Paper Crafter at large

The Sisterhood of Crafters Challenge  theme is

FOR THE LADIES

The inspiration for my mom’s mothers day card came from a card making book she gave me. It is cut from a 11×5 pp that is snipped 1″ in at 1 1/8″ from the top on both sides. Curving the corners inward creates the collar for the blouse. Used a corner punch to round the shoulders and chin portion of the collar. Glue overlapping parts of the collar in place only at the area that does not touch what becomes the card front. Fold the lower half such that it tucks under the collar points. The book used a 5″ doily but I cut some of my grandmothers old lace scrapes. I cut more of the pp into the pocket, added hand drawn stitching lines and washi tape flowers that were attached to white cs then fussy cut. Sentiment was created and Foil Quill on the Silhouette. Buttons are from my stash. I used water colors and quill pen to hand write the inside sentiment and added more floral spray of washi tape. By adding white cs to the back and then attached hand cut easel it now will stand but lay flat for mailing.

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My colored panel is a piece of glossy photo paper that I used homemade alcohol inks on. Trimmed to size then dry embossed with a floral folder. I added the bg piece of copy paper when embossing to keep the glossy paper from cracking. Worked to attach to the white cs base as a border. Swiped the colored piece with black ink to bring out the embossing then attached. Sentiment were cut on the Silhouette then attached.

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I had a stencil that was a prize from a challenge I won and I really needed to give it a whirl. I placed the stencil on a white piece of cs and used a sponge to add diluted white glue. Removed the stencil and cleaned right away. Once dry I swiped an orange ink pad over the piece to discover the resist had an opposite effect I was expecting. The glue held the ink more than the plain paper. Added a border in poppy red color marker and mounted on a white cs base. The greenery, and sentiment were created on Silhouette. One piece got colored with hot pink marker and the gold got poppy red dots added. After placing the pieces on the bg I used a die to cut vellum for the mat layer to my sentiment. After adding veining to the pink piece with a black colored pencil I called this one done.

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I scored some fun things at a sale last week so wanted to play. This stamp wreath and the ef are both from that order. The image and sentiment was stamped in clear ink on turquoise cs then heat set in gold. Used inks smooched on glass mat to water color then fussy cut and attached to dry embossed white copy paper that is mounted on white cs base. Bird was die cut using Silhouette then colored black using black modeling paste. Once dry it is embellished with embossing tool and white pencil. Tucked under one petal that I used my X-acto knife to cut slit.

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Cut it Up: Starts with a B

Beautiful Blossoms: Mood Board, peach and turquoise colors inspired me

The Sisterhood of Crafters Challenge  theme is

SPRINGTIME DESIGNER PAPER

The image was cut on the Silhouette using a stencil file of numbers cutting some designer paper that had orange base with white line flowers. Once it was cut I ran the piece through the Xyron to attach adhesive. It was then mounted on white cs that is on an other piece of designer paper that is on white cs base. To soften the orange and add some soft pink, I sponged light pink to the center of the piece. My sentiment and greenery flourish were also cut in white on my Silhouette. I added small flowers that are washi tape attached to white copy paper and fussy cut.

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