Sweet 'n Sassy Digi Challenge #82

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Nov 302012

Happy Friday! It’s time for a new Sweet ‘n Sassy Digi Challenge! This week our challenge is Interior Decorating. You’ll need to create a card using a digital image, and embellish the inside of your card as well as the outside! You don’t have to use a Sweet ‘n Sassy digital image, but we do enjoy seeing our participants use them (and you get the chance for extra perks if you do – see the Digi Challenge site for more details!). Link your card at the Sweet ‘n Sassy Digi Challenge site by midnight eastern time Thursday, December 6.

I’ve been trying to work on some “love” cards for Operation Write Home, so my card this week fits into that category.  I chose one of the Rhubarb bear images; this time he’s holding a heart.  I decided to paper piece the heart with some designer paper.  I added a short phrase from a Valentine-themed digital stamp set, and then repeated the phrase and printed that on a strip of coordinating designer paper for the inside of the card.  The layout for this card is this week’s Splitcoaststampers.com sketch challenge, turned on its side.

Here’s the outside of the card:

I didn’t want to get too fancy and fussy with the inside; with the cards I send to OWH, I like to maximize the amount of space our heroes have to write home to their loved ones.  So I kept my embellishing down to a 1-inch wide strip:

Thanks for stopping by today!  Be sure to see what the rest of the Design Team has created and give them some comment love.  Links to their blogs are in the left sidebar.  Then join us in our challenge this week!

Supplies:
Digital Images: Rhubarb’s Heart, Valentine’s Day Greetings (Sweet ‘n Sassy Stamps)
Cardstock: So Saffron, Gable Green (Stampin’ Up); Solar White (Neenah); designer papers from Sugar Rush 6″ x 6″ paper pad (Basic Grey)
Ink: printer ink
Other: petite ovals Nestabilities die (Spellbinders); markers (Copic)

Posted by PH in VA at 12:00 am Basic Grey, Cards, Digital images, Nestabilities, Operation Write Home, Splitcoast challenges, Stampin' Up!, Sweet 'n Sassy Digi Challenges, Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps

dynamic tagged penguin

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Nov 282012

Today I’m combining several challenges for one card.  The current Dynamic Duos color challenge is to use silver with navy (or, for Stampin’ Up users, Midnight Muse).  I’ve been wanting to get back into the Lawnscaping challenges again for a while, and finally got an idea for their tags challenge. The layout for this card is this week’s OWH Stars & Stamps sketch.  I think this fits the “winter fun” theme for this week’s OWH Midweek Throwdown, too.

It took me a while to figure out what I wanted to do with these colors.  I didn’t really want to make a Christmas-y card, and couldn’t come up with any ideas I liked for a birthday card.  Finally I settled on a winter scene with the cute penguin image, and chose a sentiment that would be appropriate for a card to send to Operation Write Home.  I’ve had these big black eyelets and snowflake eyelets for a number of years.  I don’t know what company made either of them, but I do remember I bought the snowflakes off of eBay.  I still have a bunch more of them, but it felt good to put some of them to use. I used a little bit of shimmer paint to create the “snow” for the penguin to stand on, so he wouldn’t look like he was just floating on the tag.  I stamped the penguin on a scrap piece of cardstock, colored him, fussy cut him, and then adhered him to the tag.  The tag is attached to the card with dimensional adhesive, to accommodate the ribbon tied through the black eyelet and the thickness of the snowflake eyelets.

 

 

Thanks for stopping by today!  I hope you’ve been having a good week.

Supplies used:
Stamps: Critters in the Snow, Sophie’s Sentiments, A Birdie Told Me (Lawn Fawn)
Cardstock: Pure Luxury White (Gina K. Designs); Midnight Muse, Basic Black, Brushed Silver (Stampin’ Up)
Ink: Tuxedo Black (Memento)
Other: markers (Copic); Frost White Shimmer Paint, dimensionals, and silver organdy ribbon (SU); snowflake eyelets and large black eyelet (source unknown)

Posted by PH in VA at 11:00 pm Cards, Dynamic Duos, Lawn Fawn, Lawnscaping challenges, OWH Midweek/Midmonth Throwdown, OWH Stars & Stamps sketches, Stampin' Up!

Sweet 'n Sassy Digi Challenge #81

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Nov 232012

Hello! Happy Friday! I hope all my American readers had a wonderful Thanksgiving yesterday. My family is spending the holiday with my husband’s family. We don’t see them often, so we’re all trying to enjoy our time together as much as we can.

