Sneak Peek #6 - Give Praise to Him

Well, I didn't plan to create or post today; instead I thought I'd clean up my messes from the past few days to be ready for creating tomorrow. While I began to put away the Reece cardstock - I realized it was the same colors of our kitchen. Hmmm, I love Reece and I am the one that picked the kitchen colors (coffee cafe style).

All of a sudden, an idea started forming. I love the realistic images in the Give Praise to Him set...but wasn't thinking they should be on a card this time. So, I trotted to the basement for something to put them on...and found a Tea Break chipboard book. I have made up a couple of these intact...but many more have been cut apart for other projects (all it takes is an exacto knife).

I started with the words...and a pre-made tag (they come in the Reece pack) it would fit on. The rest of the colors were chosen around the tag. The dark red colored cardstock made it stand out quite well. I used only one page of the Tea Break chipboard book...and glued down the red cardstock; then sanded the edges. My first stamping try was with my beloved Burnt Umber Palette ink pad** it failed - almost faded away! I ended up using Jardin Moss Palette ink...red + green looks brown (go figure).

Finishing touches: Antique Copper hardware, Pop-It dots, Reece coordinating ribbons, and the Stardust glitter pen. I love how this project turned out - and I'm a picky one - it's going on my wall! Here's a close up so you can see the detail in the bee and the dimensions of the project.

**Burnt Umber still made it on the project - I used it around the edges of the tag and the piece of circles cardstock on the top.

Sneak Peek #5 - Background Soup

When I saw this stamp set: Background Soup - I couldn't wait to play with it. All those circle just drew me in! The entire set consists of seven pieces. I used three on this project: upper right - open circles (colored them in with stardust glitter pen), bottom - closed circles, left side - old fashioned looking print.

After creating 4 cards this week, I wanted to play with something else. . They are so much fun to cover. This project is filled with a bunch of my favorite things...

6.5"x6.5" Chipboard Clipboard - they are so much fun to cover
Uptown Girl 8x8 paper pack - love, love, love it
Black cardstock - how can you go wrong with anything that coordinates with black
Claret & Noir Palette inks - Claret is my most favorite ink to use on Uptown Girl papers
Bitty Blossom Flower Mixes - they go with so many projects
Eyelets from TAC's hardware packs - they're so much fun to mix & match
Stardust Glittering Pen - it's one of my best friends
Ribbon - I combined the pink from the Mimi pack with the Black & White pack

Here's how the clipboard started out...

Clipboard Photo Frame

In March, I celebrated my birthday. It was officially on Friday -but the party started on Sunday of that week.

On Friday, the 21st, I took a mini road trip with 2 friends (Michele - left, Michelle - right) an hour north. We had a wonderful day shopping and eating out at Red Robin - followed by ice cream & Starbucks before heading towards home.

I recently had a "clipboard class" which I love doing; one gal said she was going to use her clipboard for a photo. I loved the idea - now this is hanging on my wall.

What a great way to remember a superb day!! Plus, the photo is only held by the clip - no adhesive, so it's easy to change when my mood changes.

Supplies used are TAC with a little help of "contraband" ribbon. H-104: 6 1/2" x 6 1/2" Chipboard Clipboard, V-830 Kamalaht Cardstock, B-211 Mimi Ribbon, T-2614 Flourishes stamp set, D-437 Asst. Bitty Blossoms, K-100 Crop-A-Dile, K-101 Crop-A-Dile case & eyelets, TT-218 Burnt Umber Palette Ink pad, TA-2576 It's the Little Things stamp set, F-1 Tombow Glue Stick