My Favorite Things Summer School Lesson #10-Monochromatic

It is Thursday here in blog land. This week has flown by!! I have spent a lot of time in my craft room while Charlotte has been at camp. This is her last week and I know she is going to want to go places when she is stuck at home.

Here are a few photos of her for Throwback Thursday.

These are when she didn't mind her curly hair!! Now she wears it in a braid EVERY DAY. 

Today I am showcasing a card that I created for My Favorite Things Summer School: Lesson 10-Monochromatic. These classes have been free on their blog and even though I "know" all this stuff, I like to refresh my design skills and create projects for the challenges to practice.

I am warning you that this post will be heavy on the photos today. I kind of took photos of the process, something I only do occasionally. 

Here is my card. The color I chose to emphasize is blue, if you cannot tell.

I started off by smooshing watered down Distress Ink in Stormy Sky and Broken China onto a piece of watercolor paper. (Please excuse the mess on my desk-I have a few projects I have been working on this week and am still not quite done!!)

I wanted to do an inlaid die cut technique on the edge of the card so I used post it tape to back the edge of the paper where I was going to make the cut. 

I then used My Favorite Things "Flutter of Butterflies" lace die to cut out a butterfly. 

I then put MORE post it tape on the back and made sure all the little pieces were glued into place and would not fall out. 

Next I took the panel and used watered down Distress Ink in the same colors I used before and splattered the front of the card. (I wish I had left the white space like it is on here. I like it a lot better!) When it dried, I stamped the sentiment. I am using this as a sympathy card. 

I then adhered three different scraps of patterned paper on the edge of a white top folding A2 card. I used foam adhesive to adhere the butterfly panel to the card.

My last step was to cover the butterfly in clear Wink of Stella and adhere a few sequins randomly around the butterfly. 

This was a fun card to do and I think I will be making a few more of these to have on hand. However, I will not be splattering "extra" ink on it. I think it would have looked better if I had left the white space. This is what "homework" in crafting is all about, though. Practice eventually makes perfect!!

I am entering this into the drawing at My Favorite Things Lesson #10 and for Simon Says Stamp Work it Wednesday Challenge-July, which was to use die cuts. 

I think you for taking the time to stop by today. Have a wonderful night!

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My Favorite Things Summer School Homework: Gallon, Quart, Pint Lesson

Happy Sunday!! It is hot and humid here, not a nice day to spend outside. My husband is packing for a trip to England he has to take for work. He leaves at 3:00. I asked if I could come but he said no. I would have loved to hop over there for a few days with him. Maybe when Charlotte is bit older and can stay by herself.

A little under the weather this week. Resting has not helped, nor has going on with my regular activities. I walked a little under 10 miles on Thursday and it just about killed me for the next two days. I am hoping that with Chris away, I will be able to rest a little bit more. His snoring can keep me up sometimes.

I finally went shopping today and found a dress for the wedding I am going to in August. Not my favorite but it will do. Now I need to buy shoes and a fancy necklace or earrings to go with it. The shoes will be even harder to find then the dress for me. My tootsies are so chubby and heels just look funny. Due to having to buy a 1/2 size up for high heels, my toes do not reach the bottom. It kind of looks silly. If they only made pretty shoes for wide feet!

Today I am sharing the card I created this week for My Favorite Things Summer School Lesson #6. It was to create a project using the "gallon, quart, pint" color philosophy. I think I do this on a regular basis without thinking. However, when I actually HAD to think about it, I had a difficult time.

I began this card by stamping MFT's Pinstripe background stamp, using Lemon Chiffon ink on a Lemon Chiffon A2 top folding card. Next I die cut the white split panel using a Blueprint die. I then splashed Lemon Chiffon ink that I had watered down across the white. I adhered the white panel to the front of the of the card.

For the sentiment, I used MFT's "Celebratory Greetings" dies and die cut the sentiment from white polka dot paper, as well as 3 sets of white. I then glued all the pieces together, with the polka dot on top and adhered it to the card. I always have a hard time doing this technique and can never get the die cuts to line up as perfect as I want. I think I need to let one layer dry, then add the other but I am so impatient I just want to do it all at once.

For my next step, I die cut the yellow and gray banner pieces out of scraps and adhered them under the sentiment. I die cut and adhered the little gray tab, as well as found the white glitter star in my stash to add to the card front. My last step was to adhere the teeny tiny stars. You cannot see all the glue around them IRL like you can see in the close up photo above. I debated whether to even use the close up photo or not but I like to see others detail shots so I included mine too.

Now I only have two more lessons to complete. I am having so much fun playing with color!! My only wish is that I don't have a ton of solid stamps to use for the challenges. I have not been in the mood to color.

I hope you are having a great day!! To end this post, I am going to share a photo of my "baby" Zack aka "Stinky" (because he is a little stinker and gets into trouble!) He has been my partner this summer. He goes with me on all my carpool duties for Char. He loves to be a passenger and look out the window of the car. Thanks for stopping by!!

Supplies:

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Patterned Paper-Yello Polka Dot-Bo Bunny Back to Basics "Ella Butter Blossom, Gray-Elle's Studio

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My Favorite Things Summer School Lesson #9-Secondary Colors

Happy Thursday!! It has been a beautiful day here in Connecticut. Warm with a nice breeze and VERY LITTLE humidity. I got up early and went on a walk. Unfortunately it was because I was coughing so much but it got me out and about. I like starting my day early if I can. In the summer I tend to stay up too late and it is hard to get my butt out of bed. However, when I do, I get a ton accomplished.

Since I woke up so early, I was able to play in my craft room. I created a card for My Favorite Things Summer School. Lesson 9 was to use secondary colors (orange, green or purple) on a card.

Here is what I came up with.

I chose to use all three colors on this card. For something that looks so darn simple, it took me long enough. Not totally happy with it as I think the shaker box needs one more thing on it. However, I tried a clip, some more stars and some other embellishments but nothing worked. The little sentiment banner might need to be longer. I just got sick of playing and gave up. I like how the rest came out though.

I started off by embossing in white using MFT's "Patterned Triangles Background" stamp. I then smooshed  MFT's "Lavender Fields," "Sour Apple," and "Orange Fizz" onto a piece of wax paper and diluted it with a paint brush filled with water. I then painted each color onto the embossed background. After it was dry, I used a Blueprints die to cut the panel out.

I then adhered the panel onto a piece of MFT "Lavender Fields" card stock that was cut and folded into an A-2 top folding card. I randomly wrapped some silver thread and adhered it onto the card front.

Next I created the shaker box by stamping "Orange Fizz" with MFT's "Pinstripe" background on white paper. I die cut it into a square and then die cut a heart out of the center.

I then created the shaker and adhered it on top of the silver thread. I stamped and adhered the sentiment banner, as well as the die cut stars. I also adhered some of the silver sequins that I used inside the shaker. Thank goodness I don't throw my crafting items out. These stars have to be as old as my daughter!! (She is fourteen!)

My last step was to cover the card stock stars with clear Wink of Stella.

Oh, and I almost forgot because I rarely do this-I stamped an inside to the card.

This was a really fun card to make. First, I LOVE purple, green and orange together. I also liked using using the thread in the random way like I did. I have seen many card designers use it like this but I have never tried it. I still might play with it but for now, I am moving on. I still need to do the first two lessons!!

I am also feeling a bit nostalgic today. I decided to share two photos of Char from Summer 2006 for a "throw back Thursday." Time sure flies by. I miss this age!! She was so darn fun.

People that know me know this look. The apple does not fall far from the tree here!!

Thank you for stopping by today. Have a lovely night!!

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