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