Let's Ink It Up Challenge #13 - Stitching & DT Call

At Let's Ink It Up, Challenge #13 is now running and there is a fantastic prize up for grabs from our generous sponsor Cindy at

   stampingscrapping.com

Here's a little message from our sponsor

"StampingScrapping is owned by Kevin and Cindy Echtinaw.  We ship every in stock order within 24 hours and LOVE our customers. We pride ourselves on our customer service, speedy shipping and great prices on the newest products.

We are offering one of our CUSTOM Spellbinders matching stamp sets to the winner!  Value of $19.99.  You will have your choice of one of three sets. "

Now on to our new challenge, this time we want you to 'Show us your Stitching'.  It could be any type of stiching on your project, real or faux as long as you use a rubber or clear stamp and remember -NO DIGI STAMPS allowed

As always, there is plenty of inspiration from our talented "Team B" Design Team which you can view by clicking HERE

Also, there is a DT call so if you'd like to join the Let's Ink It Up Design Team, just add DT after your name in the linky list for the challenge.

Sharon

April 17, 2010

Fun Crafting Tutorials and Linking Party at Passionately Artistic

Over at Passionately Artistic, they are having a linking party where you get to showcase your projects.No giveaway linking please. Click on the link to go directly to the blog to see the rules.

There's no limit to how many items you can link. Link parties are all about linking. So visit a few of the other links to discover new friends and link, link, link.  This is FREE advertising for your projects! 

I decided to sponsor my Easter Wall Hanging that I recently created for the Easter challenge at Let's Ink It Up. This was the first time I had made something from wood, paper, stamping and Cricut, and was very pleased with how it came out (tooting my horn... wink!)

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close-up of bunny

close-up of basket

close-up of crackle

For those of you that have already seen my project at Let's Ink It Up, this part might be boring to read. I put the wrong link in at Passionately Artistic and can't seem to delete it. So I'm copying and pasting on how I created my wall hanging. Here goes:

For my project, I have seen lots of  art canvases on blogs. I figured it couldn't be too difficult...just like card making, only on a bigger scale!  However, I decided to use a piece of 8"x 10" MDF board (manufactured fibreboard wood) to create my Easter wall hanging.

The background -I painted the entire surface of the wood with Tim Holtz White Distress Crackle Paint. After the paint dried and the crackle formed, I sponged randomly these colours of  Tim Holtz Distress Ink- Tea Dye, Antique Linen, Fired Brick, and Tumbled Glass over the entire surface. The routered edge of the board is painted with Egyptian gold acrylic paint. I also stamped an easter script stamp in Tea Dye (Serendipity Stamps #702HCL Judy's Easter Basket - set of three stamps) on "thirds" of the board .  I covered the middle section with a strip of easter egg paper, cutting and pasting some of the eggs to give the paper added dimension.

I stamped the easter basket, from the same set as mentioned above, coloured with Copics, applied Crystal Glaze and stickles on the eggs, fussy cut it out, sponged Tea Dye on the edges and mounted it on the board with pop-dots. The "grass" at the bottom of the basket is a lacey branch punch by Martha Stewart.

The bunny was cut on my Cricut from the Easter cartridge in a brown patterned paper. I sponged white craft ink and Tea Dye & Brushed Corduroy Distress Inks on the body to give it dimension, stamped a scroll stamp on the bunny's back, added the pink gingham ribbon, and created the tail using gathered crocheted lace & a pearl.

Near the basket, I cut a flourish from a Quickutz die and added the butterfly (Martha Stewart punch), highlited with stickles and pearls.The border on the bottom is also a Martha Stewart punch.

For the banner title, I punched scalloped circles from K&Co paper, sponged with Tea Dye, Tumbled Glass and a touch of Fired Brick distress inks. The letters were cut on my Cricut with the Plantin cartridge and sponged with Tea Dye DI.

All in all, this project took a few days to complete, but I'm very happy with how it turned out! I have it hanging in my front porch.



Sharon
April 6/11

Let's Ink It Up - Challenge #12 Easter

Here it is, the first weekend of April, and the new fortnightly challenge at Let's Ink It Up is Easter. Click on the hyper link to the blog ,and check out the gorgeous projects from the Design Team.

Remember that no DIGIS are allowed - we like to see inky fingers! LOL   The sponsor for this challenge is:

SCRAPPIT is a company based in Australia that provides all scrapbooking and card making supplies from all the top brands at the best prices.Paula has generously donated a prize package of

A$20 VOUCHER

For my project, I have seen lots of  art canvases on blogs. I figured it couldn't be too difficult...just like card making, only on a bigger scale!  However, I decided to use a piece of 8"x 10" MDF board (manufactured fibreboard wood) to create my Easter wall hanging.

