tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35561708263863038672024-03-13T15:19:44.919-04:00Order of the Opus GlueiJanahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16265057098884755866noreply@blogger.comBlogger297125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3556170826386303867.post-65847424598004027762016-04-10T08:00:00.000-04:002016-05-01T06:40:51.937-04:00Challenge #225 - Animal MagnetismEveryone seems to have a favorite animal they gravitate to; either as their favorite pet, spirit animal, or just that they have a soft spot for something slithery, or furry, or fluffy, or feathery. <br />
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I chose to make these cute little shaker hippos for my animal choice...who can resist a sparkly blue hippo with googly eyes?? No one, that's who...<br />
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Rosemaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14721780347274988492noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3556170826386303867.post-66242581078125598172016-03-27T08:00:00.000-04:002016-03-27T08:00:07.165-04:00Challenge #224 - Happy EasterLonger days, warmer days (at least in the northern hemisphere) and the first vestiges of nature emerging from the rest of a long cold winter. It's also Easter and that means we are going to ask you to create with all the motifs and inspiration of the season.<br />
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You can share a religious themed project or a secular one with bunnies and colored eggs, chicks and egg hunts. Just share that creativity with us.</div>
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The Poobahs were busy and have made:<br />
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I chose to use a spring chicken for my project....and googly eyes make it all the more fun...the stripes represent the easter egg decorations that we will be hunting for...</div>
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Rosemaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14721780347274988492noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3556170826386303867.post-20456421347128121212016-03-13T08:00:00.000-04:002016-03-13T08:00:02.090-04:00Challenge #223 - Walking the TightropeEver want to just run away and join the circus? Well, you probably can't realistically do that but you can have fun with a circus type theme, right? (okay, not the same thing, but work with us)<br />
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Share with us whatever this inspires in you<br />
Be it the Circus, Carnival, Mardi Gras, Animals, Rides<br />
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nothing calls out circus to me than the big top and tickets to the games and events inside that big red tent - hence the ticket card in all my favorite circus colours.<br />
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Link up to your creation in the comments below. You've got until March 27 to share your crafty goodness with us!Rosemaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14721780347274988492noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3556170826386303867.post-33047959283485467462016-02-28T08:00:00.000-05:002016-03-01T22:22:28.776-05:00Challenge 222 - Photo Inspiration<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I chose to follow along with the colours from the picture and the earthy feel of the wood background...</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">So, what is love inspiring in you to create? Did you make something beautiful for your best friend? Your partner? Your kids? Oh, please share it with us and inspire love to burst out all over.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Its just what I would have made for my husband who loved these colours. Its just a crazy collection of heart shapes floating on a cloudy piece of soft fluffy paper. Love IS all you need.</span></span></div>
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Valentine's day - 'tis the season for love and this is my lovey dove card for the day...I like the colour scheme for this one as it is not a traditional valentine, but it still works and has a "bit" of masculinity to it....<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Rosemary here and I am sharing a layout I made from our autumn wedding anniversary trip. Each of these LOVE fonts came from the Cricut, I love that Cricut and I think the repetitiveness and drawing colors from the rest of the layout works. I think the theme is pretty self explanatory.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Love all the soothing shades of <b><span style="color: #0b5394;">blue</span></b>? Show us what you make with it!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Get revved up by <b><span style="color: red;">RED</span></b>? ENERGIZE us too!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Does <span style="color: orange;"><b>ORANGE</b></span> make your heart sing? Make our hearts sing too!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Yellow, yellow, any takers for <b><span style="background-color: #999999; color: yellow;">yellow</span></b> out there? Let's see all sorts of lemony-inspired art!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Think that any shade of <b><span style="color: #e06666;">pink </span></b>is the perfect shade of pink? YES YES YES, we want to see!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Or do you prefer the subdued elegance of black/<span style="background-color: #444444;"><span style="color: white;">white</span></span>? Lead us to your creativity!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A color theme works no matter where you are and we all have go-to colors so give it a try!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">You can see them more clearly on my <a href="http://blackcatsmiaow.blogspot.com.au/2016/01/favouritesog-220.html">blog</a>, but in essence, two use tri-fold cards, and the others are big square ones, in my favourite BLACK. I love the simplicity of black and white (or cream), but there are hints of other colours here too.... a little red, and a little green. </span><br />
