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Last minute entry for this weeks challenge at Simon Says: Tape it Up. I don't typically use much Washi Tape, even though I like the look of it on other people's projects.  That doesn't mean I don't have any of it LOL! (But I do use a fair amount of mounting tape!) Anyhow, I wanted to make a baby card for our niece and thought the little hearts would work well.  Her colors were gray and yellow and this card started out as such, but the addition of the black tape and the black under the stencil letters gave it a darker feel.  Oh well, she will love that I spelled out the baby's name, and I got to play with my new Tim Holtz Sizzix Die Set, got to love the hashtag!


 

 

Augustus Rome

I really liked the current challenge at Frilly and Funkie: August to celebrate Augustus Caesar and his contribution to architecture, and to focus on marble, columns, and/or arches in your project.

We were lucky enough to take a cruise last year to Italy and Greece, and one of the things that really caught our attention were the beautiful doorways and arches. In fact, one of the friends we met on the cruise was laughing at my husband for taking so many pictures of doorways and flowers and such! So I debated on whether or not to make 12 x 12 layouts in my Travel album, or to create a mini album with this chipboard album cover. I decided to go with the mini album, but I still have to work on the insides of the album! I got a little sidetracked this year working on albums for the grandkids!

The little cards are from Graphic 45 retired DSP called Botanicabella, the 'poster' really reminded me of an ancient notice in Latin.

Here is a close up of the arched doorway on my cover.

The following photos are a few which will eventually be added to pages for this mini album:

Thanks for stopping by!

Wild Dragonfly

I made this Thursday and almost forgot to post it!  I made this card for my friend to mail to her grandaughter, she likes purple. I love this Dragonfly Vine stamp by Stampendous and haven't used it in a while, so I thought it would fit the challenge at Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge 'Wild Things'. I used regular Versamark, but Tim Holtz Distress Embossing Powder which gives it more of a mat finish rather than the shiny white embossing powder. I dyed the Seam Binding Ribbon using some distress ink and crumpling it in a small plastic bag while it was drying.

Happy place

One more for the travel theme at Frilly and Funkie: Planes, Trains, and Automobiles.

This is an anniversary card for the same son with the birthday next week.  They recently bought a trailer and take the grandkids camping every chance they get.  I tried to include 'the city' in the background to signify 'getting away from it all', by masking with torn paper before stamping the Tim Holtz City Central image.

The trees are from an old favorite Stampin Up set, Lovely as a Tree. The trailer is from Sunny Studio Happy Camper, and the 'sign' is from Autumn Leaves duly recorded, both purchased for my scrapbooking endeavors.

I blended some Distress Ink and very, very, lightly, nervously, spritzed with water; stamped an extra image of the trailer and colored with Copics, then added to the background.

A little bit cutesy, but oh well...thanks for stopping by!

Planes, trains, and automobiles

Just in time for my middle son's birthday (he's 37 in case you missed the arrow and the star reference)! He just bought a black pickup truck (not vintage) and his birthday is next week.  Since I have 3 grown sons, I tend to go a little more funkie than frilly.

I started with some map DSP from one of my very first scrapbook purchases, a Heritage Album kit from Hot Off The Press, are they even still around? Then I used the Rays Layering Stencil from Tim Holtz along with some Mini Distress Ink. I forgot to heat set the Distress Ink, so when I added the stamped image of the truck, Tim Holtz The Journey, and some black embossing powder, I had to gently wipe away the black powder on the rays! Then I stamped the compass from Mini Blueprints and used some rub ons from Tim Holtz Life Quotes before adding the die cut pieces from Recollections and the phillips screw Brads, and then used some mounting tape to allow for the extra thickness created by the brads.

Frilly and Funkie - Planes Trains and Automobiles

Love is not...

One of my nephews is getting married this month, and the wedding is outdoors, in the mountains, so I wanted the card to have a little bit of an outdoor feel without going too far over the top. 

This paper is from a 6x6 retired Pink Paislee set called Queen Bee.  Being the paper hoarder I am (it is from 2010), I decided to finally use it. I ran across a wedding quote I used in a scrapbook several years ago and recreated it on my computer using the Papyrus font. I then used the Tim Holtz Thinlits die to create the background and the Paper Dolls collection. I stamped a tiny butterfly (Skipping Stones Design) and then fussy cut another butterfly to give it dimension and added a tiny pearl.

I made a copy of their wedding invitation and cut out the heart with their initials (Travis & Alisha) and added it to a kraft envelope so I could tuck in some money.

I was inspired to add the butterflies for the challenge at Frilly and Funkie to add birds, bees, and/or butterflies.

Thanks for looking!

To be all that is possible

Just a quick gift card holder pulled together for my nephew's high school graduation, but I really wanted to tie it into the challenge at Frilly and Funkie, thus the rush, since we've got the grandkids coming this morning for the 4th of July activities.

It took me a while to figure out what type of graduation gift card to send to my nephew, but I finally decided on an Uber gift card in case he gets stuck for a ride! Anyhow, I made a gift card holder that looks like a tag and sealed it with twine and added a few of Tim Holtz sentiments, and added it to some vintage postal background paper. A little different from the normal Graduation card, but I kind of like it!

Frilly and Funkie: By Airmail