I Design for The Shabby Tea Room
I Design for Vintage Udfordring
I Design for Frilly and Funkie
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May 20th, 2013 This time of year, it’s so delightful to fling open the windows and let the sunshine pour into our homes. I love all things ‘home’, especially windows! Using this image as inspiration, our challange here at The Shabby Tea Room is to create a card or project that uses a window and takes it’s color palette from the photo…
Using the ‘Carry It’ template from My Time Made Easy, I created this little container…
It’s quick and easy to print the template on ordinary copier paper, attach it to the pattern paper (or card stock) with removable adhesive and cut it out. Then, using a ruler and a stylus that I borrowed from my score board, I went over the dashed fold lines while the template was still attached, which makes the folding step super easy. Before proceeding, I stamped some wording and flourishes, then distress inked the edges, added the door, die cut vase and window along with shutters…
The paper roses were originally yellow and tangerine. Copic markers to the rescue once again! I wanted to mimic the colors of the inspiration photo, so some B04 & BV02 did the trick. A quickly punched edge gives some panache to the ‘roof line’ and two triple bows made from hand dyed rayon seam binding were added back-to-back to the top of the handle…
It was fun adding some flower buds and leaves to a window box. I simply bumped the architectural window sill out as a separate piece, using two layers of foam adhesive. I should add that in order to make leaves small enough for this project, I took some commercial paper leaves and cut them into numerous tiny ones. It’s such fun to play with a project like this one. I hope you give it a try and share your creativity with all of us at The Shabby Tea Room!
*Hugs*
Rebecca
May 15th, 2013 Here at Vintage Udfordring, the challenge is to create a card or project for a wedding… vintage style. While many people think it’s a new trend to see brides are moving out of the strictly white weddings, it isn’t widely known that ‘white weddings’ started with Queen Victoria. Before that time, women simply wore their ‘best’. I love vintage creations, so I reached for a favorite color to use with white, as well as some favorite dies and a well worn stamp set…
A vintage, silhouetted couple is surrounded by an embossed frame that has been placed on a die cut circle that is all recessed into a circle…
The addition of a few leaf flourishes, paper flowers and pearls…
along with a double bow of white rayon seam binding and a scattering of extra small pearls, finish off the design. While I typically have a sentiment on card fronts, this image seemed to say it all…
Have some fun with this ‘wedding’ challenge! I look forward to seeing your wonderful creations!
*Hugs*,
Rebecca
| Card stock |
whisper white |
Stampin’Up |
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spring rain |
Papertrey Ink |
| Clear stamps |
simply jane |
“ |
| Dye ink |
tuxedo black |
Memento |
| Watermark ink |
versamark |
Tsukineko |
| Embossing powder |
white |
Filagree |
| Dies |
simply jane |
Papertrey Ink |
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fanciful flourish |
Cherry Lynne |
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swedish spring |
” |
May 14th, 2013 The season of weddings is quickly approaching and our challenge is to produce a card or project that used white plus a color. Many couples are reaching for their favorite hues when planning their wedding celebrations and many brides are adopting colors along with white. For this weeks challenge at Frilly and Funky, create a card or project with a wedding theme that uses white plus an additional color…
I selected a blue tone to dress this die cut bride…
By die cutting the dress twice, I was able to cut off a section of the bodice for special treatment. Using a background stamp with a lace pattern, it was followed by a scattering of ‘pearls’…
A bouquet of tiny paper roses is wrapped with some slender ribbon and nestled into the brides’ hand…
A few die cut flourishes finish off the background.
Have some fun and mix traditional bridal white with one of your favorite colors to create something special. I look forward to seeing all that wonderful creativity!
*Hugs*
Rebecca
May 12th, 2013 Hello Everyone~ I hope you’ve had a wonderful spring weekend and the weather to enjoy it!! At The Shabby Tea Room, Starr is hosting a spring inspired challenge using this refreshing photo…
It’s always fun to create with pink, green and white, along with some stitching…
I used two wonderful digital designs from Digital Paper called Square Labels (stamped with a Paper Sweeties sentiment)and Sweet Color Papers. I love being able to print out exactly what I’m going to use and not having to store papers for indefinite times…
For my stitching accent, I punched stitching lines in places around the focal panel and using embroidery floss, used a running stitch, used randomly. Some hand dyed scrim (a stiff version of cheesecloth) with raw edges exposed under the panel…
The inside is filled with a die cut panel to frame a personal sentiment and some springtime fresh green and white gingham.
