tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61846402265626294782024-03-13T09:16:58.737-07:00Stampin' SweetlyStampin' Up! demonstrator in the Cariboo - serving 100 Mile House and surrounding areas.Crystal Dawn Langtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07837372840123280911noreply@blogger.comBlogger224125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6184640226562629478.post-60624116640977724302016-02-08T12:24:00.000-08:002016-02-08T12:24:03.376-08:00Back From the Dead<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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You know what I hate? When I blog that I really like goes dead. No warning No lead-in to allow me to get used to it. No time to mourn. In saying that, I really don't know that this blog has anyone that feels even remotely that way, but I was reminded of my blog a few weeks ago by someone who followed it before I dropped into the abyss. So what happened? If you care, in 2014 I was finishing a gruelling master's program. Upon finishing that I basically entered into a bit of a hibernatory state. I kept making cards but was so freaking drained from school that I didn't have the energy to post again. That fall my school amalgamated with another and I then had almost 300 kids to track instead of 150. That was an adjustment! And then in 2015 we bought a new (super old) house. Since June we've been up to our eyeballs in renovations. In between I have also managed to fit in a bit of traveling (Equador - Galapagos Islands!; Nicaragua; Costa Rica; Mexico). We're still in the middle of renovations (it currently sounds like I'm in the middle of a construction zone.... Oh. Wait. I am.) but I'm ready to come back to the blogging world! <br />
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This card is made using a set from the new catalogue. I. Love. It. Though I can't say that it's going to take the place of Gorgeous Grunge as my favourite, it's going to be a close call. I started out my making something entirely different, but just wasn't feeling it. Through a series of small changes I ended up with a completely different card - this little gem. I'm loving it. I can see that it would be lovely in a variety of different colour combos... Might have to try one with Island Indigo next...<br />
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So, for anyone that's still around, thanks for reading!<br />
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<br />I am currently on a sponging binge. I can't help it. I love it I love it I love it. This card is nowhere near what I had in mind when I started, but sometimes when you take a path you didn't know existed, you end up with something awesome. Other times you end up in the woods with a bear chasing after you, but not this time!<br />
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The colours seem a little weird on my screen, but they're Blackberry Bliss, Pacific Point, and Island Indigo. I started out by sponging the whole 4 1/4 X 5 1/2 sheet and then didn't want to cut it it was so pretty. The tree is from Festival of Trees, as is the sentiment. I've been wanting to make a shaped shaker frame for quite some time and this weekend I FINALLY picked up some mounting foam tape, as well as a gigantic jar of glitter (it's something ridiculous like 24oz). It's just a clear glitter rather than shiny, which is perfect for making it look like a snowdrift!<br />
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I already have another card in mind that will incorporate both of these techniques, as well as some trees, so stay tuned!Crystal Dawn Langtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07837372840123280911noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6184640226562629478.post-22315012855445084112014-09-05T11:12:00.001-07:002014-09-05T11:12:29.018-07:00Hello Fall<br />
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Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but summer is over my friends. It was 5 degrees here this morning. Boo. However, with the return of autumn comes the return of the Pumpkin Spice Latte (yay!) and warm colours in the trees in my yard.<br />
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Thankfully, there are just a few tentative yellow leaves at the bottom of my trees, but it felt inspired to make a fall card anyways. These colours always remind me of my dear cousin, Amber, so here's to you darling girl.<br />
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I began by using my brayer to make a layer of Hello Honey on my cardstock (which started out as Whisper White). I inked it up and rolled it on, not worrying too much about coverage since I knew I'd be layering a little more. Next, I added random spots of Tangelo Twist, Cajun Craze, and Real Red. Once I had enough ink to my liking, I sprayed the piece with some alcohol. This allows the ink to lift and mingle somewhat. Using my heat tool I dried the ink. After that I tried spraying it again, but it seems like the alcohol made the ink really sink into the paper. I actually wanted the inks to run together way more than this, but I love how it turned out. The spots where the brayer tapped the paper remind me of leaves. The final ink step was to distress the edges with a little Soft Suede and Baked Brown Sugar.<br />
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To add a little dimension I ran it through my Big Shot with a nice embossing folder then matted it on Soft Suede. I then used the large oval to cut out my sentiment and looped it around the inked layers with some linen twine. I like the idea of looping the tread under the sentiment as a way to add another layer rather than behind it and using dimensionals to pop it up. I didn't want a layer of colour behind the sentiment so this jazzes it up enough to allow me to get away without it.<br />
