A Hero Lives Within You

Simon says Stamp and Show has a new challenge each Monday and I and just finishing my post for the week. My hero post is about a true hero of World War II, my Dad. I am very fortunate my Dad returned from the War and is still alive today. So who else could be a better hero than him.

I have created a vintage tag for my hero, take a look:

My tag was cut using Sizzix Movers and Shapers L Die: Tag and Bookplate then inked with Vintage Photo. I used chevron paper for my next layer then raised each of the elements of  photos, sentiments and stars. The Sizzix banner was attached with wire.

Challenge:

Simon Says Stamp and Show: Hero Challenge

Never Ending Card

Just as love is never ending, I have created a Never Ending Card to share with you that I made for my daughter and SIL on their 10th Anniversary. The Simon Says Stamp and Show Challenge is Read All About It and my card is all about reading, text, and stamping plus lots of opening and turning. Although making the Never Ending Card card has been around a while, I thought it was appropriate for the challenge.

I love this paper that I had in my stash that was just waiting to be used. The paper is such a rich looking paper with great images, words and is such a warm golden color. I did ink all of the paper edges to add a vintage look but the paper already had its own vintage appeal. I cut the letters on my Cricut and added a vintage sticker that says Unlock Happiness.

The card opens and you can begin to see the inside. 

 I inked the resist paper so the gears pop. You can see reading, stamping and inking here too. I used a shade of purple to represent the color of purple grapes because the paper background has grapes and wine.

 Time to open again. 

 More reading, text, stamping and inking. Some of the paper is printed background paper.

 Another layer to read.

 One more to open.

 Wa la, you are back to the beginning of the Never Ending Card.

This was a fun card to create and did take a little extra time. I didn't take pictures of putting it together so I am giving you a link to a video on You Tube if you would like to make The Never Ending Card. Thanks for stopping by - Judy.

Challenge:

Simon Says Stamp and Show Challenge: Read All About It

Birds of A Feather Friendship Card

The stamp I am using today comes from the Close To My Heart set - Find Your Style.

The bird and sentiment are stamps with Archival Coffee ink. Next I used Salty Ocean by Tim Holt to color the bird and ink the ribbon so they would match. The beak was colored with Ripe Persimmon. The card was inked with two Tim Holtz colors: Wild Honey and Vintage Photo.

Challenges:

Gingerloft Challenge: Birds of a Feather

Summer Memories Card

I just spend a week of fun filled days with my daughter and two grandsons so I  made a card for her to express my sentiments about memories made during the week.

I began the card by using a background stamp and Versa Mark Watermark Stamp Pad to stamp the image. Next I covered the stamped image with super fine embossing powder and used the heat tool to dry it. I started inking the card with three colors of distress from Ranger - Tim Holt: faded jeans, peeled paint and squeezed lemonade. Next I used a fourth color: peacock feathers to get my final look. My background image was then trimmed and mounted on paper from my stash that I also inked in peacock feathers and squeezed lemonade. I chose the mounting paper because it had a similar color to the peacock feathers and had a nice little chained type pattern in the paper.

The sentiment on the card is from Technique Tuesday, Favorite Memories by Ali Edwards. I stamped the sentiment with Archival Black Ink. I decided to stamp over the background imaging knowing I would get resist from the embossing powder. I was excited to see how the stamp looked and I do like the resist showing through, Look closely at the word "you" and you can see the resist showing through.

The paper was double sided with more yellow on it, I inked it around the edges with peacock feathers and wrote a personal note to my daughter about our fun week together.

Thanks for stopping by - Judy.

Linking to:

Simon Says Stamp and Show - Summer Distress Challenge

Make It Monday

Tim Holtz Christmas Tags

I love so many of Tim's Christmas tags:

12 Tags of Christmas 2011

12 Tags of Christmas 2010

Tim Holtz 12 tags of Christmas 2009

Tim Holtz 12 Tags of Christmas 2008

12 Tags of Christmas 2007

photos from http://timholtz.typepad.com

Christmas Page Embellishment

I know it's only August but I had a little spare time and worked on a Christmas layout page embellishment.Take a look:

I began making my embellishment by cuting out the festive greenery and used a little glam on the leaves and pine cone. Then added a small tattered banner and the hanging sign. The sign was stained in Picket Fence then stamped using Ranger Archival Ink. The poinsettia stamp was one from The Craft Lab where I love to go and create many of my projects. I used Tim Holtz Vintage Photo to ink the edges of the sign.

This embellishment is going on this gorgeous music paper from the Festive Collection of Authentique. I loved the music paper so much I couldn't cut it so I decided to trim it just a little all the way around and mount it on red paper from Tim Holtz Nostalgic Collection.

Supplies:

Sizzix - Tim Holtz
   - Hanging Sign
   - Sizzlits Decorative Strip Die = Alterations Collection - Festive Greenery
   - Sizzlits Decorative Strip Die - Alterations Collection - Tattered Banners
Tattered Angels - Glimmer Glam
Wire from my stash
Music paper is from Authentique  - Festive Collection
Paper for the greenery is Core-dinations - Tim Holtz Nostalgic Collection

Linking to:
Simon Says Stamp and Show Challenge - No Rules
Make It Monday
Tammy's Scrapin Corner
The Crazy Challenge
Lollipop Crafts

Alcohol Inks Card

A card that I really enjoyed making was made using Adirondack alcohol inks, embossing folder, foil sheet, gears die, and Tim Holtz Mini Gears. It was my first time to use alcohol inks so it was a lot of fun.

I sent the card to a friend with a personal note saying, "You better keep your gears moving or you might get old." Thanks for stopping by - Judy

Linking to:
Simon Says Stamp and Show - Favorite Technique
Make It Monday
Anything Goes Challenge