tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-67448614621192440652024-03-05T02:18:07.766-05:00. . . Cyndi's Creative Obsessions. . . . . . . . . . .Celebrating friendship through sharing.Cyndihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16262185984548314349noreply@blogger.comBlogger120125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6744861462119244065.post-80935472698049020432013-01-13T19:21:00.000-05:002013-01-13T19:21:39.175-05:00Cult Challenge for January<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The paper is from MME: Lavender. I also used ribbon and cs from SU: Sage (retired) and Pretty in Pink. The darker pink is colored with a copic marker: R56. The sentiments are stamped in memento and are from MFT: <a href="http://www.mftstamps.com/pure-innocence-all-occasion-sentiments?filter_name=sentiments">All Occasion Sentiments</a>. The "hello" is cut in half. On the inside I used MFT dies: <a href="http://www.mftstamps.com/die-namics-fishtail-flags-stax?filter_name=fishtail">Fishtail</a> Flags and one of their flower dies: <a href="http://www.mftstamps.com/layered-rose-die-namics?filter_name=flower die&page=5">Layered Rose</a>. The flower center is Distress Rock Candy dry glitter.<br />
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Markers used for her skin are E50, E00, E11 and R20. Hair is YR24, E44 and E25. Her dress is RV11, R85 and R56 and the shoes are E42 and E43. The wood on the furniture legs is Y28 and E44. Shadows are C1, C3 and BV00.<br />
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Cyndihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16262185984548314349noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6744861462119244065.post-91317652232180111632013-01-13T18:50:00.000-05:002013-01-13T18:50:05.610-05:00MFTWSC106<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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It's a beautiful day in Florida - we had brunch on the beach and walked the farmer's market this morning. I received my latest order from MFT yesterday and spent some time this afternoon coloring with my copics. I haven't done a sketch challenge for a while and decided to use the latest <a href="http://www.mftstamps.com/blog/?p=14034">layout</a> for the new Doodle Garden image: " <a href="http://www.mftstamps.com/brand-spankin-new?product_id=1864">Raptor</a>" I love the latest MFT release. <br />
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I used paper from BoBunny: Little Miss and from Prima: Madeline. The cs is from SU: River Rock and Artichoke. The image is stamped in Memento on copic Xpress-it cardstock. Several MFT dies were used in this card: the new <a href="http://www.mftstamps.com/brand-spankin-new?product_id=1858">heart</a> border; oval stax; designer <a href="http://www.mftstamps.com/die-namics-designer-lables-4-stax?filter_name=label">labels</a> stax 4; and for the inside I used green paper cut from <a href="http://www.mftstamps.com/index.php?route=product/product&filter_name=label&product_id=1048">sweet stack</a> label and a stamped oval from the <a href="http://www.mftstamps.com/index.php?route=product/product&filter_name=label&product_id=952">layered label</a> die.<br />
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His face is colored with E50; E00; E11, R20, R00 and BV00. The hearts are RV21, RV23, RV25, RV29. Several combinations of these greens were used for the body: YG03, YG25; YG93, YG95, YG97. His stomach and dots on the body are from YG91, Y28 and E44. The ground is E43, E42 and 0 blended for a base under dots from the greens and stomach colors. The background is dotted with the same colors used for the body and stomach. The background is BG11, BG10, BG72 and O.<br />
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Cyndihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16262185984548314349noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6744861462119244065.post-26408593158612847422013-01-06T14:21:00.001-05:002013-01-06T14:21:35.480-05:00Copic JournalsThe cult decided to get together for Joye's Christmas present this year. She has been wanting to play with copics, but hasn't been sure how to start. I made a list of starter markers and we waited until Dick Blick had a good sale to order them. We were able to purchse about 30+ markers to start off her collection. I made her a Copic Journal Book. I downloaded the pages from the <a href="http://copicmunkie.blogspot.com/">Copic Monkey</a> and used a Saturated Canary image for inside. The dp is from my stash. The cover decorations are MFT die cuts. While I was at it, I made ones for gifts for Elaine and Anita also. I as going to make one for Kitty, but she would rather just go straight to coloring images. Here is a slide show of their books. You can click on the show and go to the Picasa album to see the individual pictures.<br />
