A last kick at the can...

...for the All That Glitters is Gold challenge at Moxie Fab World, which ends tonight. I've done another "Faux Patina" card:

Supplies: sentiment stamp from Jane's Doodles; Cuttlebug embossing folder; Stampendous Pirate Gold EP; Versamark; Distress inks in Brushed Corduroy, Peeled Paint, Fired Brick, and Spiced Marmalade; sheer orange fabric

The embossing folder was inked with Brushed Corduroy, and then I used it to emboss the white paper. After applying the other colours, and letting it dry, I swiped my 'dirty' Versamark pad over the top, sprinkled on the embossing powder (knocking off a lot) and heated. (My dirty pad is the one I use when I'm double-inking stamps with Versamark & dye inks, or for techniques like this. I have a clean pad for just straight embossing.) The leaf die is one I got in a bunch of fun stuff from my Barb! 

I cut a square of the sheer fabric & frayed the edges, but it wasn't gathering the way I wanted, so I used the heat gun to get it to pucker up a bit, and secured it under the leaf with a couple of stitches. It's very hard to see in the photo but it really adds texture.

You just might see a similar card to this one in one of my posts tomorrow...just saying :)

xoxo,

Jessi

Moxie Fab Smooches!

The Anything Goes challenge at Paper Smooches SPARKS again...I know...is there Paper Smooches rehab? I've used one of my crocheted mats on this card as well, so I'm including it in the General Craft Supplies challenge at Moxie Fab World. 

Supplies: Paper Smooches stamps; Memento Tuxedo Black ink; Antique Linen Distress ink; classic small & lacy circle Nesties; Bic Markers; black rhinestones from Dollarama; crocheted mat by me (available here)

I got a little carried away with the rhinestones, but bling. Come on. Is there ever too much? :)

Hmmm, let's see....I haven't chatted much lately because I've been feeling pretty crummy, but the last few days I've finally been feeling a little more human. I applied to several craft fairs (and was accepted! yay!) and so my mojo is kicking into overdrive getting ready for those. I'm so incredibly grateful for friends (both in the computer and in real life) who have talked me off my virtual ledge so many times in the last little while.

And a shameless Facebook plug - I've found (after deleting that folder of photos a few weeks ago) that I have more cards to share than I'm blogging. For the most part, if you 'like' One Crafty Mama Cards on Facebook, you'll be seeing cards that won't be on the blog.

xoxo,
Jessi

CAS(E) this Washi!

I had a rather busy World Card Making Day morning :) Lots of fun stuff to share today, and I actually finished all my design team work (all 3 teams!) for the month of October. Whoa. I am more of a last-minute Lucy than that generally.

So, first up, a card using the sketch from CAS(E) this Sketch! and a fun washi idea. For one of the cards I can't show you yet, I needed hexagonal elements...but I don't have any hexie dies. Here's what I did to remedy that - I printed a page of hexagons on card stock (Word has an 'insert shape' option, so you can select size & so on). I cut a strip of them, lined up washi on the BACK of the printed sheet, and then used the printed guidelines to cut out my hexagons!

Supplies: sentiment stamps from Paper Smooches; Versamark; Stampendous White Detail EP; washi tape from We R Memory Keepers; recollections card stock

I'm sure it's not an earth-shattering use of washi tape but I impressed myself thinking of it :) I'm popping it in over at Moxie Fab's stickers & tape challenge too.  Here's the sketch from CTS:



And a shameless Facebook plug - I've found (after deleting that folder of photos a few weeks ago) that I have more cards to share than I'm blogging. For the most part, if you 'like' One Crafty Mama Cards on Facebook, you'll be seeing cards that won't be on the blog.

xoxo,
Jessi

Happy Bird-Day!

Yep, another entry for the SPARKS challenge - you know how much I love rainbows!

Supplies: Paper Smooches stamps; Memento Tuxedo Black ink; Bic Markers; classic small oval Nesties; distress inks in Barn Door, Spiced Marmalade, Mustard Seed, Mowed Lawn, Salty Ocean, Seedless Preserves

This is a one-layer-ish card - I masked off the oval before stamping the chevron pattern (lining it up on either side of the mask for the longer strips). As you can see my ink pads are super juicy & bled through the mask a little - that's "party sprinkles" for the birdie. (Go with me here!)

The bird was stamped & paper-pieced twice, and the feathers bent up for extra dimension. I doodled along the last chevron at each end, used a Sharpie to edge the panel, and ta-da. 

xoxo,

Jessi

Shapely Snowgal!

OK, so I will fully admit - when I saw that the current challenge at jingle belles was to create a shaped card? My heart sank. I don't *do* shaped cards. Because I sell my cards, I find it MUCH easier to keep everything the same size - that way storage isn't an issue, and neither is pricing. (I can't even imagine setting a different price for every card....gah!) HOWEVER, I have stuck with the jingle belles all year long, and I was not about to let that streak end either. So, out of my comfort zone I went - big time - and LOOK! It's so touchable!

Supplies: large circle crocheted mat (available here);  Paper Smooches stamp set; Memento Gray Flannel ink; Cuttlebug snowflake embossing folder; Distress Ink in Tumbled Glass & Spun Sugar; Bic Markers; Doodlebug Crushed Velvet flock in white & pink; Shabby Pink Frantage embossing powder from Stampendous; bling from Dollarama; classic small circle Nesties 

This was messy & fun to make - the background layer was debossed, and then inked with pink (hah, still enjoying how that sounds out loud) and then blue. While the Distress Ink was still wet I sprinkled on the Frantage powder. It was only after adhering the panel to the card base that I thought to add the bling around the edge....that made it a bit more painstaking, but hey. We must occasionally suffer for our art, n'est-ce pas? The snowgal was stamped on a separate piece of paper, trimmed out, and then I added the white & pink crushed velvet flock for some super soft woolies. 

