Stampin' Retreat!

Well I just returned from a very fun weekend.  My upline rewards people in her downline who promote every year with a retreat where she pampers you and all you need to do is laugh, drink wine, sleep, oh yeah and stamp a bit if you want.  If you are interested in being eligible for perks like this, sign up to be a Stampin' Up! demonstrator with me and you could be on this fun trip next summer! 

 It was a secret location, which we actually didn't know what or where it was until we got there.  Now of course, when we pulled into the BC Ferries terminal, we knew we were going somewhere across the sea...Well, across Howe Sound anyway.  We drove in the dark for what seemed like hours until we found our way to Stone's Throw cottage.  And it was cute!  I don't actually have a photo of the outside, but when I got home tonight I sat down and scrapped a few quick pages using My Digital Studio and the Downtown Grunge Digital Kit.  I'll share more photos and stories over the next week or so.  I've got a TON of tutorials to try and type up for all of you before I go back to work in 2 weeks - gulp!

Array of Sunshine Box & Note Cards!

As a special thank you to subscribers Craft Project Central has not one, but two bonus projects for you this month!! Head on over there to check out the details! This cute little project makes a great gift! The box is filled with darling little note cards that the recipient can use, and once the cards are gone it makes a great Post-it note holder too! This project is also a great class or club project!!

To get the instructions for this cute bonus project designed by Laurie, just head on over to Craft Project Central, subscribe to August and meet one of the other bonus project requirements, of subscribing to two or more months in a row, adding the Craft Project Central badge to your blog or referring a friend and when they subscribe, letting them know.

The Domestic Goddess Scrap 'n Card Kit - NEW

Well I never thought that I would find a use for the Domestic Goddess DSP from the latest Catty from Stampin' Up!  But there was something about the colours in it that really attracted me.  I love, love, LOVE Pool Party.  Anyway the blues and the yellows reminded me of Baby things.  I was itching to scrap this new paper, and suddenly inspiration struck, so voila!  The Domestic Goddess Scrap 'n Card Kit was born.

  

Above you will find the scrap page, and here is the card.  This kit is available for a Boy or a Girl.  I have included all the printables from My Digital Studio as a part of the kit so you don't need to own any stamps or ink to make this page.  All the other supplies are listed in the tutorial.

Fortunately my kids are away for a few days with their Grandparents, so I had time to type this tutorial up.  Don't worry, the Artisan Award Tutorials are coming, I'm just going to have to recreate the projects with current product, so I'll have to come up with a plan for retired items.  But hey, I'm a resourceful girl!  Anyhow, this latest tutorial is part of a new venture for me.  I am going to try to post new tutorials and templates on a regular basis.  For those of you who are new to my blog, if you look along the top there are some tabs that say things like 'Home', 'Templates', 'Tutorials', 'Awards', etc.  On my blog Tutorials are free, and Templates have a small charge because templates take me hours and hours to put together.

  

So if you're interested please click below to purchase this tutorial template for $3.99 USD

Box Pleat Tutorial:

 This tutorial is based on one developed by Susan Stringfellow.

To make these pleats I scored each strip by one and then by 3. What I mean by this is that I scored some papers at ¼ “ and after another ¾” and then after another ¼ “ and after another ¾” and so on…

For this paper I imagined that one red and one white strip made a whole unit. Then I scored half way through the first stripe and then at the end of the next stripe and then half way through that stripe and at the end of the next stripe and so on…

For this paper I used the scallop trim border punch along the edge first. Then I scored after one scallop and next after 3 more scallops, and then after one scallop, and then after 3 more and so on…

Here's some more views...

When I was done scoring, I folded each paper along the score lines, just like in the photos above. I ran a strip of sticky tape along the back of each pleated paper in order to secure them. You can stitch along them with a sewing machine for a different look.

Stampin Royalty Challenge #85

 This week we have a sketch challenge for you over at Stampin' Royalty.  I decided to scrap another photo from my DH's brother's wedding last month.  This photo is of my DH's sister.  The pashmina she's wearing really reminded me of Calypso Coral.  So I decided to use the Berry Blossoms DSP.  Even the Wisteria Wonder seems to compliment the colour of the shadows in the background of the photo.  When I first put this page together I really felt that the lime and coral page with the flowers was TOO bright, so I reduced the opacity of it so that it wasn't so vivid, and I really like the effect. 

