Caught Up In The World Of "Brayering"

I have been fascinated lately with Michelle Zindorf's (the queen of brayering) blog and all her beautiful brayer techniques.  I have to admit the only real brayering I have done in the past is on some Tim Holtz tags I have made for his 12 tags of Christmas.......so be easy on me, the first card is one I cased from Michelle's blog, the second one is one I just had fun mixing the colors....I know I need a world of practice, but these cards will be given to a non-card maker and will look "wonderful" to them...lol!!  I have a few more I want to do for Halloween...the only downside to this technique is it sure uses lots of wasted ink...wowza...guess that is what refills are for!  Did I mention that Michelle Zindorf will be teaching classes in my area...a girl can only "dream", as its just not in my "budget" this year...sigh!!

My inks used were not the ones Michelle used, mine are rather dark, but its what I had........I just received this set from SU on Friday, I purposely ordered it to try this, I did forget to "sand" my solid images before I inked them, so the black is not quite as "deep" as I would like!

Vintage Prim Halloween Tag

Love the different cuts my Cricut can make....made the base of this tag with a cut from the Flourish cartridge...the cardstock is SU cajun craze....a wonderful "vintage" color!  The flower was made with some Jenni Bowlin Crepe paper ribbon I bought last year...tags are one of my favorite things to make!!!

Halloween and Christmas

Don't you just love this little jar image with the eyeballs in it....I stamped and colored this image last Halloween, its from a set that has other funny little images on it...I added SU crystal effects to the jar to make it look like glass and shine.......the "E" for the word "spook" e (yes I know its spelled wrong, I did it on purpose) is a TH grungeboard letter that I added distress ink to and then glitter.

Next card is one I did for a Flourishes Christmas card challenge FLLCNOEL4.  I had a hard time doing a xmas card so early, but its one ahead I guess!

A Little Bit of Metal Challenge

Here I am still doing challenges...what can I say .... it keeps me motivated...I need that right now...I am so stressed and busy I can't think straight!
I made this card for the Shabby Tea Room challenge...this week it was to add a bit of metal......I added my little tag that says "birthday girl"...it was crimped on the ribbon with a tag maker I have had for---evah!!  I amnot sure they even sell these anymore??  I left it rather simple, I just loved the DS paper and wanted to leave it exposed!!  I found an awesome glue to use.....it acts like a glue gun without the heat...strings and all....it works quick too,in a matter of minutes...its from Beacon.....love the fact that I won't "burn" myself with this glue!

FlourishesTimeless Tuesday Challenge #81

Flourishes challenge this week was to use lace!   I have had this lace doily corner stamp forever, this is the first time I have inked it ....I decided to turn it into my "fancy" spider web!  I also used one of my favorite apron stamps...making it into a Halloween apron......I thought this would be a fun card to give my Mom for Halloween with some goodies...she doesn't have a computer so she won't see this post :>)   .........I also added a bit of lace to the apron edge......

Vintage "Tablecloth" Card

If you go to "Simple Treasures" for a visit, she is having a vintage challenge using bright red, aqua, yellow, black or silver with a "kitchen" theme........I decided to make a card with a background that looked like a vintage tablecloth to me....not your "shabby chic" vintage, but more of a "retro" vintage.......I have oodles of these old tablecloths myself and use them all the time...not only for my table, but to sew with!   The red is suspose to be the "edge" of the tablecloth......and what else screams vintage, but red gingham (ribbon).......make sure you scroll on down to see my "Wheel Wednesday"!!
Edited:  I guess I should add that I stamped all the flowers for the background using "real red, dandelion, and Bermuda Bay.

Wheel Wednesday #1!

Hey......it's Wheel Wednesday for me......I mentioned I was going to "try" and do a card every Wednesday using a wheel.......today I used a jumbo wheel from Stampin' Up! called "Texture"...I ran the wheel thru SU's new color of Marina Mist....overstamped on it with the bird image from the set "Friends 24-7"...added a few primas, a bit of trim......think I will save this card for a friends birthday coming up!  I have a major amount of wheels...it will be fun to use them again!