Wednesday, January 15, 2014

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year!! 

 Oh, that's done. lol! However, it is never too late to show off a card made for a friend to celebrate New Year's.

The front is pretty simple and that is because all the fun is on the inside.


I love this image because her name is Nancy!  She is from the New Year Nancy set from Digital Delights.


Card Recipe
Images: Digital Delights , New Year Nancy set 
Paper:  Bazzill black, Best Creation Inc. - Craft n Craftin
Markers/Ink: Distress Dusty Concord
Embellishments: None needed

Challenges for this card:
Be sure and take a look at what the wonderful Design Team has come up with for your inspiration. And then hop over to the Delightful Challenges site and check out this week's challenge.

Have a Great Day!


NancyD
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Monday, January 6, 2014

I Heart You!

Christmas is past, New Year's has come and gone and now it is time to start thinking about your sweet Valentine. Even if I didn't have a calendar, I would know this by the store displays! lol!


My card today features a brand new image from the Digital Delights January collection.



Card Recipe
Paper:  Bazzill White, Imaginisce - Sweet Cheri
Markers/Ink: Distress Tea Dye
Embellishments: Stickles, Really Reasonable Ribbon, Darcie heart gems, Maya Road heart pins, EK Success heart punch, Spellbinders die

Challenges for this card:
Be sure and take a look at what the wonderful Design Team has come up with for your inspiration. And then hop over to the Delightful Challenges site and check out this weeks challenge.

Have a Great Day!


NancyD
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BoBunny Christmas Scrapbook Project

I made another scrapbook over the holidays and I used the BoBunny Silver and Gold collection of papers.  Just love these papers!! They mix well with brown and cream.
A simple cover with magnet closure.  I used gold Stickles to sparkle up the trees.
I always add a pocket to the inside front cover for tags and pictures.

I add lots of top and side flaps to add more space for pictures.

Belly band too!

This is one of two tag inserts that open with more space for pictures.

I also added a couple of tag pockets.

And extra flaps for journaling.

The back cover has a pocket too!

I have made a few scrapbooks now and starting to develop my own style.  This book however, is kind of modeled after the work of Clare from My Creative Spirit.

Recipe

Paper:  Bazzill Brown, BoBunny Silver and Gold
Markers/Ink: Distress Vintage Photo
Embellishments: Stickles, EK Success punch, Spellbinders dies, craft ribbon

I'll enter the album into the following challenges:
Hope you enjoyed this min-scrapbook project.

NancyD

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Monday, December 16, 2013

A new Zentangle Mini-Scrapbook

Hi all!

 I want to share with you another mini-scrapbook that I made decorated only with Zentangle.  Yes, that is right!  No flowers, no special designer paper, and no ribbon! A travesty to be sure, but since I became certified to teach the Zentangle drawing method I thought I would try to marry it with my other crafting activities such as cards and min-scrapbooks.
This is the cover
Inside front cover

Each of the page flaps open to reveal
a belly-band.
On the inside of the flaps I used white gel pen.

The middle section has two page flaps


Back inside cover

The album has all the regular places to put photographs and journalling.  The only thing I have left to do is make all the photo-mats.

I used Michael's kraft black paper because it is slightly heavier than other papers that I use. Chipboard plays an important role in constructing scrapbooks and I get mine from a local Scrapbook store - Scrapbook Central. I used a combination of tacky glue and Sookwang score-tape to assemble everything. The Tangles were penned with Micron pens and the paper is Strathmore watercolor paper.

 I'll enter the album into the following challenges:
Hope you enjoyed this min-scrapbook project.

NancyD







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Wednesday, December 11, 2013

Dear Santa ...

It is getting very close to Christmas and all the little (and big) children are writing their letters to Santa.  Festive Monkey is here to help make sure that your letter gets to the right place.



This is a Shadow Box card and you can find instructions here.  I used the Martha Stewart sprig punch to make lots and lots of branches for my tree and they layered them up with a bit of glue. Then I added Stickles in green, red and gold.


Card Recipe
Paper:  Bazzill Red and Green, Stampin Up Christmas Pack
Markers/Ink: Distress Fired Brick
Embellishments: Stickles, SU Label Punch, La-La-Land Die, MS Sprig punch (lots and lots of them)

Challenges for this card:
Be sure and take a look at what the wonderful Design Team has come up with for your inspiration. And then hop over to the Delightful Challenges site and check out this weeks challenge.

Have a Great Day!
NancyD
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Wednesday, December 4, 2013

Have a Jolly Holiday!

Some of my family members are hunters so I decided to make up this great new image from Digital Delights with camo shirt and pants.
Nancy Dawes

Not all Christmas cards need to be in red and green.  This BoBunny cream and gold paper is stunning and really helps to showcase my color them with this wonderful Digital Delights image.
Card Recipe
Paper:  Bazzill Brown, BoBunny Silver and Gold Collection papers
Markers/Ink: Distress Tea Dye
Embellishments: Stickles, Prima Pearls, Really Reasonable Ribbon


Challenges for this card:
Be sure and take a look at what the wonderful Design Team has come up with for your inspiration. And then hop over to the Delightful Challenges site and check out this weeks challenge.

Have a Great Day!
NancyD
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Sunday, December 1, 2013

Tri-Shutter Winter Scene for Craft A Scene Challenge

This month at Craft a Scene we are making winter scenes with the option of making a Tri-Shutter card.  I thought you might appreciate a little bit of a tutorial to help transform your scene into a great looking tri-shutter card.

 Start with a 5 1/2 by 12 inch piece of cardstock.  Score at 2, 4, 8, and 10 inches.


The tricky part is  cutting between the 2" and 10" score lines, 1 1/2 inches from the edge on both sides.  If you need help with this there is a great tutorial at Split Coast Stampers.


Next, take your piece of cardstock for the scene.  I used plain 120 lb stock because I am coloring with PanPastels, but you can also use glossy if you can find it 12" long.


Mark very line pencils lines at 2, 4, 8, and 10 inches, and along the two cutting lines (between 2" and 10").  This just gives you a guide to help with stamp positioning.


Unfortunately, I didn't take any more intermediate pictures. The next step is to stamp your images onto the paper keeping in mind the pencil guide lines.


After you have stamped and colored your scene, cut along all the pencil lines.  Then cut  1/8 of an inch of each side.


Glue all the sections in place and add sparkles or embellishments if desired.


When you are all finished the card folds flat and fits into a small envelop.  For this card, I used all Stampscapes plus an Our Daily Bread sentiment.  It is colored with PanPastels and highlights were added with Copics.

Challenge for this card:
Be sure and take a look at what the wonderful Craft a Scene design team has come up with for your inspiration. 
Have a Great Sunday!
NancyD

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