Midnight Blue wishes you peace, love, joy, health and prosperity in 2012!
Happy New Year!!
Midnight Blue would like to wish you and your loved ones a very happy holiday season and a blessed and prosperous new year!
Just an FYI … Starting Sunday, we are going to be on our holiday break. We are looking forward to spending some time with family and friends during this wonderful holiday season. We’ll be finishing up any projects we’re currently working on, but if you need something else, let us know ASAP.
Can you believe that we have less than two weeks to Christmas? It just struck me over the weekend how quickly it is approaching. My tree is up, but has no lights or ornaments, I’ve just been too busy. This is going to be a very simple holiday, it seems … and honestly, that is okay with me. I want to enjoy it and not stress over the little things and I want to get everything I’ve committed to for others done, that is more important.
I usually like to take holiday photos and post them, but I wanted to let you know why there are none thus far this year … but … my heart is full of the holiday spirit and that I send your way as you prepare to share this time of year with those you love.
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Off to Black Rock this morning to help hang a new art show in the gallery. As a member of ALOG, this is one of the tasks we are asked to do, in exchange for Black Rock graciously hosting our organization. It is actually a lot of fun, figuring out how to best present the artist’s work. And builds one’s skills for when hanging your own shows.
Hi all.
A few weeks back I had a workshop hosted by my Bestie. We had only a diligent few, but man-o-man did we have some fun!!! She requested that we use the All Dressed Up Framelits….so no problem there. I love these things. I also wanted to include a couple of new items from the brand new catalogue, So this is what I came up with……
Now before you all fall off your chairs….yes….I KNOW there is a HUGE use of PINK in these projects. It was forced upon me by the DSP I used, which is the very pretty Gingham Garden. It also had a flower from Mixed Bunch stamped in Versamark to fill in the blank background. Now the OCD side of me also meant that each attendee had a different strip of DSP and therefore different coloured main CS, inks etc. I also used the Label Love and Banner Greetings stamp sets and the co-ordinating punch with Label Love – Artisan Punch. As you can imagine, with framelits, embossing, bling and dimensionals it was creative chaos!!!
Sadly I did not get pics of the ladies’ creations (bad demo!!) I did however make my hostess a unique thank you gift, a box of notecards and co-ordinated box in the new 2013-15 In Colours!!
These were the 4 cards inside…..
Now (as I later found out when I opened a NEW packet of note cards) these are the OLD, smaller SU notecards. The new ones are MUCH bigger, which also explains why, no matter how I tried to work it, I could not make them the same as the set I was inspired by here. Still, there were very cute!!! Here is one close up…….
I made the box so that the cards nested snugly inside and on the top, I used the new Quaterfancy DSP and I paper pierced the framelit. Can you tell I love using framelits??
Thanks for popping by. As you can appreciate, there were LOTS of items used, but I will try to list them all. Much more to share VERY soon.
Stuff used:
CS: (SU) Cards-Island Indigo, Melon Mambo, Daffodil Delight, Whisper White, Gingham Garden DSP
Note Card- Whisper White, Crumb Cake, Quaterfancy DSP, Soft Sky, Pistachio Pudding, Crisp Cantaloupe, Daffodil Delight
Ink: (SU) Cards: Melon Mambo, Island Indigo, Versamark
Note Card: Baked Brown Sugar, Crisp Cantaloupe, Coastal Cabana, Pistachio Pudding, Strawberry Slush
Stamps: (SU) Label Love, Banner Greetings, Mosaic Madness, Itty Bitty Banners, Mixed Bunch, Whimsical Words (ret)
Punches: (SU) Artisan Label Punch, Mosaic Punch, Itty Bitty Shapes Punches, Triple Layer Bouquet Punch (ret), Blossom Builder Punch (ret), Carla Craft 1/2″ Circle Punch
Framelits and EF’s: (SU) All Dressed Up Framelits, Oval Framelits, Hexagon EF, Mosaic EF, Labels Collection Framelits, Banner Framelits
Other Bits: SU 1/8″ Daffodil Delight Ribbon (ret), Dimensionals, Pearls, Festive Paper Piercing Pack Template
Lynda xx
Hi all……
A quick post for you all today. I had to do a card for a Master turning 5 on the hop (so to speak) and I was left scratching my head as to what would go up very quickly. As if to answer my prayers, his mother poster a picture of him on Facebook celebrating his 5th birthday all dressed up as a superhero. LIGHTBULB!!!!!!!
I recalled a card I had seen by France Martin here. So I put my creative mind to task and this is what I came up with…..
I had a Cuttlebug spider web EF so I used that. The eyes were done with a 2 inch (white) and the SU 2 1/2 inch Circle punches. The “5” is cut with Silver glimmer paper with the Alphabet Typeset Bigz Dies.
The “mask” was dirtied up a little with some black ink on a sponge dauber. I got most of the ink off the dauber before applying it.
Thanks for popping by. Still have SOOOOOOOOOOO much to share!!!
