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 class was the Tim Holtz Perfect Distress stamping technique. It looked sooooo good with the BTSS stamps!

             

 So, I got out my Perfect Pearls and distress inks and my little pieces of flair came together.

I chose the salty ocean distress ink, because of the theme of course! Red-orange was the complementary color for the blue-green of my paper so I chose perfect copper Perfect Pearls. I love how it turned out! The blue and the copper made an iridescent magenta color when they mixed.

I heat embossed little pieces of pearlescent vellum with copper foil embossing powder to complement the Perfect Pearls. I wanted to add a little something extra and I found a stash of tiny seashells. I added one to the front of each twinchie.

Here's a close up...

In celebration of summer, I have an unmounted sheet of BTSS stamps (scroll up for the pic) AND a bottle of Mount it adhesive to give away! Just leave your comment below and I'll choose a winner on July 24.

Hope you are enjoying your summer, ♪♫ Feelin' hot, hot, hot!♫ (or is it just me?) 

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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! Check out the art journal challenge here. Go make something beautiful!

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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 Cuttlebug and dusted the embossing with Perfect Pearls. I forget to use that stuff. I love the shimmery metallic look it gave to the bees!

I embossed the stamped sentiment on vellum with Club Scrap embossing ink and Ranger Ink gold embossing powder. All card stock is from Club Scrap. 

Thanks for stopping by, now go make something that makes you happy!

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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)." So this SCREAMS summer to me!

The wave stamp is from the Club Scrap 2015 Reunion kit. The margarita glass is part of the stencil from this month's Club Scrap Cantina kit. The bathing beauty and sentiment are Dylusions stamps. Oh, and the background stencil is from the Club Scrap Artifacts kit. All card stock is from Club Scrap. 

The bathing beauty was too big to stamp on a card, so I made a giant 6*10 inch tag. I want to party with HER! Dont' you?!

I also entered her in the Embrace Your Art Daily Challenge hosted by Tiare Smith Designs. Be sure to check out the Club Scrap challenge board and the Tiare's prompts and the make something! 

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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 element. What?! (They sit under my desk and collect dust...tsk, tsk...)

The sentiment stamp and flourish are from the 2010 Club Scrap Vogue kit and the legs are from the Legs Eleven Dylusions stamp set. 

I'm linking up to their linky party for a chance to win a monthly kit from the Flying Unicorn. Details are on the cardabilities blog. Get out your scraps and make something!

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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 it with. So, I fanned through my stamps and found this one of the ladies from the Club Stamp Extra! Extra! kit from 2004. I just got my Dylusions stamps in yesterday and this sentiment was perfect for my card!

I encourage you to check out the challenge. The sketches are a great way to help you whip up a card or two and your participation enters you to win a gift certificate from Club Scrap! What do you do with your ATC's?

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