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I love love love this card, but I'm going to keep playing with spraying and inking until I figured out what it was I was trying for.<br />
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This morning I was looking through my stash of DSPs and realizing that I have waaaaaaaaaaaay too much paper. I buy a whole package, use 2 or 3 pieces (small pieces of each) then forget about it. As a result of this, I have a whole desktop filing system dedicated to different DSPs. Soooo... How to use up some of the pieces. I've done about 834 quilting cards (which I love to do but I'm bored of). I can't imagine making a card with just DSP and a small sentiment (though I appreciate how lovely these simple cards can be). Herringbone! Yes! Then my smarter side says, <i>"Uh, remember how much cutting is involved?"</i> and I scrap that idea (even though I really really really love those cards...).<br />
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Ah ha! Candles! I made a card like this ages ago and then forgot all about it. It's a wonderful way to use up paper and it's cute as all heck.<br />
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Next month I'm starting with a brand new group of ladies (yay! It's giving me a major crafting buzz) and I think this will be our paper card for the month (I'm thinking 2 cards with stamping as the main item, 1 card with DSP).<br />
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Making the card, though sort of time consuming is really easy. Cut a bunch of 2" X 2" scraps of whatever paper you have lying around. Use a skewer, Q tip, whatever you have that's about that size and round to wrap the paper around and roll away. While the paper is still on the skewer, let it loosen up a little then use some liquid glue to seal the end (I love Tombow Mono glue).<br />
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To attach the candles I use my silicone sheet and smear enough hot glue for 2 candles then lie them on the sheet. Add glue for 2 more, and so on until all 9 candles are attached, side by side, to the sheet. You can then lift the piece up (carefully!) and run some more hot glue between pieces so that they stick together (just a little, you don't want it coming through the front). Once that's done, flip it over and press down on the silicone sheet to smooth it all out and let it dry. You've now got one piece that you can peel off and work with. Using your liquid glue again squirt just a little inside the top of your candles so you can add a wick. Since it's quite a bulky piece I use hot glue again to attach it to the card front. Voila! Super cute birthday card good for anyone, big or small, young, old, or geezer. <br />
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You know that feeling when you see a card you love but you don't have the supplies to make it? Well, if you live in the city, no problem. However, if you're a little country bird like myself, you make do with what you've got on hand.<br />
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I saw an amazing background that looked like a galaxy with all sorts of cool stuff that I don't have (embossing paste, Perfect Pearls, star stencils...). I was determined to make a snowy background in the same fashion, so I set out rummaging through my stuff to see what I could find. <br />
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I sponged the background with Coastal Cabana and Lost Lagoon and was pretty happy with that as a base. To get the snow, I used some pearly metallic acrylic paint I had on hand and mixed it with rubbing alcohol. This made it nice and runny so I was able to pick it up with a paint brush. I then flicked my brush towards the page to get the misty look but the blobs weren't big enough for what I wanted so I just used the tip of the brush to add a few bigger dots on. Turned out pretty well!<br />
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After that dried I used some Staz On to stamp my image (and extended the trunks a little with a marker) from the new set Festival of Trees. I usually centre everything on my cards but wanted to try something new this time and I'm really happy with the result. The embossing folder is an old one but I just couldn't get rid of it. Since there isn't a whole lot of the mat showing I wanted something on a small scale and this one was perfect. Petals a Plenty would have worked as well, but I wanted to keep the snowflake theme going.<br />
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And what would a Christmas card be without a little ribbon? This is the Lost Lagoon ribbon you can find in the Holiday Catalogue. I layered a piece of white satin behind it so the ribbon stood out more than it would have on the monochromatic background. Overall, I'm loving this card. It could grace the homes of quite a few family members this December!Crystal Dawn Langtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07837372840123280911noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6184640226562629478.post-32594606979795897102014-08-27T08:47:00.002-07:002014-08-27T08:47:15.077-07:00Traveling With Van Gogh<br />
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As much as I was bummed that this ended up not being entirely my own idea, I was thankful to have seen hers since I wouldn't have thought to do the reflection in this way. The card isn't perfect, and I'll need a few more shots to get it exactly how I want it, but it's still pretty awesome.<br />
