Summer fun

 Honestly, it's WAY TOO HOT here to even think about being outdoors, but I went there with my stamps. I colored this adorable digi image (Elisabeth Bell) with pencils, then die-cut it and mounted it on a stitched circle. The sentiment is computer generated and inspired by one I wanted to buy in the Technique Junkies clear-out sale, but it was already out of stock. The card features a gatefold/fun fold.

The card is entered in these challenges:

Simon Says Stamp Monday -- Vacation

Double D -- Beach

Simon Says Wednesday -- anything goes 

Double Trouble #194 -- (3 colors, two shapes, one fun fold, CC104)

Creative Creases #104 -- use a fun fold 

The Paper Funday #77 Anything goes

Word Art Wednesday #704 -- anything goes

Pattie's Creations #231 -- use an image

Gem of A challenge  #7 -- anything goes

Pammie's Inky Pinkies #2525 -- anything goes

DigiChooseday #6 -- anything goes 

Sort of vintage

 I've been attempting a  technique called faux tin ceiling, where you adhere foil to chipboard, emboss it, paint it, then remove some of the paint. It's supposed to look like an old tin tile ceiling. I finally made a piece I like, and tin tile made me think "vintage" so I made a sort of vintage inspired card.

The other vintage-ish elements are a quill and ink bottle (you can't get much more vintage than that). I arranged them on a piece of kraft paper with a sentiment that sort of looks hand-written. For the rest of the card, I followed the 3-2-1 recipe at Double Trouble, using the Try a Sketch on Tuesday sketch.  The papers are chose are old-fashioned fabric prints, so they feel vintage as well. All the panels are edged in the same blue ink used for the inkwell and sentiment -- it gives everything a little more definition.

The card is entered in these challenges:

Double Trouble #193 -- all three elements (layers, patterns, kraft) plus TSOT sketch

Try a Sketch on Tuesday #672 -- sketch

Word Art Wednesday #704 -- anything goes

Pammie's Inky Pinkies #2524 -- anything goes

A Cut Above -- use a die-cut (feather and ink bottle)

The Paper Funday #77 -- anything goes with optional twist of embossing (faux tile is embossed) 

Digi Chooseday -- anything goes 

Tearing it up in the craft room

 The Double Trouble challenge this time calls for torn edges. I remember when I first started stamping, torn edges were all the rage, but now I can't remember the last time I intentionally tore paper. You know what paper is fun to tear? Mulberry paper gets wonderful edges full of fibers. (The trick is to wet a paintbrush with water and use it to mark approximately where you want your tear to be. The water weakens the fibers so they tear more easily.)

I used the sketch from Try a Sketch on Tuesday, technically turning it upside down since I moved the sentiment to the bottom. I used dotted paper for the embossed sentiment and used the same paper to for the flowers on the die-cut. Sparkle seemed like an appropriate sentiment, what with the silver and the gems.

This card is for these challenges.  

Double Trouble #193 (3 torn edges, 2 colors, 1 die-cut plus TOST)

Try a Sketch on Tuesday #671 -- sketch

Simon Says Stamp Monday  -- emboss it -- sentiment embossed with silver EP

Pammie's Inky Pinkie's #252 -- anything goes

Word Art Wednesday #700 -- anything goes

A Cut Above -- use a die-cut

Paper Funday #76 -- anything goes

Gem of a Challenge -- anything goes

Digi Chooseday -- anything goes

Polkadoodles Challenge -- anything goes

 

 

Happy bird-day

Just a quick birthday card featuring one of the prettiest birds around, the northern cardinal. We have two pairs that visit our bird feeder this year and I enjoy watching them.

No, I didn't use a bad pun for the sentiment, just a simple saying from Whimsy stamps. The image was a stamp-off someone sent me, colored with pencils.

This card is entered in these challenges:

Simon Says Stamp Monday -- things with wings

 Simon Says Stamp Wednesday -- things with wings

Double Trouble #191 -- birthday challenge

Word Art Wednesday #698 -- anything goes

Pammie's Inky Pinkies #2519 -- anything goes

Digi Chooseday #5 -- anything goes

 

Graduation day

 Sometimes, all it takes it the right patterned paper, right? I needed a graduation card, and this paper works perfectly since the grad's school colors are black and gold. (There is gold ink around the edge of the black panel, although it's hard to see in the photo).

This card is for these challenges.

Double Trouble #191 -- graduation

Word Art Wednesday #698 -- anything goes

Pammie's Inky Pinkies #2519 -- anything goes.

 

Come rain or shine

 I dug deep into my stash to make this card. The patterned paper of clouds and raindrops was gifted to me ages ago; the pre-made flower comes from a pack I think I got at a yard sale, and the image is an old one from Bugaboo, which is no longer in business. The sentiment is from The Alley Way, which I'm pretty sure is also closed. (So sad that so many companies have closed.)

The image is colored in pencils with a little silver gel pen on the handle.

This card is entered in these challenges:

Simon Says Stamp Monday -- Whatever the Weather

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday -- anything goes

Pattie's Creations #230 -- use an image

Word Art Wednesday #696 -- anything goes

Crafts Galore Encore May -- anything goes

Gem of a Challenge 5 - anything goes

Polkadoodles 6 -- anything goes

Hopping bunny rocker

 

I was looking through some snippets of paper when I came across a piece of patterned paper with cute bunny images on it. I also found some carrot-themed paper and coordinating sticker, and an idea formed.

Using a snippet of peachy-colored paper, I die-cut the largest circle I have, then cut a slighyly smaller circle from the carrot paper, and created a rocker card. I also die-cut the bunny with a circle and matted it on a circle cut from a rust-colored snippets. The sticker was already a circle, and I found a green snippet to mat it on.

Thanks to the fun papers, this card was quick as a bunny to make.

This card is entered n these challenges:

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday -- patterned paper

Paper Funday -- begins with B

 Creative Inspirations -- Easter

A Cut Above -- use a die-cut

Pammie's Inky Pinkies #2515 -- anything goes

Word Art Wednesday #694 -- anything goes

Crafts Galore Encore #134  -- anything goes

Snippets Playground #504 -- use snippets