WholeLife Mastery

Butterfly Card

Today's Crazy Amigo Challenge was butterflies.  I made a small card using a Mirkwood template, K&Co. embossed paper and Carmen's Veranda stamp. 

Inchie Challenge

Today's Inch-by-Inch Challenge was to create some black and white reversal inchies.  This was the first time I actually did something with the inchies.  This may end up being the focal point of a card or some other larger piece.  The background is from a postcard and the stamps are from MJ Barber, Eureka and Stampin' up.  Note to self: remember to change the tip in the Krylon pen. 

Masculine Birthday Card

I couldn't find a challenge that struck my fancy today, but I was inspired by Art Creations Friday's "boy" theme to make a birthday card with Stampsmith and Pixie alphabet rubber stamps.  The papers are mostly scraps, including a piece of wallpaper (top background) and packing paper. Now if I could just get the cards to stay straight on the scanner!

Apple of My Eye Card

Today's Wednesday Stamper Challenge was to use any type of transfer and at least one stamp.  I used a contact paper transfer of a magazine clipping following  Karen's instructions.  The stamp is a retired Stampin' Up, which I colored with pencils, using a colorless blender pencil instead of Gamsol. The corrugated cardboard is from a coffee cup wrapper.  Reuse! and remember Sunday is Earth Hour.

This too shall pass card

Today's By Hand challenge was flowers. I finally found a use for all those dryer sheets I've been saving for someday by using Anita's dryer sheet technique.The card's interior reads:

"It is said an Eastern monarch once charged his wise men to invent him a sentence, to be ever in view, and which should be true and appropriate in all times and situations. They presented him the words: “And this, too, shall pass away.” How much it expresses! How chastening in the hour of pride!—how consoling in the depth of affliction!
ABRAHAM LINCOLN,
address before the Wisconsin State Agricultural Society,
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, September 30, 1859

Little Jewel Inchies

This week's Inch by Inch challenge was to create embossed inchies.  I followed Frankie's instructions. I wasn't fast enough to skip adding embossing ink between layers, a lesson I learned on the first inchie.  Omitting step six, I didn't brush the inchies with mica powder because I liked the enameled look. I tried a few combinations: the top row of inchies is regular black embossing powder, the middle row is rustique antiqued iron and the last row is rustique patina bronze.  I stamped all of the images with gold Brilliance ink, except the last one, which I stamped with Brilliance pearlescent beige. The stamps I used were Judikins Qbit (row 1), Stamp Camp (row 2, inchies 1, 2 and 4), Rubber necker (row 2, inchie 3) and Stampendous.  I'm thinking about making a batch for Cloth, Paper, Scissors charm swap.    

My First Inchie

This week's Inch by Inch Challenge was yellow.  I can see how making these can be addictive -- a quick, easy blast of creativity that makes use of scraps I keep saving for "someday".  Normajean Brevik's Quilting Arts Magazine tutorial on making fabric inchies is great inspiration, even if you're working with paper.  Collage Contessa and Lisa Vollrath has excellent instructions (as always) for making paper inchies.