Grandma Goes Overboard!

Don’t get worried…it’s not a headline!

This is my CCEE challenge card for today… (host Cindy Motherway's challenges based on the popular 60's song The Birds & The Bees.)

Let me tell ya about the Birds and the Bees
And the Flowers and the Trees
And the Moon Up Above
And a Name I Just Love!

Notice the last line she changed…this is our CNFS (catchy name featured stamper), Grandma Overboard on SCS.

I also combined it with SCS’s Technique challenge today, Painted Grid. I’d never done this before, it was fun! After coloring my image and masking, I took Magic Mesh and wrapped it around my brayer then rolled it in acrylic paint and rolled over my image. (first I did her top, then I masked the entire image… airbrushed the background and brayered)

 

The image is from Art Impressions…I just love these old gals! Paper from DCWV and I faux’d the layers with a Copic marker.

To see what grannies the other girls did, you can click here.

Thanks for stopping

Dawn

A Waxy Background For You

Today's challenge on SCS was to use your iron...I know, some of you probably don't even remember that household item that is supposed to be used to iron clothing! Is yours gummed up with all the things you've used it for on your craft projects? I do have a separate iron I use for crafts, but used the regular one since this project wasn't messy.

There are lots of ideas using an iron, melted crayon background, embossing on velvet, using fusible webbing on fabric or mulberry paper...I chose Wax Paper Resist. Beate has a nice tutorial on SCS for it, only I did mine a little differently at the suggestion of our challenge hostess today... I used an embossing folder.

I brayered over the wax paper resist with Ranger's Herb Garden spectrum pad, the Big Juicey. And who says big, leafy plants always have to be green? Once you've inked up glossy, I don't know of any way to color over it...so everything else was stamped on a separate piece of cardstock, colored with Copics, cut out and glued with Zip Dry glue into position. The rocks, dog, and fence are popped up and only the major portion of the stem is glued down.
To get kind of a "furry" look, I used my blending pen and dabbed in the dark patch and the ears.

This is 3 different sets from Artful INKables, Top Dog, Thought I'd Bug You and Basic Sentiments. The leaves and fence punches are Martha Stewart.

Have a look through the gallery, I'm sure there will be lots of interesting ideas....you just might not ever iron (the intended purpose) again!

Thanks for stopping!

Dust Off Those Brayers!

This week the challenge for us Chicks on the Farm is to use a Brayer (these are on sale through Aug. 7th)


I chose to do a refection card.

After inking up the moose image, from All Things Fall, I rolled my brayer over it to pick up the image. Then I positioned the brayer where I wanted the feet of the moose to start and rolled the image onto the paper. I inked up the moose again and stamped the main image.


Masking the moose, I stamped the Trees Backgrounder then, flipping my cardstock 180, lightly stamped the trees again for a reflection.
Using a large sticky note, I sponged off the edge for the water and the background.
Tall Weeds was stamped along the bottom before applying Ranger Glossy Accents.


Be sure to see what the other girls did too and have a look at what Julia has to say about Brayers. Dust off yours and have some fun!
Julia
Lisa Strahl
Val
Alli
Kristine

Cornish Heritage Farms:
All Things Fall
The Great Canadian Stamp Set
Tall Weeds
Trees Backgrounder
Wood Grain Backgrounder
Grass

Ink:
Adirondack Espresso, Latte
Broken China, Faded Jeans, Frayed Burlap, Shabby Shutters, Vintage Photo, Walnut Stain Distress

Cardstock:
Georgia Pacific White
Prism Birchtone med
Black unknown

Other:
Ranger Glossy Accents
Distressing Tool
Crop a Dile
Twine
Daubers
Brayer

thanks for stopping!