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Hoping you had a wonderful holiday and that the new year is off to a great start. I am facing my last day of break before going back to school tomorrow and wanted to update you since it's been so long. Christmas was quiet and restful, which was enjoyable. I had the chance to visit with each of my kids, but didn't get to see my sisters. Be sure to check out my other post today (Copic Journal) and the <a href="http://cyndiscreativeobsessions.blogspot.com/p/friendship.html">Friendship</a> page for an update on the annual Cult Christmas/New Year Party.<br />
I also want to share other items from before Christmas that I didn't find time to upload. First is the awards that I made for my students who made A's on their last test before break. They have the ribbon pull out for a Hersey bar. <br />
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Next is a picture that Elaine, Anita and I made over to MFT for their holiday "Mingle and Jingle" party. We had a lovely time and enjoyed a visit to Olivia's for tea and cake as well as shopping and a make and take at MFT. It was such a surprise to see the expanded store space. We even ran into Jane while there. <br />
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I have also been hard at work on my December Daily Journal which I will upload as soon as I have time to finish and photograph. </div>
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Cyndihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16262185984548314349noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6744861462119244065.post-43492586912748851872012-12-15T16:20:00.004-05:002012-12-15T16:28:00.765-05:00Tag ChallengeOne of my favorite holiday activities is checking out the 12 Tags of Christmas with a Feminine Twist 2012 on the Ellen Hutson <a href="http://ellenhutson.typepad.com/the_classroom_new/">blog</a>. This year, I have been inspired by this <a href="http://12%20tags%20of%20christmas%20with%20a%20feminine%20twist%202012/">tag</a> done by Paula Cheney done on Dec 9 and shown below mine. She has great instructions that I most followed - with just a few substitutions here and there.<br />
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I love Paula's use of Tim Holtz products; with lovely, soft colors - and a bit of sparkle. I don't have the wreath die (aren't you surprised), but substituted his snowman - one of my favorite holiday images. I also used the bird and holly mover and shaper dies and a circle die and substitued the snow embossing folder for the poinsettia.<br />
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I really like Paula's use of Spun Sugar, but thought that broken china was a better choice for snow. The bird was colored in Victorian Velvet stain. I picked up the die cut for the JOY when I was in St Pete for a class at Whim So Doodle last weekend. I am still waiting for my order of the platinum glitter so I used another gold glitter in it's place; it came out great. I love her directions for using the powder glue - I had it in my stash, but this was the first time I have liked the results. It is still not as permanent as I would like for glitter, but forthis tag it worked great on these small pieces of greenery. I also like the way she used rolled glue dots to attach the narrow letters. I added a layer of Antique Linen Distress Stickles to the bird and the JOY. All pieces were distressed with Vintage Photo. <br />
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<br />Cyndihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16262185984548314349noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6744861462119244065.post-75797267569802613152012-12-09T12:53:00.002-05:002012-12-09T12:53:39.196-05:00Journal Love Anita, Elaine and I headed off to Whim So Doodle in St. Pete yesterday for a wonderful journal class with Stephanie Ackerman. She is so warm and friendly; we learned lots of techniques and her class is creative and stress-free. You can find her blog <a href="http://homegrownhospitality.typepad.com/homegrown_hospitality/">here</a>. These are pictures that I took of our time being creatively messy.<br />
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My tags showing embellishment techniques that we learned. I am going to include them in my December Daily Journal instead of putting into an art journal.</div>
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I love the cover of my altered book. I think I am going to gut the inside totally and just use the cover. I saw the directions on pinterest for altering books - I think I pinned it. I don't care for the inside appearance of an altered book. I would rather have a more flexible binding where I can add/shift and change out pages when I want. <br />