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For anyone interested, I sponged the background to get it to reflect the colours I wanted; moon was So Saffron, Daffodil Delight, and Hello Honey; sky is Soft Sky, Marina Mist, Night of Navy; sea is Pool Party and Lost Lagoon. For the squiggles reminiscent of Van Gogh I used the same markers but threw More Mustard into the mix on the moon. Though the whole process didn't take as long as I thought it would, looking back at the card I was inspired by, I could have made my squiggles waaaaay bigger than I did. I might try it again and see which size I like better.<br />
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Super excited for my hostess club ladies to see this! I was thinking about surprising them at club with it, but it's too good not to share and I can't possibly hold off on it for another three weeks.<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Alright – enough card talk.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Onto the hilarity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I know that all of you demonstrators (or whatever your company calls
you) think your hostess club is the best, but I must inform you that you are
wrong (feel free to fight amongst yourselves for who can take second
place).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My club wins.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We started out maybe 3 years ago and
have morphed a little with members but a few have been with me for the long haul and though they’re still my club ladies, they have also become dear
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">One of my members (Misty) has three small people, and if you
also have small people you know what HIGHWAY ROBBERY hiring a babysitter
is.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She lives 35 minutes away, and
we usually take about 4 hours or so at $8/hour, you can imagine how quickly
that gets expensive.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All of us
have kids at varying ages and I adore her little gremlins so she brought them
over.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One of the other gals
(Shannon) brought her a huge box of Kinex from when her kids were small and it
was a hit.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So while we were making
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">After sometime they came in to update us on the progress of
their creations.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At one point, the
smallest person, Gavy, came in and offered Caren one of the berries the kids
brought.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sometimes Gavy is super
shy so we were all paying great attention to him last night since he seemed in
the mood for socializing, so when he offered Caren the berries we were all
listening.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There’s Caren, eating
the berries when Gavy says, “If it tastes funky, spit it out.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s probably poisonous.” </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Oh.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Lord.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All six of us lost it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Snorting, crying, gasping for breath.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This went on for several minutes before we could get out
you-know-what together.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m
laughing right now just thinking about it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They were Saskatoon berries, so we knew she’d be just fine,
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Anyone that knows me well knows that I am pretty much a 92 year old woman inside a 32 year old body. I like reading and sipping tea (with toast for dinner - completely reasonable), looking at quilts, cuddling with cats, going to bed at 8:30 whenever possible, and birds. Yep. I love birds. I was in Bella Coola with my hubs recently and I dropped (literally) everything to follow after a Stellar Jay (it was my first sighting - very exciting). According to my son I have waaaaaaaaay too many bird things (mugs, blankets, pictures, laptop case, etc.), but I think<i> Go Big or Go Home. </i><br />
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At Christmas I send out a lot of cards, and it's a RIP OFF to send ones that are more than one layer up (like $1.75 or some darn thing) which is fine when it's one or two cards, but not 40. So, this lovely specimen will be making the rounds to quite a few homes this year.<br />
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<br />Crystal Dawn Langtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07837372840123280911noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6184640226562629478.post-65807288123825771772014-08-16T06:30:00.000-07:002014-08-17T10:39:55.352-07:00Friends Forever<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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We all have the one friend that we would call in the event that we <strike>needed to bury a body</strike> need someone to share a secret with. I love that this stamp says that, but in a sassy way.<br />
