Teacup Pansies

Hi all! Just a little update for the lack of posting and then to the card details. We have been on a camping trip with the 3 grandkids, daughter and son-in-law.  My oldest daughter is going to have her fourth child, a girl, and is due April 1st, so we decided to go now rather than wait.  My grandson LOVES dinosaurs, hence the reason we camped at Dinosaur Valley State park.  Which just happens to be down the road from Dino World, a theme park with over 100 life size dinos. He was in dino heaven!!!  We watched the weather forecasts and knew that it was going to be cold and wet the first day, maybe two that we were there but decided to go because it was going to clear up and be nice.  Right.  After a 4 1/2 hour trip we arrived, set up our travel trailer and their tent. It began to sleet with a snow mix.  I said wouldn't it be nice for it to snow enough to cover the ground.  Well, I got my wish because when we woke up this is what we found:

A snow covered park, snow covered dino's to my grandson's delight!  Eleven inches of snow had fallen!  So pretty and the kids played all day in it.  My youngest daughter was not happy that she couldn't come because of her nursing classes at Steven F. Austin SU and would miss the snow.  Not so!  The same system went right over Nacogdoches TX and she didn't miss a thing!  I can't wait to see the pictures of her sliding down a snow covered hill on a trash can lid!!!!

Now to the card details.  I made this card for the February 15th Fred She Said Blog Hop but would not get to post because we were camping.  I can't seem to get my auto post to work so Tracey posted it on the Fred She Said site as the first Blog Hop Stop.  Thanks Tracey for letting me participate while away!  This is one of her new release digi images and I couldn't wait to play with it, I love seeing these cheery pansy faces brighten the brown winter Texas landscape!

First I printed out the Teacup Pansy image 4 times onto watercolor paper. I heat set the images so that they wouldn't run when watercolored.  Then I watercolored the images with my Tombow markers and waterbrush.  I cut one complete image out as my base and then cut portions of the pansies out to layer onto it to give it a lifelike dimension. The topmost layers of the pansy petals are not just flat layered, I tilted the petals in a more lifelike position as you can see in the close up and tilted pictures.     

The centers of the pansies are accented with Stickles glitter for a little bling and the white swag on the teacup is painted with a white mica watercolor paint.  The dots are a white gel pen. The bow on the teacup handle is the same shade of purple the pansies are but it didn't seem to translate as that in the picture. 

The teacup image is popped up onto a Spellbinder Fleur de lis pendant accented with Stickles glitter and lavender pearls. I used my new Janome Sew Mini to sew the four panels.  The DP paper reminded me of china and coordinated beautifully with the blue of the cup, I purchased it at Hobby Lobby some time back and don't remember the name, sorry. The inside of the card is decorated with the Flourishes sentiment "Live life in color", from the set with the beautiful peacock, perfect for this card. It is also on Nestability die labels. I used another of the fleur de lis pendants in cream as a place to write a message.  You will see more of Tracey's new flower images in the days to come, they are awesome!

If you want to participate in the February Fred She Said Blog Hop, start here and see what the other wonderful Fred She Said design team members have created for your inspiration!  A $20.00 gift certificate to Fred She Said will be drawn from all who participate in the Blog Hop and find the words that make a sentence.  You can see the details on the FSS Blog Hop start page, have fun!

Well off to watch the Olympics and create more cards!  See you later!

Shalom,

Sonya

Comments always welcome and appreciated, I have read each and every one left for me on the FSS Blog Hop Post!! Thanks so much!

Catch Your Heart by FSS

EDITITED TO ADD: This is the 2nd post for today, my mind is elsewhere and this was supposed to post tomorrow, see the other post for today below this one!

Hi all, here is the promised card! This new Fred She Said image is perfect for a wiper card! You can see the first picture is when the card is closed and you can only see the sentiment on the front that says "Anyone can catch your eye, but it takes someone special to catch your heart".  When you pull the left side of the card out to reveal the "inside" the wiper flips up with the surprise image of the Glove and I Love You heart.  The heart is popped up on the bottom image of the glove to give it the look that it is being caught. 

I usually make feminine cards with bows and sparkles, but this set of digi images comes with a fonts that can be used either for a man or woman, so I chose to make a masculine card, no ribbon or bling, just a red embossed SWAK! These images also come pre-colored also! You can find the Catch Your Heart digi images at the Fred She Said store here. I made two other cards for a challenge that I missed the deadline for that will post this week while we will be away camping with the grandkids.  Until then,

Shalom,

Sonya
Comments and projects links are always welcome and I love to see what you create!

Quilled Rose Heart Card

Hi all!  Back with another card.  This is one of the January CQ DT projects and I saved it for this week.  I'll have another heart themed card for tomorrow!  This card features quilled folded roses in several shades of pink atop a die cut deep red velvet heart. Another technique that I have used with making these folded roses is to paint the quilling strips with Twinkling H2O's to give them some sparkle, or I have just painted the tips of the petals after completing them.  I did not do that to these though, but will in another post later so you can see the difference it makes.  The leaves are punched with the Birch Leaf Punch Bunch punch, the sparkly DP is some that I purchased at Michael's and don't remember the name, sorry.   It was the perfect backdrop for this "lovey" card.  I used Sharon Johnson's ribbon technique for the bow, it is really easy and elegant, you can find it here.

I added two quilled hearts in the center of the bow for more "heartyness", sorry, couldn't resist.  They are two quilled teardrops glued together at the pointed ends, then I wrapped them in a contrasting crimped strip.  Lastly I glued them on to a white cloth wrapped floral wire and just stuck them in the center of the bow.  Quick and easy!

