Seeking Frog...

This image was provided
by Kitty Bee Designs for my use 

613 Ave C's challenge for this week is ATG/or optional twist to use a quote from Eleanor Roosevelt to celebrate her October 13th birthday!  

Now, very quickly I must say - the sentiment on my card is NOT from Eleanor - I am going the Anything Goes route with my project!  Though, knowing her sense of humor, I lay odds she might have said this one if the opportunity presented itself!  Do check out what the DT gals are doing - sooo creative!  And then come play with us!

PROCESS INVENTORY

IMAGES: 

• Kitty Bee Designs sponsored this challenge and provided me with "Froggie" to use.
• Sentiment was a "Freebie", but unfortunately I don't have the source.
• For the focal image I used Paper Tole Technique to give her dimension. Printed 3 copies, colored them with Copics, fussy cut and 'paper sculpted' the images.  The layers were both glued in some places & elevated in others with foam tape to achieve the desired
  dimension.

PAPER:  

• Neenah "Classic Crest Solar White" 80# Cover Wt. used for the image.
• DP used for fishtail banners & insides are all scraps from other projects.
• Base CS is from stash.

EMBELLISHMENTS: 

• Two corners of the base CS have been rounded with the 1/2 inch 'Corner Chomper'.
• Used a Cuttlebug E-Folder of water rings and Koi in a pond for the front of the card.
• The fishtail banners were glued to a piece of CS and then handstitched with cream colored waxed linen.

INKS:

• Images were printed on an Epson WF-3520 printer 
• Hand colored with Copics:

This card should be eligible for the following 

CHALLENGES:

Through the Craft Room Door – ATG Always

Crafting from the Heart #80 – ATG Always

Papertake Weekly – ATG

Crafty Sentiments – ATG

Inspiration Destination #54 – ATG

Art by MiRan Challenge #42 – ATG

Sweet Stampin' – Use Script or Text

MarkerPOP #79 L:10– ATG

Sweet Stamps #238 – Anything Goes

Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge – Always ATG + DP

Create wildly and color with abandon!  ~ginny

Happy Bird-day Reese...

Oldest Grandson's 16th!  

I think he will forgive the cutsy.

PROCESS INVENTORY

IMAGES: 

• For the focal image I used Paper Tole Technique to give him dimension. Printed 3 copies, colored them with Copics, fussy cut and 'paper sculpted' the images.  The layers were both glued in some places & elevated in others with foam tape to achieve the desired dimension.
• Sentiment from SU.
• Balloon, flower & package from the Tim Holtz Bird Crazy Accessory Set.

PAPER:  

• Neenah "Classic Crest Solar White" 80# Cover Wt. used for the image.
• DP used for the background from stash.

EMBELLISHMENTS: 

• Hand drawn thought bubble.
• Green, grosgrain ribbon from stash.

INKS:

• Images were printed on an Epson WF-3520 printer 
• Hand colored with Copics:

This card should be eligible for the following 

CHALLENGES:

The East Wind #40 – Add Texture [Grograin ribbon & Paper Tole]

Through the Craft Room Door – ATG Always

Crafting from the Heart #80 – ATG Always

Papertake Weekly – ATG

Crafty Sentiments – ATG

Inspiration Destination #54 – ATG

Art by MiRan Challenge #42 – ATG

MarkerPOP #79 L:10– ATG

Sweet Stamps #238 – Anything Goes

Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge – Always ATG + DP

Create wildly and color with abandon!  ~ginny

Lil Christmas Tree...

"Lil Peanuts' Christmas Tree" can be found HERE

Aud Sentiments' current challenge is to Start Your Christmas Projects!  There is a week left on this challenge - and if you need some ideas... check out the DT samples!  There are 2 sponsors this go around - Stitchy Bear & Lacy Sunshine, and thus TWO prizes!  You can submit up to FIVE projects - so get crackin' and get a head start on the Holidays!