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I was at Michaels this weekend and they were clearing out acrylic paints for $0.75. I figured I'd grab a few just for the heck of it and see if anything came of it. Well, I started playing, and here's what I ended up with. I cut up one of our sponges into 6 pieces and used them to apply the three colours I have here (pretty much Daffodil Delight, Pool Party, and Old Olive). I like how the paint gave a little more body and texture than just sponging does (though sponging is one of my favourite techniques). Since the medium is thicker than ink, I could leave it in the pattern that the sponge applied it in rather than blending it to make the colours transition into one another. I'm really quite pleased with the result.<br />
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Things I should be doing this morning:<br />
1. Mowing the lawn<br />
2. Folding laundry<br />
3. Vacuuming/mopping all floors<br />
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I know. This guy is hilarious. He's the Tom Selleck of nutcrackers. I originally had the card without the glitter, but I figured Tom was feelin' the need for a little glitz so I grabbed my spray glue and sparkled him up a little. The inside of the card (which I was too lazy to take a picture of) says, "nutty or nice?" It sooooo appealed to my super corny side that I needed to have this set immediately. For the rest of you, you can order it come September.Crystal Dawn Langtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07837372840123280911noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6184640226562629478.post-57380240669663402282014-07-26T06:00:00.000-07:002014-07-26T06:00:00.610-07:00Monochromatic Part III made these cards a couple of months back for a class I did with a monochromatic theme. <br />
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I love this one. It looks like a flapper dress from the 20s (a time I would have loved to have lived in, minus you know, the whole world war business and ensuring depression... ok, maybe I don't <i>really</i> want to live then...) Yes, you can buy scissors to make the fringe, but you can also just use your little trimmers to do the same thing. I know it seems like a long process, but it goes by in no time at all.<br />
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This one was fun to do too. LOTS of stamping, and you could do it with the leftover pieces from your clear mount stamps. I happened to have the circle left over from the middle of a stamp from Chalk Talk, then used Gorgeous Grunge (a set I couldn't live without) to add some extra little bits. For a little final touch I ran it through the Big Shot (actually, this is the last time I saw that folder... hmm...). I love the dimension that final touch adds.<br />
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<br />Crystal Dawn Langtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07837372840123280911noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6184640226562629478.post-64276276196711780252014-07-25T06:00:00.000-07:002014-07-25T06:00:11.123-07:00Monochromatic - Purples<br />
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There is always something so pleasing about monochromatic colour schemes. You can really never go wrong. When it comes to purples, I love Wisteria Wonder, but the other hues don't really call my name very often. However, looking at my butterfly punches, this was not the story. I've been meaning to make a card like this for some time, and apparently that time is now!<br />
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One of my colleagues retired this June (my mentor, in fact) and I keep collecting little gifts to give her throughout the next year to show her that she is missed, and that she meant (and still means) and awful lot to me. She loves deep jewel tones, so this is the perfect one for her.<br />
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<br />Crystal Dawn Langtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07837372840123280911noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6184640226562629478.post-57902223447062219752014-07-24T16:46:00.002-07:002014-07-24T16:48:20.220-07:00Deconstructed Sketch Challenge 161Woah, I better pace myself. This is post number three in the same day. It's raining so I am alternating between binge watching Call the Midwife, and making cards. <br />
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I've never made a card for this challenge but but was in love with the sketch as soon as I saw it. Tape It is a new set I haven't used yet and this seemed the perfect chance to put it to work. My hubs is back from a long stretch away at work next week so I figured I'd use this as an opportunity to make him a card. <br />
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I had a friend over crafting with me yesterday and I was looking through my sets thinking I wanted to do another collage set soon. As soon as I saw this challenge I knew exactly what I was going to get up to. Concord Crush retired a few years ago, but I held on to mine since I love the coolness of the shade. I thought the Pretty in Pink got a little lost, but it's there nicely in the background softening up the white. For collage purposes, this set couldn't be any better. It's got enough images that you can make a full collage without consulting another set (perfect for my new hostess club) but the images are matchy-matchy so much that it's boring. If you don't have it already (Kinda Eclectic) get it now. Like right this minute.<br />
