TTT Challenge 103-Masculine

 

 

 

Masculine

We'd like to see masculine cards/projects for the next two weeks at TTT. With Father's Day just around the corner here in the US it is perfect timing to celebrate fathers everywhere. My 3D project was inspired by my hubby's love of boating and I used Captain 02, Sailor Boy and Puppy, and Nautical Icons from our new sponsor Birdie Brown.

 

 

 

 

Birdie Brown 

Prize is 3 digital stamps of winner's choice.

 

A big thank you to Birdie Brown for providing the DT with images to create with. :)



Sweet Stamps

Prize is $10.00 Gift Certificate to the Sweet Stamps Store.

 

 

 

 

Roxie Glaza

Our special guest designer from Sweet Stamps Store.

 

 

 To see more inspiration by the DT using the adorable images from Birdie Brown click HERE. That's all for me today but before I go I'd like to wish every father a very Happy Father's Day this Sunday.

 

Hugs,

Lisa xx

 

 

  

Make It Monday #144 with Nicecrane Designs

Before we kick off another linky party at Make It Monday I want to take a moment to say farewell to Meihsia Liu who is stepping down as a DT member. She has been a constant source of inspiration to me throughout the past year. Best of luck Meihsia in all of your crafty endeavors! 

We're sponsored this week by the talented Ignacio of Nicecrane Designs. I am using a vintage image -Sugar and Spice 3 that you'll find in his online store. Here's a look at the preview sheet-Sugar and Spice DSL I where I found this beautiful image of two sisters to use on my thank you card.

 

 

Sponsored by...

 

Nicecrane Designs

 

Prize is a $20 gift voucher to the winner.

 

 

 

 

 

My Pick's of the Week are...
(that's right, two choices this week)
 

 

#76 Sonja

 I love her stamped background and colored image. Terrific pocket card Sonja!

and

#140 Linda B and Katie ;)

I love this project for so many reasons. First, it is beautiful (click her link to see the back side and more pictures) and the papers and embellishments are gorgeous. :) Second, this is what I call a "forever" project. Linda was visiting her nearly ten year old granddaughter, Katie, and shared her love of design and paper crafting with her. This project and the time spent with her grandma will be something Katie will remember and cherish forever, Linda too I'm sure. ;)

Thanks for sharing your talent ladies with all of us at Make It Monday!

 

I encourage you to drop by the DT's blogs for more inspiration featuring images from Nicecrane Designs. You can click their links on my right sidebar or by clicking HERE.

 

 Thanks for dropping by, 

Lisa xx

Make It Monday #143 with Kenny K

A new linky party is OPEN at Make It Monday!

This is one of those rare DT posts where I am not using a sponsor image. I wanted to share a card I made for my darling daughter's graduation. On the 21st of May she graduated high school with honors. Naturally we are very proud parents but to be honest, I am proud of this young woman every day of her life. She constantly amazes me! With her graduation though I get to hang up one of my hats, home school mom, permanently. I home schooled my son for 8 years and Sara from K-12. It is a huge responsibility and not one that I took lightly. All the hard work paid off though and when she scored a 28 on her ACT we both knew it. My advice to any home school parent or student is to never give up. Hang in there and see it to completion, you'll be glad you did. :)

Congratulations to all graduates everywhere!!!

 

 

Sponsored by...

 

 Kenny K 

Prize is 5 Digis of winners choice!

Remember, to be in the running to win the prize from our sponsor this week just leave a comment for another entry. Be sure to mention you saw them on Make It Monday. The more entries you comment on the more chances you have of winning!



Pick of the Week is...

#145 Caroline KISS


I love the sequins, this cheeky gal and the fab sentiment she used. It gave me a chuckle!
Thanks Caroline for sharing your talent with us at Make It Monday. :)



By the time this post goes live I will be celebrating my daughter's high school graduation, my son's US Army Advanced Individual Training graduation and my 49th birthday which is the 3rd. The best part is that we are together again as a family. :) 

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you have a fantastic week! Have I mentioned lately that I'm a very lucky girl, well I am and I'm so grateful to the One who makes it all possible.

Hugs,
Lisa xx








The Squirrel and The Fox #45-Winter or Summer

For the next two weeks at The Squirrel and The Fox our challenge is Summer or Winter. My card features a winter image from our sponsor, Saturated Canary, named Molly which I placed on my first center steppe card. These are so much fun to create!

 

 

 

Sponsor

 

Saturated Canary

Prize = Two Free Digis

 

 

The DT has come up with great inspiration to get your mojo going so check out their projects HERE. Thanks for dropping by!

 

Lisa xx

Remembering Marilyn

 

 

That is what I titled my mixed media canvas that I created for my BIL's birthday which is today. Happy Birthday Ray!!! He has always been an admirer of Marilyn Monroe so when I saw this amazing canvas HERE on Pinterest a light bulb went off in my head. Bingo! A custom piece of art for my fave bro-in-law. :) I scoured my inspiration piece and added a lot of the same elements while adding a few unique touches of my own. I will confess that my chicken wire is not the "real thing" as hers is but created from a Pop-Tart box and a fabulous new die, Die-namics Chicken Wire, which I acquired from My Favorite Things. It worked like a charm and I'll have more MFT goodies to show you on his birthday card in a minute.

