Saturday, May 31, 2014

RWB

I will enter this card in two challenges hosed by Lee Murphy.  The challenge at Stamp TV is to use 7 or more layers and the challenge at Mod Squad is to use the colors red,white and blue. I used some paper that I downloaded from Gina K Designs' freebies page.  The light house is from Theresa Momber's By the Sea. I stamped it twice and colored it with Spectrum Noir markers. I cut out one of the lighthouses and used pop dots to give the lighthouse more dimension. You can see the other entries  for the Mod Squad challenge here. http://modsquadchallenge.blogspot.com/






Saturday, May 24, 2014

Born Free

When I see a a bird on a branch or soaring through the sky, I am reminded of the song "Born Free" and one of my favorite poems "Caged Bird" by Mya Angelou.  Of course, the bird in the poem is symbolic of the struggle of the blacks for freedom on one level, but it is also symbolic of any person who is enslaved by fear, pride, addictions or any other thing that takes over their lives.  I created this card with the poem and song in mind and I will enter it in the IO challenge "Inspired by a Song".  I used the IO die Bird on a Branch 161-N and the sentiment is from Any Time Sentiments CL 43. You can see the challenge here.
http://mitrafriant.typepad.com/impression_obsession_news/2014/05/new-io-challenge-inspired-by-a-song.html  Four days after I posted this Mya Angelou passed away.  May 28,2014.



I also included a copy of the poem.

Caged Bird
BY MAYA ANGELOU
A free bird leaps
on the back of the wind   
and floats downstream   
till the current ends
and dips his wing
in the orange sun rays
and dares to claim the sky.

But a bird that stalks
down his narrow cage
can seldom see through
his bars of rage
his wings are clipped and   
his feet are tied
so he opens his throat to sing.
The caged bird sings   
with a fearful trill   
of things unknown   
but longed for still   
and his tune is heard   
on the distant hill   
for the caged bird   
sings of freedom.

The free bird thinks of another breeze
and the trade winds soft through the sighing trees
and the fat worms waiting on a dawn bright lawn
and he names the sky his own

But a caged bird stands on the grave of dreams   
his shadow shouts on a nightmare scream   
his wings are clipped and his feet are tied   
so he opens his throat to sing.
 The caged bird sings   
with a fearful trill   
of things unknown   
but longed for still   
and his tune is heard   
on the distant hill   
for the caged bird   
sings of freedom.


Monday, May 19, 2014

Triple Stamping 4

Thanks to all my friends that left such nice comments on my other triple stamping cards.  When I finished them, they did not look like I expected and I could not decide why until I looked at others I made a long time ago.  I realized I was not leaving enough of a border between layers so I decided to make another card with larger borders.   I wanted to use the stencil technique again but I chose a larger pattern and sponged it in Dandelion, Cantaloupe, and Rose Bud. I also wanted to color on this one so I used the grapes from Gina K Designs, Better With Age, and colored them with Spectrum Noir markers. I will enter this in the Mod Squad Challenge,  http://modsquadchallenge.blogspot.com/




Sunday, May 18, 2014

Triple Stamping 3



This is the third card I made for Judy Woodland's challenge at Mod Squad this week. The challenge is to create a card  using one of my favorite techniques,triple stamping.  I decided to try a stencil for the background.  The vines are from a set that is not labeled and I can't remember the manufacturer. I used a die to cut some little flowers and sponged the edges. I glued them to the trellis background. 
  You can see other challenge cards here http://modsquadchallenge.blogspot.com/

Triple Stamping 2


This is the second card I made for Judy Woodland's challenge at Mod Squad this week. The challenge is to create a card  using one of my favorite techniques,triple stamping. I used some textured dp. but it does not show up on the picture.  I stamped and colored the butterfly on the base, but I did not like the result so I stamped a second butterfly colored it with Spectrum Noirs and put it over the original stamp.  I used two Gina K sets for this card Hope is Faith and master Butterfly.  You can see other challenge cards here http://modsquadchallenge.blogspot.com/




Fishing Notebook

KIm's Notebook

This is a card I mad for Stamp TV Mix it up Monday challenge.   The challenge was to make it pop with black. I used Gone Fishing by Theresa Momber for this card. My son saw a notebook that I made for my husband's birthday and said I want one of those. My husband's card was a hunting card but Kim enjoys fishing more so I made this for him. The card I made for my husband is below.  He has a trained Lab that he hunts with so this was perfect for his birthday. 



Just a Note 6


Triple Stamping Hope






My friend, Judy Woodland, is hosting the challenge at Mod Squad this week. the challenge is to create a card  using one of my favorite techniques,triple stamping. I wanted to do something a little different so I chose some dp. I used three sets from Gina K Designs for this Picture It, Hope is Faith  and  Friendship Family, Love. Take a look at the other cards in this challenge here http://modsquadchallenge.blogspot.com/

Thursday, May 8, 2014

Hydrangia

My husband looked at this card and said," Wow, that was a lot of work". This definitely took a bit of time, but the results are well worth the time.  The Hydrangea, an Impression Obsession die, is mounted on lilac card stock that was cut with a Spellbinder's die. A piece of white card stock was embossed with a Cuttlebug embossing folder and then mounted on black card stock which was adhered to a white card base. I will enter  it in the IO challenge Welcome to my Garden.
http://mitrafriant.typepad.com/impression_obsession_news/2014/05/new-impression-obsession-challenge-welcome-to-my-garden.html
IO die DIE044-Y