The background -I painted the entire surface of the wood with Tim Holtz White Distress Crackle Paint. After the paint dried and the crackle formed, I sponged randomly these colours of  Tim Holtz Distress Ink- Tea Dye, Antique Linen, Fired Brick, and Tumbled Glass over the entire surface. The routered edge of the board is painted with Egyptian gold acrylic paint. I also stamped an easter script stamp in Tea Dye (Serendipity Stamps #702HCL Judy's Easter Basket - set of three stamps) on "thirds" of the board .  I covered the middle section with a strip of easter egg paper, cutting and pasting some of the eggs to give the paper added dimension.

I stamped the easter basket, from the same set as mentioned above, coloured with Copics, applied Crystal Glaze and stickles on the eggs, fussy cut it out, sponged Tea Dye on the edges and mounted it on the board with pop-dots. The "grass" at the bottom of the basket is a lacey branch punch by Martha Stewart.

The bunny was cut on my Cricut from the Easter cartridge in a brown patterned paper. I sponged white craft ink and Tea Dye & Brushed Corduroy Distress Inks on the body to give it dimension, stamped a scroll stamp on the bunny's back, added the pink gingham ribbon, and created the tail using gathered crocheted lace & a pearl.

Near the basket, I cut a flourish from a Quickutz die and added the butterfly (Martha Stewart punch), highlited with stickles and pearls.The border on the bottom is also a Martha Stewart punch.

For the banner title, I punched scalloped circles from K&Co paper, sponged with Tea Dye, Tumbled Glass and a touch of Fired Brick distress inks. The letters were cut on my Cricut with the Plantin cartridge and sponged with Tea Dye DI.

All in all, this project took a few days to complete, but I'm very happy with how it turned out! I have it hanging in my front porch.

 

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Close up of "crackle" on the wood

Sharon
April 3, 2011


Challenges

Die Cutting Divas #8 Hippity, Hoppity - Easter cartridge for Bunny, Plantin Cartridge for letters on banner

Fantabulous Cricut #53 - Looks Like Spring  - Easter Cartridge for Bunny, Plantin Cartridge for letters on banner.

Paper Variety 1-2-3 Challenge- 1 stamped image (basket), 2 ribbons (pink gingham & crocheted lace gathered into bunny tail), 3 punches (Martha Stewart butterfly, scroll border, and lacey leaf which is the "grass" at the bottom of the basket.

Really Reasonable Ribbons #21 Punches & Ribbons - 3 Martha Stewart punches -butterfly, scroll border, and lacey leaf which is the "grass" at the bottom of the basket.  2 Ribbons - pink gingham, and crocheted lace with is gathered into bunny tail.

Quick card for Brother

My brother's birthday snuck up on me and I made a quick card to get in the mail, so it would reach him on time.

I used my Cricut Expression to cut a pick-up truck from the "Just Because Cartridge" and tire tread from "Dude" cartridge. The truck is red Bazzill edged with Tim Holtz Aged Mahogany distress ink popped up with foam dots; fenders, door handle and bumper are silver mirror cardstock; Using my craft knife, I cut out the window and put in a piece of acrylic to look like glass. I used a woodgrain stamp to stamp the boards & sponged the edges with TH Tea Dye, then stamped "Happy" and "Birthday" on little tags placed in the bed of the truck.

The circle verse "Picking up Some Wishes for You!" (the pick-up is hauling wishes) I created using MS Word with Word Art program, punched out with a Marvy punch . Tea Dye was also sponged around the edge. The design echoes that of the tires.

Papers are by 7 Gypsies- Zanzibar 8x8" pad. Faux stitching around the edge.

Challenge

Cooking with Cricut -Funny Quote, Saying or Pun



Sharon
March 30/2011

Featured Stamper Announcement- Let's Ink It Up

Please click here to read the official announcement of the new "Featured Stamper" and see how you and your work can be showcased on Let's Ink It Up blog.

 A new person will be chosen every two weeks!


Sharon
March 23/11

Let's Ink It Up Challenge #10 Embossing

Reminder

There is just a little over a week to enter the Let's Ink It Up Challenge #10 Embossing.

Come and join in...we would love to see some new faces, and there is a great prize up for grabs too!

Sharon
March 11,2011

First Card - Let's Ink It Up Design Team

Even though it is still March 5th here in Nova Scotia,  Let's Ink It Up challenge blog goes live on Aussie time. So it is now March 6th down under and I can post my first card as part of the new Design Team. The challenges will run every two weeks on Sundays with Design Team "A" and "B" alternating fortnightly.

Remember, to be eligible for a prize, no digi images are allowed when creating your card or project. Stamping must be done with rubber or clear stamps.

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Inky Impressions is the sponsor for this challenge.

Inky Impressions is a rubber stamp company carrying images of the cutest little girls and animals. The inspiration for the stamps comes from the owner Nicole's little girl, MarLeigha (LiLi).  Each Wednesday Inky Impression's has a challenge and if you participate each week, you are eligible to win a goodie bag at the end of the month. \

Come play along with the fun!

