Month: April 2010
Art with Heart Team April Blog Hop
Morning everybody,
This will be a monthly event happening on the last day of every month. You may have just come from Sue Madex’s blog, but if you are starting here, don’t worry … you can make the complete journey just by following the links at the end of each post. There are 14 stops along the way and we hope you will visit each one to see the wonderful creations we have to show you! If you leave a comment on each and every blog and then email Nikki at nikki@inkyart.com.au, your name will be put into the hat to win some beautiful blog candy. There is a deadline of 72 hours to leave your comments and only non SU demos are eligible to win the candy – although we’d love all visitors to leave some comments please.
This is our fourth tour. With Mother’s day in about 9 days, we decided on “Women in our lives” as theme. At the end of each post there will be a link to take you to the next stop on the tour. It would be fantastic if you could leave a comment on each blog! So grab a cuppa, and set off on what we are hoping will be an inspirational journey!
My project has a 3D item and a card for mother’s day. Without further delay, here is my project and some closeups.
Edited: I had warmified pictures of my projects earlier. I for some reason did not find it clear. So I have since replaced them with better picture. Hope these are good to see.
Here is the closeup of the Corset Card.
Here is the list of ingredients used to make this handbag and the corset card:
Basic Black cardstock,Urban Oasis DSP,Urban Garden DSP, Fillgree Brad,Large Brads, Basic Black 1/4″ Grosgrain Ribbon, Art by Design, Occassional Greetings and Asian Artistry Stamp Sets all from Stampin Up!
I love handbags and so does my mom. And I wanted something different for a Mother’s day card. Therefore, I made a corset card. Hope you like my project and drew some inspiration for yourself. Please make sure to leave comment on each of the blog you visit in the list and email Nikki. You will go into the draw to win a blog candy. Now you are off to Christine Blain to check out her beautiful project using the new Autumn Mini products.
Here is the list of Blog Hop participants in case you are starting from here.
Ros Davidson
http://rosdavidson.typepad.com/ros_davi … g-hop.html
Nikki Sadler
http://www.inkyart.com.au/inkyart/2010/ … lives.html
Tanja Westwood
http://www.tanjawestwood.typepad.com
Kristine Thompson
http://www.inkspotcreations.com/ink-spo … g-hop.html
Sue Madex
http://www.madexcreations.com
Gayatri Murali (Thats Me!)
http://scrapawayg3.blogspot.com
Christine Blain
Blog: http://www.christineblain.typepad.com
Di Dunk
http://www.stampartbydi.typepad.com
Judy May
http://www.judymay.typepad.com
Tina Gillespie
http://scissorspapercard.blogspot.com/
Kathryn Mangelsdorf
http://klm55.blogspot.com/
Alisha Watson
http://www.ratherbstampin.typepad.com
Nicole Rouillon
http://www.simplymade.typepad.com
Kathryn Lowe
http://www.katlodesigns.com
Have a great day hopping!
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April PTI Blog Hop
This is my 4th time participating in PTI’s bloghop. Its been fun hopping from one blog to another to see what everybody have created using a specific theme. So many inspirational projects and its a great learning process. I am loving it. I just can’t wait for 25th of every month to arrive. I think its the same with all of us at PTI.
This month’s theme is:
This month let’s focus on tissue paper! It has become one of the hottest trends in the paper crafting
world and we want to see you take it on! Whether it is die-cutting it to make beautiful layered blooms,
the faux silk technique, creating layered backgrounds or even delicate stitched pleated borders, we want
to see you get creative! And don’t forget, your new stamps arrive lovingly wrapped in tissue paper each
month, so these can prove to be “free & green” projects as well! Have fun and we look forward to
seeing all of your projects!
Tissue paper! Wow! Something I don’t use frequently use. This kept me thinking and thinking…you know! for a very long time. I did not come up with anything new this time but thinking certainly helped me with spending more time on the treadmill.lol! I was struggling to run on the treadmill for more than 15 minutes continously. I can fast walk for more than an hour but running was difficult. By just thinking what other possibilities I could do with tissue paper and running on the threadmill, I realised that I had run for 30 minutes. I felt really good. There are a few ideas using tissue paper which I will experiment over time but for today’s bloghop I have made a card using FAUX SILK technique.
The three panels are made using faux silk technique. I have initially stamped PTI’s Text Style stamp on the cardstock panels using second generation dark chocolate ink from PTI. I have used the tissue paper which wrapped my PTI stamp sets. I cut them slightly bigger than the panel size, I stamped each of them with a stamp from PTI’s New Leaf set. Then crumbled them and sponged them on the Spring Moss ink pad over and over to get even subtle coverage. I then unopened the tissue paper and adhered them to the panel cardstocks. Finally sponged the edges. The birdie is from PTI’s Daily Designs stamp set, stamped with SU’s Real Red ink, cut out and adhered on the finished panel. Here are some closeups.
Other products used to make this card are: PTI’s Delightful Dahlia stamp set, Spring Moss button, Bitty Box Basic DSP, Dark Chocolate and Kraft cardstock all from PTI and SU’s Chocolate Chip taffeta ribbon and Real Red inkpad.
Here is another card I made using the faux silk technique. This card is made at the last minute and added to the post. Again one of the idea bulb that glowed while I was on the threadmill thinking about what to do with the tissue paper. Use the faux silk technique as a background and to add texture to the card.
I stamped PTIs background basic Hearts on the tissue paper for the faux silk background. The birdie on the bamboo is from SU’s Asian Artistry hostess set colored with Sweet Blush Copic trio from PTI.
Here is the close up of the card.
Can you see the wrinkles on the tissue paper? The wrinkled tissue paper gives a nice texture on the card.
Hope you like both the cards. Thanks for stopping by. I am now off to hop and see what everybody else have created.
Happy hopping!
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FTL #87
Bonus sketch!
Wow! My card is in the top 5!
2 Sketches 4 U sketch #50
Today I have a card based one this week’s 2 Sketches 4U sketch..
Long post, lots of photos
JAI #13 for FTL #86
Here is the sketch from CAS blog
FTL #86
And here is my card for both the challenge
I have used SU’s Chocolate Chip, Kiwi Kiss and Barely Banana cardstocks, PTI’s Fancy Flourishes and Big Bold Wishes stamp sets, SU’s Chocolate Chip ink pad, Martha Stewart’s butterfly punch. SU’s Urban Oasis DSP and Kaisercraft’s green droplets
Thanks for a beautiful color combination and a fantastic sketch.
Thanks for stopping by
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