613 Avenue Create - Anything Goes w/Optional Twist: Use A Critter

Hello, Crafty Makers!

This is my first post on my own challenge blog in over two years.  

It feels good to rejoin the family!  The past four years have been so challenging but finding out that my disease is now clinically inactive and that I am in remission is confirmation that the fight was worth it.  My family is relieved.  I can see it in my husband's face and hear it in my children's voices.  My eldest grandson is delighted that I won't have to get "hooked up to random medical devices" anymore.

I owe a great debt of thanks to Sheryl Hare who took the lead at 613 Avenue Create and kept everything running smoothly and keeping the vision for the team that Kathi and I had when we first started the challenge.  All of the designers at 613 Avenue Create are special ladies and so very talented.  I can't thank them enough for keeping my little crafting dream alive.

Hello, Love!

Image by Rick St. Dennis.

 I just found this adorable image to be irresistible.  I don't do a lot of critters and own relatively few stamps or digital images of animals so getting this image in Rick's January Packet was timely.

I added some loose glitter and Glossy Accents™ to the bow and heart.

Supplies Used:

Rick St. Dennis January Heart Package

Tim Holtz® Thinlit™ Word Dies "Love" and "Friendship"

Spellbinders Petite Scalloped Ovals Small

Ranger® Glossy Accents

Neenah Papers: Solar White and Red Pepper

Glitter

Thanks for Stopping by!

Hugz

Video Tutorial: Planner DIY Paper Clip

Hi, Makers!

Today, I would like to share a quick and fun video tutorial.  Here is a great way to use both stamped and digital images to create interesting and unique paper clips for your planner/journal.

I thought it would be more fun to have the character on both the front and back of the paper clip.  It would have been boring to color both images alike!

Isn't he adorable!  I love how he peeks over the page!

Materials Needed:
Digital/Stamped Image - If you want this image, you can purchase it from Rick1949 Zibbet Marketplace
Markers or Color Pencils
Jumbo Paper Clip
Scissors
Glue
Craft Knife

Here and Now - Lots of Hearts - Art Impressions Challenge

Hello, Crafty Makers! 

Today I am featuring another image from my friend Rick St. Dennis' January "Hearts" bundle.   The theme of the challenge over at Art Impressions is "Lots of Hearts" and no one has more hearts than this fella!

Wrapped Up In Hearts

This is another one of my Wrap Cards.  I wanted to play around with a different shape and practice using shapes for which I don't have dies.

I colored the image and then cut it out leaving a one-eighth inch border around the edges.  Next, I traced around the edges of my cut image on the red cardstock and cut it remembering to leave a small section on the fold to serve as my hinge.  I traced the image again on a piece of white card stock to be used on the back of the flap.

I used my heart die to trace the shape onto the red card stock and then cut it out by hand, again remembering to leave a small portion attached at the fold.  Then I cut two white hearts for the second flap and two small red hearts.  One for the inside panel and one for the front flap.

Although it does not show well here, Wink of Stella was applied to all of the hearts on the image.  I try not to use loose glitter because it tends to get stuck to everything and takes days to get rid of completely.  IRL, the shimmer is beautiful! 

Stop by Rick's Zibbet store and pick up his January Bundle ($7.00 for six digital images and one free surprise image) you'll love them!

Thanks for stopping by!

Hugz,

Chana Malkah

Challenges Entered:

Art Impressions Blog: Lots of Hearts

Rick St. dennis - The Heart Collection -Planner Clip and Page Marker

Hello, Crafty Makers!

Today I want to share a great promotion that my friend, Rick St. dennis,

 is running in his Zibbit Shop.  

Each month, Rick is offering a $7.00 Image bundle of six (6) images.  

 When you order the January "Hearts" bundle, you receive a  free image.   

This is "Heart Sprite" 

My February Planner Page Marker

Spite was my complementary image.  Isn't she adorable?  And that face!
This is how she looks in my planner!

Here is Sprite as a paperclip

The Three Heartthrobs!

They make planning fun!

It has been four years since I made a YouTube Video.  I am a little rough, to say the least, however, I can get better with lots of practice, practice, practice.  Watch and give me honest feedback!

Thanks for stopping by and remember to visit Rick at:

Rick's Ziibbet Shop

If you purchase Rick's package and use them to create a card, page mark, paper clip, or in some other creative way, I invite you to enter your project in my "Heart" challenge at  A Place To Start.