Tanya has generously donated the following prize to the winner of this challenge:

One stamp of their choice and a goody bag!

Now on to Challenge #10 which is "Show us your Embossing":

 

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I dry embossed the background of my card with the Sizzix "Birds and Blossoms" A6 large folder; also the top & bottom of the bird cage with the Cuttlebug Damask folder.  I positioned the bird's wing under the leafy scroll pattern of the Cuttlebug Bloom Dots folder, and when done, I think it looks like feathers. The birdcage and bird are cut with the Tim Holtz alterations die. The happy birthday verse on the Spellbinders Nesties Label Ten oval is embossed with clear embossing powder over Memento brown ink. Versamagic ink was used to sponge over the background dry embossing, the edge of the blue layer, the damask pattern on the cage, and around the edge of the oval. Some prima flowers and pearls adds dimension.
have created.

So hop on over to the Let's Ink It Up blog to see the lovely cards the other Design Team members have created.
Hope you join in the challenge!

Sharon
March 5, 2011

Tomorrow....

Tomorrow is the first day of my position on the Design Team of Let's Ink it Up Challenge Blog.
Stay tuned when the new team goes live on March 6th....

Sharon
March 5, 2011

Final Week- Guest DT Position Stamptacular Sunday Challenge - "Frames"

Well, all good things must come to an end. This is my final week as Guest DT on Stamptacular Sunday Challenge Blog and the theme is "Frames". I submitted two cards for them to chose one which they felt met the challenge, and both were posted. Thank you!

The first card uses the Cuttlebug Damask folder & die combo set #37-1920, and Crafty Secrets "Material Girl" stamp set. Patterned paper is Basic Grey Origins. I got out my sewing machine and zigzag stitched around the edge of the brown distressed layer, and also straight stitched on the frame which is embossed with the damask pattern (hard to see in the pic). The mannequin and thread holder is embossed with black EP and sponged with TH Tea Dye distress ink. I wound actual yellow thread around the holder. I used circle and scallop Nesties for the tag and punched two tiny holes to attach a safety pin and ribbon. At the bottom, the measuring tape is a strip cut from Cosmo Cricket "Measuring Up" paper which is a whole sheet of different coloured tapes.
I'm also entering my card in Paper Sundaes challenge "how charming" (metal charm). I used an actual safety pin so I hope this qualifies!

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On the second card I used Basic Grey Kioshi papers and Bazzill Bling light purple. The design on the Kioshi background paper kind of looks like butterflies to me. Using my Cricut Expression and the Lacey Labels cartridge, I cut three layers with the butterfly key (row #1, #3 on the keypad) - background oval in the purple flower paper, main oval in white, and the butterfly scroll frame in the same paper as the background.   I placed a Tim Holtz mini flourish mask on the edges of the white layer and sponged with Versamagic Spring Peony leaving a spot in the centre to sponge in Versamagic Aloe Vera green. Stamped the french script in lavender across the centre, then stamped the butterfly in Tim Holtz Dusty Concorde. I did a little more sponging on the butterfly with Tim Holtz Shabby Shutters green. The two little butterflies are also cut with my Cricut -they are designed to match the butterfly scroll border . I didn't stamp a verse on the front because I'm not sure if I'm going to send this as a birthday card or something else. The bottom layer in the purple flower paper is punched with Martha Stewart "Quilted" edge punch.

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Challenges:
ABC Blog Feb.23 - Ovals
The Color Dare CD98 - Artichoke and Purple
Cooking with Cricut - Swirls



It's been fun the past few weeks and I want to thank the ladies at Stamptacular Sunday Challenge Blog for offering me this guest DT position.

Sharon
Feb. 27,2011

Third Week Guest Post - Stamptacular Sunday Challenge #99

This is the third week of my guest designer post on Stamptacular Sunday Challenge. The theme is S.O.S.  "Some One Special". 

I was in Halifax last week visiting my daughter and picked up some new "Crafty Secrets" stamps at Carsand Mosher store called "Seasonal Friends".  I like that the images have a vintage look, and how the verses are wrapped with a banner, although there is a lot of colouring to them and some of the blank space is very tiny for the Copic markers!!!  I had to put on my reading glasses to make sure I didn't go outside the lines with the tip of the Copic.

The paper used on this card is from a 12x12" pad "Life's Journey" by K&Company. I also used a doily edge stamp which is just peeking out from under the scalloped edge sponged with TimHoltz Tea Dye DI on the left side. Some crocheted cotton lace and a flower, along with a Quickutz flourish diecut adds a bit of dimension. I wanted the image to be the main focus on my card.

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Check out the lovely projects the Design Team made for this challenge on Stamptacular Sunday blog
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Sharon
Feb.20, 2011