Snowy greetings

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Nov 212008

No, we don’t really have snow yet.  We woke up to a “powdered sugar dusting” Tuesday morning, but it melted by 11:00 a.m.  However, it’s been cold enough to feel like snow this week.

So, here’s a snowy card I made for the Lizzie Anne Designs Holiday Challenge.  It uses their weekly sketch challenge #52 layout, along with the extra twist to use complimentary colors from the color wheel. 

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I chose red and green for the colors and made this Christmas card.  I mixed and matched the snow globe from the Build-a-Bauble set with the house from Holiday Lane.  I tried to color the base of the globe to look like woodgrain.  I’m not sure I succeeded, but anyway, it is what it is.  I had some fun with some Liquid Applique, too. Then I stamped the different languages from the Many Merries stamp in pairs, which left the English “Merry Christmas” for the inside of the card.  I took the artistic liberty of rearranging the sentiments from the order that they are on on the stamp.  I thought the visual arrangement of the longer lines vs. the shorter lines looked better this way.  (OK, so I’m very particular about that kind of stuff.)

Here are all the deets:

Stamps: Build-a-Bauble, Holiday Lane, Many Merries (Lizzie Anne Designs)
Cardstock: Glorious Green, Real Red, Kraft (Stampin’ Up!)
Ink: VersaFine Onyx Black
Other: Liquid Applique, Stamp-a-ma-jig

Posted by PH in VA at 12:15 am Cards, Lizzie Anne Designs

Birthday blossoms!

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Nov 182008

It seems like a lot of people I know are having birthdays now.  Today my friend Taylor at Musings of an Addict is celebrating her special day.  Later this week my friend Marge will officially turn a year older.  Four of the faculty and staff members at my son’s elementary school are having birthdays, too.  (On behalf of the PTA Executive Board, I make and send cards to the faculty and staff when necessary – birthdays, births, retirement, etc.)

Here is the birthday card I made for Taylor.  After I assembled it I realized it looks rather Christmas-y.  I hope she doesn’t mind!  This card uses this week’s sketch challenge at Lizzie Anne Designs and this week’s color challenge colors at Splitcoaststampers.  The flowers are all heat embossed. 

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Stamps: Au Naturale (Lizzie Anne Designs)
Cardstock: Real Red, Basic Black, Kraft (Stampin’ Up!)
Ink: VersaMark
Other: Clear detail embossing powder, Stampin’ Up! markers, blender pen, black grosgrain ribbon

And now, here is the card I sent to Marge.  It’s a little simpler version of the same Lizzie Anne Designs sketch.  In case the writing on the circle is hard for you to read, it says, “May your day be filled with flowers.”

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Stamps: Au Naturale (Lizzie Anne Designs)
Cardstock: Apricot Appeal, Very Vanilla (Stampin’ Up!), French Floral Pretty Papers (Lizzie Anne Designs)
Ink: Apricot Appeal (Stampin’ Up!)
Other: apricot grosgrain ribbon, corner rounder

Posted by PH in VA at 1:20 pm Cards, Lizzie Anne Designs, Splitcoast challenges

Hot dog! It's someone's birthday!

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Nov 152008

That’s right.  Laura over at Inky Dinky Doo is having a birthday today.  I hope you have a terrific day, Laura!

Here’s the card I sent Laura. It uses Lizzie Anne Designs weekly sketch challenge #41 and Splitcoaststampers weekly color challenge #192. Well, I substituted Night of Navy cardstock for the Pacific Point cardstock called for in the challenge because I haven’t received my 2008-2009 In Color cardstock yet. I have to wait for stamp club on Monday night for that. I dusted off my box of Prismacolor pencils and my odorless mineral spirits to color the dog image. It’s been a while since I’ve used that technique.

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Stamps: Party Animals (Lizzie Anne Designs)
Cardstock: Certainly Celery, Basic Gray, Night of Navy, Whisper White, Certainly Celery Prints designer series paper (Stampin’ Up!)
Ink: Going Gray (Stampin’ Up!)
Other: Certainly Celery grosgrain ribbon, Hodgepodge Hardware square clip (Stampin’ Up!); Prismacolor pencils, odorless mineral spirits

Posted by PH in VA at 12:15 am Cards, Lizzie Anne Designs, Splitcoast challenges

A heartfelt "thank you"...

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Nov 112008

… for serving and defending our country is my wish today – Veterans’ Day – for all of the members of our armed forces, past and present. 

The card I made this afternoon is for this month’s Cards for a Cause challenge at Splitcoaststampers.com.  The cards made for this cause will be donated to Operation: Quiet Comfort, an organization that supports wounded soldiers as they recover from their injuries. 

I don’t own any really patriotic stamps, but I felt the starry designer paper and the stripes evoked a sense of Americana.  The layout for this card is one I’ve used many times before.  It’s the Splitcoaststampers Sketch Challenge #21.  I love it because it’s so versatile.  By changing the designer papers and the sentiment, it can used for any occasion.

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Stamps: Sincere Salutations (Stampin’ Up!)
Cardstock: River Rock, Blue Bayou, Whisper White, Western Sky designer series paper (Stampin’ Up!)
Ink: Blue Bayou (Stampin’ Up!)
Other: sponge

Posted by PH in VA at 4:15 pm Cards, Cards for a Cause, Splitcoast challenges, Stampin' Up!

No inking, just thinking...

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Nov 072008

That’s what I’ve been up to the last few days.  Life has been getting in my way so I haven’t had a chance to create anything lately.  Oh well… hopefully soon.  I’ve had a few ideas in my head that I’d like to put to rubber and cardstock.

So, for today, I’ll share one of the cards I made for last month’s Cards for a Cause challenge on Splitcoaststampers.com.  It’s nothing really original; there are a lot of similar cards already in the SCS gallery, and I can’t name any particular one that inspired this one.  I haven’t decided for sure if this will be the design I use for my family’s Christmas cards this year.  I don’t think I have enough Liquid Applique for all the cards I’d need to make.  Please feel welcome to let me know what you think of it! 🙂

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Stamps:  Lovely as a Tree, Warmest Regards (Stampin’ Up!)

Cardstock: Naturals Ivory, True Thyme, Kraft (Stampin’ Up!)
Ink: True Thyme (Stampin’ Up!)
Other: Sponge, Liquid Applique

Posted by PH in VA at 5:00 pm Cards, Cards for a Cause, Stampin' Up!

I inked today!

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Nov 032008

Yes, I actually made the time to put ink to rubber and rubber to cardstock today.  It felt good.

I wanted to use the weekly sketch challenge from Lizzie Anne Designs.  The “twist” to that challenge was to incorporate polka dots into the card, which made me immediately think of my polka dotted Prima flowers.  I decided to make a bright, cheerful get well card for this month’s Cards for a Cause challenge at Splitcoaststampers.  Here is the final result.

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Stamps:  Sketched Sentiments (Lizzie Anne Designs)
Cardstock: Purely Pomegranate, Pretty in Pink, Prints designer paper (Stampin’ Up!)
Ink: Purely Pomegranate (Stampin’ Up!)
Other: Prima flowers, Making Memories crystal brad, Cosmo Cricket chipboard button

Posted by PH in VA at 10:35 pm Cards, Cards for a Cause, Lizzie Anne Designs
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