FCD Wednesday Sale

It's Wednesday and that means FireCracker Designs is offering a stamp set for 50% off today and today only. This week's stamp set is Yoo Whoo! You can find the complete details of the sale here.

Enjoy!
Michelle

Said So with Audrey

My 11 yo DD picked out all the colors/supplies/embellishments for this card according to the Club Anya "Because I Said So" challenge.

As soon as I told DD about this she wanted to do this card NOW! She picked out several things she thought were pretty and when I arranged them on the table she said "Ewww, those don't look so good together". I told her I had an idea that I thought would work. She said "Good luck with that" and she walked out! Ha!

I colored this image with Prismacolor pencils and did NOT use any kind of goo gone/baby oil/mineral spirits kind of blender. I simply used the pencils to move the wax around. I'm still kinda perfecting this so I will keep practicing and share this with you soon. I have a hard time reading the colors on the pencils in my dimly lit basement. DD made labels for me and that is REALLY helping! Lisa C had asked that I post what color pencils I used so here ya go:




The sky and grass are just DP. The sun was cut with my Cricut, sentiment stamped in the middle, and then sponged with a very dry sponge of Rose Red (closest I had to Melon Mambo). Audrey was colored with Prismas and her shirt and hat were paper pieced in (they receieved a little chocolate Prismacolor shadows). The flowers were sponged with inks and had a eyelet inserted. I drew in a wavy line stem with my Prismas and some circle "leaves" to match the DP.

Stamps: The Greeting Farm WS Audrey, The Greeting Farm Anya Says
Paper: Basic Grey Lime Rickey DP, Melon Mambo, Yo Yo Yellow
Ink: Momento Tuxedo Black, Rose Red, Yo Yo Yellow
Accessories: Cricut & Doodlebugs cartridge, Flowers from Mike's, Yo Yo Yellow eyelets, EK Success Dotted Wave Punch, Ribbon from Pink Hedgehog

Enjoy!
Michelle B.

I'm a Lucky Duck!

My MIL is getting new cabinets/counters in her kitchen and she gave me her old ones for my craft area! This includes a center island, upper cabinets, and lower cabinets. I was so excited and then I got a little overwhelmed. I have to decide how to arrange the different pieces to work best for me. I couldn't figure out how else to do this besides move all of my things into the cabinets and see how they fit (now you know what I was doing all weekend). I have "moved in" to the center island and have it in place already. I'll show you the finished product when I get there.

Enjoy!
Michelle B.

Reversible Washer Necklace

The front:

And the back:

I've been seeing these washer necklaces a lot lately and wanted to give it a try. HERE are some instructions.

When you are shopping for washers at the hardware store, be sure to consider the weight as some of the larger ones are way to heavy to hang around your neck! These are about 1 1/2" across. When I bought these, the nice lady checker said "what size are these?" I said "I don't know. I just bought them because they were pretty." She gave me a funny look so I said "I'm going to make necklaces out of them." Then she said "Where do you sell your jewelry?" Ha!

I traced the washer onto the cardstock and stamped the images. Then I cut the shape out and adhered it to the washer with adhesive. After it dried, I sanded the edges. Next I put a thick layer of Glossy Accents over the entire piece. Pop any bubbles that may appear. DO NOT tap the piece on the table or you will end up with tons of bubbles (I know because I did this on the black side and now you know why the pic looks so bad!). Let dry for 24 hours. After I had completed one side I thought....hey, why not do something on the back too and here we are!!

Stamps: Artful INKables Fanciful Flowers, Artful INKables Paisleys and Peacocks
Paper: Tempting Turquoise, Basic Black
Ink: Momento Tuxedo Black, Whisper White
Accessories: Metal washer, black leather cording, Tombow Mono Multi Adhesive, emery board for sanding edges, Glossy Accents

Enjoy!
Michelle B.

Simply Paris

Whoo Hoo! I just got my hands on this fabulous Eiffel Tower image from FireCracker Designs by Pamela. This image is part of a large set called Parisian Romance. I also used a few images from Bliss. One of the cool things about FireCracker Designs by Pamela sets is that they all work together for endless combinations!

This was pretty quick and simple. I just stamped the images, swiped some Sahara Sand ink randomly across the page, distressed the edges, and folded the corner down. I could have sworn I saw this somewhere as a vintage postcard but I couldn't find it....guess I only saw it in my head.

PS: Be sure to stop by FireCracker Designs by Pamela on Wednesdays for a featured set that is 50% off!

Stamps: FireCracker Designs by Pamela Parisian Romance, FireCracker Designs by Pamela Bliss
Paper: Very Vanilla, Sahara Sand
Ink: Sahara Sand, Baja Breeze, Riding Hood Red
Accessories: Distressing Tool, Stamp-a-majig, pop dot (to hold that corner down)

Enjoy!
Michelle B.

Another Alice Inspired Piece

An Alice in Wonderland lovin’ friend has a birthday coming up. I went to look for some movie inspiration and found this piece and set off to create.

I brayered the sky (Bashful Blue then Bordering Blue) and the grassy area (Old Olive then Always Artichoke). I wanted to emulate the swirls in the inspiration piece so I stamped out a couple of Sizzix Scribbles and Swirls but it just looked to harsh so I pulled the scrap of paper I had punched out of and used it as a stencil and sponged in the swirls varying how dark they were for depth. I cut the oval out of the center. The images were colored with Copics (I was going to list them per a request I received but it was over 35!!! So maybe another time.) and cut them out. The flowers were touched up with Copic airbrushing to make them match this scene. Their centers are from a 1/4" circle punch and the Scribbles and Swirls die. Hmmm, have I ever used flowers before???


Stamps: The Greeting Farm Wonderland digi
Paper: GP110, Whisper White, Rich Razzleberry, Soft Suede
Ink: Momento Tuxedo Black, Bashful Blue, Bordering Blue, Old Olive, Always Artichoke, Soft Suede, Basic Grey (edges)
Accessories: Copics, Nesties, Sizzix Scribbles and Swirls, Kaiser Flowers, 1/4" circle punch

Enjoy!

Michelle B.

FireCracker Designs Specials!

FYI - It's National Scrapbooking Day and to celebrate, FireCracker Designs by Pamela has put together these 2 sets, especially chosen for use with scrapbook pages:

Red Rubber set:
Butter/Dragon Fly, 2x3002, 4.49
Dots – Hollow Bubbles, 2x3005, 4.49
Dots – Distress, 2x3004, 4.49
Doodles 7/Paisley, 4x5019, 8.99
Doodles 8/Journal Jammer, 4x5020, 8.99
Innies/Outies 4, 4x5025, 8.99
Total value: $40.44
That's SIX red rubber sets for ONLY $25.00!!
Sale price for set: $25.00

Clear Polymer set:
Curly Bird, CS2X2003, 2.99
Ribbon Moon, cs2x2007, 2.99
Blue Bird, CS2x2011, 2.99
Star, CS2x2012, 2.99
Pussy Willow, CS2x3005, 3.79
Boy w/ Flowers, CS2x3008, 3.79
Total Value: $19.54
That's SIX clear polymer stamps for ONLY $12.50!!!
Sale price for set: $12.50

NOTE: FCD reserves the right to make equal substitutions to fill orders if an item is sold out.

You can see the sets HERE.

OH, and don't miss this weekends FREE digi from FCD! You can find it HERE.

Enjoy!
Michelle B.