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Hi, all!
I thought I'd just pop in before this year is over to show you my Christmas cards for 2011. I only made a few this year and I had to keep them simple. I don't know why the holiday season always sneaks up so quickly on me!
So here they are:
FOR THE GRANDKIDS~
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A FROSTY VILLAGE~
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PEARLY CHRISTMAS TREE (using trees cut from the other card fronts)~
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I hope that you all had a very merry Christmas season and that your New Year is your best one yet!
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Yes, we're celebrating Barbara's retirement!
Today's her last day at work and her BFF Tammy arranged this little blog hop to help her celebrate! I'm so happy for her, and also VERY jealous! I don't see that R word anywhere in MY near future!
You can check out the entire blog hop list of Barbara's friends that are helping her celebrate at Tammy's blog.
So... I decided to make a "smooth sailing" card, since I figure life's gonna be somewhat easier for her from now on. AND I wanted to make the sailor's knot (that I love), using Bar's Sailor Knot tutorial!
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I also used the MOJO221 sketch. Actually I used both the square and circle sketches by combining the two shapes onto my card.
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So here's to you, Barbara! I wish you only the best in your retirement and I KNOW you're going to enjoy all that extra crafting time you'll have now!! (I hope you like the card too, 'cause it's on it's way to your house!)
Love ya, girlfriend!!
And thanks to all of you for stopping by today!
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Hi, everyone! I hope you all had a blessed and happy Christmas season! I know I did! I spent Christmas eve with my older daughter and her family; then I was up before sunrise and on the road Christmas morning to be at my younger daughter's house at 7:30 a.m. Here's what a Christmas sunrise in Charlotte, NC, looks like. (Pardon the blurriness….it WAS early…and I was in the car, obviously!)
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It was pretty spectacular!
As we now approach the new year, I'm trying to get a little bit ahead of all the birthdays that will be coming up! Today I'm sharing a card I made for a dear aunt in Florida whose birthday is January 2nd.
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I used the OCL stamp set called Anna Mae and also this week's OCL97 challenge sketch:
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It's been a while since I used my sewing machine on a card. To tell you the truth, I just don't think about doing it very often since it's on the other side of the house and not in the craft room. I need to remind myself more often to use it!
Here's a look at the inside, finished simply with a sentiment from my old stand-by, Big Birthday Wishes (also from OCL):
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Thanks so much for stopping by today! You should hop over to the OCL blog and check out the challenge. Maybe you have some time to make a card and enter it for a chance to win some super cute OCL stamps!
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Hi there, everyone! It's time for the last E-Team blog hop of this year. It actually started yesterday…it's a 2 day hop! Here's how the schedule works:
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Thursday, December 15th:
Friday, December 16th:
Broni Holcombe (that's me!)
***Sherry is sitting this one out, but you can still visit her at Walking on the Bad Side
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You'll need to visit each team member's blog and leave a comment. Because it's Christmas and because Daisy is so darned generous, there will 6 prizes given away this time; a winner from each blog! You can visit the blogs and leave comments through Sunday, December 18th. Winners will be announced on the eP blog on Tuesday, December 20th. Good luck!!!
Now on to my project!
I chose to alter a frame using some of the elements from the Maya Road Embellishment Bits pack to feature a photo of my grandkids taken when we were at the beach this past summer. You know me….I'm always making a beach themed project!
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I started with an empty magnetic-backed frame I picked up in a bargain bin somewhere. (Yes, it seems that Micki and I shop in the same type of stores!) And I picked out which pieces of the chipboard from the embellishment package that I wanted to use. These were later covered with patterned paper.
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I traced the heart shaped tin (also from Maya Road) onto the back of the photo. To do this, I held the photo up to a light source and placed the heart behind it (between the photo and the light) to decide the perfect placement. I immediately laid it onto my desk and traced around it with a pencil, then I cut it out and mounted it into the heart with foam tape.
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Then I decided on my overall layout. (I took this photo before I decided on the final layout.)
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I decided to use a mini bottle to hold some sand I had collected from the beach and placed some tiny shells (also collected at the beach) into the small tin box. They were glued into the tin using Ranger Glossy Accents.
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The "love" chipboard is from the Maya Road Love Mini Chipboard set. I mixed some white and teal Claudine Hellmuth Studio paint on my craft sheet and instead of painting it onto the chipboard, I just flipped the word over and pressed it into the paint. It came out with a cool texture and actually dried that way! Score!
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Here are some more shots of the finished project, which does in fact stick to my refrigerator door!! Yay! I was afraid there would be too much weight with all the embellishments, but that cheapo magnet did it's job!
***You can click on any of the photos to see them larger.
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That's it! Hope you enjoyed seeing the process and the finished project! Be sure to visit everyone and leave comments for a chance to win! And good luck!
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Here we are back for our second day of peeks at the new Our Craft Lounge stamp release. Today I'm here to show you the new #1 Sports Fan crafty cling rubber single.
But first, here's the list of participating blogs that you'll want to visit:
Broni Holcombe (you are here!)
