Another NSD Page

This page is from a challenge Cathy Zielske gave us during National Scrapbook Day over at Big Picture Classes.  Her challenge was to not let comparison rob you of your joy in creating and scrapbooking.

So I created a page like I like to create a page!  ;-)

Lots of ink splatters, a few layers, one photo, kraft paper, a picture of something outdoorsy, Distress Ink and tiny dots of embellishment.

Yep, that's me!  =D

The photo is of a dragonfly at Santee State Park.

Scrap on!!


~Cynthia

NSD Happenings

Did you do any scrapping for National Scrapbook Day on May 3?

I DID.

I scrapped my little fingers off!!!  =D

Here's one of the pages I made....

I played along with Big Picture Classes' NSD class/challenge.  Ten different teachers gave a mini lesson or idea or layout to inspire us.  The idea here was to create a page along the lines of Project Life, or pocket scrapping.

Totally not my style, but I had lots of fun on this page.  These are some random photos from a state park I visited last month.

A bird.  A grist mill grinding stone.  A canal wall.

And Jules, you'll be proud of me--I used up lots of snippets!!  =D



Scrap on!

~Cynthia

Tim's Tag for May

Yep, it's the first of the month again!  How did THAT happen??!!  =D

And as always, Sir Tim Holtz has created a gorgeous tag to challenge us to get all inky!  Click here for Tim's tag and his step-by-step instructions.

I do have to say....this tag probably took me the longest to make and this tag is probably the heaviest one I've ever done!  =D  Lots and LOTS of Grungeboard!!  (Man, I love the way that stuff smells!!!)  Lots of ink, lots of found things too...

 

I went with a May/nature kind of theme.  The five is for the fifth month.  If you squint, you can see a calendar behind the 5 with Thursday on the top.

It *is* Thursday, isn't it??

Then I added a feather from my yard and some stars I really did find outside on a hiking trail!  I guess someone was celebrating something.

The heart and the key symbolize my love for the outdoors and all things hiking...the key to my heart.  Get it?  Ha.

The butterfly stamp is...well...for butterflies.  :-)

And the "HERE" piece of paper is for the idea that Tim has of "Remember the Now."

Each Grungeboard piece is covered in paper from one of Tim's paper stashes--Lost and Found.  Then everything got sanded and inked and distressed.  All the metal bits got hit with Alcohol Inks.

FUN, I tell you!!  And I have the inky fingers to prove it!!  =D

Come play along!  There's always so much inspiration flowing from Tim and the other tag makers!!

Thanks for dropping in!

~Cynthia

Tim's Tag for April

As always, on the first of every month, Tim Holtz posts another amazing tag for us to grab some inspiration and create!  Check out his tag here.


And, as always...I have none of the supplies Tim used!  I really had to go all MacGyver on this one!!  =D

I used a branch die cut and a floral die cut set instead of the die cuts Tim has.  But other than that, I used his recipe for the tag.  ;-)

 

And there ya go!

Thanks so much for dropping in for a visit!!  Come play along with Tim and his horde of crafty minions!!  =D

~Cynthia

Tim's Tag for March

It's March first and you know what that means!!!

Tim' Tag Time!!!!!!!!!!!

This one was such fun to make...even without 90% of the supplies Tim used on his tag!  =D


Check it out:

 

The sailboat, water and bird stamps are by Stacy Stamps.  I used Distress Inks in Salty Ocean (of course!) and Gathered Twigs for those.  The numbers are a Tim Holtz Stamp and I brushed it with a Distress Marker in Walnut Stain.

The stencil I used is (I think) an old Doodlebug die cut sheet of paper.  And I sprayed the stencil with Dylusions Ink because I haven't purchased the awesome Tim Holtz Spritzer yet!  ;-)

I added a bit of tissue tape--so love that stuff!  A bit of distressed seam binding at the top,  a bit of distressed hemp cord attached with the Tiny Attacher, and a fun piece of Studio Calico anchor wood veneer finish off the tag.

And there ya go!  :-)

Thanks so much for dropping in to take a look.  And if you haven't given one of Tim's Tags a try, join in!!  =D

~Cynthia

Still Here!

I've seen lots of posts around the blogosphere this month saying something along these lines:  I'm still here, I'm still alive, yeah it's long-lost me.

And, bad blogger that I am--I'm saying the same thing here!

Oops.

But the truth is pretty cool:  I've had a TON of opportunities for some great hiking.  The weather here--after the 5 inches of snow melted and the earthquake stopped shaking--has been outrageously awesome.  I mean like record-breaking high temperatures awesome!

You just can't pass up days like that!

In addition to just not being here to blog, Mr Blogger and the rest of the Internet haven't been getting along.  I really do visit, it's just that my comments fly off somewhere and never show up on your blogs!  So frustrating!

So.

Add great weather and huge frustrations and what do you get?

Yeah.  A post apologizing for my absence.  Heh.


To make up for it, I leave you with this scene, from Charles Towne Landing State Park in Charleston, SC, along the Ashley River, where it was 83 degrees.....

And yes, it was as gorgeous of a day as it looks like in the picture.



What does Tim Holtz say..."Remember the Now"?  Yeah, well, I'm living the Now!  =D


Enjoy your day!!!!


~Cynthia

February Tag Time!

Happy February 1st!

Er.

I mean THIRD!!  ;-)

Yes, I'm a bit behind, but I was out of town and then had a day to recover from being out of town and now I have a day to....that's right....create Tim's February Tag!!!!  =D

And, as ALWAYS, I've done nothing like Sir Tim did.  Basically because I don't have the sweet warehouse o' stuff that he has!  HA!

But here's my take...

Taken in the sun and everything!!

I used a Crafter's Workshop stencil for the background, using Distress Inks in Worn Lipstick, Barn Door and Fired Brick.  I dumped clear embossing powder over that.  I may have waited just a teensy bit too long on that step--the mottled texture of the melted powder is so cool though!!  I scruffed the edges and added Walnut Stain Distress Ink.

Then I made the heart.  I used a Grunge Board heart and Ice Stickles.

For the "sentiment" part I stamped three stamps using VersaMark, then scribbled with chalk.  Love that technique!

The arrow is wood veneer covered in Brushed Pewter Distress Paint.

And the border is a Die-namics Faux Crochet Border die cut from HVAC silver tape.  Love that stuff.  ;-)

Finally I added a bit of crinkle ribbon (seam binding, Walnut Stain Distress Ink and water.)

And there ya go!  Another tag done!!



Be sure to stop by Tim's blog--there are many talented Tag Makers out there!!


~Cynthia