Midnight Madness by Priscilla MMSC21

HOT COCOA?

Thanks for stopping in! :) This was made for MMSC21 , come play with us. We have a lot of fun things going on here at the Midnight Madness blog, so let this card inspirer you to grab a cup of cocoa and stay awhile. This card was made with the cuties stamp from Gurlee Girl Design. I am so proud, because once again I was able to finish the inside and make a “Thinking Inside the Box” custom matching envelope. I will keep my post short, but I will leave you with one questions… are you a multi tasker? I have to be!! My husband does not know how I do it. I can be down loading pictures on the computer for my blog post, talking on the phone, doing dishes and breaking up my kids fighting over a toy all at the same time. My husband can only do one thing at a time….anyone else out there live in a home like mine??? LOL Anyway, enjoy your time here at the Midnight Madness blog and be sure to take advantage of all that it has to offer. As always, I would love to hear your thoughts, comments or concerns.

Our October Guest Designing Diva!!!

Welcome Linda Lucas :) I am so excited to announce our October Guest Designer Diva. Linda is a wonderful card maker and Layout artists. She is extremely talented and her work will bring so much inspiration to the Midnight Madness Sketch Challenges this next month. Here is a little bit about her.....

'I am a New Zealand born girl living in Canberra Australia. I have been married to my FABULOUS husband 18 years this October!! Together we have three great children who complete our family and fill our home with love, laughter and an incredible amount of noise! I have always loved being creative, I was taught to knit when I was 6, by my Mother and have knitted and done various hand crafts ever since. Drawing and colouring always fascinated me, coming from a long time of artists on my Mother's side...this creative bug was bound to get me and it 'hit me hard!' I started cardmaking nearly two years ago when a neighbour asked me to her Stampin' Up Workshop and I thought 'how boring' but went to support her - what awhirlwind of a journey it has been since then I have rapidly crossed that fine line that separates addiction from obsession and I am loving it!! I am both thrilled and honored to be a Guest Design Team Member for the MMSC - I have played from the very first sketch and love the inspiration that these fabulously gifted ladies being each week! Thank you for having me - I looking forward to this part of my creative journey and seeing your 'works from the heart!'

Linda will be helping us choose our November Guest Designing Diva, so keep those creative juices flowing and if you have not let it known yet, be sure to let us know you are interested in being one of our Guest Designer. Please stop by her blog and give her a big shout out!

“CONGRATULATIONS”

Linda, we are just thrilled to have you with us, and below is your Guest Diva Logo. Please display it proudly :)

We would like to thank EVERYONE who entered our diva challenge. We have so many super talented people playing our challenges!! You have no idea how hard it is to vote each month. We will be looking for a guest designer each month, so please keep playing because we love the inspiration everyone brings to us. If it was not for our players, there really would not be a Midnight Madness Sketch Challenges. So Thank you :) For a more details on what we are looking for click HERE and scroll down.

You could be the NEXT Guest Diva :)

Mid Week Midnight Madness "Real Wood Paper Tutorial"

Welcome to the Mid Week MM Tutorial!!
If you are looking for our current Sketch Challenge (MMSC20) click HERE.

Below is this weeks fabulous Tutorial from our very own Design Team Member Sue.
"Life's a Beach Digi & Real Wood Paper Tutorial "

I'm so excited to finally be able to show you this digi and real wood paper fence tutorial! Priscilla had asked me to do a tutorial for her using my wood paper I have in my store. After being in Florida at CHA in July, I came up with this idea and drew it on the plane flying back home! Great times with Great Friends create Great Ideas! :) Let's get started!

I printed the beach digi on one end of the paper, pulled the paper out of the printer and turned it around and printed again. I have Copics, Scissors, Sanding Block and 3 strips of Walnut Pre-cut Wood Paper.
I colored both images with my Copics. I did not color the sky and umbrella on one of them as I did cut that out.
I cut one Walnut Wood Paper Pre-cut Strip into random lengths.
I cut grooves in the tops of several pieces. Angled the edges of several others. I punched knot holes in several with a small oval paper punch. I used the sanding block on the top of all of them to give them a worn/weathered look.
I applied pieces of 1/4" Scor-Tape (from our previous MM Sponsor, Scor-Pal) to the backs of each wood strip.
I figured out how I wanted them laid out on the image and removed the paper backing from the Scor-Tape.
Flipped the pieces over and stuck them to the image.

I cut out my 2nd Beach Digi image with my Stampin' Up Knife.

I'm showing you this so you DON'T do what I did. LOL! Learn from my mistakes! I stuck the 2nd Digi image on top of the first digi/wood image. Then realized I wasn't going to be able to cut the circle shape I was planning. So, off came the top layer and the dimensionals did peel a little of the coloring off the pink & purple surfboard. But no worries, it will be covered up again.

I used my largest circle Nestie as my template. I traced the outer edge with a pencil.

Using my scissors, I cut on the pencil line.

Now you can add your 2nd Digi layer! :)

Flip it over and trace the circle shape onto the 2nd Digi layer.

Cut again on the pencil line for a perfect match!

Of course, every image needs Stickles! I used Strawberry Ice on the butterfly, Holly on the vine, Cinnamon and Platinum on the beach sand, Gold on the flowers on the yellow and orange surfboard, Gunmetal on the Blue and Aqua surfboard, Yellow on the top of the beach umbrella, Icicle on the umbrella fringe and Frosted Lace on the Aqua background paper scalloped edges.

I used my Cricut and Wild Card Cartridge to cut the background circles, scallops and card. I added the Life's A Beach Digi along with Oval Stampin' Up! hardware. A little raffia tied here and there. Life's A Beach Card Complete!

Below is a list of links for where to purchase these items!

• Beach Digi
• Walnut Wood Paper Pre-Cut Strips
• Life's A Beach Sentiment Digi
• Stickles
  Thank you and I hope you enjoyed this Digi and Wood Paper Tutorial!
  

Thank you Sue, what a wonderful tutorial. If any of you give this a try, PLEASE come back and leave us a link, so we can check it out :) As always, we would love to hear your thoughts and comments :)

Priscilla