cards for a few challenges...

Hey friends!!  Popping in with two cards that I made for several challenges.  The first card is for the current Color Throwdown, Freshly Made Sketches and Time Out challenges.  I have not played along with a Time Out challenge in ages so when I saw that the new challenge is to be inspired by words ('Autumn...the year's last, loveliest smile') I had to combine it with the other two challenges and play along.  Been in a bit of a crafting funk the last few days so I did something that usually helps kick start my mojo... straight up stamping!  I pulled out a few Stampin Up! sets (Painted Petals and French Foliage) and got to work.  I used the rock and roll technique and threw in a bit of collage stamping.  After stamping the majority of the images and the sentiment I felt there was a little something missing so I added a bit more stamping using a splatter image from French Foliage and the orange ink.  I die cut the panel using the A Jillian Vance Design Polka Dot Rectangle Backdrop dies (these dies are now my go to dies for creating my card panels... love them!) and then added a little sparkle with some clear sequins.  Absolutely love how the card turned out and it did help to kick start my mojo... YAY!!  Since today is World Cardmaking Day I'm going to enter this card into the Simon Says Stamp World Cardmaking Day challenge.

 

 

The second card was made for the current ColourQ and AAA Cards challenges.  The current AAA cards (I had so many places I was trying to remember to link up my cards to that linking it up to AAA got lost in the shuffle...realized it last night!!) challenge is to make words the center of attention so it was the perfect time to use my Painted Thank You set from Concord & 9th.  I found Concord & 9th several months ago through Splitcoaststampers.  I love their fun, unique designs and just recently made another purchase from them.  Can't wait to get my new goodies.  For this card I kept things really simple and just used the brushstroke image from the set to stamp all the colors in the ColourQ combo.  I then overstamped the thank you in black.  The panel was die cut with the second largest rectangle from the A Jillian Vance Design Polka Dot Rectangle Backdrop dies and added some clear sequins.   The panel was mounted on a light grey card base.  I think I will add this card to the current Simon Says Stamp Work it Wednesday, as well as the current Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge of anything goes.

 

 

Thanks for stopping by.... and for sticking with this rather long post!!

Supplies:  Cardstock:  Recollections white, Simon Says Stamp Fog, PTI kraft; Stamps:  Stampin Up! and Concord & 9th; Dies:  A Jillian Vance Design; Inks:  Memento Tangelo, Dandelion and Tuxedo Black, Stampin Up! Kiwi Kiss, Riding Hood Red, Wild Wasabi, Chocolate Chip, Real Red, Pumpkin Pie; Pretty Pink Posh clear sequins

a little cupcake...

Hey friends!!   Can't believe we are already in the middle of July... time sure does fly by doesn't it?   Despite time flying by rapidly I managed to capture enough of it to make a card for a few challenges:  CASology - cupcake, Color Throwdown, CAS(E) this Sketch and Seize the Birthday.  My niece turned 13 this week and so I will be giving her this card along with some birthday $$$.   I admit that I am not the most innovative or creative cardmaker out there, lol!  I tend to take things very literally when it comes to sketches and that is pretty much what happened with the CTS layout.   No harm in that, right?   Since I wanted to make a card with a cupcake on it I looked at the my stamp sets and realized that cupcakes are sorely lacking in my collection, but I managed to locate the one I used in my PTI Blue Skies stamp set.  It even comes with a cute little cherry!!  Die cut all the pieces using the matching dies and stamped them up with purple and pink inks.  Originally the small rectangle was die cut from white cardstock, but then I decided to switch it out for the black and I like it much better.  After adhering the cupcake bottom to the banner I added some silver metallic thread... that took much longer than anticipated, lol!  After adhering all of that I added the cupcake top and cherry using foam dimensionals.  The piece was adhered to white cardstock die cut using my A Jillian Vance Design rectangle polka dot backdrop die.  Added some pink sequins for and mounted it on some cardstock that matched the purple ink (PTI's Winter Wisteria cardstock and ink).

 

 

 

 

Thanks for stopping by today....

Supplies:  Cardstock:  Recollections white; PTI winter wisteria and black; Stamps:  PTI Blue Skies; Dies:  PTI Blue Skies, Spellbinders plain rectangles, MFT banner dies and A Jillian Vance Design;  Sequins:  Pretty Pink Posh; DMC silver metallic thread

sweet thanks...

Hello friend!!   Hope all is well with you.   Have a really simple card to share for several challenges.  Yesterday I got happy mail in the form of new stamps and dies from Reverse Confetti.  One of the stamp sets I got is the fun and very trendy Donut You Know set.  Since the cue word at CASology is sweet I just had to make a card using the cute little donut die from the Donut You Know Confetti Cuts set.   I used the current Color Throwdown combo of teal, green, kraft and white and used the current layout from Freshly Made Sketches (I'm sharing the link to FMS, but not entering my card into the actual challenge).  I'm also going to post this too the current Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge - make your background.  I went in a non-traditional direction to create my background by using an embossing folder and doing some partial embossing on the patterned paper panel.  I do realize that some may consider it a bit of a stretch, but when you emboss something you are creating a background.  After cutting all the donut pieces and layering the donut and "frosting"  I covered the "frosting with Glossy Accents and then sprinkled on the little heart and star shaped sprinkles.  Not the most original card out there, but I like the sweet simplicity of the layout and I think that donut looks good enough to eat, lol!!  You can't see the embossing in the main photo so I'm including a detail shot so you can see what it looks like.

 

Thanks so much for stopping by...

Supplies:  Cardstock:  Recollections white; PTI kraft; SU! Taken with Teal, Pear Pizzazz; Ink:  VersaFine Onyx Black; Stamps and dies:  Reverse Confetti; Patterned Paper:  Stampin Up!

masculine birthday...

Hello friends!!  Popping in with a quick post to share a card I made for a couple of challenges:  Color Throwdown and Dies R Us challenge - one for the boys.   I just recently found Dies R Us and was blown away by their die selection.  I haven't had a chance to buy anything yet, but hopefully in the near future I can change that.   

The color palette from Color Throwdown just said "guy" to me.  I used a recently purchased Stampin Up! set called Sheltering Tree.  I stamped the tree, ground and swing using all of the colors in the palette and then die cut it using a MFT fishtail flag stax die.  I cut a piece of kraft cardstock and then partially embossed it using a woodgrain embossing folder (although you can't really see it in the photo).  I die cut a circle of black cardstock using a Spellbinders plain circle die to use as a mat of sorts for the banner.  Before adhering the banner to the circle I tied some black twine around the banner.   After everything was layered up I added the sentiment (from the Altenew set Label Love).

Thanks for stopping by...

Supplies:  Cardstock:  PTI rustic white & kraft; Stamps:  Stampin Up! and Altenew; Inks:  VersaMagic Pumpkin Spice and Brick Red; Memento Pistachio and Cantaloupe; woodgrain embossing folder