Thursday, November 14, 2013

Card Challenges and Journal Pages

  Before I get to the art I just wanted to share two photos of a very special occasion. I mentioned I had a busy weekend last week. That's because hubby and I went to a destination wedding! The service and reception was held at The Cork Factory Hotel in Lancaster, PA-just over 1 1/2 hrs. drive from us. We had a great time, and Lynn and Andrew thought of everything-from having tote bags filled with goodies and drinks for all the guests upon arrival to the sumptuous Sunday brunch before check out! The renovated hotel was positively charming and rustic with exposed beams and displays of the materials and tools used when in fact it was a cork factory.





  Lynn loves the twenties era, thus the poster her mother had custom made, and Lynn's elegant lace dress and hairstyle. They were positively radiant! Congratulations to Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Greenspan, a beautiful young couple we are blessed to have met and become friends with.

  Simon  Monday Challenge theme is "Got Ink?" I decided to play with some spray ink and a "stencil".

 The "stencil" is actually a 12" x 12" card stock pattern usually used for scrapbooking. Ever since I first tried this some months ago I have been looking for more of these to play with. They hold up very well and I haven't had one tear yet after multiple uses! I simply set a piece of white cardstock under the patterned paper and sprayed with a combination of my own custom made spray ink and  Lilac spray ink.


  Products: white 5" x 7" notecard (Canvas Corp); black, white, purple cardstock (Paper Studio); Black Stars Lace cardstock (ki memories); Turquoise Pthalo Fluid Acrylic ink (Golden); Lilac spray ink (Inkadinkado); die cut star shape; clear stamp (Waltzingmous Stamps-Season Of Love Set); Onyx Black Versafine ink (Tsukineko); Pearlescent Sky Blue ink (Brilliance-Tsukineko); Blue Lagoon Bakers Twine (We R Memory Keepers); metallic floss; gemstone stars.

  For the Simon Wednesday challenge theme of "Thanks/Thanksgiving" I made a card which will be my Thanksgiving cards this year.


  Products: black, white and ochre cardstock (Paper Studio); patterned paper (Provo Craft); Onyx Black Versafine ink (Tsukineko); rubber stamp (Inkadinkado); paper flower (Recollections); 2 3/4" circle punch (Paper Shapers); Grand Calibur die cut machine and Big Scalloped Circles Large dies (Spellbinders); rhinestone (Recollections).



  This journal spread is in my moleskine journal and was made for the 52 Weeks of Creative Abundance online course. Each month we have a word/theme to focus on and create a tag around it. For October (yes, I got a bit behind) the word was "DARE". The challenge was to dare ourselves to do something we've been longing to do, to "engage the youthful rebel inside yourself that desires to be set free". I thought about this often throughout the month and realized that I needed to push away/push past the fears and that inner voice of negative thoughts... to rise above it and DARE to succeed in filling my hearts desires.

  The silhouette was created from a magazine image I cut out, resized and printed onto cardstock. And since I had the cut out portion and another silhouette I decided to create another journal page:


 The background is a page in my watercolor journal next to the page I used for one of the  projects in this post. I simply sponged some black paint around the cut out  then painted the silhouette and glued it to the page. The quote was added digitally.

  Besides the Simon Monday challenge and Simon Wednesday challenge I am linking to Art Journal Every Day, Creative Every Day, Mandarin Orange Monday, Glue It Tuesday and my favorite party place- Paint Party Friday!

  "We cannot escape fear. We can only transform it into a companion that accompanies us on all our exciting adventures."  Susan Jeffers

42 comments:

  1. Fabulous creations once again, Linda! I love the silhouette page!

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  2. Lovely creations again this week, and glad you enjoyed the wedding! Valerie

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  3. Wonderful creations here my friend! You've been very busy and having fun, your Thanksgiving card is so class, I love it!

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  4. Your cards are awesome and love the journal page ~ all very creative ~ thanks, carol, xxx

    Wedding couple look divine and happy ~ love her gown ~ bet it was fun for all ^_^

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  5. lovely work this week! I love weddings thanks for sharing this one.

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  6. Firstly Thank you so much for all the lovely comments you've been leaving on my blog the last week or so. I apologise for not getting back to you sooner-the problem with creating at everyday is it leaves me very little time for visiting other bloggers . Your friend's wedding looks lovely. I love the 20s and her dress and hair style are fab as is that great poster! I Really love your creations this week. The star card is gorgeous and the step out of your comfort zone piece is inspired-so clever!

