Christmas Tags 2008

After making my 2008 Christmas card, I wanted to play some more and I still wanted to use the Inkadinkado images that didn’t make it into the card.  (www.inkadinkado.com)   I work part time for Sorenson Video Relay Service and there were many many interpreters that I wanted to give a Christmas greeting.  I didn’t have the time (or enough double stick tape!!) to make 80 or 90 of my 13 step Xmas cards.

I decided to make tags that were still full of the holiday spirit  and could be hung on a Christmas tree.   I stamped six of the same images on a piece of cardstock colored them all with Distress Inks and the blending tool.  After they were all colorful and pretty, I added glitter glue.  When all was dried I cut each image out and mounted them onto pretty Christmas-y paper. 

However, in the end I missed Christmas.  I slipped on the ice and fell on my concrete steps. I tore ligaments in my sacral (hip) joint and was on bed rest for two weeks. I still got to pass out some tags AFTER New Year’s but it wasn’t quite the same.  Oh well!  There’s always next year!! 

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Wash It Down! Take Ten

I got a second article published in Take Ten!  This article features cards all made with Ranger’s Color Wash.  The technique is very easy!  FIrst, I squirt a piece of white cardstock with water.  Then, I spritz some colors of Color Wash onto the wet paper.  Next,  I use an iron to dry the color into the paper.

The colors are vibrant, beautiful and different every time.  I made these 5 cards last July and am thrilled to have another article with Stampington!    A lot of the stamps used are Inkadinkado.  Check out their swirls and birds at www.inkadinkado.com.  Go to www.rangerink.com for Color Wash inks and more!

   These cards are very fun and easy to make.  If you look closely,  all five cards have two things in common:

1.  The papers were all made with Color Wash

2.  All the cards have a piece of green with white polka dots in them somewhere. 

When I sent them all in to Stamper’s Sampler, I wrapped them in such a way that the front of the package queried, “All 5 cards have two things in common- one technique and one material.  Can you figure out what they are??” 

I figure everyone loves a good riddle! 

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Halloween 2008

It’s almost time for my Christmas card and I’m just getting up my Halloween one!  Oh well, that’s what happens when you work full time, part time, and are going to college!   The Halloween card was a big hit-especially with my Mom. She said it’s her favorite card ever!!!  I told her, just wait for Christmas!!

Inkadinkado makes some GREAT Halloween images.  Make sure to check them out at www.inkadinkado.com

This year for Halloween I only made about 25 cards,  If you didn’t get one, just know I did my best!!  Hope your Halloween was fun and spooky!

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Happy Birthday McKenzie!

My niece, McKenzie turns 15 this month. I love to make background papers with Distress Inks and water and my iron.  I “smoosh” ink onto my Ranger Craft Sheet.  Then, I spritz with water and run the paper through.  Then I use an iron to dry the color on the paper. 

It takes several layers to create the colors and is a bit messy but fun to do!  Luckily, Kenz loved her card!  Hopefully you can make something you love for someone YOU love!

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Spring is here!  It was such a tough winter!  A BLIZZARD in March! Very soon school will be out and I will be working only at Sorenson. I think (hope, hope, hope) that I can get more time in my beloved art room.  If you see me out on the bike path on my bike- yell at me and tell me to get into my art room!!

Hope you are having a good Spring!

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Spring is coming…right?

This weekend, Columbus got buried under 20 inches of snow (some reports say).  All day Saturday Coco and I were stranded.  Malls, stores, restaurants and most businesses were closed. None of this deterred Coco The Snow Dog!!  Hope you were safe and dry in your little part of the world!

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Past Cards…Why don’t I have more??

 I make a LOT of cards.  But, if you were to ask me to see them… the best I can offer you is a slide show on my lap top.  My cards are either 1.  sent to family or friends,  2. sent into The Stamper’s Sampler as submissions, or 3.  send directly to a stamp/ink company.  

Once, my friend Karan Olsen-Smith- the fabulous woman behind the fun company- Magic Mesh www.magicmesh.com told me that scrapbookers make things for themselves.  Card people make things for everyone else.  That’s so true!  If I did scrapping, I’d be the only one who wanted the personal pages.  Cards can be for anyone and I wouldn’t want to keep them all to myself.!  I remind myself of that when I wish I had more of my work with me!!  I hope you have a day filled with creation!

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Summer’s Over…Fall is on the way

I am definitely a summer girl!  I love to be outside, riding my bike, or walking my dog.  But, the only negative aspect about that is I’d rather be outside than in my art room!  So!  Fall is a more “Arty” time for me.  Already, I’ve completed several deadlines in the past week.   The cooler weather inspires me to get busy and start thinking of my Halloween and maybe even Christmas cards!  

Here’s an amazing card I made this week.  I got some awesome stamps from “Just for Fun” at the Stampaway convention in Cincinnati. Stamp Your Art Out!!   Get busy with your holiday cards and check out classes coming up at The Color Wheel in Enon, Ohio and Wholly Craft here in Clintonville.

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Teaching at The Color Wheel

I taught a fun class at The Color Wheel in Enon.  We made a series of bird cards featuring Ranger Distress Inks, and Acrylic Paint Dabbers.  Here are a few pics of the class.

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The Hero Arts Birds Series

I created these three cards with rubber stamps from Hero Arts, Stamper’s Anonymous (Tim Holtz) and B Line Designs.  Lorinda, from the Color Wheel in Enon, Ohio gave me the rubber stamps to create something for a class.  I will be teaching at The Color Wheel this Fall.

Check out her website: www.thecolorwheelarts.com
to see upcoming classes and projects!

Come rock some Halloween and Christmas cards!!

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