birthday sketch

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Oct 312011

For this card I combined this week’s Operation Write Home Stars & Stamps blog sketch with the Hope You Can Cling To challenge to create a birthday card.  I used several of the Desert Islands Crafters Challenge elements, too.  The Rose Red has always been a favorite color of mine.  I also used two shades of grey, a designer paper with stripes, and the card itself isn’t square.

All supplies are from Stampin’ Up.
Stamps: Baroque Motifs, Warmest Regards
Cardstock: Going Gray, Basic Gray, Whisper White, Rose Red Prints designer paper
Ink: Basic Gray
Other: 5-Petal Flower punch, Spring Bouquet Flower punch, silver brads, dimensionals

Posted by PH in VA at 6:00 pm Cards, Desert Islands Craft Challenge, OWH Stars & Stamps sketches, Splitcoast challenges, Stampin' Up!

ivory, chocolate and red

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Oct 312011

That’s the yummy color combination for this week’s Splitcoaststampers Clean and Simple challenge!  I think it’s a wonderful, classic combo and if I wasn’t busy trying to catch up on the Hope You Can Cling To challenges, I’d probably make several more cards with it this week.   I’ve already made two, LOL!

The first card is a wintry version of the flap card I made for a Paper Therapy challenge a couple months ago.  I used a marker to draw in the snow line.  The bird was stamped on a scrap of cardstock, cut out, and adhered to the card with dimensional adhesive.  (Remember what I said in my hello, deerie post about trimming dimensionals to fit into skinny little places?  Does this bird have a narrow tail?  Do you think I learned my lesson yet?  🙄 )

I wanted to differentiate the sky from the rest of the card, so I very lightly sponged some very light blue ink behind the tree.  I don’t know if that’s cheating on the challenge requirements or not, so that’s why I made the second card.  I used this week’s Stars & Stamps sketch challenge for the layout.  This one uses an adorable image from K ‘n K Designs created especially for Operation Write Home.  Proceeds from the sale of this set, and a few other special sets, will be donated to OWH to help them with their holiday season shipping costs.  You can get all the details on the K ‘n K Designs blog.  I just found out about this a few days ago and I’m glad I got in on this offer while I could – these images are only available until November 1, 2011!

So there… one challenge, two cards that will be donated to Operation Write Home!  Today is the deadline for shippers to receive Christmas cards, so I’ll be shifting my focus to valentines, “love you” cards and general occasion themes.

Supplies for the tree card:
Stamps: Season of Friendship, Trendy Trees (Stampin’ Up)
Cardstock: Vintage Cream (Papertrey Ink)
Ink: Chocolate Chip, Riding Hood Red, Soft Sky (SU)
Other: Chocolate Chip marker, dimensionals (SU); magnets (Basic Grey); sponge

Supplies for the cat card:
Digital Images: Patriotic Pickles image and sentiment (K ‘n K Designs)
Stamps: Background Basics (Stampin’ Up)
Cardstock: Vintage Cream (Papertrey Ink); Chocolate Chip, Riding Hood Red (SU)
Ink: Riding Hood Red, Chocolate Chip (SU); printer ink
Other: markers (Copic); sponge

Posted by PH in VA at 7:00 am Cards, Digital images, K 'n K Designs, Operation Write Home, OWH Stars & Stamps sketches, SCS CAS Design Team, Splitcoast challenges, Stampin' Up!
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