Mojo Monday Challenge #106

Today, I decided to try this weeks Mojo Monday Challenge. I wanted to create an antique look by inking and crumpling the edges, not something I usually do. I was trying to decide what to put in the center of my flower and found this large brad from K & Company, that was a perfect fit.
My coloring on Tilda was not the best and I am finding that Prismacolor markers do not have as many different colors as does the Copics, I will have to think about this one for I love the alchohol markers.



Supplies:
Image: Tilda with Cross #270 from Magnolia
Papers: SU, DCWV & Basic Grey (Ambrosia)
Others: Punch from Martha Stewart, Brad from K & Company, Ribbon from Making Memories.

Have a great day.

Karen
All things are heaven sent.

Sweet Little Baby Chevelle

Hope everyone is having a grand day.

I thought that I would share with you some fabulous news, I have a new granddaughter, Chevelle. She was born on Sept 1st and is so sweet. Unfortunately, they live in Hawaii, so we have not been able to hold her, but with the amazing technology of this era, we have a web cam. We have been able to talk to our son and his family, and see our newest member of the family, Chevelle. First I will share with you a couple pictures of Chevelle, one of them shows our grandson, Chace, holding his new little sister, now how sweet is that.




I made a card for them. It does not have any stamped images, instead I used an awesome set of 3D stickers from K & Company. It was a fun card to make, using Spellbinders dies, Cuttlebug for a little texture, and I am becoming addicted to machine sewing around the edges. With all the 3D effects both outside and inside, this turned out to be a thicker card, but worth it.




Karen
All things are heaven sent.

Wedding Card

Hard to believe that the weekend went by so quickly. It was a beautiful and busy time. Much to do this coming week and I am trying to decide what to make next....

Well this time, I wanted to share with you a wedding card I made for my niece and now nephew. Unfortunately, we were not able to join them at the wedding, it was in Hawaii. Of course, I would have loved to go, not only for the wedding but one of my husbands sister lives there, as well as our son and his family - hopefully someday.

This card was fun and challenging to make. I copied part of the design from Becca Freeken at Amazing Paper Grace, you will need to scroll down a ways to see this particular card. I was fairly pleased with how it turned out. The poem inside was beautiful and just had to use it. It features the use of Spellbinders dies, they are so much fun to use and a lot of pearls. Sorry about the note I wrote inside, I had meant to take a picture of it before I wrote that.... oh well.





I have not yet figured out how to add a watermark to my pictures, that is one of the next things to research. I think I have finally figured out how to add a link.


Supplies:
Verse from Poemsource.com
Papers from DCWV & Paper Pizazz
Others: Spellbinders, pearls, ribbon

Karen
All things are heaven sent.

My First Tilda

Good morning everyone, at least it is morning where I am and it is a chilly one...I let the dog out and brrrr, it was cold outside. I had to go check the temp and sure enough , it was only 40 degrees outside.

Today's card was my first Tilda. I paper pieced the hat and dress, that was fun and easy. It was also my first attempt at face coloring and it did not turn out an nice as I would have liked...this will take some practice and finding the right combination of markers to do it. It is hard to see but I have pearls going along the lace. Also hard to see is that I used the Cuttlebug to provide texture to the brown weaved paper pattern.









Supplies:
Stamps: 'Tilda n Hat Sitting' from Magnolia & saying by 'Hero Arts'
Papers from DMCW
Others: Spellbinders, Cuttlebug, pearls, lace

Have a great day.

Karen
All things are heaven sent.

Gecko Birthday

I hope everyone has survived the week and looking forward to our first fall weekend. Around here (NW Oregon), the weather is definitely changing... much colder in the mornings and it takes longer to warm up during the day. I do look forward to the beautiful fall colors as the trees start to change.

Today I am going to show you a card I made for my son's birthday. I am addicted to Tilda from Magnolia but thought, he would like something a little more masculine. This is what I came up with and I hope you will like it too.






Supplies:
Stamped images, Gecko by Stamp a Mania, Saying by Hero Arts
Others: Spellbinders, Papers by DCWV & 29th Street Market, ribbon & pearls

Karen
All things are heaven sent.

Tilda Sitting Pretty

I thought that I would post my first card. She was fun to make, my hardest decisions are which papers to use... I sure hope I am not the only one with this problem.

Most of you seem to use Copics but I found they were a bit expensive for me and so I looked for an alternate solution. I am using Prismacolor markers. They work the same as Copics but the tips are different. So far, they are working great.

Supplies:
Image is Tilda (do not remember which one) by Magnolia
Other specifics: Spellbinders dies, Martha Stewart border punch, DMCW & Creating Keepsakes (Sandylion) papers.

Please let me know what you think?

Karen
All things are heave sent.

Joining the ranks in cyberland

It seems that everyone these days has a blog and/or using twitter or other online communication tools. I have spent a lot of time reading others blogs, being inspired by everyone's creative talent and finally decided to create my own. I have a love of crafts, that was due to my mother...she was always doing some sort of craft, I only wished I inherited half of her talent. My style seems to navigate towards simple, elegant and a lot of cute.

First and foremost, I LOVE making cards and other paper projects. I also love to make beaded projects so you may see one pop up here from time to time.

I hope that you will stop by and let me know what you think of my paper creations.
Also please bear with me as I learn the tricks to blogging.


Karen
All things are heaven sent.