TTCRD Challenge Card - Anything Goes!

Well thank goodness for this “anything goes” theme, for though it is on the cusp of Valentines Day and ♥ abounds I could not seem to match my card up with a challenge.  Finally I found this challenge and its nice that its my first time here.

TTCRD Feb 11 - 17th - Anything Goes

I had EXTREME fun making the little flowers for this card, you might too -

If you can excuse the rather simple background - for (shhhhhh!) this card is for my Mr for Valentines Day.  The flowers are the special part of this - they are made from wire and nail polish.  Seriously.  I based them off of a Pinterest pin which you can find HERE.

They are fairly easy to make, once you get the hang of them.  I experimented with a few different colors.  I’m always looking for ways to use nail polish up - don’t want it to just dry up in the bottles, and when summer turns to winter somehow neon toes don’t seem as joyful when my toes only get viewed in between wool socks. 

I had to color a thin ribbon to match the colors of the yellow flower, using a Tombow marker.

 

I used my Silhouette Cameo to draw the sentiment, then I used Tombows to fill them in, and I added some dark shadows to pop the “BUNCHES” out.  The final touch is a dear little heart element, tis actually a nail art heart from Claire’s.  I embossed the lettering to make it stand out more.

The designer paper is from Basic Grey “Hey Boy”

I hope you enjoyed your visit here today.

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Timeless Tuesday No. 258 Challenge Card

I love working with wood textured papers so this challenge jumped right out at me.  We have a friend in our life who recently went through a traumatic health issue and so my Mr asked me to put a card together for him.  This wood-looking paper seemed a perfect choice to me.

Flourishes Timeless Tuesday No. 258 Challenge -

 

And here is how I took this challenge:

I figured I’d use texture in two ways, a wood-textured paper and backed by an embossed wood look …

beverage container.  I experimented a lot with these this past summer, that and plastic - running gracious knows what… ANYTHING through my Cuttlebug.  The metal of this can was pliable enough to get a good texture but not too bulky.

It made a great backdrop to the lettering which I set up and cut using my Silhouette Cameo. 

The stamp was a Michael Strong “Cloisonne Words and Phrases” and a bit of embellishment with a Mind’s Eye - Lost and Found “Union Square” 

I just tucked ribbon into the shapes I desired, stapled it firm on both ends, hiding the mechanics under the sentiment. 

So glad you come check my card out. 

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Simon Says Stamp Card Challenge - “We Love Stamps!”

Thought a nice way to spend part of Family Day (a holiday here in BC, Canada) would be to craft with… my FAMILY!   Nina and Judy both are working away on their own projects and it will be fun to see what each of us does today.

Simon Says Stamp Card Challenge - “We Love Stamps!” - the theme is to use a stamp (or more)  I’m afraid the ‘stamp’ part of my card is minimal but essential!  That little stamp says as much as my element I believe!

 

 

I had such fun with this card.  I just ‘freehanded; the dress, cutting the base of it out of a children’s “Paddington Bear” book which I’d found damaged ages ago at the thrift store.

 

 

I cut the skirt part a lot wider than the top part then crimpled it madly with my hands, then glued it down with plenty of room to froof out at the front.  I took some of that cloth paper stuff which my Father in Law gave me from his workshop, I believe it’s shop towels made of fibre.  It looks like paper but fabric all at the same time.

 

 

A little bit of embossed art paper for the top, some sheer ribbon at the waist, a lidda’ bit of thin brown ribbon, pearl, crochet cotton “straps” and….. bits of cast off jewellery to complete the magic of this pretty dress!

I hope this got you thinking!

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Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge 206 Card

What better to brighten up a cold frozen Sunday (after all, that would be a ‘sundae’ then, wouldn’t it?) than to make a card with a bright sunny theme!  I jumped in with the

Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge No. 206:

I was inspired to create the following card:

SUPPLIES:

Cardstock

Designer Paper - Colorbok Light and Bright

Stamp - Imagineisce “Berrylicious”

Colored transparency

Tombow markers 055,856,985,946

Embossing Powder

Silhouette Sketch Pen

I used layer upon layer to make this sunshine just BEAM out from the surface. I made my Cameo do all the work of writing the “sunshine of my life” sentiment all round the sun.  Yeah! 

So glad you could stop by today.  Won’t you consider “Twittering, FBing or PIN(terest)ing” my card today just for fun?  I’d sure appreciate that.

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Daring Cardmakers February Color Challenge Card

Oh HO!  Yet another card in the works.  Here is the challenge image from

Daring Cardmakers February Color Challenge:

image credit: Pinterest

I kind of struggled with some of the colors but managed this:

Supplies:

Cardstock: DCWV “The Pebbled Stack”

Designer Paper: BASIC GREY “Hey Boy”

Chevron Stamp: AMERICAN CRAFTS “Jared”

I had fun making this illustration on the scallop.  I chose a font called “Dingleberries” and I think it was the “D” that made this symbol.  I created a circle and then had the dingleberries flow around the edge of it.  I also created a paper button out of the coordinating “Hey Boy” and the final touch was to adhere the stick on sentiment from CREATIVE MEMORIES.  I was hesitant to try to stamp onto the “pebbled” cardstock. 

