Tag: Metal – Thinking of You with a Thankful Heart!

Oh, that I had someone to hear me!

Job 31 : 35

Welcome to Thursday Totally Tags ‘n’ ATCs over at MyPaperCrafting.com!  Every Thursday we on the Design Team will do a team post featuring Tags n' ATC's.  We will have a specific Theme each week featuring an element, technique or embellishment.  We’ll all come up with something excitingly different – using various types of tools, etc. to create our projects...i.e., Cricut, CAMEO, Spellbinders, punches, stamps, paint, material, lace, inks, etc.   The sky's the limit!  The only restriction...  If we use SVG's or Digi's, we will only use those from the vast selection at PCW.

Spring is a time of "new beginnings" and we love to see things "take root, blossom and grow”....so, we decided it was a good time to announce some changes to our Challenges and Link Ups.  Here is the link to Melin’s explanation of how things will work now.  Be sure to pop over there and be included in the creative fun!    http://www.mypapercrafting.com/2013/04/aprilprizes.html 

The Theme for this week’s projects is METAL!  I made a Tag for a Dear Online Friend who, even though he is facing some heavy problems himself, has helped me immensely in the past several months by being a good ‘moral support’ and mentor as I investigate the possibility of going into another ‘career path.’  I wanted to do something to thank and encourage him and with the topic being ‘Metal’ this week, it made me start thinking about using this opportunity to make something to send to him.  Without going into total detail, the elements that I included have ‘symbolic meaning’ in his life.  

I just LOVE color/design/elements and I have been really enjoying the Color Inspiration charts from a recently discovered website:  www.design-seeds.com .   I plan to use some of these lovely Inspiration charts in the future as I make projects, and decided to use one today.  I chose the ‘Bridged Tones’ for today’s Inspiration –

Here is my Tag –

*  I cut the Tag from deep light gray cardstock, using the ‘D7 Butterfly Tag 10122g cf’ –

*  I embossed it with the Woodgrain folder that I pre-inked with London Fog ink in my Cuttlebug.  I cut an extra one to leave plain and adhere to the backside when the front was completed.  This represents his home of which I’ve seen pictures in a video that he shared with me.

*  The scripture verse and the sentiment inside the door are from the video – as is the Door opening onto a blue sky.  I found the Door online through Google, saved, printed, cut and adhered it.  I added an antique brass brad as a doorknob.

*  I cut the shape of the state in which he lives and marked his city area with an antique brass arrow. 

*  His property is woodsy – thus the twigs – and they are blooming with ‘new life’ – as I hope his life will soon. 

*  I attached an antique brass paperclip element to the top of the Tag with an antique brass rectangular brad and tied a twine bow to it.

*  I attached an antique brass lock and key to the twine bow – representing the hope of finding the Key to Unlock the Door to a brighter future for him.

*  I typed a sentiment on light gray cardstock, cut it to fit, rounded the corners, inked the edges and adhered it to the back of the Tag.

I’ll mail this to My Friend and hope it arrives in good shape.  I’ll make a BoxEnvelope, as I did for the card I featured on Tuesday, which won’t crush it and then will pad and put it in a small box to mail.

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Have You made any interesting Tags recently?  I’d love to see them!  Let me know if you have any questions about anything I’ve done here or on any other blog post -  Blessings until next time!

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Thanks for visiting here today!  I hope you take a few minutes to check all of the Tag/ATC creativeness on the other blogs, too!    Melin should have a Free File for today on her blog, also!  I’ll Update and have the file here as soon as it’s posted over there - 

Be sure to remember MPC for all of your Cutting and Digital files.  Tomorrow is our Digi Dessert Fridaze post, every other Tuesday is a Cutting File post and in between I may post some other projects. 

B’ Bye!

(You can take the Girl out of the Sky, but You can’t take the Sky out of the Girl!)  ;-}

25th Anniversary Card & BoxEnvelope - for Friends

Marriage is honorable in every respect…

Hebrews 13 : 4

Welcome to our 2013 Die Cut Tuesday New Release and Link Up over at www.MyPaperCrafting.com !  Be sure and pop over there and see what Melin and our other Designers have set up for this Showcase – and the New Release for today.