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Here is my December Daily journal page for this day showing some of the cool collage and embellishing techniques that we did in class. </div>
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I created an envelope this morning to store receipts and class notes - aren't you surprised to hear that I already typed up my class notes. I had to before I forgot how to interpret my scribbles.</div>
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The girls and I are heading off to MFT for another Road Trip next weekend to Mingle and Jingle!Cyndihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16262185984548314349noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6744861462119244065.post-72269523431491598342012-11-24T11:16:00.003-05:002012-11-24T11:16:28.922-05:00MFTWSC99It has been awhile since I have had time to play with the weekly sketch challenge. I made the first card using Thankful Leaves and then decided to use the same dp and ink up a new image: <a href="http://www.mftstamps.com/brand-spankin-new/pure-innocence-angel">PI Angel</a> for another card. She is stamped in memento on copic blending cs. The dp is MME: Lost and Found and called Portobello Road. Dies used on the card include MFT's <a href="http://www.mftstamps.com/index.php?route=product/product&filter_name=tab&product_id=1263">tab</a>, <a href="http://www.mftstamps.com/index.php?route=product/product&filter_name=doily+border&product_id=933">crochet border</a> and <a href="http://www.mftstamps.com/index.php?route=product/product&filter_name=snowflake&product_id=867">snowflakes</a>. SU cs is baja and gray. Rhinestones, dimensionsl, stickles, and a SU snowflake embossing folder. She is paper-pieced and colored in copics. <br />
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Her skin is E50, E00, E11, R20 and BV00. Her hair is E33, YR23 and E39. Her wings are layered and colored in C1, C3 and BV00. A sakura stardust pen and aqua brush were used for some sparkle. Shoes are C1, C3 and BV25. Her dress is paper-pieced and shaded in C1, C3 and BG70. The ground is E50, E43 and 0. The background is BG70, C1 and 0. Her halo is a spica glitter pen: sand and gold.<br />
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Cyndihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16262185984548314349noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6744861462119244065.post-85048815355286638642012-11-24T11:14:00.001-05:002012-11-24T11:14:22.383-05:00Thankful I am so thankful for life's many blessings. Family came together last weekend to celebrate my husband's 60th birthday; it was so wonderful to have family gather from near and far. Thanksgiving day was quiet and a small gathering of friends. <br />
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I spent today playing with my new air compressor. It came in a couple of weeks ago, but I haven't really done more than turn it on. I made the following cards:<br />
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The sympathy card is done with a masked oval window using V15, BG72 and G99. The SU image is stamped in Memento on SU whisper white cs. The image is layered on SU plum and then mounted on whisper white. <br />
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Happy Holidays uses SU artichoke ink on whisper white cs and stars my all-time favorite SU stamp set: Lovely as a Tree. I air brushed copics (Y21, Y28 and BG72) to create the sky. I used MFT's new die: <a href="http://www.mftstamps.com/brand-spankin-new/die-namics-snow-drifts">Snow Drifts</a> with an edging of Frosted Lace stickles and a retired SU greeting stamped in artichoke. The card front was spritzed with Perfect Pearls mist, layered on artichoke cs and mounted on whisper white.<br />
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I'm so Grateful from MFT's stamp/die set: <a href="http://www.mftstamps.com/thankful-leaves?filter_name=thankful leaves">Thankful Leaves</a> is stamped with SU Suede ink on Vanilla cs and mounted on Crumb. A band of suede cs is embossed in an SU embossing folder. The leaves are cut from SU text paper using the MFT Fall Leaves <a href="http://www.mftstamps.com/die-namics-fall-leaves?filter_name=thankful leaves">die</a> . They are air-brushed using E49, E35, R29, Y15 and YG97. They are mounted on the suede band along with SU crumb tulle and seam binding and a button.<br />
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The next card also used the MFT Fall Leaves stamp/die set. The layout is MFTWSC99. I air-brushed E49 and BG72 around a leaf die cut on the main image and also distressed the edges of each piece of paper. The script from Thankful Leaves is stamped in SU suede. The dp is from MME: Lost and Found called Portobello Road. The card front is layered on SU cs: suede and mounted on a card base of baja. SU crumb tulle and baja seam binding accent the image. Other MFT dies include a <a href="http://www.mftstamps.com/index.php?route=product/product&filter_name=doily+border&product_id=954">lace border</a> and <a href="http://www.mftstamps.com/Oval-Tab-Die-namics?filter_name=tab">oval tab</a>. <br />