Colour Q Challenge #98

It's Tuesday and there's another fabulous colour combo over at Colour Q.  This combo totally had me stumped.  I eventually decided to scrap this photo of me on my wedding day.  We got married in Mexico, and many of the buildings are painted these extremely bright colours.  Well, originally I wanted to use this photo because I'm standing in front of a Turquoise wall - yup - TURQUOISE!!  Scroll down for the colour version of the photo.  It's actually a great photo, but once I actually pulled the photo into MDS I realized that it actually clashed with the blues in this challenge, so I decided to change the photo to Sepia to compliment the Soft Suede.  I tried to evoke a vintage feel with this page.  There are TONS of layers. 

Friends

Here's a page that was SUPER easy to make.  I used the template from the digital DSP Sun Garden.  All I did was plug in the photos and add the text at the bottom of the page.  Nothing else.  This is a page of me and my good friend Jenn Picard who is also an Artisan Award Winner this year, and was my roomate at Convention this year.  The bottom are some silly photos that we took with the front camera on my IPhone as we goofed around during the General Session.  They are very fuzzy from the IPhone, but they show just how much fun we were having.

Coming soon...

Christmas Keepsake Box Card Kit

Coming soon...
Did you get your Christmas Keepsake Box and now you're not sure if you want to create the Box, or make Christmas Cards.  Personally, I love to make cards the most, so I've made this collection of Christmas cards using only the products from the kit and some Very Vanilla Cardstock.  I'll be posting the tutorial this upcoming week.  If you did NOT get the kit, but are interested in the tutorial, I'll include the product list for all Stampin' Up! products needed.

Artisan Dinner Swap - My Project

Well we've had a ton of fun on this Artisan Award Winner Blog Hop.  Today we're offering you a bonus day to the hop.  When we were in Utah last month for convention, we had a special dinner out with Shelli and her hubby Sterling, and a few of the concept artists at Stampin' Up!  It was a fabulous dinner that went on much longer than planned because we were so busy laughing so much.  Click here for my post on that evening.  Well, one of the things that we organized before Convention, was a 3D or card swap for the artisan winners.  So today we are showcasing our swaps from that dinner.  The thought of swapping with people who had won the Artisan Award was very intimidating.  So I decided to try my hand at something 3D.  I've been eyeing up the fabric and decided to try and use my new Delicate Doilies fabric.  I searched the internet for ideas and came up with this little pouch.  I bought some plain white cotton fabric to line the outside, and a zipper from the fabric store.  I promise that I will post a tutorial about this in the next few weeks (whew! I've a lot of tutorials to post this month!)  Anyway, I made 16 of these 'puppies' in a week.  I used to sew my own clothes a lot so it was just a matter of practice for me to use that old skill and start sewing again.   
Not all of the Artisans are participating in this hop, but here's the list of links for you to check out today.

THE ARTISAN AWARD WINNERS BLOG HOP 2011
1. Connie Collins  
2. Sandra Farrell   (You are here)
3. Heidi King  
4. Heather Klump   
5. Cheryl LeFore   
6. Laura Mellinger
7. Jennifer Picard    
8. Heather Stevens
9. Summer Stone    
10. Heather Summers

Artisan Blog Hop Day #10

Welcome to Day #10 of the Artsan Award Blog Hop. If you have been following the past few days just skip down to the information below the photo If this is your first visit, let me explain. This years' Artisan Award winners are having a BLOG HOP. We're going to show you all of our winning projects, and let you know a bit about how we made them. If you check out all projects over the whole hop you will see 100 winning projects. So don't forget to stop by tomorrow! Underneath my project, you will find a link to the next blog on the tour, and at the very bottom of this post you will find a complete list of all 10 blogs, in case you get lost on the tour. You should have just come from Connie Collins' blog. Isn't she terribly talented. I love her work.

This project started as a idea on how to use the Petal punch to make paper roses.  The next thing I knew I decided I needed a basket for them.  I played around with the Scallop Envelope box that so many people have made over the years and I decided to 'step it up' a bit.  So I decided to make a 5 sided box instead of the traditional 4 sided.  I also ran the envelopes through the big shot with the square lattice textured impressions folder to make it look woven.   I'll post up a tutorial on how I made these flowers sometime in the next month.  I hope you enjoyed today's project, now hop on over to Heidi King's blog to see her next amazing project.