 

I followed the artist's directions and hot glued the embellishments where I wanted them and covered the whole canvas excluding the photo with Gesso. The great thing about this is you can use any color flower or metal embellishment you like. If you have paper flowers that have been in your stash for a while but just don't work for you anymore this is a great way to transform them. Once everything dried I covered the photo with a towel and sprayed Rangers Lettuce and Sunset Orange Ink Sprays and Dylusions Melted Chocolate Ink Spray onto my canvas. After everything dried again I went back with Bundled Sage and Vintage Photo Distress Ink and highlighted some of the embellishments. Another drying cycle was needed and the final step was a coat of Deco Art's Decoupage to seal it.  

 

Here are a few close ups, sorry for the glare.

 

 

I used a lot of Tim's Idea-o-logy goodies on this piece.

 

 

See the mesh in the upper corner? I recycled a shallot bag
to add texture so save those fruit and produce bags. :)

Spare Parts and Tim's Idea-o-logy metal embellies add a masculine
touch. The chipboard clock was in a set of 4 by Dusty Attic.

A metal key, plastic M,
Idea-o-logy crown and
Melissa Francis resin scroll
adorn the left side of
Marilyn's photo.

True Marilyn fans will know what the 26 stands for. She
was born on June 1, 1926 and would have turned 87 in two
days. Cogs/sprockets are from Tim's Idea-o-logy and TPS's
Spare Parts product lines.

I threw the kitchen sink in can you tell lol. Cogs, pen nib,
key chains, memo pins, locks, keys, tags and charms.

I Google'd the photo of Marilyn and ended up using the same
one as the canvas that inspired me. It was a better fit than
the others and shows off her beauty.



 

 Here's the birthday card I made for him and it too was inspired by a CARD which I ran across on Pinterest. Both inspiration pieces can be found on my altered art and cards Pinterest boards plus lots more. Pinterest has been my go-to place for kick starting my mojo lately. :)  I've been running around at Mach 5 with my hair on fire and sometimes you just have to go with the flow and CASE (but always give credit where credit is due). I do hope you'll check out the mixed media canvas and card which inspired me. They are very talented people!

 

 

MFT goodies on this card are:

Die-namics Feathers and Arrows

LLD Document It-Bingo stamp set

 

I used a Spellbinders pennant die set to create my flags and a Notebook Plain Jane by Verve which I fussy cut and distressed with Vintage Photo Distress Ink. The chipboard circular piece is by Basic Grey and the metal clock is from Tim's Ideo-o-logy line. The feathers and chevron banner were cut from MME Kraft Funday collection and the rub ons are from Christy Tomlinson's She Art collection.

 

 

Thanks for hanging in there! I'm grateful that you dropped by and I'd love to know what you think of my media media tribute to Marilyn Monroe. I do hope it has inspired you to preserve a memory or create a keepsake for a loved one . :)

 

Have a super day!

Lisa xx



Top Tip Tuesday-Numbers

 

 

Over at Top Tip Tuesday I am the host for the next two weeks and we want to see numbers on your paper projects. Like I said on the challenge blog numbers are a fantastic way to personalize your birthday or anniversary cards. Here's my tip: I used a die to create numbers from chipboard, made another set of numbers from designer paper and adhered with adhesive spray. Easy peasy! 

 

Here's the link to the digital image I used from Bugaboo Stamps, Cupcake Circle Tag.

 

 

Bugaboo Stamps



Prize is 7 Digis of winners choice!

 

Thank you for providing the DT with images to create with. :)

 

 

Shape EZ

Prize is 2 Shape EZ templates of winners choice!

 

Thank you for providing the DT with templates to create with. :)

 

 

 

 

Helen 

 

 

To see more inspiration from the design team click HERE. Hope you enjoy this challenge as much as we will enjoy seeing your projects linked up in our gallery. Don't forget-if you'd like an opportunity to be a guest designer at TTT leave a tip for us in your post and put TIP beside your name when you link up. Good Luck!

 

Lisa xx

Make It Monday #142

 

 

Hello and welcome!

 

The new linky party at Make It Monday is officially open. Congratulations to our featured entry and winning commenter, way to go!

 

I'm super excited to share my card this week for two reasons. It honors the men and women of the United States Armed Forces who made the ultimate sacrifice for their country. No written word will ever be enough to express the appreciation that my family has for those brave and courageous souls. Here in America we are currently celebrating Memorial Day so this image, Strength and Courage, by Stamp Art Design caught my eye. Many thanks to the owner and designer, Kathryne, for providing the team with digital images to work with. She offers a wide variety so click the link to see her entire collection at Whimsy Stamps .

 

The second reason I'm excited to share this card is that it's for my son. On May 30th he will graduate from the U. S. Army's Advanced Individual Training as a Biomedical Equipment Technician Specialist. We are so proud of him! It has been a long ten months but he made it through and he's on the Dean's list. WooHoo!!! You might have noticed that I used the title of this image for the sentiment on the front of my card but reversed it. I searched my stamps for these words and it just looked better in this order. :) One thing is certain, it does take courage and strength to serve in the Armed Forces. Sometimes it is physical but often it is mental strength which is required and these heroes should be honored every day.

 

 

Sponsored by

 

Stamp Art Design

 

 

Prize is 5 digi's to the winner.

 

 

 

Pick of the Week is...

#71 An

 

I absolutely LOVE the stamped scene she created. It is perfect for a masculine card, don't you agree?  Fabulous card An! 

 

Thanks for sharing your talent with us at Make It Monday!

 

 

Now for more inspiration using digi's from Stamp Art Design by Kathryne check out what the design team came up with by clicking HERE. Thanks for dropping by and spending some time with me, as always your comments mean so much and I truly appreciate each one. :)

 

Happy Crafting,

Lisa xx