Did You See This ....
.........on the back cover of February 2009 Vamp Stamp News?
Wanda Hentges writes: I've attached a picture of a card that I made and that is published on the back cover of the current Vamp Stamp News magazine (Feb. 2009).
I wanted to make a card using the [Vamp Stamp News] current challenge (resist techniques).
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Wanda didn't submit this card for gg designs' February Challenge but it fit so well we just had to add it here. Except for the almost imperceptible hearts, it certainly fits into the "Non-Traditional" challenge.
Questions and comments for Wanda..... |
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Jeanette Waters' tackles the "Non Traditional Valentine"..........
"With a Song in My Heart"
•DP* is from Scrappy Chic on a black base card.
•Bird is stamped and embossed in silver.
• All of the papers are edged with silver pigment ink
• I used a bit of the silver ink on the feather.
•The music is clip art.
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I used black ribbon so that it wouldn't be too "traditional".
* Stamper's Abreviations: DP= designer paper, CS= card stock, and EP= embossing powder (Thanks for the clarification, Jeanette.)
From Jeanette: I sure get a lot of use out of the bird set.
ggd:
Thanks for "showing it off!" The birds were largely a result of Wanda Hentges enthusiasm for a "little birdie" from an early Halloween Set.
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Laughing.....Laughing........Laughing!!!! |
Long time gg designs friend and supporter Linda Blackbird sends this message:
Hello!
Am I too late for the party? [Of course not!]
The nontraditional Valentine card challenge.....what a perfect chance
to use one of my favorites!
The pinecone was stamped on acetate.
After it dried, I first dropped various inks onto the acetate...right over the stamped image,
then
spread a layer of dimensional glue,
and ended with tissue paper that
had been crumpled, and somewhat smoothed out.
When that all dried, I
flipped it over, trimmed it and adhered it to lime, not yellow,
cardstock. (darn scanner!)
Printed the text on lime c.s. and mounted everything to a dark green
panel, which is mounted to a lime card.
Thanks for the fun challenge!
At this point we hadn't seen the card yet and couldn't figure how lime green and a pinecone [one of gg designs' all time most popular images] could be used for a Valentine!
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Linda promises an answer to Heather's Challenge as well. Dare we say we are on "Pines and Needles" (ugh, sorry) waiting to see what she will come up with next? : ) We didn't have long to wait.........see her "friend" card above in the section with Heather's sketch responses.
Questions and comments for Linda .... Comment: beautiful
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Yogi Takes the Cake...With This Entry
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CreatedByHandChallenge.Wordpress.com
Feb 10, 2009 - Gold & gg designs
Non traditional Valentine Design
Created: Feb 10, 2009
"Cupcake Valentine Card" 5"w x 7"h
I decided to combine two themes into one card. Created by hand's challenge this week was to use gold and gg design's challenge was to make a non traditional Valentine card (no hearts or flowers anywhere!!).
I started out by coloring white cardstock with Pan Pastels, all over with red and some dark grey and blending. Then masked off a rectangle and used gold spray webbing. Removed the white cardstock mask and outlined the rectangle with a gold gel pen. Trimmed the white cardstock down a bit to fit within the gold outlined area. Used a brass stencil (Dreamweaver - 3 cupcakes) and Dreamweaver's white molding paste on the gold webbed white cardstock. When dry colored it with Tombow markers and added some Diamond Glaze on the cherry to make it shinny. Added the red brads and the words with a black micron pen "Tell me I'm your cupcake... and I'll tell you you're the icing on it." Mounted the red layer onto a beige toned card. |
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YUMMY!
Questions and comments for Yogi
Comments:
• I never realized that you could color stencil paste with
markers...thanks for sharing that tip!
• A friend of mine uses embossing paste but I haven't tried it yet. I like the look you get with it. |
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AND THE WINNERS ARE:
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Heather's Valentine Sketch Challenge: Heather selects: Arlene Faber-
I think her approach was very original- I love how she used the feather image. Plus look at how she got her whole group involved. That alone deserves a round of applause.
For a prize- maybe send her a stamp*- or ask her if there is a stamp that she would like. Sometimes I think there is honor in bragging rights and not necessarily a big prize. Her friends will get a kick out of it too I bet!
Heather
*We had discussed what to do for folks who had already won a "Signature Stamp." We don't want people to be discouraged from submitting often. So, if you've already won a signature stamp, don't hesitate to submit again. We will designate another prize for you.
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February's "Non traditional" Valentine Challenge: gg designs had a terrible time making a choice for this challenge! Love a good laugh....and Audrey's "Stop Horsing Around" started us off with a smile. Wanda's use of a turtle as a Valentine also made us laugh. Jeanette's "Song" was just so sweet, really lovely and the "3-D" with an actual feather was very special. Yogi's cupcake got us in our sweet tooth but in the end, though at first glance it looks rather serious, the caption made the unusual use of a "Fall" image work....and made us laugh out loud! So Linda Blackbird's Pine Cone is the winner.
Finding a prize for Linda will be difficult. She owns tons of gg designs' stamps and has long signed her work with a special blackbird image, so Linda, please contact us to let us know what we can do for a "prize" for you.
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Thank You to everyone for making this month's challenges such fun!
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