Showing posts with label Ice skating. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ice skating. Show all posts

Saturday, November 23, 2019

Ice Skating

     Having grown up in an area where snow never falls and ice doesn't form on the ponds, any ice skating was done in a rink and the next town over actually had an ice rink.  I was probably 10 or 11 years old when I discovered a pair of ice skates in one of my Grammy's old trunks and had to try them on, just for curiosity sake.  They were a great fit, though a bit tight around the heel.  She had very narrow feet! 

     I clumped around in them for a couple of weeks and finally asked my mother if she would drive me over to the ice rink.  Forget that I'd never done anything other than roller skate and had no idea how to ice skate, nor that it was a 45 minute drive over to the next town - I was determined to go!

     She was a loving mother and saw how much I wanted to try my hand (my feet?  my rear end?) at ice skating so as my Christmas present that year, she managed to scrape up the funds for 3 ice skating lessons and faithfully drove me to the rink three different times for the lessons.  What I learned is that ice skating isn't roller skating, that ice is harder than it looks, and that the Olympic ice skaters who look so magnificent probably did nothing other than practice, practice, practice all day long!

      Fortunately for my backside, I quickly outgrew the skates as my feet increased in shoe size and Grammy's tiny skates had to be left behind.  However, this darling image (progressive challenge freebie) from Scrapper's Delights brought back all those wonderful memories.  :-D


Colored with ProMarkers
Aleene's Sparkle Snow added w/ palette knife (Adding snow this way gives such great texture!)
Cut with Memory Box die
Edges inked with ProMarker
Papers w/ spots and wavy stripes are scraps
Signature, hand-sewn bow w/ gem
Signature hand cut and edges inked

     Challenges:
As You Like It
Cardz TV
Colour Crazy
C.R.A.F.T.
Crafty Calendar
Crafty Catz
Creative Knockouts
Cute Card Thurs
Scrapper's Delights Progressive

      Have a great weekend.  Happy Crafting.  NanaConnie

Monday, November 11, 2019

"I" at Beccy's 30 Days of Christmas

     In the 30 Days of Christmas at Beccy' Place, we return to the alphabetical prompts today with the letter "I" and I chose Image, Ice, Icicles, Ice Skates, Inlaid die cuts, and Ice blue.  I think Beccy has some of the best "realistic" Christmas and winter images and these skates are definitely among them.  The sentiment is also from Beccy's Place


Colored with ProMarkers
Image & frame cut w/ QuicKutz die, then Inlaid
Paper by Doodlebug
Icicles added with Stickles
Snowflakes cut with AI die
Gemstone added to one snowflake

     Challenges:
AAA Cards
Addicted to Stamps
Creative Inspirations
Dragonfly Dreams
Dream Valley
House that Stamps Built
Paper Girls
   
     Happy Crafting.  NanaConnie

Sunday, December 13, 2015

New Skates

     How many of you remember getting new skates for Christmas?   Those short hours in between opening the packages and sitting down to the family Christmas dinner barely gave enough time to get the skates on and adjusted to your feet, much less figure out how to get any forward mobility.  :-D  By the time Christmas dinner was done, it was getting dark and there was no more time to skate.  Those are the memories this image evokes.


     The image and the sentiment both came from MHK Designs and I colored with chalks, then cut the image with a die from Memory Box.  The embossing was done with a folder from Darice.  I think the bow speaks for itself.  :-D

     Challenges:
ABC Christmas
A Vintage Journey
Cards in Envy
Chalk n Stock
C.R.A.F.T.
Crafting with an Attitude
Crafty Boots
Crafty Creations
Crafty Friends
Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas
Crafty Ribbons
Crazy Challenge
Creative Card Crew
Cut It Up
Digitally Sweet
Fussy and Fancy
Male Room
My Sheri Crafts
Not Just Cards
Our Crafty Corner
Outlawz Twisted Thursday
Scrap & Craft
Send a Smile 4 Kids
Speedy Fox & Friends
Star Stampz
Where the HeART Is
Whimsy Inspirations
WordArt Weds.

     Happy Stamping.  NanaConnie

Saturday, December 12, 2015

Skating Mice

     Another one of those totally adorable images from Rick St. Dennis!  How could I not use this one for a Christmas card?  On the RSD FB page, they have a challenge for "Sparkles" so, of course, this had to have tons of glitter.  :-D


     I used my ProMarkers to color the image, added the glitter to the clothing, the tassels and her skates, and cut it with a die from QuicKutz.  I cut the "Believe..." sentiment with a border die from Spellbinders to give it the curve.  The ribbon is from my stash and I just curled it to make the bow.  Everything was layered onto green CS and then onto the card front.  I tried to make it look like a Christmas package and I think the curly ribbon accomplished that.

     Challenges:
ABC Christmas
Animal Friends
Artistic Stamper
A Snowflakes Promise
Bunny Zoe's
Colouring in Scrapland
Crafter's Cafe
Crafting from the Heart
Craft Your Passion
Crafty Boots
Crafty Creations
Crafty Gals Corner
Crafty Time
Cuttlebug Mania
Dies R Us
I {heart} ProMarkers
Just Keep on Crafting
Mod Squad
Not Just Cards
Outlawz Twisted Thursday
Papertake Weekly
Passion for ProMarkers
Path of Positivity
Scrapy Land
Sparkles Forum Christmas
Tinker Dream
Your Scrapbook Place

     Happy Stamping.  NanaConnie