City By the Bay

Wouldn’t you love a view of the city like this?  Well, my view is a whole lot more country, but I would one day love to be able to enjoy one like this.  I might have to settle for occasional holiday trips, but it would still be wonderful.

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I put quite a bit of planning into this project.  I had to think backwards in order to keep the layers straight.  I embossed my whisper white piece with elegant dots and used the recessed side to make my ‘wall’.  I inked up my sponge and just pounced in here and there to create this look.  I kept going until it looked more like a textured wall than a piece of embossed paper.  The edges got sponged.

The hearth and home thinlit of the window was used twice.  Once to create the hole in the wall and again to make the window frame.  I glued the white one to the tip top taupe one with tombo liquid glue and nestled it back into place with the card front.  That way it looked raised up without a lot of fuss.

The skyline was created with the calling all heroes set.  It was stamped with black stazon onto water color paper.  The texture of the paper made it look really neat.  I went to work on the water line and then moved up to the sunset.  The windows were colored in with gold wink of stella, even though you can’t tell as much, they do sparkle.  That was centered in the window and got a heavy dose of dimensionals.  I am sure I could have worked it out easier if I had thought a bit more, but sometimes a creative journey takes a few extra turns.

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Have a creative day!

Moana

Game On!

Know someone who is taking on a new challenge?  Me too, and this card is just right for her.  I guess it could go for a lot of different occasions, even a child’s birthday card, use your imagination.  I sure did.

Game On!

The card base is bermuda bay and I kept it just to that one color.  The card front has a narrow boarder with the stamped front layered on another piece of bermuda bay cardstock and lifted up on dimensionals.  The simple sentiment comes from the Dear Heart set, along with this adorable little boy.

Game On!

He is prepped for adventure with a mask from the Calling All Heroes set stamped in coordinating ink.  I punched him out with the 1 3/4″ circle punch and layered that again with a 2″ circle punch of more bermuda bay.  A simple accent of striped grosgrain ribbon finished it off nicely.

Game On!

I sponged color around the edges of the card front, the inside panel and the circle punches.  Just softening it a little bit.  Now I can’t wait to give it to my friend.

Have a creative day!

Moana

Divine Nature

The week is nearly over and I am sure I am all tuckered out.  Today theme is “I Serve With All My Strength”.  The value is Divine Nature and blue is the color.

Divine Nature

Have you noticed in each of the favors that I used the initials of the value for that day?  Of course I used the very clever alphabet stamps from the Calling All Heroes set.  They are tiny, but give the perfect comic book font.

Divine Nature

I used pacific point to make the blue favor and stamped the mask in the same color.  Coordination makes me more than happy.  Especially when it looks as good as this does.  I think today’s is my favorite favor.  Please note the cute blue jelly beans inside.

Divine Nature

Tonight will be bittersweet.  It is always nice to go home after being gone, especially camping, but I know we will have had such a wonderful time and become great friends.  The experiences you get to have during a special camp like this can truly be life changing.  I know it will be for me, once again.

Have a creative day!

Moana

Knowledge

The theme for today is “I Serve With All My Mind”  Knowledge is the value and green is the color.  I used Garden Green to make these cute little sour cream containers.  Of course I filled them with green jelly beans.

Knowledge

I really like how I have made all of the super hero images ladies with those awesome lips.  It is one tiny stamp, but not too hard to manage.  Especially when I am patient.  Some of the lips did get a little off center, but it is the thought that counts here.  In one afternoon and another evening I made all sixty of these favors, a dozen for each of the five days.  We break camp on Saturday, so I didn’t make one for that day.  But, the girls will get a special card Friday night with a well thought out message.  I will just use ones from the stash for that task.

Knowledge

I got four of these containers out of each sheet of cardstock.  I just cut it into four bits and went for it.  It was a bit trick getting the paper to curve and not crease, but I did pretty good.

Knowledge

Last night I got to leave camp for the evening to attend a concert with my sister-in-law.  She and I got tickets at Christmas to see Andrea Bocelli and the concert was scheduled smack in the middle of camp.  So, I got permission to leave for an overnight and headed back the next morning.  At least, that was the plan.  I am sure it was.

Have a creative day!

Moana

Choice and Accountability

Another cute handout for another awesome day!  And, you guessed it, matching orange jelly beans inside.  Today is more of a card style.  Orange is my favorite color, and pumpkin pie is a lovely shade of orange.

Choice and Accountability

I used the same punch combo to give this uniform look.  It really makes it easy to get lots of work done with great tools.  I just might be a bit anxious by now, since I haven’t been able to craft for a few days.  I am sure I will survive.  Everyone needs a break, right?