PROCESS INVENTORY

IMAGES: 

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• "Lil Peanuts' Christmas Tree" was provided to me by  Lacy Sunshine Stamps 
• For this image I used Paper Tole Technique to give her dimension.  Printed 3 copies, colored them with Copics, fussy cut and 'paper sculpted' the images.  The layers were both glued in some places & elevated in others with foam tape to achieve the desired dimension.
• The focal image was cut simultaneously with two sizes of die cuts - each die cut was elevated with foam tape and then the 3 layers of the image itself were layered on top of that so that there are five layers of elevation to this image.
• Sentiment is from Penny Black

PAPER:  

• Neenah "Classic Crest Solar White" 80# Cover Wt. used for the image.
• Base CS is Relflections  purchased at Michaels
• Inside is same DP as used on the front and is a stash item.

EMBELLISHMENTS: 

• Die Cuts used for the two cuts on the focal image panel and for the sentiment panel are from a set by Spellbinders.
• Ribbon is stash
• Three clear acylic stars are stickers from ??

INKS:

• Images were printed on an Epson WF-3520 printer   
• Hand colored with Copics:

This card should be eligible for the following 

CHALLENGES:

Art by MiRan Challenge #41 – ATG

Pile it On #88 – Manga Style or Comic-book inspired TOP 3

Robyn's Fetish #283 – Sq. or Rectangle

Crafting from the Heart #79 – ATG Always

Papertake Weekly – Take Your Pick [Technique: Dry Embossing for the focal image as part of the Paper Tole]

Through the Craft Room Door – ATG Always

Fab & Funky #275 – Anything Christmas

Simon Says Wed – ATG

Inspiration Destination #53 – ATG

The East Wind #40 – Add Texture
Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge – Always ATG + DP

Create wildly and color with abandon!  ~ginny

Boardwalk Beauty...

'Boardwalk Beauty' was provided for my use by RSD
and can be found here at Zibbet

I'm goin' a tich weird on ya' -  I wanted something DIFFerent for this RSD image.  Went digging thru my papers and found one sheet of the heavy CS with a linear pattern on it - [can't see it here] - looked like sand to me, a very thin sheet of 12 x 12 scrapbook paper with fish swimming endlessly and the hazy-autumn-burnt- orange with suns(?), flowers(?), fireworks(?) on it.  Then I just had to come up with something to tie it all to my 'Beauty'.  Ripping the edges of the 'sand' and the fishy paper made it look like foam on the waves... so done and done.  Wanted the last sheet to be a fantasy sky & sun - envisioned ribbons coming out in rays (see this version I first came up with which is now on the inside ):

Inside of card

But I liked the loose version better with the 'rays' bursting out like solar flairs.  Somehow represents more heat to me and enhances the 3-D aspect of the design.
Added eyes to some of my fish and real shells to the tide line - and of course my beauty, who should not have stepped off the boardwalk in those heels!

This is for 613 Ave C's ATG Challenge starting today.  You can enter up to three projects for a chance for a prize from either Rick St dennis  (I can ALWAYS find something I like from this man's inventory!). His prize is a choice of 2 digis or a 25% discount coupon for Rick's Zibbet shop, or from the 2nd sponsor -Flat Friends Boutique - with a prize of 4 digital images!  As always, the samples by the unique team of paper artists assembled by Chana and Kathi are fabulous... it is well worth your time to check out the creative artistry of the DT at 613 Ave C!

PROCESS INVENTORY

IMAGES: 

• This image is 'Boardwalk Beauty' by Rick St dennis.
• For the focal image I used Paper Tole Technique to give her dimenssion. Printed 3 copies, colored them with Copics, fussy cut and 'paper sculpted' the images.  The layers were both glued in some places & elevated in others with foam tape to achieve the desired dimension.  

PAPER:

• Neenah "Classic Crest Solar White" 80# Cover Wt. used for the image.
• Base CS is dual with the textured brown on one side and cream on the other - and is a stash item.
• DP used for the background from stash.

EMBELLISHMENTS: 

• The shear ribbon used for the sun's rays is from stash.
• The 'Enamel Dew Drop Stickers' used for the fish eyes is from Freckled Fawn. 
• Shells are from stash - glued on with Glossy Accents.

