Altenew Class Day 3

Day 3 of the Altenew "With A Twist" class was a shaker card where the window looks through to the inside of the card. It's not difficult to do; just something I never thought of. I had a sheet of this steampunk paper on hand so I decided to play with one of the hot air balloons. I had a minor catastrophe in that I accidentally knocked over my sequins. Oh yeah, silver and gold stars all over my floor! It was very pretty but not fun to pick up. So, here is the card and I'm also showing the inside so you can see that the window is through and through.
                                         
                                               


                                       

I had a small piece of paper left and I just couldn't let it go to waste. It works as a nice masculine version of the card. In case you can't tell, the border of the card is dark blue. I put an extra balloon on dimensional foam dots.

                                                   

Altenew Class Day 2

Today's lesson was about Unexpected Color. Making this card definitely made me think outside the box. I prefer jewel tones and bright colors but I am not brave about mixing them. So for me to use red, aqua and lime green was going out on a limb. I took a deep breath and dove in. After the initial scare, I grew to like this combo.  I decided not to use the layering stamps for the inside of the flowers and go with black and white pens instead, pushing my creativity a little further.

I don't have the dies for this Peony stamp set so I had to fussy cut all of the pieces. Good thing I find cutting relaxing!!

                                           

Altenew Class

I'm fairly new to Altenew Stamps; I love the multi-layered flowers! I am taking a new class from the Altenew Academy this week. It's called With A Twist and we will be learning different ways to use our stamps. This is the card I made after watching the first lesson. I am very pleased with it. Hope you like it too! It's more sparkly in person-I'm all about the glitz!!

                                                    

Great Color Combo

I just posted this card to The Outlawz for the Tuesday color challenge. The pallet is Turquoise, Yellow and Orange. I truly enjoyed playing around with my papers until I found just the right colors. The image is from a 12x12 sheet of watercolor paper printed with cutouts. I had already colored this as is, except I had left the petals white. It was easy to go in there with the orange to comply with the color challenge. I have to admit, that orange added some pizazz and cheer to the image.

                             

Get Well Card

I was recently lucky to win a challenge on The Outlawz. My prize was some free images from Bugaboo Stamps. I had a great time choosing my images and couldn't wait to play. I used this darling image to make a Get Well card. I will be posting it to We Craft Cards where the current Wednesday challenge is Animal Magnetism. Hope the card makes someone smile. Thanks for looking!
                                                       
                                               

Bad Blogger, No Biscuit!!!!

I have been a bad blogger. I have no excuse for my long absence. I'm sorry if you have checked back here looking for something new.

I have been busy making cards, as always, and posting some of them on We Craft Cards and The Outlawz. I recently was awarded "Featured Card" on one of The Outlawz boards. Here is that card:
           
                                                            

Yes, I really did set it on fire and had to go tell my husband that the house was not burning down. It made quite an odor for such a small fire! This was for a friend of ours who just turned 65. Happy Birthday, Bruce H.!!

Thanksgiving Prep

My best advice to anyone this time of year is to work ahead as much as possible. Even though my guests bring something for our dinner, there is still lots to do. Just like Santa, I make a list and check it twice. I write my menu and note who is bringing a dish and what it is. Then I make my grocery list and shop purposefully so I don't forget anything.

Now it's 8 days until Thanksgiving and I am pleased to say that my shopping is done and I have baked two different batches of rolls and made the fruit salad. Those items are in the freezer and ready to heat and/or serve. Hooray! The photo below is the second batch of rolls (honey oatmeal) next to my favorite workhorse bowl. It belonged to my grandmother and then my mom used it before I inherited it. They are both watching over me from above and I think of them every time I use it. So the secret ingredient in my food really is love. Happy Thanksgiving!