Thanks so much for stopping by~
*Hugs*
Rebecca
| Card stock |
whisper white |
Stampin’Up |
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pear pizzazz |
Papertrey Ink |
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med. pink |
Bazzill |
| Pattern paper |
green dot |
Panduro |
|
green gingham |
“ |
| Digital paper |
square labels |
Digital Paper/Etsy |
|
sweet color papers |
“ |
| Clear stamps |
you are amazing |
Paper Sweeties |
| Dye ink |
tuxedo black |
Tsukineko |
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chamomile |
Papertrey Ink |
| Dies |
adorning squares |
Spellbinders |
| Corner chompers |
scallop |
We R Memory Keepers |
| Adhesive gems |
pearls/rhinestones |
Prima |
| Embroidery floss |
cotton |
Anchor |
May 6th, 2013 This week at The Shabby Tea Room, Rebekah is hosting a challenge that features dry embossing and stitching~ She has selected this photo to inspire our ideas and to invite us all to create a card or project that contain these features…
I began with a dry embossed panel of ‘coordinating’ paper. This particular sheet is a slightly darker grey on the surface, with a paler grey on the inside that shows out with a small bit of sanding…
Layers of trims and a line of feather stitching done with jute, all add to the textures and remind me of the stacks of folded fabrics in the lovely inspiration photo. I used the ‘Fancy Monograms‘ from Paper Sweeties. This is such a useful set of stamps~…
In keeping with my very quiet color palette, I used some grey ink on the monogram stamps instead of the usual black…
I just love to create with odd bits of trims..too precious to toss out! A challenge that asks us to use underused techniques is always a lot of fun. Share your creation with us!!!
*Hugs*,
Rebecca
May 3rd, 2013 Hi Everybody~
At the Frilly and Funky challenge blog, Trace is hosting a challenge called ‘There’s No Time to Waste’. Think clocks, timepieces…time inspired creations!
I began with a transparent clock face that has been in my stash for many years and a sweet image on patterned paper. I wanted to stamp a sentiment in the upper left corner, but there was already a printed phrase there. Using some pale blue acrylic paint and a foam brush, I swiped some paint across that area which covered the text and gave me space to stamp on…
I used some of the hand dyed seam binding that I described in this post and topped the bow with a smaller clock face with hands.
a few different mats raise the main panel up and add a polished look that really appeals to me…
a little bit of lacy trim along with a tiny white butterfly appliqué from the Funky Junkie Boutique, just because they’re so pretty and add that needed bit of bright white. Without them, the small clock face is the only bright white embellishment and looks ‘out of place’.
I hope you will join us with a card or project of your own..don’t waste time, create with it!
*Hugs*,
Rebecca
April 28th, 2013 This week’s challenge at The Shabby Tea Room is called ‘Beautiful Spring’ and is hosted by Lenet who selected this gorgeous inspirational photo…
This week’s sponsor is The Cutting Café and I’ve used their ‘Window Sill Shaped Card Set’ that comes with both a template and a cutting file for those of you with the computer controlled cutting systems….
I cut mine by hand, after printing out the templates. It was very simple as I used temporary adhesive to attach the copier paper to the back of my card stock for cutting!
I used Paper Sweeties stamps from the ‘Banner Wishes’ clear stamp set for the sentiment…
and punched tiny flowers that I punched and then shaped. Seed beads made the flower centers and a couple of punched butterflies finished off the scene. The vintage couple inside the window is an image I took from Pion Design papers.
Hope you have a lovely week!
*Hugs*
Rebecca
April 26th, 2013 Hi Everyone!
It’s Rebecca here and it’s my turn for a Saturday Step by Step at the Frilly and Funky Challenge Blog. You know by now, that I’m a dedicated romantic..hardly a funky bone in my body, so I reached for some of my favorites from the Funky Junky Boutique. A resin wreath, message cards and a flower adorned hanger from Melissa Frances along with some of the prettiest paper ever from Pion. Grab a cuppa and I’ll tell you about this project…
I wanted to create a Birthday Tag instead of a birthday card. It began with some of these sweet little cards…
and a white, resin wreath. I chose the message I wanted and adhered it to the back of the wreath, using a bit that was cut off to fill in an empty space at the top..hardly noticeable from the front!
