YARNHARLOT BLOG

So I've had a head cold and a sore throat and swollen glands which has reduced me to a state of infantile grouchiness. In addition to the above miseries I started to read a new Harlan Cobin mystery, Six Years,before I went to sleep last night and it was calling to me in my dreams. When my husband woke me with an errant elbow to my head, I figured it was time to get up (1:30 am) and read (till 5:30am) when I finished the darn book. Now I am foggy headed and abusing my iPad and listening to watching Maria Sharapova in the Miami quarterfinals. Unable to move from the sofa, still in my bathrobe and fuzzy slippers I was doing a search for a knitting technique when I came upon this blog, Yarn Harlot http://www.yarnharlot.ca/blog/. written by Stephanie Pearl-McPhee.
I am sure many, most? of you knitters out there may be familiar with her but I mostly read paper crafting blogs and paleo food blogs. In addition to her blog she has a number of books on Amazon. Even if you don't knit you should read this blog. This woman is extremely funny and made me laugh out loud and generally took me out of my crankiness. If I had more of a voice today, I would be reading it outloud to my husband but I can't and I refuse to relinquish my iPad to him. She started the blog in 2004, and that's where I started reading. Oh dear, this may keep me up another night. Maybe I better nap.

PAPERTREYINK SUNFLOWER BOUQUET BIRTHDAY CARD

I think this was one of my favorite cards this year.  Very bright and cheerful for a very dear friend whose birthday was last September.  

STAMPS USED PTI SUNFLOWER BOUQUET, MODERN WOOD MATS, JUST THE TICKET DIE AND STAMP, SIMPLE SENTIMENTS
COPICS YG21,YG23, G12, G24,G46,Y21,Y35,G21,YR09,Y04,YR04,BG70-72-75; E42-42-44-89
INKS HERO ARTS CUP O JOE, WET CEMENT
DIES SPELLBINDERS SIMPLE CIRCLES
PAPERS
EMBELLISHMENTS
TOOLS: BIG SHOT, MARTHA STEWART SCOREBOARD, MR. HUEY WHITE SPRAY


 

ONLINE CARD CLASSES PATTERN PLAY

                                                  

What a wonderful 5 day class with amazing teachers.  I was able in the midst of having the flu to finish one card using the stamp resist technique (on a card that I have been unable to finish for months)  The image was colored months ago but I just couldn't decide how to finish it.  I started rummaging through my pattern papers and found these two papers.  The stripe is from BG Aspen Frost.  I then used Impression Obsession Greenery and heat embossed with clear.  Then I used a Distress ink pad - bundled sage? - and added color.
I decided to leave the embossing on to give the bottom part of the card some heft and shine.  Cut the pattern up and voila! used two techniques for patterned paper.  

Art Impressions Owls Birthday Card

All my cards are made for specific people and this one was for a darling pre-teen's January Birthday.  The Stamps are Art Impressions and they are adorable! The colors were selected to reflect the girls love of all things UCLA.  The blues match in real life but not in the photo.  Sorry about that. 

The sentiment is on one of those shaky thingy metal things so it wiggles quite nicely.

The inside of the card was embossed with white and used PTI's large number dies and then taped the negative portion and using a dauber got this fun effect.  

HERO ARTS MI CASA STAMP

I had so much fun with this Hero Arts Stamp.

I stamped the whole image on old plaid card stock and on plain white cardstock.

I colored with copics and layered the windows, door and roof.  The door was then highlighted with Glossy Accents and a silver pearl used as the handle.

It turned out to be a very cheerful card but as usual for me, hard to photograph well.

Supplies used:
HERO ARTS MI CASA STAMP
HERO ARTS SHADOW INK FOREVER GREEN
MEMORY BOX ARBOSCELLO TREE DIE 
LILY  OF THE VALLEY LABELS:OCCASIONS
JOLEE"S FLOWERS (STASH)
BAZZILL CARDSTOCK (STASH)
COPICS R29, R89, Y02, C3, C4, E74, E 37, E79, T4

A WHOLE LOTTA CARDS!

I haven't posted anything in ages because Life happens! Not that I haven't been busy trying out new techniques and making new cards, I just haven't been able to share.  So I am going to post some miscellaneous cards here that I don't have complete supply lists for but I do want to get them out there.  These were the 3 Valentines I made, one for hubby, one for Mom and one for daughter.  

The one on the left is made using a lot of washi tape, PTI stamps and die cuts.  The middle card is a three layer card and the right is my attempt at blackboard art using Papertreyink again (so addicted to their stamps).  I have used their Heart Prints almost more than any other stamp I have.  

The following card was my very first wedding card and I used a digital image but can't remember where it is from.  I painted the image with Twinkling H2O's but they don't photograph well (like not at all) but they really added a nice but delicate shimmer.

MFT CATALINA DIE

Can you see the shimmer in the lovely silver card stock?

I'm hoping to get lots more cards up soon and I have decided to try a Project Life album for our Ireland trip.  Haven't started it yet but I can't wait!