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Rosemaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14721780347274988492noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3556170826386303867.post-8880385247823441412016-01-17T06:00:00.000-05:002016-01-17T11:46:22.024-05:00Challenge 219 - Sparkling and Shimmering<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">In some parts of the world the weather is warm and you're enjoying days at the beach, or sitting poolside - perhaps sipping a nice cooling drink and soaking up the sunshine. Elsewhere it's wintery and we're watching shimmering snowflakes falling from the sky, the sun shimmering on frozen lakes and ponds. See a trend there?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Let's see if you can take us to where you are, with sparkles or shimmers of light! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Get out that glitter, those opalescent shades of ink, the shiny goodness you have lurking in your embellishments and create like crazy!!!!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="http://adeenacard.blogspot.ca/">Deena here</a>: I pulled out some embossing powders and some old brads to make this sparkle and shimmer card. With the frosty cold we have in my neck of the woods, I couldn't bring myself to do something snowy, so I felt that embossing was the way to go!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Looking at it now, I'm thinking I should have rounded the corners of the white card too....but that's a reminder for next time.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>So..... let's see your beautiful sparkle and shine by linking us to your blog post in the comments below so we can pay you a visit and enjoy your creativity. Our next challenge is January 31, so you have lots of time to share your crafty goodness!!!!</b></span>Rosemaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14721780347274988492noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3556170826386303867.post-46747793118657515422016-01-03T11:59:00.000-05:002016-01-04T07:24:57.542-05:00Challenge #218 S-t-r-e-t-c-h yourselves............<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Lets make the most of the extra day this year and have a long and happy crafty calendar, starting with some s-t-r-e-t-c-h-e-s......of the creative kind (though you can stretch out on the couch if that's more your style) to ease into the year. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Use some of this glorious holiday time to try out that idea you saw on Pinterest, raise a favorite skill up on a new technique that looked so easy, stretch that brain and amaze yourself (and us too). We might just get the chance to finish something from the too hard basket.....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">So, let's see what our Poobahs made to inspire you!</span><br />
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<a href="http://adeenacard.blogspot.ca/">Deena here:</a> my stretch is to try and make 500 cards this year...I want to donate to our local mission for the homeless and have sold many of my Christmas cards this year...my goal it so locally sell 250 cards to donate $1000 to local charities in our area...here's hoping it all goes well...I had this really old kit hanging around and tweaked it a little to pump out a few simple cards to get in the spirit:<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Chat Noir here, and I'm a work in progress..... Every time I see a pile of wooden shapes (mine are from kaisercraft), I buy some and carry them home, my head filled with ways to turn them into little works of art. The reality is a lot less productive, so this challenge is made for me, if only I can channel some of those long lost ideas.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">....and I remember now how long it takes to achieve the finish I like..... smooth..... glossy..... Oh well, I've made a start, and I promise to finish them and make good on the one resolution I made this year: no more UFOs lurking in the studio.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://blackcatsmiaow.blogspot.com.au/">Chat Noir</a> here, coming out of left field and beginning with "vintage" before getting to the starry part! I just spent a lovely day making all sorts of things out of second-hand rubbishy paperback books (I did have to read a bit here and there to be SURE they were rubbishy) and Christmas decorations were part of the fun. Wait for the stars til the end......</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The first is a lovely easy bird, which is just two 2D shapes joined by lining up a scissor cut in each and threading them together. Its a bit easier to see in the second photograph, and I have to say that card stock has more strength so makes better birds, but you could glue two sheets of print together if you prefer.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">....and finally, the stars! These decorations are two sizes of wood stars, each covered in a different paper, and just glued one on top the other. I can think of lots of other ways to jazz them up a bit, but hey, its a beginning....</span><br />
