demulcent: adjective

soothing

pronunciation
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Inkspiritional - Challenge #16

 

I struggle with monochromatic. There I said it.

Is there such a thing as a color therapist?

<insert smirk>

( as you see, I haven't planted the begonia yet )

The inside to the sentiment stamp actually has a "miss you"in the center of the circle...but I masked that off so I could stamp the pine cone inside it.

 

Personal Stamp Exchange - pine cone...( is the second oldest stamp set I own, from 1993! )

Autumn Leaves - Talking in Circles stamp

Ranger - Distress paints, mowed lawn, vintage photo

burlap, twine - misc.

Helmar - 450

Renee Lingren - markers
Imagine - Goosebumps
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And a close of my begonia, just love the way the sunlight is shining on it.

Take your time..ohhh and ahhh over it a bit....

ok, let's move on now, shall we?

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Even though all my Mother's Day cards are finished, I still needed a few tags for the store.

 

entering them in:

Really Reasonable Ribbon - #70 Mother's Day theme with ribbon

 

 3 more that I made :)

 

Maya Roads - velvet flowers

Really Reasonable Ribbon - twine, ribbon

assorted letters and papers from scrap

Cricut - Doodlecharms, p. 85

Test your Memory



What word begins with "p" and completes this sentence from a former Word of the Day piece: "Anna told us she was tired of engaging in __________ work and longed to do something meaningful with her life"?



answer at bottom of post...no cheating :)

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Crafty Cardmakers - Challenge #88 Humor

Card Makin' Mamas - Challenge No Pattern Paper
2 Creative Chicks - Challenge #1 Mother's Day



It's been a really long time since I used stickers and doodling to make a card....made me think back to the time when we used decorative scissors and glue sticks too, :)  It was actually kind of fun to create and sure was easy to make. Seems like cards are a lot more work these days, like little LO's, so this was rather refreshing.

( I did alter the Prima flower a little bit, I removed the pearl and replaced it with the yellow gem so that it would match better to the flowers on the sticker border. )

 

American Crafts - Slick Writers

Prima - flower

EK Success - gem sticker

Kanagroo & Joey - stickers

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I never get these answers, lol I think I am brain dead! ;)

 

The answer is:

 

paltry

( inferior, trivial )

sacrosanct: adjective

most sacred or holy : inviolable

or

 treated as if holy : immune from criticism or violation

pronunciation



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Hi WOYWW'ers..missed me? Well, I missed you guys!

I haven't done a WOYWW post in 2 weeks!

 

 I have been sooooooooo busy, I've joined 3 Design Teams,  ( and it has taken a short adjustment period to get use to being on 3 teams, but I have a handle on it and have been progressing nicely, although I have tons of notes set up so I don't forget my challenges and what numbers to comment on!! ) THEN, I got accepted to do the May Arts New Release Spring Craft Challenge...and I've already sold 4 signs for this month so I need to make MORE! ( special note to all the Ranger fans, my first sign made from one of TH tag designs just sold!) woo hoo!!

And some of you ( Thank you from the bottom of my heart for checking in with me and encouraging me along the way, it's been GREATLY appreciated ) have been keeping up with another challenge of mine which I am finishing up TODAY!!! The 30 Mother's Day cards in 30 days challenge issued by the Art MoB ( which is the gallery where I sell my things, for those of you that don't know )..and now we are going to have a "show" on April 6th for all the participants; ( whew ) so I am begining to work on my display...which is why I have the floor picture instead of a desk picture today.

 What's on my desk at the moment? ....is me typing this post! HA!

 

It's a work in progress, just trying to get a general idea of how to arrange them. As you can see there is an empty space on the bottom row...which is where card #30, the last, the final Mother's Day card will go!!
 

ta ta dah...

Really Reasonable Ribbon
Faber Castell - PITT pen
Upper East Side - font

 Father's Day are the next clamant cards!

( clamant -  demanding attention )

katzenjammer: noun

 hangover

or

 distress

also

 a discordant clamor

 

pronunciation

Here's hoping that no one has a katzenjammer from too much St. Paddy's day fun!

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Frosted Design challenge is to make things that go up... clouds, birds, planes, kites, butterflies, etc on your project! This has so many fun possibilities, can't wait to see what you come up with!!

# 28in the 30 Mother's Day cards in 30 days challenge issued by the Art MoB!

 

Pink Paislee - blue paper

Echo Park - airplane paper, sticker airplane

Faber Castell - PITT pens

Our sponsor for this 2 week challenge is:

Creative Chaos


The prize this fortnight is an altered box filled with various handmade flowers to the value of $25.00!

True or False Quiz time!

Are you ready? Here we go!

