Sunday Scrap page: Water

Here is my scrap page for the 

Club Scrap Weekly Chronicles.

This week it is all about water.

Well, for me it is water from heaven!

To much rain for the

beginning of Summer '13.

Paers for this page are Spring Chorus by

Club Scrap.

The sentiment on top of the page is

a digital image by Create with TLC.

The circles I used as decoration

are by Michael Strong.

They are embossed in copper and

each decorated with a blue sticky

gemstone.

Have a creative day!

Happy Thursday!

Yes, Happy Thursday everyone!

Just a fun card for you

to share with you that 

Create with TLC

has a FREEBIE for you every day!

With today's freebie I made this card.

The free image is the sentiment

and the picture is one I got some time ago

but also Ctlc.

The background of the card is made with

clossy cardstock and alcohol ink.

Then use the Tim Holtz bottle cap

embossingfolder and black ink.

The digital image is colored with color pencils.

Hope you take another look at:

Create with TLC.

Have a creative day!

Club Scrap Hopes Blog Hop: Memorial to Gosia

Hi,

I am sure you have seen some beautiful artwork

 at Tricia's

The Efficient Crafter Blog.

Now it is my turn to share my projects for you

with this months Club Scrap Hopes papers.

My blog post is a special one this time.

It is a memorial to my friend and 

colleague Gosia Orszulik,

who died a brutal and unnecessary death 

and with these projects I want 

to pay tribute to her life.

First I have made some scrap pages

with the few pictures I have of her. 

Usually you don't make pictures of

colleagues at work, but when you

play P365 (making a picture every day)

you sometimes do. Now I am glad I have these pictures.

Here the two pages together.

I choose to make ALSB pages 11 & 12

It seems like this kit is just perfect for her

and the sentiments are so appropriate.

I tore of some of the paper to symbolize the 

sudden way she died. She was only 32 and had

so much going for her.

This is the card I made for her parents. All the co-workers

have written inside. It is a folded 8,5 x 11 inch piece

of paper folded in half. 

The flowers are punched out and the candle is made out

of  a woodsie, painted to go with the papers.

This is a poem I typed with the computer and printed out.

As I also always have something with a technique for

you, I made two card with a technique Junkie

technique for you. The technique is called: 

Pressed Stains and you find it in the June/July 2013

newsletter if you are a Technique Junkie member.

You need an embossing folder

distress stains

and a water spritzer.

You ink the embossing folder with two

or three colors of your choice,

spritz a little water on top and 

add your paper.

Run the folder through the machine.

You get some beautiful background papers

this way. I added some vintage photo all around

the paper with a blending tool.

For the cards I used 1 taupe 8,5 x 11 inch cut in half

and some panels made out of my pops 

(pound of paper that I always have as an extra)

I also used it to stamp  the sentiments.

The sentiments are so true and appropriate in this case.

Here the finished cards.

I have been doodleing a little

on the sentiment.

Now for more inspiration hop over to 

Kay's Keepsakes Blog

and see what she has come up with for you

this time.

If you happen to loose your way

or a blog is not up yet,

you can always use the complete list

of blogs on the 

Club Scrap Create Blog.

Have a creative day!

Blog Hop tomorrow: sneak peek

Don't forget we have a blog hop tomorrow!

here a sneak peek:

17 Club Scrap members

will share cards, pages

and projects to inspire you.

Have a creative day!

Sunday Scrap Page: A Pair of Hands

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Hi! Happy Sunday to you all!

Here  today's page for my weekly chronicle

at the Club Scrap forum.

The theme this week is "A Pair"

and I made it into

~a pair of hands ~

You see my grandson clapping his hands.

It is to a Dutch song and one of the

first moms teach their children.

If you like to know the song,

take a look HERE.

The paper I used is Club Scrap's Cape Cod.

This kit also came with a stencil and I used

the stencil to make the background in red and blue

matching the photo's.

After using the stencil I also stamped some circles

in dark blue. These are from the new June kit "Hopes".

The handstamps are by Michael Strong

and embossed in red and a tiny pearl is 

glued in the middle. It is like my hands and my grandson's

together when we clap or do high five.

\The border is a combination of the hand stamps

(Retreat Club Scrap 2010 and designed by

Michael Strong for Club Scrap) and

doodling with a white gel pen.

Have a creative day!

Saturday Sketch: Inspiration

Today I share with you a card that is based on 

Mojo Monday sketch 297 and 

Tim Holtz June tag.

I love the watercolor look on

Tim Hotz tag made with

the distress markers.

So if you want to know

how the technique with these

markers is done you must take a 

look on Tim Holtz's Blog

where everything is explained

with lots of pictures.

Here is my card

with Michael Strong stamps.

I used the house stamp

and the mini dog.

The sentiment is by Tim Holtz.

First i stamped the house with archival black

on watercolor paper and colored it

in the Tim Holtz technique with the

use of distress markers.

I made the background with manila tag paper.

Used the direct to paper technique.

I put some picket fence distress ink and 

taenished brass distress paint on my craft

sheet with a little water.

When it was dry (with the heat gun) I stamped

the house on it with archival black.

The dock is also colored in the watercolor technique

and the sentiment is stamped with versamark

 and embossed with white embossing powder.

Here the inside of the card with the

use of the house stamp

again as a background stamp.

This sentiment is from Darkroom Door.

Have a creative day!

Sunday Scrap page: Father's Day

Of course I have a  page

for Father's Day and I fitted it

with this weeks theme 

of the Weekly Chronicles at

the Club Scrap forum.

The theme is "Recipe"

and for this recipe you just need

1 wonderful baby

to have a Happy Father!

Here you see my SIL with 

baby Owen one year ago and 

now. I think he is the perfect

ingredient for a Happy Father

and he says so on his t-shirt!

I used Club Scrap Cape Cod papers and 

Michael Strong's Cloisonné Paisley 

background stamp.

I stamped it with versamark watermark ink

and embossed it with clear embossing powder.

Then I used a blending tool to

add some red and blue ink.

I used fired brick and salty ocean

distress ink by Ranger.

Wishing all Dad's a

Have a creative day!