Since it’s Friday, that means it’s time for a new Sweet ‘n Sassy Digi Challenge! This week our challenge is Gifts. Use a digital image to create a gift, or simply use a digital image depicting a gift. You don’t have to use a Sweet ‘n Sassy digital image, but we do enjoy seeing our participants use them (and you get the chance for extra perks if you do – see the Digi Challenge site for more details!). Link your card at the Sweet ‘n Sassy Digi Challenge site by midnight eastern time Thursday, November 29.

I wanted to make a holder for a gift card.  A few weeks ago I saw this one that looks like a gift box and decided to give it a try.  I made a few modifications to it – one, I kept the top of the “box” separate instead of hinging it to the bottom with a brad ; two,  I simplified the “bow” on the top of the box.  I printed the Cookie Mouse image several times so I could paper piece her bow and her present to match the gift card holder, and so I could pop up her head and paw so it looks like she’s really peeking around the present.  So, first I’ll show a photo of all the components:

This one shows how the insert slips inside the “bottom of the box”:

Here’s another view, showing the gift card:

And finally, here it is, all put together:

This turned out just a bit too tall to fit in an A2 envelope (for example, if you wanted to mail this to someone).  If I’d made the box shorter and wide enough so the gift card insert would go into it horizontally instead of vertically, it would work.

Thanks for stopping by today!  Be sure to see what the rest of the Design Team has created and give them some comment love.  Links to their blogs are in the left sidebar.  Then join us in our challenge this week!

Supplies:
Digital Images: Cookie’s Gift, Christmas Sentiments (Sweet ‘n Sassy Stamps)
Cardstock: Pure Luxury Ivory (Gina K. Designs); Fruitcake Plaid designer paper from Fruitcake collection (Basic Grey)
Ink: printer ink
Other: markers (Copic); 5-petal Flower punch, dimensionals (Stampin’ Up); iTunes gift card

Posted by PH in VA at 12:00 am Digital images, Other projects, Sweet 'n Sassy Digi Challenges, Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps

dynamic polar bear

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Nov 192012

Just a quick post this time to share a fairly simple card I created for Dynamic Duos color challenge #29.  I made a slight modification to OWH Stars & Stamps sketch #100 for the layout.  I used shimmery paint on the “snow”, and the polar bear is raised up with dimensional adhesive.  And now I have a cute little any occasion card to include in my next shipment to Operation Write Home.

 

Supplies:
Stamps: Critters in the Snow, A Birdie Told Me (Lawn Fawn)
Cardstock: Marina Mist, Basic Black (Stampin’ Up); Solar White (Neenah)
Ink: Tuxedo Black (Memento)
Other: dimensionals, Frost White shimmer paint (SU); Labels Five Nestabilities die (Spellbinders); markers (Copic)

Posted by PH in VA at 11:00 pm Cards, Dynamic Duos, Lawn Fawn, Nestabilities, Operation Write Home, OWH Stars & Stamps sketches

blushing birthday

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Nov 172012

Here’s a quick and simple birthday card I made for a friend who will be celebrating her special day next week.  I also made a twin of it for my Operation Write Home stash. I used OWH Stars & Stamps sketch #146 for the layout.  It felt nice to dust off one of the Stampin’ Up stamp sets I haven’t used in a long time and to pair it with some retired cardstock and designer papers.  In retrospect, I probably should have matted the striped designer paper that I used like a ribbon, so it would stand off from the green designer paper better.  But overall I’m pleased with how it turned out.

All products used to create this card are from Stampin’ Up.
Stamps: Heartfelt Thanks, It’s Your Birthday
Cardstock: Blush Blossom, Whisper White, Afternoon Tea designer papers
Ink: Blush Blossom, Groovy Guava, Wild Wasabi

Posted by PH in VA at 12:00 am Cards, Operation Write Home, OWH Stars & Stamps sketches, Stampin' Up!

Sweet 'n Sassy Digi Challenge #80 and New Release!

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Nov 162012

Hello! Happy Friday! I have a lot of information to share with you today, so I’m just going to jump right into it.

First of all, it’s new digital image release day at Sweet ‘n Sassy Stamps! There are three new items available for purchase now: Kiwi Koala’s Cuppa digi stamp, Eskimo Kisses colored digi stamp, and Eskimo Kisses Sentiments, which is a set of 3 sentiments. You can click on the pink words to see what the new images look like.  All of the SNSS Digi Challenge design team members are featuring at least one of the new images and/or sentiments on their blogs today, so be sure to check out the links in the left sidebar here to see what they’ve been up to, or head over to the SNSS Digi Challenge website.

Next, it’s time for another Sweet ‘n Sassy Digi Challenge! This week’s challenge is to make a shaped card using a digital image. Your card can be any shape other than a rectangle or a square.  Using a Sweet ‘n Sassy digital image isn’t a requirement, but we really enjoy seeing what our challenge participants can create with them.  One of our challenge participants who does use a SNSS image will be chosen as a Spotlight Participant in next Friday’s challenge post.

