Cards from the weekend

 

This weekend was a nice three day weekend. I had planned to participate in the Virtual Stamp gala over on Splitcoast, but alas….it wasn’t to be so. Friday night began with a party for our youngest. He turned 17 and invited 17 of his closest friends to celebrate. Saturday was cleaning and laundry, Sunday ran errands (and had dinner at Bahama Breeze) then today was yard work. I was determined to make my mom a get well card for her surgery tomorrow, so I looked at the various challenges and incorporated a couple for the card above. The first was Splish, Splash (use the colors blue, white and grey) and the second was Watermark (use versamark on your card). I was also able to throw in butterfly (ribbon from BSF thanks ;) and a heart so I can add Flutterby Wednesday and The Shabby Tea Room to the list.

My second card is the one I made our son for his birthday. I just bought this set from Stamp and Deliver and wanted to ink it up.

Yes we freely humiliate our children by making them wear birthday Mouse ears. The button was all him. He is listening to a fine rendition of Happy Birthday from his cousins in GA.

I hope you were able to enjoy the weekend. Did you know there is only 207 days til Christmas? Start your shopping early to avoid the rush!

Sunday’s cards to share with you

Happy Sunday to all of you. I worked a bit this afternoon and completed a total of 5 challenges with three cards. I finished 3 more challenges for SCS virtual stamp weekend. I also finished the two most recent challenges at 365 Cards. 

This first card was for Day 364 which was to copy DT Vicky’s style. She loves florals and soft colors. I began with stamping my Justrite Breath of Spring image and coloring it with my copics. I cut it out using my oval nesties. Next I stamped the oval with Versamark ink and covered it with Heat N Bond. Once it was all sticky, I covered the image with Ultrafine glitter. This made it eligible for the glitter challenge on SCS. To finish the card I cut strips from SU Tea Party paper pack and added a strip of So Saffron ribbon. The sentiment is from SU Warm Words. I used some foam tape to pop the oval up as Vicky also likes to do. Here is shot of the copics I used and a close-up of the image:

 

 

 

 

 

 

The next card I have is for today’s challenge at 365 Cards and since it is Sunday, it is a sketch challenge by Pam.

I used the sketch layout, but also incorporated the triple inspiration challenge at SCS. We had to use three different ribbons on our card. I used ribbons to follow Pam’s sketch lines and instead of just having blunt ends, I cut each one in a different style. The flowers are very old Prima’s and the charm is also something I have been hanging onto for a while. The card base is from the Chocolate Coredinations pack. I needed a 12 by 12 sheet and didn’t have any plain brown paper that size. The front panel is from a new DCWV Linen Closet paper pack.

My third and final card this afternoon is for the first sketch challenge on Friday night which was to follow the shape of a Inuktuik. The Olympic symbol this year.

I began with a base of SU Taken with Teal cardstock. Next, I pulled out another new paper pack, DCWV Cafe Mediterranean. The colors are very vibrant and they went so well for the sketch. I used various papers from the pack to follow the sketch and finished it with turquoise rhinestones and new prima flowers. I have a fondness for Prima flowers and tend to purchase as many new types as they create. The corner sentiment is from Justrite Seeds of Kindness set. The bottom corner looked plain with something there.

I know this was a longer post for me, and I thank you now for reading to the bottom. Enjoy the rest of your weekend. I am switching gears and pulling out my cross-stitch project. The latest one is a baby quilt for a co-worker. Once I get a bit more finished, I will show you a picture of it.

Couple of VSN Cards to share

 What could this Tilda be doing? You will have to read down a bit to find out. I must say, this close up shot shows that I don’t get very close to the image when I cut things out :(

I am playing along with a few challenges at Splitcoast stampers this weekend. They are having a virtual stamp night and the theme is the Winter Olympics. The first card I will show had the theme At the Waterfront. I choose to use this Tilda I received as an image swap. I colored her and then popped her up over the water ring. I used a bit of diamond glaze on the water ring so it could appear wet.

I used the curvy rectangle nestie to cut the image out first and layered it on a piece of CS cut with the Labels 7. I did this mostly because I was on a time limit (you only have 45 minutes to create your card) and I didn’t want to waste time resizing the next die in the curvy rectangle set. It was way huge for my card. The rest was easy….layer a few pieces of paper and cardstock, lay the netting across and glue a seahorse charm. I added the charm because I will give this card to my son’s girlfriend who adores seahorses. For those inquiring minds, here are the copics I used:

My next card was for the Snow Blind challenge. We were to make a white card with all white embellishments. I began with cutting out a Labels 6 die and using an oval to cut out the center. The sentiment inside is from Justrite Joyful Hearts set.

I embossed this piece with my swiss dot CB folder. I embossed the entire cardfront with the divine swirls folder. I added some narrow ribbons, bows and a few pearls. For the finishing touch that sadly doesn’t show up, I spritzed the whole card with Sheer Shimmer Spritz in Frost. The whole card really does sparkle.

I am planning to work on a few more challenges, so stop by again later.

Final challenge for Dare to Get Dirty

 This is my final challenge card for the SCS Dare to Get Dirty Challenge time. We were to use a palette of color from Lilly Pulitzer summer collection. I did combine it with the sketch challenge from Stamp Shack that Kerry gave us this week.

You can find the details of the SCS challenge here by basile family and the details of the sketch here by Kerry. I used my Paisley CB embossing folder with Coredinations cardstock in the Vintage Collection Flower Power. After embossing, I sanded them a bit. The fruit slice is by Rubbernecker and the drink and sentiment by GinaK “You are my Sunshine”. This is a quick post so I could get this card uploaded tonight. I have a busy three days ahead with attending the CHA trade show. I hope to be able to show you some new upcoming goodies in the next few days.