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Rosemaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14721780347274988492noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3556170826386303867.post-14550721154807887502015-11-15T06:00:00.000-05:002015-11-15T13:59:09.739-05:00Challenge #215 - Celebrate FamiliesThis week's challenge is to celebrate FAMILIES. You can do a photo layout, vintage cross stitches, a gift for someone you made for a family member, or whatever leads to a family member.<br />
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This layout is of my girls and their best peeps on vacation in Florida. Everywhere we went they did the Charlie's Angels pose. The peeps are our next door neighbours and they are not really family but have been adopted into our lives as if they were. <br />
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Play along with us. You have 2 weeks to link up in the comments section.Rosemaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14721780347274988492noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3556170826386303867.post-4557810436590036092015-11-01T06:00:00.000-05:002015-11-01T06:00:00.289-05:00Challenge #214 - Take a Coffee Break<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">We are asking you to be inspired by JAVA, COFFEE, A CUP OF JOE, whatever you prefer to call it.</span></span><br />
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Rosemaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14721780347274988492noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3556170826386303867.post-68658024567775321422015-10-18T06:00:00.000-04:002015-10-19T21:01:50.656-04:00Challenge #213 - Halloween<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">We here at Opus Gluei love a holiday as much as the next person so let's get into Halloween!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">You have until October 18th to show us your creations by linking to your post in the comments below. </span></span>Rosemaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14721780347274988492noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3556170826386303867.post-29820036954454118402015-09-20T06:00:00.000-04:002015-09-20T06:00:01.527-04:00Challenge #211 - Birthdays, Birthdays, Birthdays<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">So let's start off the new season with a birthday...........and its a special birthday wish for our Poobah Deena, whose birthday is so very soon. Wish we could all be there to celebrate with you!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="http://blackcatsmiaow.blogspot.com.au/">Chat Noir </a>here with two birthday cards for special events coming up.... It was my own private challenge to use colour instead of the usual black and white which characterises most of my work (what does that say about me I wonder??).</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The darker card is a sort of gate-fold one turned on its side to flip down, and the whole thing came together around the ribbon which I love but find hard to match up. The red card is much cheerier and owes its life to the Kaisercraft garland that I found on the desk.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I made a birthday card that also has a pocket inside perfect for tucking in a little money or a gift card. I need to get proficient at these for Christmas as my nieces and nephews are getting to the ages where they really want gift cards. (sigh, now who will I pretend to be shopping for when I play at the toy store?)</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Today is my birthday and that is why I chose this theme for our first project challenge back to the blog...we are having the best fall here and I can even wear capris on the last day of summer for my birthday....it is like the mother nature just knew I needed a nice warm day for my birthday.</span></span><br />
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Now it's your chance to show us what birthdays inspire you to make. Leave your link in the comments box and we'll drop by and see what you've been up to. You have until October 4th officially, but late entrants are always welcome. We Poobahs are like that!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.blackcatsmiaow.blogspot.com.au/">Chat Noir</a> here and I put away the paper and glitter for a while and took to the kitchen. Its been wintery in Melbourne, and the lemon trees have been laden, mine being no exception (though I had to cut it right back, but that's a whole other story). So I've been preserving lemons....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Copious quantities of lemons and salt later, several more jars are in the dark of the pantry.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Also on the to-do list were a set of aprons for the other cooking people in my family (Christmas is coming), and I've made a start. Its just a simple butcher's apron pattern with long ties so you can wrap them around and tie in the front.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Rosemary here and I worked on some stitching. My favorite piece was this pattern I purchased from Satsuma Street on Etsy. I love the whimsy and wonderful color that this designer uses for her patterns. This one is Garden Cat and my cat Arya supervised to make sure I did everything right!</span></div>
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<b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; text-align: left;">Deena here. We have been super busy in our household this summer. I took 5 weeks off work and we went to the lake. We went to the United States with our next door neighbours. We had VIP passes for folklarama and used them to their fullest extent. We went the Canadian museum for human rights. We canned beans, beets, pickles, zucchini and made several batches of salsa. We bought 2 new vehicles. We got one teen ready for driver's education. We got the other teen ready to start high school. We held an ice cream party for all of our friends and neighbourhood kids. That was a blast. And we are back to work and school on Wednesday. In there I got a bit of cleaning and crafting in too. All in all it was a fabulous summer and I am sad to see it end. </b></div>
