He Has Risen

He Has Risen, a photo by HikerCynthia on Flickr.

And another Easter card!! Yesterday I had an hour or so of uninterrupted craft studio time so I pounded out all but one of my Easter cards.

I will probably say this for each card, but *this* one's my favorite! ;-)

I colored the stamp with Brush Markers, huffed, then stamped on a throw-away piece of white card blank.

I used a circle punch to cut the image out and then cut the bottom of the circle off, just under the sentiment.

Pop dots gave a bit of dimension and I was DONE! I made several of these because I really liked the way it came out.


Supplies:
Paper: Recollections (white card blank)
Stamp: CraftSmart (He Has Risen stamp)
ETC: Marvy-Uchida (Dee Gruenig's Brush Markers and Circle Punch); EK Success (3D Dots)


Happy Friday--we've made it to another weekend!! =D

~Cynthia

Chocolate Easter Bunny

Chocolate Easter Bunny, a photo by HikerCynthia on Flickr.

I got an email the other day from Michael's informing me that there were only 12 days until Easter! Time flies when you're scrapbooking!!! ;-)

This card is heading to my nephew. He's at that age where cute doesn't cut it anymore. But not old enough for a serious card. So I just went all plain and simple on him.

I mean...who doesn't love chocolate Easter bunnies, huh???

I stamped the bunny with Black Soot Distress Ink on brown cardstock, then cut him out.

I stamped the the sentiment and adhered the little bunny.

I might have to add a bit of sparkle to his eye. :-)


Supplies:
Paper: Recollections (white card blank); Bazzill (chocolate cardstock)
Stamps: We R Memory Keepers (Cotton Tails: Some Bunny set); Studio G (Easter set)
Ink: Tim Holtz Distress Ink (Black Soot)
ETC: Glue Glider Pro; Marvy Uchida/Dee Gruenig Brush Markers (Black--to color the edges of the bunny)


Have a wonderful day and Craft Happy!! =D


~Cynthia

Shimelle's Starting Point

Shimelle's Starting Point, a photo by HikerCynthia on Flickr.

I know, I know. I gotta quit goofing off with the scrapbook pages and get to the Easter cards!

But Shimelle's challenges are so FUN!

And look! I used ORANGE. I think I should get extra points for using orange in a layout!! ;-)

All the lovely orange papers came from the lovely Jenn at Studio Jenn. (Thanks, Jenn!!)

Shimelle challenged us with a layered layout. She actually used two photos; I chose to use only one.

I love how the gray-blue of the wood and the brown of the cattails just pop right off the page amidst all that lovely red-hot orange!

So that's it from me today. Tomorrow..I PROMISE...I will get going on my Easter cards. I pinky swear, even. ;-)



Thanks so much for dropping in for a look! Have a wonderful day!!

~Cynthia

Sketch of the Week

Sketch of the Week, a photo by HikerCynthia on Flickr.

I'm back again with another of Shimelle's Challenges:  Scrapbook Sketch of the Week. This time she offered a sketch. This one only took me 2 days to complete!  (**snicker**)

 ETA:  I'm so far behind!  Shimelle just posted another scrapbook challenge today!! =D

I took these photos waaaay back when I was a senior in college. I just never got around to doing anything with them, so I thought they would be perfect for this challenge.

All of the papers are Graphic 45's glorious papers. I just riffled through my G45 stash and picked out what I liked. Mostly they are from the Botanicabella Collection, with a few from the Tropical Travelogue Collection.

All the floral/writing tags are from G45 as well. The three tags I wrote on are from Colorbok and the adhesive border between the photos is from K & Co.

Chipboard embellishments are from K & Co's Sea Glass Words and Shapes Chipboard Box. One of my all time favorite paper/embelly sets.

The fabric stickers for the Savannah title are actually from a blog candy win from Studio Jenn. **Waves Hi and says Thanks to Jenn!!** I used a Brush Marker from Dee Gruenig (Marvy Uchida) to darken the color. Love that you can do that with Thickers!

I added two strips of snippets under the title because I could...and because I had a bunch of empty space up there.  ;-)

The 1991 numbers on the bottom are rub-ons from Reminisce. They did not fight me this time, but surrendered quietly.

I'm still trying to get the hang of embellishments on scrap pages. But the challenges are helping!! My thanks to Shimelle for hosting and posting them!!



Thank you so much for stopping in today! And thanks for your comments on Shimelle's challenges too!! Craft on!