For color on this lovely wreath, I reached for Copic markers…
They work beautifully on any of the Melissa Frances resin embellishments…
The effect reminds me of the antique Kate Greenway illustrations…
From a lovely sheet of patterned paper, I selected a corner of the design and cut the inner layer of the tag, mounted it on some pale blue and then some linen colored card stock. a few inches of the linen color was left at the bottom of the tag for the next step…
This lovely appliqué was adhered onto the card stock and then the excess trimmed away. Having the card stock behind it, gives it a stiffness that helps it to hang squarely…
Once again, I used Copic markers to add some colorful detail to the appliqué. I colored the small blue flowers and then using a ‘blender’ pen, removed some of the ink from the centers. On the larger flowers, they were first colored with the medium pink and then some darker pink was added to the centers. I suggest you practice on some lacy scraps. It really is quite simple once you’ve tried a flower or two…
Using some hand dyed seam binding, I made two separate double bows and attached them at nearly right angles at the top of the wreath. The sweet little hanger finishes off this tag, which is only awaiting a handwritten sentiment in the empty space.
Thanks for stopping by~ Hope you have a lovely weekend.
*Hugs*,
Rebecca
April 21st, 2013 This week at The Shabby Tea Room, Debbie is hosting a challenge called ‘spring bliss’, using yellow, green, white, flowers and polka dots! This is the inspiration photo…
and this is my card creation…
I began with a stamp set, using the daisy cluster on a white oval and stamped again, fussy cut and popped on top of the oval. Copic markers were used to add some color to the black lined, stamped images. The green filagree stamped onto the shaped mat behind the daisy oval, came from the same stamp set. A yellow dotted oval and an ornate white oval finish off the shaped layers…
I tucked three loops of an organza and satin ribbon under the daisies that are popped up. A green leaf trinket pin was also tucked in to add some shine and a variation of the leaf motif.
There are loads of plants in full bloom here in the desert…
0xford blue lobelias with petunias…
hollyhocks…
and lots more hollyhocks…
and a large, thick patch of poppies that have just begun to open.
*Hugs*
Rebecca
| Card stock |
whisper white |
Stampin’Up |
| Patterned paper |
lemon tart dot |
Papertrey Ink |
|
spring moss dot |
“ |
| Clear stamps |
botanical medallions and banners |
Just Rite Stamps |
| Dye ink |
basic black |
Stampin’Up |
| Markers |
alcohol markers |
Copic |
| Dies |
classic ovals, small |
Spellbinders |
|
opulent ovals |
“ |
| Ribbon |
white, ribbon organza |
Stampin’Up |
| Trinket pin |
green leaf |
Maya Road |
April 17th, 2013 This week at Frilly and Funky, Linda is challenging us to ‘upcycle’ items into a new project…hmmm. There was that old, round biscuit container… It was so well made of chipboard that even though it was nothing to look at, I kept it. Unfortunately, I didn’t take a picture before I got to work on it, but suffice it to say, it was just a round, brown box!
The first step was to cover the top and bottom in a pretty, though fairly ancient patterned paper that I think I’ve had for 15 years. Then I took a handful of fabric rose leaves that were leftovers from a project from 1998. A girl shouldn’t rush into these things!..
I had a scrap of hand dyed silk ribbon that wasn’t long enough to tie into a bow or a knot either! It was too pretty to throw out, so I folded it to form a ‘V’ and adhered it to the top, followed by a gathering of cheesecloth that had been very lightly tea dyed. I had been meaning to return it to a tea or coffee bath to change the color and somehow, never got back to it. On top of that, I hot glued some fabric hydrangea flowers. I don’t even remember where those came from! Two odd velvet leaves were tucked under this little arrangement and then I called it ‘done’…
It is now the perfect home for all the odds and ends of pretty yarns and ribbons that I keep on hand. It’s so much nicer to reach for a pretty container than a drab one. Thanks Linda for such a useful challenge!! I hope you all have some fun with this one too.
*Hugs*,
Rebecca
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