Card Concept #60

Hi All!  I didn't have much time to be crafty this week but I'm happy I was able to play along with the latest Card Concept challenge:

I loved this pic of the chevron pumpkin.  It had a modern feel so I was inspired to use the pumpkin, chevrons, and colors for my card.  I was going for a clean & graphic look for my nephew's Thanksgiving card.  He's into photography and graphic design ~ I hope he likes it!

I used Distress Inks (candied apple, carved pumpkin, squeezed lemonade) and "smooshed" them with acetate over the stamped pumpkin trio image.  The Hero Arts sentiment was stamped in VersaFine Onyx Black as was the chevron background stamp from Impress. 

Thanks so much for stopping by ~ have a wonderful weekend!

Trick or Treat

Hello again with my final Halloween card (really, I promise) for the season.  I need to get them in the mail by tomorrow so I HAVE to stop!!  For this card, I used this great sketch from Tuesday Morning Sketches:

I have just about used up the DSP from Doodlebug's Halloween Parade paper pad.  The image is from Great Impressions, colored with Prismacolor penciles and Wink of Stella pens.  I shined up the shoes with Glossy Accents, added some white gel pen stars and teeny Pretty Pink Posh star sequins, and the sentiment (Hero Arts) was heat embossed with white detail EP.  The ribbon with the "bat" bow is from Michaels.

This card is going to one of my best witches...she's the one on the right!  LOL!  Thanks so much for stopping by.  Hope your weekend is a good one!

Ghouls Just Wanna Have Fun!

Happy Friday!  Today I was able to completely finish up my Halloween cards and use up some scraps in the process.  For this card, I used the latest sketch from Freshly Made Sketches:

And the theme from this week's Shopping Our Stash #274 - Hey Ghoulfriend!

I used one of my favorite Halloween stamp sets from MFT called Trick or Treat.  I did simple coloring with my Zigs, added some Doodlebug Eerie Eyes, white gel pen, Wink of Stella, and gave him a little die cut jack-o-latern for fun.  The sentiment is computer-generated.  The DSP scraps are from the Doodlebug Halloween Parade 6x6 pad.  I also used the same scraps and MFT stamps/dies for the card below adding the Hero Arts sentiment in Memento inks as a border.

Oh, how I love Halloween!  Thanks so much for stopping by.  I hope you have a great weekend!

Hug in a Mug

Happy Tuesday!  I was excited to see CASology's latest Challenge!

I probably drink too much (coffee :) and I'll admit I have spilled more than one cup on my crafting table! 

I was excited to play along because I absolutely love this sentiment stamp from Riley & Company!  I inked it up with Gina K. Dark Chocolate ink and stamped on a Classic Crest Sand card base.  I die cut the coffee cup (Memory Box) and was trying to make it look as if it was dangling off the 'g' and sloshing a little bit as it did.  The "coffee" was coated with Glossy Accents for shine and I added a little red candy heart Bonbon to the cup.  And, yes, I drank a cup while making this card!

Thanks so much for stopping by and have a great day!  Cheers!

Thanksgiving Colors

Happy Monday!  The winds have calmed down here and the sun is actually out (for a minute)!  This morning I started my Thanksgiving cards and wanted to link up to the following challenges:

One Layer Simplicity Challenge (OLS#32):  Color theme; Red/Orange/Yellow
The Paper Players:  Clean and Simple - Leaf

And here's my card:

Here's the stuff I used:
Cardstock - PaperZone 110# Ivory
Stamps - Altenew Freeform Greenery (love!) and Hero Arts Layering Grateful Leaves (sentiment)
Inks - Gina K. (Red Velvet & Sweet Corn), Memento (Tangelo), VersaFine (Vintage Sepia), and VersaMark.
Other - Clear embossing powder for sentiment and sequins.

I debated about coloring in the leaves but I actually bought the set because of the great lined art look so I left well enough alone!  Thanks so much for stopping by.  I hope you have a great week!

Cards in Envy: Purple & Green

Hello CIE fans!  It's the third Monday of the month and time for another fun Cards in Envy challenge!  This time we're looking for cards primarily featuring Purple & Green.  Any theme featuring those colors on your card will work ~ just make sure it's flat enough to fit in an envy for mailing.

It's another Halloween card from me for a little DT inspiration:

That sentiment just cracks me up!  I stamped the grid background (Impress) on the white card base in green ink.  Then I layered a purple background die cut (MFT), stamped the sentiment (Great Impressions) in the bottom frame, and tucked in the witch die cut from my stash (K&Co.) into the top frame.  The little frog was also from the same K&Co. die cut set.  Of course I had to pop the eyeballs with Glossy Accents and add some Wink of Stella shine too! 

We hope you'll play along with us and share your Purple & Green cards.  This challenge will close on November 6th so you have an extra week too!  Thanks so much for stopping by.

Spooky

Hello!  One more Halloween card...just had to do it! 

This super easy card was for the latest CASology Challenge:

(If you haven't played along with this challenge before, you

should check it out!  The DT is fantastic and so inspiring!) 

I die cut the pumpkin face on a piece of 4.25 x 5.50 black cardstock with this adorable little die set from Memory Box that I've had for quite a while (years?).  It has 4 separate pieces (eyes, nose, mouth) and is called Perky Pumpkin Face.  I layered the black on top of a yellow cardstock base and then also cut the face pieces out of the yellow scrap so I could inlay them.  I finished the card with the white heat embossed sentiment (Impress) and added Wink of Stella for additional "spooky" glow.  Easy peasy!

