Card With Dimensional Circles

Welcome!
I'm glad you are here to visit for a little while.

Today I am sharing a card that I made using a 

technique that I saw on a You Tube channel that
I follow.

In the video, she uses rice paper, but I didn't 

happen to have any.  I did, however, have another

type of paper that was fairly thin, so I decided to

give it a try.

I punched circles from card stock with punches that I had handy,

then glued them together to give them a bit more 

depth.  I think I used 3 for each circle.
The circles were glued to a piece of card stock.

I then used alcohol inks to color the paper.

The panel was then covered with glue.

I used glue stick, as I didn't want it to dry before

I got the colored piece in place as I wanted it.

I used a bone folder to smooth the paper down and over

the circles.  I had to be sure to press around the circles

to have that paper adhere around them and show the dimension.

The "joy" was stamped onto a piece of card stock and punched

out with an oval punch.  I inked the edges of the oval with

the same color I used to stamp the sentiment, then

adhered it to the front of the card.

A simple white card base set it off very nicely.

I'm very happy with this card, something a little different

and I think, very pretty.

Thanks for stopping today, 

I hope you have enjoyed your time here and 

have been inspired in some way.

Come again soon.

Until then,

try something new, even if you

don't have the same supplies in the 

example you see.

 

Halloween Card

Hello!  Happy fall.

Since it's now officially fall, I'm showing you

a little Halloween card that I made.

I had seen this technique for the background and

had made a few pieces to try it out.

I then found some images that I had colored and 

had been in my stash for a while.

I thought one of my grand children would love it,

so I fussy cut it and added it to the front of the card.

I used foam tape to adhere the image to the 

card to give it some dimension.

I think this turned out very cute.

Do you send out Halloween cards?

Thanks for stopping by today, I hope

you have been inspired in some way.

Come again soon.

Until then,

embrace the season.

 

Fall card with pumpkin

Hello!
How has the weather been in your area?
Here in Western New York, it's been a bit cooler lately.
I'm a big fan of summer and not crazy when it's ending and

we're going into fall.  I'm not a fan of cold weather and 

as most people know, Buffalo, NY can get pretty darn cold.

But I do love the beautiful fall colors

Today I'm sharing a fall card that I made with you.

This card is pretty basic and shows that you don't have to

have anything fancy to make a card.  
Dig into your stash and see what you have and put it 

together.  Easy peasy.  A basic clean and simple card.

This is a little out of my comfort zone, as I usually

have a bit more "busy-ness" and embellishment on

my cards.  I have a problem with "white space"
How about you?  Do you tend to fill up the space

or are you okay with the "white space"?

Thanks for stopping in today.

I hope you will come again soon.

Until then,

try something outside your comfort zone.

 

Journal for a Friend

Hello and welcome!

Today I have a journal to show you.
A friend's birthday was coming up, so 
I decided that I'd make her a journal.

I used mat board for the covers and spine,

covered them with this gorgeous paper

that was in my stash.

Pictures don't do this cover justice, the paper 

I used is a very shimmery gold and silver

and so stinkin' pretty.

I used a variety of papers for the pages.  

Some I printed lines for writing, some are plain.

Some are colored and some have a little bit of at pattern 

on them. When you make it, whatever you want to

use is good.

I added metal corners to all 4 corners,

not only does this give the journal a bit of

elegance, it gives it protection.

It's hard to see in this picture, but each 

signature is hand sewn.

The insides of the covers are a lovely 

silver paper.
I love how this turned out and I think 

my friend loved it too.

Thanks for stopping in today,

I hope you'll come again soon.

Until then,

give making a journal a try.
Here's a link to my favorite journal maker.

Nik the Booksmith

This is the first in a series of videos,

but she has a lot of other wonderful videos

available.

 

First Zoo Trip for Asher

Hello and welcome!

A very quick post for today.

 I'm showing you a layout that I created

of my grandson's first trip to the zoo.

It's a simple layout that was very easy to put together.
I love the zebra base paper that I used

and I think the colors worked well together.

The little animals that I used as accents were

fussy cut from other scrapbook papers.
If you click on the picture, you will see them

much better.

Thanks for coming by.

Come again soon.

Until then,

visit someplace fun!