Card Concept Challenge #40

Hi! I hope that you enjoyed the last challenge and are getting back into the swing of things. We have a new Card Concept Challenge for you this week which involves "Forest Friends".

This photo immediately brought to mind an old SU set called Under the Stars. Do you remember it?  Here's my card. I have to tell you that I had a bad experience with a raccoon and camping at the ocean but this little guy is pretty cute.

I punched out the tag and stamped the critters. Then I ran the tag through my Big Shot with the Linen Impression plate to give it a tad bit of texture. Next I inked around the edge with the stamp pad and added the twine. A piece of Autumn Chicken Scratch DSP and a sentiment finishes it off.  The tag is popped up on dimensionals.  A Clean & Simple design.


Supplies:
Stamps: Under the Stars (SU), sentiment is from Peaceful Wildflowers (MFT)
Paper: Kraft (SU), Neena Solar White, Autumn Chicken Scratch Pattern Pack (PTI)
Ink: Versafine Onyx Black, Classic Kraft (PTI)
Other: Monthly Moments Journal Card 6 die, Linen & Canvas Impression Plate (PTI), dimensionals (Recollections)


Well I couldn't help myself. I had to stamp another card.

I really liked the design of this card but ran into a few troubles. I stamped the sentiment on the vellum with Versafine Onyx black and it started to bleed. I also knew that it would be wet so I hit with my heat gun. And hit again. And hit it again. Wow. It just wouldn't dry.  So it's smudgy. Is that a word? Next time I will emboss it. Then I stamped the raccoon and got out my stamp-a-majig to line up the can of beans. After stamping I checked it out. Really? I can't even line it up with a stamp-a-majig.  Finally I stamped the bear, ran it through my wood impression plate and popped it up on dimensionals.  I still like the card, even with it's imperfections.

Hope you all will join us and make a Forest Friend card for the challenge.

Have a great day!

Supplies:
Stamps: Under the Stars (SU), Wet Paint III (PTI)
Paper: Kraft (SU), White (PTI), vellum
Ink: Versafine Onyx Black
Other: Wood Impression Plate (PTI), Fishtail Flag Stax (MFT), Tim Holtz Tiny Attacher, dimensionals (Recollections)

The Card Concept Challenge Has Returned

Hi All!  This is so exciting for me. My first Card Concept challenge as a member of the Design Team!  For our first challenge back from summer break we have this inspiration photo.

I love that yellow and aqua color combo. I also love the daisies but I have a new butterfly die and I wanted to try it out so I went that direction instead of flowers. So here is my Clean and Simple card.

 I sponged Aqua Mist ink over the mesh stencil and then used my aquapainter to flick on some Hawaiian Shores ink.  Next I stamped the sentiment.

I die cut the butterfly from some dotted vellum and then used my aquapainter to add Lemon Tart, Harvest Gold & Summer Sunrise to the back of the piece. It really curled and I was a bit worried until I used my hair dryer on a low setting to dry it from the back and it flattened out to a nice looking gentle curl. I added the black rhinestones then adhered the butterfly with glue dots.

A few enamel dots finished it off.


Now that you've seen this card, which I am really happy with,  I will show you the first card that I made. I really like this one too but it seemed just a touch fussy for a Clean & Simple card.

I cut a piece of cardstock to 4 x 5-1/4" then I used an aquapainter to loosely paint the background in Aqua Mist and let it dry.

Next I the spackled over a portion of the stencil and let it dry. While it was drying I stamped Lemon Tart, Harvest Gold & Summer Sunrise onto an acrylic block then swished a bit of water onto the block with an aquapainter. On a separate piece of white cardstock I smooshed the ink from the acrylic block. I did this a couple times, let it dry and then flicked some Tropical Teal onto it. I die cut the butterfly from this piece.

Next I Stamped the sentiment.  I got the spackling paste a bit far down and so I stamped over it but it's still ok.  I adhered the butterfly with glue dots only in the center so that the wings can float off the paper a bit.  Lastly I added the enamel dots and taped this layer down to the card. You could also add dimensionals to this layer but I'm at my daughter's right now and we haven't unearthed her dimensionals  from boxes yet.  It may all sound complicated but it went pretty quickly.


I hope that you liked my card(s) and will participate in this challenge. Also check out the inspiration from all the other Design Team members.

Thanks for stopping by today!


