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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Thank you for stopping by! 

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Tuesday Throwdown 278 Card

Oh how can one resist an "Anything Goes" challenge?  It is like tailored to my day because my brain is so scattered at the moment that "Anything" is right up my alley.

TUESDAY THROWDOWN #278

"Anything Goes"

I decided to be VERY adventurous with this card - push all the limits!  

Not a grand photo of my card, but even so... I had a hoot making this.  Supplies are: 

Designer Paper - "Bowties" 6x6 by Basic Grey

Stamp - "Thanks so much" by Paper Smooches

plastic packaging (run through with an embossing folder) 

ribbon

gems

stitching (on a real sewing machine) 

fine tip felt pen

Distress Ink - Tim Holtz

cardstock

The first thing that may have noticed is my card is shiny.  Its because I saved out some plastic packaging from something or other that cycled through our household at Christmas.  I trimmed it then ran it through with an embossing folder (I don't know which one this is though, sorry)  Because the pattern is geometric, I sewed along every second row with my sewing machine, right onto the Designer Paper.  Afterwards I stuck these fun gems in the middle of each.  

I distressed the sentiment, stamped it and then glued the layers together.  I added the gems, drew the flowers on with a fine felt tip pen. Finally I tied the big orange bow, fixed it on, then fixed the sentiment layer on with foam tape.  You might think it looks off kilter by the top photo, but its actually that I have it double bumped out in the middle (doubling the foam tape) then only one layer on each end, so really it is "wowwed" in the middle (humped?)  

I wish you could see and feel this card in real life, its SO fun, bright and cheerful.  And I love re-using things you might normally toss out.  

Thanks so much for stopping in today!  

Mojo Monday #432 Card

Oh I seem to be in butterfly mode lately.  Longing for spring perhaps?  It continues to be perma-grey here in the "Sunny" Okanagan.  The snow has melted off (down here in the valley bottom) and I see deer have come to nibble on the apples freshly unthawed.  One day the temps warm, the next they can plunge.  So, I'll make spring happen in my mind and creations because I know with certainty we still have some more wintery days to come in the next months.

I chose this weeks Mojo Monday #432 challenge

A nice square card for a change.  I no longer fear them as I realized (DUH!) to use my trusty Envelope Punch (WeR Memory Keepers)  and can build to suit!  How many times I missed an opportunity. Silly me. 

Here's my card: 

I had a lot of fun with this card!  

SUPPLIES:

Butterfly - fussy cut from a random scrap of DP

Tags and background DP - KI Berry Blast 6 x 6 by Hampton Art

(and butterfly body too - I fashioned it with scissors) 

Gems - Recollections

Stamp - Eloquence by Penny Black

Sparkles - Fairy Dust 

Inks - Versamark and Tim Holtz distress

I drew in the antennae.  I added some nail polish to the wings before sprinking with Fairy Dust.  

Thank you for visiting today! 

Card for Freshly Made Sketches #220

Working another card (or two) in between the hum-drumness of my day!  Again, the reward system.  Was grrrr at myself for kicking myself out the door first thing (BEFORE) crafting, for a brisk 30 minute walk only to discover half way I forgot to strap my FitBit on my wrist.  Somehow I feel like I got ripped off haha!  At any rate, I drowned my sorrows into

Freshly Made Sketches #220

Thought I'd be brave and work it all up right from the card base.  

Recipe: 

Floral Stamp by Forever in Time, "Get Well Soon" stamp by Hero Arts, Distress Inks by Tim Holtz, Versamark ink, Diamond Accents.  

That little butterfly, you ask?  It is a three layered contraption I cooked up one day experimenting with used dryer sheets.  I ironed one flat, cut three butterflies, painted diamond accents on each b'fly and then sprinkled it with glitter.  I used some wire for the body and antennae and stuck it all together with glue dots. 

I think I will still add a pale pink or white ribbon onto the folded side of this card.  

Thanks for stopping by! 

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday "Ombre" Card Challenge

Oh LA-LA!

I've been just waiting and waiting for a challenge calling for an "Ombre" theme and so I was very excited to find this weeks

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge "Ombre" (January 13, 2016)

So this is a totally inspired create as I had this concept in my mind all along:

The first step of this was to lay down the Ombre background onto my cardstock with Three shades of Tim Holtz distress inks - "barn door" "ripe persimmon" and "tattered rose".  Next I whipped the rest of  this card together by using this pretty butterfly card cut which I believe is directly from the Silhouette Store.  I used a heavier card-stock.  After I got it all cut and knocked out the bits and pieces I decided that it was rather "flat" looking so I ran it through my Cuttlebug embossing it with a Chevron folder from We R Memory Keepers.  

I thought the little blossoms needed something in the middle so placed a little dollar store gem in the middle of each.  The final touch is this tiny "special" word stamp from Stampin' Up. 

I hope your eyes enjoyed my card today! 

Mojo Monday Challenge Card

Mojo Monday #427 Challenge Card

The sketch:

Here’s my take:

My card was an assembly of scraps.  I used a Martha Stewart snowflake punch.  The background cardstock was embossed with a Cuttlebug snowflake folder and the “joy” stamp is from Stampin’ Up.  I have to say I’m sort of stuck on that “joy” stamp, I love the way it looks.  The bow is crochet cotton twisted with glittery thread. I inked the corners of the card with Tim Holtz distress ink in Tattered Rose. 

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Family Challenge card (YAY!)

Family Challenge – STITCHING

I love this time with my family members, my sister Nina who was the person who got me into making cards and my sister in law Judy who is always game to jump into creative time with us and its almost like a big family visit – and Judy is featuring my niece Samantha’s card on her blog too as Samantha does not have time to post!  Bonus is we each walk away with something pretty and useful.  I think I especially appreciate that we all have our own unique styles and I hugely enjoy seeing what everyone else comes up with. 

For me, I went with simple with my card choice:

I am making myself use a set of Tim Holtz distress inks which I bought recently (in the feast part of my feast and famine existence) and so I layered and blended two blues (tumbled glass, faded jeans) and pumice stone to create a night sky feel.

I used a pin and a stampin up piercing and stitching set to line up holes which I threaded with a sparkly blue and silver thread.  Believe it or not, I free-handed the stars onto double sided foam tape and then dipped one side into glitter and affixed to the bottoms of the stitching.  The final touch?  The lovely peace script stamp by Stampin’ Up.

Can’t wait to see what Nina  Judy and Samantha made! 

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Friday Mashup 234 challenge Card

I managed to squeeze in a Friday Mashup card this week – joining in with my SIL Judy, though she got hers posted up well before me.  There are several ways this challenge can be interpreted into our own creation – you truly should visit Friday Mashup to see some of the beautiful versions the design team has posted to give you a feel of how you might use this theme.  I am using the “Winter Theme” choice for this challenge.

For myself, I decided to play with some distress inks.  Distress inks are very new to me and I literally had to isolate myself to them mostly to get a feel with how they work.  Here is what I made:

As you can see, I chose to go with the title as well as a palette of cool colors. 

The finishing touch was a two layered punched snowflake.

Supplies:

Snowflake Punch – Martha Stewart

Stamp – Holiday Trendz

Tim Holtz Distress Inks

Guache paint (for the snow flurry)

 

Today was the ideal day to post this card being as it’s a very gloomy, brrrrr day here – like this:

You know the sort of day – the kind of day you just want to snuggle your toes down into your nest and take a day out from the world.  Fortunately for me I have an unexpected day off from work so I will take full advantage of this.  Today is a day to take time out realize the blessings that surround me. 

Thank you for taking time to stop in on me today!

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