ICAD 2013 | June 17: be strong.

18 Tuesday Jun 2013

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Faber-Castell Pitt Pen, ICAD, Index card

This is the reverse of one I did a few days ago – instead of backing the paper towel on an index card that had the Blazonry stencil pieces cut out, I cut the pieces out of the paper towel and backed it with an index card.

I love the colours that happened to be in this paper towel and instead of having it pop against the dark pieces, I left them white and doodled a bit with my medium and XS Faber-Castell Pitt pens.

I finished off with some new Donna Downey stamps that I think will be well used over the next month and a half:

I don’t think I’m ever going to get tired of that paper towel technique – I really think it’s just the coolest effect!

ICAD 2013 | June 16: to travel hopefully

17 Monday Jun 2013

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ICAD, Index card, Mixed media

This was done for father’s day because my dad has a sailboat and this is the quote he has on the wall:

“To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.” Robert Louis Stevenson

I adhered a layer of tinfoil then painted over it with Golden Fluid Acrylics. Once they were dry I sanded the surface to bring out the shine of the foil again. The blue looked like water and whitecaps to me so adhered a wood veneer boat and the sentiment, then added gold Embossing Paste over a Dylusions stencil for the stars.

The embossing paste is interesting because it goes on really cloudy, then turns metallic once it’s dry:

And I love the idea of texture that came ffrom sanding the paint off the foil:

It’s actually really smooth in real life.

Still working my way through and pretty much on track – and still loving this project!

12 on Twelve | June 2013

16 Sunday Jun 2013

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1. the lions, sunbathing in their sleeping bags (aka Gabe’s old winter hats)

2. construction on the new swimming pool/sportsplex – we can watch it all from our backyard

3. Gabe and L watching the cranes and trucks – a four-year-old boy’s favourite stuff!

4. a submission request for a holiday gift idea (Christmas already?!?!?!) that was in my inbox when I woke up

5. my Studio Calico KP kit and tags showed up today

6. working n a bunch of ICAD’s (index card a day) all at the same time

7. Molly playing along with ICAD too!

8. my usual monthly selfie

9. mailing the submission request off to Northridge Publishing

10. Gabe’s last gymnastics class for the year

11. playing a game with old lion – tossing him into a bucket from the top of the slide

12. tired of pictures; 12on12 makes the kiddies hate the camera!

ICAD 2013 | June 15: we must dream

16 Sunday Jun 2013

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Faber-Castell, ICAD, Index card

This is the second card from the drywall mesh experiment. The first used the mesh that came off this card after it got wet. The awesome thing was the appearance of texture that was left behind:

I love those subtle little squares!

I simply coloured over the drywall mesh with Derwent Inktense Pencils, then misted heavily with water. I soaked up the excess water and colours with paper towels and when the mesh came off, this card was what I had left!

I added a rubon, the second half of the quote from yesterday, and drew in some little birds with my Faber Castell Pitt pin.

Done – and I love the softness of colour! I have some fun ideas for these watercolour pencils, let’s hope a couple of them actually work out!

Molly and her funny sayings…

16 Sunday Jun 2013

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Family, M and her funny sayings...

The other day I asked the kiddies if they wanted grilled cheese sandwiches or cheesy bread for supper (it was one of those days) and cheesy bread won the day.

Darrell then asked, “How do you make cheesy bread?” Well, Molly and I looked at him like he was crazy – how is it that he doesn’t know cheesy bread after all this time? I gave him the basic explanation – cheese on bread toasted in the oven. Molly got a little more creative:

1. take out the bread (hers is gluten free and in the freezer)

2. make the bread warm (in the microwave)

3. cut the cheese (things almost went horribly wrong here as Darrell started to grate the cheese – Molly was not impressed, her instructions were very specific; that’s a block, it’s not grated!)

4. make the bread warm again (on a baking sheet in the oven, this time.)

As Darrell went through each step he received a check mark and then at the end when he completed his task very well, he got the giant smiley face and check mark.

I’m sure I could have been more helpful during this process but watching him stumble through as Molly coached him was way too entertaining!

ICAD 2013 | June 14: possible

15 Saturday Jun 2013

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Derwnt Inktense Pencils, ICAD, Index card, kidart

One of Molly’s today and the first of a two parter from me!

