Clipboard Calendar

Originally I saw the inspiration piece for this project in Creating Keepsakes' Creative Spaces magazine that came out last year.  The original design is by Cheri Piles and she used an awesome antique clipboard; click here to see her clipboard (it's the third photo down.)  The "July" piece will serve as a perpetual calendar for  birthdays, anniversaries, etc. and the monthly calendar is applied with repositionable adhesive so it can be updated for next year.  I love how it turned out!

ATC : The Dream

ATC : Time For Tea

Card: Paris When It Sizzles

Paris When It Sizzles - a great movie starring Audrey Hepburn and William Holden!

Tag : Winter Morning

I love this sweet vintage image!  You can download it for free from here.  To make the snowflake stamped fragment I used Tim Holtz's technique shown here.   Normally you don't want to put adhesive behind your sanded fragment because it will cause the sanded areas to become clear again.  I was able to attach a piece of silver metallic paper to the back of the fragment by strategically adding small dots of Glossy Accents that were camouflaged by the design in the stamped snowflake and hidden behind the gem in the center.

Picket Fence Distress crackle paint was lightly painted over the embossed snowflake image to allow some of the card stock to show through. Also, a thin layer causes the crackles to be very small.

Card stock
Core'dinations

Paper
white vellum

Stamp
Winter Snow Collection (Oxford Impressions)
snowflake (Midnight Frost collection by Bo Bunny)

Embossing Folder
5x7 snowflake (I'm not sure of the actual name) (Cuttlebug)

Additional Supplies
round fragment (Tim Holtz)
flocked dot tulle (Hobby Lobby)
snowflake shaped gem
clear gem
vintage foiled leaf
vintage image
Distress crackle paint - Picket Fence (Ranger)
White satin ribbon
Glossy Accents (Ranger)
Radiant H2O's  - silver (Luminarte)

ATC : Beautiful

My dear friend and I have started a monthly ATC exchange and this is my January ATC.  The challenge was to use the colors brown and blue and to reference snow in some way.  The blue card stock and the brown metallic paper were both plain and were decorated with different stamps, inks and embossing powder.  I hand beaded the snowflake then tacked it down with clear nylon thread.

Paper and card stock

brown metallic paper (paperandmore.com)

light blue card stock (DieCuts With a View)

Stamps
Beautiful (from the Vita Bella set by Little Yellow Bicycle)
stars (from the Summer Soiree set by Fancy Pants Designs)
snowflakes, script and flourish (Midnight Frost collection by Bo Bunny)

Additional Supplies
Chestnut Zing! embossing powder (American Crafts)
Silver metallic embossing powder
seed beads
bugle beads
nylon thread
beading wire (I'm not sure of the gauge - 34 or perhaps 36)
silver metallic, blue and white ink

Card: Faux Cloisonné

I tried a new technique! It's called faux cloisonné and I used it to make the round medallion.  You can see how to do it in the You Tube video here.  Instead of using black UTEE (like in the video) I used regular embossing powder in copper (you just have to use more coats than the UTEE).  Also, I used die cut Grungeboard  instead of chip board.  A thick coat of Glossy Accents helps to give it more dimension.   It turned out so pretty...I'll be doing this again!  The sketch I used is Mojo Monday 214.

Paper

Gabrielle Collection (Bo Bunny)

Card Stock

Bittersweet (Bazzill)

Stamp (for cloisonné)

Anna Griffin

Silhouette shape

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Additional Supplies

glittered alphabet stickers (My Mind's Eye)

filigree butterfly brad (Bo Bunny)

brown organdy ribbon

Grungeboard (Ranger)

copper embossing powder

Pearl Ex powder 

Glossy Accents (Ranger)

Card: Vintage Autos

This card was made with the sketch for Mojo Monday 213.  The ivory eyelets in the corners remind me of the white sidewalls on those awesome vintage automobiles!

Paper
A Proper Gentleman (8x8 -  Graphic 45)
plain paper for card liner ( Millstone - Neenah Classic Laid )

Card Stock
Raven ( Bazzill)
burgundy (Bazzill)
Millstone (Neenah Classic Laid)

Stamp
Happy Birthday (Verve)

Additional Supplies
ivory eyelets
burgundy gem brad (My Mind's Eye)

Tag : Batty

Only a couple more days 'til Halloween and I have another Halloween tag to share with you.  The La Creme paper that I used already had the flocked border at the bottom.  For the flourish detail at the top, I used clear embossing ink and clear embossing powder then inked over it with black ink.  Love those spooky red bat eyes!

Paper
La Creme (DieCuts With A View)

Card Stock
black

Die and Embossing Folder
Creepy (Cuttlebug)

Stamp
Flourish from the Urban Grunge stamp set (Tim Holtz Visual Artistry)

Additional Supplies
tiny red gems
assorted black and red beads
red wire (Darice)
jump ring
black ribbon (Offray)
red metallic tread (DMC)
black eyelet

Tag : Beware

Halloween is just around the corner!

Paper
The Spider's Web (My Mind's Eye)

Card Stock
black
tiny scrap of green for the pumpkin stem

Dies
Jack-O-Lantern #2 (Sizzix)
Phrase, Beware (Sizzix)
Ghost, Bats & Boo (Sizzix)

Stamps
Faded Text Background (Stampabilities)

Additional Supplies
black glitter
black felt swirly die cut ribbon
assorted black and orange ribbon
large gold eyelet
tiny black gems
gold Pearl Ex wash*


*Pearl-Ex wash recipe:
4 parts  Pearl Ex powdered pigment
1 part gum arabic
sufficient water to mix

Put these ingredients into a small container with a lid. This mixture can be allowed to dry into a cake and reconstituted with water to your desired consistency.