What's new at The Loft - Episode 17

Tampa Bay Scrapbooking Guild

Our March General Guild meeting was a lot of fun.  Our guest speaker Nancy Nally from Scrapbook Update gave an interesting and entertaining talk about the upcoming trends in the scrapbooking business.  It was a pleasure to meet Nancy and learn about what we have to look forward to in the scrabooking world. 
Here are some pictures from the event.

And here's a picture of me with Nancy

Sticker packs from San Diego

Last post I made mention of these great sticker packs my husband brought back for me after a business trip in San Diego.  He is such a great guy, and I love how he wanted to bring me back something that he knew I could use in my projects, whether it be ATC's, scrapbooks or mixed media.  There were four different packs he brought home, vintage perfume labels, 2 sets of travel stickers, and an assortment of postage labels.  Here are some samples of the labels.

 

ATC 3.6.5. challenge

My card from 3/26 was called "Love" and was made by cutting a background from Tweety Jill's "Retro Rooster" paper pack, and stamping a love stamp on it with black ink.  Next I took white Liquitex "Basics" paint and dry brushed it lightly over the stamp.  I then took a ColorBox "Cat's Eye" ink pad and lightly smudged the color in some areas.  I then detail cut the image of the girl from my Tweety Jill "Vintage Photographs" collage pack and adhered her to the center of the card. To bring out the letters in the word love, I outlined them using a white Uniball pen, and then doodled some dots inside the outline with a green Zig chalk marker.  Using turquoise Tsukineko chalk ink I stamped the flourish on the right side of the card, and then decorated that stamp by doodling dots with the white Uniball marker, and added some purple rhinestones.  I also added some additional bling by gluing a green glitter heart charm on the right side.  Lastly I added some color to the flower in the girls' hair with a rose star Gelly Roll pen.

My card from 3/27 is called "Alice's Adventures, and was made using images cut from the Tweety Jill's  "Alice in Wonderland" collage pack, and used a playing card for this background to match the theme.  Next I cut the spine of the book and glued it to the left side of the card.  I then cut the story text and glued it in the center of the card.  I used Color Box's "Cat's Eye" inks in yellow and green and smudged it along the surface of the card.  I next detail cut the image of Alice and glued her on top of the story text but aligned to the right side.  Next I cut the image of the playing card and glued it down at an angle on the upper left hand corner.  I then detail cut the image of the Queen of Hearts and adhered her on top of the playing card with pop up dots.  Lastly I cut off the shank of a rabbit button and glued it to the bottom left hand corner of the card.

My card from 3/28 is called "Time Flies".  For this card I started with a piece of text paper from Tweety Jills collage paper pack. and using a bird stencil I took Tsukineko chalk ink in Turquoise and applied the color around the edges of the stencil. I then outlined the image of the bird with a black Zig marker.  I then detail cut the image of the girl from the Tweety Jill "Vintage Photograph" collage pack and glued her to the center of the bird.  I then added a little more color by applying some yellow ink from my Colorbox "Cats Eye" ink along the outer edges of the card.  Lastly I stamped the title using black ink.

My card from 3/29 is untitled  and was created by printing an Asian background on black and white laser printer.    The whole background image was then colored in using Crayola watercolor pencils, and then applying water lightly with an H20 brush.  Next I stamped on white paper and detail cut the image of the Geisha, afterwards I used water color pencils on that as well.  I glued the Geisha to the bottom left of the card, and then stamped the pagoda next to her in black ink.  I then detail cut the image of the lucky cat that I had gotten off the internet.  Lastly I stamped the Asian characters in black ink at the top right hand side of the card.  Lastly I doodled all over the card with a white Uniball pen.

My card from 3/30 is called "Italia".  I made this card by cutting a background from a Italy daily desk calendar and adhered it to the background with some Tombow glue stick.  Next I used a black Zig marker to re-draw some of the lines of the buildings, to make them more prominent.  I then used a white Uniball pen and doodled some clouds and made a dotted edge.  I then took a clear sticker with the word Italia and aligned it along the left edge of the card.

My card from 3/31 is called "Perfect".  I started by making this card by printing an old Hollywood photograph from the internet and using it as a background.  Using Koh-I-Noor watercolor wheel I painted the dress of the woman.  I then used my Stencil Collection chalks and added flesh tone to the skin and light blue to the fan.  I then cut out the side slotted pieces of a die cut film strip and adhered it to the right side of the card.  I then took a clear star Gelly Roll pen and added some sparkle to the dress, parts of the fan and the film strip.  I then used a blue star Gelly Roll pen and added some bling to the top of the fan, colored in the tiara and shoes of the lady.  Next I added a line of tiny pearls the the bottom of the fan.  I then colored in some of the fan's blades at the womans hands with a white Uniball pen.  I then used Tsukineko chalk ink in turquoise and lightly smeared it to the background to add a little color.  Lastly I used a rub on for the title and applied it to the top of the card.