Molly drew a picture of a house, with a decoration on the door, and the people are Darrell and I when we were 5:

Mine came from envying the texture Cathie got from drywall tape – I had to go buy some!

I stuck it unto my index card, rubbed Derwent Inktense pencils over it and misted to blend. Then the tape came off. Should have thought of that, hey? Anyway, while waiting for that card to dry, I stuck the tape to another card because it looked so pretty with all the colours on it.

To finish it off I simply adhered some Basic Grey rubons (thanks to Liz for the giant bagful!) and stamped the first part of a sentiment:

Don’t you love the texture of that drywall tape?!?!

The rubons are fabulous too – love that bird!

Ok, I’ll be back later with part two – the wet card that was left over!

ICAD 2013 | June 13: change for no one

14 Friday Jun 2013

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Dylusions Ink Spray, ICAD, Index card

This started out as a test run for an upcoming class – it didn’t well especially well but I’m not discouraged; proper paper will probably make all the difference!

I misted with my Dylusions again, threw down some mist spatters and made “Glitter Splats” – thanks to Cathie for that invention! Just tap splats of Goosebumps on your projects, sprinkle on some glitter (which I coloured myself with alcohol ink) and let it dry. Look at the awesome dimension and sparkle you get!

The sentiment was stamped on leftover index cards from last year – note to self: make more sparkly paper for sentiments – and it’s specifically for my Molly. She’s been difficult lately but I keep telling myself that will hold her in good stead come the pressure filled teenage years. It will right? Someone out there tell me I’m not crazy and delusional! 🙂

I’m a day behind but I’m going to a friend’s house for a crafty night so I’m hoping to catch up!

ICAD 2013 – June 12: Reach Up

13 Thursday Jun 2013

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I love my Dylusions Ink Sprays. The colours, the water reactiveness, the fun. But how would they act on an index card?

Not the greatest! 🙂 The card is just too thirsty and sucked up all the ink before I could even play – exactly what I expected so I wasn’t that disappointed, luckily. However, I made the card anyway:

Some mist, some water, a bit of stamping, then I tried the bleaching technique (major fail, as anticipated), some colouring, misting, more stamping. It’s done, another one under my belt, right?

I do love the movement from dark to light and the leaves growing up. And the shine from the silver ink is fabulous, of course!

Back with another one soon!

Paperie Card Kit | June: Part 1

13 Thursday Jun 2013

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Card Kit, Scrapbook Layout, The Paperie

Have you seen the news? I’m designing for The Paperie Card Kit and I’m loving it! Wendy does amazing cards so I’m using the kit to show how it can be used in other ways, like to do LO’s.

Since I love doing 8.5×11 LO’s, this kit was great fun to work on – plus the colours and papers were amazing, a great mix of Authentique and Allison Kreft. There was so much product in the kit that I was able to do 4 LO’s and a mini album with a bunch of supplies left over to use on other pieces.

Rather than overload you with images, I’m going to just show a couple of LO’s now and I’ll post the others in the next day or so.

These first two LO’s have pictures of Molly from way back when she was just a wee little one – two of my all-time faves of her.

Almost everything I used was from the kit, the only exceptions being a Crafter’s Workshop Stencil, Weathered Wood Distress Ink, and a bit of Custard Mister Huey’s Spray.

I inked over the stencil to create a background for my photo, then layered lots of the patterned paper for a burst of colour:

I finished up with some spray droplets, washi tape, and a brad near the top:

The second LO is Molly in a second-hand frog costume that she literally wore everywhere for months. It was her coat until she just couldn’t squeeze herself in any more!

The title was something she said as she was jumping in the puddles – I’m terrible at titles so this is a super easy way to get around that struggle!

Once again, I added very little to the kit – another stencil, Clay Mister Huey’s, and a border punch that mimicked the froggie spots. I lightly misted through the stencil to create some interest and a background and punched the circles to draw the eye down through the LO:

I punched half circle in the photo to nestle the “hi” button in and then added a couple more from the same pack. I also popped up the picture for some more dimension on the page:

As a side note, I try to upload everything to my Flickr account so if you ever want to see everything together, that’s the place to go. It’s also reasonably well-organized into sets too!

Back soon with another couple of LO’s – this is a limited kit so call The Paperie ASAP if you want one. They only do the card kit every other month and it’s well worth getting!