Using older supplies

Week 2 of Club Scrap Assembly Line Boot Camp is "Torn Paper".  Way too easy, although sometimes I tear too much off and have to start over.

One of my personal challenges is to use papers from some older kits each week.  Since I have been a member since 2002 I have plenty to pick from.  I was able to use two older kits this week. 

For both this card and the next I chose English Garden from May 2004. I have always loved the subtle prints, and one particular sheet featured four different plant and flower images. Tear them apart, add a ribbon and sentiment, and you have a card.  And I must add, I was very pleased with my bows. They almost never look this nice. Must be the ribbon...

This card uses paper uses paper from the latest kit for February 2014, Big Deal.  Its theme is primarily cards and games, so I was pleasantly surprised to find this sympathy sentiment as part of the Greetings to Go portion of the kit. It is hard to see the card base, but it uses a very nicely embossed tan paper, so I chose to also emboss the cream panel with small dots using my Sizzix Big Shot embossing machine. Tore off the end, add the ribbon, and ready to go.

I also made a layout this week. I had not made an actual scrapbook layout for about two years, so it felt good to do that once again. I will try to incorporate a layout with each week's challenge.  This paper is from Wings July 2005. I used a plain cardstock as the base, and the patterned paper torn on top. The paper is so beautiful all by itself, so I did not feel like the page needed much extra embellishment.  Sometimes the paper IS the embellishment.

That's it for this week!  See you next time. 

Boot Camp!

Club Scrap's Assembly Line Boot Camp began this week. The first Challenge is Metallics; we have to use something metallic on our artwork. This was not as hard as I thought it might be. I was able to use a charm, brads, glitter and gold embossing powder and then I found some great metallic paper from a way-back kit Culinary from March 2004.

  

See, I knew I would use all that "old" paper someday! 

Here are my creations for this week's challenge:

I started with Aspen December 2013 since it was still on my desk.  Metal charm added the right touch.

I tried playing with some gold crayon-like pens but I was not getting the look I wanted so I resorted to gold embossing powder. 

Again I used gold embossing powder then I added gold glitter to the tree and brads at the corners.

I pulled out the Culinary paper and found some great die cuts frames too. Silver paper was embossed in my Sizzix Big Shot, then added some pewter brads.

I love these challenges...makes me work outside of my comfort zone. Can't wait to see what next week will be!  Why don't you join us ?

My first Blog!

This is my first shot as a blogger...how hard can it be?! My plan is to share my artwork, cards and layouts, that I create. Nothing special, just my creative side let out to shine.

Here are some recent creations.