Graphic 45 French Country Circular Mini

I am back with another design team project for Lone Wolf Designs, LLC.  Most of the items used in this project can be found in her on line shop.  Head over to You Tube for the video, but here are some pics of the pages.  This was made to fit INSIDE!!!! the TH clock I showed a week or so ago.
Here is the front cover

The insert that fits under the band I made with a sticker from the collection.  The front cover is a piece from the cardboard sheet  I used the largest scalloped Nestie circle to layer the pages.

A few other pages:

You can purchase the Tim Holtz Ideology Clock, Graphic 45 French Country collection, and hundreds of other craft supplies at 25% off of MSRP at Lone Wolf Designs, LLC! Check it out at www.lonewolfdesignsllc.com. If you're buying your craft supplies anywhere else, you're paying too much!



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Cards in Envy Sketch #6

Are you loving these Operation Write Home friendly sketches?? I am sure am! I am walking in the Avon Breast Cancer walk in June and need a lot of thank you cards (NOT complaining that I have A LOT of generous friends and family who have supported me in the walk) I have been using the sketches and challenges at CIE as inspiration for many of them. This one fit the My Favorite Things image perfectly so I couldn't wait to put it together. Papers by Me and My Big Ideas....no jokes, people!! So hop over to Cards in Envy and link up your card based on this sketch.... then mail it to OWH so some soldier can tell someone back home they are loved. Pin It

Altered Tim Holtz Ideology Assemblage Clock with Graphic 45 French Country

 I was so excited to FINALLY get my hands on this clock.  From the very beginning I knew I wanted to alter it with this great G45 line and stuff it with a super fun mini (coming in a few weeks)
And it was even more fun than I thought it would be!!  I put a coat of paint on to shab it up a bit, and then just layered on flowers some spell binders cut to frame the 'face' and pieces from the paper collection.  This was such fun!!  To get a better link and a bit more dialog about what I did the link to the  youtube video = click here

You can purchase the Tim Holtz Ideology Clock, Graphic 45 French Country collection, and hundreds of other craft supplies at 25% off of MSRP at Lone Wolf Designs, LLC! Check it out at www.lonewolfdesignsllc.com. If you're buying your craft supplies anywhere else, you're paying too much! Pin It

Cards in Envy Challenge #3

This month the Cards In Envy challenge is things with wings...
 

 I use a lot of 'things with wings' in my cards: butterflies, birds, bees so this one was easy for me. The paper is from Echo Park's 6x6 Splash collection. I just love how it naturally had a center point, but I wanted to accent it not to hide it. That is kind of hard given the location. So I decided to make the butterfly just hover over it. For the image, I stamped that beautiful Stampin UP butterfly on white card stock and embossed with white. This allowed me to ink over it with several shades of yellow/orange.

 As you run your dauber over the image, the white lines stay white while the background paper picks up all those pretty tones. I deliberately cut him off center to let more of that inking show and to feel as if he is in motion. Originally, I wanted just the butterfly image, and I don't mind a card without a sentiment - but this one looked naked without. So I layered some punches and placed that off to the side.

Are you inspired??? Remember the only rules for these challenges is the cards should fit in a standard envy with no extra postage. I hope so - make a card, link it up at CIE and send it to Operation Write Home!!
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Distressing Techniques

Life is distressing enough… adding a distressed detail to your paper crafting shouldn’t be!! For this month’s design team project for Lone Wolf Designs I am going to walk you through a few of the techniques I use. I have no doubt there are a lot – A LOT more out there. But these are my go to.
1) Direct to paper. Just like it sounds I rub the ink pad right on top of the paper. I tend to stick to the edges, but sometimes ink it all up. This one is MESSY!
I use this to create a tree trunk look, over crumpled paper it really adds that ‘old’ feel. And it is quick – but that is almost never my goal ;)
This photo has Stampin Up’s Very Vanilla crumpled – on the right it has Walnut stain and the left Tea Dye This is a look at the all over technique – Walnut Stain on the right and Tea Dye on the left again

2) Just softening the edges. I use a lot of matting in my paper projects. I think it makes things look more finished. A soft line on the edge is a way to add another layer and blend your top sheet into the bottom.
On the right I used the ink pad and just lightly stroked it down the very edge of the paper. On the left I used a sponge dauber to just gently pull the onto the paper.
I used whisper white and Tumbled Glass here on the right and Black Soot on the left

 3) Dual Inking.  For a really aged distressed look I have two favorites and I use the walnut stain and vintage photos for bothsides. I used the sponge dauber like above but pulled it in a bit farther. This is the lighter color so I used Vintage Photo.
Then I went over it again with Walnut Stain, only I just covered about half the space from before. Darker to the outside edge of course.

4) Now we are going to get fancy… First… On the right (above) I used an old (older the better) nail file and roughed it up. Sometimes I will add back in a bit of ink if I take off too much. For the left… I get it wet! Tiniest amount of clear water on a flat skinny brush and just barely touch the edge and drag it in a bit. This helps the two inks to mix up and really look like time has been ticking away on the edges.

I give these looks a bit of ink in the focal area as well. Can’t be all crisp and pretty inside with this ragged edges!!

Here is a card I made with the last technique(s) For my mom's birthday:

You can purchase the Distress Inks, ink applicator tools, and hundreds of other craft supplies at 25% off of MSRP at Lone Wolf Designs, LLC! Check it out at www.lonewolfdesignsllc.com. If you're buying your craft supplies anywhere else, you're paying too much!


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CIE Sketch #3

Time for another sketch at Cards In Envy. I am sending out a lot of cards to folks who are supporting me in the walk and this card I made quite a few of for thankyous. I used paper flowers to keep them nice and flat, papers I found on ShybyDesign.com (She has them for free - super cool of her), and a cut out from the Forever Young cart. Remember, the cards must be flat/requiring no extra postage and fit in a standard envelope. This makes them perfect to send to Operation Write Home So - make a card, load it to the blog here and send it to OWH!! Pin It

LWD Blog Hopping

Thinking Spring... pretty in pink and all that goodness! I am walking in the Aon Breast Cancer walk this June and raising the required $1800... with the help of a lot of great friends and family. I have had items donated for the raffle, cash donations -such generous people. And I am doing my part by adding over 100 items to the raffle prizes (every ticket wins!!) This was made with a pattern I found on pintrest HERE Papers are from My Mind's Eye and that super cute bra that I embossed and inked was on the Forever Young cart. Hope you enjoy your spring time hop around the WWW! Pin It