5 challenges 1 card

This card was created to meet a few challenges:

Club Scrap - use components from 3 2010-11 Club Scrap Kits

Play Date Cafe Challenge #74 - Teal, White & Purple/lavender Midnight Madness Sketch Challenge #96

Flutterby Wednesday - Include a fairy, an angel or a butterfly

Little Red Wagon - Challenge #73 - use butterflies in your project

Hoping to get a few more done tomorrow. G'night!

PSL Week 7 - Mojo Monday Sketch #183

I've been slacking on my contribution to the PSL (Pro Scrapbooking League) challenges going on over at Club Scrap, but I did manage to eek out a few cards today using my new favorite medium pearlescent watercolors and the gorgeous Lotus Pond collection from Club Scrap. The challenge at Club Scrap was to use components from any three 2010-11 kits which i have done by using Lotus Pond's greetings-to-go along with a dark green from All That Jazz and a sheer organza ribbon from the Sonoma collection.

In addition, I've followed sketch #183 on Mojo Monday. Sorry my photo is so bad, i was losing daylight.

Happy Friday all. It's sure been a long week for me and I'm looking forward to some quality creating time this weekend.

Kit/Papers: Lotus Pond G2G, Sonoma purple, ATJ Dark Green

Ribbon: Sonoma
Other: Follows Mojo Monday sketch #183 Pearlescent Watercolors on LP designs (pad, frog, flower)

Happy St. Patrick's Day

I made these and the next set for Club Scrap's PSL Mixed Kit Week Challenge

Paper: Club Scrap-Common Threads green, Memoirs brown and white. Dotted is old stuff from my stash
Fiber: Club Scrap-Ornamental
Bling: clear gems colored with Bic Mark It, ultra fine glitter applied with quickie glue pen & perfect pearls (on one only)
Design: scraplifted from Mariana Grigsby
but hat is my own design cut on Silhouette.
Stamp: years old shamrock from stampin up

Paper: Club Scrap-Memoirs kraft and green (inked with peeled paint distress ink to darken), Pure&Simple white (or black)

Fiber: Mirror, Mirror
Celtic Knot cut on Silhouette, Martha Stewart punch used for scallop border.

Sketch from mojomonday.blogspot

Compendium of Curiosities Challenge Week 35

My submission for the final Compendium of Curiosities Challenge (#35) over at Studio L3 is a cover for my Letterboxing journal. What is letterboxing, you ask? I'll tell you more about that below! It's very addicting. Anyway, I've used papers from Club Scrap's To You With Love collection, Tim Holtz Lost and Found pack, Graphic 45 Steampunk Debutante, and finally DCWV Travel stack. I've also added some grungeboard hinges and flourish which i've painted with bronze metallic paint. The other elements were done using T!m's design ruler. The center area is 4x6 and will serve as a mat for whatever photo I want to feature.

As I said in my post last week, the end of these challenges is bittersweet for me. I've learned so much and really pushed my boundaries which is awesome for any artist. The downside has been finding the time to do it and maybe not prioritizing what I should over it since i enjoy it so!

A HUGE thank you to Linda for being such a marvelous hostess and always finding something wonderful to say in her comments. In addition, thank you to all who have commented on my submissions; I truly appreciate it. Thanks also to all who have played along...you've given me so many great ideas for these techniques. Lastly, but definitely not at all least,

THANK YOU T!M.

You are an amazingly talented man and your art provides endless inspiration.

Hugs to all.

WHAT IS LETTERBOXING?

Letterboxing is an intriguing mix of treasure hunting, rubber stamp artistry, navigation, and exploring interesting, scenic, and sometimes remote places.

Here's the basic idea: Someone hides a waterproof container (box or zip baggie) somewhere (in a beautiful, interesting, or remote location) containing at least a logbook and a handcarved rubber stamp, and perhaps other goodies. The hider then usually writes directions or "clues", which can be straightforward, cryptic, or any degree in between. Often the clues involve map coordinates or compass bearings from landmarks, but they don't have to. Selecting a location and writing the clues is one aspect of the art.

Once the clues are written, hunters in possession of the clues attempt to find the box. In addition to the clue and any maps or tools needed to solve it, the hunter should carry at least a pencil, their personal rubber stamp, an inkpad, and his personal logbook. When the hunter successfully deciphers the clue and finds the box, they stamp the logbook in the box with their personal stamp, and stamps their personal logbook or journal with the box's stamp. The box's logbook keeps a record of all its visitors, and the hunters keep a record of all the boxes they have found, in their personal logbook or journal

Check it all out at:

http://www.letterboxing.org/

http://www.atlasquest.com/

Compendium of Curiosities Challenge Week 34

It seems this is the 34th challenge put forth by Lovely Linda at Studio L3. By my calculation, that means we only have 1 more and although i have THOROUGHLY enjoyed this journey, i will admit that I'll be a little relieved once i have posted my final submission. Maybe I'll focus more on work and school (but i doubt it, lol). At the same time, I will be sad to see it go. This has definitely made me stretch my wings and fly into some unchartered territory (at least uncharted by me!). For that I am so thankful.

The piece I did for the Dimensional Collage Fragments challenge (which is found on page 63 of this book) came together rather quickly for me. This is rarely the case. And, although i say quickly, here I am posting on Sunday AGAIN. But since I only came up with it yesterday, that's quick work for me.

