Gone Fishing...

School is FINALLY out here and I am soooooo ready to head to the lake, sit down on the dock and throw in my fishing pole!   This incredibly relaxing thought spurred the creation of this card for our next Make It Monday #91 Linky Party. 

A compilation of textures and techniques were used on this one. Starting with the background.  Three strips of white cardstock rectangles were cut, folder embossed, painted with blue and yellow acrylics and then topped with TH Vintage Photo Crackle Paint and then sanded down.  Stitching around the edges was next.  The center piece is a scrap from a music book and the scalloped edging is actually a measuring tape I cut down to accent the sunrise in the photo.  The image is from our sponsor,

 Digi Doodle Shop called Gone Fishing.  I colored it up with copics and then glazed 3 layers of clear embossing powder over it.  The frame of the image was designed by using the circle scallop die and then crocheting a border using the scallop holes themselves.  The image was cut with a circle die to fit inside the frame.  An additional white flower and leaf I crocheted, were also added to die cut leaves and peach colored Prima rose to complete the card front.

 I really really really love how the sky and water turned out on this little guy.

 Brace yourself, I did it again! The inside is decorated as well.  I am really getting into this whole use up your scraps bit. :)  The inside is folder embossed, painted with correlating acrylics and then TH DI Vintage Photo added with the finishing touch of sanding as well.

So, there you have it.  A non-sentiment card that can be used for so many occasions!

I can't begin to tell you how much I love seeing everyone's work that they enter into our challenge at Make It Monday.  Makes my heart skips a beat at all the incredible talent out there.  So keep it coming in, we'd LOVE to see what ya'll are up to.

I'll end with the best part of the post...

PICK OF THE WEEK!

This stunning compilation of teacher's elements is just wonderful on her easel card with a drawer!

You can never thank an educator enough for all they do and WOW, what a splendid way to know that you are appreciated with this work of art.

My pick of the week is from Kerry at SweetRoses and if you'd like to see more pictures of her amazing project you can click here.

Hugs n' Happy Stamping and Great Fishing....

Lisa xx

Challenges I would Like To Enter This Card In:

2 Sisters - Bring On The Boys
One Stop Craft Challenge - One For the Boys
For Your Inspiration - Photo Image ( I tried to pull the colors from the sky and water as best I could)
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Dig Out The Old...

Hello everyone.  I have today four gift tags using the theme, Dig Out The Old, for our challenge happening at Top Tip Tuesday.  This is the first time I've ever made tags and I'll be honest, these are more difficult than cards and my desk was buried when I finished.  How something so small can trash a place is beyond me! Anyway, here they are, each with several common elements.  They all contain a handmade crochet item at the top, images from Nicecrane Designs are Vintage Fashion Pages and Beautiful Ladies, old matchbooks used for little banner tags, and lace.  I also dug out my 1998 Fiskar scissors to border some of the background newspaper images and also the pink rick rack seen on the first tag that I turned into a rose.

Tag One

Tag Two

I've added some gold glitter to the image for a little vintage appeal. I've included tip too.  When applying glitter to anything, it's always a mess.  To avoid this, rub Versamark over desired area, then add clear embossing powder and heat dry.  You'll have the glitter but without the mess for the recipient.

I dyed the ribbon blue inside an ink pad lid where I'd squeezed out some ink and then spritzed a bit of water into it.

 Tag Three

 Tag Four

Because this theme is about digging out the old stuff, I wanted to show you just how old this rick rack is that I found at a local flea market.  I looked for a date on the package and couldn't find one, but when I opened the wrapper up, here's what is says inside....

Just below the bold letters, Does Your Child Sew?  It says, "Send 3 labels and 15 cents to cover postage and handling..."  WOW 15 pennies.I googled it and found that postage was this much back in 1978!! 

So hop on over and show us what you found that was old to use on your projects and be sure to let us know what it is you used. ;)

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I appreciate your visit and comments very much. Thank you!

Hugs to you,

Lisa xx