Here’s one more card I made for today’s DD challenges at Splitcoast.  This one is for Laurie’s challenge.  If you scroll down, you can see the card I made for Jody’s challenge.   And there’s also a link in the post below if you aren’t a fan club member, but would like to join and jump in on the fun.

There was so much more I wanted to do with this card, but in the end I liked the simplicity and left most of the embellishments off.  I only added the single Prima and flourishes to keep the main focus on the embossed vellum frame and the sweet image.  I think each Stampavie image I work with is cuter than the last- I love them!  I cut my vellum frame on this card with my oval Nestabilities and then embossed it with the Cuttlebug Swiss Dots folder.  The heavier cardstock weight vellum worked great for this.  And I am still having fun with the Choc. Chip flourishes I die cut a few days ago!  You will probably see them show up on a card again tomorrow. 

stamps- Sarah Kay- A Kiss for Chloe by Stampavie

paper- Orchid, Choc. Chip, White, vellum cardstock

ink- Black

accessories- Oval Nestabilities, eyelets, Prima, CB Swiss Dots embossing folder, Stickles, QuiKutz flourishes

It’s time again for the Splitcoaststampers community to celebrate the anniversary of their fan club.  And you are invited to play along!  The Dirty Dozen and DD Alumni have been busy preparing some fun challenges for you.  “A Day in the Life of a Dirty Girl” is the theme for this year’s Dare to Get Dirty Challenge week. The fun lasts a whole week, from July 21-27.  And Jenn has some prizes planned too!  You can read some more of her info here.  I sure hope you play along…it will be lots of fun!  If you are not a fan club member, you can find out how to join here.    

This is my sample for Jody’s challenge today.  I hope you like it!  You can check out all of the other samples in the DTGD gallery. 

stamps- Time For You

paper- Bashful, Choc. Chip, Celery, White

ink- Black

accessories- Rectangle Nestabilities, Ribbons, glue dots, Copics, Primas, brads

 I made this set for Emily’s One Sheet Challenge.  Some of the Dirty Dozen who are missing the fun at CHA are having their own fun back home.  If you would like to play along, check out Emily’s challenge, Holly’s sketch, and my sketch.  We’d love to have you join us!

This challenge is similar to the One Sheet wonders but with no pattern.  She just said to pick an old piece of patterned paper and use it.  So I thought it would be a great time to get some Christmas cards done!  I cut my sheet of 12×12 paper into 9- 4″ squares so I could get 9 cards out of it.  This is an easy way to get a quick set of cards done!  I chose Lulu’s Sweet Delights for my image and words.  Then I added some Lizzie Anne Stitches.

Have a great weekend & stay cool!  

stamps- Lulu’s Sweet Delights- C.C. Designs, Lizzie Anne Shapes & Stitches

paper- Wasabi, Pomegranate, Cameo, Black, unknown cream, dp- Stemma

ink- Black

accessories- Oval Nestabilities, Copic markers, gel pen 

Yea!  It’s Friday!  And today I am sharing a sketch for you to try.  This is my second card with the Sarah Kay images from Stampavie and I am loving them!  I started out with this sketch in mind.  I was in the car one day, waiting for someone, and doodled a few sketches.  So I decided to use this one for my challenge today.  The dotted paper was chosen first because I was looking for something with a small pattern, knowing it would get mostly covered.  I have a hard time covering up those pretty papers!  Then I chose a nice contrasting color for the card base.  Next I was digging through my ribbons and found this one which I love and completely forgot I had!  It all came together from there.     

Cutting the main image wasn’t too difficult…I don’t have any tricks to tell you.  Just cut a slant and use the first cut as a guide for cutting the second side.  Then adjust it to fit the card.

I hope you play along with the sketch!  If you upload to SCS, please use the keyword PCSC3 (for Paper Cookies Sketch Challenge 3).  And don’t forget to link back here…I would love to see them! 

stamps- Sarah Kay- Roses’s Garden, Vases in Vogue

paper- Turquoise, White, Saffron, Choc. Chip, BoBunny Shabby Princess

ink- Black

accessories- Copic markers, ribbon, Key Tag punch, paper flower from Walmart, Quikutz flourish die, button

Yesterday I received the new SU! Sock Monkey set which is a preview for the upcoming new catalog.  I wasn’t sure if I’d like the sock monkey or not, but I think he’ll grow on me.  LOL.  When I first saw the set, I knew I’d want to make the pennant into a banner.  I haven’t been over to the SCS gallery, so I don’t know if anyone else had the same idea but I think it worked out pretty well.  (EDIT to add: I guess I wasn’t the only one!  Hehe.)  I used a non-SU alphabet to add the letters.  The Basic Gray layer was embossed only on the bottom and a craft white ink was applied very lightly to bring out the texture.  

