Wednesday, July 20, 2011
Sew Great!
Monday, July 18, 2011
I Like Your Style
For today's card I used some of the My Little Shoebox dies, Sewing Notions, and Sewing Machine and Dress Form as well as some of the coordinating paper. I cut all the die cuts with white cardstock and then colored with my copics, with the exception of the scissors. I used a Creative Memories silver pen to color the scissor blades. Thanks for having a look.
Sunday, July 17, 2011
Sew Glad to Meet You!
I have always loved everything vintage - and that has really influenced my work. Even as a little girl, I collected beaded purses and antique clothes, and had boxes of old photos and ephemera. And yeah, this was all by the time I was 9 years old. So I guess I was that quirky kid that everyone just kind of thought marched to her own drum. That early sense of style lead to someone who has a passion to create, who is confident in her own designs, but who also appreciates the historic influences of the past.
Paper crafting is really a family thing for me. My sister and I l used to get together once a week to craft , but now she has moved right next door - so it's one big crafting party. We are so excited to be serving on this team together! And of course,my five year old nephew wants in on the action as well! My husband doesn't ever craft with me, but he is my biggest cheerleader, and is always supportive of what I do. We have been married for two years. We have a fairytale romance - we knew each other in high school and were friends, but went over 20 years without any contact, and reconnected on Facebook and quickly knew we were meant to be together. I work as a dental hygienist, so creating with paper is always a welcomed release!
The card that I am sharing with you today is a Z-fold card. I love how the new MLS dies coordinate so perfectly with the MLS papers - Sew Cute. I used the Sewing Notions die and the coordinating stamp set. The detail with these dies are so fun - I really love all of the dimension that they bring to my projects.
I am already working on my next projects to share with you, so until then...
Saturday, July 16, 2011
Ready for the Journey
Friday, July 15, 2011
You're Just Ducky!!
Thursday, July 14, 2011
Hello from Sunny Singapore !
without using any acid free products .
with you in the very near future.
Wednesday, July 13, 2011
"Sew" Sweet & Masculine and Feminine
Tuesday, July 12, 2011
Poppy Thank You
The card is rather simple. I used a stripe card stock on the top 2/3rds and solid card stock on the bottom 1/3rd. I call this layout on the bottom of the card . . the Chopstick. . OK I know. . what the heck am I rambling on about chopsticks. There is a lot of times you end up using a printed card stock that you can not really match the solid color card stock to directly. In this case I wanted the stark red of the poppy to stand out from the lime, blue cream and brown in the stripes. I started with the bottom 1/3 in Divine Mocha Brown, than a 1/2" title strip in Parakeet Green. Than took three other colors . . Lava Red, Hillary Green and Truffle Brown to cut random chopstick shape strips of card stock. I than glued them down randomly. this allows you to include some of the colors from the flower into the card as a pattern. The silver metallic border and letters are from class a' peel stickers.
The stem of the flower was done in Hillary Green card stock with YG23, TG67 and BG96 Copics, The Poppy was done in Lava Red card stock and R27 Copic. The center of the flower in Mocha, Truffle card stock with E77 Copic. The thing that is really hard to see here is there is also random black dots on the leaves, stem and flower made with a Prismacolor 03 pen. You can really be surprised by randon pin prick style dots on a project. It ads a nice highlight. The last highlights were made with a Sakura Sparkle Pen.
Here is the same card, slight change in shape of the card. . done in a deep turquoise card stock on the flower. A more manly color makeup.
Here is the chopsticks for the brown, rust and turq card. The rust was the title bar and the chopsticks were done in greens and turq.
Thanks Barry
Monday, July 11, 2011
Swedish Style Bird
I was away for 2 weeks. Had a wonderful time with family and friends! I so enjoyed seeing my 8 sisters and having a slumber party with lots of yummy food, laughter, and sitting around a campfire. I am trying to make this a yearly event!
I also got to meet Kathy Jakopovich, The Peachy Queen, and her family. Angelica, her daughter, just introduced herself to the Scrapping Cottage Design Team. I am thrilled she is joining us with her artistic talent and sweet personality.
Now on to my card for today. I use the Bird with Flowers die from the Flower Power Release. As I designed the card, it reminded me of the Swedish style of art with vivid colors. I was thinking of the Dala. I made the card first and then searched for a photo that I thought could have been the inspiration. A little backward, I know, but art takes me on a journey.
I enjoyed making this card and I hope you like it! Thanks so much for stopping by!
Hugs and smiles,
Janice
Sunday, July 10, 2011
That Pout!
Hey guys! It's Angelica (pronounced Ahn-hel-ee-kah, you might laugh but you'd be surprised how many people think my name is Helga when they meet me!) - I live in Green Bay, WI along with my super stamping family!
My parents own Peachy Keen Stamps, Inc. and I am the Lead Illustrator/Co-owner of Market Street Stamps, LLC. I absolutely love paper crafting! You can find me blogging all my creations on Handmade by Angelica.
As a busy mom of two lovely little girls - Lucy (3) and Marlee (2), a wife, and a small business owner, my days are packed, but I always try and make room for something crafty or artful each day. Even if it's just doodling a page in my art journal.
I've had the pleasure of meeting Joanne and Greg (owners of the Scrapping Cottage) as well as some of my new fellow designers a few times, and I am beyond thrilled to be designing for a wonderful company with such amazing people behind it! The Cottage Cutz design team is a fabulously talented bunch, and I'm flattered to design along with them.
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Saturday, July 09, 2011
The Scrapping Cottage Challenge #3
Friday, July 08, 2011
We have SIX new Design Team Members!!
Exciting News!
You may check out these fabulous dies available for pre-order right now. You're going to LOVE them!
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Wednesday, July 06, 2011
Flower Power and some Polka Dots
And there you have it!
Don't forget - you have until this Friday night to complete the Second Saturday Sketch challenge for your chance to win a $25 Gift certificate to the store.
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Tuesday, July 05, 2011
Simple Filigree Card
The flower I cut from Basill Bling card stock and highlighted in two shades of pink Copic markers. The Stem was cut twice from the die, once in a lime green and the second from a leaf green. I cut the leaves off the second cut and added them behind the lime branch. This added a bit of base color contrast, than highlighted the whole branch in three shades of Copic greens. A mini bow was added to the stem. I thought the jewels added a bit of bling to the flower, because of the jewels in the stripes of the paper. If you go back to the first picture you will see the random stripes done with Stickles and the added jewels. (its hard to see, but there are 14 random stripes of various sizes with 6 jewels added) This is a great way to jazz up a simple stripe paper.
This is a shot from the inside of the card.
What a great flower die. A lot of possibilities . . This really is a simple card that you can get several done and add the matching envelopes, put in an organza bag and give as gifts.
Thanks Barry
This added little goodie is a gift tag, I DOUBLED the paper on the Floral Doily to add weight to the tag. Attached the same flower. Looped organza ribbon through the filigree and feed a bead onto the two stands of ribbon, tied a knot above the bead. The tag is ready to attach to any gift.