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CPS #172

I designed my card for this week’s CPS challenge in blues and whites (except for the kraft cardstock base). Another card that I made this week was for a different challenge, where cards are to be made in only black and white, so I spun off that basic idea for this card.

Here’s the sketch for this week’s CPS:

The card that I came up with is fairly simple. I used patterned paper by Pink Paislee, embossed a scrap of Stampin’ Up cardstock, and stamped the tissue box and popped it up on foam squares. I added glitter Thickers for the sentiment.
Thanks for looking!

Bikes are Moxie Fab!

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One of the many blogs I follow is Moxie Fab World, which is a great source of inspiration for crafters and cardmakers like me! One of the most recent inspiration challenges is to create a project that includes a bicycle in an innovative way, or the “I Want to Ride My Bicycle Challenge.” Click HERE to play along! (The deadline is midnight on Monday, June 28.)

Many of my favorite childhood summertime memories involve riding my bike in our neighborhood. My orange Sundance bike racked up a lot of miles going to friends’ houses, across the bayou bridge to get an ice cream or slush at Sonic, or to load up on candy at the nearby drugstore. I miss those days of freedom, just getting on my bike and riding…without a helmet!

The card I made for the “I Want to Ride My Bicycle Challenge” uses the only bike stamp that I have. It’s from Crafty Secrets’ Favorite Fellas set.

I stamped the background bikes in Rich Razzleberry, and I used foam squares to pop up one of the bikes that I stamped in Chocolate Chip ink. The card base is Bo Bunny Double Dot, and the patterned papers are from My Mind’s Eye. I used glitter Thickers and Cosmo Cricket Tiny Type for the sentiment.
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Unscripted Sketches #60

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In addition to their regular weekly sketch challenge, Unscripted Sketches issued a bonus challenge this week! In honor of “National Eat an Oreo Day,” the 2nd challenge is to design a card in black & white. Here’s the sketch:
 
and here’s my card! I didn’t realize how many different kinds of black & white paper I had until I started looking for them!

The stamp is from SU’s “Chic Boutique” set. I’ve used this dressform stamp on several of my cards…I love it! I added some ribbon at the top, and glued a large rhinestone to the center of the bow. The black cardstock is Double Dot by Bo Bunny, and the letter stickers are by Cosmo Cricket.

Designing a black & white card is definitely a challenge! Great idea!

Thanks for visiting and looking at my card! I’ll be featured as a guest designer for Unscripted in two weeks!

Curtain Call #35

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I love the colors in this week’s Curtain Call at Stacey’s Stampin’ Stage! They’re bright, summery colors, and they offer so many possibilities for creating! Here are this week’s colors, if you’d like to play along!

For this card, I used cardstock from Stampin’ Up in the challenge colors, and a cute margarita stamp by aMuse! I embossed the turquoise cardstock for the base with one of the Tim Holtz embossing folders in my Big Shot.
I colored the stamped images with pencils, a Stardust pen, and a permanent marker. I added Stickles around the rim of the glass. The wave border punch is by EK Success, and the letter stickers are by Cosmo Cricket.
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Get Sketchy #43

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We’re finally seeing some sunshine today in the Pacific Northwest, and that makes me very happy! After my batch of blog posts, I’m going to get outside and enjoy it!

In the spirit of summer and sunshine, I used some bright colors on my card for this week’s Get Sketchy challenge, which is based on this sketch:

The colors in Cosmo Cricket’s DeLovely collection are perfect for a bright, summery card!
I altered the chipboard Thickers to match my card. They were originally plain chipboard that I inked with some VersaMark seafoam chalk ink. The stamped flower is from SU’s Eastern Blooms set and is stamped in Melon Mambo ink. I added the rhinestones to the flower’s center.  I left some white space in the card, so it’s possible to tuck a small picture or other image under the ribbons to further customize the card.
 
Thanks so much for looking!

Just Like Riding a Bike!

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Much of my childhood was spent riding my bike around the neighborhood. My friends each had a different color bike; mine was orange! I sure miss the carefree feeling of a summer afternoon exploring the subdivision or riding across the bridge to get a treat at Sonic!