The layout for this card came from Holly’s sketch.  I turned it though so I could fit the banner on.  Holly and a few of us other Dirty Dozen gals decided to have a few blog challenges since we’re missing all the fun at CHA.  ;)  Check back tomorrow and I will have another sketch for you.  And I’ll try to post the other challenges with links as well.  We hope you’ll play along!

stamps- Sock Monkey, Dot Alpha- Stamp Craft

paper- Basic Gray, Saffron, Non-SU white and red

ink- Black, Craft white

accessories- Copics, Circle Nestabilities, Cuttlebug Diamonds in the Rough folder, Stickles

Happy Wednesday!  Today Jen issued a challenge for the All That Scraps Design Team to use glitter.  I needed a few teenage birthday cards this week so this is what I came up with.  (I needed one for a teen boy as well, but his will not be pink with ribbons…LOL.  I’ll share that one later.)  When I was making this card, I realized that I still haven’t used the cute lilypad in the Froggie and Friends set.  I’ll try to remember that for next time.  It’s such a cute set to work with!  I decided to make a little birthday parade and added the cupcake and words from the It’s My Birthday set.   It’s funny sometimes how a card evolves.  I knew I wanted it pink, so I set off looking for some cute pink papers.  When I decided to use the Making Memories papers here, I found two triangles that were left over from another project long ago.  I was making 4 of these to have some on hand, so I cut the triangles into 4 pieces and incorporated them in the design of the card.  The ribbons I had found at Michael’s on clearance and they are the perfect colors. 

OK, so back to the challenge…. I used Star Dust Stickles (my fave!) on the cupcake, party hat and balloons.  I also added some dots to the Celery Circle and left a little glittery trail behind the snail.  ;) 

stamps- Froggie and Friends, It’s My Birthday- C.C. Designs

paper- Regal Rose, Celery, White, Making Memories

ink- Black, Regal, Celery, Olive, Caramel, Summer

accessories- Key Tag punch, Circle punch, ribbon, Stickles  

It’s that time again!  The 20th of the month rolled around and it’s time for the SCS Dirty Dozen & Alumni’s June challenge.  This month Jami took a break and I came up with the challenge.  I wanted to create some happy mail so the recipients of the cards smile as soon as they see it in their mailbox.  I LOVE to see decorated envelopes (and the inside of cards too).  So I wanted to see how creative we all can be decorating the “inside” and “out” to coordinate with our cardfront.  Here’s the rules I gave the ladies:

Challenge Focus: “Inside & Out”……stamp and decorate both the inside of your card AND the outside of the envelope. (any card size is ok) Please upload two photos.
Required Element: Patriotic element - interpret this any way you like (ex. color scheme, sentiment, image, whatever)

Restricted Element: No ribbon

Optional - Send your card to the troops so that they can in turn mail it home to family or friends (all themes and occasions welcome).

I made 2 samples this month….the first one is more for a woman in the service.  I have always loved this retired SU! Raggedy Ann set and recently I purchased it from someone who no longer had a use for it.  I thought it would be perfect for the red, white and blue theme!  The buttons were cut from a Sizzix die and the “thread” is actually a very thin sliver of cardstock.  This image was colored with plain old colored pencils. 

I added the same paper button to the inside along with a row of flowers.  I accented 2 with some Prima flowers.  Half of the envelope was wheeled with the retired Flower Power wheel.  I stamped and masked the heart first before wheeling. 

stamps- Old Friends, Flower Power wheel

paper- Non-SU Red, White, Blue, and SU Bliss

ink- Bliss, Black, Not Quite Navy

accessories- rectangle Nestabilities, colored pencils, gel pen, Primas, Stickles, Sizzix button die, and NO ribbon 

My second card was made while thinking of the men in our troops.  Cheryl Rowley sent me an awesome card with this Biker Bee and I just had to get him!  You can find all of the images used on this card from Eclectic Paperie.  And I’m not sure what the name of the paper is, but it came from All That Scraps.  Cheryl doodled stars on the card she sent me and I couldn’t mess with perfection, LOL, so I added some of the same doodles on the cardfront and the upper left corner of the envelope.  The Liberty Bee was stamped on the bottom right of the envelope.  He was colored with colored pencils instead of the Copic markers because I didn’t want the Copics to bleed through to the back of the envelope.  In hind sight, I guess I could have just inserted paper in the envelope while coloring.  I’ll have to remember that next time!   

