Thursday, July 16, 2015

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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Wednesday, July 15, 2015

My Favorite Things Summer School-Lesson #8: Primary Colors

Happy Wednesday! Just a quick post to show you a card I created for today's Summer School Lesson at the My Favorite Things Blog. Today's lesson was Primary Colors.


The lesson video showed blending of primary color inks together to make a third color. Here is the card I created.


First I stamped the cup cake image with red, yellow and blue dye ink onto a piece of white card stock. I then die cut the panel with a Blueprints die and adhered it to a piece of Red Hot A2 top folding card.


Next I die cut the word happy four times out of white card stock. I then shaded the blue, red and yellow dye ink with an ink blending took across the top. I then glued the colored sentiment on top of the white die cuts to give the word dimension. I then adhered the word to the front of the card. To give the die cut a bit of pop, I covered the "happy" with clear Wink of Stella.

I then die cut a banner out of white card stock. I blended blue dye ink over the top and stamped the "happy birthday" sentiment over it in black. I adhered the banner using foam adhesive to the front of the card.


My last step was to adhere white and primary colored sequins around the sentiment in a random way.

Primary colors scare me so this was a kind of difficult card for me to create. However, it was fun to shade.

Again, I am entering this for the My Favorite Things summer school.

I thank you for stopping by tonight. Have a great night!!



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