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  7. Beautiful wedding photos Linda and love all your projects, particularly the last one, so clever.
    Happy PPF, Annette x

    http://nettysartadventures.blogspot.co.uk/

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  8. I love what you have done with stencils. Such a cool stencil design. Well done! Happy PPF

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  9. Wow, I love how you used the stencil, and all your cards look so sweet! Happy PPF!

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  10. Love the stencils. It is funny how they sometimes get stronger when you use them because they are covered with ink or acrylic paint. Love your Thanksgiving Card also. So many projects. I also love your quote from Susan Jeffers. Her book Feel the Fear and Do it Anyway was a life changer for me. Thanks for the inspiring post!

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  11. Thank you for your kind comment on my blog. Awesome pictures of your friends wedding. I love that era as well. Great work on your pieces. Love the silhouette. I'm actually working on a silhouette right now. Nice job on all.
    gloria

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  12. Beautiful painted cards, and I fancy the last one! :)

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  13. I love your star card, the blues and purples work together so well! Thanks for joining us for this week's Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge!

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  14. lovely card and great journal pages

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  15. Beautiful designs, love them! Looks like your friend had a wonderful wedding!

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  16. Very interesting your new art journal pages! Exquisite designs!

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  17. What a beautiful bride and the poster is a wonderful reminder of that special day and place!
    Very inspirational journal pages, yes, let's dare move to a new place, the place we want to be in life! Just what I'm working on personally right now.
    Happy PPF
    Ilona

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  18. Stencils are so much fun! I love the cards you've painted, they're all wonderful. And the dancing journal page is great too with the warm colors and super sentiment!

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  19. Those journalpages are great! I love how you used both the cut out and the silhouette to create these pages. And that spray-ink-page is so cute too!

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  20. The bride looks beautiful in that dress. Sounds like a fun wedding. And I love your journal pages Linda. That saying is so true and I try to do that as much as possible. Thanks for reminding me to do that more.

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  21. What a beautiful couple, I love the poster! Your Thanksgiving card is fantastic!

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  22. Awe, what a WONDERFUL celebration that must have been! I love her 20's inspired theme and dress AND they got married on the same day I did - but, um, 11 years earlier ;0
    I love that stars stencil too (clever idea) - and the work you created here is just beautiful, xoxo

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  23. So much here to see! Love the stencils and the lovely thanksgiving card. Also love "dare ". I do wonder why wemust have so much negativity anyway seems so bloody useless. Thanks for stopping by!

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  24. Wonderful creations -- celebrations and art go hand in hand. What a great post!

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  25. What a beautiful rich Thanksgiving card, Linda! Thanks for sharing it with us at the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge!

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  26. Great quotes! And I love your idea with the card stock pattern, I'm going to have a look around for some :)

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  27. Gorgeous creations Linda! What a beautiful couple, love their 20's theme too!! How fun!! Have a great week!

    Hugs Giggles

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  28. Oh LInda, your cards are so precious! My favorite is the "so thankful" ♥ Conny
    Piaroms Art Journaling

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  29. Beautiful creations Linda, I love your journal pages. Beautiful work!!

    Have a great day!
    Nora

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  30. Wonderful post Linda. The wedding couple look so lovely :)

    I love your work Linda the last piece especially about stepping out of our comfort zone!

    Karen x

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  31. Dear Linda, your cards are lovely. My favourite is thanksgiving card, it is beautiful. Stay creative, gorgeous lady!

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  32. You have beautiful cards here, Linda, and your journal spread is very creative. I had never thought of using scrapbook cardstock as a stencil - what a great idea!

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  33. Your cards are gorgeous, Linda. Blessings!

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  34. Wonderful work! I especially love the Thanksgiving card :)

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  35. Thank you for sharing such a happy time with us...the bride and groom make such a beautiful couple!
    You are a great card maker with such a variety.
    I am also very inspired by your silhouettes and have been playing with some myself.
    The fear quote is perfect too (I think I always say that because your quote choices always speak to me ♥)
    oxo

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  36. All your works look fabulous. I especially love the art journal pages, simple but powerful. The last quote is so true especially with art.
    Susan

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  37. Beautiful cards ♥ Thanks for sharing!

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  38. Wonderful post. Lovely photo and art.
    Nicole/Beadwright

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  39. Sounds like a lovely get away... beautiful place. Your last pic is so energetic and colourful...and what a positive message. Thanks for sharing on Mandarin orange Monday #^*:)

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  40. Gorgeous cards this week - and what an inspiring way to use scrapbooking paper. I must keep an eye out for these! x

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  41. I always love your cards....and your other stuff.

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