My Bedroom Wall

I didn't get the chance to make a card for the Stamping 411 challenge this week because I was working on another project. My husband and I will have lived in our house for five years in October and I never did anything with the wall above our bed because the ceiling has a peak and the head board has a ball in the center and it accentuated the bed's off center look. But then a saw a design magazine with a number of pictures put on a wall in a collection and it struck me that that is what I could do. So I did it. I found the frames on the cheap at a big store. And started designing each one.

Istarted with the Perfect Plum one with the gold swirls. I used Baroque Motifs. The little flowers are stamped in black and the the flower burst is embossed in silver. I got the idea from Bits & Pieces. Heather is a true artist.

Then I came up with the lattice one with the flowers and butterflies. I added the rhinestones but I'm not sure you can see them when they are up on the wall but I still like them for bling.

As you can see here are three more. The Fleur de lis was done with a stencil and a number of embossing folders. I brayered the color onto the texture and sponged around the main panel, and for the heart I used the hearts framelits collection with a word from fabulous phrases.

The scene with the purple sky is my own creation starting with a brayered sky in several shades of purple, then ripped paper for the masks for the mountains and cliffs. It's reminiscent of Sedona, AZ where my husband and I like to go and hike for a month each year. I was surprised and happy when he knew what it was right away. 

So all of it went up on my wall with the Decor Elements that look like Baroque Motifs. I like the way they peak out from behind the frames. I am sad that these items have been discontinued. They are so fun and easy to put up.

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About a year and a half ago I got the chance to go to one of Michelle Zindorf's workshops and I jumped at the chance. Boy am I glad I did. Her brayering technique is unique and that day I felt like I was breaking all the rules about brayering that I had learned from years of experience and other people's instruction. Since then I have made many cards with this technique and they have all turned out to be stunning little art projects. Today I needed a bigger gift. My SIL and I talked about this a year ago and she wants something to hang on her wall and had told me she likes blue and flowers so this has been rattling around in my brain for all that time. I tried it on a full sheet of beautiful Whisper White card stock and it turned out great. I brayered Bashful Blue, then Marina Mist then Pacific Point to the top. For the green I used Pear Pizzaz and Wild Wasabi (one of my favorites of all time) then sponged with WW. I used a combination of WW and Garden Green for the stamping. The white flowers from Fifth Ave Floral were stamped in Basic Black and slightly colored with Bashful Blue and Daffodil Delight then cut out. I free handed some leaves out of Garden Green. Then I took the "branch" from Thoughts and Prayers and did some coloring on the rubber. I used Early Espresso, Always Artichoke and Riding Hood Red. I did that five times to give the illusion that there is a tree just out of sight and the branches are overhanging into the picture. I think it worked.

I am going to her house next week and get to give this to her in person. That doesn't happen to me very often because I have family all over the country. Thank goodness for the U.S. Postal service. But I'm very excited to give this to her. I hope she likes it.

Here it is all framed and ready. Let me know what you think too

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Supplies

Stamps: Fifth Avenue Floral, Just Believe, Thoughts and Prayers

Paper: Whisper White Card Stock

Ink: Bashful Blue, Marina Mist, Pacific Point, Pear Pizzaz, Wild Wasabi, Garden Green, Always Artichoke, Riding Hood Red, Early Espresso, Daffodil Delight

Tools: Paper Snips, Brayer, sponges

Frame: $3 Made is USA. Email me and I'll tell you where I got it. It measures 8 1/2" x 11"

Golf Anyone

The month of June always brings with it  a lot of birthdays for me and my family. Both physical and spiritual families. I sent out quite a few cards this month but one that really strikes my eye for it's simplicity and impact is this one of the golf ball about to roll into the hole. My husband has played golf for many years, more than I'd like to say, yet he has never had a hole in one. His birthday is in August and he will be receiving a similar card to this but our friend Donald is an avid golfer and he got this card this month for his birthday.

I learned how to do this when I went to Michelle Zindorf's brayering class last August. What a fun filled day that was. She is a generous and patient teacher and what I learned I have retained as very useful information. I made this card off of one of her tutorials on her blog. She puts up about 3 tutorials a week as she travels so extensively. They are detailed in how to do them but you must know her brayering technique in order to get the same results as shown here or on her blog. I love the effect.

Let me know what you think.

Supplies:

Paper:  Whisper White, Basic Black and River Rock

Ink:  Basic Black, Sahara Sand, Always Artichoke, Old Olive, Not Quite Navy and Tempting Turquoise

Tools:  Stampin’ Up! Sponges, 1 1/4″ circle punch, Oval Punch, Brayer, Post it Note, Small Dots Texture Plate and Big Shot Machine

Here is a link to Michelle's tutorial 

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