SUPPLIES:
Cardstock – Baja Breeze, Rose Red, Regal Rose, Pear Pizzazz, Always Artichoke
Classic Ink – Baja Breeze, Rose Red, Regal Rose, Pear Pizzazz
Adhesives – SNAIL adhesive, Sticky Strip, Crystal Effects, Mini Glue Dots
Accessories – Springtime Vintage Designer Fabric, Blossom Petals Punch, Scallop Envelope Bigz die, and Square Latice Textured Impressions Folder for the Big Shot

THE ARTISAN AWARD WINNERS BLOG HOP 2011
1. Connie Collins  
2. Sandra Farrell   (You are here)
3. Heidi King  
4. Heather Klump   
5. Cheryl LeFore   
6. Laura Mellinger
7. Jennifer Picard    
8. Heather Stevens
9. Summer Stone    
10. Heather Summers

Artisan Blog Hop Day #9

Welcome to Day #9 of the Artsan Award Blog Hop. If you have been following the past few days just skip down to the information below the photo If this is your first visit, let me explain. This years' Artisan Award winners are having a BLOG HOP. We're going to show you all of our winning projects, and let you know a bit about how we made them. If you check out all projects over the whole hop you will see 100 winning projects. So don't forget to stop by tomorrow! Underneath my project, you will find a link to the next blog on the tour, and at the very bottom of this post you will find a complete list of all 10 blogs, in case you get lost on the tour. You should have just come from Connie Collins' blog. Isn't she terribly talented. I love her work.

I decided that I needed to create a copy of a card that I made last year.  I added more layers and more detail to this card, but essentially it is the same.  I will really miss this stamp. I really enjoyed watercolouring it.  Watercolouring is so simple when you use watercolour paper and an aquapainter.  The frame was made by running the DSP through the big shot in the Tulip Frame Embossing Folder.  IO will be posting a tutorial in the next week on how I did this. Then I used a sanding block to distress it and rub off the outer layer of paper to expose the white core.  I hope you enjoyed today's project, now hop on over to Heidi King's blog to see her next amazing project.

SUPPLIES:
Stamps - Because I Care

Cardstock – Early Espresso, Old Olive, Confetti White,
Other Paper - Blushing Bride Designer Series Paper, Watercolour Paper
Classic Ink – Old Olive, Blushing Bride
Other Ink - Black Staz On, Old Olive and Blushing Bride Stampin’ Write Markers
Adhesives – SNAIL adhesive, Sticky Strip, Stampin’ Dimensionals, Mini Glue Dots, Crystal Effects
Accessories –Linen Thread, Framed Tulips Textured Impressions Embossing Folder for the Big Shot, Pretty In Pink Designer Button, Old Olive 1 ¼” Striped Grosgrain Ribbon, Sanding Block


THE ARTISAN AWARD WINNERS BLOG HOP 2011
1. Connie Collins  
2. Sandra Farrell   (You are here)
3. Heidi King  
4. Heather Klump   
5. Cheryl LeFore   
6. Laura Mellinger
7. Jennifer Picard    
8. Heather Stevens
9. Summer Stone    
10. Heather Summers

Stampin Royalty Challenge #84

This week at Stampin' Royalty we have an inspiration challenge for you.  Hop on over to see what the fabulous Design Team has created.  I have to say that when I first saw thsi photo collage, I had no idea what to make.  So I searched through my photos.  Let me tell you, I've been scrapbooking so much lately that it's getting hard for me to find photos of my children that I haven't already scrapped.  I found these photos of my daughter when we flew to Palm Springs earlier this year.  I took these photos with my phone and they are very poor quality.  But I though the softness of these photos evoked a more vintage feel.  I hope that comes through in the page. 

Artisan Blog Hop Day #8

Welcome to Day #8 of the Artsan Award Blog Hop.  If you didn't get a chance to come by yesterday, let me explain.  This years' Artisan Award winners are having a BLOG HOP.  We're going to show you all of our winning projects, and let you know a bit about how we made them.  If you check out all projects over the whole hop you will see 100 winning projects.  So don't forget to stop by tomorrow!   Underneath my project, you will find a link to the next blog on the tour, and at the very bottom of this post you will find a complete list of all 10 blogs, in case you get lost on the tour.  You should have just come from Connie Collins' blog. Isn't she terribly talented.  I love her work.

