Back to School!!!

 I didn't give it a lot of time and thought for the sentiment....  I truly don't want to spend so much time on one card, this process is teaching me to "move along"... lol...  The weekly Craft Roulette challenge is doing just that...

What I'm THRILLED about, is using supplies that I wouldn't otherwise have thought of....  By choosing the sentiment that I did... I opened it up to send this to either a teacher, a school staff employee, or even a student... all awesome and all getting ready for a brand new year.

Episode #183 Craft Roulette:

Parameters:

1. Project: Ribbon / (tied matching ribbon on card)
2. Colors: Circus / (traditional red/distressed ivory/black/gold)
3. Element: September / Back to School
4. Random: Hand cut / fussy cut teacher image

 

 

 

This was one of my first REAL use of a stencil, adhered to my glass mat even, with purple repositional tape.  lol...  I have never used my mat to it's full potential, and I JUST BOUGHT the tape.  I may become a stencil freak now...  It was fun...  You need the little brush applicators.  I bought a bunch on Amazon, fairly cheap and have marked each one what color of ink they belong to....  I guess there are still MORE supplies for this crafter to buy yet.  (After 25+ years of buying...  hahahaha)

I used to use a ton of ribbon on my designs, not so much anymore, but I do have a few rolls from our chocolate factory in my studio room, and this one fit the color scheme.  I do have a narrower version of this ribbon in the factory...but, I'm not changing anything...  everything is cleaned and already put away...until next week!!!  

Side note...  I bought several Stamping Bella stamps 20ish years ago, and this was one of them.  These are some of the very first non-mounted stamps out in stamp land....it doesn't even have any cling foam adhered to the back.  I LOVE Stamping Bella then and love them now (they have cling foam on them now)...but this style of image isn't available anymore, so I treasure the 8 or so that I have, as you can't find them anywhere....  What a super creative company Stamping Bella is, was then and is now...  (RIP Emily)  I didn't look any farther for my "September" theme, once I found this image...I knew I wanted to design with it.  :)

Craft Roulette-Episode #182 - Groovy Groovy

The first time I inked up my Groovy Austin set, was for Craft Roulette, episode #182.  

Parameters:

1. Project: Circles

2. Colors: Vegetable Garden

3. Element: Screen

4. Random: Fuzz

 

 All kinds of wonky circle vibes going on here to cover the first parameter.  Vegetable Garden colors include carrots and radishes....  TV fits my "screen" element...  and although the intent was to showcase "fuzz" with the stamp off, blur and swirl, then stamp technique (background of the TV screen) you can't really see  it that well... so I also think Austin (and maybe me too) has a fuzzy brain while making this card.  lol  The technique (I really don't recall the exact name of the technique, so I called it what I think it should be called...) is REALLY COOL, and it was one of the first techniques I ever learned....  I promise, it will show up again in the future, but more when you can really see how it is shown.  

If I were to redo this card...I would change a bunch, but I just wanted to move on from it....  The die was really fun, I bought it from Scrappy Boy, the stamp set is from Kindred Stamps.

 

My lighting wasn't the best on the following pictures (both were made several years ago, using the stamp off, blur and swirl stamp technique....you can see muted snowflakes in the background and a few crisp stamped snowflakes/image/sentiment...super easy...and fun to do!  The wheat card was actually one of my all time favorite cards to make.  It was so simple, and it reminded me of the Palouse, driving back to college this time of year...through wheat fields, ready to harvest. 

 

 

Until next time...                                                                                                                                

Toodles!

Trudi