Quiz

 

( oh, evidently I was not ready, lol )

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I admit I was distracted yesterday, the sun was shinning, the birds were singing and I had cabin fever. I spent the afternoon out on my balcony cleaning, and pre-planning what flowers I want to try this summer...lol...I say try because it's a rather shady spot, and flowers and shade aren't the easiest combination for growing beautiful flowers, foliage, yes.

So working on a card was distracting...so being that I was in a scattered state of mind I went with a base that I could work on, and then walk away from and back into the sun as needed. I decided to create a mosaic base, and once it was finished I gave it a light swipe with some gesso..looks like tile to me. The pieces of paper are all from my scrap bin..which is growing larger and needs to be worked from!

#27 of 30 Mother's Day cards in 30 days which I am entering in:

Cute Card Thursday - Challenge 260 Anything Goes

 

 

 



Really Reasonable Ribbon - twine

Maya Road - flower ( pink felt flower, also cut apart to make 2 flowers )

Helmar - 450 ( used to adhere flower parts )

Ranger - Distress marker

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And being that today is St. Patrick's Day...I saved my most favorite card to share with you!
OK, the card may not be that great, but I love the paint brush!! lol

I had the most fun with this, I sewed the brown bristles, glued on the green fiber. Embossed the brush handle and used flashing tape for the band. It was a blast making it!

 

entering my card into:

 

Little Scrap Pieces - Fun Friday Luck of the Irish Challenge

Fab 'n' Funky - Challenge #162 Add a Sentiment

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and the last parting thought for you today:

 



voracious: adjective

having a huge appetite : ravenous

or

 excessively eager : insatiable

pronunciation

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#25 of 30 Mother's Day cards in 30 days

 

I used a digital stamp from Squigglefly, ( I won it awhile back, but it's the first time I have used it )and because I don't have the right kind of printer I have to trace over it with my waterproof PITT pen...no big deal, but the next printer I get will the right kind!

 

Faber Castell - PITT pens, gelatos

Ranger - Dylusions, stickles

Candy Buzz - font

Squigglefly - Moon clipart

 

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A few more pictures to share with you from my trip to Biltmore, the rooftop Architect's Tour.

 

From this vantage point you can get extreme close up of the beautiful architect.

This is Mr. Vanderbilt himself, carved in stone up among the many gargoyles and grotesques...he really did have a great sense of humor evidently!

If you look close enough you can still see some of the gold leafing that remains on the tiles since 1895.

When you are inside the Biltmore, you are NOT allowed to take any pictures and there are sentries/guards stationed all over the place to make sure that no one touches anything or takes pictures, but our guide let us take one of the huge chandelier that hands in the grand stairwell.

There are definite perks to being in a secluded employee tour!

"The massive stone spiral staircase rises four floors and has 102 steps. Through its center hangs an iron chandelier suspended from a single point, containing 72 electric light bulbs."

behemoth: noun

something of monstrous size, power, or appearance

pronunciation

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Just a simple little card that I cut during Cricut Craft Rooms free digital cartridge, Spring Cards.

entering it into:

Die Cuttin Divas - Challenge #106 Green and Gold

Fantabulous Cricut - Challenge Me Monday, #152 Luck O' the Irish

 

Ranger - stickles
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I was inspired by the purple flowers, I have been hoarding this piece of paper for years...yeah...years. So I finally took it out and cut it...

#24 of 30 Mother's Day cards in 30 days challenge issued by the Art MoB
Print Blocks - pansy paper
Reminisce - white pen
Faber Castell - PITT pen
everything else is from my stash
Petunia Bounce - font
Ranger - stickles

Go here to join the play :)


Relict: noun

a surviving species of an otherwise extinct group of organisms; also : a remnant of a formerly widespread species that persists in an isolated area

or

something left unchanged

pronunciation

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Still using Rangers Spring Pallette colors:

Distress Stain, Peeled Paint

Dylusions, lemon zest, vibrant turquoise

Used my Distress Marker, antique linen dipped in Distress Stain, vintage photo for the cross ( love this technique )

 

Had to use Tattered Angels, popsicle for the lavender color

Carmine Tango - font

I wanted to use the Ranger palette in the background, creating a soft backdrop for the cross. I dropped a small amount of ink on a piece of wax paper, added water and painted the colors with my water pen. Heat set and then spritzed with water and blotted.  Printed the saying directly on the card. My cross is outlined with Faber Castell PITT pen.