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Cyndihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16262185984548314349noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6744861462119244065.post-13252972250744443802012-11-04T19:09:00.006-05:002012-11-04T19:13:05.847-05:00November Cult Challenge<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This month's cult sketch challenge use Mojo Monday #259. I used MFT PI <a href="http://www.mftstamps.com/pure-innocence-birthday-girl?filter_name=birthday girl">Birthday Girl</a>. She is stamped on Copic x-press-it with Memento Black. The card base is SU: Marina Mist and the dp is MME-A Mother's Love. Dies used include: MFT <a href="http://www.mftstamps.com/die-namics-fishtail-flags-layers-stax?filter_name=flags">flag</a>, <a href="http://www.mftstamps.com/index.php?route=product/product&filter_name=flourish&product_id=1176">flouish</a> and <a href="http://www.mftstamps.com/layered-rose-die-namics?filter_name=rose">layered rose</a>. A PTI doily and leaf are also used. Her dress is paperpieced and colored with copics. Dimensionals were used under the dress; I remembers to shade under the dress with W1 this time. Stickles and a pearl were used in the center of the rose.<br />
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Cyndihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16262185984548314349noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6744861462119244065.post-15584858432285953802012-10-28T15:46:00.000-04:002012-10-28T16:08:25.707-04:00Odds and Ends<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-dyKZHFzFbbA/UI1nESN1RaI/AAAAAAAAUqo/Od2AZTnzAOY/s1600/IMG_4919.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-dyKZHFzFbbA/UI1nESN1RaI/AAAAAAAAUqo/Od2AZTnzAOY/s400/IMG_4919.JPG" width="301" /></a>Still crazy busy at school; I guess it's just going to be one of those years. I haven't colored in a while, but I did finish up some projects this weekend. Check out my <a href="http://cyndiscreativeobsessions.blogspot.com/p/charm-swaps.html">Charm page </a>for an update with the rest of the "Human" theme and the first of the "Patriotic" Theme. I finished my Patriotic charms yesterday; now I need to get the packaging done. It's our last swap. I have really enjoyed doing this swap, but am glad to take a break. I think that 6 is my limit for members of a charm swap; more is a chore. <br />
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We had our last Spirit Doll swap yesterday. I gave this doll to Elaine. Check out the bottom of my <a href="http://cyndiscreativeobsessions.blogspot.com/p/beading.html">Beading page</a> to view all of these treasures. I can't believe the work Anita did for my baby!<br />
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What is going to be our next challenge swap? Let's schedule it for January, please; I have Christmas to plan. <br />
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I have been spending a bunch of time on Pinterest; check out my boards: <a href="http://pinterest.com/celliott53/">http://pinterest.com/celliott53/</a><br />
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Charlotte really wanted to be a part of our swap - actually, she wanted the yummy carrot cookies that Anita made.</div>
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Cyndihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16262185984548314349noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6744861462119244065.post-10626512111731092382012-10-09T20:21:00.000-04:002012-10-09T20:22:48.416-04:00Cult Challenge and Birthday Celebrations<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Jan chose the sketch this month: SCCSC134 and I thought it was only fitting that I use the sketch to make her birthday card - with flamingos of course. The image is from Custer's Last Stamp: Flamingo Standing Tall CR1058-L. The dp is MME: Nolstalgia. The cs is copic x-press-it with black Memento. SU cs is also used: blush and pool. Pearls are used for embellishments as are retired SU shell stamps. MFT dies were used: fish tail flags and mini doilies. I think the flamingo die is from <br />
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Copics are used to color the images: Y21 and Y26. R20, R22 and R14. E30, E33 and 0 for the ground. The background dots are BG11, G00, Y21, E50 and R00. The "dot" background technique is one that I learned at my copic certification class. I am not sure if I like it better than the one that I normally use.<br />
