Aug 31, 2023
A Perfect Time To Craft Challenge September 2023 Sponsor Conie Fong
Jul 31, 2023
A Perfect Time To Craft Challenge August 2023 Sponsor CraftsUPrint
Greetings to all!
Welcome back! We've been in the sweltering heat in upstate NY. Today July 31st is the first day of relief in over a month. I'm afraid to look at my next electric bill. We've also been dealing with the wildfire smoke that's been going on in Canada, I can't imagine what those of you who live there are dealing with. I'm constantly thinking about the wild animals in the area who are losing their lives and homes. Hopefully this will end soon, if it hasn't already, honestly, I've been trying to stay away from the news due to all the chaos going on in our world, its overwhelming at times.
That's why I LOVE being in my studio and crafting.
Speaking of which, this month's sponsor is
It was a tough decision but I went with the Buffalo Plaids images for the background. It would have been great for December but since I no longer do holidays I took a different approach.
Jun 30, 2023
A Perfect Time To Craft Challenge - July 2023 Sponsor: Jan's Digi Stamps
Back again with a great image called "Crafty Friends" by
I want to share my design team project for this month. I used an already colored image, Crafty Friends and downloaded it onto my favorite Neenah Paper.
I added brick paper around the window, inside the room, I used black specialty paper that reminded me of wallpaper. Cut some stairs from an unbranded die using my Switch machine, added a black dog sitting on a red chair, as well as a wall clock all part of the same die collection.
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May 31, 2023
A Perfect Time To Craft Challenge - June 2023 Sponsor: Dr. Digi
Hello everyone!
This month we have the wonderful sponsor
I'm a big fan of Dr. Digi's images, they are funny and cute and has a lot to choose from. I decided to go with the British Summertime image which I downloaded and printed onto Neenah Solar White Extra Smooth card stock.
As soon as I saw this image I saw sadness all over it. Sadly, I lost a fellow retired NYPD officer who was in a dark place and committed suicide on April 19, 2023. I did my best to keep him in the light, but it wasn't enough. God knows...
His passing took a toll on me and I dove into my art to work through it and I tell you, art really does imitate life, or death. He is the second retired cop that I know who has committed suicide.
With that being said I decided to use this image to bring awareness to Mental Health.
I used my Copic markers and my metallic mirror pen to color in the image, the nuts/bolts on the bench and on the thermos. Can't really tell on the photo but it looks neat. I then fussy cut the image out.
I had some grungy pieces of card stock laying around and used that as the background, used Distress Ink Walnut Stain around the edges to give it a darker feel.
For the background I used TCW by designer Ronda Palazzari's 6x6 Mini Urban Landscape stencil, I used Distress Ink Pumice Stone and Vintage Photo to give the scene depth of field.
Used Simon Hurley's 6x6 Looks Like Rain stencil (I added extra raindrops) using one of my favorite products, Glossy Accent to create the wetness on the umbrella and ground.
Using leftover pieces of card stock I wrote out the sentiment cut them out and hit it with some Fired Brick Distress Ink around the edges of each word, used pop dots to give them the 3D effect and called it the day.
So my crafty friends, I turned something dark and brought it to light by sharing this project. When you read between someone's words and you get the feeling something is not right, go with that feeling because that is your conscience sending an alert that something is not right here. Learn to listen to your conscience if you're not already in tune with it, its given to us by our Creator, God for a reason.
Reach out to friends, even strangers when you see something is not right, you may save their life and make a difference even if its just a smile, a wave or a random act of kindness (RAK).
Mental illness affects all of us to a degree, these days... we are ALL going and dealing with something.
Sending love and hugs to everyone. Don't forget make some time for yourself even if it's 15 minutes a day, they're YOUR 15 mins to calm the brain and heart.
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May 1, 2023
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Mar 31, 2023
A Perfect Time To Craft Challenge - April 2023 Sponsor Hungry JPEG
Hello, hope everyone is doing well.
Added some vellum sentiments that I cut out from an old school vellum Quote Stacks booklet by DCWV you can still find them on eBay and Amazon. I'm sure some of you may recall these, they made a booklet for everything seasons, scriptures, sentiments, holidays, family, baby and childhood, girls, boys, travel... I have them all! I treasure them!
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Feb 28, 2023
A Perfect Time To Craft Challenge - March 2023 Sponsors - Conie Fong & Sheepskin Designs
Hey, hey everyone! Hope everyone is doing well. We're getting more daylight up in the northeast, you know what that means... Spring is on its way! Yeh!!
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Jan 31, 2023
A Perfect Time To Craft Challenge - February 2023 Sponsors - CraftsUPrint
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I'm sharing my Design Team inspiration card using the dog image titled, "Doris." Everyone who knows me knows about my love for animals, especially dogs.
This time around I went with a simple card, using blue and white card stock. As usually when there's fur or hair involved I'll be fussy cutting slivers to make it look like real hair/fur.
I ran a piece of card stock with a no name brand embossing folder of paws, after which I used a distress tool to scrap the edges and then inked all around it.
Used Copic Markers, C1, C2, C4, C7, C10
Distressed Inks: Stormy Sky & Black Soot
Embellished with miniature Dog bowls and a bag of dog.
Glitter glue was my choice of adhesive, I also used pop dots to raise the image a bit.
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