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Rosemaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14721780347274988492noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3556170826386303867.post-54086954125314391362015-06-12T13:24:00.001-04:002015-06-12T13:25:24.487-04:00On vacation until September 2015Rosemaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14721780347274988492noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3556170826386303867.post-81157446739978999662015-05-17T06:00:00.000-04:002015-05-17T06:00:00.893-04:00Challenge #209 - Garden inspirationRosemaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14721780347274988492noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3556170826386303867.post-59111130522710818302015-05-15T10:04:00.000-04:002015-05-15T10:04:11.499-04:00vacation all I ever wanted, vacation had to get awayThis is for all of our friends here at the Order of the Opus Gluei:<br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: 18.4799995422363px;">On March 25, 2009, Jana and Rosemary started the Order of the Opus Gluei, a challenge blog dedicated to themes that were open to the interpretation of the crafter. At one time we had weekly challenges but realized that was a bit taxing so we went to biweekly challenges and that worked really well.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: 18.4799995422363px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: 18.4799995422363px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: 18.4799995422363px;">Along the way we "met" wonderful friends who stayed to become Opus Gluei Poobahs along with us - people like Electra, Chat Noir, Deena, Gini, and Kristen. Their creativity encouraged our own and they are very dear to us.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: 18.4799995422363px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: 18.4799995422363px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: 18.4799995422363px;">That's the beauty of Opus Gluei - themes intended to inspire and challenge you to be freely creative and not bound by IT MUST BE MADE WITH FOUR SHEETS OF 12 x 12 PAPER, NO MORE THAN TWO COLORS, SIX PATTERNS, four intricate die cuts, and a dazzling diamond in the center. Nope, we wanted you to take a theme like Birds and make it yours. Through paint, digital studio items, cardstock, fabric, whatever and enjoy the process.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: 18.4799995422363px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: 18.4799995422363px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: 18.4799995422363px;">It's a success - we grew to now having 276 followers. Not too shabby for not having sponsors and all that...</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: 18.4799995422363px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: 18.4799995422363px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: 18.4799995422363px;">So, now at over 200 challenge themes we aren't shuttering the Order of the Opus Gluei but we need to close down temporarily for a break. Just a chance to recharge the batteries in our Viking helmet horns and get our mojo or sew-jo or digi-jo back. </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: 18.4799995422363px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: 18.4799995422363px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: 18.4799995422363px;">So, from now until September we're going to be on holidays of sorts. We've always been upfront and honest with you so we're doing that now, we just need a little vacation to rest up.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: 18.4799995422363px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: 18.4799995422363px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: 18.4799995422363px;">So, until then may your adhesive be sticky, your stamps tidy, your computer running virus free, your cardstock crisp, your fabric pressed, and your needles sharp. Because the Order of the Opus Gluei will be back in sparkling splendor when the leaves are getting ready to turn....</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: 18.4799995422363px;">With love and hugs - The Order of the Opus Gluei Poobahs</span></span>Rosemaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14721780347274988492noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3556170826386303867.post-42263429447226845102015-05-03T06:00:00.000-04:002015-05-03T06:00:00.559-04:00Challenge #208 - Feathers<div style="text-align: center;">
<a href="http://wishiniknewhowtoblog.blogspot.ca/">Electra</a> here with a new challenge!</div>
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This time we invite you to create something with a feather or Feathers.</div>
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What do feathers bring to mind for you?</div>
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Birds, or wings or a pillow fight?</div>
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<a href="http://blackcatsmiaow.blogspot.com.au/2015/05/feathers.html">Chat Noir</a> here, with something completely different, just to show you how versatile is the humble feather! You only need an egg-shape, paint, paper, varnish......and heaps of patience.<br />
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<a href="http://adeenacard.blogspot.ca/">Deena here</a>: I chose to make my feathers with pretty little dies and polkadot paper...I love playing with the dies and using non-traditional items to make embellishments to match my cards.<br />
