Adventure Awaits - with #3 of the 40 to 40

I am so excited to help promote
Wild Whisper,
the newest company I know on the Craft market.

Heather & Suzy are amazingly talented and inspired, having personally designed all of these pages I am about to use. It takes a lot of courage, energy and effort to design, invest and launch yourself into this creative market. So please take a moment with me to say,

Congratulations Ladies!

To start my project, I opened everything up and stared at it at length waiting for the inspirations.

The double sided 12x12 Adventure Pages are a wonderful heavy weight and are unique because they are lightly coated to maximize the play time and blend-ability of ink and paint.



The recipe & mini Cards are perfect for adding a layer or a pocket.

So now that I have picked my cards and paper and its time to begin.

I cut the word strips from 2 of the pages and I grabbed the card with the bears.
(I LOVE THE BEARS)


Then I played with the postcard on top or making a plaid frame. the frame won! perfection

My next move was to size up the backer of my card  and I decided a full sheet folded worked nicely and offset the frame. Now what to do with the right side and how do I finish the base background. Charred Gold Embossing Powder & some moss. Yep that works. its nice and outdoorsy.

But WAIT............

DO NOT heat the embossing powder.
Use Glossy accents and paint all of the edges thickly with the glue. then pour the charred gold as you go. Allow to dry and you have created the perfect look of dirt.

 I also used the glossy accents to adhere the moss first then sprinkle the embossing powder second.

 I used my Ranger Markers, Crackle Accents and some Aventurine and Red Jasper stones chips to finish up the Bare Branches by Southern Ridge.

I need some more pizazz so I added Tim Holtz Pine cone charms, mixed with Emerald Creek Pine cone charms and some more Jasper stone chips.

For the background I used the top part of the Emerald Creek Wired Stamp & the 2 side tree sets from the Gone Fishin' stamp. They worked so well to create the perspective.

Now to fasten all of the layers together.

Thank you for reading my blog. Be sure to check out Julia Chupik and her Oh Deer Creation on Paradise Lost  head over to the Wild Whisper website to see all of the boutique embellishments.


Anyone who comments on all of our posts will be entered to win the prize and it is open internationally. People will have 1 week to do this (comments close Nov. 25th at 6PM MST) and Suzy and I will announce the winner on Saturday Nov. 26

"Heartfelt Freedom & Festivities- pt 2" - Anything Goes

My Guess....

Everyone is just itching to show off all of the different creations for the holidays, so let's get down to business and have fun during this 'Anything Goes' challenge and bring on the Festive Projects!

Check out the Perfection Inspiring work by the Team!

Sara Emily

Thanksgiving is a holiday, that although is very important in the United States, seems to be somewhat neglected from a creative viewpoint. Since I don't get to see all of my family on this special day, I send out special cards to those I won't be visiting. I used seven different embossing powders to make my leaves extra colorful, since this card's destination is a place that gets no fall foliage color.

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Claudia

 The first snow of the season has already fallen near Vienna and you can already smell winter in the air - so I was inspired to get out the fab Emerald Creek Fractured Ice and Winter's Mistake embossing powders and some of their charming embellishments and create an enchanted winter forest shadow box inside a turned around canvas!


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Cathy

I love Christmas! The colours, the sounds, the decorations, the cards, the movies! Seriously, I watch Elf in July! So I'm excited to help kick off the beginning of Christmas projects here at Emerald Creek. It's time for sparkle and shimmer and pine cones!

Emerald Creek Supplies used:

(click on any product link below to shop)

STAMPS:
Cardinal, Christmas Polka
Snowflake, Web

EMBOSSING POWDERS:
Iridescent Shimmer, Soft Fallen Snow
Burnt Copper Leaves, Vintage Ivy
Forest Foliage, Winter's Mistake
Hammered Metal, Fractured Ice

Oil Rubbed Bronze, Charred Gold

Moss Stone Green, Candy Red

Clear Matte

EMBELLISHMENTS:
Wish Script Connector Charm
Silver Glitter Beads
Pine Cone Charms
Victorian Snowflake Charm
Mini Vintage Snowflake Charm
Three Star Metal Band Charm
Pine Cone Charm

Other items used that are available at Emerald Creek: 

Ranger Emboss It - Big Pad

Distress inks, stains and spray stains

Ranger Emboss It Dabber

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To enter this month's Heartfelt Freedom & Festivities Dare, use the InLinkz below. Remember to follow the challenge rules as posted on the right sidebar of the blog, in order to be eligible.

 The winner, as voted upon by our Design Team members, receives a $50 Gift Certificate for the Emerald Creek Craft Supplies Shop and the top 3 Special Mentions receive a badge to post on their blog and a 20% off discount code for the shop.

