Two - Fer & Time Out Challenge

Trying a new technique we saw from Loll and Lin and I LOVED it.

We went to town making many pieces of paper with different colors.

I decided to make a Two-Fer (in Darnell's words).  

One is an Easter Card, the other is a St. Patrick's Day card

First up is the Easter Card...the background green was made using the Faux Mother of Pearl technique (by Loll)  I didn't have liquid pearls, but I did have a little dabber of pearl acrylic paint, so we used that and also tried the Viva Pearl Pen (which worked fine but dried rather quickly).  After dabbing on the pearl paint with a wad of cling film, I used distress inks: twisted citron and mowed lawn.  It is hard to capture the real shine of this card.

The eggs were all cut out from other papers that I did (an MFT die from Easter bunny stamp set), just using different distress inks.  The bunny is from Lil' Inkers Stitched Bunnies & Bows and the sentiment is from an old PTI set called Egg Hunt.

The Frame is from MFT:  Stitched cover up (my friend brought that along for me to play with, so glad she did!)
I am entering this in the Time Out Challenge
Easter and/or Spring with the optional technique twist of masking.

NOW FOR THE TWO-FER:

 I have a SIL whose birthday is on St. Patrick's day, so I always have to make him a card and add Happy Birthday inside.  I sponged some mowed lawn onto paper then die cut these memory Box shamrocks...notice one is a four leaf shamrock?  He will have Good Luck, now!

Okay, now I am going to see what else I can make with these gorgeous papers.

Heart Hugs friends!

Seize the Birthday ~ Twine or string!

This time at Seize the Birthday  we are looking for twine or string on your birthday card!  That is the topping for this challenge.  You can always make ANYTHING GOES kind of card too!  Go check out the inspiration from the other DT's on the blog!

I have been loving the angled cards I have seen lately, so I decided to give it a try.

My posies are from MFT: Easter Bunny...of all places for these cute posies, huh?

The sentiment is a SSS from Birthday Balloons.

I used PTI supplies of white paper, pattern paper and pure poppy, new leaf, scarlet jewel inks.

The twine is from the Twinery!

 

Thanks for stopping by and taking a look.

Now go make yourself a birthday card and enter the challenge!

Remember the topping is TWINE or STRING!

       

 I am in Tulsa, Oklahoma for 12 days with my husband, daughter, SIL and my 13 year old granddaughter.  Ellie was selected to be on the Continental Team for USA Volleyball.  She will be there for 10 days training and then playing in a tournament with girls from all over the world. 
She is super excited and so honored to be one of just a few liberos selected from the entire US to join this group of athletes.  We are of course proud of her and excited to watch her play at a high level.
so you won't be seeing any crafting from me for the next couple of weeks!
Go out and make it a great day!
Heart Hugs,
Colleen

 

CASual Friday ~ A good Egg!

CAS-ual Fridays challenge this week is all about OVALS.

 

Products used:

 

PTI paper:  white, soft stone plain and pattern

MFT Stamps:  Easter Bunny, PTI Egg Hunt (sentiment)

inks:  PTI kraft, aqua mist, sweet blush, berry sorbet, summer sunrise, simply chartreuse, winter wisteria, spring rain, HA Latte chalk ink

dies:  MFT Easter bunny, Lil' Inkers Stitched Ovals

 

I stamped the eggs on the side to make my own pattern strip and attached soft stone paper to the sides.  The oval was die cut with stitched mat and I used dimensional tape to adhere the basket.  The bunny and the eggs were attached using DOTS  from Deanna's blog, she has them on sale, only until the end of Saturday...so jump on it and buy some you will not be disappointed...they add just a bit of dimension, maybe half of the scotch dimensional roll.  Go to her blog and check it out...Kloset Kreations.

 

Okay, time to go sit and maybe knit while I watch a show with DH...have a good one friends!

 

Heart Hugs,

Colleen