Sweet 'n Sassy Digi Challenge #86

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Jan 042013

Hi, and Happy New Year! 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 fun: Use a new product or technique and a digital image to make your project. Share your work over at the Sweet ‘n Sassy Digi Challenge website before midnight eastern time Thursday, January 10. We’d love to see what you create!

The new product I chose to work with isn’t entirely brand new to the crafting world. I had bought a set of Faber Castell Gelatos at a scrapbooking/stamping store in Florida when my family was visiting my in-laws over Thanksgiving, but with the busy-ness of preparing for Christmas, I didn’t have a chance to do anything with them until now.  So I browsed YouTube for video tutorials using this coloring medium and learned several different techniques to use with them.  I’ve tried mine out in two different ways, so I have two cards for you today. Both cards use the same floral images.

For the flowers on the first card, I rubbed two colors of the Gelatos on the flowers, not trying to be totally precise on getting the color to cover the flower. Then I used my fingertip to blend the colors together to completely cover the image, before cutting the flower images from the cardstock.  A couple things I noted: 1) The colors blended more easily the heavier I applied them to the paper, and the warmer my fingers were, and 2) The colors wash off fingers VERY easily, with no staining!  The Gelatos I have are metallic, but the shimmer seemed to disappear into the cardstock after several hours.  On the card below, you can still see a bit of shimmer on the flower on the right. I wanted the sentiment on this card to take up a fair amount of vertical space, but I also wanted one that would be practical for Operation Write Home.  So I took one of the choices from the Mother’s Day Sentiments digital set, used my photo editing software to break each word into its own file, and then reassembled the words into three lines instead of the original one long, narrow line.  I used one of my newest Nestabilities dies to cut the sentiment panel, and then framed it with cardstock that coordinated with the colors I used for the flowers.

 

The packaging stated that the Gelatos can be blended either with or without water, so I tried watercoloring some of the flower images with them.  I applied the Gelatos to the cardstock, and then blended them with a slightly wet paintbrush.  Wow!  The colors blended SO easily!  It was almost like magic.  I let the images dry completely before cutting them out.  I noticed that the watercolored images turned out a tiny bit lighter in color than the ones I blended with my fingertip, but they retained a whole lot more shimmer than the finger-blended ones.  However, if you rub the watercolored images with your finger, a little of the shimmer comes off on your finger.  This doesn’t happen with the finger-blended ones.  So I’m a bit hesitant about using the watercolored ones on cards for Operation Write Home.  (NOTE – Not all Gelatos are metallic like mine are.  This is 100% totally a guess, but I’d think that images watercolored with non-metallic Gelatos would be all right for OWH.)  I decided to make a birthday card with the watercolored flowers, and I’ll send it to one of my friends.  I used the current Freshly Made Sketches layout for this card, stretching it out to a rectangle.  You can tell from the photo that these flowers have more shimmer than the ones on the first card.  I used a sentiment from a clear Sweet ‘n Sassy stamp set on this card, rather than trying to put the entire card base through the printer.  On both this card and the first one, the purple cardstock coordinates better with the rest of the card in real life than the picture shows.

So, there you have it – two different ways to use Faber Castell Gelatos. Thanks for stopping by today!  Now it’s your turn to show off what you can create with something that is new to you, using a digital image for your main focal point!  I’m looking forward to seeing what you link to the Sweet ‘n Sassy Digi Challenge site!

Supplies for the “you are loved” card:
Digital Images: Six Petal Flowers, Mother’s Day Sentiments (Sweet ‘n Sassy Stamps)
Cardstock: Pure Luxury White (Gina K. Designs); Ballet Blue, Eggplant Envy (Stampin’ Up)
Ink: printer ink
Other: Metallic Gelatos (Faber Castell); dimensionals (SU); Wonky Rectangle and Classic Rectangles Plain Nestabilities dies (Spellbinders)