For this card I decided to copy the layout of a card that I had made last year.  Click here to see that card. I took the layout of that card, changed the colours and changed it to a square card from a round card.  I can't remember where I got the colour combo from, but I know I wanted to keep the softness of the colours in my original card.  I hope you enjoyed today's project, now hop on over to Heidi King's blog to see her next amazing project.

SUPPLIES:
Stamps - Elizabeth, Punch Popourri, Great Friend
Cardstock – Rose Red, Baja Breeze, Pink Pirouette, Early Espresso, Whisper White
Classic Ink – Rose Red, Baja Breeze, Early Espresso, Pink Pirouete,
Adhesives – SNAIL adhesive, Sticky Strip, Stampin’ Dimensionals
Punches - Boho Blossoms Extra-Large, Butterfly Extra-Large, Two-Step Bird Extra-Large, Full Heart Extra-Large, Scallop Trim Border, Scallop Trim Corner
Accessories –Basic Pearls Jewels,


THE ARTISAN AWARD WINNERS BLOG HOP 2011

1. Connie Collins  

2. Sandra Farrell   (You are here)

3. Heidi King  

4. Heather Klump   

5. Cheryl LeFore   

6. Laura Mellinger
7. Jennifer Picard    
8. Heather Stevens
9. Summer Stone    
10. Heather Summers

Blog Candy Winner (please scroll down for more Artisan Blog Hop!)

Wow ladies -what a fabulous response to my Blog Candy.

Our winner is...

Judith Oveson

from Berlin, Germany

Thanks for all your kind words ladies.  I always read all the comments, I wish I had time to respond to you all.  My project will be coming up at Craft Project Central later this month.

Artisan Blog Hop Day #7

Welcome to Day #7 of the Artsan Award Blog Hop. If you have been following the past few days just skip down to the information below the photo If this is your first visit, let me explain. This years' Artisan Award winners are having a BLOG HOP. We're going to show you all of our winning projects, and let you know a bit about how we made them. If you check out all projects over the whole hop you will see 100 winning projects. So don't forget to stop by tomorrow! Underneath my project, you will find a link to the next blog on the tour, and at the very bottom of this post you will find a complete list of all 10 blogs, in case you get lost on the tour. You should have just come from Connie Collins' blog. Isn't she terribly talented? I love her work.

This was my final scrapbook page.  I took this photo of my daughter with my new iphone.  Believe it or not.  It was really clear.  I put it in My Digital Studio and added the stamps from 'Enjoy Every Moment'.  I fussed over the colours because I wanted them to match the colours in the photo.  I added some mini pearls to the word enjoy, and to the scallop at the bottom of the photo, which is from the perfect settings die.  The pleated medallion was made from the cupcake wrap and the centre circle is covered with half pearls.  The message at the bottom says 'Monkeying around on her Run Bike' to go with the pink and purple monkey images.

I hope you enjoyed today's project, now hop on over to Heidi King's blog to see her next amazing project.

SUPPLIES:

A Hybrid Page with My Digital Studio

Stamp Brushes – Enjoy Every Moment – printed on matte photo paper
Stamps - Circle Circus, Fox and Friends
Cardstock – Rich Razzleberry, Melon Mambo, Pretty In Pink, Pink Pirouette, Whisper White
Classic Ink – Rich Razzleberry, Melon Mambo, Pretty In Pink
Adhesives – SNAIL adhesive, Sticky Strip, Stampin’ Dimensionals, Crystal Effects
Punches - 1 ¾” Circle, 1 3/8” Circle, 1 ¼” Circle, 2 ½” Circle,
Accessories –Basic Pearls Jewels, Perfect Setting Bigz xl die for the Big Shot,

THE ARTISAN AWARD WINNERS BLOG HOP 2011

1. Connie Collins  

2. Sandra Farrell   (You are here)
3. Heidi King  

4. Heather Klump   

5. Cheryl LeFore   

6. Laura Mellinger

7. Jennifer Picard    
8. Heather Stevens

9. Summer Stone    

10. Heather Summers

Artisan Blog Hop Day #6

Welcome to Day #6 of the Artsan Award Blog Hop.  If you didn't get a chance to come by yesterday, let me explain.  This years' Artisan Award winners are having a BLOG HOP.  We're going to show you all of our winning projects, and let you know a bit about how we made them.  If you check out all projects over the whole hop you will see 100 winning projects.  So don't forget to stop by tomorrow!   Underneath my project, you will find a link to the next blog on the tour, and at the very bottom of this post you will find a complete list of all 10 blogs, in case you get lost on the tour.  You should have just come from Connie Collins' blog. Isn't she terribly talented?  I love her work.