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We celebrated both Jan and Joyce's birthdays tonight with cake and more raspberry slushes. I hope they like their presents - I made them each a "December Daily Smash Book." I really enjoyed writing in mine last year and have been planning these presents for a while; my first plan was to make these over the summer-needless to say- I operated on plan B: get them done by their birthdays. I used 31 printed, one-sided pieces of cardstock. On the white side, I spritzed with perfect pearl mists; stamped and embossed the date, and decorated with a strip of dp. Jan's is in blue and silver and Joyce received the earth tones. I included a variety (sizes, colors, papers, designs) of embossed envelopes and decorated a number of tags. I also included a folder of embellishments - many are die cuts along with some stamped and colored images - for them to use to personalize their pages. I had so much fun making their "card candy." I have included a slide show of some pages from their books. <embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="https://picasaweb.google.com/s/c/bin/slideshow.swf" width="400" height="267" flashvars="host=picasaweb.google.com&captions=1&hl=en_US&feat=flashalbum&RGB=0x000000&feed=https%3A%2F%2Fpicasaweb.google.com%2Fdata%2Ffeed%2Fapi%2Fuser%2F106064963890347411886%2Falbumid%2F5797107470852722017%3Falt%3Drss%26kind%3Dphoto%26authkey%3DGv1sRgCLScxNfs-qCCYw%26hl%3Den_US" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer"></embed>Cyndihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16262185984548314349noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6744861462119244065.post-52043266258485007562012-10-08T16:21:00.002-04:002012-10-08T16:21:50.895-04:00St Augustine Treats<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-jwDihfihYZg/UHM0W5qfc8I/AAAAAAAASoA/NQDqsJz4fag/s1600/IMG_4796.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-jwDihfihYZg/UHM0W5qfc8I/AAAAAAAASoA/NQDqsJz4fag/s400/IMG_4796.JPG" width="300" /></a>Just getting ready for our monthly stamp club meeting. Our challenge this month was to create a Halloween Treat Exchange. I found my idea on pinterest. I love how it came out. The 'skirt' at the top is black cs cut with the top-note die the folded in half and embellished with the Holtz large rosette cut from dp and has ink blended around the edge. The rosette is layered with a scallop punch and the verse is from SU. The striped ribbon is also from SU. The shoes are just cut, embossed and decorated with trim and a button. There was only one slight problem: peanut MMs do not easily fit the skinny cello bags. I had to pick through the bags and find ones that fit. The regular MM are too small and I couldn't find any of the fat ones; and I would prefer another color. Of course, if I hadn't left it to the last minute..... all in all, I liked how it turned out.<br />
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I plan to take my camera to the meeting and will add pictures of other treats - if Jan reminds me to get the camera out of my bag.<br />
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The cult came together yesterday to get inky. We worked on creating backgrounds for our art journals. Jan catered - delicious BBQ and raspberry adult slushes. We laughed from 9 to 5 and made a wonderful mess. I really love creating the backgrounds using sprays and stencils. Anita came over again today to finish up some pages. I completed the first page in my journal - I thought it was the "perfect" words, my favorite colors, some doodling, copic coloring and of course - glitter! I intend to fill this book with inspirational words. <br />
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It's seems like forever since I have had time to color a weekly challenge. For this birthday card I used MFT: Lil Pumpkin. She is stamped on copic x-press-it with black memento ink. The dp is from BoBunny: Apple Cider that I picked up on our last cult road trip. The cs is from SU: expresso and gumball. I used nestie circle and scallop dies and only partial cut the circle so the pumpkin can extend past the border. The ribbon is from my stash. <br />
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She is paper pieced and colored with copics. Markers used include: E30, E21, E11 and R02 for skin with BV00 for cast shadows. Her hair is YR23, Y28, and E39. Her paper-pieced dress is shaded with YR23. The stem is YG25, Y28 and YG17. The pumpkin is R23 and YR15 as a base with shading done with YR18 and YR68. The background is Y000 and YR0000. Her hair barette and dress heart is colored with a Melon spica glitter pen.<br />
