To Infinity and Beyond!

You never forget your first love.



This was my fourth birthday. I loved that bike. I even remember the day I rode it without training wheels. My dad was running down the street holding the back of my bike and suddenly I was riding it all by myself! My dad re-gifted this bike to me on my 8th birthday. He refurbished it adding a sparkly banana seat, an orange flag on the back, reflectors that made a popping noise when I rode and a water bottle holder! Flash forward 40 years and I still like my bicycle gadgets. I have flashing lights for riding at night, a rear view mirror, a pouch for my repair kit and Iphone, AND a water bottle holder! 

Today's post is part of the Club Scrap Pattern Play blog hop. I love the designs in this kit! I rarely make things for myself and it has been a loooooong time since I have made a scrapbook page with paper instead of digital. I don't remember taking this photo, but I sure do remember my first love and it deserves it's own page!



I colored the wooden word art navy blue to match my dress and tied it together with the little blue buttons that came with this month's Club Scrap Deluxe Pattern Play kit.



I pulled out my trusty Club Scrap® Idea Deck for the sketch. These things are awesome...the cutting instructions are on the back so you don't waste a scrap of paper!



I had plenty of paper left, so I decided to make something else. Club Scrap® has so many fabulous projects, I just had to peruse my collection of Scrap Raps and found this tutorial!



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I used the cutaparts and stamp images from the kit and that AWESOME black print card stock! 

The next stop on the hop is Kelly!  Be sure to share your Pattern Play creations by joining the Linky Party on the Club Scrap blog. One lucky contributor will receive a Club Scrap® gift certificate!

Here's to biking, scrapbooking and card making! Enjoy the journey!



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Club Scrap® Pattern Play kit



Club Scrap Idea Deck

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The Inky Art of Illusion

Illusory works of art have a curious fascination. They represent a triumph of art over reality. They are illogic masquerading as logic.

[caption id="attachment_7976" align="aligncenter" width="600"] 3D Chalk art by Julian Beever .Drawing for Worldcard in Istanbul (Turkey).[/caption]

[caption id="attachment_7979" align="aligncenter" width="600"] This drawing of a Rescue was to be viewed using an inverting mirror by Julian Beever.[/caption]

These are some of the first optical illusion photos taken of and by my Dad in the 60's. There were lots more taken of us over the years! We LOVED when he would use the Polaroid camera because we could watch while it developed!



I had fun coming up with ideas for this month's Club Scrap Artist Team Challenge. The challenge was inspired by Tricia Morris' May blog hop layout, one paper one photo. The challenge is to make your one layer look dimensional with different techniques. Hmmmm... I found three techniques that were perfect!



I looked through my collection of Scrap Raps and found this technique from 2008.



I used different Spellbinders dies to  cut shapes to use as masks and the cut out for a stencil. Lots of masking, coloring and shading ensued!

[caption id="attachment_7968" align="aligncenter" width="720"] Club Scrap® card stock and inks. Stamp images from Club Scrap's Nature's Wonder, Birds of a Feather and Papillion kits. Images outlined with a Faber Castell Metallic Pitt Artist pen in copper.[/caption]

I utilized a ghost stamping technique with Club Scrap's white pigment and India inks for this one. I masked off an area with Post it tape to have an open area for the sentiment.

[caption id="attachment_7972" align="alignnone" width="720"] Club Scrap® card stock. Stamp images from the June 2017 Pattern Play kit.[/caption]

Last, but not least, it's a Metallic Marvel! This ghosting technique was a class taught during Club Scrap's 2009 Retreat. Is that cool or WHAT?!

[caption id="attachment_7970" align="alignnone" width="720"] Club Scrap® card stock and metallic reinkers. Stamp image from Club Scrap's A Study in Red and Pattern Play kits.[/caption]

Click here to visit the Club Scrap blog for more inspiration from the Club Scrap Artist Team! Stay tuned for the Club Scrap Pattern Play blog hop next Wednesday...



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Club Scrap® Pattern Play kit



Club Scrap Inks



 

 

 

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I Want S'more Watermelon Teeth!

My dad is a master at carving watermelon rind teeth.  When I was a kid, we'd line up after eating our watermelon slices to have dad carve us a set! We all got something different and would walk around with those in our mouths until they fell apart.



Dad was accepted to dental school in 1974 when I was 5. He is a gifted artist, his cosmetic work is the best I've ever seen. I should know, I've been a hygienist in his office for 22 years! I love his dental school adventure stories, and this one is classic...

"One semester we took a Removable Prosthodontics class (how to make dentures and partials). We had to set the teeth up in wax and add all the details to make them look like natural teeth and gums. The first set up, I got an "A".  The next thing I know, one of my classmates asked me to do the set up for him. He got a good grade, word spread, and I started doing set ups for my classmates at $25 a pop. Some nights I made $100. Then, the instructors started to recognize my work... One of my classmates turned in their denture set up and the instructor said, "You get a C. Tell Chapman he gets an A!"

He'd had a lot of practice carving those watermelon rind teeth!

I'm up on the JFF Rubber Stamps blog today with a couple of summertime themed pop-up cards! I combined two sketches for this challenge, the Mojo Monday #500 and Club Scrap's 6-2017 Idea Deck Challenge, to create my card.

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I altered a rubber stamp to feature the JFF campfire rubber stamp and added the words "eat a s'more" with some tiny font stamps from my personal stash.

