Going Masculine with Darkroom Door!

Hello Monday, my friends! This week we are showcasing a wonderful stamp company from "Down Under" - Darkroom Door! Our theme for the week is Masculine, and I took the opportunity to make a Father's Day card for my artist husband. 

Please welcome Anne Redfern of Redanne this month as our guest designer! I know you are going to enjoy the beautiful work she does! Welcome Anne!!

I started off with watercolor paper, and wiped the fossilized amber and spiced marmalade onto my craft sheet, spritzed it with water and laid the paper down on it. Repeat until you get the design you want, then dry it. 

Next step, I did the same with the broken china.

Then, I went in with the Harlequin stencil and walnut stain and using a mini blender, added it into random areas.

I used the MISTI to stamp my images, both on the canvas tag and the watercolor paper. I added color to the images in the same way that I did the background. I think my most difficult step was trying to figure out how I wanted to lay them out! Using a black archival pen, I doodled a bit around the diamond shapes.

I love this saying, and it fits perfectly for my artist husband, since he is always in a better mood when he is painting or drawing, LOL!

I am ready for Father's Day, just need to get the sons to sign it!

I hope you've enjoyed my masculine card, it really was quick and easy, and if you haven't tried those distress oxide inks yet, I encourage you to play with them! Please join us in the fun with this week's challenge. One lucky person will win a $50 voucher to go on a spending spree with our friends at Simon Says Stamp!

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Be sure to head on over to the challenge to see what everyone is creating with Darkroom Door this week!

Owl Twinchies

Owl Twinchies 2" x 2"

I am trying all kinds of new things with my "art" group.  These are "twinchies", which are just 2" x 2" miniatures based on a theme to exchange like ATC's.  As you can see for my first try at making them, the theme is owls.  I had a few owls I had made with the Stampin Up punch, some Jillibean paper, and "owl mail" stamp, a few embellishments.  Added a bit of Distress Stickles, and they were done.  Kind of cute, don't you think!

CHA Sneak Peek - Jillibean Soup

For all you card makers out there, here are some darling 6x6 paper packs from Jillibean Soup. Look at all of the different coordinated designs you get in the pack! These are some of their new products being showcased at CHA right now, which means...they will soon be available to us!

I think my favorite of these three is the "Spotted Owl Soup" - they are adorable, and I can think of some stamps and punches I have that would go with these designs. I can see some "boy" birthday cards coming out of this pack!

BUT, what I really like are the cute kraft file folders!  Make a mini album with them...add them to an album...make a mini file storing system...use them on scrapbook layouts....oh, the possibilities are endless!

Getting Ready for School

One of the ways I have started to get ready to return to school in the past few years is to alter my plan book. As a teacher, the plan book is an integral part of my teaching. I use it every day to plan for my students, to keep track of grades, attendance...all the vital records of learning.

I decided a few years ago to alter my plan book and make it my very personal one. Each year I use a different "theme". This year, I chose to go with a very natural look by using Jillibean Soup kraft papers. Since I teach Science, the owl theme seems perfect, and the tag just fit the whole plan book idea. I added a tab for each quarter of the year, and hand drew the numbers to look similar to the Jillibean design.

One thing is for certain, my plan book is not going to get misplaced among all the rest.


To all you teachers out there, have a wonderful year!