I chose to use Kiwi Koala’s Cuppa for today’s card.  I cut the card base with my largest Nestabilities Labels Eight die, making sure that the card fold was within the label shape.  Then I used the same die to cut my designer paper, which I attached to the card front so that the fold is hidden.  (It’s on the left side.)  The image panel was cut with a smaller die from the same Labels Eight set.  The sentiment comes from another Sweet ‘n Sassy digital image set.  I thought it worked well with this image to create a wintery card for Operation Write Home.  The button and bow were a bit of an afterthought.  Without them, the card was too plain.  So I wanted some sort of embellishment that wouldn’t look “lost” against the designer paper, but that wouldn’t be so bulky that mailing the card would be a problem.

Thirdly, as part of this month’s birthday celebration at Sweet ‘n Sassy Stamps, all digital stamps will be on sale today through November 21, 2012!  You’ll save 25% off the purchase of any digital image.  If you haven’t worked with digital stamps before, this is a terrific time to try them out.  There’s a wide variety to choose from – the cuteness of Kiwi Koala, Cocoa Mouse, and Rhubarb the bear, as well as realistic birds and flowers, various seasonal images, and lots of great sentiments.  Here’s the link to the store: Sweet ‘n Sassy Stamps – Digital Stamps Have fun shopping!

I’ve saved what I think is the most exciting part of today’s news for last: All participants in this week’s Sweet ‘n Sassy Digi Challenge will be entered into a drawing for a $20 shopping spree toward the purchase of Sweet ‘n Sassy digital stamps!  If that wasn’t incentive enough to join in the challenge, participants who use a Sweet ‘n Sassy digital image in their challenge project will have their names entered into the drawing twice!  So chose a favorite digi to create a card that’s any shape other than a square or a rectangle, and share it with us at the SNSS Digi Challenge website!  You have until 11:59 pm eastern time Thursday, November 22 to link your work there.  Good luck to all the participants – I’m really looking forward to seeing what everyone makes!

Supplies for today’s card:
Digital Image: Kiwi Koala’s Cuppa (Sweet ‘n Sassy Stamps)
Digital Sentiment: Stanley Penguin (SNSS)
Cardstock: Pure Luxury White (Gina K. Designs); Kraft (Stampin’ Up); designer paper from Aspen Frost 6″ x 6″ paper pad (Basic Grey)
Ink: printer ink
Other: Labels Eight Nestabilities dies (Spellbinders); linen thread (SU); button (Bazzill)

Posted by PH in VA at 12:00 am Basic Grey, Cards, Digital images, Nestabilities, Operation Write Home, Sweet 'n Sassy Digi Challenges, Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps

dynamic sketchy Primas

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Nov 152012

I finally got my act together for this week’s Dynamic Duos challenge, combining it once again with this week’s layout from Freshly Made Sketches.  I really like this week’s color combo, but I had a hard time figuring out what to do with it until I remembered I had this designer paper.  So I went from there with the floral theme.  The Prima flowers started out white.  I saturated them in a mix of Cherry Cobbler reinker and water to dye them to the color I wanted, and let them dry thoroughly before attaching them to the card.  Some of the flowers soaked a bit longer than the others, and I like the color variation that resulted.  This card is going to a friend who will be celebrating her birthday very soon.

Since it’s getting to be time to make Valentines and lots of love-themed cards for Operation Write Home, I decided to make a twin card for that purpose. The seam binding is a little more ruffled on this card than the birthday card.  I love the look of the ruffles, but doing that is more tedious and time-consuming than I usually like to play around with, so I don’t use this technique very often.

 

Thanks for stopping by today!

All supplies for both cards are from Stampin’ Up unless otherwise noted:
Stamps: Artfully Asian, Short & Sweet; Everyday Messages [birthday sentiment] (Stampendous)
Cardstock: Sahara Sand, Cherry Cobbler, Whisper White, Darling Dots designer series paper
Ink: Cherry Cobbler, Sahara Sand
Other: Cherry Cobbler reinker, Sahara Sand marker, brads, Cherry Cobbler seam binding; mini brads (Recollections); flowers (Prima Marketing)

Posted by PH in VA at 1:30 pm Cards, Dynamic Duos, Freshly Made Sketches, Operation Write Home

Sweet 'n Sassy Digi Challenge #79

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Nov 092012

We’ve made it through another week, and now it’s Friday again, which means it’s time for another Sweet ‘n Sassy Digi Challenge! This week’s challenge should be pretty easy: Create a Thanksgiving project using a digital image. Share your creation over at the Sweet ‘n Sassy Digi Challenge website before midnight eastern time Thursday, November 15. We’d love to see what you create!

