Having a Vintage Time at Whimsical Designs

Hello Crafty Friends,

Welcome back for another Whimsical Wednesday.

 

Today we have a new challenge and you need to start thinking old or antique.

 

This week's challenge...Vintage

 

Here is my Design Team project...

We went on a field trip the other day to Cross Creek, which is where the writer of The Yearling lived, and the guide was carrying an old pocket watch. A few of boys were quite fascinated with it. I even had a student get one over the weekend and bring it to school to share. What an impact!

 I made a pocket watch card as I was thinking of my boys! Lots of inking on the edges to make it look antique

 Double gold loop bow

Whimsical Designs stamp

Materials:

Colorbok paper ~ Victorian Parlour

brown and cream card stock

Old West Cricut cartridge ~ pocket watch (p. 68) cut at 2 1/2"

WD stamp ~ Everyday Sentiments

brown ink

gold ribbon

 

Have you heard about the Book of the Month project? If you love to read you will be quite interested. Be sure to stop by Whimsical Designs and check it out!

 

Hope you will join us this week at Whimsical Designs for the "Vintage" challenge. I am looking forward to seeing those old fashion projects.

Stay Creative,

Georgiana

Die Cuttin' Divas Sketch

Happy Diva Tuesday!

 

Today brings another challenge at Die Cuttin' Divas and what better way to celebrate than with a new project, especially when you have a sketch to guide you. I sure am glad I had the sketch with as busy as I have been . FCAT Writes went well, but now we wait two months for the results. We had a field trip last Friday to St. Augustine and then my son came home from college. It is ALWAYS BUSY, BUSY, BUSY! Oh, and I went to Joanns one day and special ordered 5 new Spellbinders...can't wait for the call to come that they are ready to be picked up.

 

The Challenge...Sketch
Remember you can rotate, which is what I did!

 

Here is my Design Team project...

I just love that sign because it is code for Happy Birthday and the birthday girl's age. 

Materials:

Old West Cricut cartridge ~ horse (p. 26) cut at 2 1/4", sign (p. 67) cut at 1 1/2", and Giddyap (p. 76) cut at 1/2"

Nates' ABCs Cricut cartridge ~ font cut at 1/4"

Flair Designs paper

brown, cream and tan card stock

wiggly eye

brown gems

  

Hope you will join us at Die Cuttin' Divas this week for our sketch challenge. Don't forget to visit the other design team members and see their magnificent projects too. You will enjoy the variety of themes from this one sketch.

Be sure to come back tomorrow for Whimsical Designs on Wednesday.

 

Stay Creative,

Georgiana



Happy Trails at the Horse Ranch

Good Morning Crafty Friends,

Today is my Exploring Cricut Design Team day. I decided to create a layout rather than a card and I used some pictures I had printed out about two - three weeks ago. Do you have tons of pictures saved on your computer and never do anything with them? Well...that is me! I decided it is time to start selecting, printing, creating, and sharing. The family seems to enjoy them too, especially sinced they don't have to do any of the work!  :)

Happy Trails at Southern Cross Horse Ranch in Georgia.

Many years ago we found this "dude ranch" and have been back about 3 or 4 times. We like it because you get to ride twice a day for 2 hours at a time anywhere on the ranch. You can either ride on the trails or in the pasture. You can ride with a guide or without.

Materials:

12x12 green card stock

pattern paper ~ light brown and blue plaid

brown card stock

brown ink

Old West Cricut cartridge (love the rope font)

I am hoping to continue working on some more layouts. I like that you have a larger space to work with than a card. Now I want to get creative with a sketch and design of the layout. I have seen some challenges, but if you can recommend some I would appreciate it!

Be sure to stop by Exploring Cricut on Monday for the new challenge. I have to tell you...I had fun with the challenge and I couldn't stop singing M-i-c...(hint, hint, hint). Come join the fun on Monday.

Stay Creative,

Georgiana

Anything Goes with "Three Layers"

Challenge #12: Three Layers

I created two layouts this evening for The Craft Den Anything Goes Challenge. 

This first one I had planned on finishing before school started.  The students do not officially start until Monday, so I am going to say I met this goal.  The other...well...it has taken me a few years...better late than never...right? All the pictures are framed in multiple layers.

My daughter found this paper at a yard sale our local craft store held a few weeks ago. It belonged to a Creative Memories kit and we purchased it since she loves horses. I used the Old West cartridge for the letters...Flourish and Flourish Shadow at 1 1/2".

This second layout was just created although it says 2006. I purchased the Coca Cola paper after visiting the museum in Atlanta, developed the pictures once we returned home, and then put it in a scrapbook that I had good intentions of creating. Well, it never happened until now. It was a good thing the date was on the back of the pictures or I would have never remembered the year.

Stay Creative,

Georgiana  : )

A creative man is motivated by the desire to achieve, not by the desire to beat others.

~Ayn Rand

Western Theme Challenge

A Western Card with the Concertina Fold

Here is another new type of card for my personal challenge...a concertina fold. I had LOTS of fun with this card! I think I might do a few more in the future (when I have plenty of extra time for all the fine details). I used a western/cowboy theme, so it would be eligible for Paper Cutz Challenge. 

 

This is the front of the card. I created it by cutting a 12" x 12" piece of brown card stock in half. Then I folded that piece into 3 even sections. I actually purchased a scoring tool to attach to my Fiskar paper cutter and it worked perfectly. I then traced the first two sections and covered it with green for the pasture. I added a variety of theme related pieces I cut from Old West. The horses and fence are attached with foam dots to add depth.

When you open the card you see the barn and cowgirl. Oh yeah, that rope is just hanging on the post so you can lasso some wild horses. I am not quite pleased with the cowgirl yet, so I will probably do a little editing tomorrow before I start another challenge.

Looking forward to hearing from you and please let me know your favorite type of card. I'd like to try the Tri-fold Shutter card next but am open for suggestions.