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I used this month's sketch to make a card for my friend, Beth, who was voted Teacher of the Year at our school. She is a terrific math teacher. I stamped MFT ALM "An Apple for Teacher" on neenah cs with Memento black ink. The sentimenta are MFT's:"Teacher's Pet" and "Clearly Sentimental about Teaching." The apple is from PTI. The dp is from Echo Park: Happy Days. Our school colors are red and black and the graph paper background is perfect for a math teacher. The cs is from SU: red and black. The red ribbon is from Ellen Hudson. Fishtail flags stax and a MFT star border die are used. I used the negative part of the star border along the bottom edge. I partially cut one of the smaller rounded banner stax dies to extend the length to fit the longer ALM image without adding unwanted width.<br />
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She is colored in copics: Skin is E21, E11, E13 and R02. I am trying to use the darker tones like Colleen suggested in our class. The hair is YR23, E13 and E37. Her shirt is E40 and E42 and her shoes and skirt is C3, C5, C7 and C9. The apple is YR21, R14, R24, R29 and R39. The leaf and stem are YR23 and E37; YG25, YG63, YG95.<br />
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I made some time last night after dinner to sit and color an old image from Great Impressions (#H89). I like the pumpkin highlights and the curly hair a lot. I sort of like the dotted ground but am not real happy that I lost my leaf highlights. Sigh! I tried a slightly darker skin, but couldn't get real brave yet; maybe next time. <br />
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Lots of lovely fall colored copics were used to make her pretty.<br />
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Michael and I celebrated our 37th Anniversary and I had to share a picture of the flowers that he sent to me at school because I love the beautiful range of colors that displayed in one of the red roses. I am going to uses this combo in one of my projects.<br />
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I also uploaded slide pictures of the Cult's last road trip to Jax for the Scrapbook Expo from the beginning of September on my <a href="http://cyndiscreativeobsessions.blogspot.com/p/friendship.html">Friendship</a> page.<br />
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Check out the <a href="http://cyndiscreativeobsessions.blogspot.com/p/charm-swaps.html">Charm</a> Swap page too for an update on our latest swaps. I added the rest of the vintage charms and two of September's new "Human" charms. This is my contribution; I used a sharpie fine tip pen on a domino. Be sure to scroll down to the bottom, they are really awesome! I can't believe that we only have one swap left - and I don't have any idea what to do for Patriotic!Cyndihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16262185984548314349noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6744861462119244065.post-40228691680943441122012-09-03T19:40:00.001-04:002012-09-03T19:50:00.286-04:00School is back in session!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Did you miss me? School is back and it's a crazy, busy time. I have lots of students - about 190 daily - and I am not sure how I am going to keep up. They seem like a good bunch, but just keeping up will be a challenge. <br />
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It's been only a few fast and easy cards for the last two weeks. I made the first two cards with the "cult" a couple of weeks ago. I used distress stains and perfect pearl mists on watercolor paper to place behind die cut shapes: The flourish is from MFT and the fern is from Memory Box. The words and cs (shimmer, old olive and purple) are from SU. I used the cut outs on the inside along with some older words from my stash. It's an elegant look, but remember to stamp the verse before die cutting and then place this in a safe place away away from the inky mess of the stains. (I guess you can figure out how I know this).<br />
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We made this card last week. I copied the card from one that I saw on <a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/147492956517313741/">pinterest</a> and then changed the colors using this <a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/147492956517391852/">color inspiration</a> from <a href="http://www.design-seeds.com/">design seeds</a>. Be sure to check out my pinterest <a href="http://pinterest.com/celliott53/">boards</a>; I love spending time looking at all the wonderful ideas.</div>
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Cyndihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16262185984548314349noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6744861462119244065.post-38211395019223408002012-08-11T16:42:00.005-04:002012-08-11T16:42:37.771-04:00Another look at MFTWSC84<br />