For this card, I’m using a bicycle stamp from Crafty Secrets’ Favorite Fellas set. I’m also combining two challenges: Color Throwdown (#97) and Card Patterns (#68):

 
I stamped the background bikes in Creamy Caramel, and the focus bike and sentiment in Chocolate Chip Stampin’ Up ink.
I embossed the two not-quite-navy panels in my Big Shot, and added a button tied with linen thread for the circle accent. White grosgrain ribbon was used for the border on the lower half of the card. All cardstock used in this card is from Stampin’ Up!
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Stampin’ Celebration #7

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There’s great inspiration at Stampin’ Celebration this week for making a last-minute Father’s Day Card! Like many other crafters, I find it hard sometimes to make masculine cards, because so much of the paper that I buy and see in the stores is geared toward girls and women. So, challenges like these are perfect for making me consider using the supplies that I have in different ways!

For this week’s challenge, I’m using stamps from Crafty Secrets’ “Favorite Fellas” set.

Here are the inspiration photos:

I chose the tie, the colors of navy and yellow and French blue as the inspiration for my card:
I made a background with the tie stamp and Creamy Caramel ink on some Die Cuts with a View cardstock. Then I stamped one of the ties on Stampin’ Up Not Quite Navy cardstock and wrapped a strip of Bo Bunny Sunflower Double Dot around the tie to make the stripes. Both sentiments were stamped with Stampin’ Up Chocolate Chip ink. The navy houndstooth patterned paper is from Pink Paislee. The lighter blue cardstock is from Core’dinations. I used a white gel pen to make the dark tie “pop.”
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CPS #171

This week’s sketch over at CPS was a simple one, and I enjoyed working with it! The prize sponsor for this week is Kraftin’ Kimmie Stamps.

Here’s the sketch:

I used the diamond/argyle pattern on the sketch as the inspiration for the background paper on my card:
Instead of repeating three small elements in the lower right corner, I used the space for one large image. I also added a solid strip of cardstock to provide a place for the sentiment.
Here are the supplies I used:
Paper: kraft, Not Quite Navy and Whisper White cardstock (Stampin’ Up!), Die Cuts with a View cardstock (card base)
Stamp: Paper Source
Ink: Chocolate Chip (Stampin’ Up!)
Letter stickers: Cosmo Cricket & Making Memories
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Curtain Call #34

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I love this Memory Box chair stamp! I’ve been using it on a lot of cards lately, and thought it would go great on my card entry for this week’s Curtain Call Challenge!

I’m not used to working with these colors, so it was great to broaden my horizons a bit! This is the card I came up with:

The grey card base (from Die Cuts with a View) was embossed in my Sizzix Big Shot. I sanded the embossed image to make it stand out more. I substituted kraft cardstock for the Sahara Sand, and used Dusty Durango for the chair and for the matting on the stamped sentiment. Whisper White was used for the image backgrounds. I used Rich Razzleberry ink for the sentiment and a strip of that cardstock for the punched border.

The stamps are from Memory Box (chair) and Studio G (sentiment). The chair image was stamped in Chocolate Chip ink.

Thanks very much for looking!

colourQ #37

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Yesterday, I went shopping for some new rubber stamps, and found a cute lantern stamp at Paper Source. I thought it would work great with this week’s colourQ (#37):

The colors and the rubber stamp made me think of a summer garden party, so I came up with this idea for my card:
I freehand-cut the grass from the Always Artichoke cardstock and embossed the cardstock with my Sizzix Big Shot.
The sentiment stamp is from Stampin’ Up’s “In A Word ” set, which is available in the Summer Mini Catalog.
I stamped the “get” part again on Apricot Appeal cardstock and glued it over the white image to emphasize the inside part.
All of my stamped images were done in Chocolate Chip ink. Stampin’ Up and Core’dinations cardstock were used to complete the card. My other supplies were ecru embroidery thread and Making Memories brads.
Thanks for looking!