My card from 4/1 is called "Bieres de la Muese" and was made using a playing card for a base this time.  I then cut a strip of blue polka dotted paper and glued it diagonally across the card.  Next I stamped the background paper and part of the card with a sheet music stamp in black ink.  I then detail cut the image of the clock from a card collage pack I had laying around, and glued it down on the top right hand edge of the card.  The woman was then detail cut from my Tweety Jill "Fashion" collage pack and adhered her to the left hand side of the card.  Lastly I cut the title from the same image as the woman and cut it into pieces gluing them in different spots on the card.

My card from 4/2 is called "What Lies Within Us" and was made by cutting a background from a free sample of artist paper printing in Somerset Memories and adhering it to the card..  I then inked the edges using Tsukineko chalk ink in turquoise.  I then detail cut the image of the girl from the Tweety Jill "Vintage Photographs" collage pack and glued her at the bottom of the card.  Next I cut the title from a 12 x 12 sheet of scrapbooking paper covered in quotes.  I lastly embellished the card a little further with a few rub on flowers from Bo Bunny.

ATC 3.6.5. Challenge for vacation week

The family and I are going away for Easter this year so I hope to be able to send some posts from beautiful Charleston, South Carolina.  I still will be making my card per day but to challenge myself further I've decided to take only a minimal of basic supplies and make may cards with things I find along the way during our time in Charleston.  The basic supplies I will be taking are:

a 8 pack Crayola watercolor pencil set
a black Zig marker
a Tombow glue stick
Bumble Bee detail cut scissors
an H20 water brush
a white Uniball pen
a Clear Star Gelly Roll Pen
an Adirondack white acrylic paint dabber
pop up dots
Tsukineko chalk ink in turquoise, midnight blue and barn red
and some ATC card blanks

I'm looking forward to the challenge, but a little nervous about it so wish me luck!

Well that's all I have for today.  Hopefully the next time I post will be from beautiful Charleston.  As always your comments are welcome so please feel free to drop me a line and tell me what you think.  Thanks for stopping by and come back soon.

What's new at The Loft - Episode 16

ATC 3.6.5. Challenge update

Life at loft has gotten so busy lately that I have been behind in my posting for the ATC 3.6.5. challenge.  I'm still keeping up with my card per day resolution, just can't seem to find the time lately to post about them.  The family and I will be going on vacation soon so I want to get caught up in time to launch an even bigger challenge for our time away.  More to follow on that, but right now on to the cards.

My card from 3/16 is called "Beach Beauty".  I started by cutting a background of paper with the image of burlap from the Tweety Jill "Retro Rooster" paper pack.  I then cut the image of the child from Tweety Jill "Vintage Photographs" collage pack.  I detail cut the image, but instead of just cutting the child only, I cut it with some of the background with it. This was adhered to the card with some Tombow glue stick.  I then stamped a butterfly wing on white paper and colored it in using Zig markers.  Next I detail cut the wing and adhered it to the card positioning it in the shoulder area of the child.  The hat was then stamped on white paper and colored with Crayola watercolor pencil.  I detail cut this image as well and glued on top of the child's head with a Tombow glue stick.

My card from 3/17 is called "Not a Hobbit" and was my tribute to St. Patricks Day.  I got the idea for this card from a conversation I had with my younger daughter on Leprechauns, and the only way I could think to describe them was to compare them to something that she was already familiar with, which were Hobbits.  In talking on the subject further we imagined that a really surly Leprechaun probably wouldn't like the comparison, thus the concept was born.  I started this card by cutting a paper background from some green and yellow plaid paper that was part of my Scrapbooking Daily Calendar.  I then cut a Celtic sash from another page of the Scrapbooking Daily Calendar, and adhered it diagonally on the card.  Next I printed out a picture that I found online of the Leprechaun and detail cut it out.  I glued it on top of the sash with a Tombow glue stick.  I then took a plastic gold coin and adhered it to the card with a glue dot.  Lastly I printed out "I'm not a Hobbit" and glued it down at the top of the card. 