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For our final club of this set up we've decided we'd try and wrangle in a few more ladies to <strike> become junkies</strike> join us. So the challenge was for each of us to use Swallowtail to make a card. Since I'm trying to grow our group, I decided I'd demo three cards that you can do with just this stamp (pretty much). I want them to get the picture that you don't need 800 sets <strike>until you're addicted and then you NEED them</strike> to make beautiful cards.<br />
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Though I liked last year's In Colours, I am in LOVE with this year's (except the orange. Sorry Tangelo Twist, orange isn't my cup of tea, never has been, likely never will be). Lost Lagoon is a stunning colour, which I can foresee making its way into the regular line up in a few catalogues from now. It's another masking card, and again, En Francais features. And not that I had it in mind for a wedding, but it's screaming, "Make me a gift!"<br />
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So for my first challenge back, I headed straight to an old favourite, <a href="http://freshlymadesketches.blogspot.ca/" target="_blank">Freshly Made Sketches</a>! My personal preference is for messy, distressed cards, so I love this challenge. It forces me to do something out of my normal zone.<br />
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I always seem to have 9,432 cards on hand, 3 of which are masculine. So, in an effort to bring that total to at least 10, here's the first. I love this set (Wetlands). I'm a Canadian girl from an area that is teeming with Canadian Geese (which I love, except when their poop is all over the beach), so he makes me pretty happy.<br />
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I coloured him in but the image was just too stark so I cut out a mask and did some sponging - much better. I really wanted to distress the edges, but this is not that kind of card, so I left it nice and clean.<br />
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So after a long haul away from stamping (like going in my room once every 6 months) I am thrilled to be back at it, and thanks to the girls from FMS for helping get my mojo back!<br />
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As you can see, this palette is from last year over at <a href="http://colourq.blogspot.ca/" target="_blank">Colour Q</a>. These aren't colours I would necessarily put together on my own, but I thought they looked pretty darn good together. Here's my take on things.<br />
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I went on a bender with wheel stamps a few months ago. I don't like using the roller (the ink runs out and I can never get it straight) so I peel the rubber off the wheel and then mount it on the foam you can buy to switch wood block stamps over to cling mount. The result is a lovely little strip that's easy to place and ink. Another bonus about this technique is how cheap wheel stamps are! They're less than $10 a pop, and there are a ton of really cute images.Crystal Dawn Langtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07837372840123280911noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6184640226562629478.post-90371127703058435112013-01-05T10:59:00.001-08:002013-01-05T10:59:18.387-08:00Not-so-Freshly Made Sketches #67<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I woke up this morning with the crafty vibe. I made a nice big pot of coffee and headed online for some inspiration. <a href="http://freshlymadesketches.blogspot.ca/" target="_blank">Freshly Made Sketches</a> had a lovely layout this morning, so into the crafty room I went with the sketch on my head. I've got a bunch of this paper left over from the last annual catalogue so I decided on a manly card. I never seem to make those just for the heck of it. Must plan to do that more.<br />
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I was feeling pretty pleased with myself after completing this one, however it then dawned on me which challenge it was for. FMS is a "clean" challenge, and apparently I forgot that as I distressed away. Whoops! I'm sure the girls over there won't mind terribly - sorry ladies! They're quite a lovely bunch so hopefully this will just slide on by under their noses.....<br />
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Still loving Clockworks. I think I might try and bust out a few cards with this set today. Tomorrow is the last day of holidays before I go back to work and it will be my only day alone for the past 2 weeks. Looking forward to putting my head down and getting inky!Crystal Dawn Langtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07837372840123280911noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6184640226562629478.post-90517314769744535022013-01-03T14:08:00.000-08:002013-01-03T14:08:36.365-08:00Hand Stamped Sentiments #150<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Sooo, looks like I haven't blogged in over a month. I was thinking about it, so does that count? No, I don't think it does.<br />
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However, today I finally sat down and took time to take a picture of something that I made. Again, <a href="http://www.handstampedsentiments.blogspot.ca/" target="_blank">Hand Stamped Sentiments</a> had a lovely colour challenge to work with. It's the same palette that you can find on one of the new DSPs in the new catalogue.<br />