Choice and Accountability

I have also taken advantage of using up retired accessories, like this tangelo twist satin stitched ribbon.  It coordinates so nicely with pumpkin pie.

Choice and Accountability

And, another boost of jelly beans to get them on their way.  I might be needing a few by now.  We will have to see.  I sure hope these posts are working like they are supposed to.

Have a creative day!

Moana

Individual Worth

Day two of camp has arrived and I am sure I slept deeply after a really busy first day.  Something about camping.  Sleep feels better and food tastes wonderful.  I don’t know why, it just seems that way.

Individual Worth

Today the rest of the camp will be showing up.  It is a bit hectic, but within an hour, our numbers will nearly triple.  Talk about excitement!

 

Individual Worth

Tonight we will begin with our skit presentations.  There are so many great parts of camp, but I do love those.  We get to enjoy those two nights in a row.  I am sure these ladies will need a little pick me up, so here is another special treat.

Individual Worth

I used real read to showcase, since the value color for Individual Worth is red.  The theme for today is “I Serve With All My Heart”.  And that is the best thing to do.  I used some card bases and turned them into little bags.  A great trick to do when you need a bag quick!  Give it a try!

Have a creative day!

Moana

Good Works

Today is the first day of camp, but not for everyone.  The group of young ladies I am working with are there early to help set up the camp site for everyone else.  There are plenty of adults too, but they are the ones that get things done.  There are only ten youth camp leaders this year, so they will be working really hard.

Good Works

Since they will be working so hard, I thought they should have something special each day.  Today’s theme  is “I Serve” and the companion value is Good Works.  Since we are super heroes, I went with that.  You will see super heroes all week.

Good Works

I made a little matchbook styled handout.  I used crushed curry, whisper white, and basic black.  I stamped my hero mask to coordinate with the paper and put yummy jellybeans inside.  Of course they had to match.  Also part of my theme this week.

Good Works

I got four books from every sheet of paper.  I cut them at 2 3/4″ wide and scored them to make the book.  I used my handy little stapler to clip in the candy bag.  How cute is this!

I am busy at camp and having a great time so far I am sure.  I am not much of a camper kind of gal, but both of my daughters will be there, so I will enjoy that part more than enough.

Have a creative day!

Moana

Calling All Heroes – to Girls Camp that is!

Guess what?  I am going to take you to girls camp with me this week, kind of.  I will be leaving in the morning and won’t be back until Saturday.  So, the projects I will be showing you all week have to do with what I am getting into at camp.

Calling All Heroes - to Girls Camp that is!

Are you wondering just what this one is about?  Well…I will be helping the youth camp leaders keep things on schedule, they are busy, let me tell you.  One of the fun things they get to do is give out pins to any of the young lady campers, or adults, who are doing great things.  Our particular camp site is all about super heroes, so I thought our pin should reflect that.  I stamped on shrinky dink, remember that stuff?  It is pretty smooth, and those stamps really wanted to dance.  I put my stamp to work and then punched them out with my 2″ circle punch.  Nearly 170 of them.  My wrists were so sore.

Calling All Heroes - to Girls Camp that is!

They have to bake so they can do their shrinking.  I could do twenty at a time, so I did them all in about an hour and a half one morning before work.  Tricky stuff there.  You can see all of them all piled up.

Calling All Heroes - to Girls Camp that is!

See how small they get?  They ended up just big enough for me to glue a pin on the back.  Since they shrunk so much, it kind of covered up any of my slippy slidy stamping problems.  That was nice.  The glue worked out, but didn’t give me the look I wanted.  Either way, they are all done and ready to go.  Now, I just need to do the same.

Have a creative day!

Moana

Calling All Heroes!

I have always had so much fun with this set.  It truly makes me giggle, every time.  I know I have seen many projects with a serious theme using the city skyline, but I love the whimsy.

Calling All Heroes

I put these notebook covers together for a lovely group of girls.  As summer slowly approaches, we all start to prepare for the coming events.  One of them that is big in my life is my daughters week long church camp.  It is just so wonderful for everyone involved.  The older girls have the opportunity to be the Youth Camp Leaders  or YCL’s.  They picked superheroes as the theme for their campsite.  So, naturally, I went here.

Calling All Heroes

We had a planning meeting on Sunday evening, and I made these notebook sets to help them stay organized.  And of course to let them know how special they are!  What better way than this?  I couldn’t think of one either.

Calling All Heroes

The sunburst framelits work so well here giving it a little extra zing.  It stayed pretty clean so the focus could be on these little heroes.  They felt super special and looked awesome too.  I made eighteen of these guys.  Yup, it took a while, in several sitting.  Too much fun though!  Go get some stamps out and make something for someone else.  You will feel great doing it!

Have a creative day!

Moana