Chat & Challenge #175 - Fifth Ave. Floral

So I hosted a Chat & Challenge over at SUDSOL this morning. This is always great fun! I used a sketch from PaperCraftPlanet. What a fun sketch, eh? I was excited to get inspiration for my own design right away - and set to work while I was hosting. I had a rose image from Fifth Avenue Floral that I had colored in with Copic Markers that I had been wanting to use. I adore the depth of shading I can achieve with my Copics. I had most of the design laid out, but I needed *something* for that vertical layer under the focal piece. I didn't want to add another color, just some texture. My first thought was to run a piece of Basic Black through with an SU! Texturz Plate - good idea. Then "I spy with my little eye" (my kids and I play this game in the car all the time! lol) something clear and shiny! A piece of window sheet lying innocently on my stamp table from who knows when! :)

















So I ran the piece of window sheet through with the Texturz plate to see if it would work - and IT DID! BEAUTIFULLY! I am so please with the outcome, as it was just what I was looking for - a little texture without another color. It's a bit difficult to photograph, but hopefully you can see it. A little glitter on the Scribbles Swirl Sizzlet, and some 1/4" Basic Black Grosgrain Ribbon run along the top and bottom edges of the card (which you can't see in the pictures) - and Happy Anniversary to my mother and father-in-law.

P.S. I layered the Top Note die cut by cutting away the perforated edge on the Basic black piece.

Stamps: Fifth Avenue Floral
Card Stock: Basic Black, Apricot Appeal
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Copic Markers
Accessories: SU Texturz Plates, Top Note Bigz Die, Scribbles Swirl Sizzlet, Window Sheet, 1/4" Basic Black Grosgrain Ribbon, Mini Glue Dots, Dimensionals, Dazzling Diamonds Glitter, Quickie Glue Pen, Cuttlebug (soon to be a Big Shot!) ENJOY!

Flight of the Butterfly

This design was filled with surprises for me! First, I made it for a Chat & Challenge (C&C) over at Sudsol ( a demonstrator only website - if you are a demonstrator - contact me for a referral to give Sudsol a try!). Now, I have been hosting C&C for several years now - this time I participated AND stamped! (Usually I just chat instead - lol) Second - I rarely use white as a basic layer AND leave so much white space. I was pleasantly surprised at the clean, crisp look with the white here. I think it really added to the over all brightness I was shooting for in this design. The third surprise is that this is a project that needed to be designed right away and I did it right away! double lol

Why right away? Thanks for asking! Some of you may remember that Steve & I have been involved with Worldwide Marriage Encounter (WWME) for many years now. In the last two years, we began to help present WWME Weekends - and that is where we were this past weekend. In our area, we follow up the Weekend with notes sent to the participating Sacraments ( couples and priests) to continue to encourage them to use the new tools they gained from the Weekend, and let them know we are still praying for them. These will be the cards I send out - thus the red and yellow WWME colors. If you would like to find out more about WWME, please click on th elink above. If you are iont he Chicago, Joliet, Rockford, Madison or Milwaukee areas - please visit HERE. Steve & I would love to see you and your spouse on a Weekend!

Stamps: Flight of the Butterfly
Card Stock: Summer Sun, Whisper White & Riding Hood Red Patterns DSP
Ink: Summer Sun & Riding Hood Red
Accessories: Scallop Edge and Trio of Flowers Punches, Dazzling Diamonds Glitter, Quickie Glue Pen, Red Eyelets, Crop-a-dile, Dimensionals
ENJOY!

Altered Notebook - Lighthouse 2

Here is the last of the altered, lighthouse notebooks made for fellow presenting team for the Worldwide Marriage Encounter (WWME) Weekend going on in Rockford, IL this weekend. These weekends are a gift of approximately 44 hours of time that you give to your spouse - no interruptions of daily life - just you and your spouse, taking a look at your already good relationship and learning techniques to deepen your intimacy - and so much more!

Stamps: Sweet Sampler(SU!), Coast to Coast (retired SU!), WWME stamp
Card Stock: Riding Hood Red, Brilliant Blue, Naturals White
Ink: Brilliant Blue, Riding Hood Red and Versamark
Accessories: Riding Hood Red Striped Grosgrain Ribbon, Silver Metal Edge Tag, Circle and Corner Rounder Punches, White Signo Gel Pen ENJOY!

Altered Notebook - Lighthouse

Here is another Altered Notebook, made as a gift for one of Presenting Team we'll be with this weekend for the Worldwide Marriage Encounter weekend in Rockford, IL. Lighthouses have special meaning for team couples and priests, and the "Enjoy" you see at the end of my posts comes from here also.

Stamps: Sweet Sampler (SU); Coast to Coast & Elegant Inspirations (retired SU!)
Card Stock: Old Olive, Chocolate Chip,Not Quite Navy
Ink: Versamark, Chocolate Chip
Accessories: Top Note, Tangerine Tango 5/8" Striped Grosgrain Ribbon, Silver Embossing Powder and Heat Tool
ENJOY!

Altered Notebook by My Hubby!

Did you catch the Title of this post? You read it correctly- my sweet man Steve altered this notebook (with just a bit of verbal input from me)! He even used my Cuttlebug (still saving for the Big Shot!) to cut the Top Notes and the Oval - Woohoo Steve! We were finishing up some of these as gifts for our fellow Presenting Team for the Worldwide Marriage Encounter Weekend (WWME) this weekend in Rockford, IL. This one is for Fr. Dennis.
If you think Steve did a good job - leave him some comment love and kindness, and I'll be sure to share it with him.

Stamps: A Light Unto My Path & Everyday Expressions (both retired SU!), Boston Light, MA (Stampendous) & WWME stamp
Card Stock: Night of Navy, Sage Shadow and Prestwick DSP (retired)
Ink: Basic Gray & Versamark
Accessories: Top Note, Classic Ovals Nestabilities ENJOY!

Lighthouse Dialogue Journals

This is one of two journals I recently finished for my hubby and I to use for our WWME dialoguing. I believe this is the first set of altered notebooks I have made for *us* - made several sets for others! lol Obviously my 2009 Paper-crafting Resolutions have not panned out! Still just over half a year left to give it a go though! :)

I really enjoy altered notebooks - they are pretty easy to do, and they really look nice when they are finished. These use lots of retired supplies: Cranberry Crisp and Blue Bayou card stock; Rough Texture Jumbo Wheel; SAB So Saffron poly-twill ribbon; and Coast to Coast, Everyday Expressions and Elegant Expressions stamp sets.

Current items are Not Quite Navy and So Saffron card stock and the Top Note Die, as well as Versamark pad, Gold Embossing Powder and the Heat Tool.


Dialoguing is a tool for communication of feelings that is learned on a Worldwide Marriage Encounter Weekend (WWME). Just one of the many valuable tools for marriage relationships learned on the Weekend. I believe I have shared before that Steve & I are part of the presenting team for Weekends in the Rockford/Madison/Milwaukee areas. We'll be presenting this month - June 12-14 in Rockford! We'd love to meet you and your spouse there - just go HERE to register, there's still spots available for this WWME Weekend!

For WWME Weekend information in the United States and around the world, please go to www.wwme.org
ENJOY!

SU! Last Chance List - Accessories

Keep in mind that Last Chance Accessories are available while supplies last. If you WANT an item - I suggest placing your order immediately for the best chancea t getting the item(s) you want. Notice that SOME items are DISCOUNTED! Woohoo! 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