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Winter greetings to warm your heart

December 2, 2011 By Janice Daquila-Pardo 2 Comments

I’m happy to report that I made good headway on my Christmas cards last night! I fired up the Swinging Christmas tunes on Pandora and got crafty. The plan is to hunker down this evening and finish the whole lot of them. Please wish me luck!

In the meantime and in between time, here is a little seasonal card I made the other day. I was feeling the need to color, so I pulled out these darling stamps by Stampendous and my Copics, and this is how it all came together:

Aren't these characters from Stampendous just adorable?

It’s cold and raining here in Austin, so I’m a happy holiday girl. Having grown up in Ohio, I have certain cold and snow requirements for it to truly feel like it’s time to engage in Christmas activities. So I’m thrilled to be looking forward to a cold weekend that will include Christmas crafting and carol singing at our downtown tree lighting! I hope your Friday is great and your weekend is greater. 😉

November 5, 2011 By Janice Daquila-Pardo Leave a Comment

Hello! If you’re here for my stop on the Young Crafters Unite blog hop, you can find it here.

Guest design for Sketch Support

This has been card week on Sketch Support, and today my card is live! Please head over to grab the sketch so you can use it in your own crafting, and while you’re there I would love it if you would leave a quick comment for me. 🙂

Here is a look at the card I made. You can read all about the steps I took on the Sketch Support site.

I turned the card into a Thanksgiving Day booklet for our dinner guests.

Rather than making this a 5.25 x 4-inch card that opens from the bottom (which is what the sketch called for), I made mine 6 x 6 to open from the right. I went with the larger size because I decided to use this as a Thanksgiving Day booklet. When our guests arrive that day, this booklet will be sitting on the table to act as both a menu and a guest book. We will pass it around and ask each person to sign it, and if they are so inclined, to add a note about what makes them thankful.

Here is a peek at the inside:

Here is a look at our planned menu for Thanksgiving.

Thanks so much for visiting today. I would love to hear what you think of my project!

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November 4, 2011 By Janice Daquila-Pardo 36 Comments

Welcome to my stop on the blog hop! If you came from Paulina Nakamura’s site—
Pretty Pink Posh—you’re in the right place. Or if you just jumped into the hop you can see the whole list of participants and explanation of prizes at the Young Crafters Unite! site.

Here’s my contribution:

I made this card to look like a package being sent through the mail.

I wanted to make this card look like a package wrapped in brown paper and covered in stamps to be sent through the mail. I really enjoyed the process of making it:

I started with a piece of kraft cardstock 9 x 7.5 inches, which I scored and folded to make a 9 x 3.75-inch card.
I chose a Silhouette cut file in the shape of a sheet of stamps and cut two sets. I left one intact and cut out the centers from the other set.
Using a different Tim Holtz Distress Ink on each stamp, I colored in all the backgrounds.
Then I used the same distress inks and stamped different background designs on each.
I chose stamp designs that were either travel or mail themed and used black ink to stamp one design on each.
To give the stamps a little shine I spritzed them with Glimmer Mist in gold.
Then I glued the white edges on top of the colored stamps.
After mounting the stamps on dimensional adhesive, I tied twine around my “package” and stamped the sentiment.

The next card maker on the hop is JESSI FOGAN—One Crafty Mama. Her cards are just stunning.

I am also entering this card in the masculine card challenge (#3):

Please be sure to leave comments at each blog; we love to hear your feedback and it enters your name for chances to win prizes. 🙂 Thanks so much for visiting me today, and have a wonderful Friday!

Eat, drink & be scary

October 28, 2011 By Janice Daquila-Pardo Leave a Comment

Blogtoberfest Day 28

Don’t miss out on my GIVEAWAY (closes 12:00 midnight EST on Sunday, October 30th)!

Today, in honor of Halloween, I decided to challenge myself by doing something that I find scary. I pulled out an art supply that I bought years ago but have never used! I’ve had a set of Perfect Pearls in my stash for quite a while, but because I’ve been a little intimidated by them they’ve remained in the drawer.

But today I stamped the skull on the card below with watermark ink and dusted on the Perfect Pearls according to the directions. And the results are beautiful (although it’s very hard to photograph the luster).

Now that I’ve tried them, I honestly don’t know why I thought they would be difficult to use. There was nothing to it! So, I challenge you to buck up and try something that you’ve thought was intimidating. Face your fears. 😉 {Cue wolf howling.}

I pulled out my old Perfect Pearls to make this card.

Blogtoberfest Day 13

October 13, 2011 By Janice Daquila-Pardo 6 Comments

Young Crafters Unite challenge #2 and Simon Says Stamp Challenge – Halloween/Goth

Young Crafters Unite posted their second challenge, which is to make an envelope that matches your card. I had a lot of fun with this one because I decided to make the card rely on the envelope in order to make sense.

Said another way, you have to read what’s on the envelope first to complete the card’s meaning. Fun, huh?

I’m also entering this into the Simon Says Stamp Challenge for the their Halloween/Goth week!

It's a matter of perspective, really ...

I used a shape cut a few times with my Silhouette as the base of the card. Then I added the colors with distress inks before stamping the images. I’m not sure if you’ll notice in the photo that the cobwebs have little hints of glitter pen to make them appear more like gossamer.

Your trick is my treat!

I limited the color palette to add to the stark, creepy effect. I also stamped and inked the flip side of the envelope.

I stamped the back of the envelope to complete the look.

There’s still another couple of days to enter the challenge if you like this idea of embellishing your envelope to match your card. I know I’ll be doing it again!

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