 Avenue Create - TRULY ANYTHING GOES!

Hello, Crafty Peeples!

This week at 613 Avenue Create, we have a "Truly Anthiny Goes" Challenge.

So, show off your Canvas work or Art Jounals.  I would love to see some Scrap Pages and Home Decor Projects.  Whatever strikes your fancy, we would like to see your creations.

I decided this week to revisit an old favorite of mine, brown paper bag cards.  They are so easy and so full of opportunities to "hide stuff" like tags and gifts.

BROWN BAG TAG POCKET CARD

I don't celebrate Easter, but this wonderful paper from Authentiques's "Hope Collection" was impossible to resist.  I am sending this as a gift to one of my crafting buddies!

 Like I said, lots of little "cubbies" in which to stick things.  Such a nice way to send a gift of stamps to a crafting buddy! The Inkadinkado Stamps fit perfectly!

Thanks for Stopping By!  I look forward to seeing your work in the challenge at 

613 AVENUE CREATE

Challenges Entered:

2015 World Wide Open Design Team Challenge - Anything Goes

Amusing Challenge - Anything Goes
Design Team Showcase - Anything Goes
Eclectic Ellapu - Anything Goes- PINK TEAM
Scribble and Scrap - Always Anything Goes
A Gem of A Challenge - Shaped Cards (Anything But A Square)

Happy Birthday -- So Glad I'm Still Here!

This is not a craft post...well I guess it kinda, sorta is.....

MY BIRTHDAY HAUL - NOVEMBER 20, 2014

Yesterday was a fabulous day for me.  Our family is always low key about birthdays, holidays, anniversaries.  We are NOT known for wrapping anything and one is more likely to get CASH as a gift.  Face it, Cash is Crucial.   

But this birthday was special, because just a few months ago, we were not sure that I would even be here to celebrate this hallmark year.  I was so depressed....not about the thought of dying....everyone has to die at some point and many years ago G-d removed from me the fear of death.  I was depressed because people in my family are extremely long lived.  My sister will be 94 on December 24th.  I could not believe that I would die before I reached 65... REALLY?  My father was 96 when he died, my grandmother 110, my aunt Hatti 120, in my family at 64 your are still a teenager.

Anyway, once everyone figured out that the fabulously brilliant Dr. Greene, working in close association with HaShem, was going to keep me here, choosing birthday gifts for me was easy...money for crafting supplies or crafting supplies.

The gifts and CASH continue to roll in.  When I was ill, family and friends did not call and ask my husband if I were feeling better, instead, they would ask, "Did she craft today?"  From April until August,  I could not craft.  Now that I am at it again, they are making sure that I never run out of supplies.   THANKS FAMILY, YOU GUYS ARE THE VERY BEST!!!!!

From my Son: Storage Bins

Michaels had these on sale and I came across them while on the phone with Tim.  So I asked him if he would get them and he said "Sure, Mom!"  This is four units.  

MASSIVE PICTURES ALERT

Hubby, Daughter, and Grandson: 

Prima Life Time

 Authentique Hope Kit

Prima Finnabair

Wildflower

Mambi Kits

Ancestry.com

Junk, Findings, and Stencils

Thanks for Stopping by!

Hugz,

Chana

Love Is - Inky Impressions Rubber Stamps - Inspiration Blog

Hello, Crafty Peeps,

Today I have a very simple Valentine's Day card to share with you.  Continuing my theme from last Saturday's Inky Impressions post, working with Sentiments.  The sentiment I am using this week works perfectly as the focal for a card without images

Originally, I planned to use a masking technique to add glittered hearts to my card base.

  My supply order was delayed due to the nasty weather, so I had to find another solution.  This lovely heart paper came in a 400 piece Authentique Paper Kit as a gift for purchasing other Authentique products. The solid red layer is Neenah "Red Pepper" #80 Linen Cover.

I love the font used on this Inky Impressions Sentiment.
The image is 3"H x 2"W and centered on the page before printing.
The sentiment is printed on a piece of 5-1/2" x 8-1/2" Neenah Solar White #80 Linen Cover and die cut  using Spellbinders' Marvelous Squares.  The addition of this small heart (Spellbinders' Classic Heart)  adorned with a snippet from one of my pearl flourishes, completes the focal grouping.

I left the inside very plain, opting to use only one glittered heart.  This leaves lots of room for someone to write a long loving message to their special Valentine.

I don't celebrate Valentine's Day, but as Always, I hope you have found some inspiration here. 

Hugz,

Chana Malkah

Challenges Entered:

Crafter's Companion - Clean and Simple
Emergency Crafters - Pink or Red
Treasured Times Rubber Stamps Challenge - Anything Goes w/Layers
The Stamping Boutique - Clean and Simple - Valentines
The Cupboard Trilogy - Love
Tando Creative Challenges - Passion
Seemacrafts - Love/Valentine