A Raven Visits West Virginia!

I attended a craftmaking affair last year, on my annual fall visit to my mothers, at the Rock, Paper, Scissors store in Redding, CA, which has now, unfortunately, closed since that visit.  We made several Fall/ Halloween items: two card, a paper sack gift card holder, a framed papercraft project, and a Harvest mini block.  Each was taught by a different store design team member or local craft artist.  The framed papercraft project was taught by Sara Moreno, and I loved its design, but as I do not generally decorate my walls for Halloween, I decided to turn my project into a card.

My card retains the flavor of the original project using the same papers and center design embellishments; but, I made the following changes.  I re-sized the orange word mat layer to a 5-1/2" card size and placed it on a black cardbase.  I moved the dripping ooze border and the black bow to the top of the card.  I added a ribbon strip over the ooze edge, silver sparkle to the rosette spines, offset the button in the center design area, and gave the raven a little back bead for its eye.  I was very happy with my card and decided it was perfect for a visit on Halloween to my daughter and her husband in West Virginia.  I hope they like my raven card, and it makes their Halloween more fun knowing they are remember and loved!

Recipe:  SU Basic Black (base), Authentique Enchanted-Haunted, DCWV Fall & Halloween stack (2012), SU Whisper White.  Spellbinder die: Fleur de Lis Squares. Martha Stewart punches: Icicle, Spider Web corner.  SU Dazzling Delights Silver.  Rosette (handmade). Black seam binding ribbon crinkled.  Colorbox Charcoal (sponging/ distressing).  Stash: Orange button, Black twine.

2012 Easter Card for Hubby!

It's Easter, so what can I say. . .my husband will be getting a card that is not as masculine as I usually try for.  I had this Easter Wishes stickers that I really wanted to use.  I search for papers that would coordinate with the blues and deep violet frame on the sticker.  I decided to add a little dotted knot tie for a 3D effect on the sticker, plus some popped green leaves.  I also used netting instead of ribbon.  I've been wanting to try that, so this was a first.  It turned out pretty well, and by chance, I just the perfect color so how could I not!

A Belated July 2011 Birthday

My sister's birthday is in July, and my husband and I were busy traveling in our motorhome to the coasts of Oregon and Washington; therefore, my crafting table was clean. . .LOL!  But, I also missed time to make a birthday card for my sister, who has been my mentor in my cardmaking journey.

When I got home, I thought I would make and send her belated birthday wishes.  I had a cute little vintage digi of a girl holding a scrapbooking book in her arms and I thought this would be perfect.  I started looking through my papers and found a pretty lavender floral piece, that I decided was what I wanted to use.  And then I realized, purple is the most difficult color to work with in blending and application per my sister.  I decided, oh well, I might as well try it and see what happens.  She was right, but after much tweaking and re-tweaking I final got my image to where I was at least satisfied.  I loved her little white lace on her pinafore and her dress edge.  I decided to make them white with a violet edging and then stickle them to give them sparkle.  I was pretty please with her when finished.  I was hoping Heidi would think so too.