Thanks for your support and sweet comments.  I am taking an online class for water coloring my images and I can't wait to show you some of the practice pieces!  More about the class later.  I just wanted to get the short post up.  See you tomorrow!

Shalom,

Sonya
Comments and project links always welcome!

Quilled Shamrock Shaker Card

Hi all!  Back again with another of the February Custom Quilling DT projects.  This card is not only green in color it is "green" because I recycled the acrylic packaging to make my shaker container.  This one was perfect to hold the bejeweled quilled three leaf clover as shakers.  I adhered the four leaf clover to the center of the shaker container along with the shiny green metallic clover so there would be a focus in the space.  The other shaker elements are light green metallic micro beads that get caught in the quills and tumble all around with the three quilled shamrocks.

The bow has two three leaf clover's dangling to give even more movement on the card.  If the glittery designer paper wasn't enough bling, I added a green crystals to every shamrock and the scallops on the outside ring. Shiny and sparkly! You can click on the image to enlarge it.

The Four Leaf Clover Seeds treat box above is the third project for the CQ Newsletter.  I made the medallion with my Just Rite Round stamper and font set and layered it onto Nestie scallops and circles. The February projects were made with supplies that come in the February Custom Quilling Kit.  You will love the lovely "wink" and generous shades of green card stock and 1/8" quilling strips. Check it out on the CQ site  You can see the four leaf clover "seeds" through the shamrock cut outs on each side.  If you would like to have the pattern/instructions for this little box just hop on over to Custom Quilling and Denise will email you the FREE PATTERN!

I hope you enjoyed the green CQ projects this month and I'd love to see yours!  Leave a link to your green projects in the comments!  Sorry for any misspelling's, I updated the posting option in blogger and now there are some editing options missing, including, unfortunately, the spell checker!!!!!  Until the next post,

Shalom,

Sonya

Comments are always appreciated and I'd love to see your projects!

Go Green with Custom Quilling February Newsletter!

Hi all, back again with the quilling projects from the Custom Quilling February Newsletter.  This month features Green!  There are lots of beautiful shades of green quilling strips and card stock that can be made into lots of great projects!  I have posted the next installment of the calendar series for March that I have made for Newsletter this month.  There are more project to see in the February Newsletter that I will share later this week, and there are two free patterns in it for you to enjoy!  Sue has created a super Irish Blessing Plaque that features her awesome roses, I wish I could get mine to come out as great as hers!! Maybe one day she can show me how!! You can see all of our projects for inspiration using this months Custom Quilling Kit, click on the link above.

Now for the March Calendar page details.  With all the clover blooming in my yard this month I chose to use it as the natural theme for March.  The calla lilies are floral punched and have flocked stamens.  The clover are quilled and have a seed bead for their centers.  I also added clover blossoms that are fringe flowers shaded at the bottom with light green and pushed up from the bottom like quilled grape rolls.

Short post for today, hop on over to Custom Quilling at the link above to see all the goodies in the Newsletter and go green!

Shalom,

Sonya
Thanks for all the sweet comments, I love to hear from you!!

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!

Fred She Said January Challenge!

Hi all, it's Monday and time for January's Fred She Said Challenge!  I have posted my card for inspiration and you can see all of the design team's challenge inspiration creations on the Fred She Said Challenge Blog.  Here is the inside of my card:

I used the FSS images Polka Dotty Flowers and Fred's Flowers v.3 and Whirly Flowers.  My card has the yellow polka dotty flower, three layers for my focal flower and then colored, in my paint program, and printed out a sheet of the purple Fred's Flowers.  The polka dotty flower has been embellished with white holo glitter on the polka dots and the purple flowers have a green crystal for their centers.  All flowers petals were shaped and three purple petals were cut apart and attached with a brad in the corners. 

Tracey has so many wonderful digi images and designer papers that can be resized, printed multiple times on a page, printed on card stock, vellum, watercolor paper, designer paper etc to color as your imagination can come up with!  She also has a great selection of pre-colored images ready to use!

Here are the details of the CHALLENGE:

The challenge for this month is...

Use the FSS challenge blog header and background as inspiration for your card, layout or altered project.

Be sure to use a FRED SHE SAID image somewhere on your card! If you don't have one, Tracey has made it really easy for everyone to play along, there are LOADS of freebies available HERE!
Now, for rules/regulations regarding the challenge:

~This challenge will begin today January 25 and end on Feb 21st, the day before a new challenge will be posted!

~You must use a Fred She Said digital image somewhere on your card. See the FREEBIES section if you don't have any right now.

~Leave a link, in the comments section, to your project POST on the Fred She Said Challenge Blog Post . Please use this type of link method when leaving a comment as to where your card is on your blog. It makes the visiting go a LOT easier! For example: My card can be found at http://www.(insert/ your blog POST address here without the parentheses).

~Oh yeah and the prize???

Well, it's gonna be a $20 gift certificate for the Fred She Said store!!!! Wowsa!!!

So get those entries in and remember you have until Feb 21st to get it done! We are looking forward to seeing your beautiful work using the blog header and background as inspiration!

New challenge coming up on Feb 22nd!  Remember, leaving a comment and a link on my post here does not enter you for the challenge, you must go to the Fred She Said Challenge Blog Post to leave a comment for entry!  Although I love to hear from you! I have some great new stamps and will be posting cards with them this week, so stop by when you get a chance!  See you then!

Shalom,

Sonya
Looking forward to seeing what you create!!!!!