Week 3 - The Craft Barn Quotes & Lyrics Challenge

The given words in this week's Craft Barn challenge are "strong" and "miss".

I made a lovely background to start with for my "strong" quotation only to mess it up when stamping the tree image. My next effort joined it in the bin. I then went about it in a different way only to finish up with a very plain background but I liked the rather brooding atmosphere which seemed to suit the quote and the man to whom it's attributed.

It wasn't until I came to post my entry that I realised my quotation had also been chosen by Gio for her Design Team example. Oh well, great minds and all that jazz. 

Card Recipe
Card
Anna Marie Design 300gsm Printer Card
Xerox Colortech+ 
Inks
Distress Ink - Old Paper, Black Soot
Archival Jet Black
Stamp
Crafty Individuals CI-209
Other
Computer generated words - Typewriter font
Zig black pen

I'm not too keen on my postcard for the word "miss" but the clock has beaten me this week and there's no time to redo either of the challenges.

I used Distress Ink for the base card, bordering it with the top half of a heart stamp (freebie from Craft Stamper mag.) to compliment the heart at the centre.

Card Recipe
Anna Marie Design 300gsm Printer Card
Xerox Colortech+
Inks
Distress Ink - Worn Lipstick
Versafine - Satin Red
Stamps
Stamp Addicts - Etched Hearts SA-7036
Heart - Freebie Craft Stamper October 2013
Love - maker unknown
Script - PaperArtsy MN44
Other
Spellbinders frame
Picture - Crafty Individuals
Computer generated words - Papyrus font
Gold Pen-touch Calligrapher pen

Week 2 - The Craft Barn Quotes & Lyrics Challenge

The words for week 2 of the Craft Barn Quotes and Lyrics challenge are "silence" and "dazzle". My first thought for a song was "Silence is Golden" but then could only find one quote for dazzle, so I then looked for a song containing that word and discovered "Pure" by the Lightning Seeds. Finding a quote for silence was a much easier task.

For this year's challenge I am making postcards and am already finding that a challenge in itself having to keep things 2 dimensional.

For my song lyric postcard I used Lumière Pearl Blue for the night sky. I stamped a circle of white card with Versamark and then poured on Sticky Stuff embossing powder which for some reason left a bobbly surface when heated. Not what I had intended but I rather like the texture. I then applied a silver Tonertex foil with a 'spilt petrol' effect to the sticky stuff. Sadly, my scan hasn't picked up the sheen of the Lumière paint or the dazzle of the moon. 

 

Postcard Recipe

Card/Paper

Xerox Colortech+

90gsm copier paper

Silver paper from Craft Creations

Inks/Paints

Lumière Paint - Pearl Blue

Distress Ink - Stormy Sky

Versamark

Other

Judikins - Sticky Stuff embossing powder 

Tonertex foil

Words computer generated - Annie BTN font

For the background of my quote postcard I applied Fresco Paints and then stamped the diamond pattern in Archival ink before applying a coat of pearl paint.The music came from a childhood recorder book of mine that I found when clearing my mother's house. Not sure why she still had it, she couldn't play the instrument!

I inked and then dripped some water on the music score for an aged look and at last I found a use for the treble clef die I bought some time ago for a bargain price.

 

 

Postcard Recipe

Card/Paper

Xerox Colortech+

90gsm copier paper

Music manuscript

Black card

Inks/Paints

PaperArtsy Fresco paints - Bora Bora, Inky Pool, Ice Blue

Adirondack acrylic paint dabber - Pearl

Ranger Archival Ink - Coffee

Distress Ink - Vintage Photo

Stamps

Kaisercraft - Texture Diamonds  C5152

Other

Marianne Creatables Die - Treble clef LR0167

Words computer generated - Asenine Wide font