Super CAS Snippet

OK, so I've learned another valuable lesson in my "now scanning the cards" world.

Always clean off the scanner bed before scanning anything.

My apologies for the odd brown blob on the card. I promise it's not really on the card! :-)

On the up-side of using the scanner: You can really see the card well; I don't have to wait for a sunny day to get a good picture; I can use italics and post links; I can also blog random stuff above the picture and list the supplies below it.

Kind of a win-win-win situation, eh?

On to the card then! I'm still using up snippets, Jules style. This was a random piece of green cardstock I found in my snippet files. I simply scored a few lines, stamped a candle and added a bit of glitter to the flame.

I don't think you can get any clean-and-simpler than that! ;-)



Supplies:
Paper Snippet: Bazzill (green cardstock)
Stamp: Hero Arts (Birthday Messages set)
Ink: Tim Holtz Distress Ink (Black Soot)
ETC: Sakura (glitter pen)


Thanks for stopping by today. I hope you have a wonderful weekend!!

A Simple Card

OK, here's hoping this works! :-)

Instead of taking my latest card outside to photograph it, I decided to scan it on my printer instead.

It doesn't look as "live" as it usually does.

Hmmm.

Anyway. Just an experiment!

I needed a card for a friend I've kind of lost touch with since my last move. And then Jules on the Always With a Heart blog has been posting these gorgeous cards made with her leftovers, or snippets as she calls them, and I've gotten inspired to use up some of my snippets too!

So yesterday, I went through my snippets and actually found some really nice pieces and made several cards!

This one is pretty simple.

OK, the cardblank isn't technically a snippet...aaaand the stamped image isn't actually a snippet either.

Oh dear. Hmmm. Well, it's the SPIRIT of the challenge that counts, right??? ;-)



Supplies:
Paper: BoBunny (Gabrielle collection); Recollections (ivory cardblank)
Stamp: Studio G (bird stamp)
Ink: Tim Holtz Distress Ink (Walnut Stain)
ETC: Glue Glider Pro; Sakura (glitter pen--I traced the bird with it.)



So let me know what you think of the new picture style. Can you see it OK?

~Cynthia

Day 13...

Day 13..., a photo by HikerCynthia on Flickr.

As I typed the title, I realized it sounded a bit like I was marooned on a desert island or something.

Day 13...Water running low. No boats in sight. Beginning to suffer from dehydration and heat exhaustion...

But no. It's merely Day 13 of my December Daily!

My apologies for any confusion.

I used two different types of page inserts: the regular 8x8 (right side of page) and then the cool 4x6 pages (left side) which have ATC-type sections too. I added the 4x6 hither and fither so they're not on every page.

The flash cards are from Pretty Little Studio. They make the cutest stuff!

The journal card is from the kit made by My Mind's Eye, which is where all the paper in my Dec Daily came from.

I tried to leave plenty of space for journaling and pictures and whatnots. This past year I used one whole spread for each day; this year I did one page for each day. But the 4x6 pages are moveable, so any place I need more room I can slip in a 4x6.



I had a busy weekend and I'm still trying to recover. Jules has inspired me to use up my "snips" instead of cutting up new pieces of paper. I think I'll make a few Thinking of You cards using just snips. Thanks, Jules! :-)


~Cynthia

Checkered Flowers

Checkered Flowers, a photo by HikerCynthia on Flickr.

OK, new favorite stamp here. I love LOVE this crazy floral background stamp. And it's from Studio G--you know, the...ahem...inexpensive stuff from Michael's. This is a 4x4 stamp, and it was on sale, so I bought 3 different ones. LOVE.

I stamped it four times and since I'm not a great liner-upper, I covered the spots where the stamping lined up! =D

I cut some of that awesome picnic tablecloth paper, then thought it would be cool with some red cardstock below, which I also used a border punch on.

Then it needed a bit more--something bold and festive!

And whenever I need something bold and festive I turn to Tim Holtz!

The flowers are Bigz die cuts from Tim's Tattered Florals. On the larger one I stamped the same floral background stamp.