 

 

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And #23 of 30 Mother's Day cards in 30 days

( I'll confess, I barely made this one in time, so I went for a great printed paper and embellished it some. )

 

 

Prima - paper

Cricut - French Manor cartridge, p. 39 ( bird )

Helmar - Gemstone Adhesive

Traveling Typewriter - font

Close to my Heart - marker

 

A close up of the scattering of tiny gems I added to the flowers:

 

entering this in:

Fab 'n' Funky challenge - #162 Add a Sentiment 



  

cajole: verb

to persuade with flattery or gentle urging : coax

or

 to obtain from someone by gentle persuasion

also

 to deceive with soothing words or false promises

pronunciation

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It's Tuesday, which means it's time for

Try it on Tuesday challenge:

 

Hats and Easter Bonnets

Our Sponsor for March is Crafty-emblies

Easter bonnets? Remember wearing them..with white gloves, black patent leather shoes and lacy edged socks? My dad, bless his southern heart, use to give mom and me corsages every Easter too!...sigh....Such sweet times to think about, and this challenge made me think of all those good things...way back then! I was inspired by vintage Easter images, like this:

So I drew this

DCWV - Glitter stack

Faber Castell - Art Grip Aquarelles, PITT pens

Reminisce - white pen

 

And sewed a few glass flower beads to her bonnet

 

I hope you get out your Easter bonnets and come play along with us over at Try it on Tuesday!
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A quick and easy St. Patrick's Day card to be entered in:

Fantabulous Cricut Challenge Me Monday - #152 Luck O' the Irish

 

I cut this out when it was a free cut from the Cricut Craft Room.....thinking maybe it was the Spring Cards cartridge, but I'm not positive, so if I am wrong, someone correct me!!

 

Echo Park - pattern paper

Reminisce - white pen

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and #22 of 30 Mother's Day cards in 30 days to be entered in: 

Simon Says Stamp and Show - Chic to be shabby

Pan Pastels UK Challenge Blog - Challenge 10, Girly theme

 

Used Helmar's Liquid Scrapdot under the white flower and the banner, this is the BEST stuff!!

 

Inkadinkado - dress form stamp

Little Yellow Bicycle - Snugglebug paper

Prima - white flower

Ranger - antique linen Distress Ink, Liquid Pearls, buttercup

 

 

 

What former Word of the Day refers to objects or activities used to relate classroom teaching to the real life of peoples studied?

answer at bottom of the post :)

 need a clue? It begins with the letter R

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Ranger's Spring palette is just gorgeous!

 

Distress Stain, Peeled Paint

Liquid Pearl, buttercup

Dylusions, lemon zest, vibrant turquoise

and

Tattered Angels, popsicle

 

So all these colors were put on a piece of wax paper and spritzed with water and then  

 I wet a piece of water color paper and laid it down over inks. Blotted it a little, and spritzed it with water. Heat set it and, ran it through the printer. Extremely easy card.

Carmine Tango - font

 

#21 of 30 Mother's Day cards in 30 days issued by the Art MoB.

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relia

pronunciation

 

( I admit I forgot it )

Take the vocabulary quiz: see how you do

Vocabulary Quiz
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Ranger is having their seasonal palette contest again!!
 

  

Ranger products used:

 Distress Stain, mustard seed ( back ground )
stickles, baby blue,yellow,lime green,lavender ( butterfly )
Distress marker, broken china ( filled in the lettering )

To get the background, I dunked the crumpled paper into a wash of water and Sistress Stain, let it soak for a minute and then removed it, flattened it out ( gently ) and heat set it.

I had lots of fun playing around with the stickles in some different ways. I blended the yellow, baby blue and lime green in the large open part of the wing. I also outlined the lavender wings with baby blue while it was still wet by pushing in the baby blue next to the lavender.

#19 of 30 Mother's Day cards in 30 days challenge issued by the Art MoB
 

other product
DecoColor - glitter yellow, glitter violet
pearl - misc.
Chalk Line Outline - font
Cricut - Paper Trimmings cartridge, p. 36


gnomic: adjective

characterized by aphorism

or

given to the composition of aphoristic writing

pronunciation

 

ok, so what does aphorism mean? Answer at the bottom of my blog :)

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Inkspirational - Challenge #10

and entering this into:
Bitten by the Bug 2 - So Lucky Shamrock Challenge
 

The house was cut in the Cricut Craft Room, but I don't remember the cartridge name. It was one of the free ones they give you to play with. Right now they have a neat Southwest, Spring Cards cartridge and a single Father's Day cut that are available for you to play with..for FREE! You can't beat that!

 

Faber Castell - PITT pen

Reminisce - glittered shamrock sticker

heart sticker and gem - misc.

 

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No #18 of 30 Mother's Day cards in 30 days for the Art MoB challenge

 

Moxie Fab - Speech Bubble Challenge

I think speech bubbles are an aphorism!

all paper from My Little Shoebox, Lil Critter and Cute as a Button

( I fussy cut the hedgehog out from the paper and then outlines him with markers )

Close to my Heart - marker

Ranger - Distress marker

gold pearls- misc.

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aphorism is a short statement of a general truth or idea

 

pronunciation

 

Did you know it?

I didn't, lol 

meritirious: adjective

worthy of reward, gratitude, honor, or esteem

pronunciation

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 Moxie Fab World - Card Creations Week

The Speech Bubble Challenge

Card Makin' Mama's - Green

 ( the pattern paper is a lime green but photographed yellowish )

 

#17 of 30 Mother's Day cards in 30 days challenge issued by the Art MoB.

