Julie: Collage style card - lime green with gold

Hello again.

 

Time and again when I sit down to get crafty - without knowing in advance what it is I want to make - it's  the colours of my supplies that inspire me to start pulling various bits and pieces together. And with this project it all began with the fresh, zesty, lime green Lily Bee 12x12 papers in 'Trinket' and 'Whimsy' which eventually led to this freestyle, collage-y, layered card: 

In between layers of the two different lime green prints I added a band of stamping using the Lost Coast Designs Zebra Stripe border stamp:

And .. as I was feeling in the citrus mood ... I stamped the same design elsewhere on the card only this time using a lemon yellow ink pad:

My sentiment [wording snipped from an old children's story] was added on top of two Collections Elements tickets which I highlighted with a strip of the fabulous Faux Diamante Mesh in gold: 

I just loved the way the gold tone brought some sophistication to the bright green backing, while in return the green really livened up a colour that's often only used in very 'traditional' style cards and projects.

 

I'll definitely be looking for more ways to mix gold with vivid colours in future casual scrappy style cards!

 

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Hopefully my next Design Team project will feature my '52 Weeks of Photos' album. I've been keeping up by taking a photo each week all month ... so now I just need to print them .. and decide how to present them!

 

How are you joining in? Let us know in the comments or on the 3DJean Facebook page.

 

If you haven't heard of the 3DJean DT's year long photography + crafty project - then just click here for all of the details. Everyone's welcome!

 

Catch you next time.

 

Julie :-)

Number 4... Something Green

...and they're very green, no sign of turning red..

Green tomato chutney anyone?

Fresh and clean looking

No inked edges or a card with lots of elements , just a clean and fresh looking card. That's what I think these two cards look like that I have made.   

 I used an embossing folder and then some of the lovely Rose Organza ribbons , we have it in stock at the moment in red and black. A pack of rhinestones and pearls from the Hobby House range we stock to bling them up just a bit.

 Then on the black one i've used the Purple Onion Designs HAPPY BIRTHDAY strip stamp and the good new is that this stamp is now back in stock.

Jan: Gift bag

 Jean has got these cute kraft bags  in the shop, which are ideal for decorating. I have used the double sided Hello Sunshine posie paper for the body of the bag. The combination of bright yellows and deep reds are so refreshing.

 The rosette has been made from a strip of Hello Sunshine, twirl

The beauty of these double sided papers are that you get so many combinations.  The tag is the other side of Hello Sunshine  twirl.

Tip: I put a strip of chipboard in the base of the bags to make them more sturdy.

Number 34

... this is the second week and  number 34 on the list...
WHAT'S IN THE FRIDGE... a lot! getting ready for a bit of a 'Do'....there's a lot of food but not much drink... that's in the 'beer' fridge elsewhere.

Alas no beer for me since the A&E incident...

Two down fifty to go....
Effie

My First 2 Weeks

Two weeks have gone and im up to date , which has got to be a good start. Of  course we had no choice over the 1st photo , so here is my self portrait.

 Week 2 and I've done No 16 A Good Habit . Last Friday I took 7 of my Girl Guides to York for the day , we went by train , visited the York Chocolate Story (yes we ate lots lol ) and went on the City Tour bus. So for me being a Guide leader has got to be a good habit.

I must admit those sheets of little Alphabets we stock are going to come in very handy for this having used them on both pages already

Honestly...

... you couldn't make it up!.. it's VHS v Betamax all over again..The Pogo arrived.. late!..plugged it in and got ready to print.. Pogo won't print from an iPhone...what's that all about!... so I thought I'll E-mail it to myself and print from the lap top....needed a double ended USB lead... didn't have the right lead!... so I'll bluetooth it.... the lap top does't have bluetooth!... by this time I'm losing the will to live!..

E-Mailed to a different lap top and here we are! I hate having my picture taken.. I think I'm 20 years younger and four stone lighter than I really am!.. If anyone recognizes me from this picture then I'm in trouble!... and I've discovered there's a big difference in the forward and back facing cameras on the iPhone... after trying to resize stuff!..

Anyway I've started.. here's my first page
The second photo is on it's way....you can find the list here if you want to join in....