A colorful seaside sketch

 I was determined to attempt one more card after dinner and to put as many remaining challenges that worked on it. I spoke with my BSF (best stamping friend) Char and gave her an update on my quest. I told her that one challenge was to create a scene and I wasn’t looking forward to that one. She told me that she had faith in me and we talked about what type of scene to make. This was the set (You are my sunshine) by Ginak that we felt would work best for me. I am pretty pleased in how it turned out. I am glad I kept the nestie circle die on the paper while I sponged the sky and sand. This card fulfilled four more challenges. They are the sketch by One Happy Stamper, colors of More Mustard, Real Red and Bashful blue by Toy, a masculine card with one pp, 2 stamps and 3 colors by sf9erfan and create a scene by kittie747.

With a lot of things decided for me (layout, colors, theme) it really was not too hard to put this together. At first I was going to put the word “relax” where the starfish  is but it didn’t seem right. It actually was too small (meaning the size of the word) so it got nixed. To create the scene, I sponged Bashful blue for the sky and River Rock for the sand. I really only used two stamps, everything in the circle is one stamp. I used copics to color the chair and umbrella in matching SU colors – B21, R29 and YR24.

This leaves only one challenge left to do for SCS Dare to Get Dirty 09. Will I be able to handle it?

Christmas in July Challenge card

This little number took care of seven (yes seven) challenges for the Dare to Get Dirty challenges on Splitcoast. They are in no particular order: craftycaro Anything but Average (this is a card made from a paper bag); lodichick It’s in the bag (use creative packaging…again this is a paperbag); debdeb Moved by the music (this is based on the song the Twelve Days of Christmas); becca stamps Cut it out (use punches or die cuts ); Lauraly Tie One on (to use ribbon or fiber); scrapnextras Learn your ABC’s (to use alphabet stamps or stickers) and genie 1314 Tag Art (use a tag on your card).

I started with a white paper bag, folded it in half with the opening on the right side and found this pack of Christmas paper that I never used last year from Memory Box called Gingercake. I cut that to just fit inside the bag’s perimeter. I then made a tag using my Nestabilities and stamped the Penny Black 3 French Hens. I colored him with copics and added fibers from Basic Grey Boxer collection.  To incorporate more punches I used a snowflake, circles, a music note, SU tab and the fern thingy. I dug out my Hero Arts pop up circle alphabet stamps. I stamped them in SU old olive and layered them on Riding Hood Red cardstock. The musical notes are punched from SU old olive cardstock and glued to a tab punch on the pull out card.  Whew…is my brain tired. I completed 16 of the 23 challenges so far and only made 3 cards.

I am off to bed now and will continue tomorrow. In case any of you are wondering…the trip home with the kayaks was uneventful. Remember DO NOT use bungee cords to hold a kayak on top of your vehicle.

My Sew Wild Blue Sketch

This is my second card of the day. This time I combined four different challenges. I began with the sketch challenge by rainy and added fauux stitching by bevmom, blue embellishments by sgtstamper, and finally a wild animal by pickletree.

I began with flipping the sketch on its side as the elements seemed to work better. I looked through the few animal stamps that I have and decided that Changito the monkey seemed more wild than my little hedgehogs :) I colored him in using my copics. In wanting to add the blue embellishments (i have blue brads, buttons and ribbon) I choose the paper by Best Creation for the swirls that resembled the coffee steam. The final element was the faux stitching as I don’t own one of those Janome mini machines. If you look closely, the ribbon I choose looks like it has brown stitching on it also.

And now for a life lesson…when transporting kayaks, be sure you have at least two tie-down straps to secure them on top of your vehicle. I was taking my son just a few miles down the road to launch and we could only find one tie strap. So we used bungee cords as additional holds. They hold but not as well as the orange straps. We almost lost one on US 1. It was seriously slipping off the back corner of my Trailblazer! After re-positioning it we continued on and reached the launch site. Once the boys were on their way, I called my oldest who had the other straps in his car and ordered him to bring one home ASAP. I am now waiting on the call to pick them up.

Dare to get Dirty Challenge card 5 in 1

Over on  Splitcoast Stampers a challenge week is in progress. It is to thank the loyal fan club members. For the past three days, the Dirty girls have been posting challenges. There are 19 posted so far. I have not had the chance to play until this morning. Thankfully they allow you to combine challenges. I have been able to combine five in the card below.

The first challenge is for StamperSharon “What’s Black, white and red all over?” who asked us to use black and white with only a hint of red for our colors. Second – eggette asked us to “Flap our Wings” and I choose the butterfly by Holly Berry (shocking choice I know). The third challenge I completed was by krystieLee called “Clearly Creative” which was to use clear items. I have used vellum and clear dew drops. The stamp used on the vellum is by Great Impressions.  Fourth – blondie090277 instructed us to use Paper Tole which is layering and using foam dots. And finally the fifth challenge I incorporated on this card is by gbedwright “DP by Me” we were to make our own background paper using stamps. I used the polka dots backgrounder by Cornish Heritage Farms.

In a nutshell, I stamped the butterfly on white three different times with versamark and black embossing powder. I cut out the image using three different guidelines. I then used a glue pen and sprinkled ultra fine glitter on the edges. I layered the three cut images with foam squares. I stamped the GI vine on vellum and embossed red hot chili pepper powder on it and cut that out. I stamped the polka dots on paper with black ink and cut that into three sections using the ticket  corner punch on each. The dew drops were secured in the corners using mini glue dots.

I hope you like this challenge card. I am off to eat lunch while I think what I can combine next.