Thursday 30 October 2014

Week 21 - The Craft Barn Quotes & Lyrics Challenge

The words to use in episode 21 of the Craft Barn Quote & Lyrics Challenge were "nowhere" and "hug".  Continuing as I have throughout this challenge I made two postcards - one for a lyric and one for a quote.

I chose "nowhere" for the lyric and being a teenager in the sixties The Beatles figured a great deal in my musical taste, so I had to go with "Nowhere Man". Haven't a clue what the words mean but I thought the image I used sums up the couple of lines I picked out of the song.


Postcard Recipe
Card 
Anna Marie Designs Super Smooth Printer 300gsm & 200gsm
Inks
Distress Inks - Dried Marigold, Spiced Marmalade, Wild Honey, Walnut Stain
Ranger Archival Jet Black
Stamps
Man on bench from Stamp Addicts plate "Sunday Morning" SA-5014
Ducks S023A & Birds 302A both from Stampscapes
Other
Computer generated words - Lucinda Handwriting font


I recently bought a set of Brusho paints and I used one of colours in my background and then I dropped bleach from a pipette onto the wet painted paper.


Postcard Recipe 
Card
Anna Marie Designs Super Smooth Printer Card 200gsm
Watercolour paper
Inks
Brusho - Scarlet
Household bleach
Versafine Onyx Black
Ranger Archival Jet Black
Distress Inks - Scattered Straw, Worn Lipstick
Copics and Promakers
Stamps
Girls -Crafty Individuals CI-277
Kaisercraft Edges CS155
Other
Computer generated words - Asenine Wide Handwriting font

Wednesday 15 October 2014

Week 20 - The Craft Barn Quotes & Lyrics Challenge

Don't know what's come over me this week - here I am way ahead of the challenge closing!

It's week 20 already and we are rapidly heading towards the end of the challenge and in turn Christmas and the close of 2014. Yikes!! This time we were challenged to use the words "gift" or "destiny" (or both).

I just so happened to have a stamp with a quote containing the word "gift", so no searching the internet required.  The background is embossed and I inked the embossing folder before putting it through the Big Shot. The stamp behind my quote has been in my stash for some years and I think I have only used it once before. Although I used the same ink on it as on the embossed background they look completely different colours used in those ways.


Postcard Recipe
Card
Anna Marie Super Smooth Super White Printer Card 300gsm
Inks
Brilliance Pearlescent Olive
Walnut Stain Distress Ink
Ranger Archival Coffee
Pen-touch Calligrapher Gold
Stamps
Hero Arts - Pod Branch Background G4614
Sentiment - unknown maker
Other
Embossing folder - Creative Expressions - Flourish EF-001

For my second postcard I used lyrics from "My Destiny" sung by Lionel Ritchie. The tissue tape along the top and bottom was made some time ago  at a workshop by stamping onto micropore tape with archival ink. This was a bit of a stash buster all together as the background paper and the picture have been languishing far too long waiting for their fifteen minutes of fame.


Postcard recipe
Card
White card
Background paper
Inks
Distress Inks - Festive Berries, Victorian Velevt, Frayed Burlap, Peeled Paint
Memento Tuxedo Black
Stamps
Flourish - Crafty Indivdulas CI-182
Flowers from Crafty Individuals "Butterfly Mornings and Wildflower Afternoons" CI-1062
Script - PaperArtsy MN75
Other
Picture - manufacturer unknown
Words computer generated - Holiday Springs BTN
 



 


Saturday 4 October 2014

Week 19 - The Craft Barn Quotes & Lyrics Challenge

Skidding into week 19 of the Craft Barn Quotes and Lyrics Challenge by the seat of my pants. The words we were given this time around were "better" and "patience".

For the song lyric I have chosen a Christmas ditty which contains the word "better". This will probably be my only nod to the festive season until December - I always leave things to the last minute but you never know, this might be the year I get organised and can sit back with a couple of weeks to go and a smug smile on my face. Ummm, I don't think its likely to happen!
I Distress Inked the background and stamped the snowflakes (or are they stars?).  The houses were repeat stamped along the bottom edge and the windows painted with Distress Ink. Santa was coloured with Copics, cut out, glued on. Then the obligatory festive glitter was applied.


Postcard Recipe
Card
Anna Marie Designs Super Smooth Super White Printer Card 300gsm & 200gsm 
Inks
Distress Inks - Stormy Sky, Scattered Straw
Versafine Onyx Black
Memento Tuxedo Black
Copics
Stamps
Houses from Crafty Individuals plate CI-257
Wizard Santa designed by Lindsay Mason for Fun Stamps FM152
Snowflakes - Judikins CM350E
Other
Stampendous multi ultra fine crystal glitter
Words computer generated - Papyrus font

Patience is a thing I lack. When they were giving it out I was far too impatient to join the queue! I really ought to take on board the Saadi quote I have chosen.
I found a piece of card in my scrap box that I had used to place some die cuts on to spray and felt it should be given its fifteen minutes of fame for my quote background. Not entirely happy with the end result. My word "patience " looks rather odd partly because I couldn't decide which of three stamps in an alphabet set was an ' i '.  Having finished the postcard, I had a another look and I think I've worked out which is the J, which is the I and which is the L - they all look very similar and I think in fact I used the L in upside down mode but it's too late to undo it.



Postcard Recipe
Card
Copier card
Anna Marie Designs Super Smooth Super White Printer Card 200gsm
Inks
Dylusions - London Blue, Vibrant Turquoise
Salty Ocean Distress Ink
Cosmic Shimmer - Rich Gold
Pen-touch Calligrapher gold metallic pen
Stamps  
Postage franking - Crafty Individuals
Studio G alphabet stamp set
Other
Words computer generated - Century font