THANKS!

Good Day Everyone!  Today I am sharing another card I created for Handmade Harbour using one of the "Teddies" digital stamps.... 

HANDMADE HARBOUR DIGIS

The challenge theme this week is "Thank you"... and I decided to create a card that expresses how much I appreciate the people in my life who love me EXACTLY the way I AM... 

I have a few quirky behaviours that can make spending time with me a wee bit exhausting - and I want to thank all of you out there (you know who you are!) who love me ANYWAY!

So pop on over the Handmade Harbour Challenge Site and check out what else the Design Team created, and why not consider linking up one of your own Thank You cards to the the site for the challenge this week?  You too could be the winner of the Handmade Harbour Winners Badge for your blog! 

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Thanks for stopping by to check out today's creations, as please do leave me a comment if you like what you see.

Have You Ever Tried Paper Piecing?

This week at the brand new Handmade Harbour challenge blog site the challenge is "Clean & Simple" (CAS).  Just create a card in this style to be eligible to win the Handmade Harbour Winner's Badge for your blog AND if you use one of the Handmade Harbour digital stamps on your card you will also be eligible to win three more digis of your choosing.

Here is my creation using the "Fishing Boats on the Beach" digi using the Paper Piecing technique:

I pulled my digi into a Word document like clip art and sized it fit twice on an 8 1/2 x 11inch piece of paper.  I printed my document seven times on different solid colored cardstock sheets and then cut and pasted until I liked the results.

And of course because it's ME, I added stickles for that sparkle factor, but in this case stickles also helped to cover up some of my glue messes.

Thank you for stopping by to see what I am up to these days and I hope you enjoyed my creation for this challenge.  Please, do stop in at the Handmade Harbour Challenge Blog to see what my design teammates created and maybe challenge yourself to enter this week.

Cheers,

Scrapbook Lynne Mizera

Now, How CUTE is That?

The theme for the challenge this week over at Handmade Harbour Papercraft Party is "CUTE"!  And I just had to color in this new image Wendy created called "Cat in a Window Box" , and is this not the cutest image?  Besides, if you know anything about cats, it is also EXACTLY like a cat...grin!

After I had colored in  my image with  my copic markers, I used my Ranger Crackle Accents, rubbed over with some brown paint, to create a weathered wood look on the shutters and the window box, and it worked beautifully don't you think!

So pop on over to the Handmade Harbour blog today to see what else the design team created, and why not link up your version of a Cute project for a chance to win the Handmade Harbour Winner's blinkie for your blog.

Cheers!

Scrapbook Lynne Mizera

Isn't THIS a PARTY!

Oh BOY! It's Party Time over at Handmade Harbour for this week's Papercraft Party, the challenge being "Birthdays or Best Wishes" ~ and it was a NO BRAINER to choose this new, exciting digital stamp designed by Wendy called "Girls Celebrating".  I LOVE the energy of these three women and I adore that they each are holding a glass of red wine (well in my version anyway...smile)

and since even I cannot fussy cut those stick legs and arms what I did was print my stamp twice, once on the patterned paper and once on a white cardstock, after which I colored the bits that I did want to cut out and layered those on top of the patterened paper, popping a few pieces for interest.  Isn't this a totally cute card?

So Pop on over the Handmade Harbour Blog today to see what else the design team created and why not link up a birthday or party-themed project so that you too can be eligible for the Handmade Harbour winner's blinkie for your blog.  And if you use an Handmade Harbour digital stamp you can also win three more of your choice!

Thanks for popping by today... and leave me some blog loving in the form of a comment if you like what you see... 

Scrapbook Lynne Mizera

A Woman's Best Friend...

The challenge this week over at the Handmade Harbour Papercraft Party is "Family or Friends" and the digi I chose to use is this wonderful new creation by Wendy that absolutely tugs at my heartstrings, appropriately called "Dog Waiting at Window", 

because although I have many human friends and family members it's my fur friend that gives me my biggest dose of unconditional love every day...and everytime we leave She waits at our front window until she sees us turning back into the driveway.

I colored this digi using my copic markers and drew in some lines to create a floor and walls... but this image didn't need any other embellishment because for me the picture says it all!

So pop on over to the Handmade Harbour blog to see what else the design team created and maybe link up one of your own projects for this Papercraft Party .... you too could be the winner of the coveted Handmade Harbour Winners Blinkie for your blog!

Bye for now....

Scrapbook Lynne Mizera

Happy NEW Home Day!

This week at Handmade Harbour the challenge theme for our weekly Papercraft Party is "Home", and the timing works out perfectly in my life since we pick up the keys to our brand new home in just two days.  And even though moving is crazy and stressful and pokes at every seam of your relationships looking for weak spots - it's also exciting to be starting anew, in a new home, in a different town, with new neighbors.... BIG GIANT SMILE!

