Waterlily Easel Card

Hi all, I have a card to post that I entered a contest with at Cuttlebug Challenge, and WON!!!! Thank you!! The challenge was to make an easel card and use a Cuttlebug embossing folder on it.  The image is Flourishes Waterlily and has some beautiful images that I had yet to ink up.  The water lily, lily pads and fish are stamped onto watercolor paper in black Stazon and then embossed with clear embossing powder.

I then water colored them with my Tombow markers and a waterbrush.  The water the fish are swimming in is also watercolor paper sprayed with a blue and gold glimmer mist and Tombow markers.  It has a really pretty shimmer to it.  I cut the fish out and adhered them to the water.  I wanted it to look like they were swimming under the water so I cut a piece of acetate the same size oval as my water and popped it up a bit with foam tape.  Then I cut out all of my lily pads out and layered them around the edge of the "pond", popping some up with foam tape for dimension. 

Then I cut out the water lily and blossom and attached it to the lily pads. The large lily at the base of the card was made with large punched sunflowers shaped, chalked and layered in a water lily look.  The center is a 3/4" quilling strip that I fringed and instead of pulling out the fringes, I pushed gently down on the center of the fringed coil to make it bow out on the sides.  I added some glitter for shine. The lily pads next to it are punched from a large circle punch with the edges cut off with paper shaper scissors.  I then cut a wedge shape out of one side and added a green brad at the center.  It is sitting on more "water" paper.

Swirl Cuttlebug embossing folder was used on the back layer, glitter card stock layer and MS punched borders.  A bright pink bow and CB embossed sentiment finish of this card.  I love this flower and will have to make more of them in different sizes!  Thanks again to the Cuttlebug Challenge site for picking my card!!!

I still have more projects finished and waiting to be posted, so check back to see!

Shalom,
Sonya
Y'all sure do leave some sweet comments, Thanks!

Crazy Quilt Card 2 Sketches 4 You Challenge

Hi all!  Another card for a challenge!  This challenge is for the 2Sketches4You site, and you are to use the sketch below.  The prize is Just Rite Stamps, yes, I am trying to win more of these wonderful stamps!  If I win, hope, hope, I will be able to get just about ALL the Just Rite Stamps that I would absolutely love to have!!!! The project designs on my "want to do" list using the Just Rite Stamps is long, but I have to wait until I am able to get them (or WIN them!!! lol).  Click on the pictures to enlarge.

I made my background paper to resemble a crazy quilt and paper pieced it with different papers.  It is embellished like a cazy quilt with trims, beads, pearls, embroidery and charms.  I inked the edges with Tim Holtz Distress Ink Antique Linen to give it a vintage feel. The inside of the card also had a paper pieced fan quilt.  Using my Nesties I matted the sentiment that says "Life is a crazy quilt" in several fonts, the inside sentiment continues with "Embellish it with love!".  This is where I would have loved to have the JR horizontal stamp block and several of the fonts.  I could have stamped and embossed the sentiments using them!  They make composing your own sentiments easy.

2Sketches4You is a new site (for me) that I have found and am not through exploring and I love the challenges and sketches that inspire my card making! Deadline for entry is January 30 midnight MST, so hop on over and play along with this great sketch. I do have some quilling in the works, but you will have to wait until the first of the month to see it.  Until the next post,

Shalom,

Sonya

Don't forget the Fred She Said January Challenge!  Comments welcome as always!

Rachel's Album - Just Rite Challenge JRC 001

Hi all, Wow that was such a fun Blog Hop!!! You still have until January 22 to hop and find all the code words to enter for a chance to win some great Fred She Says digi images! See the Blog Hop Post below and hop along! Thanks for ALL your sweet and very encouraging comments on the new FSS designs, I have read and appreciate all of them!

*

Today's project took me a little longer than I thought it would, the reason this post is a day or so later than I wanted it. But, here it is, an album made for the Just Rite Stamps Challenge JRC 001. With this challenge you get a chance to win a $50.00 gift certificate to the Just Rite Store!!!! I have only a few Just Rite sets and I REALLY want the new ones!!!! So I hope I win!  EDITED TO ADD:  I'm doing the happy dance, I WON!!!!  Thanks, Just Rite Stamps!!!!  Now to decide what new stamps I will get?????

*

You have to use one of their font sets in a project and this album came to mind. I had to make some adjustments here and there in my original design, and it also came out larger than my minds eye pictured it, 8 1/2" x 16". But it has plenty of room for pictures or keepsakes. I didn't have any 16" paper for the pages of the album so I just staggered the 8 1/2" down and it worked perfectly.

Each page has a lettered medallion with adjectives that start with that particular letter, describing my daughter. You can see the close ups of each letter below. The front is decorated with scalloped Nestie flowers and a vine ribbon.

It was fun making it but as I said, it took a little longer than I had thought it would, partly because I kept adding "details" and layers to give it a vintanegy feel! I hope my daughter likes it. Two down, one to go on the daughter's projects! Now to clean up the paper scraps and put everything back to order on my craft table!!!
*
Shalom ,
Sonya
Comments are always appreciated and read! Link your projects in your comments or share on Paper Craft Planet!