I love speech bubbles, maybe it's because I wanted to be a cartoonist when I was a little girl, but this trend makes me smile!

 

I added Helmar's Liquid Scrapdots under the butterfly wings and used their Gemstone Adhesive  to glue the pearl body on. I also doodled around the outside edge of the base card to emulate the white dots on the speech bubble.

My Mind's Eye - Lime Twist "Happy Go Lucky"

pattern paper, speech bubble, and butterfly

Helmar - Liquid Scrapdots and Gemstone Adhesive

Reminisce - white pen

Making Memories - Diva Shimmer alpha sticker letters

American Traditions Designs - eggplant card stock

 



 

allusion: noun

an implied or indirect reference especially in literature; also : the use of such references

or

 

the act of making an indirect reference to something : the act of alluding to something

 

pronunciation

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Moxie Fab - The Washi Tape Challenge

covered the number 1 and edged the base card in tape

 

Simon Says Stamp and Show - By the Numbers

Used a number 1

 

#16  in 30 Mother's Day cards in 30 days
 

 

Maya Roads - chipboard letters , and fabric tape

EK Success - Purple Plaid paper

Cricut - Out of Character cartridge

p. 22 for the 1

p. 64 for the pound sign

 

Ranger - Distress paints

spun sugar, seedless preserves, forest moss and bundled sage

Stampin' UP! - Marvelous Magenta marker

 

I don't even want to discuss the pound sign...and don't ask!

 



paltry: adjective

inferior, trashy

 

 mean, despicable

 

  trivial

 

meager, measly

pronunciation

 

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( Click on the picture to take you to TH tutorial )

So here is my take on Tim Holtz's 12 Tags of 2013 as a 6x12" wall hanging.

The only question I have .... 

Is this feminine grunge?

 

I cut my label from the Cricut, French Manor cartridge, p. 54 at 7 x 4.361" ( took it to the Cricut Craft Room to remove the extra cuts so that I had one solid cut ), if I had the proper bunny silhouette cut I would have used the CCR to layer my cuts and would have been done, ( much like TH showed using the mover and shaker die and the bunny die ) but since I didn't; I had to print out and cut a clip art bunny shape, use a tiny bit of double sided tape to it and laid it on top of the label and then used my Fiskars Finger Tip knife to cut the image out. Inked the edges with Antique Linen ( but note to self, make sure mat is clean as other inks will transfer, which is why I have a rosy tint to outside edge of the label )...sigh

How many of you held your breath when applying the heat gun to your tinsel?
I know I did!

 

  I found this great sentiment on the Internet by Gene Audrey and thought it fit the sweet retro feel to my sign. I used Traveling Typewriter font and embossed it since the nice shiny DCWV helps the ink from the printer stay nice and wet longer. I love the Blue Moon Beads hummingbird charm :)

 

My grass was cut from the Cricut cartridge, Country Life, p. 73. Since I didn't own any of the kraft core paper, I cut my image twice. One in matte shade of green ( 2.5" RDS ) and the other in a shiny green ( 2." RDS - flipped ) I flipped the image so that the grasses would not line up and give a similar effect to offsetting the cuts like TH did. Then, I inked the edges of the grass using Antique Linen with my blending tool.

The most fun was had when I finally broke open my stash of Distress Paints, ( and yes, I am the proud owner of every single color.) I was giddy with excitement....OK...not really giddy but darn happy! I wanted to make some Easter eggs to along the bottom and thought I'd try a Tye dye egg or 2...or 3. I used the broken china, spun sugar and mowed lawn...yum! ( I did learn that poor spun sugar can be quite overwhelmed by her sister colors so ended up putting extra spun sugar on top of the other colors after they dried. ) Eggs cut from Cricut's, Stretch Your Imagination, p. 67 ( used in CCR to remove the paintbrush )

other products used:

Really Reasonable Ribbon

Helmar - 450

basket weave paper - ( who knows? it's oooooollllldd...and I hooooaaarrrdddd iiiiiit!  And if you know Ron White, the comedian from Blue Collar Comedy, channel his voice when you read that, lol)

Prima - leaves and flowers

 

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#15 -  Mother's Day card

 

Kinda came about unintentionally, while looking for a green card stock I found this negative cut that I must have done ages ago. I placed a piece of my sprayed tissue underneath it,
 and then accidently smudged a bit of gesso on it.....darn.....
that's what I get for working on more than one project at a time!

 

 I sat there and looked at it for a moment and then thought, what the heck. Got out more gesso and lightly spread it onto the card, lol Thanks for the Mixed Media Monday gals for helping me pick out a button :)

entering this in Moxie Fab's challenge: Emphasize on the Negative