INKS:

• Images were printed on an Epson WF-3520 printer 
• Hand colored with Copics:

This card should be eligible for the following 

CHALLENGES:

Crafting from the Heart #78 – ATG Always

Through the Craft Room Door – ATG Always

Inspiration Destination #52 – ATG

Sweet Stamps #237 – Anything Goes

Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge – Always ATG + DP

Really Reasonable Ribbon #126 – Orange w/ ribbon or trim

Art by MiRan Challenge #41 - ATG

Fussy & Fancy  #148 – FANTASY [Fantasy sun, sky & ocean]

Sweet Stampin' – Use a non-white base card

Aurora Wings #18 – Anything Goes
Robyn's Fetish #283 – Sq. or Rectangle

Create wildly and color with abandon!  ~ginny

Shy Heidy...

This little sprite looks really, really shy to me!  And to have to go door to door and talk to strangers??? Down right scary!
But the change of seasons brings the excitement of choosing a new persona & costume for the ultra fun tradition of dressing up and filling our little buckets with candy!



PROCESS INVENTORY

IMAGES: 

• This image is "Heidi Dazzlebud", a little sprite from Lacy Sunshine Stamps.
• I used Paper Tole Technique on the leaves - 'paper sculpted' the punched images.  The layers were both glued & elevated with foam tape to achieve dimension.

PAPER:

• Neenah "Classic Crest Solar White" 80# Cover Wt. used for the focal image.
• Scrap DP from stash has been used for the strip under the ribbon and the punched leaves.
• The inside is made with the left over papers from the front.

EMBELLISHMENTS: 

• McGill punch used for the leaves.
• Ribbon from stash.

INKS:

• Images were printed on an Epson WF-3520 printer 
• Hand colored with Copics:

This card should be eligible for the following 

CHALLENGES:

Through the Craft Room Door – ATG Always

Crafty Sentiments – ATG

Tuesday Throwdown #262 – For a Child

Fab & Funky #273 – Recycle/ Upcycle

Inspiration Destination #51 – ATG

Sweet Stampin' – Emboss It (Leaves & Pumpkin are dry embossed fromthe back)

The East Wind #39 – For the Little Ones

Pile it On #87 – Color Combination
Lacy Sunshine #67 – Changing Seasons TOP THREE
Clear It Out – Autumn / Stash: Leaves
Sweet Stamps #237 – Anything Goes
Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge – Always ATG + DP (Leaves and decorative strip from DP from stash!)
Really Reasonable Ribbon #126 – Orange w/ ribbon or trim
Art by MiRan Challenge #41 – ATG
Fussy & Fancy  #148 – FANTASY
OSAAT #246 – ATG w/Leaves
One Sweet Challenge –Halloween

Create wildly and color with abandon!  ~ginny

Bird Crazy...

Couldn't resist - I had to jump on the bandwagon with the Tim Holtz "Bird Crazy" sets!  OMG but they make me laugh out loud!
Aud Sentiments is in the 2nd week of an Anything Goes Challenge and I took advantage of the theme to use these images.
There is a delicious prize this go around from our Sponsor - Great Impressions.  They are offering FIVE stamps of the winners choosing at their store!  Wowza!  Go check out the store via the link with their name - you will be overwhelmed at the choices!  You may have up to five entries in the challenge, just be sure to include a sentiment.  The rules, and more important, the inspiring art of the designers can be found at HERE.

PROCESS INVENTORY

IMAGES: 

• All the images are from Tim Holtz -  birds are from the "Bird Crazy"collection, accessories from "Crazy Things" and the 'POOF' sentiment from "Crazy Thoughts".  The 2nd half of the sentiment I hand lettered.
• The Happy Birthday on the front is from Recollections.
• For the focal image I used Paper Tole Technique to 3D the birds & accessories. The images were colored them with Copics, fussy cut, 'paper sculpted' and then the layers were both glued & elevated with foam tape to achieve dimension.
• The inside uses papers left over from the front:
  

PAPER:  

• Neenah "Classic Crest Solar White" 80# Cover Wt. used for the image.
• Die Cut used to shape curved piece of CS.
• DP used for the background from Basic Grey's "Life of the Party" Collection.

