Mojo Monday 395

Hi There!

I just picked up my supplies of the new Heartfelt Creations Peackock Paisley line!!!!  Had to play with it, so I used the papers and stamp to make this week's challenge card. 
If you want to play along, the Mojo Monday sketch is here:

 So here's my card!  Looking forward to playing with these papers and stamps more!

Fun-Raiser cards!

Hi all!

I belong to the Shetland Sheepdog Fanciers Club here in Edmonton, Alberta.  We are a group of people who LOVE our shelties!  We have a few breeders and a quite a few show dogs.  We also have a few of us (me included) that have companion animals (Do not compete for points and ribbons).  We are doing some fundraising for dog show events that we are hosting in the next year and I thought I'd share my cardmaking skills and supplies.  SO last Saturday I had 5 ladies take me up on my offer to make 5 cards for $10.  All funds going to my club. 

I supplied all paper, ink, stamps and adhesives.  Spent a couple evenings pre-cutting everything so they just had to stamp, colour and stick it all together.  These cards were geared to new stampers so a couple ladies whipped through the kits in record time :)  Those with not so much experience took about 1.5 hours to do the 5 cards.  Lots of laughing and stories which I enjoy at any of these events and some funds raised for my club.  One lady honoured me by purchasing quite a few cards I had already made from my stash for $5 each!  I meant to take pics of the fun but completely forgot!  Next get together for sure!  Hugs to all who came! 

Alice Keys Page

Hi!

Here is another page from my Alice Altered Book:

Since the previous page had the keyhole cut out, I continued the theme on this spread...

 I decoupaged various postage & vintage papers and stickers.  Then I used acrylic paints to put down the metallics, gold, silver and copper. 

I added a Prima Alpha Card under the keyhole.  I used Green Silks paint around the edge and on the card.

  The key in the top right is a laser chipboard die cut from Magenta painted gold.  the key paperclips are from Prima.  I used more images from the Tweety Jill stamp sets and StazOn inks.  The quote is from Stampers Anonymous.

Owl-rific!

Hi!

Been out with a cold/flu for quite a while!
This current strain comes and goes for a while and hits hard, so watch out and REST if you get it!

Organising my photos and found some projects I have never shown you!
Last year at this time I bought a couple fine detailed dies from Tattered Lace.  I immediately started to play with them but ran into trouble getting the center of the design to cut out.  (I later discovered that my Cuttlebug had indeed died).
I used black adhesive backed velvet paper and it just seemed like a sin to throw away all those pretty swirls and bits.

I stuck all the little bits randomly on a white piece of paper and trimmed it up to make a border.  Then put it aside for a future project.  In September I decided to use it to make a birthday card for a girlfriend.  I sprayed it with mist to make the white paper a greeny-gold and then placed it on this piece of Magenta vellum, dark green cardstock then onto the medium folded card. 

She liked it!

Alice Book Page

Hello!

I've been working on my Alice Altered Book and completed a couple more pages the other day.  The first I'm sharing is what I call the Keyhole page.  I've been working in an old school dictionary and isolated a couple of K pages for this spread.  After gluing a few pages together for strength, I covered the page in 3 colours of Glaze paints. 

Once dry I used a new Dylusions Small Keyhole stencil and some dimensional paste over most of the page. Once that was dry, I cut out a larger keyhole in the top right.  The Tweety Jill stamps and collage elements pertaining to being careful what you drink was used next. 

I added a Tim Holtz key in the opening using thin gold coloured wire.

Then I used another stencil, this one by Stencil Girl and some black dimensional paint to add depth in the corners.

Voila!
Hugs!

Mojo Monday 387

Hello!
I guess the way to ensure I have the time to play AND post is to plan out a few posts and then go play some more! 

I subscribe to Mojo Monday who, every Monday, send me a new card sketch.  Follow the sketch and upload your creation.  A great challenge.  Sometimes I get the card done and forget to upload, and sometimes I just run out of time in the week to create!  It's a nice way to get a card done quickly. 
Here is this week's sketch and my creation:

Hugs!

Unbirthday Party!

Hi!
Wanna know what I've been up to?
I've been planning and hosting an Unbirthday Party!
I do not have many close friends and as the years go, I'm becoming more forgetful of keeping in touch or remembering birthdays... So I planned an unbirthday for a small group here in the house on Feb 21.  (For we are given only ONE birthday each year, but we also have 364 UNbirthdays! - Mad Hatter)  Each guest was asked to dress inspired by Alice In Wonderland characters and to bring a small $10 wrapped gift for a gift exchange game.  The rest was all me! 

I decorated the house:

 (altered dollar store Happy Valentines Day banner)

 (punched playing cards strung on textured ribbon)

(signs mimicked from the animated movie)
Created a Photo Booth area:

 (flowers and bread-and-butterfly mimicked from animated movie)

 (my godchild Larissa and I)

(altered goodwill sunglasses)
I planned and created some some fun food:

And we had fun!

I hope to make this a yearly event on different dates and maybe outside, so more can come!
Quite a fun way to beat the winter blues!