Play Day

Preparing for an upcoming project to present to the Designing Divas art club, I ran across a few things that have gone unnoticed or buried for a very long time.  One was the Pansy stamp issued way back when by PSX and the other was a stack of puzzle card parts that I purchased when one of our local stores closed two years ago.

So . . . I decided to create a card using both and this is what I came up with. I sponged and stippled color on the puzzle pieces and stamped the image in black dye ink on top.  Separated the pieces and rearranged them on label paper sticky side up.  When the puzzle pieces were all in place, I sprinkled the open areas with glitter and attached the puzzle to a red card.  I decided it needed a little extra so I enhanced some of the image with a white gel pen.  Easy and fun for a change.





2011 Resolution

My resolution is ongoing -- finish projects; use up items left from previous ones; use stock in my stash; AND, I added the following which I received from my friend, Donna, because they will help me be more organized and do a better job not only in my craft area but also around the house:
1. If you take it out, put it back.

2. If you open it, close it.

3. If you throw it down, pick it up.

4. If you take it off, hang it up.”

ONLY THREE MORE DAYS TO BE MESSY.

Last Project for 2010 - Designing Divas

Each year for December, Lynn Stevens, provides a project which is one of the highlights of the year.  For December, she brought vintage baubbles and lots of embellishments for us to create  an "old fashioned" ornament similar to the ones Martha Stewart featured in one of her magazines.
Below is my completed ornament.  Like always I didn't get it finished at the meeting because the top red ball wouldn't stay in place so I brought everything home and finished it up a couple of days ago. 

This is a view of the bottom of my ornament with the angel standing in a metal basket with bells hanging from the bottom.

We are truly blessed to have so many talented and creative members in the Designing Divas group.

At left is the full length view from the opposite side featuring a different angel and trimmings .    You can view more of Lynn's Victorian ornaments on her blog.  

Oriental themed holiday cards

I made very few Christmas cards this year because the holiday swept me away before I was ready.  Sound familiar?  I did make a few cards for the oriental group as RAKS and most of them were similar in design.  I used Far East background papers and a Tim Holtz die cut over some Kanji stamped paper for the deer.  For some I made the rosette and attached a verse.  Below is a sample using the deer and a mere circle punch with the verse, "peace."

November Designing Divas Project

At the November meeting our project host, Renee, provided us with wood frames, 3D images and decorative papers to alter the frames.  I never seem to finish mine at club but wanted you to view my completed project.  The butterfly is layered 3D style and I covered the wings with resin.  Some of the butterflies were also covered with resin.  Hubby said, "That's a lot of work for one word."

CCC#25 - Scribble Stain Distress

I stained my tag per Tim's instructions in A Compendium of Curiosities and then I applied a napkin over the top using gel medium; added the image and bling for the berries.  You can find all of the details for these challenges over at Linda's blog, Studio L3.

CCC#24 - Rock Candy Stickles

I can't believe how I get the challenge numbers all mixed up.  I do believe the current challenge is #24.  I used a darling little angel from Altered Artifacts for the main image.  I ran out of rock candy distressed stickles so had to add a bit of the straw color to finish my card.  I hope you like this little angel.