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You have until May 17th to link up below in the comment,<br />
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Rosemaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14721780347274988492noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3556170826386303867.post-27991265233097964792015-04-19T06:00:00.000-04:002015-04-25T00:36:55.593-04:00Challenge #207 - Then and now....<span style="font-size: large;">For this challenge we're asking you to look at a previous project and reimagine it. You can either use the actual project or be inspired to update it. Really it is however you want to take this challenge. We would like to see how you are inspired.</span><br />
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I took a clipboard that I'd made many moons ago off the bathroom wall<br />
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All the deets can be found on my blog!<br />
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<a href="http://adeenacard.blogspot.ca/">Deena here:</a> As I was going through my blog looking at old projects, I came across these cards that I made for my friends in 2009. The retro lady on the card front inspired me to pull out a retro stamp and get to work. This is what I ended up with....thanks for looking!<br />
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Stop by for our next challenge - Posting on Sunday, April 19th.Rosemaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14721780347274988492noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3556170826386303867.post-31020351529593844692015-03-22T02:30:00.000-04:002015-03-23T01:56:44.592-04:00Challenge #205 - Color challenge time - BLACK and one other color<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Black never goes out of fashion, and its also a good colour to wear if you just want to fade into the background..........but this challenge is all about STANDING OUT. </span><br />
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Please post a link to your creative project below in the comments. Our next challenge will be posted on April 5.Rosemaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14721780347274988492noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3556170826386303867.post-55084830137194822522015-03-08T06:00:00.000-04:002015-03-08T06:00:00.047-04:00Challenge #204 - St. Patrick's Day<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Yes, 'tis the time of year when a lot of people who are Irish, have Irish ancestry, or just like to revel in the St. Patrick's day spirit get into the mood for green everything.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Why not? Green is a lovely color. It is the color of balance, harmony, and growth. It is associated with Ireland since Ireland is referred to as the Emerald Isle because of its lush green hillsides and fields. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">by St. Patrick's Day, by all things <b><span style="color: lime;">GREEN. (Or Irish, or whatever this inspires in you)</span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Now, about this challenge - I have Irish ancestry and I'm Catholic so naturally St. Patrick's day was a big deal throughout my life. No, we weren't tossing back green beers but we'd gather as a family around a table set with a green cloth, a pot of shamrocks, and our traditional meal of corned beef, cabbage, soda bread, and for dessert - mint chocolate chip ice cream (hey, we're American, we had to have ice cream and it's green)...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">In honor of this I have made a layout to commemorate this year's bash. I've laid in a supply of green felt fedoras for the gentlemen and headbands with shamrocks (have I mentioned I'm American?) for the ladies. (since the challenge will be going on after St. Patrick's day, I'm going to add the photos and update this post with them - so check back if you want to see what a crazy American family does on St. Patrick's day that doesn't involve beer - okay, maybe a wee bit of Jameson's) My layout is not staid, but loud and proud - a bit like my family!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I have to admit, St. Patrick's Day is not at the top of my list of FAVORITE HOLIDAYS, come to think of it, the only memory I have of any St Paddy's Day past is having that wonderful green beer spilled on me one night and never being able to get the green out. :-(</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">ONE OF THE MOST GLORIOUS HOLIDAYS FOR</span><br />
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credits can be found </div>
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<a href="http://wishiniknewhowtoblog.blogspot.ca/">on my blog</a> </div>
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What are you going to make?<br />
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<a href="http://adeenacard.blogspot.ca/">Deena here:</a> my picture is not too great for this card, but by the time I realized it, it was already sealed in the envelope, so you will have to use your imagination on the "real life look" of it....<br />
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<a href="http://www.blackcatsmiaow.blogspot.com/">Chat Noir</a> here, and I made a couple of little romantic notions too...well, they're ATCs actually, but you know what I mean.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">You have until February 22 to link up with us in the comments below.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-large;">Get your heart on and make something lovely! </span></div>
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