Class Act & Chapel Road Blog Hop

Welcome to the Class Act & Chapel Road Artstamps Blog Hop! The blog hop today will share the newest releases from both stamp lines. Please leave a comment on each blog in the hop for additional chances to win a free rubber stamp from Class Act. A random winner from all the comments will be selected.

Our theme is bright colors!  I pulled out my glimmer mists to create a background using greens, purples and
blues. I created a variety of projects using the background.

My first project is a card:

The second card was more of a mixed media effect and I included an old photo  of sisters:

Then I created a  little tag with some lace netting for the ribbon:

The next is a mini card with some lace trim and flowers.

My last project and one of my favorites is a bookmark.

Stamps: Chapel Road Artstamps

The next stop on the hop is the talented Sheila. Hop over and see what she has created for the hop!

If any of the links get broken along the way here is the list for the hop! 

Class Act

Suzanne (You are HERE) 

Sheila

Holly

Gini

Barb

Chelsea

Have a wonderful weekend!

Suzz

Christmas Country Door

 Another card thinking of cooler weather... Maybe I will do this all year long ... Cool cards when we are steamy hot and warm cards when we are freezing. :)

Playing in the Simon Says Stamp and Show your embossing, Moxie Fab World Fanatical about Botanical and the Class Act Challenge Christmas in July.

I stamped the Snowflakes Plate (Class Act, Inc. Chapel Road Artstamps) background using Versamark on tracing paper.  I then embossed using the white embossing powder. I distressed the edges of the vellum with a distressing tool and sponged Vintage Photo to highlight the edges.

The background of the card is a combination of kraft paper, white acrylic paint and vintage photo dragged across.  I was trying to give the effect of a rough wooden door with a wreath/door hanging of poinsettias.

The flowers (Poinsettia Plate) were all stamped using Ranger Archival ink on white cardstock. They are colored using watercolor pencils.

The fun additions were some glittery pieces of pine and a sheer ribbon.


Thanks for stopping by..

Suzz

CR84FN33 - Week 2

This is week #2 of  CR84FN33 challenge.  It is nice to have a second week to  play with the colors as they can inspire so many different ideas.

This week I decided to create another Christmas in July card using the Chapel Road Artstamps Poinsettias.

The background of the card and the  center of the doily is a holly image from the Class Act - Holly Plate.
I stamped repeatedly the image using Memento Grey Tuxedo on the background and on the center of the doily.

The sentiment is from the same plate and is stamped using Ranger black archival ink.

The poinsettias are from the Class Act Poinsettia Plate stamped in Versafine Smokey Grey on white cardstock. I colored them using a red and pink watercolor pencils with some shading of grey.

The rest was a matter of layering and a lovely doily. 

The lovely  CR84FN32 colors with inspiration photos courtesy of Martha Stewart: 

For all the details on the challenge this week go to the CR84FN blog. 

The CR84FN Design Team sharing another beautiful card this week: 

Deborah Frings * Sue Lelli  * Andrea Matthews  *  Mona Pendleton  *


Thanks for stopping by! 

Suzz

Snow in July

 Simon Says Stamp and Show challenge this week is to show a word. I wanted to cool things down as it is going to top over 100 degrees for us here today and decided to go with snowflakes and the word Joy! :)  If you had asked me when we were sitting in the middle of our blizzard this past winter if Joy was the word to describe it probably not!  Although there is something about those beautiful big flakes softly drifting down that does bring it's own Joy. (The kids and their snow days are feeling the Joy!)

I stamped the Snowflakes Everywhere (Class Act, Inc. Chapel Road Artstamps) background using Versamark on white cardstock.  The next step was to brush the oil pastels over the surface to pick up the teal blue color. The next step involved covering the surface with Versamark and heat embossing using the awesome Stampendous Kaleidoscope embossing powder.

I repeated the embossing process for the word Joy (Class Act, Inc. Chapel Road Artstamps) to create a sparkly banner.

The tulle was that lovely teal blue color. My DD Kaeli had a bunch of girlfriends over to decorate flip flops and she bought a rainbow of tulle. So expect to see much more tulle in the future in bright colors! :)

Hope your day is lovely and a little bit cooler!  I plan on plenty of inside air conditioning and pool time. :)

Thanks for stopping by..

Suzz

Ruffles & Trims

Happy Friday! I was having fun with my vintage sewing stamps and created a card for the following challenges:  Class Act  - Vintage stamped project, Moxie Fab World - I'm Sew Excited, The Ribbon Reel Challenge #4 - Color Challenge and Simon Says Stamp and Show Distressed/Torn Edges.

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The background is a combination of stamps from the Class Act - Chapel Road Artstamps Sew Much to Do set randomly stamped. The kraft cardstock is distressed using white acrylic paints and torn along the edge.  The doily is distressed using antique linen.