And this is how I decorated the inside of the Bee Free card.  I added some more doodled stars and cut one of the stars from the patterned paper to place in the upper corner. 

I hope the troops like the cards we made.  And I hope they bring a smile to their loved ones back home!  I can’t wait to see what everyone else came up with.  Here’s a link to check out all of the challenge cards.  Have a great weekend!

stamps- Biker Bee, Liberty Bee, Bee Free- Stampendous

paper- Ruby, Black, Shimmery White, White

ink- Black, dp from All That Scraps

accessories- Copics, Word Window punch, Stickles

On Saturday a few friends came to stamp….we had a fun day!  I will share a few of the other projects we made another time.  But for now, here is a card I made for a challenge my friend Karen gave us.  A few posts back I shared a faux pocket card idea that she came up with.  This weekend when we got together, she brought the paper used to make this card and the piece of string.  We were challenged to make one of her Faux Pocket cards and we had to use the string somewhere on the card.  I chose to use the set Time For You and I tied the string around the little window opening on the front.  The flap that was folded down was also punched with two different Martha Stewart border punches.  And the tab was embossed with the Cuttlebug Swiss Dots embossing folder- love that folder! 

Here’s a pic of the inside.  I love this stamp set!  I think it’s the first time I got to use it.  I really like how the card turned out too.  Everyone’s cards turned out great!  Below you can click on their names to see the cards they created.   Have a great day!

stamps- Time For You, Vases in Vogue, Petite Patterns

paper- Choc. Chip, Soft Sky, White

ink- Choc. Chip, Guava, Pomegranate

accessories- Martha Stewart Cornice Edge and Floral Lace punches, corner rounder, Round Tab punch, square punches, Cuttlebug Swiss Dots folder, string

Karen’s

Judy’s- outside

Judy’s- inside

Jenn’s- outside

Jenn’s- inside

 Jami challenged the Dirty Dozen and DD Alumni to create something with owls for May.  Owls are everywhere you look right now so this wasn’t too difficult.  It was actually a lot of fun since I had picked up the owl image in the dollar bin at Michael’s some time ago and it was still on my mental “to do list” to make something with it.  I think this image is super cute!  The words were in the dollar package as well.  Here are the rules Jami gave us: 

Challenge Focus: Owls.

Required Element: Texture.

Restricted Element: No crystals/rhinestones or dew drop type embellishments.

For the required texture, I was inspired by Michele (Tillyhead) to pull out my long neglected crimper!  The Regal Rose layer was punched with the Giga Scallop square punch and then run several times through the crimper in both directions.  Then I smoothed it back out with my finger.  The owl was colored with Copics and then I doodled a frame around him.  This is a very simple card with the addition of some patterned paper.  You can check out all of the challenge projects here.

stamps- Studio G

paper- Choc. Chip, Regal Rose, Ruby, White, Sassafrass Lass dp

ink- Palette Black

accessories- Giga Scallop square punch, paper crimper, Copic markers, Circle punches, ribbon

Christine at All That Scraps challenged us to make a pink & brown card.  I’ve been wanting to use this monkey along with her new monkey words and bananas so here’s what I came up with.  I never had a pink banana but I bet they would be sweet!  ;)  The card base is actually Pretty in Pink and it only wraps a little around the front.  It is attached to an A2 piece of Choc. Chip cardstock which became the cardfront.  The white layer on the main image, the monkey and the bananas are all popped up on dimensionals.  Wow- those are skinny pieces of pop dots under there!  The monkey was stamped on a scrap of glossy cardstock with alcohol inks that was left over from another project.  When I added the dots around him with a brown marker, I must have accidentally touched the marker on his belly.  Somehow I made a dot exactly where a belly button would go!  LOL.  I realized when I was done that I strayed a bit…I forgot & used black ink instead of brown.  Ooops! 

stamps- Monkey Love, words & bananas by C.C. Designs

paper- Choc. Chip, Pretty in Pink, Glossy White, Berry Bliss dp

ink- Black, Pretty in Pink, Choc. Chip, Close to Cocoa

accessories- Alcohol inks, Martha Stewart Cornice Edge punch, Mega & Giga Scallop punches, pop dots