I was flipping thru my mini reproduction of the Sears & Roebuck catalog for inspiration and came across this advertisement for a cure to make one stop drinking. Pretty laughable stuff. The old prospector image I grabbed online, but my family has a history with this particular gentleman. I grew up in Newport, Kentucky, which is where a/the Wiedemann beer brewery was located. Many of the men in my young life (Dad, uncles, neighbors) drank Wiedemann; some even worked at the brewery. I can actually still remember the smell of it in the air. Later in life, my Dad collected Wiedemann memorabilia and my sister purchased a reproduction of this image on canvas for him several years ago, which is now resides in my creative center and looks upon me with those watchful eyes.

So, that's my story and I'm stickin to it...much like my elements are stuck to this fragment, lol! The bottle cap image is mounted on top, but is only a place holder until i can lay my hands on one of my actual Wiedemann bottle caps.

This famous paper litho sign employed between 1890-1918 portrays a haggard gold prospector holding a glass etched with the words

"Wiedemann FINE BEER"

A white bill of sale in the prospector's pocket displays the name of

George Wiedemann Brewing Company, Newport, KY.

Cards for PSL (Pro Scrapbooking League)

The PSL is in full swing at Club Scrap and here are 4 cards i made yesterday for the Mixed Kit Week Challenge. The Design for this was completed scraplifted from Mariana Grigsby, although i did design/draw my own hat and cut it on the Silhouette.

Club Scrap Kits Used:

Paper: Common threads green, Memoirs brown/kraft and white, dotted is unknown from stash
Fiber: Ornamental
Bling: clear gems colored with Bic Mark It, ultra fine glitter applied with quickie glue pen & perfect pearls (on one only)
shamrock stamp from stampin up

Compendium of Curiosities Challenge Week 33

Hello...it's me; running late as usual. I'll try to keep this brief as I have a presentation to prepare for tomorrow. I really tried to photograph this many times and I just can't get it to capture the colors quite right. That card base and feather are almost exactly the same color, but it's just not reading that way (feather looks more blue for some reason).

I'm submitting this for the 33rd Studio L3 Compendium of Curiosities challenge. I've followed the instructions on T!ms' book; page 56 (Altered Metal Alcohol Inks).

Cardstock and feathers are all Club Scrap. Mask is my own design cut on my Silhouette.

Purple card base from Blossom Kit.

Teal panel from Expressions Kit

Yellow from Solstice Kit

Feathers from Birds of a Feather Kit

Compendium of Curiosities Challenge Week 32

I will come back later and fill in all the juicy details, but wanted to get this posted before I leave the house today!

LATER....so i'm finally back online to give the 411 on this card. :). I made this for my SO's daughter who finally completed a long overdue task and has made her Father a very happy & proud man. It's a gatefold card, but I removed one of the flaps and adhered the top panel to only the upper flap. I made a pocket (for a gift card) out of the lower blue piece but didn't think to take a picture of that before giving the card to her yesterday. duh.

Paper: Club Scrap - Stratosphere, Vogue and Surf's Up Collections

Stamps: Club Scrap - Medallion and sentiment are from the Henna Kit (side note: Henna now has an amazing remix available that i must get my hands on...find it here).

Congratulations & feather are random stamps from my stash.

Ink: Tri-colored Brilliance ink pad called Peacock. Brayered onto cardstock and CS india ink for black stamping.

Embellishment: clear gem colored with my margarita green "redneck copic" (lol, Bic Mark-it's) and white inkssentials pen.

Technique: I can't tell you any specifics, but it's found in T!m's book on page 59 and its called inking and stamping masks.

A HUGE thank you to the beautiful Linda at Studio L3 for offering these challenges every week. We're winding down to the end and I and keeping my fingers crossed that I'm able to complete the rest. I have so "enjoyed the journey"!

Share The Love of Club Scrap - Valentine's Day Blog Hop

Omigosh, my first ever blog hop and boy am I EXCITED! As you probably know by now, the theme of this blog hop is Share The Love of Club Scrap.

My mushy, sweet, little luminary's are all Club Scrap products (with one tiny exception; a digital brush from House of 3). All other images/designs are from the Love Inkorporated digital kit manipulated to my liking! I've used paper from the Let Me Count The Ways (LMCTW) & Collections remix and an amazing shimmery vellum, a velvety black and a textured white, from the Vogue Kit. The beads on the pennant banner are from the Gratitude embellishment pack and all the other doodads (key/star brad/photo turn are Club Scrap, but I don't know which kits). The base is another $tree zen garden tray (as used in this post) just turned upside down.

Luminaries are cut with my Silhouette, top edges are Martha's Scalloped Dot edge punch.

Thank you so much for stopping by my little blogging corner of the world. Please contact me if you are interested in Club Scrap products or workshops in the Greater Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky area. I'd also enjoy any feedback, so feel free to leave a comment before you go hopping on over to my friend Theresa's blog to see what Club Scrap love she has to share!

If you get lost, or missed a blog, below is the complete list of fabulous folks participating. Make sure you visit them all and comment freely!

Julie @ Cape Cod Scrapper
Connie @ Creating with Connie
Ann @ Crzymom's Tidbits
Julie @ Juju's Folly
Deb @ Lift Bridge Cards and Crafts
Chrissie @ Making Impressions ****you are here****
Theresa @ My Artistic Escape
Rachelle @ Orezonia
Erin @ Pages of Pictures
Jennifer @ Scrap Happy Sisters, Ink.
Nancy @ SquirrelyArt
Wendy @ Where the "ArT" is...

Check back for a Club Scrap Blog Hop!

Please come by tomorrow and check out the Club Scrap Blog Hop.