And in keeping with my theme this week I used a brand new digital stamp designed by Wendy (you can see all her new stamps HERE) and as you can see I only colored the "new house", leaving all else black and white... don't you just love the contrast, and how it really makes the new home pop!  So why not POP on over to the Handmade Harbour blog to see what else the design team created for this week's Papercraft Party and why not link up a home-themed project of your own?  You could even win the coveted "Winners Blinkie" for your blog!

Thanks for stopping by today to see what I am up to, and please send a prayer my way whenever you think of me over the next three weeks as I try to fit all of our accumulated stuff from 13 years on an acreage into our new home in town (grin).

Cheers!

New Townie...

Scrapbook Lynne Mizera

 

A Very Special Friendship Card... (and Another Bucket-List Item Achieved!)

Oh Happpeeee Day... Today I am sharing my card for the Handmade Harbour Papercraft Party #30 -  "Sunshine, Rain or Flowers" on which I used some of Wendy's new digital, sizeable, printable-at-home, patterned paper... (How cool is That?!)

And I am also excitedly sharing the publication of this card in a magazine out of the UK,  "Digital Crafting Essentials Vol. 2" which includes a CD full of digital images, one of which is this Lovely Lady designed by Wendy of Handmade Harbour and which is currently only available through the magazine. 

This card represents the achievements of so many things for me and I have been waiting and waiting to be able to share this bit of news with all of you as my work is now being viewed in the UK (Big GIANT Smile).

Note: This magazine ships world wide with a Canadian/US shipping charge of less than $10... you can check out their site HERE.

So pop on over to the Handmade Harbour Blog to see what the design team created and since you are already there why not link up one of your own creations?

You will be eligible to win the Handmade Harbour winner's badge for your blog AND if you use one of the H.H. digital stamps in your project you will be eligible to win three more digis of your choice, so come play...it's fun!

Cheers

Scrapbook Lynne Mizera

Lots of Love with Handmade Harbour

Today at Handmade Harbour Papercraft Party the theme is "Lots of Love" and I created this sweet little card using the Handmade Harbour "Owl and Baby" digital stamp:

I used my copic markers to color this image, choosing soft browns and greens with a hint of yellow and orange as my color base.

Then I fussy cut-out my image and I actually cut off the bodies from the legs and then glued the branch and legs down flat and popped the bodies off the card... I love the dimension that this gives my owls, don't you?

I've become more and more confident with my own doodling, so I used my white gel pen to write out my sentiment, tracing a circle to create a faint line to follow so my wording stayed perfectly balanced. Then I used a glittery gold gel pen to add some doodles to fill in my circle, which now frames my image.

And of course a touch of stickles and liquid glass to finish it all off.  I really like how this card turned out, especially all the love that is coming through the eyes of this wee owl family.  So why not pop on by to see what the rest of the design team crated for the Papercraft Party over at Handmade Harbour this week, and why not join in... link up a creation of your own following our "Lots of Love" theme.  You could win our badge for you blog AND if you use a Handmade Harbour Digi you will also be eligible to win a prize of three digis of your choice!  Come on... it's sooo fun (smile).

Thanks for stopping by today to see what I am up to, and don't forget to leave me a comment if you like what you see!

Cheers! Scrapbook Lynne Mizera

Do What you LOVE... at Handmade Harbour

Hello everyboday! Today for the Handmade Harbour Papercraft Party the theme is RED, WHITE and/or Blue... and feeling very patriotic this week after watching our Canadian Olympians for 10 days I Chose to go RED & WHITE (Go CANADA!) grin

and the sentiment on this particular "Do What you Love" Handmade Harbour digital stamp is just perfect don't you think?

I sized two digital images for a 5x7 card and then printed and colored them... I fussy cut some key elements from the the first image and then "popped" them off the base image using foam pop dots to adhere them.

 

I used some long forgotten embossing folders from my cuttlebug stash and layered the digital image over top... I just love using red and white - it is so vibrant!  As always a layer of stickles and liquid glass finishes it all off for me...

So pop on by to the Handmade Harbour Papercraft Party this week to see what the design team has created and why not join in?

Cheers from

Scrapbook Lynne Mizera

Word from my Heart to my Life-Mate...

This week the Papercraft Party Challenge at Handmade Harbour is to create something Bright and Happy and I am sharing this very personal card I made for my husband for Valentines Day along with this very personal post about how my feelings for him:

I am married to a man I have been with for 16 years now... he is more than my husband, he is my help-mate, my friend, my partner-in-life, my soul-mate. We are not 'joined-at-the- hip", but rather we are unique and separate people who live our lives as individuals, but his is the opinion that matters most to me and he is the one I always go to when I want to know the undiluted truth about anything (especially my behavior) because he NEVER lies.  He is the complete opposite of me and he completes me.  Even when he is making me CRAZY with all his conservative-ness and Male-ness and "Not-Talking-ness" I am a better person when I am with him...

