Sideways Weekend at Deb's...

 I crafted at Deb's from Sunday afternoon, March 3rd to Tuesday afternoon, March 5th and thus, called it a sideways weekend. We worked with alcohol inks and foil, Distress Oxides and baby wipes and embossed backgrounds with Zigs. The first night, we colored with Copics (Newton's Nook and Unity images) shown in the bottom and right corner. They may take awhile to become cards... but they're colored!!!

 

 It was fun working with the alcohol inks and foil. The shine doesn't photo well but trust me, it's delightful! I made two panels but only this one became a card...

 

 This was Distress Oxides with baby wipes... this one, no sentiment needed. The stamp was Deb's and I forgot to write down who made it. I can't even remember if it was an unmounted wood or something else. How bad is that?
 

These two, I added Simon Says Stamp "you" die (stacked five times for dimension) and sentiment from Gina K Boho Flowers set...

 

 My FAVORITE of the embossed background with Zigs. This background stamp is Impression Obsession cover-a-card Layered Pansies. All white spaces left over, I used a gray Copic to fill in. Again, Deb's sentiment, not sure from where and the die-cut is from a set by Simon Says Stamp (stacked three times)...

This background, I used Copics instead of Zigs. The background stamp is by My Favorite Things called Roses All Over.

 

Another productive crafty time with Deb. Next craft time together won't be until Cozy Crop, which isn't that far off. Just watch this month FLY...

 

Look what I found...

I've been out of my studio for ten days!  TEN days!  Ou vey!  So, I'm playing catch-up on my personal challenge to make between 50 and 100 cards during the month of June, using only products that already exist in my studio.  I came across these starburst pieces already cut... HA!  Half the job was already done!  So, why not finish it.  I don't remember ever wanting to make only black and white starburst but apparently I was thinking something.  Who knows at this point! Anyway, I made four...

 

SO, for the month of June, I have made 20 cards using only products I already have.  I better get a move on, it's past the middle of the month... yikes!



Another Midweek Throwdown...

 

A no sentiment card for the current Midweek Throwdown.  I used scrap paper from my endless supply.  Each banner is 3.5" long and cut in varying widths.  I covered the ends with a 5.25" x 1" strip and a 5.25"  x .25" strip.  The f'lower is from a copics class I took at my LSS several months ago.  I didn't know what to do with it but it works well here... don't you think?

 

Bring on the summer...

I am completely CASEing this from a fellow cardmaker, Tommi, on the OWH facebook page.  I thought it was so clever when I first saw it.  I figured it would sit in the back of my mind for awhile UNTIL I saw these flip-flops at Michaels.  I quickly snagged them with my 50% off coupon and came home to play.  Once again, a GREAT use of scraps!  And the "sand" is rice paper that my mentor Barb gave to me over a year ago.  The whole card is mounted on white, which doesn't show well here but let me tell you... it is gorgeous in person!  I tried other colors for the background but white just made it swim.  Get it, swim... 

And so begins our plunge into summer...

Playing around...

Following a tutorial on the Stars and Stripes blog on the OWH site, I came up with this...