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Pool Party and Primrose Petals are both fairly gentle colours and the black makes them really pop. A little background embossing adds a gentle girly element, and you can't go wrong with butterflies!Crystal Dawn Langtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07837372840123280911noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6184640226562629478.post-82181044042770256372012-11-27T06:00:00.000-08:002012-11-27T06:00:09.183-08:00Watercolour Winter<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I love vintage stuff and this set just screams out to be used for that purpose. Instead of just stamping the berries and leaves, I decided to heat emboss with gold and then use my blender pens to fill in the details. I started with the leaves (Always Artichoke) and then did the berries (Cherry Cobbler). I loved the look of the leaves, but found that the berries looked too pink so I decided to use the actual CC marker for that bit. Much better. The great thing about colouring over heat embossing is the unlikely possibility that you'll go outside the lines!<br />
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This is another of the cards we'll be making at the buffet. Live locally and want a spot? Drop me an email. I've got 3 spots left.Crystal Dawn Langtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07837372840123280911noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6184640226562629478.post-46913880435703878432012-11-26T06:00:00.001-08:002012-11-26T06:00:14.389-08:00Fa la la la... Oh wait, it's still November.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Oh goodness. It seems that the only motivation I can find today is for making cards! And CHRISTMAS cards at that! I love Christmas, however, I've been feeling a little cranky towards all those people that have had Christmas decorations up for the past few weeks. I feel like it's fair to start on December 1st, but before then is a little much for me.<br />
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So in my card craze this afternoon I remembered that I had a few packages of this lovely paper (Be of Good Cheer) kicking around. LOVE Gumball Green and Cherry Cobbler. Love love love it. L.O.V.E. kind of love. You get the picture.<br />
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I don't really have any of the "fun" Christmas sets but I wanted a few "fun" cards so I tried this little idea out. Not too bad!<br />
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So when I went outside to take this picture in the failing light (it's only 4:12pm right now, how sad is that?) my little sidekick, Lily, came along to help. What you can't see are the remains of a stuffed giraffe at her feet. It's a little grotesque, but she really likes the remaining two front legs of that poor little baby. I've seen the head around the yard, but not the body, nor the back legs. I should throw it away, but I'm far too amused by it to do such a thing.<br />
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This is one of my ultimate favourite colour combos so imagine my surprise when I saw it on a challenge! The <a href="http://sundaystamps.blogspot.ca/" target="_blank">Sunday Stamps</a> blog is one I look at now and then, but I haven't created a card based on its challenges yet (I don't think). Anywho, since they have my fave combo up I thought I better play along!<br />
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This set is from last year's mini and I almost cried when they didn't continue it! I think the little socks are sooo cute, and there's a matching punch too. I just couldn't think of parting with it andI'm glad I didn't. I think this card will also make an appearance in my buffet.<br />
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Sorry for the bad picture. It's only 4:25 and it's dark outside already. I could wait until tomorrow to retake the picture, but I'm lazy, and I don't want to. :)<br />
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I love this set. It's the oldest set in the catalogue and I never tire of it. I also don't seem to be tiring of masking and sponging. You can make so many variations using this technique, and it doesn't require a bunch of tools to do.<br />
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I started my sponging with Night of Navy, but it was just too dark so I switched to Midnight Muse. Much better. For the snowbanks and I didn't ink my sponge again, I just went with whatever was left over from the sky. It's super light, but enough to add some definition. <br />
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I knew I needed a little something extra since this is a pretty simple card so I used some Iridescent Ice to glitz up the sentiment. Perfect! And because it's so skinny, I can mail it with a regular stamp. Bonus! As we get nearer to mailing Christmas cards, that's important to consider. Postage jumps from $0.61 to $1.29. Not so bad? Try mailing 30 cards like that. $18 turns into $38 pretty quick.Crystal Dawn Langtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07837372840123280911noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6184640226562629478.post-20089090750939616842012-11-21T06:00:00.000-08:002012-11-21T06:00:01.144-08:00Blooming With Kindness IV<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Originally I had made this card with Marina Mist & Black but then Dynamic Duos used those colours this week, and my card wasn't really dolled up enough for my likings when posting for challenges, so I made another version with Wisteria Wonder & Elegant Eggplant. Yet again, Blooming with kindness is the only set I've used for this card. I did however, use the scallop squares die to make the mask. It's a little more interesting than just the plain old square that you can make without a die (which is still pretty, but I wanted something a little more).<br />
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