This year we made the decision to sell the beautiful acreage we have created together over the past 13 years and it was and IS hard... But in the midst of all the turmoil of decision making I realized that for me HOME is where HE is ... So here is my Valentine to YOU my husband, partner, life-mate and soul-mate, with these words from my heart to yours ...

Now, for those of you who want to know I used the Handmade Harbour "Vintage Caravan" digital stamp and I painted the background of the caravan using my gelatos as paint (color them onto a craft mat and add water to make paint) and then I doodled with my gel pens to add some texture. 

I also added some pops of color with my new Silks, they look like paint but they are really an acrylic glaze and it dries to look like enameled metal.  I cut out my trailer (caravan), including cutting out the window glass, so that it created some amazing dimension when I added the foam pop dots.

 

The card background was created by using a brayer (mini-roller) with my new Kaleidascope inkpad, picking up the ink with the brayer and rolling it over a piece of glossy card paper... quick, bright and Beeeautiful!  The tree is one of my many, many Unity Stamps that I fussy cut after stamping it onto another piece of brayer-inked glossy paper.

That's it for now... Thanks for stopping by to see what I did today... and PLEASE, leave a comment if you like what you see (smile)
Scrapbook Lynne Mizera

LOVE is in the Air at Handmade Harbour This Week...

This week at Handmade Harbour it's all about LOVE... and for today's Papercraft Party I am sharing another brand new digi (digital stamp) by Wendy called "I "HEART" U, Balloons in the Sky".

I absolutely fell in love with this image so I created two cards and this week I am going to share with you my card-making process:

First I pulled the image into a Word Document where I sized it for half my page, then I copied and pasted a second version right beside it.  I now have two digital images on one sheet of 100lbs card stock, one image I will use for the background and one I will color and cut out key elements to add to my background.

My Background

One of the things I like best about this method is that I don't have to worry about cutting out things like the balloon strings... they are already a part of the background page, so I can just cut out only the balloon and line it up on the background page.

The Key Elements

I just scribbled pastel onto the images and then used a triangular make-up sponge to blend in all that color and look what appeared...  I just love the soft look with just a hint of texture, don't you?

I cut out the clouds leaving them uncolored and added Frosted Lace and white pearl Stickles to create some lovely texture.

I then adhered the balloon elements using foam pop dots and by adding a layer of liquid glass I gave them a really shiny balloon look... 

For My second card I used the exact same process but I painted my images using Silks. The thing I LOVE about the silks paints is that no matter how many colors you use, they don't mix together to form a muddy mess, but they lay one on top of the other allowing you to see through one color to the next... Super cool!

Can you see where I layered some yellow over the pink?

On this card I used my Liquid Pearls to create some Faux Stitching around the outside edge as well as some really cool texture in the clouds. I also applied my stickles in a swirly design on the red balloon to add even more texture.

So there you are... one card in soft pastels, one  card in vibrant color - you decide. Now pop on over to the Handmade Harbour Papercraft Party this week to see what else the design team made and why not link up one of your "love" projects to be eligible to win the coveted Handmade Harbour Winner's Badge for your Blog.  And remember, if you use one of the Handmade Harbour digis on your project you will be eligible to win a digi shopping spree at the H.H. Store...

Cheers and Thanks for stopping by to see what I am up to (SMILE)

Scrapbook Lynne Mizera

Sharing Some "Heart" for Handmade Harbour

Today I am sharing an awesome new digital stamp from Handmade Harbour for their Papercraft Party.  The theme this week is "Hearts and/or Flowers and I fell in love with this new digital stamp designed by Wendy called "Hearts within a Heart" , because you can print and color it OR you do what I did and print it onto several sheets of complimentary patterned paper and then cut awaaaaay!

I went a wee bit crazy and made FIVE 5x7 inch cards all using the same digital stamp and trying out several different techniques... so Enjoy...SMILE

On this card I used my crackle medium and when it was dry I rubbed in some chocolate colored ink with my finger to bring out the cracks...

You can see it really well here...

On this card I used double sided tape to create a wall of lace ribbon, You gotta love that!

I kept this card fairly simple, using some lovely sheer ribbon and lots of stickles for sparkle...

And finally for this card I picked turquoise as my complimentary accent color and tied on that one button to make a statement...

So why not pop on by to the Handmade Harbour Papercraft Party this week to see what my design teammates have created and why not join in?  You could win a blinky for your blog AND if you use one of the Handmade Harbour digis on your entry you will be eligible for the prize of FREE DIGIS!

And don't forget to leave me some "blog love" in the form of a comment if you like what you see... Smile

Cheers!

Scrapbook Lynne Mizera