My today’s project is a ‘25^th Anniversary Card and BoxEnvelope’ that I made for some Dear Friends who are celebrating theirs this week!  The Card is a modified easel-type card that will stand alone, if they desire.  The BoxEnvelope is one I made so that the flower spray will not be crushed in the mailing of it - hopefully!  Here are photos-

*  I got inspiration for the style of this from some I’ve seen on Pinterest.  I did my own version with ‘similar’ types of files and embellishments.  I used sparkly Silver cardstock for most of it – I embossed the bottom panel.  I adhered that to black and then to the White for the base of the card.

*  This is the file for the Doily backdrop –

*  I used 2 layers of the several offered from this file –

*  I embossed 2 lines from a border folder on the top layer.  I cut the number 25 in silver with a white shadow  on my Silhouette CAMEO and adhered it to the top layer.

*  I punched 2 of the large hollow daisies from Silver and hand-embossed on the backside to curve the petals then off-set and adhered them on a PopDot to raise it.  I punched 5 small Silver daisies, hand-embossed in circular motions to create the center of the Daisy – then added a large rhinestone inside.  

*  I punched several small flowers, leaf sprigs and pine branches – all from Silver – hand-embossed and adhered them.  I added tiny Pearls to the flower centers.

*  I stamped the inside Sentiment with Silver ink and added several of the pointed oval shapes that were punched from the large Daisy pieces. 

*  After taking the photos, I just wasn’t happy with the front medallion, so I added 3 Pearls on it – but I didn’t retake all of the photos – just one –  ;-}

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Be sure to check out Melin’s post for the FREE File for today (I’ll Update here when it’s available there - ) and then make something and link up over there.  I look forward to seeing YOUR creations!  Come back again and visit soon -  ;-}

Here is this week's FREE file -

Spring is a time of "new beginnings" and we love to see things "take root, blossom and grow”....so, we decided it was a good time to announce some changes to our Challenges and Link Ups.  Here is the link to Melin’s explanation of how things will work now.  Be sure to pop over there and be included in the creative fun!    http://www.mypapercrafting.com/2013/04/aprilprizes.html 

Be sure to come back here often as I showcase other Paper Crafted Projects and Photo Digital Restorations that I make – several days each week.  Sign up to receive my Posts so you’ll know when I’ve posted something – usually 3 to 4 times weekly.  Tuesdays every other week are Cutting files from MPC – Thursdays are Tags and ATCs – Fridays are Digi Files from MPC -  Other days may be other projects! 

Check out my Tabs in the Header above to see what else I do and can do for you!  Let me know if you have questions on anything here – or if I can do anything for You!  Have a Great Week!  See you again soon!

B’ Bye!

(You can take the Gal out of the Sky, but You can’t take the Sky out of the Gal!)  ;-}

A Gift! - for 'Just A Little Nutty'

I went down into the garden of NUTS to see the fruits of the valley,

 and to see whether the vine flourished and the pomegranates budded.

Song of Solomon 6 : 11

Hello and Welcome!  I’m excited to be doing this, my second post in conjunction with a group I recently connected with after I began using my new-last-summer Silhouette CAMEO cutting machine.  It’s a monthly post to showcase projects that members of the Silhouette Challenge Group have made using these wonderful machines.  You'll find a list at the end here of those who are participating this month, so you can visit them, also!

For this month’s project, I have chosen to showcase a project I made as a Gift to someone Very Special in my life…a Blogging Buddy over at ‘Just a Little Nutty’ blog!   ( www.justalittlenutty.com ) Please visit Meg sometime – and be cheered by her humorous insights on family, food and life in general!  She recently celebrated her 2^nd Blogiversary and since I’ve discovered that she lives about half an hour from me, I made this and drove up to spend an afternoon with her recently and give her this gift.  I ‘took’ her logo from Online and cut it with my Silhouette CAMEO and SCAL3 program.  I made an 8 x 10” Framed piece and an Easel Card, also.

I finished the Frame and decided to make an Easel Card to go with it –  I used the Logo as on the Frame project and also a cutting fie from ‘MyPaperCrafting.com’ – where I am currently on the Design Team.  (There are Lots of wonderful Cutting and Digital Files over there by Melin – and several FREEBIES are offered weekly.  Please check it out, if you have not!)

