beachy birthday

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Apr 302011

This is my card for the April Sketch for You to Try challenge.  I took the liberty of squooshing the original square sketch layout into a rectangle. I combined it with the third of the Splitcoaststampers challenges for their Mini Virtual Stamp Night.  The beachy scene for the SCS VSN inspiration challenge made me think of my cattails stamp.  So I tried to create a scene of cattails on a sand dune.

Supplies:
Stamps: Where You Should Be (Ippity by Unity); Treasured Trinkets (Lizzie Anne Designs); Sanded (Stampin’ Up)
Cardstock: Naturals Ivory, Baja Breeze, Chocolate Chip, Spring Flowers designer series paper (SU)
Ink: Chocolate Chip, Baja Breeze (SU)
Other: Chocolate Chip and Garden Green markers, Chocolate Chip buttons, linen thread (SU); sponge

Here’s what the original sketch looks like:

Posted by PH in VA at 11:30 pm Cards, SFYTT sketches, Splitcoast challenges, Stampin' Up!

just because

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Apr 302011

I think y’all know by now how much I enjoy doing crafting challenges.  This card is no exception.  I was looking at different sites last night and pulled together three different challenges for it.

Splitcoaststampers is having a mini Virtual Stamp Night weekend, and the first challenge, to use fabric on your card, caught my eye.  I had some denim handy from when I turned a pair of my son’s jeans into cutoff shorts for him.  The challenge was how to get a design to appear on the denim.  I was happily surprised to discover how well rub ons worked on the fabric.  I pulled together three of the requirements for the current Desert Islands Crafts Challenge – to use the colors red, white and blue, to use ribbon, and to use jewels.  The layout I chose is one of the OWH Stars & Stamps blog sketches.

And now it’s time for me to get back to creating more cards. There are a lot more challenges for me to try!  🙂

Supplies:
Cardstock: Cherry Cobbler (Stampin’ Up); Basics White (Papertrey Ink)
Other: Love & Happiness rub ons (SU); grosgrain ribbon (Offray); crystal brads (Making Memories); denim fabric (Wrangler)

Posted by PH in VA at 11:30 am Cards, Desert Islands Craft Challenge, Operation Write Home, OWH Stars & Stamps sketches, Splitcoast challenges
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