The flowers is some lovely ruffle trim. Punch circle from cardstock apply tape over entire circle. Roll the ruffle into a flower and accented with twine and buttons.

Products: Class Act, Chapel Road Artstamps Sew Much to Do, Ruffle Trim, Buttons, Memento London Fog, Watercolor Pencils, Ranger Archival Ink - Black

For all the details on the Chapel Road Artstamps - Vintage Challenge and for more inspiration from the design team head over to the blog. 

So glad you stopped by! 

Suzz

CR84FN31 - Sew Fun

Sew happy you stopped by... (Excuse my  pun....:)  The Moxie Fab World Challenge is I'm sew excited which I combined with the beautiful CR84FN colors to create a vintage sewing card.

I started with some lovely Websters Pages papers for the background which were distressed with a little white acrylic paint and the Ranger distressing tool.

The background was stamped over using part of the beautiful new stamp plate from Chapel Road Artstamps Sew Much to Do .  I hadn't inked up the sewing image before and loved the graceful lines of the lady working away at her sewing machine. (A skill I definitely don't posses :)

Products: Websters Pages - Beautiful Life, Class Act - Chapel Road Artstamps - So Much to Do, Ranger Acrylic Snow Cap Dauber, Charm, Silk Ribbon, Rose - Recollections, Ranger Archival Ink - Black

The lovely CR84FN31 colors:

The photos are courtesy of Steve Steinhardt.

For all the details on the challenge this week go to the CR84FN blog. 

The CR84FN challenge is going to change up the time-frames for the challenge during the summer months.  We will be posting the challenges every two weeks and you get extra time to play along!

The fabulous CR84FN Design Team:

Deborah Frings * Sue Lelli  * Andrea Matthews *  Stephanie Kraft * Suzanne Czosek (me)  *  Heather Jensen * Mona Pendleton  * Lisa Somerville 

This week is Andrea's birthday!  Happy Happy Birthday Andrea!  I hope you have some inky time!


Thanks for stopping by! 

Suzz

Butterflies galore...

I was so lucky to receive some beautiful papers from the extremely talented  Jacqueline (thanks Jacqueline) and was inspired by her lovely butterflies and papers. 

The lovely stamps are from Class Act's Chapel Road Artstamps called  Butterfly Square and Butterfly Angle.  I stamped the on various papers and cut them out. Stamped on the background some script and butterflies in soft tan and light pinks to go with the colors of the paper.

Here they are floating off the card with one of my favorite quotes about butterflies. 

Thanks for stopping by! 

 

Suzz

CR84FN19 - Faux Metal

The  CR84FN19 challenge this week is lovely aqua, steel blue and gray.

I started with the main image from Class Act Chapel Road Artstamps. The set is called Butterfly Square. I thought it would look beautiful in  faux metal.   To create the faux metal: Ink up white cardstock using Versamark Watermark ink. Heat emboss with silver embossing powder (Judikins). Repeat four times until a thick coat of silver is on the cardstock. Ink up stamp with Versamark watermark. Heat embossing powder background until liquid. Place stamp into warm embossing powder and press down hard.  Let sit in embossing powder for a minute until cool.  Add a little touch of the alcohol inks to the embossed image.

The background was created using glossy cardstock, Ranger Alcohol Inks (Aqua, Stonewashed, Blending solution). Drip three drops of color and add three drops of blending solution. Smear on background. Repeat multiple times. 

Here is the wonderful inspiration photo: 

For all the details on the challenge this week go to the CR84FN blog.

For more inspiration go visit the CR84FN Design Team:

Deborah Frings * Sue Lelli * Meredith MacRitchie * Andrea Matthews *  Stephanie Kraft * Suzanne Czosek (me)  *  Heather Jensen * Mona Pendleton  * Lisa Somerville

And our wonderful guest designer:  Deb Hickman .

A special birthday wish to Lisa Somerville! Her birthday is this week! Happy Birthday Lisa!  

Have a blessed Sunday!

Suzz

Sheer Butterflies

I am  so happy to join the Chapel Road Stamps design team. My official start is in March but they have an introductory post today at the Class Act Blog. Here is a card I made to celebrate joining the team:

When I saw this beautiful stamp full of butterflies floating off the page I knew I wanted to stamp them on acetate to allow the feeling of floating to appear. What I didn't realize was it would be hard to get a good photo of the card. :)

The beautiful stamp is called Butterfly Background and the sentiment is part of a lovely set of sentiments called Birthday Edwardian.

The background is stamped using StaZon (Teal) onto acetate two times. The second time I cut the wings from the panel to pop dot and layer on the first panel. Cut card base 5 x 7 and cut a frame in the front to accommodate my translucent butterfly panel.

Stamp sentiment in corner using same teal ink.

Different angle to show off how the card looks slightly open: 

Very simple but pretty card.

Thanks for stopping by!

Suzz