Supplies for the “happy birthday” card:
Digital Image: Six Petal Flowers (Sweet ‘n Sassy Stamps)
Sentiment Stamp: Make a Wish (SNSS)
Cardstock: Pure Luxury White (Gina K. Designs); Ballet Blue, Eggplant Envy (Stampin’ Up)
Ink: printer ink; Tuxedo Black (Memento)
Other: Metallic Gelatos (Faber Castell); scallop die (SNSS); dimensionals (SU); plum twine (Really Reasonable Ribbon); Victoria embossing folder (ProvoCraft)

Posted by PH in VA at 12:00 am Cards, Digital images, Freshly Made Sketches, Nestabilities, Operation Write Home, OWH Midweek/Midmonth Throwdown, Stampin' Up!, Sweet 'n Sassy Digi Challenges, Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps

year-end closeout

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Dec 312012

Hello!  I hope all of my blog visitors have had a wonderful, joyous holiday season, no matter whether you celebrate Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, or something else.

I took a little hiatus from crafting over the holidays, and now I’m trying to get back into the swing of things.  I used the mirror image of the latest Freshly Made Sketch for the layout, although I didn’t get the card finished in time for me to enter it into the challenge.  Oh well.  I decided to go with a brown color scheme for the bunny image.  The current OWH Midweek Throwdown challenge is calling for “miss you” cards, so that helped determine the sentiment I chose.

Here’s wishing you all the best in 2013!  Thanks for visiting with me throughout the year.

Supplies for today’s card:
Digital Image: Contemplative Bunny (Amber Ink)
Sentiment Stamp: Year Round Sentiments (Hero Arts)
Cardstock: Kraft (Stampin’ Up); Solar White (Neenah); designer papers from Pyrus 6″ x 6″ paper pad (Basic Grey)
Ink: printer ink; Tuxedo Black (Memento)
Other: petite oval Nestabilities dies (Spellbinders); Browns twine (Queen & Co.)

Posted by PH in VA at 4:00 pm Amber Ink, Basic Grey, Cards, Digital images, Hero Arts, Nestabilities, Operation Write Home, OWH Midweek/Midmonth Throwdown

Sweet 'n Sassy Digi Challenge #85

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Dec 212012

It’s Friday again, which means it’s time for another Sweet ‘n Sassy Digi Challenge! This time the challenge is Favorite Colors. We encourage you to make a project using a digital image and your favorite colors. Share your project with us at the Sweet ‘n Sassy Digi Challenge site by midnight eastern time Thursday, January 3. (Yes – because of the Christmas holiday season, this challenge will run for two weeks!) You’re not required to use a Sweet ‘n Sassy digital image for your project, but we do love when you use those (and you get the chance for perks if you do – see the Digi Challenge site for more details).

At Sweet ‘n Sassy Digi Challenges, today we’re celebrating the new release of two digital images and a sentiment set! There are two sweet girls dressed up to keep warm – Bundled Autumn and Bundled Ava. The Winter Wishes sentiments work perfectly with either of these images, or with most any other winter images.  Best of all with this new release – one participant in this fortnight’s challenge will be randomly chosen to win the entire release!  Wow!

I’ve used Bundled Ava for today’s card. I’ve always liked the color blue, in most any shade, but bright cobalt blue is probably my most favorite shade. I also love the richness of deep red. So I’ve used those colors for my color scheme. The layout for this card is the current Splitcoaststampers.com weekly sketch challenge sketch. The blue panel has some embossed snowflakes to help carry out the wintery theme. Liquid Applique gives Ava’s earmuffs and the trim on her coat and boots a fluffy, furry look.  This sentiment seems to me like a particularly good one for Operation Write Home cards; I chose to color in the heart.  The color scheme works for this week’s OWH Midweek Throwdown challenge, too.

 

Thanks for stopping by today!  Be sure to visit the other SNSDC Design Team members’ blogs and give them some love on their projects, too!