This card started out as a make'n take gone wrong.  I was at my upline's mini regional meeting last february and she had put together this make'n take using the Love Letter DSP.  I have the digital copy of this DSP, but not the actual paper.  And I LOVE IT!!  The top note die cut was from the make'n take but then I stamped an image from Bliss but I got a halo from the side of the rubber and ruined it.  So what I did to hide it is cut off part of it and hid the rest of the halo with the black ribbon.  If you look in the top right corner you will see the image peeking out behind the ribbon.  I demonstrated how to use the Tulip Border embossing folder at this meeting, so the white cardstock was just a scrap I had left over.  When I layered it all together I needed  something to stamp on the  background, so I used the flower from Vintage Vogue.  I really like how this card kind of 'fell together'. 

I hope you enjoyed today's project, now hop on over to Heidi King's blog to see her next amazing project.

SUPPLIES:
Stamps - Vintage Vogue, Tiny Tags, Bliss
Cardstock – Very Vanilla, Basic Black, Confetti Cream,
DSP - Newsprint, Love Letter
Classic Ink – Riding Hood Red, Basic Black
Adhesives – SNAIL adhesive, Sticky Strip, Crystal Effects, Mini Glue Dots
Punches -Jewelry Tag Medium
Accessories –Top Note Bigz die, Framed Tulips Textured Impressions Embossing Folder for the Big Shot, Stampin Dimensionals, Chantilly ½” Crochet Trim, Basic Black 5/8” Satin Ribbon, Basic Black 1/8” Taffeta Ribbon, Linen Thread, Antique Brads,


THE ARTISAN AWARD WINNERS BLOG HOP 2011
1. Connie Collins  
2. Sandra Farrell   (You are here)
3. Heidi King  
4. Heather Klump   
5. Cheryl LeFore   
6. Laura Mellinger
7. Jennifer Picard    
8. Heather Stevens
9. Summer Stone    
10. Heather Summers

Artisan Blog Hop Day #5

Welcome to Day #5 of the Artsan Award Blog Hop. If you have been following the past few days just skip down to the information below the photo If this is your first visit, let me explain. This years' Artisan Award winners are having a BLOG HOP. We're going to show you all of our winning projects, and let you know a bit about how we made them. If you check out all projects over the whole hop you will see 100 winning projects. So don't forget to stop by tomorrow! Underneath my project, you will find a link to the next blog on the tour, and at the very bottom of this post you will find a complete list of all 10 blogs, in case you get lost on the tour. You should have just come from Connie Collins' blog. Isn't she terribly talented. I love her work.

This page was inspired by a card.  Click here to see which card I was thinking of.  When I made that card, I was so in love with all the texture.  I decided to try that technique with a scrapbook page.  And this is what I came up with. 

I started by embossing only the corners with the tulip frames embossing folder.  And then I added the flowers.  Tons and tons of flowers.  I used every die and punch that I could and I punched them all out of Whisper White cardstock.  This page went through many different versions.  The first verson that I complete was the one on the left.  I finished it and was never really satisfied.  It just seemed to have something missing, and the two big flowers on the bottom were unbalanced.  Eventually I played around with it a bit more, and then decided to try adding the banner to the top left corner, and moving the sentiment down to the bottom left corner.  I pulled off the flowers and primped them up a bit for more depth.

I hope you enjoyed today's project, now hop on over to Heidi King's blog to see her next amazing project.

SUPPLIES:

Stamps - Butterfly Prints, Party This Way, Printed Petals

Classic Ink - Marina Mist

Cardstock – Whisper White, Marina Mist

Adhesives – SNAIL adhesive, Sticky Strip, Stampin’ Dimensionals, Crystal Effects, Mini Glue Dots

Punches - Decorative Label, Curly Label Extra-Large, ½” Circle Small, Two-Step Bird Punch Extra-Large,

Big Shot Dies – Fun Flowers Bigz XL, Scalloped Heart of Hearts Embosslit, Beautiful Wings Embosslit, Floral Fusion Sizzlit, Birds and Blooms Sizzlit, Swirls Scribbles Sizzlit, Framed Tulips Textured Impressions Embossing Folder,