A Place To Start: Creative Challenge #2019

Shopping Our Stash # 206 - Out On A Limb

Hello, Crafty Folks!

This week at Shopping Our Stash, the challenge theme is "OUT ON A LIMB" which means you can use trees, foliage, etc.

It has been a very long time since I colored anything!  I have always loved Rick St. Dennis' Outhouse images and chose one of those as my first copic project in over a year.  My skills were always weak and I don't anticipate them getting any better, but it was fun to pick up a copic and once again work with one of Rick's "old" images.

Crafter's Cafe Challenge Blog- Create A Shabby Chic or Vintage Project

Hello, Crafty Peeples!

It has been a while since I worked with one of Rick St. Dennis' images, so it was fun to work with Briana!  I have always liked this image and although my design did not turn out exactly as I envisioned, I am still pleased with the result!  Hope you like it, too.

I guess I must be going through a swiss/polka dot phase.  I am using them a lot lately.  My gray dotted Washi tape came in handy and played beautifully off the brown swiss dotted paper.

 I was scrounging around in my miscellaneous buttons jar looking for a button large enough to cover the magnet I used for my closer when I came across this cool brown wooden button.  I already knew I wanted to use the saffron jute ribbon, and the four elements came together like a charm.

This cool ticket is from Vectoria Designs.  My printer was nearly out of ink, but this still printed great and actually I was excited about the faded look.

Challenges Entered:

7 Kids College Fund - Anything Goes
Crafty Creations Challenge - Keep It Simple
Fab n' Funky Challenge - Spots or Stripes
Crafty Sentiment Designs - Anything Goes
Timeless Tuesday Challenges -  A Lotta Polka Dots

The Outlawz Greetings Challenge - My Sentiments Exacty

Hello, Crafty Peoples!

This week, The Outlawz Greetings Challenge is: 

My Sentiments Exactly - Use Your Favorite Sentiment on your project!

This was my first attempt at using the Faux Silk Technique.  I actually covered up more of the purple paper than I intended.  I stamped my image on the tissue paper using Versamark and embossed it with gold embossing powder!  I do like the look of the faux raw silk and must try it on white tissue paper and leave more of it exposed!

I love purple and gold together, so I was very excited to find that I had all the components I need to complete my card.  The image was colored last year and has been in my image stash.  I used one of my new b'day dies to frame here, but the embossed detail is not showing up so well.
I was just delighted when I found this perfect card stock in my paper closet

I used the same stamp that is on my tissue paper for the inside.  I was going to color it, but changed my mind, thus, the color difference between the ribbon and my image.

THE BACK STORY

Image: By Rick St. Dennis

Stamp: Graphic 45 A Ladies' Diary

Card Stock:  American Crafts

Purple Panel: DIY Faux Silk using Tissue Paper

Dies: Fiskars Postage Stamp (squeeze punch)

Spellbinders' Filigree Delight

Misc: Versamark, Gold Embossing Powder, Adhesive Pearls, Copics,  Dye Ink

Challenges Entered:
Artistic Inspirations - Anything Goes
Crafting From The Heart - Anything Goes / Pearls or Buttons( Pearls in flower centers)
Creative Creations Challenge - Anything Goes
Lexi's Creations - Anything Goes
Love To Scrap -  Anything Goes
Make It Mondays - Always Anything Goes
Inky Chicks - Anything Goes
Digi Sketch Challenge - Sketch

Believe The Majic - 613 Avenue Create - Anything Goes

Hi, Crafty Peeps!

Happy Holidays!  

Over at 613 Avenue Create, we know most of you are very busy during this season, so we are having a straight Anything Goes Challenge this week.  We will be back with an Optional Twist next week.  Remember there is still time to enter our contest to win some fabulous prizes.  Click HERE to sign up for our amazing 500 Followers Give-A-Way.

 If you watched my "Crafty Birthday Haul" video, you know that my wonderful DH gave me tons and tons of dies.  Among them were two of the Spellbinder's Curved Edge Dies. I used "Curved Borders Two" to create this card

To keep the card closed, I attached a small magnet behind a small belly band that wraps around the card.  On the end of the band is another small magnet.  Sorry, I didn't think to take a picture of the back. It looks really nice.   I've seen a trend towards decorating the back of cards, but I'm not ready to take that step..too much for me.