Thanks so much for stopping by today!  Have a wonderful weekend ~ Go Hawks!

Witches Brew

Hi there!  In between buttonin' down the hatches for the first big storm of the season on the west coast, I played with some paper so I could link up to The Paper Players Color Challenge and used the Freshly Made Sketches #258 as a starting point:

Of course I had to go with a Halloween card for the orange/black/green theme!   

Here's the stuff I used:

Cardstock - Memory Box Graphite

DSP - Doodle Pantry

Stamps - Hampton Art (bottles & labels), Impress (sentiment)

Ink - Distress (Carved Pumpkin, Hickory Smoke, Twisted Citron, Black Soot), VersaMark

Other - White detail embossing powder, Taylored Expressions Halloween Mix sequins, May Arts black twine, Glossy Accents, Wink of Stella

Thanks so much for stopping by.  I hope you have a terrific weekend...maybe at the pumpkin patch? :)

W2CB #34: Happiness is a Warm Puppy

Welcome back, Words 2 Craft By friends, for another quote-inspired challenge!  This month we are celebrating Adopt a Shelter Dog Month with the following quote:

Happiness is a Warm Puppy.

- Charles M. Schulz

As with my fellow I-Teamers, puppies are near and dear to my heart and I've been blessed with wonderful fur-ever friends through adoption rescues.  We'd like you to create a project featuring a puppy and link up for a chance to win the Stampers Anonymous Crazy Dog stamp set by Tim Holtz!  Who wouldn't wag their tail over that?!!

Source: Stampers Anonymous

Also, please welcome Marty to the I-Team beginning with this challenge.  Her projects are amazing and will make you bark with joy ~ please leave some love on her blog to welcome her to the pack :-)

Here's the stuff I used on my card for a little inspiration:

Cardstock - Neenah Solar White

DSP - Lawn Fawn Perfectly Plaid (Fall)

Stamps - Crazy Dogs (Tim Holtz) for accessories, Doodle Pantry's digi: Doggies N Things

Dies - MFT (hearts), TSOL (stitched rectangles)

Other - Copics (for accents), Glossy Accents, Wink of Stella, and bakers twine.

Thanks so much for stopping by!  Have fun with this and we can't wait to see what pawsome projects you come up with!  The challenge will close on Wednesday, November 2nd, so you have plenty of time to play along.

Rainy Day

Happy Sunday!  My team has a bye this weekend so I headed to My Happy Place (aka The Doghouse) to make a few cards.  I wanted to play along with the CASology and CAS(E) this Sketch challenges:

This card looks a lot like outside of my window right now - rain, rain, and more rain.  What better support than a friend with an umbrella when the going gets tough. 

The vertical panel was inked up with various Distress colors in blues and purples.  After masking off for the umbrella, I stamped the rain with VersaMark and heat embossed with silver embossing powder.  I added the paper pieced umbrella and stamped the sentiment.   It's funny how it sounds so simple when you write it out but not necessarily so "clean & simple" when you're actually doing it!  LOL!

Here's the stuff I used:

Cardstock - Neenah Solar White
DSP - MFT Itsy Bitsy Polka Dots (for umbrella top)
Stamps - IndigoBlu Rain Droplets and The Stamps of Life "umbrella4you"
Die - Memory Box Petite Umbrella
Inks - Distress Tumbled Glass, Broken China, Salty Ocean, Wilted Violet, Dusty Concord, and Hickory Smoke; VersaFine Onyx Black, and VersaMark.
Other - PKGlitz Powder Keg EP in Silver

Thanks so much for stopping by!  I hope you have a wonderful week!

Cards in Envy Challenge: Frame It!

Hi CIE fans and Happy Monday!  Wowzer, there were sooo many awesome entries in our Cards in Envy fall challenge ~ thanks so much for playing along!  Our newest challenge starting today is "Frame It."  Place a frame (any type) on your card and make sure that the project is flat enough to fit in an envy.

My DT card features the tree frame from Lawn Fawn.  I love this frame because it can be used for any type of card, any season.  But, of course, Halloween is coming up and it's probably my second favorite type of card to make.  The wacky bats (Taylored Expressions) were colored with Copics and popped up over the night sky.  The Simon Says Stamp starry background was perfect for this and I added some teeny tiny Pretty Pink Posh sequin stars and teeny white gel dots.  The sentiment (also from TE set) was heat embossed on the black cardstock hills.

We hope you'll play along with us over at Cards in Envy!  Also, check out my teamies' blogs for more inspiration ~ their cards are awesome! 

Finally, I'd like to link this card up to The Paper Players theme challenge this week:

Thanks for stopping by ~ have a fang-tastic week!

Joy

I hope everyone had a great World Cardmaking Day!  I took time to begin my Christmas cards for a local senior living facility.  My Dad lives there now and I have gotten to know so many wonderful residents.  I used the latest Freshly Made Sketch as my jumping off point, keeping the cards simple and flat :)

The focal point is one sentiment from a digital stamp set (CrashNotes at Etsy).  There are 8 different journal card size sentiments that I thought would fit perfectly within the banner frame (MFT).  The banner is a faux shaker with acetate.  It looks like it should shake but I needed to keep the card flat.  I layered DSP from SEI onto an ivory card base and added bakers twine for the embellishment.  This sketch was P-E-R-F-E-C-T for my project...thanks FMS!

Thanks for stopping by!  I hope you had an excellent weekend - my Seahawks won so I'm a happy girl!