Supplies:
Digital Images: Bundled Ava, Winter Wishes (Sweet ‘n Sassy Stamps)
Cardstock: Pure Luxury White (Gina K. Designs); Cherry Cobbler, Brilliant Blue (Stampin’ Up)
Ink: printer ink
Other: markers (Copic); Liquid Applique (Marvy); petite oval Nestabilities dies (Spellbinders); Snowflakes embossing folder (Sizzix); dimensionals (SU)

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

dynamic double take

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Dec 122012

No, you’re not exactly seeing double.  Yes, today’s card is very similar to yesterday’s.  I used the same stamps and the same sketch for the layout.  However, I’ve changed up the color scheme to fit this week’s Dynamic Duos monochromatic pinks color challenge.  Instead of using patterned paper for the panel along the bottom of the card, I embossed a strip of cardstock.  I decided to keep the bunny white this time.  I originally planned to use a white card base, but it seemed too stark.  So I used the other half of the sheet of kraft cardstock that I’d cut for the base of yesterday’s card.

And now I have another love-themed card to send to Operation Write Home before the end of the month!

Supplies:
Stamps: My Silly Valentine (Lawn Fawn)
Cardstock: Kraft, Pretty in Pink, Rose Red, Whisper White (Stampin’ Up)
Ink: Tuxedo Black (Memento)
Other: Pretty in Pink marker (SU); standard circle Nestabilities die (Spellbinders); D’Vine Swirls embossing folder (ProvoCraft)

Posted by PH in VA at 2:00 pm Cards, Dynamic Duos, Lawn Fawn, Nestabilities, Operation Write Home, OWH Midweek/Midmonth Throwdown, OWH Stars & Stamps sketches, Stampin' Up!

dynamic sketchy toad

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Dec 032012

Here’s a quick and easy CAS card for this week’s Freshly Made Sketches and Dynamic Duos challenges.  Since it’s Valentine season at Operation Write Home, I chose to use a love theme for my card.  I mixed stamp companies here – the frog, heart and grass images are from Lawn Fawn, and the sentiment is from Stampin’ Up.  I don’t often do that, but the images in the SU set were a bit too large for this card layout.  I considered using ribbon for the banner-like strips behind the focal point.  But I had so many narrow scraps of Certainly Celery cardstock that I felt I should put them to use instead.  So I dusted off my crimper to give the cardstock strips some visual and textural interest.

Supplies:
Stamps: Critters Ever After, Critters in the ‘Burbs (Lawn Fawn); Unfrogetable (Stampin’ Up)
Cardstock: Certainly Celery, Real Red, Whisper White (SU)
Ink: Certainly Celery (SU); Tuxedo Black (Memento)
Other: crimper (Fiskars); markers (Copic); hexagon Nestabilities die (Spellbinders); dimensionals (SU)

Posted by PH in VA at 10:00 am Cards, Dynamic Duos, Freshly Made Sketches, Lawn Fawn, Nestabilities, Operation Write Home, Stampin' Up!

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 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

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 toast

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Oct 302012

OK, I’ll be the first to say that’s a pretty weird post title.  But that’s what you get when you combine a Dynamic Duos challenge, a sketch challenge, and images from a stamp set called “Love ‘n Breakfast.”

Today’s card uses the colors from Dynamic Duos challenge #26, So Saffron and More Mustard.  The layout is Splitcoaststampers.com sketch #408.  I thought the colors worked well with the toast image (I don’t like my toast to be very dark), and the sentiment didn’t make much sense without the toaster, so it got added into the card, too. I sponged the edges of the designer papers and the focal panel with More Mustard ink.

 

The more I think about it, I suppose this card works really well for Lydia’s Hope You Can Cling To challenge, too.  She’s challenged us to make a card that reflects our own personal style.  I think this card shows off that I tend to make “clean and layered” cards – clean lines, no big puffy embellishments, but more layers than one would typically consider “clean and simple”.  It also shows that I like to combine challenges.  Plus I’ve used some of the Nestabilities dies and Lawn Fawn stamps that I love. And there’s no glitter!

And that’s what my dynamic sketchy toast is all about.

(Great… now I have the Hokey Pokey going through my head… oy.)