SUPPLIES: (all supplies are from PTI unless noted)

Card 1:
Stamps: Graceful Greetings 
Paper: White , Dotted Vellum
Ink: Aqua Mist, Hawaiian Shores, Lemon Tart, Harvest Gold, Summer Sunrise; Versafine Onyx Black
Other: Life is Beautiful Die Collection (pti); Texture Mesh stencil (Memory Box); sponge; Aquapainter, Acrylic block, Glue Dots (SU); Enamel dots (Doodlebug & Teresa Collins); Dimensionals (Recollections); Rhinestones (Recollections)

Card 2:
Stamps: Graceful Greetings 
Paper: White 
Ink: Aqua Mist, Tropical Teal, Lemon Tart, Harvest Gold, Summer Sunrise; Versafine Onyx Black
Other: Life is Beautiful Die Collection (pti); Lightweight spackling paste (hardware store); Texture Mesh stencil (Memory Box); Aquapainter, Acrylic block, Glue Dots (SU); Enamel dots (Doodlebug & Teresa Collins); Dimensionals (Recollections)

I'm Back with Freshly Made Sketches #200 and Seize the Birthday

Hi All!  It's been such a busy summer with my daughter moving from Vancouver, WA to Columbus, OH to go back to school for her PhD in Music Education.  I'm so  proud of her! We also had a 2 week vacation with all our family which was wonderful.  We went to Glacier National Park and arrived there the day that the fire broke out.  We were not able to go everywhere we had hoped because of the fire but still had a wonderful time.

Now my fingers are getting itchy to get back to stamping and what better way than with Freshly Made Sketches 200th sketch!  I think that my card also will fit in with the Seize the Birthday challenge. Balloons fly. Right?

I've had this set for a while and just never got around to using it. That little balloon animal is just so cute!  Here's a close up of the little guy. He's popped up on dimensionals.

This card is just the way I like it. Clean & Simple. Lots of white space.

Have a great day and happy stamping!

SUPPLIES:
STAMPS: Party Animal (Avery Elle)
Paper: White, Comic Strip Pattern Pack (PTI)
Ink: Enchanted Evening, Harvest Gold (PTI), Versafine Onyx Black
Other: Party Animal die (Avery Elle)

Paper Sweeties Blog Hop & Challenge #34

Paper Sweeties is turning 3 and they are having a party all during the month of August starting with a blog hop today.

The cupcakes in the inspiration photo (see below) grabbed my attention as did the soft, pretty colors.  I stamped the tops and bottoms of the cupcakes and then punched them out with the coordinating punch.

 I added some silver embossed sprinkles to the frosting.

Next I punched out a tag, stamped the sentiment and assembled the cupcakes. Lastly I tied on the Baker's twine.

Happy 3rd birthday Paper Sweeties!

Thanks for stopping by!


Here's the inspiration photo:

SUPPLIES: 

Stamps: Create a Cupcake (SU), Label Love (Altenew), Happy New Year (PTI)

Paper: White (PTI)

Ink: Certainly Celery, Pretty in Pink, Pool Party (SU); Soft Stone, Smokey Shadow (PTI)

Other: Create a Cupcake punch, Pool Party Baker's twine (SU), Monthly Moments Journal Card 6 (PTI), dimensionals

Happy Announcement!

I am so excited to finally be able to announce that Leslie at The Card Concept challenge asked me to be on the Design Team. Happy Dance! I will be on the Clean and Simple team which is my favorite style with all that lovely white space :-)  The challenge is on summer break right now but watch for us to be back with a new challenge on September 9th.

I should also mention that I won't be posting many cards in the coming weeks. We are heading to Glacier National Park on Monday for a wonderful week with our daughters, SIL and 2 year old grandson. I can't wait! Then we are helping our oldest daughter move to Ohio to go back to school.

So I hope that you will join us September when The Card Concept Challenge returns. We have a lot of talented ladies on the team and I'm honored to be a member!

The Card Concept Challenge #38

The current challenge at The Card Concept is a color challenge. Yellow and gray is such a pretty combo!

I love daisies so the inspiration photo really spoke to me. I was going to use my new PTI set Bloomers as a background for the sentiment but I really liked the delicate little flowers that came with the Graceful Greetings set so I went with this instead. I got the pattern paper at Michaels yesterday.  6 sheets for a $1. Such a deal!!  The tag is popped up on dimensionals.  A very CAS design with lots of white space.

Have a great 4th of July tomorrow!

SUPPLIES:
Stamps: Graceful Greetings (PTI)
Paper: White (PTI), Honeycomb pattern paper (Recollections)
Ink: Harvest Gold, Smokey Shadow (PTI), Soft Granite (Hero Arts)
Other: Tag Sale #5 die (PTI), twine (American Crafts), dimensionals (SU)

Happy 4th of July & Retro Rubber Challenge Take 2

OK, I'm trying the Retro Rubber challenge again and following the rules. I'm using an old SU set called July Fourth.

Here's what I did:

• Stamped the fireworks up the left side
• Cut the white overlay panel to show off the fireworks
• Stamped the sentiment & stars
• Added some clear glaze over the stars which you can't see in the photo but looks nice IRL
• Added silver metallic ink inside the sentiment

Here's the challenge:

Thanks for stopping by. Looking forward to a great July!