[caption id="attachment_7824" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Club Scrap® card stock from the June 2017 Pattern Play kit.[/caption]

The inside features a pop-up using the JFF Rubber Stamps camp laundry stamp image.



I love how the pattern in the card stock resists ink!



Since the Idea Deck sketch instructions made two cards, of course I had to use up the supplies!

[caption id="attachment_7830" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Club Scrap® card stock from the June 2017 Pattern Play kit. Stamp images from the CS June 2014 Picnic kit.[/caption]



This month's challenge theme is For the Guys!

Click here to join the challenge for a chance to win a gift certificate to shop at Just for Fun Rubber Stamps! We'd love to see what you create!

Do more of what makes you happy!



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Club Scrap® Pattern Play kit



JFF Rubber Stamps campfire stamp



JFF Rubber Stamps camp laundry stamp



 

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Summer in Paris

The summer of 1986...



I was seventeen, the summer before my senior year in high school. My grandparents took me to Europe to visit my Aunt and Uncle in The Netherlands and my friend Birgit in Germany. I spent two months traveling through six different countries. It was the trip of a lifetime! At the end of the summer, Birgit's mother sent us on a weekend trip to Paris with a German tour group. Two seventeen year olds ALONE in Paris! We stayed in an old hotel with a spiral staircase (no elevator) and the floor was so lopsided it was hard to walk across the room without stumbling! We had a blast! We walked all over the city taking pictures and sightseeing. Check out my "add a bead" necklace. Would you believe I still have it in my jewelry box along with an Eiffel Tower watch I bought from a street vendor?!



What a summer! When I left, my mom had her jaw wired shut after a bicycle accident. When I came home, she was pregnant with my youngest brother! I thought it was AWESOME, however, my 12 year old sister thought it was the end of the world! C'est la vie!

Today starts a new theme challenge at Cupcake Inspirations...watercolor!



The sponsor for this week is Inspired by Stamping  and they are generously providing a $15 gift certificate to our randomly chosen winner.



I used their Vintage Digital Printables on my card.



[caption id="attachment_7653" align="aligncenter" width="3456"] Inspired by Stamping digital printables, Club Scrap card stock and ink.[/caption]

I created the watercolor background using gelatos and a Club Scrap® stencil from the Bistro kit from waaaaaaaay back! If you look closely you'll see the image of the Eiffel Tower on the left of the panel. I love how the texture of the paper is revealed after I rubbed the edges of the card stock with an ink pad.



I added some crystal Stickles on the Eiffel Tower image and clear Wink of Stella on the roses and butterflies.



Check out what the rest of the Design Team Sweeties have created (blog roll below) and join the fun with a watercolor themed creation of your own on the Cupcake Inspirations blog!

Birgit

Carol

Debbie

EK

Jen

Saskia

Do more of what makes you happy!



CHALLENGES ENTERED: 

Crafty Creations Challenges: #343 Anything Goes

Pause Dream Enjoy Challenges # 176 Cards (Optional: One Layer)

Crazy 4 Challenges #389 Roses

Color Throwdown #446 Green, Yellow and Coral



Club Scrap June 2017 Sketch Challenge 

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The Voice of the Sea

The voice of the sea speaks to the soul. The touch of the sea is sensuous, enfolding the body in its soft, close embrace.” ― Kate Chopin, The Awakening.

What a beautiful quote from a book that I absolutely could not stand to read! I choose to apply this quote to my own memories of the beach and my interest in the uncanny mysteries of the sea. I feel so at home at the beach. I love the sea breeze and the smell of salt water in the air. I can sit in a chair under an umbrella for hours and look at the water and BREATHE. A week at the beach is my therapy for the year. I love it so much, I bought Jergen's Hydrating Coconut Milk Body Cream so I could smell like the beach all the time!

[caption id="attachment_7541" align="aligncenter" width="3263"] JFF Rubber Stamps Stamptangle Seahorse and The Voice of the Sea quote stamp images. Club Scrap® card stock.[/caption]

I thought of this ad when I was putting my card together. Those sea-monkeys really made an impression on me!



I loved to read comics when I was growing up.  I read Archie, Richie Rich and Little Lotta comics until they fell apart. Anyone remember these ads? I begged my parents to let me order these, they were only a dollar! I never did get to order those sea-monkeys, but my friend did. Turns out they were just little seahorses, but they were FASCINATING!

I had fun designing my "mixed media" collage. I went through my stash and collected embellishments that were "sea worthy". I even melted the fibers of the mesh with a heat gun to grunge it up.



The bottle filled with tiny seashells is my favorite!



This month's challenge theme on the Just For Fun Rubber Stamps blog is For the Guys!

Father's Day is right around the corner...Click here  to join our monthly challenge for a chance to win a gift certificate to shop at  Just for Fun Rubber Stamps! We'd love to see what you create!

Do more of what makes you happy!

 

CHALLENGES ENTERED:

Craft Stamper Magazine: Take it Make it Challenge: June - Anything Goes!

*Pause Dream Enjoy Challenges: #175 Anything Goes (Optional: Color it!) 

Dare2BArtzy Blog - June Monthly Challenge: Summer

Sweet Stampin' Challenge Blog: For Dads or Special Men

Stamps and Stencils: Words With Meaning

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