 While playing around with this, I came up with some other interesting combinations that I plan to use on future projects.  I almost left off the butterfly cut apart for a cleaner CAS look, but I felt that I needed just a little more color.

Our challenge this week is sponsored by Rick St. Dennis.  

I usually use Rick's Images on the Outside, but this felt right and I really like it!

THE BACK STORY

Image: "Queen of Shemekah" by Rick St. Dennis

Card Stock:  Neenah "Red Pepper" #80 Linen

Designer Paper: Prima "Alla - Prima" Collection 6"x6"

Die: Spellbinders' "Curved Border Two"

Butterfly Cut A-Part:  Graphic 45 - "Olde Curiosity Shoppe"

Sentiment:  Unity Stamp Company "The Time Is Now" Stamp Set

Misc.: Prima Flower, Momenta Rich Cocoa Dye Ink, TH Vintage Photo DI, Copics

Challenges Entered
Challenges 4Everybody: Anything Goes
Creative Inspirations Paint - Anything Goes
Scribble and Scrap - Anything Goes
That Craft Place - Anything Goes
Artistic Imspirations - Anything Goes
Crafting From The Heart-Anything Goes
Make It Monday - Always Anything Goes

Just Us Girls - Color Challenge

Tranquil Moments! - 613 Avenue Create Challenge Blog - Create Your Own Challenge

Hello Crafty, Peeples!   Here is my second design for Challenge #27 at 613 Avenue Create!  My first project used an image from our sponsor, QKR. This one uses an image from our sponsor, Rick St. Dennis.

The image is "Geisha" by Rick St. Dennis

The papers are from the Graphic 45 Birdsong Collection
Image, Solid Paper, Patterned Paper, Die Cut, Liquid Pearls, Pearls, Lace, gliimmer mist

This  project is based on the same Tammy Tutterow Project that I shared when I posted my 

"You Are Matchless" Project.  I just increased the size of the Matchbook and the cards are not 

bound at the bottom.  You can find Tammy's Tutorial HERE

Here are the Journal/Photo Mats.  The back is blank

JOURNAL / PHOTO MAT CARD

Here is the chart for  "Create Your Own Challenge"   

Thanks for Looking!  Hugz, Chana

Challenges Entered:

One Stop Craft Challenge - Anything Goes

Challenges For Everybody - Anything Goes

Creative Inspirations - Anything Goes

No Matter Which Challenge - Anything Goes (This is their final Challenge)

Joanna Sheen Challenge - Don't Be Square

Robyn's Fetish - Anything But A Card

That Craft Challenge - Ribbon and/or Lace

Make It Monday - Always Anything Goes

You Are Matchless - Avenue 613 Challenge - Create Your Own Challenge

Hello, Crafty Peeps!  This week at 613 Avenue Create, we are asking you to create your own challenge.  We had this theme last month and it was a big hit with our "residents" so we decided to do it again.

Image, Sentiment, Patterned Paper, Solid Color Paper Any Sketch,

 Die Cut, Glimmer Mist, Pearls, Ribbon

I used Perfect Pearls Glimmer Mist on the Cover. 

 It does not show in the photo, which is too bad because it elevates the project.

 I was inspired to create this matchbook card by a project that I saw on Tammy Tutterow's Blog.  You can find Tammy's project HERE

I realized (a little too late) that I should have cut my base a little longer to accomodate by bulky embellishments on the internal pages.  I corrected this on my Geisha Matchbook, which will be posted here later today.

This is pretty much a CASE of Tammy's Project.  I liked the idea of using newsprint (Tammy used Tim Holtz Papers) so I used pages from an old book that I keep around to use on my tags and cards.

 Of course, it did not occur to me to photograph the pages BEFORE the matchbook was bound.

All of the sentiments and images are related to "Friendship"

I have ideas  for three more matchbook cards.  These puppies are loads of fun and so easy to make!  Thanks Tammy for the wonderful inspiration and the fabulous tutorial!

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Our sponsors this week at 613 are:  QKR Stampede and Rick St. Dennis

Thanks, for stopping by!  Hugz, Chana

Challenges entered: 
Inspire Me Fridays - Anything Goes
Left of Center Creative Challenge - Sentiment or LOC Theme
Sister Act Card Challenge - Anything Goes