Card - closed

Card-propped open

Card-propped open

Card-inside

Close-up of prop

Here is the cutting file I used on this project –

It was fun to do a ‘personalized-special-to-order’ project for my friend, spend a lovely afternoon with her and I think I was an encouragement to her…  What do You do for Special Friends?  Does your CAMEO help You make lovely gifts?  Share them with me!  ;-}

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I hope you have enjoyed your visit here.  If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me -

Do you have a Silhouette of any type?  Are you looking for Silhouette inspiration, support, trouble-shooting?  Are you interested in joining us for our group posting event next month?  Then we’d love to have you join our Silhouette Challenge Facebook group.  Contact Lauren by email ,if interested…

Please take a few minutes to visit the other gals who have contributed to this Challenge Hop today.  You’ll find Lots of Creative Inspiration here!  Enjoy!   ;-]

Budget-Savvy Spring Sihouette Make - We Love Cards

D.I.Y. Canvas Date Art - The House on Hillbrook

Paint Chip Spring Ornaments - Coley's Corner

D.I.Y. Vertical File Folders (Martha Stewart Home Office Knockoff with Free Cut File) - Whole New Leaf

Anchor's Away! A Fabric Applique Silhouette Tutorial - Lil' Mrs. Tori

D.I.Y. Subway Art Canvas & Free Cut File - The Thinking Closet

"Different Is Good" Autism Awareness Tee - Tried and True

A Gift! - For 'Just a Little Nutty' - An Elegant Touch…   

          (That would be me! Come back often!)

Mother's Day Celebration - Creative Turn

Psalm 91 : 14-16 - for Him!

“Because he loves me,” says the Lord, “I will rescue him;
    I will protect him, for he acknowledges my name.
He will call on me, and I will answer him;
    I will be with him in trouble, I will deliver him and honor him.
With long life I will satisfy him and show him my salvation.”

Psalm 91 : 14-16

Welcome to Digi Desserts Fridaze in connection with My Paper Crafting !    We, on the Design Team, are to create a project using a Digital File from the vast selection at MyPaperCrafting.com every Friday, share them with You and encourage You to visit over there, get the FREE Digi File for today, make a project with it and link it for all to see.  The ‘winning’ designer is highlighted next week as a Guest Designer!   It’s an easy and fun thing to do on the weekend! 

For this week’s project I made a rustic, manly card incorporating a Verse Digi from Melin’s Digi Files.  I feel it’s appropriate for – perhaps – someone on Deployment or in some kind of dangerous or stressful situation…  Perhaps a Marine son at some point…  ;-}

*  I used this file –

 

*  I printed the verse on cream parchment and adhered it inside the card.

*  I cut an opening in the front of the card.  I ripped and inked some pieces of corrugated cardboard from a box.  I ripped a remnant of woven wallpaper.  I threaded three wooden buttons with a heavy twine.  These pieces were all adhered with a glue gun.  I inked around all of the edges.

*  I know this sounds easy – cut-and-dried – but it’s amazing how designing, finding, fixing and creating can take more time than expected.  That, coupled with some major Technical Difficulties this week, made for some Challenges.   I do love a Challenge and it was fun to make something not-so-delicate-and-feminine.  ‘Delicate-and-feminine’ is my usual M.O.! 

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Be sure to visit Melin at MPC and sign up for her blog and Newsletters, join us on the Blog Hops at various times of the year and check there weekly to see what’s offered in her Store!  She offers Amazing Digi and Cutting Files and I’m SURE that you will find lovely items to enhance your paper-crafting projects!  As always, please feel free to contact me if you have any questions about what or how I have done on here -  Happy Crafting!  ;-}

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Here is the FREE digi-file for this week at MyPaper Crafting.  Be sure to stop over there, if you haven’t already, see all of the other creative projects, get the file, make a project of your own using a digi-file from My Paper Crafting and then link it there so we can see it, too!

