Fab Friday 51 Challenge Card

Found me and my sister Nina online at the same moment and feeling creative all at the same time so just went with it and we took this challenge:

Fab Friday 51

I admit I’d started this card for another project I had in mind, but the more I looked at it the more I realized this challenge was the perfect way to carry it off!

Supplies: Teresta Collings Paper Pad “Vintage Finds”. Stamp by Katie Hall, Flocked Vinyl from Silhouette

I find myself using this stamp over and over, I was given one which has a friends quote as well. I must say this card almost assembled itself. 

Its a beautiful day so I’m not going to linger here long. Thanks for visiting!

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Paper Smooches Sep 21-27 Challenge Card

I love it when the theme is…

ANYTHING GOES!

And plus this fact with some lovely sentiments Paper Smooches stamps I got for my birthday, welllllll… I decided to go for it with this simple card:

This photo, taken in the depths of my craft area, lacks the lighting to show of the true beauty of this card.  I adjusted a pretty floral border SVG by KLDesign so that the flowers could “lift” and bumped them up with bits of foam tape.  I painted them with Wink of Stella.  I used the Paper Smooches sentiment and added gems.  I used an embossing folder to add texture. 

Thanks for stopping in today!

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Retro Sketches 133 Challenge

Retro Sketches #133

My Sistert in Law Judy visited this weekend, and after a lot of running about we settled down to take at least one challenge.  After rejecting several that just did not appeal we thought this sketch was pretty cool.

Supplies:

Cuttlebug folder, Paper Smooches stamp, “Collectable Remarkable” My Mind’s Eye Paper Pad.

Butterflies - paint chips, gems “Recollections” from Michaels.

I hope you’ll stop in and see Judy’s lovely card too!

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Freshly Made Sketches #152 Challenge Card

FMS 152:

And here’s my take on this sketch:

Designer Paper - “BOWTIES” by Basic Grey

Stamp - by Paper Smooches

Beetle Shape - Flaticon free shape (credit and attribution http://www.flaticon.com/free-icon/beetle-shape_47159)

Beetle Wings - Barb Derksen

I have been dying to use paper from this 6 x 6 DP pack from Basic Grey so when I decided to jump into this challenge it was not a question in my mind I would choose a paper from this fun pack.

I kind of switched the layout of the sketch so my “shape” appears on the left side rather than the right.  Such a rebel.

I hunted down the beetle shape and cut it with my Cameo and then fashioned a design for some wings.  I used vinyl for both the beetle body and the wings.  Often when I do a solid shaped item like this which requires some sturdiness, I actually fix the vinyl to cardstock before cutting and then cut using the cardstock setting. 

I stamped the sentiment onto roughly torn watercolor paper (stamps are SO much crisper for the good quality paper, worth every penny!)  I added a black ribbon and voila. 

Ok, not quite voila after taking this picture because my Mr. and I decided this beetle looks even more cool with some plastic “googly eyes” - but time is of the essence so I did not have time to process a new pic.

Thanks for visiting!

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Cas-ology Challenge Week 111 - under

Cas-ology Challenge Week 111:

I thought and thought and THOUGHT about this “under” theme and finally came up with this card:

The “under” being the owl under the pretty sparkly stars. 

The owl is a Forever in Time sticker - could not resist, so fun and bright.  The Birthday stamp a partial sentiment from a Studio G stamp, the “who’s” a custom cut on my Silhouette Cameo and the stars are also cut from vinyl - a few with an offset to add interest.  I had fun with this card.

Today’s one small thing is my observation of the days.

Apples are being picked.  The air is scented with a heady mixture of apple pulp and mulch as wind-falls are consumed back into the fertile soil and grass.  There is a definite edge to the nights which becomes a chill by morning.  Soon this chill which condenses dew on every blade of grass shall become lacy frost.  The sky is an impossible turquoise and the clouds generally wispy as a horse’s tail in the wind.  There is a beautiful brightness to the very atmosphere and each day’s “golden hour” the more golden, almost begging us to take advantage of this unique time to capture photos.  It is hope of a good harvest.  But a harvest either paltry or abundant we are thankful for.  We put away summer, clothes in drawers, gardens sorted - plants uprooted or protected.  I want to ride my bike.

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Family Challenge Card #13 - Paint Chip!

Sigh sigh sigh, I blogged only once in August, how very sad   - lets hope September is better.

So I’m kicking this month off with a Family Challenge.  Seeing how I keep picking up paint chips here and there on my travels (mainly because I find they somehow magically have “that shade” I need on some projects) - I figured to intentionally challenge myself and family members Nina and Judy to come up with something nifty too.  The only perimeter I set is we incorporate a paint chip into the mix.

 

I chose this feather cut (from the Silhouette Store’s “feathers” set) and a paint chip from Behr - 420F- 4 (Sagey) is the top colour and it has three other shades below.  Next I trimmed my paint chip into it’s coloured sections because originally there  was white space in between each hue.  I used some scotch tape to hold the pieces together.  I created an offset in my Silhouette software and then plunked the feather atop. 

I wanted my card to reflect the entire spectrum of my chosen paint chip so I kept my background cardstock very simple.   I used the same cardstock and embossed it to add interest to the front, and left a strip open on the card face so I could stamp a sentiment.  I embossed the sentiment to include some texture into this area of my card. I used some foam tape to bump out the feather as the feature of my creation.

I thought I was done.  Something missing.

Ahhhh - used a small strip leftover from my feather cut, reversed the color sequence and tacked it to the bottom panel, this seemed to have grounded it. 

Be sure to check out Nina and Judy’s cards as well!

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