Freestyle Fridays

This week marked another year older for my beloved Evan.  In his honor this card was designed.

 

It started by discovering some rather old DSP at the bottom of the scrap bin.  I barely recall it let alone the name of it. It seem to fit well with River Rock cardstock.  Took the Ticket Corner Punch to all the corners.  Layered the dark brown DSP with Very Vanilla.  The sentiment is from a hostess set (when they use to mean something) with purple rubber.  The other stamping is from Little Pieces that matched perfectly with the paper.  These were stamped in Chocolate Chip Classic Ink. When folded the card measures 4 x 9 1/4, perfect for a letter size envelope.

 

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

 

This week, dear friend, your mission is to go to the bottom of the scrap bin and pick something out to do something with.  What are you saving it for anyways???  NO cheating, it has to be from the bottom.

 

PS: Jacoline and I have booked our flight to Utah.  We're gonna need your best face shot so we can put it on a stick and take you with us wherever we go.  Stop laughing, this is serious business.

 

See Ya Next Week!

Freestyle Fridays

It's Regina's turn this week and she sure has made good use of it.  I can't tell you enough how often my jaw drops when I see one of her creations.  Especially when she completes a mission that I give her so little to go one.  This week is not exception.  It was to do the Chalkboard technique and not use black.

 

The details that she has added to this week's care are phenomenal.  Make sure you go to her blog post here and read her thought process on this one.  And please, leave her a generous comment.

 

See Ya Next Week!

Freestyle Fridays - Love is in the Air

There are so many cards out there lately with the chalkboard technique.  I wanted to give it try will doing something different so I incorporated the technique with a Valentine theme and went with red.  Although I did not use a lot of white applications I think it still qualifies.

All of the stamping was done with Versamark and White embossing powder.  Two hearts were punched out of Shimmery White cardstock and adhered with dimensionals.  The arrow in the top heart was hand drawn with a white Crayola.  White Craft ink surrounds the Real Red layer using the direct to paper method.  All that was layered on Crumb Cake. Pretty simple really but I love the way it turned out.  Stamp sets used were Bella Toile, Well Scripted and Love you Much.

 

********REGINA'S MISSION********

 

Your mission this week Regina is to do the Chalkboard Technique on any color other than black.  What you'll probably find most challenging is choosing the color.  Make sure you drop by Regina's blog, she made herself a new banner.

 

See Ya Next Week!

Freestyle Fridays - Regina's CASE

Regina was super inspired with her mission last week.  She had it done in no time.  You all had to wait until today for it's unveil.

Regina's blog post here will give you all the details and the inspiration she had to create this little gem.  Did she use Washi tape or designer paper? Make sure you head on over there to find out and leave her a comment on how inspired you were by this creation.

 

See Ya Next Week!

Freestyle Fridays - Valentine's Day is around the corner

Like music, paper crafting has its Rock Stars.  My top 3 are Julie Ebersole, Tammy Tutterow and last but certainly not least Regina Andari. 

 

This card is a CASE from Julie Ebersole that she did in a post for The Classroom on Ellen Huston's blog.  This is my interpretation.

The base is Whisper White.  I then took a layer of Whisper White and ran it through the Big Shot with the Harlequin Texturz Plate. Using the direct to paper technique I applied Tim Holtz's Spun Sugar distress ink.  In the Big Shot once again with a Rectangular Nestibility. I poked two holes and then strung some Silver Cord between two silver brads.

 

That piece was attached with two way sticky foam strip to give it some dimension.  The love was cut out from the decorative strip Join In The Cheer with pink glitter as the heart was with a Scalloped Nestibility using a mini clothespin to attach it to the silver cord. 

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

The Mission this week is to find a card to CASE putting your own spin on it.  You might find this extra challenging Regina since you are outstanding at coming up with your own designs and thousands have CASEd you.

You have to come back and see what she comes up with.  And don't be shy if you want to join in. You are always welcome.  Let us know and we will link your card.

See Ya Next Week!

Freestyle Fridays - Regina's Hue Choice

It's Regina's week here at Freestyle Fridays. She did mention to me early this week that she found this week's mission particularly challenging.  From the look of her sneak below I would say that she was very successful in the end.  

 

As an added treat she used plenty of new products from this year's SAB catalog and the Stampin' Up recent mini release.  So please head on over to her post here and let her know how much her sharing her creativity with us is appreciated.

 

See Ya Next Week!

Freestyle Fridays - Masculine Birthday

It was my boss's birthday earlier this week which called for a masculine card.

He wears quite a bit of blue so I went with that.  Started with a Baja Breeze base, stamped that with a really old background stamp, Happy Birthday Greetings, in Midnight Muse.  I'm still not sure if I like these "new and improved" ink pads.  Did the pinwheel with Baja Breeze DSP.  The die is from My Favorite Things and must be ran twice through the Big Shot to get the necessary "wheels" .  Go here for a really great tutorial on how to put it together.  A glue gun, a lollipop stick and a brad was all I used for this one.  Now to figure out how to make them so that they twirl would be awesome. 

 

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

 

Regina, this week your mission is to use one color of various hues.  For example if you were to use green it could be Wild Wasabi, Old Olive, Lucky Limeade.... You can throw in one neutral color for effect.   Regina has a fabulous Valentine project posted on her blog so make sure you drop by for a look.

See You Next Week!