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Did you notice that I didn't use the fishtail flags; but I used the small leafy <a href="http://www.mftstamps.com/index.php?route=product/product&filter_name=flourish&product_id=1176">flourish</a>, fresh cut <a href="http://www.mftstamps.com/index.php?route=product/product&filter_name=grass&product_id=779">grass border</a>, <a href="http://www.mftstamps.com/die-namics-woodgrain-fence?filter_name=fence">fence</a> and <a href="http://www.mftstamps.com/die-namics-and-stamp-set-vertical-greetings?filter_name=vertical greetings">vertical greetings one</a>. Buttons are used as "flower" accents. I darkened the flourish with YG93 and wish I had used distress ink on the fence. <br />
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She is colored in copics: Skin is E50, E00 and E13. Hair is E13, E37, E59 and Y21. Her hair heart is colored in spica glitter: Lavender. Shading on her clothes is BV00 and around the outside is C1. B60 and 0. Her shoes are BV21, BV23, and BV25. The ground is G40 and YG61; the grass is YG63 and YG93.<br />
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Over the past weekend I found the dp pack from MME (Lost and Found: Union Square) on sale at HL. I love that it is in our school colors of red and black. The card base is SU: Cherry Cobbler and the black cs is also SU. <br />
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The image is stamped on X-Press-It white in memento black ink. The sentiment is SU: Cherry Cobbler. The image is blended with distress ink: Old Paper. <a href="http://www.mftstamps.com/die-namics-fishtail-flags-stax?filter_name=fishtail flags">Fishtail flags</a> die is used as well as a 3/8" circle punch for the embellishments which are two layers of cs and one layer of dp (the red one is colored in copics). They are covered with a thick layer of glossy accents as it the apple. <br />
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She is paper-pieced and colored with copics. Her skin is E50, E00 and E11. Her skirt is W3, W5, W7 and W9. W1 is used to shadow the shirt and is used around the image along with 0. The books are combinations of E31, E33, E41, E42, E43. The apple is R24, R29 and E09.<br />
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I have been sitting on this design sketch for the past month; I chose a school theme to make a card for one of my good friends at school. Summer break is just so short; I can't believe there's only a week left. I had the apple colored and really liked how it turned out, but wasn't happy with any of my paper choices until I found this dp at Michaels called "The Edumacation Stack." The image is from MFT's A la mode line and is called "<a href="http://www.mftstamps.com/a-la-modes-an-apple-for-the-teacher?filter_name=apple for teacher">Apples for Teacher.</a>" She is stamped on x-press-it blending paper with memento black ink and colored with copics. I used SU cardstock in wasabi and real red for the layers. The green layer is dry embossed with a 'large circle' folder. <br />
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The sentiment on the front come from other MFT set: "<a href="http://www.mftstamps.com/index.php?route=product/product&filter_name=teacher's pet&product_id=944">Teacher's Pet</a>" and is curved to fit the shape of the MFT die <a href="http://www.mftstamps.com/Oval-Tab-Die-namics?filter_name=tab">oval tab</a>. I colored small brass brads with R29 to match the image. I love using my copics to alter embellishments: they match so perfectly and it saves me a lot of time looking through all my stash for a perfect match (which is often close, but just a bit off). I usually color them before I add them to the card so I can get around the sides. The hardest part for me is taking time to let them dry throughly - I usually have to touch up the color after applying them to the card. <br />
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Other dies that I used include the <a href="http://www.mftstamps.com/index.php?route=product/product&filter_name=star border&product_id=863">star border</a>, <a href="http://www.mftstamps.com/die-namics-fishtail-flags-stax?filter_name=fishtail flags">fishtail flags</a> (I can't seem to make a card without this die) and the <a href="http://www.mftstamps.com/index.php?route=product/product&filter_name=star&product_id=931">stacking stars</a> cut from MFT <a href="http://www.mftstamps.com/index.php?route=product/product&filter_name=felt&product_id=1002">wild cherry felt</a> and topped with a button and twine.<br />
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She is colored with copics: her skin is E50, E00, E11, and R20. Her hair and shoes are E13, E37 and E59. Not very visible is her hair clip colored with a lemon spica glitter pen. Her shirt is YR21, YR23 and YR24. Her skirt and the leaf come from YG25, YG63 and YG67. The red apple is YR21, R14, R24 and R29. The ground is W3, W1 and 0. The background is BG10, BG70 and 0. I did not use the BG11 at the top so it helps reflect the light source.<br />
