Stampin Stresss Away with Carole'Anne

Easel Card created with Patterned Pines for Stamping 411

Good Morning my bloggin friends!

I am a little later then I was hoping for! No No I did not sleep in - silly! lol :)

oh you know how it goes when I create a card - oh yha it takes me FOREVER! Soooooo this card is no different.

Okay so let me start by saying that this card I actually started on Thursday! I know CRAZY - Just had so many things happen around here as you know that it just took me some time to finish it.

having said that.... firstly I want to say that this card was inspired by my 10 min Challenge partner, yhap you guessed it, my friend Sandi, if you want to see her card, just Click here !

secondly - since I had started this card on Thursday morning I was going with Makeesha card sketch, but because I didn't get it finished in time, I changed the lay out to meet the Stamping 411 sketch for this week! I also used Krista colour challenge, so here are the details of those two challenges and then we can go on to my card - shoud I say my work of art he he - feels like that cause it took so long - not that it LOOKS like that LOL :)

So this is the sketch for this week.

I quite like this look and was able to make it work with my Easel Card.

Oh yha I also wanted to say that I will have a complete tutorial tomorrow on this card.

I created it to post yesterday, but - well you know all about yestersay! With all the changes that this card took, I thought that this post would be too long - so actually it will give me the oppertunity to type up the tutorial and I can post it in the morning.

now for the colour challenge

Aren't these fabulous!

okey dokey we are ready to start!

remember this is the sketch I started with - but it's not what I ended up with LOL :)

So this is a really condensed version of what I did - cause like I said I changed my mind like 3 times, so anyways, I used my Fabulous CIRCLE SCISSOR PLUS tool to make the layered circles.  I tell you I am just not sure what I would do without this handy little toy - it makes circles so nice and easy!

 Now this is the part I kept trying something new.

What I did in the end was............

I stamped the trees in craft ink - I clear embossed them. Then cut them out. I put our beautiful shimmery ALL-PURPOSE INK  FROST WHITE- this my friend made the trees super beautiful filled with shimmer, I layed each tree on Very Vanilla card stock as well.

oh and I wipped off excess with a baby wipe - then I did my little magic pearls - you know the crystal effects and covered them with the shimmery paint

I used my fun folder to emboss these wonderful flowers - ofcourse used my BIG SHOT - cause you know it I love my BIG SHOT -Added MORE SHIMMER!

and did the same little magic on the center of the flowers with the crystal effects

coming along right - now this is with the Stamping 411 sketch -

oh goodness.................... WHAT a mess - okay I cannot go any further till this is cleaned up I can't focus!

I adhered the front part of my Easel card with Sticky tape - cause I really really wanted to adhere this part really good, and this tape is fabulous for that - cause it's REALLY STRONG

I still have to decorate the bottom part - he he told you this took FOREVER! so sorry

yhe can you beleive I am almost done - good gollie miss mollie - that took forever

well whow there we have it! My goodness that took a long time I hope you find that it was all worth your patiences - ouh I have a side vew as well

 one last photo of the card closed and I am done!

 

Well there we have it - yhahooooooooooo - can you tell I am so happy to have this card completed. 

 Now I am off to get ready, cause Rex and I get to go pick up Max this afternoon, well I hope so anyways, as long as he can be weaned off the Morphine drip.  I phoned them at 4:00am and he had a pretty good night!

fingers and toes crossed and God willing our Max will be home with our family by supper time!

I would just like to extended the huges THANK YOU for all your wonderful prayers and support.  I can't even begin to express it into words, just how much it means to us.  Really really special!

Sooooooooo A SECERE Thank you my blogging friends

I hope you enjoyed my card today.

Oh yes I also wanted to mention with all that has happened I decided to extend the date of the Blog Candy - sooooo lucky for you, you now have until tomorrow!

How does the blog candy work, well you leave me a comment and you are entered in the draw to win two - yes TWO packages of 12'' x 12'' card stock - whowhy uh?

so leave me a comment and you could be the winner!

This long post has come to an end.

once more I thank you all, and send you big embossed hugs.

see you tomorrow!

Carole'Anne M. Sluchinski
 

Diva Coffee Break #149

Good Morning! 

It is me again, Liane.  Don't tell Carole'Anne, but I am not going into work today! (Her blog probably isn't the best place for me to confess that!)  The roads are awful, and my van is kapootz, (My van WAS working then my husband tried to "fix" it, and now not so much) so I am using my husbands grandfathers farm truck. I drove two blocks and slid twice up onto the side walk (yes my little town in Alberta is covered in SNOW! Slick snow!) So I turned the truck around and came home! I am sure Carole'Anne won't mind, she would rather have me alive! (at least I think so!

Ok on to card making!  Today I attempted Diva Coffee Break Challenge #149.  I am so determined to use "A Wish For Peace" I think I am forcing cards to come, and I am not "feeling" them. Does that make sence?  I should let the cards flow from me, but todays card is a forced one.  I am not sure I am liking it. 

Maybe it is my colour choice I used for this card that I am not liking.  It is funny, years ago these were my favorite colours, but now they seem too dark to me.  Maybe it is because I am in love with that Taken by Teal Christmas paper.

I desided I was going to colour this with chalk.  I like how you can blend the colours to get a nice sunrise...or is it sunset?

Ok so this is what I finished with, rather BLAH!  It did NOTHING for me!

So I tore it all apart and thought I would "Take it to the Top" or whatever that challenge is called for Tuesdays.  

Look at what a cheapskate I am? LOL I didn't want to use up another piece of Artichoke paper so I just cut my die out from the middle of my card layer! It is going to be covered up anyways! 

Again I missed a lot of steps to get to the end of this card.  I used Glassy Glaze Enamel to emboss both the tag and the image.  I over cracked the image, but I always do I think that is why I don't like this tecnique. I didn't crack my tag, I didn't want to push my luck.

So there you have it, I survived day two of the blog! 

Now I have all day to "play cards" and maybe I will redo this challenge with different paper and a different stamp. Or maybe search out a new challenge.  Sandi has pointed me in the direction of some challenges!

Should I clean the house or make cards?????

CARDS!