Andrea's Scraps

I had fun last month with a sketch challenge on the SEI blog creating the page of Chris and I. The challenge wrapped up and I got a special mention when they announced layouts that “caught their eye”!

Check it out on the SEI Blog, SEI Lifestyle.

How cool IS THAT?? Thank you SEI!

You may remember seeing some “inchies” on here before – the little pieces of 1″x1″ art? Well, the cousin to “inchies” are “twinchies”. I bet you can guess what they are – yes, 2″x2″ pieces of art!

Indeed being double the size of inchies, twinches can accommodate a bit more “stuff”. These are rather simple, but I think would be very cute on a card with a little bit more embellishment by means of ribbon, more patterned paper or bling.

So, I view these as a great starting point!

There are 2 themes here. The green is a March/Clover/St. Patrick’s Day theme. The bunnies are Easter/Spring themed. All have either heat embossing or flocking on them for at least a bit of texture. They’re fun! Oh, you trade them like Artist Trading Cards. I made 3 of each one, so I’ll be receiving 9 back in each theme. Looking forward to it!

Supplies:
Stampin’ Up! stamps
Ranger and Tsukineko inks
P K Glitz embossing powder
Stampendous flocking
Spellbinders dies
Prism cardstock
Karen Foster patterned paper

My ATC (Artist Trading Card) Club just met over the weekend. It was a great time! I did unfortunately wait until the last minute to make my ATC’s. The usual suspects for delaying – work, fighting a sinus infection, other commitments, yada yada yada. Oh, Stampfest was in there too.

ATC’s are 3 1/2″ x 2 1/2″ pieces of art. Try them sometime, they’re addicting!!

BUT, I did successfully complete them! I like one of them a lot and the other, so-s0. Oh well, that’s how it goes right?

We decided on the rest of our themes for the year – love that! Now I can do them as I have time or supplies. We meet in April next, so I’ll have a couple months to work on 2 batches. Should be able to do that!

Anyway, here are the gems! February’s theme was “Famous Couples” and March was “Recycle”.

Supplies:
BasicGrey patterned paper
Time to Stamp rubber stamps
Ranger Distress inks
Trim and paper rose from Paper Niche LSS
Tim Holtz Mini Fastener
expert sewing by me!!!!

Supplies:
Unity stamps
Tsukineko ink
Provocraft Grass scissors
CM heart punch
Tim Holtz Mini Fastener
P K Glitz glitter
Soda can tab

Greg from Marco’s Paper put this recipe up, complete with pictures, on his blog and I just had to try it. Wow, what a yummy cake! So good that I made it twice in the same week! It’s a keeper recipe for sure!

Supplies:
Reminisce patterned Paper
Stampin’ Up! Stamps
Tsukineko ink
Fun foam and eyelets

Ok, I know that’s pretty dang weird, but surprisingly it was the theme for a card swap on Rubber Stamp Chat in February! It was harmless fun and got me to use a dog stamp that I had in my stash for years. It was an opportunity to use this week’s sketch from Card Positioning Systems too!

Supplies:
Prism cardstock
Around the Block patterned paper
Cat’s Pajamas rubber stamps
Ranger embossing ink
P K Glitz embossing powder
CPS sketch #156