Freestyle Fridays - Regina's Birthday

Regina celebrated a birthday last week and true to form I missed the party.  The pictures below are what she will be receiving sometime late next week and I didn't want to keep her waiting much longer.  Let's start with card, and, YES, its square. 

Crumb Cake and Baja Breeze were really calling me for this one.  I got the idea and sketch off the Sizzix blog a few weeks ago.  The only embellishment that was not handmade is the butterfly one.  I thought it added color and a bit of drama the minute I saw it in my embellishment drawer and just had to add it.  I used the texture plate Pattern 1 quite a bit and did a lot of distressing.  The heart was made with two different punches using Baja Breeze DSP and Crumb Cake.  A little Crumb Cake daubing was done on the DSP.  The center is from a daisy punch with a Jewel Rhinestone added in the middle.  The flower on the lower left was made with Baja Breeze and Baja Breeze DSP.  I happen to have blue coral buttons and what's a birthday card for Regina without a button....  I little twine was added in the middle.  To make the solid Baja Breeze a little more texturized I used a mat and a stylus by circling the punch out and adding more pressure to the stylus as I went around in the circles.  It was great to see it take shape this way and how the petals popped up a bit. 

 

The birthday candles in the lower right were made with a punch.  The banner was cut with the Framelits Bitty Banner that was adhered with foam tape.  The sentiment was stamped with Early Espresso Craft Ink and embossed with clear embossing powder.  The paper is Crumb Cake DSP. And, of course added a little rhinestone to that.

 

If you are coming from Regina's blog post what you saw was this:

 

 

the little bag that accompanies the card.  This is a muslin bag that I stamped on the Birthday Candle (form a wheel that I always take apart and apply foam to it).  The Happy Birthday is from a hostess set from days gone by called Warmest Regards.  It didn't like the plain cord on the bag so I pulled it out and threaded in Baja Breeze Seem Binding by attaching a diaper pin and threaded in that way.  A couple of heart charms were tied to the ends.

 

As for what's inside - that's a secret until Regina receives it.  I want to spoil the whole thing.  Besides, I didn't think to take pictures of it. 

 

HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY REGINA, YOU DESERVE THE VERY BEST!!

********REGINA'S MISSION********

Regina, your mission this week is a color combination.  Yup, crumb cake and Baja breeze.  Give it go, you may like what you come up with.  I know I will (wink). 

 

For those of you in the States that like to shop online for Christmas gifts have a look at Regina's Scentsy blog on the right hand side of her blog.  There's some really reasonable priced items there that you can get for your family and friends.

 

See Ya Next Week!

Freestyle Fridays

Regina's mission this week was to use material.  From the looks of the sneak that she sent below it appears that Regina has used the Stampin' Up Tag A Box with plenty of details and embellishments.

 

Only Regina could bring such a project to a high level with only 1 product idea.  Is that embossing I see on the side of the box?  Creative indeed.  See for  yourself at her post here.  You'll be just as amazed as I am with her never ending talent.  And, please, let her know that by leaving her a little comment.  It takes under a minute. 

 

See Ya Next Week!

Freestyle Fridays

Did you all survive Halloween?  Are the Christmas decorations up yet in the stores near you?  Crazy!

A while back a friend of mine celebrated her birthday and I wanted to create a little something different and out of my comfort zone.  This is what I came up with.

 

I started by choosing the material and matched the colors with it as best as I could.  I ironed on sticky back paper to the material then cut it through the Big Shot using the Stampin' UP mason jar die.  The green is Pear Pizzazz and the pink is from a stack of paper I bought at Costco oh so long ago.  The balloons were made with a die from Lil' Inkers that I first stamped using Versamark and clear embossing powder.  The pink paper has quite a shine to it.