EMBELLISHMENTS: 

• Hole punches in 3 sizes were used in the upper right DP - allowing the red base card to show thru.

INKS:

• Images were printed on an Epson WF-3520 printer 
• Hand colored with Copics:

This card should be eligible for the following 

CHALLENGES:

Art by MiRan Challenge #40 – ATG

Pile it On #86 – Birthdays

Crafting from the Heart #77 – ATG Always

Papertake Weekly – Animal Magic

Through the Craft Room Door – ATG 

Crafty Sentiments – ATG

Simon Says Wed – Use a Die (Die used for the curved background)

Inspiration Destination #51 – ATG

Quirky Crafts #19 - 2015 – Animal Magic

Sweet Stamps #237 – Anything Goes

Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge – Always ATG + DP

Scrapper's Delight #48 – ATG Always

Create wildly and color with abandon!  ~ginny

Mo Manning Card Series #3 - Sept

This is the 3rd card I am highlighting

 from a card set commissioned 

 for a charity event.  

My concept was to use Paper Tole on each one working
 only with Mo Manning's images.  

This is the entire set - to bring some continuity to the "set", 

I used 4 basic elements with each card:

• The base card and envelope are all Kraft CS
• All the images are Mo's - creating a consistency in style.
• All six use an identical sized background paper with the bottom one inch hand torn and adhered with a gap.
• Each will have an elevation to the image by using an average of three sculpted layers for each image.

PROCESS INVENTORY

IMAGES: 

• "Dream" by Mo Manning can be found here at Mo's Digital Pencil
• For the focal image I used Paper Tole Technique to 3D the image. Printed 3 copies, colored them with Copics, fussy cut and 'paper sculpted' the image.  The layers were both glued & elevated with foam tape to achieve dimension.

PAPER:  

• Neenah "Classic Crest Solar White" 80# Cover Wt. used for the image.
• Background paper is DP of a world map  cut to size from stash.

INKS:

• Images were printed on an Epson WF-3520 printer 
• Hand colored with Copics.

This card should be eligible for the following 

CHALLENGES:

DP2 -Mo's Challenge Blog #255  - ATG+ Mo/optional for a teacher
Papertake Weekly – Things w/ Wings
Through the Craft Room Door – ATG
Tuesday Throwdown #261 – ATG
Inspiration Destination #50 – ATG
Art by MiRan Challenge #40 – ATG
Sweet Stamps #237 – Anything Goes
Scrapper's Delight #48 – ATG Always
Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge – Always ATG + DP

Create wildly and color with abandon!  ~ginny

Animal Rescue - Angel Dog!

On September 11, 1962, the Beatles recorded their 1st single "Love Me Do".  

To celebrate the Anniversary, 

613 Ave C is challenging you to show us 

your interpretation of 

Love Me Do!  

Of course, their challenges are always "Anything Goes with an Optional Twist"... but this is so easy, why not play the twist?

If you are stuck for ideas - check out the delicious inspiration projects from the 613 Ave C DT!

First thought that popped into my mind was this concept of an animal waiting in an Animal Shelter - and I even wrote a little poem (?) for the inside.

Uh, so I'm not a poet, but the thought was there!  LOL!

All my dogs have always been rescues - I have a special place in my heart for all of them - even if they can't quite live up to the promise on the right. 

Currently I have a one eyed Chihuahua named Jack (Get it? A one-eyed Jack?)  He still has not mastered not "marking" every new item set on the floor.  (I blame it on his one eye - and we don't set bags of groceries on the floor any more.)  But what a cuddler, and, he asked me to choose him!

PROCESS INVENTORY

IMAGES: 

• The focal image is "Angel Dog" from Eureka Stamps.
• I used Paper Tole Technique to 3D the dog image and the heart. Printed 3 copies, colored them with Copics, fussy cut and 'paper sculpted' the image.  The layers were both glued & elevated with foam tape to achieve dimension.
• The sentiments are my own.

PAPER: 

• Neenah "Classic Crest Solar White" 80# Cover Wt. used for the image.
• DP is from Paper House - "The Great Outdoors" Collection
• Base card and black mat for the image are from stash.

