Showing posts with label Splitcoast Creative Crew. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Splitcoast Creative Crew. Show all posts

Tuesday, October 1, 2013

Love You!

Ok, so I did one very simple thing for the October Creative Crew challenge...Creative Focus: Celebrate Sweetest Day (10/19) by creating a card for your Sweetest using products from the Etcetera Suite found on P 96-109 of the US Catalog.

This is a pretty basic and simple card for my sweetie on Sweetest Day. :) That's ok because he likes simple...maybe not pink though! lol




Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Stamp Sets:  Gorgeous Grunge & Seasonal Sayings 
Card Stock:  Chocolate Chip, Pink Pirouette & Whisper White
Classic Stampin' Pads:  Chocolate Chip & Pink Pirouette
Embosslits:  Fashionable Hearts

Haunted House!

This summer at the Stampin' Up! Convention I saw Carrie Cudney's mixed media projects and thought they would be great to give a try sometime...a long time away! lol  Well the challenge for this project from the Creative Crew on Splitcoast Stampers is Scrapbook focus:  October is Self-Promotion Month.  Show us how awesome you are on a scrapbook page, mixed media project or with This & That.  I saw "mixed media project" and decided I was going to try it sooner rather than later. lol  I must say this took a lot of work and a lot of using the heating tool!  Probably because I ended up buying a glossy "mod podge" which didn't let the ink dry very well...err!  I was happy with the final result though. :)  Instructions below if you dare to read it all! lol

This first pic was the best pic since it represents how it actually looks the closest of the three pics I have.  You can see the trees on the side at least. :)  Those were the only things I stamped on the canvas.


I liked this second picture because the flash of the camera kind of gave the pic natural moonlight.  It's not this bright on the canvas, but I thought was pretty neat to see here.  You can see the trees a little bit on this pic, but not much.


This last picture is actually the darkest of the three...at least it is when I look at it in my Picasa library.  As I'm typing this I can see the trees really well, but if I tip my laptop screen they disappear.  Yup, that's the reason I took a few pics since I knew they would all look different.


Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Stamp Set:  Serene Silhouettes
Classic Stampin' Pads:  Night of Navy & Elegant Eggplant
Card Stock:  Witches' Brew DSP
Punch:  1 1/4" Circle
Mod Podge, Foam Paint Brushes,
White Gel Pen, Sponges

How did I make this?  Good question! lol  First things first I drew out a rough sketch of what I wanted (I Googled at a lot of cartoon type drawings of haunted houses to get ideas).  Next I drew what I wanted right on my canvas with pencil and made a few copies of it because I knew I would be cutting it up (did I say this was tedious work? lol).  After cutting out the pieces I traced them onto the DSP Witches' Brew from Stampin' Up!  (making them slightly larger than the original pieces except the windows because I needed to tuck them under each other so there weren't any gaps between the pieces exposing the canvas).  I applied mod podge and put on the first piece which is the sky.  It's actually the white/typed DSP with bats (that's how I get the moon to stand out.  I covered it with a punched out circle while I was sponging).  I applied another coat of mod podge after I applied the paper.  So I don't keep typing that, understand that every time I put on a layer of paper I applied more mod podge on top of it. :)  Then I applied the drive way (used dark typed paper) and the hills (used the black paper with splotches of gray on it).  Next was the house, piece by piece (same DSP as the hills).  Next the windows (used the DSP with summer starfruit on it) making sure I outlined them with black permanent marker.  That yellow sure makes the house's windows glow. :)  Outlined the house, hills, and driveway with the white gel pen.  Sponged (dabbed) on elegant eggplant, then night of navy for the sky.  Unfortunately I must have bought glossy mod podge because when I sponged on the ink it did not dry no matter how much I applied the heating tool.  It would just smear when I applied the mod podge.  I did a LOT of layers trying to figure this out and finally sponged on white stazOn ink to help dry it. Once I got the dark sky the way I liked it I did need to draw some of the white outlines again on the house and hills.  Just add as needed while working on it.  To get the glowing light from the windows and on the hill I would draw a little area with the gel pen then smear it with my finger until I got the look I liked.  If I didn't like it I would sponge over it and try again.  This was very forgiving! :)  Next I stamped on the trees using StazOn Black...and did a layer of mod podge.  Last, but not least, I cut out the fence posts using woodgrains that I found somewhere on the DSP, trimmed down the witch's hat, cut out a small bat and small gray gravestones (kind of hard to see).  Whew, that was a lot more thinking and typing than I thought it would be!  Hope it helps anyone who is interested in making something like this.  I would try and find a video on making mixed media and watching it because that might help you like it helped me (I watched Carrie Cudney's at this summer's SU convention).






Trick or Treat

This is the first project of four that I made for October's Creative Crew challenges...DSP/Color Focus: Witch's Brew DSP on P 21 of the Holiday Catalog or color combo: Basic Black, Basic Gray, Pumpkin Pie, Summer Starfruit and Very Vanilla.  
So glad I won the Witches' Brew DSP or I would have been in trouble!  I don't have anything Halloween in my craft room!  I wanted something that was pretty simple to make so I used the top note bigz die and made a box to go in between them.  The only thing that took a little bit of time was coloring in and outlining the words "Trick or Treat".  Oh, and getting the words in just the right spot when you're trying to cut it out in the shape of an acorn. lol


Just a couple of different views of the top of the box.


I guess it's just "trick" once this box is opened, because there's no candy in there for a treat! lol


Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Card Stock:  Witches' Brew DSP
Classic Stampin' Pad:  Basic Black
Stampin' Write Markers:  Basic Black & Pumpkin Pie
Bigz Dies:  Autumn Accents & Top Note
Sponges

Everything Eleanor?!

Another one of my October creations for the Creative Crew on Splitcoast Stampers.  The challenge for this gift card holder is Holiday focus: Wear Something Gaudy Day is on 10/17. Use your gaudiest colors to create a gift card holder.  The outside kind of looks ok, but the inside and back of the gift card holder are definitely gaudy.  I made sure of it!  






Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Stamp Sets:  Everything Eleanor & Teeny Tiny Wishes
Card Stock:  Cherry Cobbler & Whisper White
Classic Stampin' Pads:  Island Indigo, Raspberry Ripple, Cherry Cobbler & Wild Wasabi
Punches:  Word Window & 1" Circle
Aqua Pen 




Monday, September 2, 2013

Creative Crew - CCREW0913DF

I'm so excited that I was asked to be a part of the Creative Crew over on Splitcoast for the September-December challenges.  Today I'll have a handful of posts for you to check out all of the projects I made for the month of September.  

My first challenge was DSP/Color Focus: Our journey of self improvement begins with Eastern Elegance designer papers or the colors crushed curry, coastal cabana, smoky slate and whisper white.  Make a project using these colors for someone you admire. Tell us why this person is significant to you.  

Since I didn't have the DSP I just went with the colors.  I had just recently bought the pansy punch and wanted to use it, but I wanted my flower to have layers like the real pansies. :)  I decided to cut the punched flower into pieces and reassemble them.  Since I admire my mom for so many reasons and for giving me my love of flowers I made this card in honor of her. :)



Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Stamps Sets:  En Francis
Card Stock:  Smoky Slate & Whisper White
Classic Stampin' Pads: Crushed Curry, Coastal Cabana & Smoky Slate Stampin' Write Marker: Crushed Curry
Punch: Pansy
Tea Lace Paper Doilies
Jewels: Basic Rhinestones
Sponges