Tag: Star

R is for Ribbon

Hello friends and happy busy December to you!  It’s that time of the year and things start getting really busy with Christmas activities!  I’ve been working on lots of different things, but it seems hard to take the time out to photograph it and post about it! LOL  Maybe when things settle down a bit for me, I can post some of it!

Today marks another new challenge for the Alphabet Challenge Blog!  Our next letter is “R”, and our hostess Billie has chosen “Ribbon”.   I hope you will join in the fun with us!  (This will be the last challenge of the year until they start back up in January with the letter “S”)  *Please remember that this is a bi-weekly challenge, so you have two weeks to enter.*  Here’s the project I’ve made for this challenge:

I really enjoyed making this one and I was very happy to pull some more items out from my stash to use up for this challenge!  Ribbon is something that I have so much of and don’t use it as often as what I used to!

For my card front, I took a red base and die cut a large star from it keeping in mind that I wanted to add a sentiment at the bottom.  I used an embossing folder and then rubbed a metallic gold ink pad over the raised areas to make it stand out a bit and set it aside.

For behind the star, I took another thin cardstock panel slightly smaller than the red star panel and covered it with double sided strong adhesive.  I then took some stitched ribbon in red and green as well as the thin metallic gold ribbon and layered them in a strip pattern over the entire panel.  I kept in mind where the star opening would be.  I then layered the red star panel over it and attached it to a top folding A2 kraft card base.

I die cut a smaller star in kraft cardstock for the center of the star opening and added a gold gem in the center of it.  I also took the thin gold ribbon and attached it from the top of the star around the red base and then added a bow above it.  Lastly, I just gold heat embossed the sentiment, die cut with the coordinating die and popped it up under the star with a foam strip.

  • Just a note that this will be my final project as a design team member for the Alphabet Challenge.  I have enjoyed working on this team and wish Caz all the best in the coming year for her challenges.  I appreciate the kind support.

I will try to get another post in before Christmas is here, if I can find the time to share the things that I’ve been working on.  I also have another art journal page to share before the end of the year as well.  Thanks so much for stopping by as I enjoy hearing from you!  Enjoy the Holiday Season as it approaches and take care of yourself.

Challenges:

  1. A Cut Above – Anything Goes with a die cut
  2. The Neglected Stuff – Old items (I’ve got not sure how old Stampin’ Up ribbon, old embossing folder and old star die cuts!)
  3. Crafts Galore Encore – Anything Goes
  4. Creative Inspirations – ‘Tis the Season
  5. Fab ‘n’ Funky – Christmas 
  6. Penny’s Paper Crafty – Anything Goes Using Paper 
  7. Lil’ Patch of Crafty Friends – Anything Goes
  8. Pammie’s Inky Pinkies – PIP2549 Anything Goes

February Art Journal Page-Catching Stars

Happy weekend friends!  We’ve had some great sunshine for the last few days and it’s been really nice, but it’s very unusual for us to have these warmer temperatures for this time of the year.  I will enjoy whatever it brings for sure!  But in the meantime, I’ve also been enjoying time in my craft room getting creative too!  

As you know, this month I’ve been sharing several art journal pages as I’ve been hosting this month’s challenge theme over at Art Journal Journey.  There is still lots of time left to join in the fun with us and share your inspiration with the “LIGHT” theme and I’d love to see your take on it!

Today, I’m not only sharing my project for that, but it’s also time for our monthly Art Journal Page collaboration with my crafty friend, Carol (from Crafty-Stamper)! We get creative trying to use up our never-ending stash piles along with a prompt for each month.  I know she always has great inspiration to share, so please check out her blog too! Here’s my AJ page with the “SMASH OUR STASH” February prompt of “LIGHT” (of course!):

Oh my stars!  I don’t know if these guys are expecting several rainy days ahead, but they really want to be prepared for it!  For my “stash smashing” I went with using some metallics.  Do you have a problem hoarding those metallic things because they’re just so pretty?  I am guilty!  I’ve used some metallic paper to cut out the lettering, I’ve used some metallic watercolor that I avoid using so I don’t run out and those star sequins I have so many in every metallic color!

For the background:  I’ve used a 5.5″x8.5″ piece of Canson watercolor paper with the pre-punched holes at the top using my Zutter machine.  I’ve pulled out my watercolors and used shades of blues, but also dark turquoise and dark violet.  I’ve used the metallic copper watercolor to splatter over the background for those distant stars.  I also added a very light touch of this metallic watercolor on the top highlight areas of the critters, around the wheelbarrow, the net, the lantern and the star with the mouse.  (Sometimes it’s hard to capture all of the shine on a project, but this thing is very shinny and sparkly!)

But before I put all of the details on the images, I took a black marker and drew in a ladder to reach up towards the clouds so Mr. Fox could climb up to the clouds and catch his star.  I then took a grass border die and die cut a strip in black for the bottom.

All of the stamped critters and clouds came from Lawn Fawn sets.  I stamped, colored and die cut them to arrange my scene.  Some of images are popped up with foam tape for dimension.  As you can see, I’ve added tons and tons of metallic copper sequin stars filling the wheelbarrow, dropping from the sky and even the little bunny is holding his star.

Lastly, I die cut the metallic copper letters, backed them with black cardstock and popped it with foam tape over the page and printed off the quote on the computer and cut them in strips to arrange on the scene.

This was lots of fun to do as I was able to use up some of that hoarded metallic stash!  Hope you’ve enjoyed it and gotten some inspiration from it. 

Thanks so much for stopping by and enjoy your weekend!

Challenges:

  1. Art Journal Journey – LIGHT/KEEPING IT LIGHT
  2. Stamping Sensations – Animals/Birds/Creatures/Anything Goes
  3. Creative Fingers – Anything Goes