~Cynthia

Starting Points with Shimelle

Starting Points with Shimelle, a photo by HikerCynthia on Flickr.

Another scrapbook page based on Shimelle's Starting Points challenge.

I used lots and lots of BoBunny papers! Man, I love their stuff!! ;-)

The shot of the seagull in mid-flight was taken on the coast of South Carolina at one of my most favorite places to be--Hunting Island State Park.


Supplies:
Papers: BoBunny (Ad Lib: This N That, Vertigo); 3 Bugs in a Rug (Dream); Paper Trunk (Socialite Gala); K&Co (Wild Saffron pad)
ETC: Nestabilities (Labels 9); Pink Paislee (Enchanting Alphabet Stickers); Recollections (Alphabet and Number Stickers); Authentique (Petite Type Circle); Punch Bunch (Daisy punches--small, medium and large); Zig Two-way Glue Pen; Glue Glider Pro


If you find the time this week, come play along with Shimelle! Thanks for stopping by to check out my take on her Starting Points challenge!


~Cynthia

30 minute page??

30 minute page??, a photo by HikerCynthia on Flickr.

OK, so over on the Miss Fancy Pants blog, Nic Howard showed a sweet little scrapbook page she had made in 30 minutes. Nic had step-by-step photos and EVERYTHING.

It had these cute banners and some string and some paper. And Nic said I could do it in 30 minutes JUST LIKE HER.

Oh, Nic. You lie, girl.

OK, that probably wasn't nice of me, now was it?

What I MEANT to say was...Oh, Nic, it took me TWO DAYS to finish your "30 Minute Page." ARGH!!!

Ahem.

I really did have fun searching my papers and embellishments to find just the right color or item or little bit of whatever. No, really I did.

The photo...well...funny story--actually TWO funny stories on that. If you look closely at the photo background you might see what looks like a ship, enveloped in fog. That's actually the USS Yorktown and that's not fog--it's RAIN coming across the Charleston harbor, right at me! I took the picture then ran for cover. It POURED for about 10 minutes while the wind blew the rain sideways! I have no idea if that little guy in the sailboat survived or not. ;-)

Second story: When I got home yesterday after running errands, I found the frame that held this photo laying on the floor, face down. I've always hated that frame, so I decided to make a scrapbook page--then saw that Miss Fancy Pants had posted a page challenge.

Perfect!!

I chucked the frame and dove right into making my 36-hour Page! =D



Supplies:
Paper: Bazzill (brown cardstock); American Crafts (Chap: Cameron and James; The Classics: Huckleberry Finn; Peachy Keen: Fancy Free); Colorbok (kraft paper)
Ink: Tim Holtz Distress Ink (Vintage Photo, Scattered Straw)
ETC: K&Co (Julianne Adhesive Borders; Tim Coffey Cottage Die Cut Cardstock and Acetate pack; Handmade Ephemera Pack); Scrappy Cat (Background and Texture stamps); Studios Blackbird (Ephemera pack); 7Gypsies (Ephemera Pack); Me and My Big Ideas (Vintage Alphabet Small); Darice (twine); Dymo (Organizer Express); Glue Glider Pro; Glue Dots

PS: Your eyes aren't wonky. I laid the page on a bench outside and the bench happens to scoop, so that made the page bend. I was just too lazy to find another spot. Heh. I think I should be given a little leeway seeing as how this page took 35 hours and 30 minutes longer than it should have. LOL.


Thanks so much for stopping in today! :-)


~Cynthia

Iris Birthday

Iris Birthday, a photo by HikerCynthia on Flickr.

Happy Monday! We've got absolutely gorgeous weather on tap for today so I thought I'd get my post in and spend some time outside!

I think this card reflects the spring-like weather we're having here.

I found a set of background stamps on sale at Joann Fabrics. I got eight of them for less than $2!! And they're really cool! I love this swirly one. :-)

I used markers to color the flower stamp. This iris is so painterly--I love that it's airy and almost translucent.

I stamped the sentiment just a bit too close to the background. I think I'll make this one again and move it down a bit.



Supplies:
Paper: Recollections (white cardblank)
Stamps: Penny Black (O March); Scrappy Cat (Background and Texture Stamps set)
Ink: Tim Holtz Distress Ink (Bundled Sage)
ETC: Dee Gruenig's Brush Markers (Tropical Set)


Monday always means a big To Do List around here. Guess I'd better get at it!

Have a wonderful day!!


~Cynthia