My card from 3/18 is called "Cheers.  I started out by creating the background of this card, by doing a  crosshatch pattern with my Neo II watercolor crayons.  The image of the woman and the men were detail cut but cut in separate pieces.  The images were cut from a birthday card my hubby gave me.  (Yes this was the card that my Michael Bublé tickets came in).  My husband is so fantastic because not only did he get me the tickets to the concert, but he deliberately picked a card that he knew I would reuse as an ATC.  He is the best!  The images on the card however were just a little big for the card so I had to trim them a bit and overlap them in order tfor them o fit.  Once I had the proportions right I glued them down with a Tombow glue stick.  Lastly I stamped the title on with my mini wood alpha stamps.

My card from 3/19 is called "Wish".  I started this card by cutting a background from a magazine I was looking at on Charleston, S.C.  I adhered the picture to the card using a Tombo glue stick.  Next I detail cut the image of the horse from a bookmark my daughter picked up from our local library and adhered it on top of the background.  The title was taken from a clear word sticker pack I had.

My card from 3/20 is called "Jambo".  I started this card by adhering an old Disney Animal Kingdom resort map to the card as a background.  The gorilla and palm tree photo is actually two parts of the same photo layered on top of each other and then glued down to the map.  I really liked the effect of depth and dimension this technique gave the image.  Next I painted a sun in the top left hand corner of the card, and outlined in black Zig marker.  Lastly I cut the title also from the same resort map used for the background.

My card from 3/21 is called "Paris Lady".  I made this card using all Tweety Jill papers from the "Travel to Paris" collage pack.  I started by cutting the background out of a rust colored Toille pattern and glued it down.  I next stamped the paper with a french script handwriting stamp in black ink.  Instead of detail cutting the image of the lady for this card I left the full portrait in tact, and glued her to the bottom left of the card.  Next I cut the small image of the black France stamp and placed it at an angle in the bottom right hand corner.  Lastly I stamped a Paris postage stamp image in black just off to the right of the lady.

For 3/22 my card was called "The Way You Look Tonight"  I started this card by cutting from a  large flower in Bisous PDQ paper.  I then inked the paper on the edges with Tsukineko midnight blue chalk ink and lightly smeared the surface with their barn red chalk ink.  Next I detail cut the image of the woman from the Tweety Jill "Women in Hats" collage paper and glued the image off the the bottom left side of the card.  Lastly I printed out the words for the title and cut each word separate and adhered in a column down the right side of the card.

My card from 3/23 is called "Flower Art" and I started this card with a page of text cut from a magazine, and glued it down.  I then took white Liqutex "Basics" acrylic paint and lightly dry brushed the text.  Next I stamped the image of the flower with black ink.  The stem is actually a different flourish stamp from another stamp pack I had.  Next I painted the flower and with "Basics" red paint and the stem with their green paint.  Next I took a pencil and doodled the edges of the card, and then painted with "Basics" blue paint.  Once dried I outlined the flower, stem and doodled edge with a black wide point Zig marker.  I then went back in and added some swirled doodles at the edges with the thin point of my black Zig marker.  Lastly I added the white dots in different places using a white Uniball pen.

My card from 3/24 is called "Listen Learn".  I really love this card which was made using some great sticker packs my husband got for me while he was on a business trip in San Diego (See my next post for more on these stickers).   The background was cut from a sticker pack of vintage perfume labels.  The image of the woman was also cut from the vintage perfume label pack but was detail cut and adhered to the background using pop up dots.  I then used some clear word stickers for the title. 

My card from 3/25 is called "Alice in Wonderland" and was made using papers from the Tweety Jill "Alice in Wonderland" collage pack.  I started with an book page image as a background that was inked with Colorbox "Cats Eye" ink in green and yellow.  I next cut the image of the checker board and glued it down.  Afterwards I detail cut the image of Alice out and adhered her to the top.  The title I cut from the back flyer of the collage pack.

YIPPEE, MY NEW LENS HAS ARRIVED

Since I do a lot of miniatures I wanted to get lens to do a better job photographing them.  I've been saving for several months now to purchase a 100mm f/2.8 Macro lens and finally I saved enough to pay for it.   I haven't had a lot of time to play with this lens yet but here was the first picture I took with it.  This is a straight out of the camera photo with no thought to settings on my camera.  I literally just pointed the camera and shot the picture.

 Here is a close up of a postage stamp

When I have a chance to take more pictures with this new lens I will post more photos.

That's all I have for today.  As always your comments are welcome so please feel free to drop me a line and tell me what you think.  Thanks for stopping by and come back soon.