Showing posts with label Adirondack Paint Daubers. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Adirondack Paint Daubers. Show all posts

Thursday, March 8, 2012

Happy Together -- UPDATED 3/9


I decided something was missing. So, I added the Prima flower and moved the happy up closer to the border. Do you think it is an improvement???




I made this layout of Emily and Mitch just happy to be together! I used all Close to My Heart except the letters which are Thickers and the lace.  Well, and I rubbed some gold Adirondack Paint Daubers on the pieces I cut from the CTMH Art Philosopy Cricut cartridge which is totally amazing!!!!  I made it using Artful Delight's beautiful sketch.  Have you checked out LeeAnne's kits? She and her team have such a knack at picking out great kits!!!



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Thursday, August 11, 2011

Misc San Diego Zoo photos



I used this fun sketch from DCWV (Nana's Nursery Baby Boy AND Hittin' The Books stacks) and the citrus color challenge over at The Paper Variety to make this miscellaneous layout from the San Diego Zoo.  I used JBS paint to stamp my phrases.  Did you notice the poor little gummy bear who was impaled on a cactus???

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Monday, May 16, 2011

Father's Day Card - with a little Texture!



I figured I could work one of my favorite stamps from Hero Arts into this Father's Day card. I used Adirondack paint daubers to ink up the stamp--that is why it has an unusual look. The card looks a little bland in the photo but has a lot of embossing and texture in real life! I used CPS 218 sketch to make it and am entering it into Simply Sunday Challenge and at Sketches 4 All.

Friday, May 6, 2011

A Little Dirt Never Hurt





OMG! I couldn't believe it when I saw The Paper Variety's challenge this week to get messy (with sprays/masks etc.).  I had used a mask to make this layout, and I decided to flip it over onto the green DCWV  paper I used for this cute page of my son in 1998.  It turned out a little messy, but it is so perfect for these photos!!!!!   My son still gives me "the look" that he was giving me in the top picture, but it doesn't look as cute with a real beard!! :-)  Anyway, you can imagine my delight when I saw the challenge.  I also thought Sketchy Thursday's challenge this week would work well for this, too!  Echo Park's Little Boy paper just kind of set it off.  You can see such a Little Boy in the layout and photos!!! As you can tell, I was much more in my comfort zone with this than the one I posted of Steve and my wedding the other day!!!




I ran out of time to do anything else this week.  All I had to do with this one was glue down everything and photograph it!!! Otherwise, I wouldn't even be posting this today!

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Saturday, October 9, 2010

First Job


You know, sometimes you have it, and sometimes, you don't! This is more in the "don't" category.  I don't know why I was so stubborn to keep working on a layout when I was just not "feelin'" it! Well, that's the way it goes sometimes. I just haven't been feeling well this week. Many of you do not know that I have Lupus as well as Sjogren's Syndrome (which is another autoimmune disease), and I also suffer from terrible migraines frequently.  This is why I work part-time as an ESL tutor instead of as a full-time librarian!  Well, this week I have been in a flair. I had a horrible migraine today, but I wanted to take two of my students to a kite making afternoon about 1/2 hour from where we live. So, early this morning I took my Rx, grabbed my "heart pillow" (heating pad) for my neck, slept in my quiet, dark room until it was time to get ready to go.  I did not want to disappoint "the girls."  We did get to go, and the girls got to make some beautiful butterfly kites--taught by a master kite maker from China! It was so fun seeing their enjoyment!!! We also took them out to eat. This was a rare treat for them! So, we really enjoyed the day! I'm still feeling badly, but HAPPY!

Anyway, back to the layout: The Paper Variety had a challenge where you had to scraplift one of their DT members.  I decided to use elements from Tessa's layout! They are the cluster with the heart, star and flower to the lower right of the photo. I also drew a box around the photo as a frame and added some buttons in a couple of clusters.  I also added a scallop to the right of the photo--which Tessa also included in her layout!  I did use paint, but I used it more like the loosely followed Sketch Inspiration's #144 this week.  You can see the sketch in the paint dauber circles and the border strip along the bottom of the photo as well as the little bracketed title "First Job - Gerbes." I also took a little inspiration from a CK layout called First Snowfall by Tina.

Sunday, September 26, 2010

Karen and Julie - Thanksgiving 2009


I made this for Sketches 4 All. Mel,  from Australia, gave me that beautiful chipboard flourish. I dabbed it with a copper Adirondack paint dauber! That cute little stamped image with the bird/birdhouse is Stampin' Up! I colored it in with Tombow markers!

Friday, August 6, 2010

Paris - Vintage

Here's a closeup of the felt (fabric) and the crackle-painted chipboard:






Here's my first entry to More Paper Than Shoes.  It's also going into a vintage challenge at Sketches4All. Here is the challenge:
Theme: "Vintage Paris"
Supplies: fabric, a piece of metal, acrylic paint
Surface: ANY
Technique: Crackle
I've got all of the requirements! I thought my card turned out pretty well for someone who isn't that good at vintage!

Saturday, July 10, 2010

Unleashed

I made this for Practical Scrappers Friday Sketch. I'm a little late on this since they've already posted the next Friday sketch, but I think I had to the end of the month to finish! I think it fits Andrea's color challenge for July over at PIT also.  It fits Blue Moon, too!

Thursday, July 8, 2010

Julie and Her Kittens




Hey, wouldn't you like to scrap-lift this layout to win a prize from Jessica Stott at Lucky Girl Crafts? Go to The XOXO challenge site and choose a LO or two to scrap-lift and you just might win the an awesome kit from Jessica.  Your layouts are due by July 31, 2010.  Don't forget to come back after the contest to vote!  However, *Voting from now on will go a little differently. We will still post a poll on the 1st of every month with the scraplift creations posted for the public to vote on. However, the Lipstick Chicks will be having our own little voting party privately and will get the final say. The winner of the public voting IF different from who the Lipstick Chicks pick, will get an Honorable Mention. This should eliminate any concerns for a popularity contest. Thank you to everyone who has been scraplifting us! We are SO delighted each and every time to see your scraplift creations.
Here is a picture of the prize!

Thursday, March 25, 2010

Greens and Blues (with a little copper thrown in)

I created this card with two challenges in mind:
First, the Color Throwdown #85
http://colorthrowdown.blogspot.com/2010/03/color-throwdown-85.html
and
Second, Flutter by Wednesday
http://flutterbywednesdays.blogspot.com/2010/03/flutter-by-wednesday-102.html

I thought this card was really pretty. Wanted to spread the love around on this one!!







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