The Renaissance: wax seals

Love the wax seals, just wondering how the Post Office handles this and if they should be hand cancelled?   Anyone have any idea?

I used a couple layers(flower fusion flower and a circle) and some gold embossing powder by Ranger. I also found an "S" stamp I had hidden away that worked perfectly!!  Oh, and I also stamped around it with a Limited Layers:Label stamp( I think that's the name of it!)

TTFN(Jen)

The Renaissance with Nichole

I have been looking forward to this challenge and I must say that I really enjoyed the velvet technique that Nichole showed us.

I really wanted to use a Tim Holtz alphabet that I have but quickly realized that the letters would
be backwards with the way you do this. Canned that idea, but I still wanted to make a coaster. I used my new Fancy That set(quite nervous bringing an iron to it-even if there was material inbetween!!)

Anyway, I did not ruin my new stamp and I was quite pleased with the results. i just need to come up with something around the edges, it looks too unfinished for my taste! The edge is raw material and cork(I just realized you can't see it!!)   Anyway, I hope to work on that!

Ancient Rome with Lizzie Jones

I must tell you that I did not purchase the SAF kit this year. There just wasn't enough in it that interested me this time but I did still want to participate. Many of the challenges I did but with my other PTI supplies.

I loved what Lizzie showed us in her tutorial!  I'm still working on one of the cards but the other one is below(a sneek peek):

I made a stamp with fun foam, just how Lizzie showed us. I used a Tim Holtz die, that worked just as well, as a cover plate since I do not have any cover plates yet.
You can check out the technique here with Lizzie

I loved how this turned out and such a fun technique!!!  On to the next!!

At the Beginning.......

I just had to post a picture of the day as it was beginning because I know this kitchen will be in shambles by 11:00 pm tonight!!

Ready, set,     GO!

I must've made at least 100 more trips into the craft room to complete my supplies!!!

Morning Timer Challenge

So, I guess it's time to post a little!!  I don't know where the day went but even flying solo, it has gone so quickly!!

I did get to complete the timer challenge with extra time, good enough for another cuppa joe!

I choose the first color  recipe that you see here:  

and here is the sketch I chose:

and here is my 10 minute CAS card:

Off to the next challenge!! Have fun!

It's time for Stamp-a-faire

Looking forward to a fun filled day tomorrow with Papertrey Ink and their FREE online event.

                                            Coming from Buffalo, NY and I am ready to craft
                                                             ALL DAY LONG !!!!!

My pups are all worn out from a busy day today.  I hope they will want to lounge around while my DH and DD go biking or kayaking and let me craft the day away!!  

                                                  Here is Scarlett all worn out!

Jade on the other hand is much younger and of course more energetic.

She decided to lay on my t-shirt quilt blocks I'm working on. Gotta 

shift gears for tomorrow!!  Have fun everyone!!

Papertrey July Blog Hop Challenge

It's that time again, for the Papertrey Ink Blog Hop, always on the 25th of the month. Here is the gorgeous inspiration photo below. I was inspired by so many things in this photo:







And here is the tag I created:

I started by using the technique that Heather showed us for the MIM challenge this week. No outline Watercolor. It was neat but I should have taken a picture of the tag prior to embellishing it so you could see all the results since most everything is covered! You can see a few of the clouds peeking through but, I did love the technique, Thanks Heather!!

I loved that doily so I decided to make my own and go vintage with the tea dye duo.

 I used a little washi tape, a bird that I painted up with a Wink of Stella. The assorted clouds were paper and some shelf liner for some added texture.(Cuts great too!!)

 Tiny Tags Die cut heart, a bit of twine and that's about all. I used a variety of inks including: Tumbled Glass, Iced Spruce Distress inks.

 Pure Poppy and Spring Rain and the Tea Dye Duo from PTI.

Enjoy the hop and have fun. Thanks for all the sweet comments and feedback!!