Supplies:
Stamps: Love ‘n Breakfast (Lawn Fawn)
Cardstock: Pure Luxury Ivory (Gina K. Designs); More Mustard, So Saffron Prints designer papers (Stampin’ Up)
Ink: Tuxedo Black (Memento); More Mustard (SU)
Other: markers (Copic); standard circle Nestabilities die (Spellbinders); sponge

Posted by PH in VA at 11:30 pm Cards, Dynamic Duos, Lawn Fawn, Nestabilities, Splitcoast challenges, Stampin' Up!

last of the Labor Day challenges

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Sep 082012

I didn’t get to make something for all 10 of the Operation Write Home Labor Day Virtual Card Making Party challenges, but I did complete 6 of them.  Well, 5 1/2.  Challenge #7 was to create a Christmas card that one of our military men or women could send home to a child, and to make an “AnyHero” Christmas card that could be given to one of our heroes overseas who is in need of a morale boost.  I only had time today to make one card, and I chose to make a card for a child.

I had this Christmas set from Lawn Fawn out already from my challenge #5 card.  This time I used different stamps from it.  Once again, I used the current Lawnscaping challenge sketch for the layout.  Instead of the scalloped border, I fussy cut along the chevron pattern of the designer paper.  I moved the sentiment to the bottom corner of the card because it fit better there than in the location designated on the sketch.  The teddy bear and the present were stamped on a scrap of cardstock, colored and fussy cut, and then attached to the circle.  I originally planned to have two presents, but the two of them and the bear didn’t fit well.  So I decided to add the second present to the inside of the card.

 

 

 

So, that’s the last of the Virtual Card Making Party challenges that I’ll have time to complete this year.  It’s been fun, and I’m already looking forward to the next OWH VCMP!

Supplies for today’s card:
Stamps: Pa-Rum-Pa-Pum-Pum (Lawn Fawn)
Cardstock: Chocolate Chip, Real Red (Stampin’ Up); Pure Luxury White (Gina K. Designs); Holly Jolly Christmas 6″ x 6″ designer papers (Echo Park)
Ink: Tuxedo Black (Memento)
Other: markers (Copic); Chocolate Chip grosgrain ribbon (SU); standard circle Nestabilities dies (Spellbinders)

Posted by PH in VA at 10:00 pm Cards, Lawn Fawn, Lawnscaping challenges, Nestabilities, Operation Write Home, Stampin' Up!

Labor Day VCMP challenge #5

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Sep 062012

Here’s my card for the fifth challenge in Operation Write Home’s Labor Day Virtual Card Making Party.  This one really was a challenge for me!  The idea was to create a card with a western theme featuring a cowboy or a horse.  I have no cowboy (or cowgirl) images, but I eventually remembered I have a cute rocking horse stamp in one of my Lawn Fawn sets.  I did have one package of designer papers with a western look to them.  So I pulled the papers and horse image together and came up with this card.  The current Lawnscaping challenge is a sketch challenge, and I used the mirror image of it for the layout of my card.  If I’d stayed with the original sketch, the horse would be “looking off the edge” of the card.  The way the horse image is drawn, I think using the mirror image of the layout makes the card more pleasing to the eye. The scalloped edges and kid-friendly design make this card qualify for the current OWH Midweek Throwdown challenge, too.

I was so pleased with out it turned out, I wanted to go ahead and get it photographed and blogged right away!  Now I need to go back and put a white liner inside of it.  Our heroes stationed overseas sometimes have only a pencil to write with, and pencil doesn’t always show up well against dark colors.  So cards with darker bases need to be lined with a light paper or cardstock before they are sent to Operation Write Home.

