Paper crafting is works of heart

Paper crafting is works of heart!

Monday, June 17, 2019

A Place To Start challenge blog mid month June 2019 stencil me in theme continues

Stencil Me In theme continues to the end of the month for the APTS challenge blog! This 2nd stencil project as a resident designer went a different route compared to my first creation. 

It/1st card was mostly texture rubbings of crayons over different stencil templates, so lots of patterns and hues. I also used a set of circle stencils to form a stacked 'flower' accent piece.

This 2nd card has used 3 different stencils: a scalloped border edge, a pennant banner, and a word one of 'celebrate'. I love the bright color mix plus the stenciled accents and sentiment!



Another technique used the banner and the border was a chromatography kind of watercolor bleed. I used watercolor markers of purple, magenta, and orange on coffee filter, then folded into a triangle, dipped in water, and then opened it out onto paper toweling to dry. I stenciled the border and the banner onto different areas of the filter paper, traced, outlined with magenta marker and then fussy cut.



Above: these are both ID badge for APTS

Check out the start of the month as well as the mid-month reminder post to see what the resident designers have made, guest designer, and previous recognized participants. The owners have also added extensive resources so if you have questions or need inspiration to try a new technique or want to re-discover old techniques that you've forgotten about, please check the different tabs. There are video tutorials, too.

Other blogs or Facebook groups to share this spectacular Celebration card:

a. Shopping Our Stash #397 stencil theme [which ends today 6/17/19]

b. FB= 100 Pattern Paper Challenge group
*the marbled magenta base cardstock and bright orange with purple poppy print paper are old stock that I'm adding to my 2019 'pulled papers'. 

c. FB= Mixed Media Creativity
*cording/twine
*watercolor chromatography with coffee filter
*stencils, tracing
*stickers and gem dots
*patterned paper and cardstock

d. FB= Paper, Paper, Paper & DT Calls...this is a sharing site for bloggers to share their work

e. FB= Bash Your Scrapbook Stash...the print paper and cardstock are part of partial paper pads I'm trying to use this month for the Paper Pad Madness in June

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This card, minus the time for the chromatography experiment, took only about an hour to create! Using stencils for tracing didn't take that long and the patterned paper and colors I used for the coffee filter set the palette for the card. Cording didn't take long to measure, cut, and tie. The big double layer potted flowers and gem dots just had to be picked and applied. Papers didn't take long either. Base is 5" x 7" and the print is 4.5" x 6.5".

Until next project,
Crafting in the USA heartland,
Becca S

Saturday, June 15, 2019

Child 2nd birthday card

Stencils for tracing...grasses and "2". Other techniques were tracing pencil transfer for the bear cubs and fringe cutting the left edge for print paper. All combined to make a delightful card for a little dynamic boy turning 2:




Challenge blogs and FB groups to link/share this bday card:

a. Seize the Birthday #167 [no topping required for this challenge so anything birthday-wise]
link: https://seizethebirthday.blogspot.com/2019/06/seize-birthday-167-anything-goes.html


b. Shopping Our Stash # 397  {stencil theme}
link: https://shoppingourstash.blogspot.com/2019/06/shopping-our-stash-397-stencil-me-this.html



c. FB: 100 Pattern Papers Challenge (need to add some old 12 x 12 papers and cardstock mentioned below to my 2019 stack to use before the year is over!)

d. FB: Bash Your Scrapbook Stash; current challenge to bash a paper pad--I pulled a partial old paper pad that I don't know any longer who made it because I bought the papers maybe 8-10 years ago! The marbled cardstock is part of a pad from Colorbok that I've had 1+ year as our the 2 small patterned paper pads bought at Dollar Tree. Both were grabbed from my stock stashed in the garage about 2 days ago.

I'm including photos of the paper pads here but will not post the card until I actually make a layout with the papers.





I'm excited to getting some more old inventory used bit by small bit.

Dimensions are 5.5" x 7" for cardstock base; then 5" x 6"; then I think the diagonal striped was 4.5" x 5 or 5.5"

Cute card for a child's birthday! Love the colors. Love the design style. Love the print mix!

Becca S and there are more scanned photos cropped for different sizes and parts of the card=






Thanks for reading my post!

Masculine and or weather themes for TCCC blog no 221 new post reveal

The new challenge at TCCC is sponsored by All Dressed Up and SheepSki Designs.

My "Cool Dudes" image from ADU is super cute and perfect for a winter weather connection, hence the added blue ink snowflakes and white glitter foam one. I've included light blue/gray cardstocks to keep it cold sky color-related. Colorful puffy alpha sticker sets provide a bright contrast to grab your attention. And then a chromatography type watercolor marker + water treatment on coffee filters bled through to the paper toweling which I decided was too terrific not to use too. So a section got added for a backdrop and helps reinforce the bright hues!



I'm the only one on the DT crew that used this image, so please use the TCCC link to see what other wonderful images from ADU were available to use by the team and also check out what half the crew had to use from SheepSki...terrific images to support masculine AND weather themes. There are some creative interpretations!


TCCC #221 June 15th new challenge posting= https://crafterscafeblogchallenge.blogspot.com/2019/06/221.html





*Another reminder= make sure to look at what the other DT crew members have created using images from ADU or SheepSki. Take time to give them some feedback, too.

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Other link-ups to challenge blogs or Facebook groups to share:
a. Facebook group= Mixed Media Creativity
glitter
foam and puffy vinyl
faux stitching
markers
colored pencils
black ink
repurposed paper towel from a chromatography (watercolor markers + coffee filters + water) experiment
cardstock
digital image

b. Facebook group= Papers, Papers, Papers & DT Calls

c. blog= Cute N Crafty #28 [masculine; young guy with his dog]
http://cutencraftychallengeblog.blogspot.com/2019/06/challenge-28-fathers-day-or-card-for-man.html

d. the 12 Months of Christmas Link-Up blog #54 [not using the option; just anything Christmas]




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If you came from The Crafter's Café Challenge Blog, I appreciate you taking extra time to look at my specific post featuring my DT card for #221.

If you are one of my blog followers, a special thanks to checking out what I've been working on recently. I truly appreciate my support team!

If you are connecting here from a different blog or FB group, thanks for being curious and coming over to my specific blog post for this RAD card that combines a guy with his dog in a cold-looking weather scene.

Crafting in the USA heartland,
Becca S/Becca's Heart for Creativity