Freestyle Fridays - St. Valentine is closer

It's Friday! and it's Regina turn at the creative helm. She found it a little challenging this week due to the size of the card not being her usual favorite.  By the looks of the sneak below she came through with an awesome color combination. 

Be sure to check her blog post here to find out how this beauty was designed and all the elements she used.  You won't be disappointed.  And please take a moment to let her know how much you appreciate her sharing her talent with you.

See Ya Next Week!

Freestyle Fridays - St. Valentine is close

Valentine's Day is fast approaching!  Before you know it, it will be here.  Attempting to be ahead this year I thought a Valentine project would be a good idea right about now.

Started with a piece of Real Red measuring 8" x 9 1/4", scored at 4" to make a card measuring 4" x 9 1/4".  Adhered a layer of Designer Series Paper Everyday Enchantment that will be available beginning January 24 in the Sale-A-Bration campaign.  On Pear Pizzazz Cardstock letters from Lovely Letters were stamped in Real Red and punched out with a non SU heart stamp.  No attempt was made to get the letters perfect within the heart.  The hearts were then adhered with glue dots.  Pear Pizzazz was also used for the floral die cut.  

On the inside I just simply layered a piece of Very Vanilla to make it more readable when writing a personalized note.  I just may sneak this into my husband's briefcase.

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

Well, most creative one, your mission this week is to make a Valentine card with the same measurements as the one above.  Haven't see you use this size in a long long time so it should be a little challenging for you. 

See Ya Next Week! 

Freestyle Fridays - Tissue Flower

Last week Regina was "missioned" to use tissue paper for this week's project.  As you can see from her sneak peak below she fulfilled her mission and some!

Head on over to her blog to get all the details and a how-to on how she did the flower.  It's a very helpful tip on how to use some of that tissue we all get with gifts at times. Be sure to leave her a comment.  She's giving away a free pass on Monday.

Freestyle Fridays In The New Year

HAPPY NEW YEAR TO YOU ALL!!!  My poor little blog has been so neglected over the holidays. My apologies to you all.  But most of all, a HUGE apology to Regina for not posting her last completed mission. To see how she fared with it PLEASE Click Here and kindly leave her your thoughts.  When you're there have a look around.  She sure has been busy.

It's that time of year when we like to thank all our loved ones for the most fabulous, and not so fabulous, gifts left for us under the festive tree or even mailed.  To start the new year off right why not send them a Thank You card.  Here's one that I came up with.  Sorry for the very small watermark.  My husband surprised me with Canon Rebel T3I for my birthday and a telephoto lens for Christmas.  Even the bells and whistles have bells and whistles.  Oh but what fun I am having learning and experimenting!

The base is Cherry Cobbler. To that I added a layer of River Rock that was first sprayed with 3M Easy Mount and laid a piece of tissue paper over it.  I used a brayer over that to get a flat, or as close to flat, surface as I could. This tissue was used to wrap one of my Christmas gifts so I will be using it sparsely since I only have one sheet so only those special cards will be adorned with it. 

I got out my Tear Drop Circles Nestabilities and did one in Cherry Cobbler and River Rock.  To the River Rock piece I threaded Cherry Cobbler Seam Bidding and attached it to the back with a simple piece of scotch-tape and adhered to the Cherry Cobbler layer with foam mounts.  Of course, before all that was done I embossed the Thanks from the stamp set Thank You Kindly in Cherry Cobbler Embossing Power and added a few butterflies using the Embosslit Beautiful Wings.

On the inside I layered it with River Rock and stamped the flower from Creative Elements fully inked and stamped it two more times without re-inking.  I really like this effect for inside a card.

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

Regina, your mission this week, should you choose to accept it, and I PROMISE to post it next week, is to make a 'thanks' project for someone special in your life.  Your challenge will be to use tissue paper in some form or other.  

Regina has been super busy making tutorials for Craft Project Central.  If you are not familiar with it Click Here for a chance to get a free pass.  So hurry, time is running out to enter.

See Ya Next Week!

Freestyle Fridays - Santa's Coming

I was looking at some of my supplies yesterday and came across some galvanized pots that I had purchased some time back.  With no particular design in mind I spray painted one in red.  Once that was dry I took out a container full of glitter paper in all sorts of colors.  Cut a strip in black and circled the pot with it.  Made a belt buckle with some gold using a square Nestabilities.  Die cut some black circles.  Took out the Tasteful Trim die and ran it through the Big Shot with some white glitter.   Can you picture where this is going?

In my glitter stash I also had a some red leafing so I stuck that into some floral foam.  Let's call this Santa's Tree.  Seriously, this was done in no time at all.  Best of all, the glitter paper has a sticky back so it came together very easily.  The only time consuming part was the spray paint drying time.

This is going to be my last Freestyle Fridays post for this year.  Regina will bring you her mission next week and we will resume January 6, 2012.

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

Ho Ho Ho Regina!  Your mission this week will be to take something in your supplies, no special purchase necessary, and turn it into Santa's Coat.  So yeah, you gotta use Red. And some black. And some white.  The only other criteria is that you must play Christmas music while creating this coat.  You know you love it!

See Ya Next Week!

Freestyle Fridays

It's the beginning of the first weekend of the busiest month of the year. How are you holding up?  Got your list made and are you checking it twice?

Hopefully Regina’s Mission from last week got you inspired like it did her.  Her mission was to:  come up with a little gift that would be great to give to teachers, neighbors or better yet, your best customers. You can incorporate it with candy, Kleenex, hair conditioner sample, bath oils, etc etc. The only exception to the rule, its NOT a card.

And here is a sneak of the result: 

Regina has all the details here and an inspirational tidbit on a very creative friend. This was shared at her last class. Once you read her post it`s going to make you want to attend her next one. So be sure to leave her a comment and find out how you can attend!

See Ya Next Week!

Freestyle Fridays - A Little Christmas Gift

Gift giving season is just around the corner.  Sometimes you just want to give someone "a little something".  In my very limited blog surfing time I came across a project for nail files that could be given to co-workers to keep handy at their desk.  Goodness knows you can never find a nail file when in need. This is my version.  

Started with a piece of Lucky Limeade measuring 11 x 3, scored at 2 1/2 and 7 1/2 on the long side.  This is what it looked like before it was completely assembled.

The embossing was done with the Vintage Wallpaper Embossing Folder. I did go over this part a little with a sanding block to distress it a bit. The stamp sets used are Love & Sympathy and My Friend stamped in Island Indigo.  The button is a cheap sewing button which was threaded with silver cord.  To make the holes for the buttons and keep them even I used the paper piercing tool and mat pack. To hide "behind it" I attached a Brushed Silver butterfly punch out.  A rhinestone brad was put on the embossed part and this can be used to wrap the silver thread around it to keep it closed.

The tips of the files were stamped with  Island Indigo using the image from My Friend.  I just used the tip.  I held the nail file with the fingers and gently pressed the stamp onto it.  It worked like a charm and I'm sure happy with the result. You see, the possibilities are endless to what you can stamp on.

Barely costs $2 to make these and a sweet little gift to brighten someone day!

 

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

Christmas is just around the corner Regina so your mission this week is to come up with a little gift that would be great to give to teachers, neighbors or better yet, your best customers.  You can incorporate it with candy, Kleenex, hair conditioner sample, bath oils, etc etc.  The only exception to the rule, its NOT a card.  Ooooo, what will you come up with!!! Can't wait!

See Ya Next Week!