Supplies:
Stamps: Pa-Rum-Pa-Pum-Pum (Lawn Fawn)
Cardstock: Blue Bayou, Whisper White, Western Sky designer papers (Stampin’ Up)
Ink: Tuxedo Black (Memento)
Other: linen thread (SU); markers (Copic); Stars Scallop die (Sweet ‘n Sassy Stamps); standard circle and petite scalloped circle Nestabilities dies (Spellbinders)

Posted by PH in VA at 8:00 pm Cards, Lawn Fawn, Lawnscaping challenges, Nestabilities, Operation Write Home, OWH Midweek/Midmonth Throwdown, Stampin' Up!, Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps

Labor Day VCMP challenge #1

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Sep 042012

Hello!  Operation Write Home held a Virtual Card Making Party over the Labor Day weekend, with a bunch of fun challenges to spark cardmaking creativity.  OWH is also teaming up with Lawn Fawn this week for even more card making fun and inspiration!

I was busy with my family over the weekend, but have been playing catch up on the challenges this week.  Here’s what I came up with for the first challenge, to create a card with an uplifting sentiment.  I decided to put a kid-friendly spin on this and make a card that could be sent to a child.  I used the OWH/Lawn Fawn bonus sketch for the layout. The sentiment is from the same set as the drum image, but I added the exclamation point from an alphabet set.

 

Supplies:
Stamps: Pa-Rum-Pum-Pum-Pum, Jessie’s ABCs (Lawn Fawn)
Cardstock: Pumpkin Pie (Stampin’ Up); Pure Luxury Ivory (Gina K. Designs); Bright Side petite papers (Lawn Fawn)
Ink: Tuxedo Black (Memento)
Other: markers (Copic); standard circle Nestabilities die (Spellbinders)

Posted by PH in VA at 5:00 pm Cards, Lawn Fawn, Nestabilities, Operation Write Home, OWH Stars & Stamps sketches

Sweet 'n Sassy Digi Challenge #67

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Aug 172012

Hello! It’s time for this week’s Sweet ‘n Sassy Digi Challenge! This week’s theme is 3-D Flowers. To play along, create a card using a digital image and three-dimensional flowers, and link it at the Sweet ‘n Sassy Digi Challenge site. You can choose to add dimension to a floral digital image, or you can create a flower by stacking punched shapes, or maybe even make a flower from ribbon. Use your imagination! Even though you can use a digi image from any company, we especially enjoy seeing what our challenge participants create using Sweet ‘n Sassy digital images. More details about the perks you can get for participating are available on the Sweet ‘n Sassy Digi Challenge site.

I decided to layer a digital image for my card for this challenge.  I printed the Poinsettia image twice.  I colored the leaves on one image and the petals on the other, cut them out, and reassembled them to give my flower some dimension.  I also added a few tiny half pearls to the center of the poinsettia.  The layout I used for my card is based on Stars and Stamps Sketch #133, although I’ve added a few layers to it and substituted a different shape for the circle element in the sketch.  I’ve also worked this week’s Stars and Stamps Midweek Throwdown challenge into this card by using kraft cardstock.  The sentiment is also a digital image, printed directly onto the kraft.  And now I have another Christmas card for Operation Write Home.

The rest of the design team and I hope you’ll join us this week! Be sure to “like” the Sweet ‘n Sassy Digi Challenge Facebook page, too!

Supplies:
Digital Images: Poinsettia, Christmas Sentiments (Sweet ‘n Sassy Stamps)
Cardstock: Pure Luxury Ivory (Gina K. Designs); Poppy Parade, Kraft, Everyday Enchantment designer paper, Afternoon Tea designer paper (Stampin’ Up)
Ink: printer ink
Other: half pearls (KaiserCraft); Labels Nine Nestabilities die (Spellbinders)

Posted by PH in VA at 12:00 am Cards, Digital images, Nestabilities, Operation Write Home, OWH Midweek/Midmonth Throwdown, OWH Stars & Stamps sketches, Stampin' Up!, Sweet 'n Sassy Digi Challenges, Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps

dynamic sketchy Halloween

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Jul 312012

Here’s what I came up with (just under the wire, eek!) for the July Sketch For You To Try.  It’s another Halloween card for Operation Write Home.  I tried to take some of the seriousness out of the sentiment by pairing it with the cute cat from Lawn Fawn.  The color scheme comes from this week’s Dynamic Duos challenge.  The espresso colored panel is embossed with an embossing folder that I chose because it made me think of the wind swirling around on a spooky night; sadly, it doesn’t show in the photo very well. Sigh. Anyway, here’s the card:

Sorry this post is kind of short and maybe not quite coherent… I have the TV paused (thanks to the DVR) so I can post this before heading back to watch the Olympic women’s gymnastic finals.  🙂  Go Team USA!