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Spent the morning running errands and stopping by school to pick up my new rosters and then I headed home to play with the new <a href="http://www.mftstamps.com/blog/?p=11458">sketch</a>. I really like this one and have several ideas that I want to try. For this one, the background is SU Midnight Muse dry embossed with the Holtz snowflake folder and layered on white and then onto a Wisteria card base. I created some pretty paper by putting Distress stains(broken china and concord) and Perfect Pearl Mist on a craft sheet and the pulling white cs through the inks until it was covered. After drying it, I die cut the paper with MFT Fishtail <a href="http://www.mftstamps.com/die-namics-fishtail-flags-stax?filter_name=fishtail flags">Flags</a>. I wish the wonderful shine showed more in the photos. The "Joy and Love" sentiment is an oldie from Great Impressions (C-32) that I stamped on one of the flags using black archival ink.<br />
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After stamping MFT's <a href="http://www.mftstamps.com/index.php?route=product/product&filter_name=heart stripes&product_id=594">Heart Stripes</a> on neenah with Memento black ink, I colored her with copics, and layered her using nestability dies and SU paper: Wisteria and Midnight Muse. This is then raised onto a large diecut snowflake (for SU bySizzix) that is cut from SU's glitter paper (my very favorite glitter paper - and the new Champagne color is totally awesome!). A MFT <a href="http://www.mftstamps.com/index.php?route=product/product&filter_name=snowflake&product_id=867">snowflake</a> die cut from SU glitter paper and decorated with bling (colored with copics: V04 and BG45) finishes the front. <br />
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Her face is colored with E000, E00, E01, R20, R00 and BV00. Her hair is Y21, E15, and E39. Her hair clip is colored with Spica glitter pen in lavender. Her jumper is B32, BG45 and B34. Her striped shirt is BV02, B04 and V04. <br />
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I was inspired to use the camera and filmstrip for this monthly challenge. I am happy with how it turned out. I ink MFT's Little Shutterbug with Memento ink and stamped the image on neenah solar white. She is paperpieced and colored with copics. The DP is from echo park and called Happy Days. I also used SU cs: black and River Rock. The camera circles are cut from nesties and raised with a "wobble." The crystal "flash" is colored with copic marker R29. The <a href="http://www.mftstamps.com/die-namics-and-stamp-set-behind-the-camera?filter_name=camera">camera </a>and <a href="http://www.mftstamps.com/die-namics?product_id=1177">filmsrip</a> are from MFT. <a href="http://www.mftstamps.com/die-namics-fishtail-flags-stax?filter_name=fishtail">Fishtail</a> flags are used inside and the small circle is from the camera die.<br />
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I used some of the same markers for this card as for my other sketch 82 entry: Her skin is from E50, E00, E11, R20 and R00. Her hair is E13, E15, E39 and E59. Her hair clip is spica glitter pen in red. Her camera is C1, C3, C5 and C7. She is outlined in BG70. <br />
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Thanks for taking a look at my first time inking up a Magnolia Stamp. This image is Princess <a href="http://magnoliastamps.us/store2/281-princess-welcome-tilda-2/">Welcome Tilda</a>. I used the MFTWSC82 again and the same DP: BoBunny Little Miss. Cardstock is SU: River Rock and Artichoke and retired Gauva. Images are stamped with Memento on neenah solar white. Dies used are MFT's <a href="http://www.mftstamps.com/die-namics-fishtail-flags-stax?filter_name=fishtail">fishtail</a> flags, <a href="http://www.mftstamps.com/mini-tabs-foursome-die-namics?filter_name=mini tabs">mini tabs</a>, and rolled <a href="http://www.mftstamps.com/die-namics-royal-rose?filter_name=royal rose">royal rose</a>. Inside I used a retired SU heart punch. The sentiments come from the MFT set: <a href="http://www.mftstamps.com/index.php?route=product/product&filter_name=Love You With All My Heart&product_id=970">Love You With All My Heart</a> and PI <a href="http://www.mftstamps.com/pure-innocence-all-occasion-sentiments?filter_name=All occasion">All Occasion Sentiments</a>. Dazzling Details (glitter stickles from SU) is added to the tips of the flower petals. <br />
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Most of the copics are the same at my first sketch 82. (I liked these combinations and they were all on my worktable!) Her skin is E000, E00, E01, E02, R20 and R00. Her hair is Y21, YR23, E35. Her crown is Y15, YR23 and YR24. Her lace is E40 and E41. The pink is from RV21, RV23, and RV25. The peach is from YR61, R20, R02 and R22. <br />
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