SUPPLIES:
Stamps: July Fourth (SU)
Paper: White (PTI)
Ink: Enchanted Evening, Pure Poppy (PTI), Soft Granite (Hero Arts)
Other: Silver metallic Sharpie, Glaze pen (Sakura), dimensionals


Edited 7/6: I'm a Fab Five!

4th of July Spoiler Alert

This is directed to my daughters who look at my blog. If you don't want to see your 4th of July cards then stop right now!!!  OK.   I'm entering this card in the Retro Rubber 17 Challenge which is to use the Red, White and Blue color combo, sparkles or a Patriotic Theme.

Hopefully my daughters are being patient and waiting so I will proceed with my cards.

I started with a Real Red card base and embossed the fireworks with Versamark and white embossing powder. The fireworks are really the flower petal detail from PTIs new Bloomers set. Next I sprayed Glimmer Mist on the card to give it some sparkle and shine. The Celebrate sentiment was cut from twice and Night of Navy once and the layers glued together. This gives it some depth. Finally I added some sequins for a little extra pizzaz.  I taped the red layer directly to the card instead of popping it up because it was a bit wavy from the embossing and Glimmer Mist. I think it look ok because it still has the depth from the sentiment.

I tried to capture the shimmer on the card but had a really hard time finding a good angle. I think that it looks prettier IRL than in the photo.

My next card is similar but I used a white base and red & blue fireworks. I cut the sentiment from white and sponged on Real Red and Night of Navy. It is also three layers. I added Wink of Stella to the Celebrate to give it some extra shimmer.  The stamped layer is popped up on dimensionals.

I tried to get the shimmery detail on the sentiment.

Thanks for stopping by and I hope that you all have a fun and safe 4th of July!!

Oops! I just realized that my stamp set was not older than a year so I don't qualify for this challenge. Oh well. I enjoyed making the cards. Maybe tomorrow I can try again :-)

SUPPLIES:

RED CELEBRATE CARD:
Stamps: Bloomers (PTI)
Paper: White (PTI), Real Red, Night of Navy (SU)
Ink: Versamark
Other: White embossing powder (Hero Arts), Good Times die (PTI), Glimmer Mist, Sequins (Avery Elle)

WHITE CELEBRATE CAR:
Stamps: Bloomers (PTI)
Paper: White (PTI)
Ink: Real Red, Night of Navy (SU)
Other: Good Times die (PTI), Wink of Stella pen, dimensionals

Nautical

Today I'm making a card using the new PTI set called Nautical. It arrived while I was out of town and I've been itching to play with it. I'm just sneaking into The Challenge #40 and also CASology #152 and colourQ #296.  Wow!

The colors of the waves are Soft Sky and Marina Mist. The boat is Night of Navy and Daffodil Delight. I popped it up on dimensionals. Well I'm about to be late for church so better get this posted.

Relax and enjoy your Sunday. Stay cool. We in the Pacific NW are really suffering a heat wave!!

The Challenges

SUPPLIES:

Stamps: Ahoy (PTI)

Paper: White (PTI)

Ink: Soft Sky, Marina Mist,  Night of Navy and Daffodil Delight (SU)

Other: Ahoy die (PTI)

Edited 6/30: Yay!  My card got an honorable mention at CAS-ology.

           7/3:  Oh my! I was also a top pick at The Challenge. Happy Dance!!

          7/8: Wahoo!!! Also picked a s a ColourQ winner! And again I say WAHOO!

Papertrey June Blog Hop

Today is Papertrey's Blog Hop and I've been looking forward to it but too busy the last few weeks to pre-make a card.  Now my husband and I are at my daughter's helping her get ready to move in August. When I left my house I rapidly threw some stamps, ink and dies in a bag thinking I would borrow other stuff from my daughter.  So I planned out my card and went in search of her Cuttlebug. OK, found it in the box. Opened it up and there is no C plate.  Where is her C plate? How can I cut without a C plate?  She is an hour and a half away teaching at a music camp so I can't ask her. I tried to improvise but no go. Rats! I'm reduced to scissors! Arghh!!  So here is a pic of my simplified card, no fussy cutting for me,  taken with my phone.

I stamped the flower and then traced a tag die around it with a pencil. The flowers look red but they are really an orange color.  Then using my trusty scissors I cut out the tag. I punched a hole and added some twine. This little tag is popped up on dimensionals with the sentiment stamped below.

So it's clean and simple and I hope that you like it :-)

SUPPLIES:

Stamps: Petite Pots (PTI)

Paper: White (PTI)

Ink: Terracotta Tile, Lemon Tart, Simply Chartreuse, Smokey Shadow (PTI), Versafine Onyx Black

Other: Timeless Tags 2 for tracing(WP9), twine, dimensionals, scissors