Supplies:
Stamps: Critters in the ‘Burbs, Hats Off to You (Lawn Fawn); Looks Like Spring (SU); Sweet & Spooky (Lizzie Anne Designs)
Cardstock: Kraft, Early Espresso (SU); Pure Luxury Ivory (Gina K. Designs)
Ink: Crumb Cake, Early Espresso (SU); Tuxedo Black (Memento)
Other: markers (Copic); Crumb Cake seam binding, dimensionals and black brads (SU); D’Vine Swirls embossing folder (ProvoCraft); standard circle Nestabilities die (Spellbinders)

Posted by PH in VA at 10:30 pm Cards, Dynamic Duos, Lawn Fawn, Lizzie Anne Designs, Nestabilities, Operation Write Home, SFYTT sketches, Stampin' Up!

OWH Sketch 130!

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Jul 222012

I’m honored and excited to be this week’s sample maker for the Operation Write Home Stars and Stamps Sketch Challenge!  The sketch this week has some fun and interesting curves in it.

I’ve made two sample cards.  The first one follows the sketch really closely, and is pretty “clean and simple” in design.  I feel this card is pretty much age and gender neutral, which is something I like to do often for my OWH cards since I never know who is going to be sending or receiving them.  This one could work for any season of the year, too, even though the colors remind me of Halloween.  The orange is a digital image; I’ve used it twice in a small size on the left side of the card, and used a larger version of its mirror image as the main focal point. (I used the mirror image so the big orange wouldn’t be “looking off the edge” of the card. I’m particular about orientation like that!)  I printed all three of the oranges on designer paper and cut them out and adhered them to the card.  The black scalloped border is made from three circles cut with Nestabilities dies, laid out close together, and trimmed at the top, bottom, and folded edge of the card.

 

The next card takes things up a notch.  I turned the sketch on its side and created a scene with it.  The flowers, leaves and butterfly were all stamped on white cardstock, watercolored to get that varied color effect, fussy cut, and then adhered to the card.  The butterfly’s body is attached directly to the card, and I folded up the wings and adhered them with dimensional adhesive, to give a 3-D effect.  The grassy border was simply made by cutting into the cardstock with my Cutterbee scissors, placing the cuts very close to each other.

 

And here is the sketch… that might be useful, yes?

 

So now it’s your turn!  I’d love to see what you can make with this sketch.  Be sure to link your creations on the OWH Stars and Stamps blog.  Thanks for stopping by today!

Supplies for the orange card:
Digital Image: Orange You Sweet (Sweet ‘n Sassy Stamps)
Cardstock: Naturals Ivory, Basic Black, Razzleberry Lemonade designer series paper (Stampin’ Up)
Ink: printer ink
Other: standard circle Nestabilities die (Spellbinders); marker [for coloring the navel] (Copic)

Supplies for the “thinking of you” card:
Stamps: Flutter By, Sophie’s Sentiments (Lawn Fawn)
Cardstock: Bashful Blue (Stampin’ Up); Solar White (Neenah)
Ink: Tuxedo Black (Memento)
Other: dimensionals and Wild Wasabi, Rose Red, & Daffodil Delight ink refills (Stampin’ Up); Clouds & Raindrops die set (Sweet ‘n Sassy Stamps); Cutterbee scissors (EK Success)

Posted by PH in VA at 7:00 am Cards, Digital images, Lawn Fawn, Nestabilities, Operation Write Home, OWH Stars & Stamps sketches, Stampin' Up!, Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps
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