Unscripted Sketches #65

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I really surprised myself with the card that I made for this week’s Unscripted Sketches challenge. I’m not usually a vintage/shabby style card maker, but something about this week’s sketch had me thinking in that direction!

For this card, I used a digital stamp by Hero Arts for the main image. For the group of circles, I altered three paper flowers by Making Memories.
Basically, I cut a spiral into each paper flower (they were all large circles) and crushed the paper as I rolled it into shape. I hand-cut the leaves from smooth cardstock, crushing the paper and then separating the cardstock layers.
I distressed some Graphic 45 patterned paper with the edge of my scissors to mat the digital stamp and as part of the card background.
Other supplies include:
Adhesive Pearls (Prima e-line)
Cardstock: Stampin’ Up & Bo Bunny Double Dot
Letter stickers: Making Memories
Lace: Maya Road
Ink: Black cat’s eye pigment ink
Black sheer ribbon

Thanks for taking the time to visit my blog and to look at my card!
Visit Unscripted Sketches to see the design team’s creations and the other entries!

Stampin’ Royalty #29

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This week, the Stampin’ Royalty goddesses are challenging you to a “Splish Splash” themed challenge! All you have to do is create a card, scrapbook layout, 3-D Project or My Digital Studio project using the “Splish Splash” theme as the main inspiration behind your project!

I made a card using a sweet octopus stamp by Imaginisce and some letter stamps by Inkadinkado. The only things missing from the letter stamp set are punctuation, so I used a sticker by Making Memories for the question mark.

My other supplies include:
Ink: Chocolate Chip (Stampin’ Up!)
Cardstock: Stampin’ Up!
Pearls: KaiserCraft
Flowers: Prima e-Line
Paper: American Crafts
Etc: Ribbon, Glitter Gel Pen, Tacky Tape, Tim Holtz Embossing Folder
Thanks very much for looking at my card!
To see the beautiful examples from the design team and the other awesome entries, visit Stampin’ Royalty!

Stampin’ Celebration #12

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This week’s Stampin’ Celebration challenge features some bright colors that I had a fun time creating with!

I drew from the colors and the flowers in the top right picture as the inspiration for my card.
The stamps that I used are by Hero Arts (pincushion, spools), Daisy Bucket (background flowers), Technique Tuesday (leaf stamp) and Stampin’ Up (sentiment from Chic Boutique set). I used Only Orange, Old Olive and Green Galore ink from Stampin’ Up to stamp the images on the card.
Other supplies: Glitter gel pen, fine-tip felt pen, decorative scissors, paper flower, button, linen thread, foam squares.
Thanks for looking at my card…I hope you’ll play along with Stampin’ Celebration this week!

Color Throwdown #102

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This week’s Color Throwdown challenge (#102) features some really COOL colors…

I had to substitute for all three colors this week, but I think I came close, and made an awesome card in the process!
The colors had me thinking more of a masculine card, which led me to thoughts of my husband (go figure), who wears a suit of armor on rare occasions…
and that led me to the design of this card!
I dry-brushed gold acrylic paint over the embossed strip of cardstock and distressed the card base to add more interest (and to cover up the fact that I brushed gold on the card base and it didn’t look right, so I went with distressing instead)!
Supply list:
Ink: Stampin’ Up (Old Olive, Soft Suede & Basic Blue)
Stamps: Crafty Secrets (Favorite Fellas) and Stampin’ Up (Artistic Etchings)
Cardstock: DCWV, Stampin’ Up!
Paper: Crate Paper (Brook collection) – used to mat sentiment and stamped images
Rub-ons: DCWV (Once Upon a Time)
Other: gold acrylic paint, fleur-de-lis brad, eyelets, Tim Holtz embossing folder
Thanks for taking the time to look at my card!
If you’d like to see all of the other cool entries for this week’s Throwdown, click HERE!

CPS #176

In the spirit of summer, I used a lot of bright colors and a beachy image for the card that I submitted for this week’s Card Positioning Systems (CPS) challenge, which is sponsored by Kitchen Sink Stamps.