Of course I am also going to pop this in over at Paper Smooches SPARKS - at this point I actually have more than one post a day left in me for that challenge. My PS sets have been getting a heck of a workout :) 

xoxo,

Jessi

Paper-Piecing Flourishes

I was so excited to read the challenge this week at Timeless Tuesday - a chance to be a guest designer for Flourishes?  How cool would that be? And conveniently paper-piecing is one of my favourite techniques!

There are some specific rules this time around - you may not combine other challenges, and you may only enter once. Check & check! Here's my card:

Supplies: Flourishes stamps; Memento Tuxedo Black ink; papers from Basic Grey Konnichiwa; yellow  glitter paint; Prismacolor pencils; black Sharpie; bling strip from Dollarama

The nitty gritties:

I stamped the lanterns 3 times - once on the main panel, and twice on the patterned papers. The first patterned lanterns were paper-pieced directly onto the main panel, and the second layers were first shaded with Prismacolor pencils (um, LOVE how that turned out!), wrapped around a pencil to add some curve, and then adhered with a double layer of foam tape. I then painted a very thin layer of yellow glitter paint to add a lantern glow :)

This challenge is open until next Monday night - so get your paper-piecing scissors out & have fun :)
xoxo,
Jessi

SPARKS number 4...

This little monster just looks so excited - I can totally see him shouting this!

Supplies: Paper Smooches stamps; Bic & Sharpie markers; Versamark; Stampendous Black Detail EP; classic small circle Nesties; Memento Tuxedo Black ink; Distress inks in Barn Door, Spiced Marmalade, Mustard Seed, Mowed Lawn, Salty Ocean, Seeded Preserves; Mod Podge Dimensional Magic

Hopefully it comes across - my idea here was buddy here is so excited by your news that he just can't believe it! Of course I had to gloss up his eyes & teeth. The black frame was serendipity - I'd planned on doing a circle using 2 dies - and this was the 'discard' piece...that looked better than what I'd planned. Score :)

Once again, popping in at Paper Smooches SPARKS :) 

xoxo,

Jessi

High five!

It's been a while since I played around with a wobbler - and this just felt like too much fun! This hand is ready to give a little high five.

Supplies: Paper Smooches hand & congrats stamps; PTI 'high five' sentiment; Memento Tuxedo Black ink; Barn Door distress ink; Tattered Angels glimmer mists in Tiger Lily, Copper, Candy Apple, Yellow Daisy; Spectrum Noir markers; Sharpie

Playing around with mists is one of those things I have to get in the mood for - I tend to make a bunch of backgrounds at once, because honestly - if I try to mist in any specific way, disaster. Every time. If I go ahead & make the backgrounds, and THEN develop the idea, it's all good. Besides just 'straight misting', I've also taken the sprayer out & flicked colour onto the panel for a more splatty look (that's a technical term, by the way.)

Adding this in at Paper Smooches SPARKS for their Anything Goes challenge (really? You don't say) and also in the Colour Media challenge at Moxie Fab World. 

xoxo,

Jessi

Shopping our Stash #121 - Pink for October!

PS - I've changed the page layout to allow for bigger photos - is this a good thing?? Let me know!!

**For my Tuesday Morning Sketches post, please scroll down or click here. Thanks!!**

It's October - Breast Cancer Awareness Month. At Shopping our Stash this week, we want YOU to go pink for October - make a pink project, with the optional choice of a cancer awareness/support theme. 

Supplies: Paper Smooches hope stamps; Memento Gray Flannel ink; Versamark; Stampendous Clear Detail EP; Worn Lipstick & Spun Sugar distress ink; Cherub Pink Tattered Angels Glimmer mist

With all the embossing & inking I chose to use a panel rather than work right on the card base. First I stamped the 'faith hope love' text across the card in grey. Then the 'hope' script stamp in Versamark, and embossing in clear. Then I used my ink blending tool to add the two colours of pink ink (that's just fun to say, pink ink. lol) Finally, I spritzed it with pink glimmer mist (and quickly dabbed it off the embossed 'hope') and let it dry. Trimmed to size, glued to the card base, hey presto.

Come & play along with this challenge until next Monday,October 7th - hop on by & leave the rest of my teamies some love!

Leslie

Alica

Deena

Lauren

Michelle

Paige

Chana

xoxo,

Jessi

ETA: live-blogging first thing in the morning has its risks...this is my 3rd trip back to edit, because I forgot to mention that I'm also linking up the Paper Smooches SPARKS Anything Goes challenge :) I'm serious, I have more than enough for at least a post every day this week!

Tuesday Morning Sketches #218 - Sweet n Sassy Stamps!

PS - I've changed the page layout to allow for bigger photos - is this a good thing?? Let me know!!

Good morning! Sweet n Sassy Stamps is our fab sponsor this week at Tuesday Morning Sketches. The design team has all sorts of occasions covered this week - I've gone for Halloween!

Supplies: all stamps from Stampendous; papers from Cosmo Cricket; Memento Tuxedo Black ink; Bic Markers; googly eyes; yellow glitter paint; black rhinestone strips from Dollarama

CUTEST SPIDER EVER! It makes me think of the little spider buddy from Mercer Mayer's Little Critter books. 

Debbie designed the sketch this week:

This sketch will be open until next Sunday, October 6th. Don't forget to check out what everyone else made:

Angela (off this week)

Bonnie

Debbie

Jenee

Laura (off this week)

Melissa

xoxo,

Jessi