So glad you popped by!

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Clean and Simple 279 Card Challenge

I liked the look of this challenge and it came together favorably!

Clean and Simple 279:

I had been dying to use this sentiment stamp set from Inkadinkadoo which I bought last summer.  There’s something so wrong with that!  I am challenging myself to use some of the supplies I overlook.

I also got the opportunity to play more with my Tombow Markers - they really are delightful to use, blending is so easy. 

Thanks for checking in!

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The Card Concept Challenge No.3

Ohhh this looked like FUN.  All girly and pure pinkness. 

The Card Concept No.3

“Use Monochromatic Pink”

I chose to do my card in category 6 - which states:

6. Classy and Elegant

Definition:

• polished
• shiny finish
• sparkling embellishments
• rich colour scheme
• sophisticated sentiments
• regal
• sweeping
• dramatic
• monochromatic
• layered textures
• awe
• impress

And so here is my creation following these guidelines:

 

I used a 3d flower from the Silhouette online store, alternating layers between some more of that fabulous Dollar Store foil ontop of cardstock along with some ColorBok “Light Bright” designer paper (a little 6 x 6 pad) 

 

The last little touches include a bit of pretty ribbon and a silver gem for the flower center (glued ontop of a brad) 

Thanks for visiting!

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Freshly Made Sketches No.122 Card Challenge

Managing to fit in a FM challenge today - it appealed to my ‘simple’ mood for the day and came together quickly.

Visit Freshly Made Sketches 122 - today’s sketch:

Here’s my take:

I used some scraps of paper and cardstock I’d had sitting around and fit this project.  The “just a note” stamp, not sure about

 

but the pretty floral (which is actually berries on top but I turned them into little sequin flowers) is from the Stampin’ Up “Oh, So Lovely” set.  I stamped it onto two layers and married them into this design.  I finished it all off with a bow of embroidery thread to ‘tie it all together’  (pun intended)  and a few gems in the centers of the flowers.

Thanks for stopping in!

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Card Challenge: SIMON SAYS - “Love Notes”

I thought this challenge looked good and I was just given some rolls of this cool glittery foil vinyl for an anniversary present (yes, today - squeeeeeeee!)  My friend Mel O found these cool rolls for a mere $2 each and knew I’d be right into playing with them.  Yes, I did sit in my PJ’s till noon (between chores)  working with the card I designed! 

SIMON SAYS - “Love Notes” challenge theme:

“With Valentine’s Day just around the corner I’ve got love letters on my mind. Will you make a card with heart? Create a journal entry about someone (or something) you love? Perhaps use vintage postage as your latest inspiration… whatever inspires you – we can’t wait to see your love notes!”

And so here is what I came up with (though I tried it two different ways)

This was my first attempt.  I had to “oversize” this card because of the way I designed it in the Silhouette Software, I found I was having problems scaling down the layer with the writing, the sketch pen layer.  So, I simply found a larger envelope from my stash and built this card large scale. 

Seriously this card took me a while, I kept playing with ideas.  The heart on this card is a bit of dryer lint stuffed in between two layers of a buff colored shop towel (I snarfed it from my father in law, I’m sure he thinks me nuts) I sewed the edges, then I added this bit of hand tatting I’d done forever ago - the color works perfect.  The rest is fiddling with various layers.  On this version I glued the heart onto the back inside of the card.

Soooo… I slept on that idea and decided I had to design a smaller file which I could use on the standard 1/4 fold card size (4.25 x 5.5 inch)   I finally got it and here is the result:

This is how this version looks when its folded up.  Opened up and standing it looks like this:

The scalloped heart inside dangles and turns! 

Its all due to this little contraption I made.  This dangling heart has two glittery foil hearts glued to either side of the white scallop cut. 

NOTE: I found that its best to affix the glitter foil vinyl to cardstock before you cut!

Thanks for visiting!

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CAS-ual Fridays No. 127 Challenge Card

Its a beautiful sunny day here today and I’m treating myself to a creative moment before my Mr bundles me up and makes me go for a good run outside in the snow and sun. 

CAS-ual Fridays No. 127 Challenge Card:

CFC127: Create a Clean And Simple project with some sort of element that extends past the edge.

And so I made:

I secretly chose to use some sequins today.  They keep winking at me from my supplies closet.  I used my Tombow markers to color in the jar and gold embossing powder for the lid and the heart on the jar.  The final touch was a bit of twine.

See?  This will wink at someone special someday soon  

Thanks for visiting!

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