But wait, there is more...

just for entering our Dare Challenge, you can receive 10% off your Emerald Creek order.

So what are you waiting for... we DARE you!

An InLinkz Link-up

Feature Purchase Artist - Ellie Knol

Today I want to feature

Ellie Knol,

one of the artists that sells images & designs to Emerald Creek.

I met Ellie through DT member Shilpa, who I can never thank enough. I was looking for some help to update the stamp catalogue and as soon as I saw her collection, I knew we were going to work together.

Here is the first creation Ellie made with the Christmas Polka stamp.

Please pop over to her blog, Paper Stamps, Color and tell her how awesome she is.

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Here are other ways you can see Ellie's creations

BLOGS:

PAPER STAMPS COLOR

Ellie's ATC's

DESIGN TEAM MEMBER for: 

Magenta

Emerald Creek

Art Anthology

Craft Stamper challenges

Inkerbell stamps

OWNER of:

Dutch Art Jounal FB groep

STEMPEL-ATC yahoo groep

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And a quick view of Ellie's other images just released

   Vintage Timepiece               Holly Branch                     

                        Vintage Pram

"Heartfelt Freedom & Festivities" - Anything Goes

We would like to kick off the month Celebrating our War Heroes!


The Dare is an Anything Goes Challenge  as we have a wide range of celebrations this month from honouring our heroes, to American Thanksgiving, and the count down to Christmas.
One lucky winner will receive a coupon code for $50 off in the store!


November 11 is Remembrance Day and Veterans Day and we want to make sure our Freedom Heroes are not forgotten. Leading the way is Deb.


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Deb

It was with gratitude and thanks that I made my Grateful Remembrance card in honour of all who have fallen and all who have served.  I made a replica of the poppy lapel pin that all Canadians wear with pride on Remembrance Day to include on my card and plan to leave this card at the Cenotaph on November 11th as a small token of my deep felt thanks to all our soldiers past, present and future.  I've a few step out photos on my blog, hope you can stop by.

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Jess

Here is my little girl with her bouquet of poppies.  This bouquet is her way of saying thank you for your service.  I have all the details on how I put her together on my blog.

Emerald Creek Supplies used:

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Katelyn

I want to thank those who have fallen for us, fought for us and are continuing to fight for us. This post I dedicate to you. The poppy wreath is such a symbolic symbol for Remembrance Day, so I used that as the starting off point for my "Fearless" card. I hope that you will head over to my blog to learn how I created my card.

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Cassandra

This month, in honour of our veterans, I created this card.  As time passes, it is important for us to remember those that made the greatest sacrifice in service to our country... Lest We Forget. It is with great gratitude that we recognize and thank the many men and women that serve our country, protecting rights and freedom, both here at home and around the globe.

Emerald Creek Supplies used:

(click on any product link below to shop)

STAMPS:

Fallen Blossom

We Grow On You
Tiger Lily
Cross

Vintage Timepiece Stamp

EMBOSSING POWDERS:

Candy Red, Mercury Rising, Charred Gold, 

Enhanced Blue Pearl, Clear, Midnight Black

Candy Crimson Red, Topiary Green, Hammered Metal Embossing Powder

EMBELLISHMENTS:

Heart Brads

Three Star Metal Band Charm

Fearless Buckle Charm

Three Star Metal Band

CARDSTOCK:
100lb White Cardstock

Other items used that are available at Emerald Creek: 

Tim Holtz/Ranger Distress inks, Mini Ink Pads, Stain, and Paint

Tim Holtz/Ranger Black Soot Archival ink

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Congratulations to Rijacki of Rijacki's Work shop,  winner of the 

Falling Into Celebration Dare with her Autumn Mask entry.

Rijacki please email Kim at info@emeraldcreek.org for your prize code.

Special Mention Goes To:

1. Karla of Creative Love Affair - Gorjuss Fox Fall Tags

2. Autumn - Sew Paper Paint - Tom Sawyer

3. Mary of Me and My Walk on the Creative Side - Dia de Muertos

Please email Kim, info@emeraldcreek.org and put Top 3 in your subject line

to receive a badge to post on your blog and a special 20% off discount code.

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To enter this month's Anything Goes Dare, use the InLinkz below. Remember to follow the challenge rules as posted on the right sidebar of the blog, in order to be eligible.

 The winner, as voted upon by our Design Team members, receives a $50 Gift Certificate for the Emerald Creek Craft Supplies Shop and the top 3 Special Mentions receive a badge to post on their blog and a 20% off discount code for the shop.

But wait, there is more...

just for entering our Dare Challenge, you can receive 10% off your Emerald Creek order.

So what are you waiting for... we DARE you!

An InLinkz Link-up