Hello To You Card

Oh so quick post – believe it or not posting this Sunday Stamps #180 Challenge is my big fat reward for vacuuming the upstairs of my home.  I know I’m a weirdo but carding to me is like a milkbone to a dog.  1 load of laundry, 1 card.  Clean out the freezer, well heck, that deserves a two card session.  You get the picture… and if it happens to rain outside well thats an excuse too! 

I used some Boy Oh Boy designer paper by Carta Bella, layered it upa with a lovely sheer fat ribbon, notched.  Layered a rectangle and then scalloped another, added the Dienamics hello diecut and also the “to you” from a Honey Bee stamps set. I backed the dp with black cardstock and added the stitched black ribbon and layered everything up using foam tape in two different heights. 

Thanks for stopping in!  I’m off to suck up the basement before I post another card…

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Rectangle “Wishing you Happiness” card

Very creative and productive weekend!  I’m talking about chores AND making cards.  5 loads of laundry, changed sheets on two beds, vacuumed top to bottom, dishes, mopped floors and patio.  I am WOOOOMANNNN!  LOL.  Well, it has freed me up to play today.  I’m working on photobooks for my grandbaby too.  I went to a scrapbooking/crop/creative drop in locally and made stuff all the while catching up with friends.  I whipped this card up last  night after choosing this challenge for Sunday Stamps #176

I loved this simple sketch and I was able to fish about in my scraps bin and pull together a card I really like.  I matched these blocks of cardstock and then a pretty floral.  I decided to emobss the whole works and then I added thin strips of white in between because they sort of just mashed together.  I stamped this Stampin’ Up sentiment and then die cut it with a stitched die from Simon Says  and then the outter one with a Spellbinders die.  I used a punch for the two ribbons and then random gems for the finishing touches. 

Bonus – its RAINING outside, gives me a ticket to just settle in “my space” – to create and get my cards out!   What will YOU be doing today? 

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“Just for You” card

I’m trying to make cards whenever the chance arises being as its summer and the opportunities are hit and miss.  I decided to base a card off of Sunday Stamps #159 challenge which is a color challenge:

I was attracted to the gentle but juicy and warm shades. 

My card is relatively clean, relying mostly on layering atop a base of “lemonade” designer paper by Basic Grey, then rectangular die cut shapes (Simon Says Stamp)  and accenting it with the lovely heart textured DP scrap (dunno, just found it in my scrap stash) a sentiment by Forever in Time (embossed this) stamped with Versafine in black. 

The finishing touches being three little gems and a tiny heart punch of the BG paper which I added shine and depth with Diamond Glaze.

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Mushroomy Hello Card

I managed to treat myself to making a card between chores yesterday – modeled after the Sunday Stamp Challenge #138

The absolute simplicity of this sketch inspired me.  Going with a fall theme and inspired by this chunk of Cosmo Cricket design paper which my sister Nina started when she was here in the summer, I forged ahead with the base being a slice of DP paired with cream cardstock embossed with a Darice folder.  I fussy cut extra mushrooms out for decoration on the face of this card and added a little Hello sentiment from recollections, stamped in Versafine in brown and black.

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FREEBIE .studio Cut File & Sunday Stamps 119 card

I decided I simply had to fit a “reward” bit of crafting time into my past few days so I checked out several card challenges and this one took my interest:

Sunday Stamps 119 Card Challenge

“What do you see when you look at these colors? Remember you can use any shade of these colors you may have in your stash. “

I thought these colors were right up the alley that the right side of my brain was engaging…

SUPPLIES:

Cardstock

Glitter Cardstock

Distress Ink – Tim Holtz “Tea Dye”

Embossing Powder

Frame Cut (.studio) – Barb Derksen FREEBIE

Stamp – Forever in time (ruler)

I have had this ruler acrylic stamp in my supplies stash forever and it’s never been used so I drug it out and made the decision to make it work for this challenge so I created this “frame” cut to use on my Silhouette Cameo.  And therefore I’d like to share it with you, for all of you who have a Silhouette magic machine. 

I forgot to say that I made the background by clear embossing onto the base cardstock using the ruler stamp, then used the “Tea Dye” distress ink overtop.

(click link below)

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personal use

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Sunday Stamps Challenge Card

Sunday Stamps #114

Since it just so happened that I was able to get together with my sibling and in-law sib, Nina and Judy and so we partied it up making a couple of cards separately but together – so much fun. So we all took the Sunday Stamps challenge – here’s the sketch (nice and simple!)  Be sure to hop over to see their takes on this sketch!

And though my photo is not very good I think you’ll get the feel of this card:

I used a random vintage look 6 x 6 pad designer paper, stamped using a Forever in Time stamp onto (believe it or not) the thick gold foil that comes in the bottom of one of those giant Walmart chocolate bars.  I used Stayzon Ink, of course or it may have smeared.  The rest was simple layering over and over! 

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