Hello friends!! Popping in with a card I made for the current Viva La Verve sketch challenge. I used up the rest of my My Mind's Eye On Trend 6x6 pad making this card. On Trend is probably one of my most favorite My Mind's Eye lines so its a good thing I was able to pick up a second pad (on sale, too!!) at Hobby Lobby a month or so ago... YAY! So... not much to explain about this card. Followed the sketch very faithfully. I used the Verve set Small Packages and the Verve Tagged Rectangle die. The circle was die cut using the A Jillian Vance Design Polka Dot Circle Backdrop dies. The little button was made using a PTI button die. I die cut the button four times and then adhered all four together to give the button a little more substance. A bit of off white hemp twine was added to finish off the button. I layered up everything and I was done.
Hey... just popping in with a card for a couple of challenges. Feels like ages since I last posted anything! I'm a little behind on the October Viva La Verve challenge. My card today uses the week one sketch. Hoping to have a little time this weekend to make something using the second sketch! I'm also adding this to the current Merry Monday challenge - Java Time. For my card I pulled out a couple of Verve sets (Unto Us and Holiday Treats) and my Teresa Collins Tinsel and Company 6x6 pad. Still trying to use up all that patterned paper I have accumulated. So to that end I'm giving my nieces some of my stash. They just love getting crafting supplies and I love giving them crafting supplies! Anywhoo... on to my card! I recently got the Rectangle Backdrop dies from A Jillian Vance Design. They coordinate with the Polka Dot Rectangle Backdrop dies and so I used the two largest dies from each set to die cut the two main panels. The smaller panel was also die cut using the Polka Dot Rectangle Backdrop. The center label was die cut using the Verve Classy Label die and then stamped with the corresponding image from Unto Us and the sentiment from Holiday Cheer. The little coffee cups were die cutting using the Verve Cup of Cheer dies and then stamped with their corresponding image in kraft and red inks. I used a Verve border die. After I layered the panels and the banner I added some red and kraft twine. The cups were adhered to the label and then added to the card. Adding this to the current Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge: clean and simple.
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.
Happy Thursday friends!! A quick post sharing a card that I made for the Simon Says Stamp flickr challenge (the challenge is over, but you can find it here). I posted the card in the SSS flickr group yesterday afternoon, but this morning realized that it will work for the current Simon Says Stamp Monday challenge (ombre), as well as the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge (anything goes) so I will be posting it to both those challenges... YAY!! I'm also adding this to the current Simon Says Stamp Work it Wednesday (use a stamp).The SSS flickr challenge was to use emboss resist so I flipped through my small collection of SSS stamp set and settled on the set called Celebrate. The set has lots of different balloon and I used three for my card. I didn't want any of the balloons to run into each other so I stamped a few in Versamark watermark ink, applied clear embossing powder and then stamped a few more. It is hard to see watermark ink on white cardstock so doing my stamping this way helped me make sure I didn't overlap any balloons. Once all the balloons were stamped and embossing powder applied I heat set everything. I used Ranger Salty Ocean and Broken China distress inks for the background. I applied Broken China over the majority of the card fading out toward the bottom. Salty Ocean was applied only to the top of the piece to darken it up a bit. Balloon strings were added using grey ink and then the sentiment was stamped. I used the word happy from the SSS set Happy & Smile and the word birthday from the Celebrate set. Happy was stamped in Salty Ocean and then birthday overstamped slightly in black ink. A few clear sequins finished things off. I added a strip of silver glitter cardstock down one side of my card base and then adhered the main panel.
