52 {Christmas} Card Throwdown - June stash challenge

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Jun 282014

Hello!  It’s stash challenge week at 52 {Christmas} Card Throwdown, where we invite our challenge participants to use particular items from their crafting stash to create a Christmas or wintry card.  This time Louise, our June hostess, has chosen charms as the feature stash item.

My old ornament charms fit this challenge perfectly.  I first used them for a Christmas card swap back in 2003!  Yes, really!  It seemed like perfect nature to pair them with the same pine bough stamp that I used for the swap.  The layout for this card is from the current Freshly Made Sketches challenge.

 

What kind of charms will you use?  We’d love to see!  Link your card at the 52{C}CT site by 1:00 p.m. Eastern time Friday, July 4.  Be sure to check out the rest of the design team members’ cards for more inspiration.  Thanks for stopping by today!

Supplies:
Stamps: Pine Bough wheel, More Merry Messages (Stampin’ Up)
Cardstock: Garden Green, Cherry Cobbler (SU); Pure Luxury Ivory (Gina K. Designs)
Ink: Garden Green, Cherry Cobbler (SU)
Other: ornament charms (Making Memories); embroidery floss (DMC); corner rounder (EK Success); square punch (Creative Memories)

Posted by PH in VA at 1:00 am Cards, Christmas Card Throwdown, Freshly Made Sketches, Stampin' Up!

CAS - Colours and Sketches #80

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Jun 262014

Hello!  This week is sketch week at CAS – Colours and Sketches, and we have something different for you!  This time we’re challenging our participants to create a clean and simple card in any non-rectangular shape.

I decided to go with a hexagon, since that’s still pretty trendy.  I’ve had some new-to-me stamps here for a few weeks and hadn’t had the change to play with them yet, and they fit the hexagon theme, so this seemed like the perfect time to get them inky.  I added a few splatters of color using the theme from this week’s color challenge at Splitcoaststampers.com.

What fun shape will you use?  Be sure to check out what the rest of the design team has made.  Then share your creation with us at the CC&S site by 1:00 p.m. Eastern time Wednesday, July 2.

Supplies:
Stamps: All Squared Up (Avery Elle); Itty Bitty Backgrounds (Stampin’ Up)
Cardstock: Pure Luxury White (Gina K. Designs)
Ink: Cherry Cobbler, Daffodil Delight, Pumpkin Pie (SU); Tuxedo Black (Memento)
Other: hexagon Nestabilities die (Spellbinders)

Posted by PH in VA at 4:00 am Avery Elle, Cards, CAS Colours & Sketches, Nestabilities, Splitcoast challenges, Stampin' Up!

52 {Christmas} Card Throwdown - June theme challenge

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Jun 212014

Hello there, and happy Saturday to you!  It’s time for another theme challenge at 52 {Christmas} Card Throwdown, and our hostess, Louise, has chosen a fun one – reindeer and/or Rudolph.

I was excited about this challenge because it gave me the opportunity to use this cute Lawn Fawn image again!  To be completely honest, I’m not sure if it’s supposed to be just a “regular” deer (such as the white-tailed deer common in most of the United States) or a reindeer, but for the sake of the challenge I’m calling it a reindeer.  I stamped it onto two different colors of brown designer paper, fussy cut the parts, and glued the antlers onto the reindeer’s head.  I colored in the nose and created hooves.  The background for my little reindeer is pieced together from blue designer paper and white cardstock that was painted with white shimmer paint.  I originally planned to use OWH Stars & Stamps sketch #43 for the layout of this card, but in mirror image so the reindeer wouldn’t be frolicking off the edge of the card.  Since I couldn’t decide on a sentiment to pair with the image that also balanced out the size of the image panel, I opted to go sentiment-less and move the panel toward the center of the card.  The panel is attached with dimensional adhesive to give it a little more visual separation from the card base.

Although my card doesn’t have stars, it does have stripes that qualify it for the current Lawnscaping challenge.

Go see what a-deer-able creations the rest of the 52{C}CT design team has made!  Then create your own wintery or Christmasy card showcasing Rudolph or any of his other reindeer friends, and share it with us at the 52{C}CT site by 1:00 p.m. Eastern time Friday, June 27.  We’d love to have you join us!

Supplies:
Stamps: Critters in the Snow (Lawn Fawn)
Cardstock: Pure Luxury White (Gina K. Designs); designer papers from Blush collection (Basic Grey)
Ink: Tuxedo Black (Memento)
Other: Frost White shimmer paint, dimensionals (Stampin’ Up)

Posted by PH in VA at 1:00 am Basic Grey, Cards, Christmas Card Throwdown, Lawn Fawn, Lawnscaping challenges, Stampin' Up!

CAS - Colours and Sketches #79

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Jun 192014

Hello!  It’s Thursday, which means it’s time for a new challenge at CAS – Colours and Sketches!  This week we have a pretty pastel color combination to work with.