Finally, I added one tiny bit of bling in the flower center.


Supplies:
Paper: Recollections (white cardblank and white paper); Reminisce (red checked paper); Bazzill (red cardstock)
Stamp: Studio G (Floral Background)
Ink: Tim Holtz Distress Ink (Black Soot)
ETC: Fiskars border punch; Hero Arts (bling); Glue Glider Pro; Bigz (Tattered Floral die cuts)


Have a great weekend, everyone!!

~Cynthia

I painted the shadow!

I painted the shadow!, a photo by HikerCynthia on Flickr.

No, no, not the band...the ART JOURNAL!

I painted the shadow on my art journal page! ;-)

Check down a few blog posts to see the original picture. I stuck my art journal on the rocks near the pond in the backyard to take a picture and realized there was a shadow over the page. I liked the effect so much I decided to paint it.

All I used was a black watercolor crayon and my sweet lil waterbrush....the one I love so much. =D

I also did this outside, in late afternoon, in the heat. So I hurried a bit. Heh.

I think the big knots on the far left side need a bit of tweaking, but I think it's pretty close to the original.


Thanks for dropping by today!

~Cynthia

CASEing LateBlossom

CASEing LateBlossom, a photo by HikerCynthia on Flickr.

I probably should have added "AGAIN" to the end of today's title.

I really love what Susan (LateBlossom on the Simplicity blog) can do with a few stamps, a few inks and lots of white space.

With all the layering and colors in my art journals, it's so refreshing to make cards that are pretty simple.

I used a background stamp for the script. I masked off the bottom because the stamp was too wide (up and down) for the card. And then I stamped it twice because it's not long enough (left to right) to cover the whole piece of paper. But I just covered up the section where they joined and you can't really tell. ;-)

I punched two circles from cardstock. The blue one is stamped in Black Soot Distress Ink with another background stamp--and so is the little green flower. (The flower is one of Tim Holtz's Tattered Florals die cuts.)

The green circle has Happy Birthday stamped in the same ink as the script background--Chipped Sapphire.


Supplies:
Paper: Recollections (white cardblank and white paper); Bazzill (blue and green cardstock)
Stamps: Glitz Design (Distressing--script stamp); Studio G (Floral Background); Hero Arts (Birthday Messages set)
inks: Tim Holtz Distress Ink (Black Soot and Chipped Sapphire)
ETC: Marvy-Uchida (circle punch); Tim Holtz (Sizzix Bigz Dies, Tattered Florals); Glue Dots; Glue Glider Pro


Well, it's WAY to hot to do anything outside here in South Carolina. I hope we'll get some rain tonight or tomorrow to cool things off. Till then, I'll just have to play in my craft studio!! =D



Thanks for stopping in! Enjoy your day!

~Cynthia

On the High Seas

On the High Seas, a photo by HikerCynthia on Flickr.

Here is my "I like this card better than yesterday's attempt" card.

It totally started out in a different direction though. Susan (LateBlossom) on the Simplicity blog used some cute blue rick-rack for the ocean waves beneath her sail boat.

It was like *smack* why didn't I think of that??!! Rick-rack! It looks like ocean waves! *double smack*

So I jauntily purchased some pretty blue rick-rack.

Which then proceeded to violently CLASH with the nice blue ink I used for the sky.

Then I found a scrap piece of blue cardstock which coordinated so nicely with my nice blue ink, it was like they were MADE for each other! =D

I grabbed a border punch and made my OWN waves.

SO THERE, RICK-RACK PEOPLE.



Supplies:
Paper: Recollections (white cardblank); Bazzill (white cardstock); stash (unknown blue cardstock)
Stamps: Stacy Stamps (sailboat); Hero Arts (Birthday Messages set)
Inks: Tim Holtz Distress Ink (Black Soot, Tumbled Glass)
ETC: Sakura glitter pen (red); EK Success (3-D Glue Dots)


Stay cool; be crafty.

~Cynthia