Club Scrap’s Creative License Blog Hop

Can you believe that it is almost the end of May already? I wish I could figure out how to slow down time so I could have more time to play, enjoy the fun things and still get the “have to’s” done. But, instead of figuring that out, I came up with a project using my Club Scrap Lite Creative License kit.

The very first Club Scrap retreat I attended was in August 2008. We were asked to make a 6x6 page about ourselves as a mixer swap. I came home with several cool pages from new friends, but nothing to store them in. So, I went out to buy a little 6x6 post bound album. Fast forward to the present. I decided that I didn’t want that store bought book on my shelf anymore, so I made myself an album for those swap pages:

For the bones of the book I used some scrap foam core and Tim Holtz Idea-ology ring binder that I had on hand. I covered it using the back of the gunmetal print and the plain yellow paper from my Lite kit. As I’ve mentioned in the past, I am a bit of a rebel, and this project is more proof. I decided that I wanted a slightly different color scheme than what came in the kit. So I added some ribbon from CS “Reunion” (unfortunately no longer available). I then took the chrome paper that came with my kit, altered it with Cranberry, Poppyfield and Silver Mixative Alcohol Ink. The sentiment is from CS "Celebrate" Jumbo Unmounted stamp set, and was stamped with Jet Black Archival ink. I used my Crop-A-Dile Corner Chomper (Scallop) to add interest to both the chrome piece, and the gunmetal mat.

The bottlecaps were an extra goodie this month. I altered them with Black Soot Distress Paint. I stamped an image from the CS "Celebrate" Jumbo Unmounted stamp set using Wildberry Palette ink (I've had it quite awhile, not sure if it's still available), then punched them out with a 1 inch circle punch. I added a Dazzle sticker to each, glued them into the caps, popped in the epoxy circles and added them to the cover of my book.

Here is a quick peek at the inside of the book:

The hardest part of this project for me was figuring out all of the measurements needed. Maybe it’s because math has never been my strength. I have gained a new appreciation for the Club Scrap project designers who supply those numbers, and often even the pre-cut pieces, in my little project packets. Thank you for doing the hard part for me!  I am looking forward to see what kinds of projects we’ll be doing at this year's August Club Scrap Retreat.

Need some good inspiration?  Go check out the rest of the Creative License Blog Hop here!

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Father’s Day x 2

Ok, I might have gone a little unconventional for my Father’s Day cards this year. But, since we now live in Hawaii, and both my Dad and my Father-In-Law have enjoyed living over here in the past, I thought they might appreciate a little “cultural” influence. I followed the Mojo Monday sketch for this week which looks like this:

Here is my take:

I created the background by using Wild Honey and Fired Brick Distress Stain on watercolor paper (one is Strathmore, the other is Ranger). Once that dried, I used a “Harlequin” stencil form My Favorite Things and some Walnut ink spray (Java) from Tsukineko to create the pattern.

The focal image is a “Tiki Torch” stencil from Rubber Stamp Plantation. I mixed some Fired Brick Distress Ink, a little Forever Red Perfect Pearls and a little water, then pounced it onto the stencil using a blending foam applicator. It created a cool shimmer effect.

The other supplies I used are:

**paper from Gina K (base), and Club Scrap.

**the sentiment stamp is also from Rubber Stamp Plantation, stamped with Club Scrap Black India ink.

**the ribbon is from Club Scrap’s “Expressions” kit (unfortunately no longer available) .

**the heart was die cut out of the middle black layer using a Taylored Expressions die, than “painted” with a mixture of Forever Red Perfect Pearls and a little water.

The “Tiki Torch” stencil has a border of tiki torches that I didn’t use for the focal image, but I thought it would be fun to use on the front of the envelopes:

I just pounced on Rusty Hinge, Fired Brick and Ground Espresso Distress Ink.

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A Masculine Birthday Card

I agree with Sylvia over at Gina K’s Stamp TV.  It is not easy for me to make a masculine themed card. I try to blame that on the fact that I don’t have enough supplies that have a masculine feel. But then I start looking through my stamps or stencils and realize that I can’t use that excuse. I guess my brain just doesn’t go that direction very easily. Since Father’s Day is approaching, plus I know several men having birthdays over the next few months, this week’s challenge to make “Cards for Men” on Stamp TV was just what I needed. Here is the card I made for my brother-in-law’s birthday:

The images are all from the Gina K Designs “Wild About You” set, stamped onto a piece of wood veneer that I found in my stash (not sure where it came from). The tree and grasses were stamped with “Olive” Archival Ink.  The giraffe was stamped with VersaMark ink and embossed with ”Chestnut” Zing embossing powder.  Then things got tricky. I started by coloring in the giraffe using “Wild Honey” Distress Ink mixed with “Bisque” Liquid Pearls and a little bit of water. I wasn’t totally happy with how it turned out, so I added a light layer of “Sundance” Smooch Ink, spreading it thin with my finger. Since the spots got covered up by all that ink, I used Copic Marker E59 to fill them in again. 

