Vintage bike

 

I got this awesome image that's an ad for a bike as an RAK.  I wanted to do something vintage with it, but lace and flowers didn't seem appropriate. I ended up using an old page from a book, a bunch of die-cute leaves, and some natural hemp twine. I like riding bikes in the fall, so why not a fall-themed bike? 

The layout is from the Sweet Sketch Wednesday Challenge (#68). The book page is from an old paperback thesaurus that is falling apart and that I saved especially for art projects. (It would pain me to rip apart a book that was in good shape.) (Note that I used an appropriate page behind the bike.) All the embossed leaf shapes are from a Spellbinder's die, and I just randomly grabbed snippets in fall colors and made a bunch last year; these were leftovers.

I'm entering these challenges:

Sweet Sketch Wednesday #68
Cuttlebug Mania --  wheels
Clear it Out -- Autumn/leaves
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday -- die cuts
Word Art Wednesday #201 -- anything goes

Rocking it

I made this for a friend's son.  The colored panel is popped up over the same image, with the image on the base left black and white. (I was trying a new technique from SCS.)

The image is from Bugaboo and is colored with pencils and Silver Stickles.  The edges are inked with some weird ink pad I picked up on the clearance shelf. Maybe when I get the hang of it it will give a nice smooth coloration, but for now I'm calling this a grunge look.

I'm entering these challenges:

Catch the Bug -- Teens Rock
Word Art Wednesday #200 -- anything goes

Going Batty

Seems like I have done a lot of Christmas cards lately, so for something completely different.... how about Halloween?

I got inspired to dig out some never used Halloween supplies in the spirit of Darnell's NBUS#5 challenge (Never Before Used Stuff).  The image is a digi from QKR Stampede which I have never used before, and the bats are rub-ons from a set I've never used. (The set of rub-ons was actually part of a grab bag of what was mostly Christmas crafting items I got at a consignment sale, so these are doubly NBUS, if such a thing is possible!)
I used the current Mojo sketch as my inspiration.

The card is for these challenges:

Mojo #414
NBUS5 -- NBUS= image and bat rub-ons
PaperTake Weekly Challenge -- things with wings
Word Art Wednesday #200 -- anything goes

The stockings were hung

I'm trying to use up some papers from a Christmas mat pack that I didn't select and have never grown to love (or even to like very much) .... This sketch from Sketch Saturday gave me an opportunity to use several snippets, and it features my new favorite thing -- diagonals.

The stamp (from Stampabilities) is colored with pencils and Wink of Stella white glitter. There is a metal charm in the shape of a stocking hanging from the ribbon on the far right-- it is one of these things you see in person but is hard to photograph. (I should have placed it over a lighter colored stripe.)

The card is for these challenges:


Sketch Saturday #377
Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Challenge #245 -- 'twas the night before Christmas
The Paper Shelter #218 -- use a charm
CRAFT #328 -- Christmas
Word Art Wednesday #200 -- anything goes
Catch the Bug -- anything goes
Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Extra -- anything Christmas
Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper eChallenge  -- anything with lots of printed paper

Candycanes and marshmallows

With school in session and the craft store brimming with holiday supplies, it really does seem like time to make Christmas cards.

This one revisits sketch 220 from Sketch Saturday (for their current challenge to use a previous sketch). It also has a metal element (candy cane), natural element (twine) and sparkly element (the snowman is covered with Wink of Stella) for Catch the Bug's recipe challenge.  The image is a Bugaboo digi colored with pencils.

The paint swatch gave me the perfect 3-part element for the sketch, and I just like using paint swatches.  The little "merry" part of the sentiment utilizes a bit of the fourth color that was on the swatch. The "Christmas" part is a card stock sticker, but the color looks like it came off the swatch, too.

This card is for these challenges:
Sketch Saturday #376 -- using sketch 220
Catch the Bug, August Recipe -- one each: metal, sparkly, natural item
Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Challenge #244 -- use something silver
Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Extra -- anything Christmas
Word Art Wednesday #199 -- anything goes
Clear it Out -- anything goes.

Bookmark

I go through a lot of bookmarks.  I'm usually reading several books at one time, so I keep my bookmarks busy. Bookmarks are essentially tags, but unlike typical tags, which you load down with embellies and dimension, a good bookmark is flat.I used the Back to School inspiration from If You Give a Crafter a Cooker to come up with the design. It is a digi image (possibly from Inktegrity) colored in pencils and fussy-cut, then layered on a "notebook-lined" sheet of card stock, and a yellow one under that.  To add a little more interest without a lot of dimension, I coated the apple and the bookworm 's eyes with Glossy accents.

I found a sheet of alpha-stickers in appropriate primary colors and added an optimistic sentiment (because, sadly, not all books can actually be "best book"). How do you like the ribbon -- it has the alphabet on it.

This bookmark is for these challenges:

Crafty Sentiments -- bookmarks
CRAFT -- Back to School
Cookie Challenge #26 -- Back to School

All that Glitters

I pulled out two different glitter EPs for this card, Pirate's Gold and Winter Wonderland.  The card really has a lot of sparkle in real life.
The stamps and die are from Prickly Pear. The center of the ornament is a snowflake shape so I carried the snowflake theme through with the dp and snowflake embellishment.
I've seen people using multiple rows of twine all pushed together, and I like the effect, so I used gold cording over gold washi tape to mimic the look.

The card is for these challenges:
Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Challenge #243 -- use gold
Holly Jolly Christmas #54 Snowflakes and Sparkle
Rudolph Days August -- anything Christmas
Die-Cut Divas August -- favorite holiday
Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Extra Challenge -- anything Christmas