Here’s the sketch, which prompted me to make a gate-fold card:

I stamped the flip-flops and sentiment in Chocolate Chip ink; the flip-flop stamp is by Lockhart Stamps. I colored each pair with colored pencils and gel pens to coordinate with the paper.
The paper I used is by We R Memory Keepers (72 & Sunny collection). The card base is Bazzill cardstock. The sentiment is by Elzybells Art Stamps. (I had to use a paper clip to keep the card closed while I took the picture; it’s not meant to be part of the card.)
Thanks so much for stopping by!

colourQ #42

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The card that I made for this week’s colourQ challenge (#42) is very different from what I thought of when I first saw the featured colors:

Instead of my more elaborate first plan, I decided on a more clean & graphic approach!

The card base is natural white Stampin’ Up cardstock. I embossed a strip of yellow cardstock that’s as similar to So Saffron as I had available.

The telephone stamp is by Paper Source, and is stamped in Chocolate Chip ink. I connected the the two phones with linen thread, and cut a heart from Real Red cardstock to pop up in the middle. The patterned paper is by We R Memory Keepers. I used a strip of Real Red for a border on top of the paper.  The sentiment sticker is by SRM Stickers.

Thanks very much for looking at my card! Click HERE to play along with this week’s colourQ and to see the amazing work by the Design Team and all of the awesome entries that are submitted!

Moxie Fab World’s Tuesday Trigger – Dancing Lanterns

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I always check out Moxie Fab World’s Tuesday Triggers, but this is the first time I’ve played along! I couldn’t pass up this fabulous trigger, which is a photo of paper lanterns by Apartment Therapy:

How fun! These make me think of a summer garden party, and also give me another chance to use a cute stamp that I picked up at Paper Source!
For my card, I stamped the lanterns on various scraps of SU cardstock. I drew a pencil line on the card base, stamped all of the lanterns so I wouldn’t have to cut out the handles, then cut each colored lantern base and glued them in place. I erased my pencil line and glued some linen thread for the lanterns to “hang” from.
The sentiment sticker is from SRM Stickers. I cut it apart and placed it on the card in different spots to go with the direction of the lanterns.
Thanks for stopping by to look at my card…this Tuesday Trigger contest is open until Sunday, August 1! Click HERE for all the details!

Stampin’ Royalty #28

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This week, the Stampin’ Royalty goddesses are challenging you to create a project using stencils as your main inspiration! I don’t normally use stencils in my crafting, but this challenge sounded like fun, so I thought I’d give it a try!

I made my stencil by punching leaf shapes into a piece of transparency film. Then I cut my cardstock base to size and began sponging bronze and gold acrylic paint on with a foam brush. I did the bronze layer first, let it dry and then did the gold layer.

The process went a lot easier for me than the first time I tried stenciling (when I used WAY too much paint). The paint that I used is Ceramcoat acrylic paint in Copper and 14k Gold. I also used my scissors to distress the edge of the sentiment block. The sentiment is from a retired Stampin’ Up set called “Country Blessings.”
 My other supplies were:
Ink: Soft Suede (Stampin’ Up!)
Cardstock: SU Kraft & Bo Bunny Double Dot
Ribbon: American Crafts
Other: Leaf brad, Cat’s Eye chalk ink in Creamy Brown
Thank you for stopping by to take a look at my card!

Unscripted Sketches #64

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I’m very happy with the card that I made with this week’s Unscripted Sketch! If you haven’t played along with Unscripted Sketches before, this is a great month to check them out, since they’re celebrating “Christmas in July”…there’s something new every day this month!

Here’s this week’s sketch (#64)!

 For my card, I used papers from 3 Bugs in a Rug’s Savannah Collection and an ice cream sundae stamp that I found in the dollar bin at a craft store (I think it’s a Studio G stamp). I colored the image with gel pens and a Copic marker.

I used Stampin’ Up Chocolate Chip ink for the image and sentiment stamp, which is from Elzybells Art Stamps. The plaid paper is a scrap from some Collage Press Christmas paper! I used SU kraft cardstock for the card base.
Thanks very much for checking out my card!