Warm Memories

Hi friends,

Today I have a card to share over at the Elizabeth Craft Designs Blog.  My card is about warm winter mittens and winter days playing outside in the snow.  I was inspired by my Vintage Journey teammate, Anne Redfern.  She did a post where she was talking about some fond memories of her and her brother ice skating.

To see all the details of my card, simply click here.

Hope to see you there,

Sandy

New Challenge at A Vintage Journey - Canvas

Hi fellow travelers, 

Today is the start of a new challenge at A Vintage Journey and our lovely hostess, Nikki, has asked us to use canvas.  I chose to use a small canvas from my stash that I got at a flea market, it already had something on it but not something I wanted.  I simply put a coat of gesso over the old and started the new.

My canvas is the celebration of Summer.  A time when the kids are out of school for awhile and things are a little easier.

 

 We have a wonderful sponsor and giveaway this month.

We would love for you to join us for this fun challenge.  Just click here and then follow the Inlinz prompt to submit your entry.  Good Luck! 

 

The randomly chosen lucky winner will receive a $25 voucher to spend in their store.

Here are a few steps that I took to create my canvas.

 

Starting out with a Gelli Plate, spread green and blue paint.  Next lay a stencil on the paint, the pattern really doesn't matter as it is only used to give some random texture.

Place your canvas face down on the painted surface and press down so the paint transfers to the canvas.

 

Let paint dry, mix up some texture paste with color of choice.  For this canvas I wanted sunshine so I used Distress Oxide Fossilized Amber reinker to color my paste.  Next spread the colored pasted through a stencil.  I used a Tim Holtz stencil here to create my sunshine.

 

While you are waiting for paste to dry, begin getting all the other elements ready to add.  This cute little bicycle is from ClearScraps. I added a couple gears from Tim Holtz and then a coat of gesso.    Truthfully,  I did a few colors before I came up with what I wanted.  You can change colors as many times as you like by simply adding another coat of gesso and starting again.  In the end I got the effect I wanted by stippling the colors on.

 

For the finishing touches - some small flowers and balloons were added using some dies from Karen Burnistion's Pop it Ups collection from Elizabeth Craft Designs.  The balloons are added using wire and then wrapped through the basket on the bike.  The word "Summer" was cut from fun foam using an Elizabeth Craft Designs die from the A Way With Words collection.

 

Please hop on over to A Vintage Journey to see what the team made for this great challenge,

 it will be worth the trip,

S@ndy

Let it Snow

Hi everyone, I hope you will stop by the Elizabeth Craft Designs Blog today where I'm sharing a complete tutorial on how I made this card.

 

 

See you there,

S@ndy 

Give Thanks

The big spooky night of Trick or Treat is officially over and it is time to think of pumpkins in a different way.  I have so much to be thankful for and could think of no better way to express it than a card celebrating the season. 

 

 

I kept the front simple with my message of Thanks from A Way With Words and the Alphabet 1 die sets from Elizabeth Craft Designs.

 

 

On the inside I used Karen Burniston's Lorna Label to make the pumpkins stand out then trimmed the panel with the Agatha Edges die.  The pumpkins and leaves are ECD Peel Off Stickers that were applied to cardstock and colored with Chameleon Pens.

 

Enjoy the season,

S@ndy

 

 

 

Alphabet 1 - Caps (967)	A Way With Words, Thanks	Karen Burniston Pop It Up Elizabeth Craft - Lorna Label Pop Up 915	Agatha Edges (782)	Pumpkins (sku 2538)
Chameleon 22 PENS DELUXE SET Color Tones Permanent Alcohol Ink Pen System CT2201

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Autumn Greetings

Just popping in today to send you some Autumn Greetings.  It is still pretty hot here in Arizona but I just love the colors of fall so this card has put me in the mood.  I have used some new and some older dies from Elizabeth Craft Designs.  Hope you enjoy and have a wonderful day.

 

Enjoy your week,

S@ndy

Let it Snow

Hi friends and welcome - I know it's still hot everywhere but in most places that will soon change.  Today I want to bring you thoughts of cooler, even cold, weather with a few more dies from the new release at Elizabeth Craft Designs - featuring Joset Designs.  These fabulous dies are just too cute!  I love all of them but have chosen just three to share with you this time around.

 

This hinged project brings thoughts of winter fun in the snow, so "Let it Snow".

 

You can see the entire new release, coming soon, including the A Way With Words "Let it Snow" by clicking here.

I also used the Through the Lens paper and Hinges from Els van de Burgt Studio.

The cute little snowflakes are from the new release by Karen Burniston, Holiday Charms.

 

Here are some close ups of the panels so you can see all the details - and there are so many included in these great sets.

 

 

 

 I added some twine through the holes provided in the die but it does come with a cute bow if you would rater do that.

 

 

Stay crafty and think "snow",

S@ndy