Accessories – Antique Brads, Whisper White 1/8” Taffeta Ribbon, Marina Mist 1/8” Taffeta Ribbon, 5/8” Organza Ribbon, Paper Daisies, Whisper White Designer Button, Basic Pearls Jewels

THE ARTISAN AWARD WINNERS BLOG HOP 2011

1. Connie Collins  

2. Sandra Farrell   (You are here)

3. Heidi King  

4. Heather Klump   

5. Cheryl LeFore   

6. Laura Mellinger

7. Jennifer Picard    

8. Heather Stevens

9. Summer Stone    

10. Heather Summers

Artisan Blog Hop Day #4

Welcome to Day #4 of the Artsan Award Blog Hop. If you didn't get a chance to come by yesterday, let me explain. This years' Artisan Award winners are having a BLOG HOP. We're going to show you all of our winning projects, and let you know a bit about how we made them. If you check out all projects over the whole hop you will see 100 winning projects. So don't forget to stop by tomorrow! Underneath my project, you will find a link to the next blog on the tour, and at the very bottom of this post you will find a complete list of all 10 blogs, in case you get lost on the tour. You should have just come from Connie Collins' blog. Isn't she terribly talented. I love her work.

 

This card is another hybrid project made with My Digital Studio.  I think this card is my favourite of all the cards I entered.  For starters, it's got purple and green (best colour combo - ever!!!!!) and it took me more than a month from start to finish to create this card.  I was inspired by the work of Dawn McVey.  Don't ask me which card of hers in particular, I just love her stuff.  Anyway, I also just love the stamp set Notably Ornate, but I don't actually own it myself.  I printed out several images from My Digital Studio in Concord Crush, Pear Pizzazz and Peach Parfait, and Crumb Cake.  Eventually I settled on mostly Concord Crush and a bit of Crumb Cake.  I printed them out in several sizes to see if I could get them to work with the punches I have.  So the large frame I cut out by hand and then sponged the edges (to hide the flaws!)  The oval frame I cut out by hand and then distressed the edges again. 
And here's where I got stumped.  I wanted to mount it on Concord Crush, but I wasn't having any success cutting out a frame freehand.  If only I had a scallop oval that would fit!!  But then I was struck by a rare thought of inspiration.  Click here for my tutorial on how I framed the oval. 
I was thrilled that I was able to punch out the circle frame from Frames with a Flourish using the 1 3/4" Scallop Circle punch.  Remember that I printed out several copies of it and it took several tries for me to get one that was centred perfectly.  But unfortunately I printed it out on Perfect Plum cardstock.  And I had made my scallop frame from Elegant Eggplant cardstock.  And then I had these butterflies punched out with the Beautiful wings Embosslit, in Concord Crush.  I was a bit hesitant to combine all 3 purples because they aren't all the same tones of purple.  But once I laid the whole card out before I glued it, I decided that it was worth taking the risk.  I mounted the entire middle on several different layers of cardstock.  But I really wasn't happy.  I decided to put some ribbon along the bottom, but I find the Stiched Poly Ribbon difficult to ruffle, and I knew I wanted a ruffled ribbon for more of a vintage look.  So then I took some Crumb Cake Seam Binding Ribbon and inked it up with a Concord Crush classic ink pad.  It took a long time to dry out, but once it was dry I ruffled it along the bottom of the card.  And FINALLY I was happy with it!!!

I hope you enjoyed today's project, now hop on over to Heidi King's blog to see her next amazing project.

SUPPLIES:

Stamp Brushes - Notably Ornate, Frames with a Flourish

Cardstock – Elegant Eggplant, Crumb Cake, Very Vanilla, Old Olive, Whisper White, Confetti Cream, Perfect Plum
Classic Ink - Concord Crush, Crumb Cake
MDS “Ink” –Elegant Eggplant, Crumb Cake
Adhesives – SNAIL adhesive, Sticky Strip, Stampin’ Dimensionals, Mini Glue Dots
Punches - 1 ¾” Scallop Circle – Trimmed and shaped to fit around large oval frame image, Two-Step Bird Punch Extra Large,
Accessories – Baja Breeze ½” Seam Binding Ribbon inked with Concord Crush Classic Ink, Whisper White 1/8” Taffeta Ribbon, Beautiful Wings Embosslit with the Big Shot, Very Vanilla Vintage Flower Adornments, Perfect Plum Designer Button, Pewter Mini Library Clip,
Non-Stampin’ Up! white thread