FREE file  -  

I'm also excited to tell you about a new twist this term.  We invite YOU to participate in our Digi Dessert Fridaze weekly posts.  Just create something using a digital image and link up at the end of the post. If you use a Paper Crafting World image, you will receive 2 chances to win.  That's right!  One lucky project will be selected each week to receive a digital image from Paper Crafting World.  If you use a PCW file, please add PCW after your name.   And, it will be so much easier to participate with our Link Up because there's a tab on the home page that will bring you directly to this DDF page.  You'll have until next Thursday 12 noon (EST) to link up.  The lucky winner will be announced in the next PCW post on Friday.

Be sure to come back here often as I showcase other Paper Crafted Projects and Photo Digital Restorations that I make – several days each week.  Sign up to receive my Posts so you’ll know when I’ve posted something – usually 3 to 4 times weekly.  Tuesdays every other week are Cutting files from MPC – Thursdays are Tags and ATCs – Fridays are Digi Files from MPC -  Other days may be other projects! 

Check out my Tabs in the Header above to see what else I do and can do for you!  Let me know if you have questions on anything here – or if I can do anything for You!  Have a Great Week!  See you again soon!

B’ Bye!

(You can take the Gal out of the Sky, but You can’t take the Sky out of the Gal!)  ;-}

Tag: Glitter! in Blues -

The Lord their God will save his people on that day as a shepherd saves his flock.

They will SPARKLE in his land like jewels in a crown.

Zechariah 9 : 16

Moses and Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and the seventy elders of Israel went up and saw the God of Israel. Under his feet was something like a pavement made of lapis lazuli, as bright BLUE as the sky.  But God did not raise his hand against these leaders of the Israelites; they saw God…

Exodus 24 : 9-11

 

Welcome to Thursday Totally Tags ‘n’ ATCs over at MyPaperCrafting.com!  Every Thursday we on the Design Team will do a team post featuring Tags n' ATC's.  We will have a specific Theme each week featuring an element, technique or embellishment.  We’ll all come up with something excitingly different – using various types of tools, etc. to create our projects...i.e., Cricut, CAMEO, Spellbinders, punches, stamps, paint, material, lace, inks, etc.   The sky's the limit!  The only restriction...  If we use SVG's or Digi's, we will only use those from the vast selection at PCW.

Spring is a time of "new beginnings" and we love to see things "take root, blossom and grow”....so, we decided it was a good time to announce some changes to our Challenges and Link Ups.  Here is the link to Melin’s explanation of how things will work now.  Be sure to pop over there and be included in the creative fun!   

 http://www.mypapercrafting.com/2013/04/aprilprizes.html 

The Theme for this week’s projects is GLITTER!  I tend not to use glitter very often, so this was indeed a challenge for me, but I quite enjoyed it once I had the design in mind.  Here is my Tag –

*  I cut the Tag from deep blue cardstock, using the ‘D7 Butterfly Tag cf’ – I embossed it  with the Wicker Weave folder in my Cuttlebug. 

  

*  I cut the flourish design from light blue cardstock, using the ‘BC Set cf’ and adhered it with tiny PopDots.  (It looks almost aqua in the photo, but it actually is a light blue.)

*  I added a floral spray using punched MS leaves and pine branches.  The flowers are from a $$Store stem and I added Midnight Blue Stickles to the centers.

*  I then added Sky Blue Stickles to the intersections of the embossed pattern where they were visible and the bottom scallop.  I added Midnight Blue Stickles to the ends of the Flourish branches in the design. 

*  I added a light blue sheer ribbon to the hole I punched in the top of the Tag.  When I decide to whom and for what occasion I’m giving this, I will add a note on the back.

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Have You made any interesting Tags recently?  I’d love to see them!  Let me know if you have any questions about anything I’ve done here or on any other blog post -  Blessings until next time!

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Thanks for visiting here today!  I hope you take a few minutes to check all of the Tag/ATC creativeness on the other blogs, too!    Melin should have a FREE File for today on her blog, also!  I’ll Update and have the file here as soon as it’s posted over there - 

Be sure to remember MPC for all of your Cutting and Digital files.  Tomorrow is our Digi Dessert Fridaze post, every other Tuesday is a Cutting File post and in between I may post some other projects. 

B’ Bye!

(You can take the Girl out of the Sky, but You can’t take the Sky out of the Girl!)  ;-}