Paper Trey Ink 7th Anniversary, Day 9 Challenge…and a Snow Day!!

Good evening!! What a day we have had here. No school due to snow-which is almost up to ten inches. We would have gotten more but it turned to rain. We are due for more tonight and I really do not want school to be off tomorrow. It is a double edged sword working at a school. All these closing effect my paycheck!!

Late this afternoon I played along with Paper Trey Ink's 7th Anniversary Challenge, Day 9. It was called "Building Blocks" of Design Challenge. I had to go through each designers blog, use the sheet below that I downloaded from Nichole Heady's blog and random.org to pick my "blocks" of design.

I have to admit, this was rather challenging to me. I really wanted to cheat and pick my own materials and colors but I refused to let myself. Here is what I came up with:

I found that gold, pink and aqua are not the easiest colors to work with all together. I also didn't have a clue how I was going to use watercolors on it. I went through my re-inkers and only had a Harvest Gold and an Aqua Mist. I wound up stamping an ink pad on a splay mat and adding water to make my Raspberry Fizz "paint." I didn't load up the brush with a ton of water so there is more of a dry brushed look to it. I think I am going to try this technique on a full card next time.

I am hoping it is allowed but I did slightly deviate from the sketch a tiny bit. I tilted my banner rather then putting it on straight. I liked the way it looked better when I was playing with it then the way it was in the sketch.

I also had fun using one of my new Mama Elephant  "Basic Borders" stamps for my banner. I stamped first in aqua mist, then raspberry fizz and then the harvest gold. One end came out better then the other but I like how it looks.

I also added a bit of dimension on the card. I put a few layers of scrap card stock under three of the hearts and used foam adhesive on the heart block, as well as the banner. For something that was so difficult to me, I think it came out pretty good.

I thought I would also share two shots I took out my living room window today. You can see a bit of my reflection but I had to sneak this photo of Charlotte.

The only kinds of shots I can get of Char these days is of her back and I have to SNEAK every one. She won't let me take her picture. I guess it is the beauty of being thirteen!!.

That is all for tonight. Thank you for stopping by.

Nora

Supplies:

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Doodlebug Design Card

Happy Hump Day!! The countdown is on. Valentine's day is in two days. I know it is a Hallmark Holiday but it is special to me because my birthday is on February 15th. I could have been a Valentine's baby!!

Today is going to be a super quick post. I created a quick card using word bubbles and Doodlebug Design products. To be honest, I CASED this card from someone. I think it was a PTI designer but I am not sure. I apologize for not remembering!!

My favorite element on this card is the Doodlebug ticket!! Isn't it so cute?

Thank you for stopping by. I hope you have a fabulous day!!

Nora

Supplies:
Darice Embossing Folder

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Lawn Fawn "Science of Love" Valentine Cards

Since Friday is Valentine's day, I thought I would share a few cards I created using Lawn Fawn's "Science of Love" stamps.

I had a lot of fun die cutting and stamping different images from this set. When I am not sure how I am going to use a stamp, I tend to stamp images, color them ahead of time and then arrange them on different projects as the inspiration hits me. In that way, I am not taking a lot of time to stamp and color when I am actually putting a card together. This also helps me to make more then one of the same card quicker if I really like the design.

For my first card, I chose to showcase the two birds from the set. I took images that I colored ahead of time and layered them over a piece of 4" by 5 1/4" piece of patterned paper that I had adhered to a 4 1/4" by 5 1/2" red card base.

I mounted them with foam adhesive over a branch from the "Winter Sparrow"set. I decided to use a black word bubble and embossed the sentiment in red. Didn't it come out so cute?

I love these little "nerdy" birds!! My mother used to have glasses like the blue bird.

For my second card, I just sat down and played, something that is unusual for me. I chose to stamp the flasks from the "Science of Love"set in pinks and reds on a white card stock base. I then created a banner out of pink and stamped the sentiment. I added the little test tube that I had created in my mass coloring on the banner.

I then just dumped a bunch of pink sequins on the card and then glued them down with glossy accents. I added dots of diamond Stickles to complete the look.

Isn't it fun? I would make more of these in the future. However, I am so done with making Valentine's!! I just need to send them out now.

Thank you for stopping by. I hope you enjoyed my cards. Remember to stop by tomorrow for some more Valentine ideas.

Nora

Supplies:

Eyes for You Card

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Great Chemistry Card

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