EMBELLISHMENTS: 

Search for "Angel Dog" at
  Eureka Stamps

• The two scalloped circles are created with Marvy Uchida punches.
• Art Institute Glitter used on the halo and his tag.

INKS:

• Distress Inks: "Tea Dye" & "Vintage Photo" used to ink the edges of the papers.
• Images were printed on an Epson WF-3520 printer. 
• Hand colored with Copics:

This card should be eligible for the following 

CHALLENGES:

Crafting from the Heart #76 – ATG Always

Papertake Weekly – Things w/ Wings

Through the Craft Room Door – ATG Always

Tuesday Throwdown #261 – ATG

Shopping our Stash L:13 – SOS #218 – Mirror, Mirror (Halographic Glitter on halo & dog tag)

Inspiration Destination #50 – ATG

Art by MiRan Challenge #40 – ATG

Sisterhood of Crafters – Photo Inspiration

Sweet Stamps #237 – Anything Goes
Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge – Always ATG + DP

Create wildly and color with abandon!  ~ginny

Fairy History...

 "The Enchanted Professor" can be
found here at The Paper Shelter

I have four grandkids who LOve school!!  So this qualifies in my opinion for "Fall Fun" - the latest Aud Sentiments challenge.   The sponsor provides 2 images for the DT to use - or we can use a TPS image from our files if we have any - and that is what I chose to do here.  You have one more week on this challenge to enter up to 5 projects for a chance at the prize.  Take a look at what the other DT have done - it is really interesting to see how an image can be used so many different ways.

PROCESS INVENTORY

IMAGES: 

• "The Enchanted Professor" is from The Paper Shelter.
  
• For the focal image I used Paper Tole Technique to 3D it.  I printed 3 copies, colored them with Copics, fussy cut and 'paper sculpted' [this is dry embossing the image from the back with a large ball tool].  The layers were both glued & elevated with foam tape to achieve dimension.
• The quote is actually not by Carl Sagan, but by Sharon Begley  according to The Quote Investigator:  "...based on current evidence Sagan did not create this quotation. Instead, the reporter Sharon Begley constructed the phrase. The quotation has been ascribed to Sagan because the passage at the end of the 1977 Newsweek profile article has been misinterpreted."  Either way, I find the quote quite delicious and sooo appropriate and I hope it inspires the grandkids!  

PAPER:  

• Neenah "Classic Crest Solar White" 80# Cover Wt. used for the image.
• DP used is from "7 Gypsies" and Tim Holtz'  "Ideology". 
• Inside layered with paper scraps left from the front.  Finished the 'frame' by drawing lines reminiscent of the wide lines used for kids to practice their penmanship - and then wrote the sentiment & reason for the card.

EMBELLISHMENTS: 

• The square Copper Brads are from stash.  
• The ruler is cut off one of the DP sheets.
• Diamond Glaze used on his glasses.

INKS:

• "Old Paper" Distress Ink used to ink all the edges & the pages of the book.
• Images were printed on an Epson WF-3520 printer 
• Hand colored with Copics:

This card should be eligible for the following 

CHALLENGES:

Clear It Out – ATG / Stash: ATG

Sweet Stampin' – School Days

Art by MiRan Challenge #39 – ATG

Robyn's Fetish #279 – Use Square Cards 

Crafting from the Heart #75 – ATG Always WON a DT Favorite

Sisterhood of Crafters – Back to School

Papertake Weekly – ATG/or Upcycle-Recycle

Through the Craft Room Door – ATG Always

Crafty Sentiments – School TOP 3 

Paper Shelter – #217- Embossing of Any Kind [dry embossed the image - see explanation above]

Fab & Funky #271 – Doodle a frame or Hand Written Sent. [See inside - hand wrote the sent. & drew the lines to finish the frame]
Inspiration Destination #49 – ATG

Lacy Sunshine #66 – Back to School

Sweet Stamps #237 – Anything Goes

Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge - Always ATG + DP

Create wildly and color with abandon!  ~ginny