I’ve chosen to use an image of sweet little Cocoa Mouse nestled in a fall harvest arrangement, along with one of Sweet ‘n Sassy’s digital sentiments. The layout for the card is the weekly sketch at Splitcoaststampers.com.  I generally don’t make cards for Thanksgiving Day, but I felt the “many thanks” sentiment worked both for that occasion as well as any other time someone might want to show gratitude.  I have to apologize for the lighting; in real life the gourd matches the green leaves in the designer paper better than in the photo.

Thanks for stopping by today!  Be sure to see what the rest of the Design Team has created and give them some comment love.  Links to their blogs are in the left sidebar.  Then join us in our challenge this week!

Supplies:
Digital Images: Harvest Cocoa, Many Thanks (Sweet ‘n Sassy Stamps)
Cardstock: Pure Luxury White (Gina K. Designs); Chocolate Chip, designer papers from Autumn Vine collection (Stampin’ Up)
Ink: printer ink; Chocolate Chip (SU)
Other: markers (Copic); sponge

Posted by PH in VA at 12:00 am Cards, Digital images, Splitcoast challenges, Sweet 'n Sassy Digi Challenges, Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps

dynamic sketchy bear

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Nov 072012

Once again, I’ve combined a Dynamic Duos color challenge with a sketch challenge.  This time I’m using Freshly Made Sketches #60 for the layout of my card.  I decided to make a general winter card for Operation Write Home.  Normally I’d put a sentiment on the front of the card, but with the dark card base, I decided not to worry about it and just leave it alone.  I’ll go back later and line the card with white cardstock.

 

Supplies:
Stamps: Cozy Friends (Sweet ‘n Sassy Stamps)
Cardstock: Basic Gray, Raspberry Ripple, Gumball Green (Stampin’ Up); Basics White (Papertrey Ink)
Ink: Tuxedo Black (Memento)
Other: markers (Copic); standard circle and petite scalloped circle Nestabilities dies (Spellbinders); square punch (Creative Memories)

Posted by PH in VA at 10:00 pm Cards, Dynamic Duos, Freshly Made Sketches, Operation Write Home, Stampin' Up!, Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps

Sweet 'n Sassy Digi Challenge #78

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Nov 022012

Hello! Happy Friday! Are you ready for another Sweet ‘n Sassy Digi Challenge?

This week’s challenge is to create Anything But a Card using a digital image. There are loads of possibilities here! Just to offer a few examples, you can make a gift bag or gift box, or alter a clipboard or a tin or a notebook, or create a scrapbook page, a bookmark or a magnet. So long as you use at least one digital image for the focal point of your project, anything goes! You’re not required to use a Sweet ‘n Sassy digital image, but we do love it when our participants use them (and you get the chance for extra perks if you do – see the Digi Challenge site for more details!).

I decided to try making a mini calendar because I thought if it goes together easily enough, it would be fun to make these as Christmas gifts. Calendar templates can be found pretty easily online; I got mine from the templates forum at Splitcoaststampers.com and then tweaked it to suit my style and to fit an entire year’s worth of calendar months on one page. I figured I’d start off with January, and I thought that one of Sweet ‘n Sassy’s Cocoa Mouse images would be good because there are more than enough Cocoa images to pick one for each month of the year. A lot of people appreciate a hot drink on a cold January day, and so does Cocoa. He’s snuggled up to the cup here to keep warm! I paper pieced the mug sleeve from designer paper that coordinated with the background paper I chose, and the rest of the image was colored with Copic markers.  I slipped this into an old acrylic photo frame that I had here; this allows the calendar to stand on its own on a desk or other horizontal surface.  I can’t remember if I bought the frame at Walmart or Dollar General, but it was really inexpensive.

 

So, now it’s your turn to make Anything But a Card! Link your project at the Sweet ‘n Sassy Digi Challenge site by midnight eastern time Thursday, November 8. Remember that for every project you submit throughout November, you will get one entry to be eligible for winning 3 digital images of your choice from the Sweet ‘n Sassy Stamps store! Be sure to play along every week, and to go visit the rest of the design teams’ blogs for more inspiration. Thanks for stopping by today!

Supplies:
Digital Image: Cocoa’s Latte (Sweet ‘n Sassy Stamps)
Cardstock: Basics White (Papertrey Ink); designer papers from Holly Jolly Christmas 6″ x 6″ paper pad (Echo Park)
Ink: printer ink
Other: markers (Copic); acrylic photo frame (source unknown); corner rounder punch (EK Success)

Posted by PH in VA at 12:00 am Digital images, Other projects, Sweet 'n Sassy Digi Challenges, Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps
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