As I was trying to decide what to make for my sample card for this challenge, I realized it’s my one-year anniversary on the CC&S design team.  Yay!  So I decided I’d repeat the same layout that I used for my first card as a CC&S design team member.  Since I need a few more birthday cards for my next shipment to Operation Write Home, I went with a birthday theme.  I didn’t want to use colored cardstock to die cut the balloons because I wanted the balloons to look more translucent like latex balloons.  So I watercolored a few scraps of cardstock with the reinkers for the challenge colors.  Once the scraps were dry, I cut the balloons from them.

 

The colors also tie in with this week’s OWH Midweek Throwdown challenge.  Nice coincidence!  🙂

Now it’s your turn to show us what you can make with these colors!  If you need more inspiration first, go visit the CAS – Colours and Sketches site and see what the rest of the design team has created.  Be sure to link your card at the CC&S site by 1:00 p.m. Eastern time on Wednesday, June 25.  We look forward to having you join us!

Supplies:
Stamps: Say It – Hugs (Technique Tuesday)
Cardstock: Coastal Cabana, Wisteria Wonder, Crisp Cantaloupe, scraps of Whisper White [for balloons] (Stampin’ Up); Pure Luxury Ivory (Gina K. Designs)
Ink: Coastal Cabana, Wisteria Wonder, Crisp Cantaloupe (SU)
Other: linen thread, Coastal Cabana, Wisteria Wonder, and Crisp Cantaloupe reinkers (SU); Icon Fill in the Blank die (Avery Elle)

Posted by PH in VA at 4:00 am Avery Elle, Cards, CAS Colours & Sketches, Operation Write Home, OWH Midweek/Midmonth Throwdown, Stampin' Up!

Cards in Envy - Fun in the Sun

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Jun 162014

Hello!  I’m back from a short crafting hiatus taken while finishing renovating a bathroom, celebrating my older son’s high school graduation, and having my husband’s family visit for several days.  And it’s just in time for a new challenge at Cards in Envy!  For the next few weeks, we’re using the theme of Fun in the Sun.

I went pretty clean and simple with my card.  I printed off a digital image, colored it, and used a funky shaped die to cut it out.  I repeated the colors of the image in the card base and added a ribbon to join the two colors together.  The image panel is adhered with thin dimensional adhesive.

 

Go check out what the rest of the Cards in Envy Design Team has made, and then make your own A2 sized card depicting your idea of fun in the sun.  Be sure not to use any lumpy, bumpy embellishments that would prevent your card from fitting into an envelope and being mailed at the standard postage rate.  Share it with us at the Cards in Envy site by 7:00 p.m. Eastern time Sunday, July 6.  We’d love to see what you create!

Supplies:
Digital Image: Cocoa’s Beach Ball (Sweet ‘n Sassy Stamps)
Stamp: So Happy For You (Stampin’ Up)
Cardstock: Pure Luxury White (Gina K. Designs); Soft Sky, Creamy Caramel (SU)
Ink: printer ink
Other: markers (Copic); Real Red grosgrain ribbon (SU); Wonky Rectangle Nestabilities die (Spellbinders); foam squares (Scotch)

Posted by PH in VA at 1:00 am Cards, Cards in Envy, Nestabilities, Stampin' Up!, Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps

Cards in Envy - Feeling Buggy

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Jun 022014

Hi there!  It’s time for a new challenge at Cards in Envy.  Our theme this time is “Feeling Buggy” – which means the cards for this challenge should all show some sort of insect.

I still had the materials for last Thursday’s card out when I started on my card for this challenge.  I decided I’d go ahead and use the same color scheme, and to make things easy, I figured I’d keep the general layout too.  So this card follows the current CAS – Colours and Sketches challenge, too.  To fit the Cards in Envy theme, I used this little ladybug image.  The bug’s antennae don’t lend themselves well to fussy cutting, so I felt it was best to keep the bug on a panel, but mat it to add an extra splash of color.  I ended up with this easy-peasy quick card, which will be another addition to the box I’m filling for Operation Write Home:

So how will you be “feeling buggy”?  Create your A2 sized card, remembering to keep it less than 1/4″ thick, and share it with us at Cards in Envy by 7:00 p.m. Eastern time Sunday, June 15.  We’d love to see your artwork!

Supplies:
Stamps: Somebuggy Loves You (Sweet ‘n Sassy Stamps)
Cardstock: Coastal Cabana, Baked Brown Sugar, Real Red (Stampin’ Up); Pure Luxury White (Gina K. Designs)
Ink: Tuxedo Black (Memento)
Other: markers (Copic); standard circle and big scalloped circle Nestabilities dies (Spellbinders); Woodgrain embossing folder (SU)

Posted by PH in VA at 1:00 am Cards, Cards in Envy, CAS Colours & Sketches, Nestabilities, Operation Write Home, Stampin' Up!, Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps
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