July 2015 Twinchie Swap

Since it is mid-summer, and I am yearning for the beach, I chose the BTSS stamps for my twinchies for the July 2015 Twinchie swap at Club Scrap. Many moons ago I was an FFC Crafter for Club Scrap. One of the first classes that I taught was creating ALSB pages for the By the Seashore (BTSS) kit. The kit papers are long gone, but I still have my stamps! One of the techniques that I taught in my...

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Embrace Your Art Daily #188

Art Journal Prompt # 188 Dressform... SUPPLIES LIST Dress form from the Summer in Paris Cricut Cartridge Scissors from the Sentimentals Cricut Cartridge Ruler washi tape Framed stencil from Club Scrap's Homestead Lite kit Dylusions melted chocolate paint Faber Castell gelatos Font stamp from the Club Scrap Apothecary kit Simplicity dress pattern background Embrace your art daily!...

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Pick a Card...Any Card!

I am behind on sending out birthday cards! Whenever I need a little push, I flip through the Club Scrap Idea Decks for inspiration. This was the card I chose, mainly because the cards were easy to put together AND I could make four at once! The cutting instructions are on the back of the card. Gosh this makes things soooo easy! For added interest, I embossed a few of the panels with my...

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Lime, Brown, Shoes, and Purses make me "distress"!

I made this tag with three challenges in mind...The July 2015 Dylusions Facebook Challenge, Club Scrap's July 2015 Tool Challenge, and Tiare Smith Designs Embrace Your Art 365 Challenge. Whew! So, here's my girl...shoes, purse, lime, brown and distressed!

I sprayed the tag with Dylusions fresh lime ink and then placed the Club Scrap Vogue stencil on top and misted with Stewart Superior Amaretto mist.  I used a combination of Dylusions and Club Scrap stamps to put my fashionista together like a paper doll! I painted her outfit with Dylusions funky fuschia and fresh lime inks and stamped the pattern on her dress with a stamp from Club Scrap's newest kit Cantina. I stamped the purse with an oldie but goodie stamp from Club Scrap's Steppin' Out kit with their fuschia ink. I added a coat of Glossy Accents to make it look like patent leather. I typed the quote in Photoshop and printed on Club Scrap card stock. 

Jellyka St. Andrew Queen's font 

"There is a fountain of youth: it is your mind, your talents, the creativity you bring to your life and the lives of people you love. When you learn to tap this source, you will truly have defeated age."
Sophia Loren

Go make something beautiful!

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July NBUS Challenge

 Per Pam at Club Scrap..."What’s NBUS, you ask? NBUS=Never Before Used Stuff. This month's challenge is to create a page, card, ATC series, tag, or whatever using a SUMMER stamp you’ve never used from your stash (anything that says summer to you – quotes or objects from Summer PSL, Cantina, something that looks like a sun, flipflops, beaches, Cape Cod, bees, dragonflies, Castaway, water, etc)."...

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Cardabilites Sketch Reveal #126

I'm branching out a bit and found the cardabilites blog with this fun sketch. It's simple and I can use my scraps. Here's the sketch... I don't like a lot of bling on my cards, so I skipped the cluster embellishment. I added a small gem and embossed a few of the images with copper foil embossing powder. I even got out one of my border punches AND my Cuttlebug to cut the decorative journaling...

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July Card Sketch Challenge

I like that this card sketch is designed for using ATC's as an embellishment. I have a box full of them! What better way to show off those mini works of art? July 2015 Club Scrap Card Sketch Challenge  This sketch is so simple and I have tons of scraps that I can use to put it together. I found a scrap piece that I used as my card base, but didn't have any ATC's that I liked to embellish...

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