 

I used silver and white crochet thread to have the balloons float out of the jar and attached them with dimensionals.  When I first used the sticky back paper (heat and bond I believe it is called) I actually placed it on the iron board on the wrong side so now my board has quite a shine to it.  No matter, I purchased it especially for crafting at a thrift store for $5.  I will eventually need a new cover for it but that's what happens in craft room right??  And, the card is square, 5 x 5 just to make Regina proud of me :)

*******REGINA'S MISSION********

So for your mission this week Regina, you are to use material.  I know you got some in that store of yours.  Glue it, die cut it, use it as a background..... You know what to do. 

Let us know if you would like to join in on these missions.  Would love to have you come along for the adventure.

See Ya Next Week! 

Freestyle Fridays

Hello Freestyle Fridays Fans.  We are coming to the end of another week and it's Regina's turn to dazzle us with her creativity.

 

Her simple mission was to use glossy paper.  That was all the instructions she received and look at what she did.  To see the full version you'll have to head over to her blog here. I'm sure your jaw will drop just like mine did.  Please be kind and leave her little comment.  It will only take you minute. 

 

See Ya Next Week!

Freestyle Fridays

Hello and welcome to another edition of Freestyle Fridays.  Sometime back in the summer I made the card below and just this last week realized I had not posted it yet. 

 

It started with Coastal Cabana, followed by a layer of Shimmery Paper stamped in Coastal Cabana with the French Script background stamp.  The sentiment "my friend" was stamped with Strawberry Slush.  On Glossy Paper I embossed with white embossing powder the flourish from Flowering Flourishes and brayered Strawberry Slush all over it.  Once the brayering was done I wiped the Glossy Paper with a paper towel to bring out the white embossing.  Before adhering this layer ribbon was added, Black Satin and Silver Organdy, and put on some Jewels Basic Rhinestones to give some bling. 

 

Before we get to Regina's mission for this week I would like to introduce you to a new addition to our family.  Meet Jake! 

Right now he is all of 4 months old.  A Siberian X he is all legs which makes me suspicious he may have some Greyhound in him.  He really looks up to Frankii and watches him very closely.  Hopefully he will only pick up the good habits... he is teething something awful and actually likes to suck on my thumb.  His favorite thing to do at the moment is chase leaves and he's got lots to keep him busy. We are having a blast watching him grow and learn. 

********REGINA’S MISSION********

 

For this week Regina your mission will be to use Glossy Paper.  That's all your getting because I know you can do wonders with that. 

 

See Ya Next Week!

Freestyle Fridays

Regina's mission this week was to do something with a fall theme.  From the sneak below she did not disappoint!  Trust her to come up with something creative and very artistic.

 

Go to her blog post here  to read how this creative endeavor came to be.  Although it took a left instead of a right she added such imaginative details that you can almost smell fall in the air.

 

As some of you may know Regina is a frequent contributor to Craft Project Central.  She is giving away a free one month subscription.  Leave her a comment for her submission this month here and she'll let you know if you've won by October 14th.  Be sure to leave her your email address so that she can get a hold of you.

 

See Ya Next Week.

Freestyle Fridays

Since we've begun Fall I just had to make a card with a sunflower.  And yes, I've used a retired set.  I got the idea from stamperdog.com.  I keep a binder with ideas of cards that I've seen here and there and this was an old one.

 

I started with So Saffron and added a background that I had laying around from another card I made quite some time ago.  It's stamped on Very Vanilla using the French Script background stamp in Early Espresso and sprayed with Gesso to lighten it a little.  I then made two circles using Nestabilities in So Saffron and Very Vanilla.  On the Very Vanilla I stamp the Sunflower from Serene Sunflower in So Saffron.  The center was stamped in Early Espresso.  Using a Q-Tip I added gold Stickles.  The leaves and stems, from the same set, were stamped in White Craft Ink on Early Espresso. It's actually quite shiny in real life.

 

********REGINA'S MISSION********

 

Your mission this week Regina is to create a project using a fall theme.  You can make it a card, a basket, a vase, a box, etc.., in any color combination that suits your fancy. And knowing you, it's going to be spectacular.

 

See Ya Next Week!