Paper Woven Horses... #ICAD2014 Day No. 19 - Orange

Hello friends! I'm playing a little catchup with some of my cards. I had some other creative projects that I needed to work on that took up my daily creative time {and I have been taking some creative time daily}. I have been really inspired by everyone's One-Staple Collages so I started out with this card for the day 19 prompt "ORANGE" to try one.

I have all sorts of bits of this and that saved for collage and cardmaking, some of which being these orange patterned paper scraps {I think are from QuickQuotes}. I had plenty of them to make a woven paper background, but due to the small footprint of my index card, it was a little flimsy... so I needed something to hold my woven paper strip background together so I used some orange patterned washi tape to tack the loose edges down.

Then I pulled out some more orange things in the scrap bag: some off-cut pieces of American Crafts Ribbon; a bread bag tag; tie and tag from dry cleaning; fluorescent orange mini envelope; more washi tape; foil seal from a San Pellegrino Orange Seltzer; and the feature – a horse torn from a notepad at work. All tacked down with a few mini glue dots. Pretty close to one staple... I will try again!  :) Sb

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You can play along too - visit ICAD for all the details!

http://daisyyellowart.com/icad/icad-faq.html

In a PUZZLING Predicament for #ICAD2014 Day 4

My completed card for ICAD 2014 Day No. 4 - PUZZLE

I clipped and collaged puzzles from the newspaper to create this card. It was more of a hunt to actually find the puzzles and games in the paper - they are so tiny. I tacked them down with washi tape and played along with some. Word search is my favorite, this one on my card is quite challenging as they have words to find both in English and Spanish.

What is your favorite type of puzzle?

I created this puzzle using words based on the prompt

using Puzzlemaker at DiscoveryEducation.com

I made a list of all sorts of puzzles and similar games and plugged them in to create the custom word search. You can create one too using Puzzlemaker.

Feel free to print out the word search and have fun playing! :) Sb

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You can play along too - visit ICAD for all the details!

http://daisyyellowart.com/icad/icad-faq.html

ALTER EGO Tops my Nails Pretty... #ICAD2014 Day 6 - Nail Polish

The ICAD prompt for day 6 is "NAIL POLISH" - well there is only one way to tackle this challenge. Go grab the nail caddy and go to town painting with my stash-o-nail-polish. These are all my bottles - a nice assortment of neutrals, reds and of course... PURPLE!

I traced around the shape of one bottle that was completely dried up with red, white and blue glitter and stars in it using an eyeliner pencil that was in the bin. To preserve the drawing from smudging, I covered the pencil with a sheer nail polish.

Then I continued building up layers of color to build up dimension and depth.

  

With the bottle complete, I fill in the card with solid geometric shapes - no rhyme or reason. One block for each color that remained after painting the bottle.

I added some graphic "POP" by drawing in white lines using my big white Faber-Castell PITT marker. I was really surprised that it wrote on top of all this nail polish {did take a couple layers to make it opaque though}. I also used a black brush PITT pen to outline the bottle. I really love the graphic feel of this. On the back of the index card I wrote the names of all of the colors on the bottles – the names are pretty fun also. My favorite title of a red color is "I'm NOT Really a Waitress"... this totally cracks me up! :) Sb

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You can play along too - visit ICAD for all the details!

http://daisyyellowart.com/icad/icad-faq.html

Greencrafting for Saturday Cre8tive Time on Ustream - Honeycomb Accordion Mini

Due to technical difficulties plaquing the Saturday Crafts Fair streaming interface, today we moved over to our personal channels on Ustream. 

Altered Book spread features Honeycomb accordion pockets filled with Robin's Nest paper tags in a rainbow of colors.

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In today's creative playtime I shared a greencrafting project - making a honeycomb mini tag album and did a couple variations using mini envelopes. This is a fun and fabulous little project that is easy to make and are great for using up those scraps. Thanks to everyone who joined the live stream. Please enjoy the replay here via Ustream. When it's done converting it will also join my library of YouTube Channel videos {update: replay can also be viewed on YouTube HERE}.

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To see today's completed tag book... please SAVE THE DATE...

On Monday, EARTH DAY - I will share the completed honeycomb tag book "all decked out" for a special Earth Day Bloghop. 

Have a great weekend and THINK GREEN!  :) Sb

Greencrafting and Artful Upcycling is My Hobby for LeslieRahye's National Hobby Month Bloghop

WELCOME to LeslieRahye's National Hobby Month Bloghop. I love greencrafting and this year I have been focusing on all things I've recycled and put aside for the UPCYCLE this INTO box. I love artfully giving new life to something headed for the recycle bin or trash. This weekend I am transforming a recycled Tequila box packaging into an Asian themed lamp. I'm using an Asian themed ATC for my inspiration.

I will be lighting up my box with one of those battery powered LED puck lights you can get at any store. I got mine in a 2 pack at my grocery store. These pucklights are so handy, are bright and use little power and have a batteries that can be changed. Please check back by throughout the day for a complete how-to on how I transform this box into a lamp. To see a video demo of the beginnings of this project, please CLICK HERE.

Here are a few of my favorite
greencrafted/upcycled projects...

I've created this mini paper purse book from a recycled ribbon spool. With some pretty scrapbook papers, stamping and ribbons - I have super girly keepsake.

This empty strawberry basket has been transformed for Easter - it's totally woven and wrapped in bright springtime colored May Arts ribbon.

This butterfly aviary is handmade using a recycled liquor bottle dome and the grass in the bottom is shredded dollar bills from the US MINT.

I've given this vintage candy-cane shaped cookie cutter a beautiful redux and transformed it into a stunning ornament with some sparkly May Arts Ribbon.

This altered book page is made from recycled scraps from other projects and tags from the dry cleaning, and the envelope holding a hidden pull-out tag is for an instruction manual to affix to the refrigerator. Anything and everything has potential for creative re-use.

Thanks so much for dropping by. Please click the blocks below to visit the other Hobby Lovers on this unique bloghop. I hope you have a wonderful weekend and are able to have some time for your favorite hobby. : ) Sb