Stuff Used:
CS: (SU) Basic Black, Whisper White , Real Red, Silver Glimmer Paper
Ink: (SU) Basic Black
Punches: SU 2 1/2 inch circle punch, Carla Craft CP21 Circle
Dies: SU Alphabet Typeset Bigz Dies
EF: Cuttlebug Spider Web EF
Lynda xx
Hi all,
Recently I had to make a card for Bestie’s little boy who was turning 8. As usual, I left it to pretty much the last minute. I had hoped to do a punch art creation, but instead, I caught a glimpse of a card on someone’s Pintrest board and I went form there.
The card I based mine on I found here (2nd card down) but as you can see it was a very girly card and I needed a real BOY card. I really liked the idea of the HB2U…especially for a boy. With that in mind, I created this……
Very much more for the 8 year old don’t you think?? I used the Hearts a Flutter stamp set and co-ordinating framelits as well as the Typeset Alphabet Bigz dies. The WW background I thought was too barren, so I embossed it with the Chevron EF and then stamped the “splat” from Extreme Elements set in the co-ordinating colour beneath the banner. Because I stamped on the embossed paper, it gives it a really funky look.
The other element was some basic white crochet cotton and a WHOLE lot of dimensionals to have the banners “sit up”. On the inside of the card I cut a banner from the Polka Dot DSP and layered an 8 cut from Silver Glimmer paper.
Thanks for popping by. Hope you perhaps got inspired a little. I have HEAPS more to share, just need the time to put it all together!!!
Stuff used:
CS: (SU) Pacific Point, Whisper White, Daffodil Delight, Real Red, Pumpkin Pie, Marina Mist, Polka Dot DSP, Silver Glimmer Paper
Ink: (SU) Daffodil Delight, Real Red, Pumpkin Pie, Marina Mist (last 3 stamped off for splats)
Stamps: (SU) Hearts A Flutter, Extreme Elements(ret)
Dies and Embossing: (SU) Chevron EF, Alphabet Bigz Dies, Hearts a Flutter Framelits
Other bits: Dimensionals, White Crochet Cotton, 1/16 hand held punch for holes in banners
Lynda xx
Hi all.
For regular readers of my blog, you know I LOVE a good box and co-ordinated gift. Recently whilst blurfing (blog surfing) I stumbled across Sam from Pootles Papercraft in the UK. She make ALL kinds of boxes and gifts and even does DO’s for the visual learners amongst us.
The original contact I had with Sam’s blog involved today’s project. Miss 9 had 3 friends (twins turning 11 and a bestie at school turning 10) that needed gifts. Sam’s box here was the perfect opportunity to give these gorjus boxes a whirl. Here is the finished projects…….
For the twins……… (remember to click on the photos if you wish to make them larger)
The card was inspired by this one.
Aren’t these boxes just delish???? The lids close on an angle as you can see here. Sam’s box did not cover the sides in DSP, but I really liked the look of this.
The pencils I found in the Reject Shop. Pack of 12 for $2….so bargain indeed. I popped them in a skinny cello bag and made a topper with the 2 3/8″ and 1 1/4″ Scallop Circle Punches and you get this….(the stamp set I used is an old retired SAB set).
Now for Miss Turning 10….well it was the same idea, but just a different colour combination…..and it HAD to be PINK!!! (insert exasperated pink-ugh sigh!!)
The card was inspired by LeeAnn Greff. It was in her January Newsletter, but I cannot find a pic of it to share with you. The thing I loved about it was the seamless transition between the embossed CS and the ribbon. She (I think) must have used the simply scored, but I used the “x” emboss of the Needlepoint EF’s.
Thanks for popping by. If you are in Sydney, I hope you are high and dry. The rain has been INSANE…..seriously…I think we are near 10 days straight now. I can’t recall seeing rain this heavy and persistent for a long time.
Addit…..
Oops…I am such a bad Mumma!!! Miss 9 received some card making stamps and supplies for her birthday (early June) and was very keen to make the twins a card each. I helped with the corner decorations….it is the Postage Stamp punch cut on the diagonal. Worked a treat!!! This is what she made……
Stuff used:
CS: (SU) Tangerine Tango, Tempting Turquoise, Island Indigo, Pretty in Pink (retiring soon…sniff), Rose Red, Whisper White, Sycamore Street DSP (SAB ’13) Island Oasis DSP (ret)
Ink: (SU) Tangerine Tango, Tempting Turquoise, Summer Starfruit, Old Olive, Pretty in Pink, Pear Pizzaz, Rose Red
Stamps: (SU) Madison Avenue (SAB ’13), Lovely Letters Alphabet, Petite Pairs, Amy R – Birthday Sentiments
Punches and Dies: (SU) Labels Collection Framelits, Fun Flowers Bigz L Die, Scallop Circles in 2 3/8″, 1 1/4″ and 7/8″, Circles in sizes 3/4″, 1″ and 1 1/4″, SU Needlepoint EF, Memory Box Numbers Die
Other bits: LOTS of dimensionals, Vintage Faceted Buttons, Double sided tape.
Lynda xx