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As you hop along, you'll want to leave comments on all the blogs and on Facebook on Thursday & Friday to enter for a chance to win 1 of 4 blog candy prize bundles. Commenting will end at midnight on Friday and winners will be announced on the OCL blog and on the OCL Facebook page by Monday.
And if you go shopping today, be sure to enter the code "checkusout" to receive 20% off your entire purchase at Memories of Time.
Here's my card for today:
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I decided to watercolor him using Ranger Distress inks instead of using my usual coloring method - Copics. I also wanted a little more shading so I added some dots with a Pigma Micron pen.
Photos of the "Fan" stamped on white cardstock and then on watercolor paper and shaded with the pen:
(You can click on them to see them larger.)
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It's simple to do, and you can add a little more depth to the photo without a lot of color shading, although I did that as well on this image.
I also used the SFYTT sketch for December. (Great sketch, Jen!)
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I hope you're enjoying your travels along the OCL blog hop. Have fun and good luck on winning one of those prizes!
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Today and tomorrow we're blog hopping so you all can see all the great new stamp sets being released by Our Craft Lounge! They're all so fun!! (If you go shopping today, enter the code "checkusout" to receive 20% off your entire purchase at Memories of Time.)
Be sure to check out the OCL blog for peeks at the full stamp set illustration panels and then hop around to each of the designer blogs to see all the fantastic samples we've made for you! Here's a list of the designers participating:~
Broni Holcombe (you are here!)
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As you hop along, you'll want to leave comments on all the blogs and on Facebook on Thursday & Friday to enter for a chance to win 1 of 4 blog candy prize bundles. Commenting will end at midnight on Friday and winners will be announced on the OCL blog and on the OCL Facebook page by Monday.
Now here's my card for today using the great new set called Mr. Knight? LOVE IT! I'm really into the new show called Once Upon a Time and so I was imagining this was Prince Charming as I was coloring him.
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Pretty darn cool, huh? LOVE, LOVE, LOVE that sentiment!!!
Thanks so much for stopping by today. Tomorrow I'll have another peek at an OCL new release…..#1 Sports Fan!
AND there's also a new E-Team blog hop tomorrow. So I'll have 2 posts that you'll want to check out and leave comments on for chances to win some great blog candy!
See you then!
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Well, here it is…the last Color Throwdown challenge of this year. That's so hard to believe. I could've sworn we just watched the new year (2011) roll in and now it's saying goodbye. Here at CTD we've said goodbye to a few dear friends and team members who decided to move on, and we brought on a whole lot more who either already were or have quickly become dear friends. It's all good, folks! We are a very fortunate group of women to have each other!
And we're so grateful to have all of you to play along with us each week!
Kerri's our hostess-with-the-mostess this week and she's chosen a beautiful and bright color combo for us to play with.
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I love this combo, and it reminded me so much of the Our Craft Lounge colors that I decided to go bold and bright with the Trim the Tree stamp set. I'm also linking this to the Our Craft Lounge blog challenge - OCL95.
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There's definitely no falling asleep while you're looking at this card!
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LOL! Told ya!
So I hope you'll be able to take some time to play along with us! We all always enjoy seeing your creations so much! Be sure to check out the fabulous work of my CTD sisters:
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And speaking of Our Craft Lounge….
Tomorrow is the start of the new Valentines Day 2012 release!! There's going to be lots of great eye candy and quite a bit of blog candy as well! Be sure to check back in tomorrow and Friday to see what we have in store for you!
Thanks so much for dropping by today! See you tomorrow!
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Hello! Can you believe we're only a little over 2 weeks away from Christmas? Where, oh where did this year go??
Before I panic even more so than I am now about not being ready for the holidays, let's get to the business at hand…..this week's Color Throwdown color combo (chosen by our sweet new DT member, Wanda):
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Isn't that a wonderful combo to use for an elegant Christmas card? Well, I went for a little elegance but I didn't make a card. Inspired by T!m, I chose to use these colors to make a tag - a very glittery, shimmery tag!
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It's sort of the toned-down, masculine version of my sweet, sugary Christmas tag!
The manila tag was sponged with several different Ranger Distress inks - bundled sage, tea dye, gathered twigs and tumbled glass. I also added a little Adirondack Cranberry ink to the mix. I brushed Perfect Pearls over the tag as well while it was still damp from the ink. The edges of the tag were coated with Claudine Hellmuth Studio gesso and the sheet music paper was covered with rock candy Ranger Distress Stickles. I also used burgundy stickles for the tree decorations and the bottom scallop. You can probably see that I doused almost everything with Martha Stewart crystal coarse glitter! Oh yeah, the seam binding was colored with Adirondack lettuce ink.
I wanted you to see a little of the shimmer up close…and check out the bokeh effect created by the glitter!
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Whew! Now it's time for you to try your hand at using these great colors! I hope to see lots of entries this week! If you need some more inspiration, please visit with our super-fabulous design team:
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Thanks so much for stopping by! Gotta run and get some more done….more shopping, more decorating, more card making, more gift wrapping…..
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