PP244: Color Challenge

The more I played with the colors in The Paper Players Challenge #244, the more I loved them!  I also have to say the cards from the DT are absolutely beautiful this week and you really should check them out.  I plan on CASE'ing  many of them :-)

I went with the closest cardstock I had on hand and a birthday theme using the cupcake stamp & die set from The Stamps of Life.  The sentiment (PrintWorks) was stamped in VersaFine Onyx Black ink.  The cupcake embossed background is an EF from The Paper Studio.  The sprinkles and larger dots were circles punched out of scraps, colored with clear Wink of Stella, then coated with Glossy Accents.  They look like enamel dots but not as pricey! 

 

 

I'm also linking this card up to Operation Write Home's ODBD May Challenge for Embossing.  Our Daily Bread Designs donates shipping fees to OWH based on the number of entries received, up to 50 cards.  It's a good thing!  Thanks for visiting ~ have a cupcake kinda day!

A Couple of Cards

Happy Friday!  Today I'm posting a couple of cards for Operation Write Home.  The first one is for the Our Daily Bread Designs April Challenge to create a masculine card.  ODBD sponsors OWH card shipments based on the number of entries.  I'm also entering it into the Crooked Stamper Sketch Challenge #3:

 

The anchor die from Spellbinders Inspired collection had never been used (what a surprise :-).  I used silver metallic paper for the anchor and the sentiment (Lawn Fawn) was anchored with tiny staples.

 

The second card is using OWH Sketch #251:

 

I went with a generic love card, using yummy DP scraps.  The cardbase is TSOL Bubblegum and the die cut flower is from Sizzix' Flower Triplets. 

 

That's all for today!  If you get a chance, please check out the kids card challenge at Cards in Envy and the Earth Has Music Challenge with Words 2 Scrap By!  They are collaborating with Shopping our Stash this week...it's a two-fer!  Have a wonderful weekend :-)

 

Warm Winter Wishes

Yippee!  Another wonderful Operation Write Home Sketch Challenge...I still miss Marlene's weekly challenge posts but understand the need for fewer cards with the drawdown.  That is a good thing!  Here's Sketch #238:

And my card:

 

Supplies

Cardstock:  Bazzill

DP:  My Mind's Eye "Merry" 6x6 Paper Pad

Stamp(s):  Doodle Pantry "Bitty Christmas" (digital image) and Lawn Fawn "Winter Fox" (sentiment)

Other: The Paper Studio chipboard button, red embroidery floss, MME enamel dots, VersaMark pen, and white embossing powder (for foam)

 



I'd like to also enter this card in the following challenges:
Sentimental Sundays #228 - Buttons
Our Daily Bread Designs (October) - Non-Christmas Cards with Snowflakes
Shopping our Stash #173 - Hello, Sweetie! (Depicting something sweet)

Thanks so much for stopping by today! 

ODBD April Challenge: Insects

Our Daily Bread Designs Challenge for Operation Write Home is insects!  Very timely as a few bees buzzed around my head this morning ~ a sure sign of spring :-)  For this challenge, ODBD donates up to two boxes of free shipping for our heroes–1 for 25 cards posted and 2 for 50.

My card was created using the Doodle Pantry's New Butterfly image.  I fussy cut the butterfly twice so I could pop up another layer of the wings while still keeping it pretty flat for OWH.  Then I added some EK Success gold metallic paint dots to the image,  The antennae are little bits of upholstery thread. The white swiss dot layer was die cut with a circle die and the circle was inked up with distress inks.  I heat embossed the sentiment, and popped the circle back into the negative.  Thanks for stopping by and have a great week!

 

Supplies:  The Paper Studio Blue Cardstock, Neenah Solar White Cardstock, Doodle Pantry New Butterfly image, Jillibean Soup "Butterflies" Stamp Set, VersaFine Onyx Black Ink, Judikins Clear Embossing Powder, Cuttlebug Swiss Dots Embossing Folder, Spellbinders Circle Dies, Distress Inks (Squeezed Lemonade, Mustard Seed). 

 

 

ODBD February Challenge

The February Challenge for Our Daily Bread Designs is a color challenge using BROWN as the main color.  ODBD sponsors the shipping of boxes of cards to our deployed heroes based on the number of entries.  For example, with 50 entries, ODBD will sponsor the shipping of two OWH boxes!  It's a wonderful thing!  This is also Card #2 for Card Bowl 2014.  Thanks for stopping by :-)

 My card:

 

Supplies:  Paper Zone Sand Cardstock, Bazzill Brown Cardstock, DCWV Snack Stack, Stamps of Life "coffee4two" Stamps and Dies, VersaFine Vintage Sepia Ink, Memory Box Magic Flourish Die, Darice Dots Embossing Folder, and American Craft Brown Twine.

ODBD January Challenge

January's Our Daily Bread Designs challenge for Operation Write Home was to create a card with stripes.  It was time to make some AnyHero cards, so here we go...thanks for stopping by!

 

Supplies:  Core'dinations Pearls Cardstock (red & white), Bazzill Basics Cardstock (Blue), My Favorite Things' Sun Ray Die, Sizzix Star Die, Stamps of Life Sentiment, Judikins White Detail Embossing Powder, and Sakura White Gelly Roll Pen for stitching.

Our Daily Bread Designs Challenge - December

The ODBD challenge for December called for a masculine themed card.  I put this one together a few days ago.  I "stumbled" upon the challenge and thought I would post with the hopes of helping to hit 50 entries.  Now that I'm posting, I see that I'm #51 but I've never played this challenge before and I'm so glad I took the time to read about it!  This was one of my sketches I doodled while watching TV.   Let me know what you think and thanks for stopping by! 

 

Supplies:  Memory Box Kraft Cardstock, Fancy Pants Designs "Swagger" 6x6 Paper Pad, VersaFine Vintage Sepia Ink, MFT "To The Point" Stamp Set, Memory Box Button dies, and May Arts Twine.