The other supplies I used are:

**paper from Gina K (base, and layering weight), and Club Scrap.

**”Vintage Photo” Distress ink was used to distress three edges of the wood vaneer, along with Copic Marker E37 on the torn edge.

**the ribbon is from Club Scrap’s “Gratitude” kit (unfortunately no longer available), altered with Copic Marker YR24.

**the button was found in my stash, altered with “Olive” Archival Ink.

The inside of the card is stamped with “Have a wild birthday” (from the same Gina K stamp set).

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Another Mojo Monday Grad Card

The nice thing about linking to the Mojo Monday weekly challenge is that you don’t have to do it on Monday! As soon as I saw this week’s sketch I started getting the idea for a graduation card for another of my nephews. It just took me awhile to put the plan in motion.  The sketch this week looks like this:

My nephew is graduating from UW Milwaukee with a mechanical engineering degree, so this is what I came up with for his card:

The supplies I used are:

**paper from Gina K (base), and Club Scrap.

**the middle layer is a piece of Ranger Foil tape sheet wrapped around a scrap piece of card stock, embossed with the Sizzix Alterations "Diamond Plate" folder, and painted with "Black Soot" Distress Paint, then wiped with a paper towel.

**stamps are all Club Scrap (gears are from the “Time Of Your Life” kit, and the cap and sentiment are from a stamp set called “Graduation”)

**”Black Soot” Distress ink  was used for stamping the gears and sentiment, VersaMark ink and “Hermatite” EP (an extra “goodie” in the Club Scrap kit “Tribal”) were used on the cap.

**the ribbon is upcycled, altered with Copic Marker YR23.

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Faux Patina Technique Challenge

Anne Marie came up with this month’s technique challenge over on the Club Scrap blog. Her beautiful project uses Faux Patina done on paper which is the technique she challenged us to use. After a little research, and an inventory of supplies to see what I could use, here is what I came up with:

I used this die cut piece along with two others using the faux patina on this layout:

The faux patina was created on a few scrap pieces of card stock using “Mowed Lawn” and “Salty Ocean” Distress Ink and “Copper Foil” embossing powder from Club Scrap. The border strip is cut using a die from Clearly Besotted, the starfish and the compass are dies from Cherry Lynn Designs.

Other supplies I used to complete the layout are:

**background paper from Club Scrap’s “Come Sail Away” kit

**the sentiment stamp is from Club Scrap’s “Castaway” kit (altered by using masks and MISTI), stamped with VersaMark ink, embossed using the “Copper Foil” embossing powder from CS.

**I’m not sure where I got the journal card from, but I altered it with “Sapphire” and “Leaf” Club Scrap ink.

Unfortunately, most of the Club Scrap supplies that I used are no longer available, but all of their newer kits and supplies can be found here and are definitely worth checking out!  

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Mojo Monday Graduation Card

I am fairly new to the Mojo Monday Blog…but I’m sorry I didn’t find it sooner! Every week they come up with a new sketch challenge. Looking back over some of their sketches, they have some great ideas on their site. I decided to play along with this week's sketch challenge to make a graduation card for my nephew. This is the sketch:

And this is my card:

Supplies I used are:

**paper from Gina K (base), BoBunny "Very Vintage 6x6 Pad" (background), my scrap pile (sentiment strip).

**background was dry embossed with a folder from Cuttlebug, swiped with Tsukneko Brilliance “Galaxy Gold” ink, then embossed with Zing “Clear” embossing powder.

**sentiment stamp is from Club Scrap “Mosaic Twist” (unfortunately no longer available), stamped with Distress “Fired Brick” ink, embossed with Gina K “Clear” Fine Detail embossing powder.

**Tim Holtz Idea-ologyDeco Sheets were used for the stars (die cut using Sizzix Alterations "Stacked Stars” die, and the chevron border (die cut using Taylored Expressions “Chevron Borders”die).

**the stars were altered using Copic markers Y15, YR23 & YR27

**the ribbon is from Club Scrap “Up, Up & Away” (again, no longer available).

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