THE ARTISAN AWARD WINNERS BLOG HOP 2011

1. Connie Collins  

2. Sandra Farrell   (You are here)
3. Heidi King  
4. Heather Klump   
5. Cheryl LeFore   

6. Laura Mellinger

7. Jennifer Picard    

8. Heather Stevens
9. Summer Stone    

10. Heather Summers

Mojo Birthday

This is a hybrid card created with My Digital Studio.  I absolutely love this new patterned paper Spice Cake, but my pre-order from the Holiday Mini, has not arrived yet.  So I decided to try my luck with MDS, and mocked up a version of this card.  Then I printed it out in pieces and put it together. I love, love, love this paper, especially how it features Pool Party.  The scallop around the circle was very easy to make.  First I punched out a strip with the Dotted Scallop border punch and then I ran it through the crimper.  Then I pinched and tucked it to make the border of the large circle.  I should explain that this card is made for my Brother-in-Law's birthday which is coming up this weekend and he's a huge motorcycle fanatic, so I knew I needed to add the bike image so he wouldn't find this card too 'girly'.

And what started off my quest to make this card was this fabulous sketch from Julee at Mojo Monday.  I'm not sure why, but this sketch really spoke to me.   And FYI, if you are interested, me and my fellow Artisan Award winners are currently having a blog hop.  Go up and click on the title of my blog, and then scroll down to check out my winning entries, and get links to the other winning entries on the Blog Hop.

Artisan Blog Hop Day #3

Welcome to Day #3 of the Artsan Award Blog Hop.  If you have been following the past few days just skip down to the information below the photo If this is your first visit, let me explain.  This years' Artisan Award winners are having a BLOG HOP.  We're going to show you all of our winning projects, and let you know a bit about how we made them.  If you check out all projects over the whole hop you will see 100 winning projects.  So don't forget to stop by tomorrow!   Underneath my project, you will find a link to the next blog on the tour, and at the very bottom of this post you will find a complete list of all 10 blogs, in case you get lost on the tour.  You should have just come from Connie Collins' blog. Isn't she terribly talented.  I love her work.

This page started out one way, and went in a completely different direction in the end.   I started with the Nursery Suite DSP.  See the scalloped edge on the top and left.  Then I decided to use the Greenhouse Gala DSP because it also had Baja Breeze in it.  So I pulled the rest of the colours from that DSP.  I really tried to incorporate non-baby themed paper and colours in this page to give it a bit of a twist.  And the Baja Breeze really accentuates the blue of my son's eyes.  This is not the best photo of this page.  It doesn't show the burning blue of his eyes.  (I know I'm biased -  it's a mother thing...)  The little Star in the corner started out with the accordian medallion and I wanted the Baja Breeze to stand out, so I mounted it on a scallop circle of Pear Pizzaz.  Then  I layered it on a circle of Pumpkin Pie to really make it stand out.  All of the images and text were made in My Digital Studio.  That makes this a Hybrid page.  I hope you enjoyed today's project, now hop on over to Heidi King's blog to see her next amazing project.

SUPPLIES:
A Hybrid Page with My Digital Studio

Stamp Brushes – Nursery Necessities – printed on Whisper White Cardstock with Pumpkin Pie, Pear Pizzazz, Baja Breeze and Early Espresso
Cardstock – Whisper White, Pear Pizzazz, Pumpkin Pie, Baja Breeze, Early Espresso, Crumb Cake, cardstock insert from the pack of DSP (designer series paper)
DSP - Nursery Suite, Greenhouse Gala,
Adhesives – SNAIL adhesive, Sticky Strip, Stampin’ Dimensionals
Punches - Decorative Label, 2 3/8” Scallop Circle Extra-Large, 2 ½” Circle Extra –Large, 1 ¾” Circle Extra Large, Star Extra-Large, Scallop Trim Border,
Accessories – Antique Brads, uni-ball Signo Gel Pen, Early Espresso Brads, Pear Pizzazz ½” Seam Biding Ribbon

THE ARTISAN AWARD WINNERS BLOG HOP 2011

1. Connie Collins  
2. Sandra Farrell   (You are here)
3. Heidi King  
4. Heather Klump   
5. Cheryl LeFore   
6. Laura Mellinger
7. Jennifer Picard    
8. Heather Stevens
9. Summer Stone    
10. Heather Summers