LRW #204 -- Vintage

Jayne's asking us to kick it ol' school this week over at Little Red Wagon

She wants to see some projects with a vintage feel.

I don't really do the classic vintage--you know, that shabby chic style vintage.  I've tried it, and it's just not me.  So instead, I went with the a worn-out, distressed vintage look.  The button is probably vintage--so that counts, right?.

 I made this for my nephew's 14th birthday (hence the stamped "14").

I heat embossed the woodgrain background with clear embossing powder, then distressed all the rest, what's that called again? Emboss resist technique?  I can never remember the technical terms for anything!

Any way, head on over to the LRW blog and check out what the rest of the DT cooked up before linking up your own VINTAGE project.


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LRW #203--Colour Challenge

Roseanne has a colour challenge for us this week at LRW

KRAFT, BLACK & CREAM (or White)

I chose to go with a layout this time; and really challenged myself with the photo I selected.  I normally would have gone with a blue palette for a beach photo, but I love how this turned out.

 Hard to tell in the pic, but these oval are white shell pieces from a necklace that broke--you know I'm all about re-purposing!

Be sure to check out what the rest of the DT did with this colour combo.

Then, link up your project to LRW!

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LRW #202 -- Polaroid Frame

Okay, so it looks as though I totally forgot to post on my own blog last week when I was hosting the challenge over at LRW (you can check it here; but the challenge is now over). Oops!

This week Regan has challenged us to use a polaroid frame.

I got this free digi polaroid image over at Whimsie Doodles.  I don't colour a lot, but experimented this weekend on some of the free digi stamps they have.  It was a bit tricky to colour around those snowflakes and get a perfect background. I definitely want to take some classes.

 Yikes--I can really see my boo-boos in this close-up!

Check out what the rest of the DT gals created, then link up your project here

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LRW #200 -- Polka Dots

Wowzas!!  How did it get to be Friday night?!?  Between flying home from Cuba this week, a pile of vacation laundry, setting my class up for the start of the school year, and all of the regular day-to-day duties,  and my blog just had to get neglected.  Better late than never, I guess.

This week's Little Red Wagon challenge is to use Polka Dots!
Here's my take:

Hope you can play along!

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LRW #199 -- Layers

I've scheduled this post; so as it goes live, I'll be waking up in hot, sunny Cuba!!  Hola amigos!!

This week at Little Red Wagon, Joanne has challenged us to use layers

She wants to see at least 3 layers on your project!   So I guess there are a few ways to interpret this; I created two projects using two different "layer" techniques.  First, I layered 3 different strips of patterned paper for this card:

For my second technique, I thought of those layered cakes you see all over Pinterest these days, like this:

 (Photo Credit)

. . . and I created stamped layers of the same sentiment

Show us what kind of layers you can create; be sure to stop by the rest of the DT blogs first for some more inspiration!

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A Scrapbook layout!! Say wha????

It has literally been months since I scrapbooked a layout.  In fact, I hadn't downloaded photos from my camera (other than card photos for the weekly LRW challenges) since January!!  I know, crazy!!  Well, with the summer weeks coming to a close, I was determined to do some scrapbooking this past week.
   Being a bit rusty, I needed some inspiration.  This August sketch over at Two Scrapbook Friends is just what I need to get a layout done fairly quickly.

Now remember, sketches are meant to be an inspiration point--you don't have to copy every last detail. I took some creative license and flipped the whole sketch upside down, and I added a photo with the title.

 Here are some detail shots:

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LRW #198 - Sunshine

Hello all!  Today is the perfect day for this challenge because here in Southwestern Ontario we could sure use some warm sunshine.  I have no idea where the summer went?!  Good thing I'll be in Cuban sunshine this time next week!!

Any way,  Jan's challenge this week over at Little Red Wagon is to use a SUN on your project.  My sun is peaking up from behind the cloud--just a simple circle. The bright yellow card base really packs some sunshine too though, I think!

Hope you can play along, and I sure hope it's warm and sunny in your neck of the woods!

Check out what the rest of the DT created too.

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LRW #197 -- Falling to Pieces

Yikes!  How is it already Thursday evening?!  Sorry for being a bit late on this week's LRW challenge.

  It would have been posted earlier, but I tried to find the oh-so-cute card I made for this week's challenge, but I think I must have shipped it off to be sold already without having taken a photo . . . anyway, Jayne has asked us to do some paper-piecing.  I found this card I made with some simple paper piecing for the cupcake liner.

Hope you can play along this week!

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LRW #196--Christmas in July

Hard to imagine Christmas right now when I just spent the last few days at the beach on Lake Huron, but it's always a good time to start getting Christmas cards ready early . . . and that is what Roseanne has asked us to do this week over at Little Red Wagon

Here's my Christmas card:

I'm thinking I should have added some texture to my tree--perhaps embossed it.

Hope you can get in the Christmas mood and play along!

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LRW #200 - TAG, you're it!

Regan is asking us to use a TAG (or more, I guess) on our projects this week over at
 Little Red Wagon.

I have two tag ideas for you!
First up is the standard tag use; I added these to my son's birthday party treat bags

My second "tag" project was for this card I whipped up for my son's friend's birthday.  I cut the tag free-hand, and added an eyelet (remember those?!) to make sure my hemp twine didn't rip through my paper.

Hope you can find the time to join us in the challenge.  Check out what the rest of the DT created too!

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