WMC72

Wee Memories challenge is anything, any Holiday. It is a little hard to think of Christmas and Snow when the temp is still in the 70s but I really need to get started on Christmas cards as I have a Craft Bazaar next month. So here is a Chritmas card:

A fairly quick and easy card to do. It is on white cardstock base. Punches: Martha Stewart. Stamps: The Angel Company. Snowman colored with colored pencils, frosted lace stickles to white snow parts, cotton ball to hat brim and tassel. I also used clear glitter gel on the snowflakes.

Okay, 1 down--many more to go.

flower shop

I love this sketch from mojo monday:

I just reminds me of an old fashioned flower shop with a colorful canopy. So here is my card:

White cardstock base. Green is Shimmer Pack from DCWV and DP is from Butterflies and Blossoms Pack also from DCWV. I don't know what happened with the scan but that pink strip is actually a bright pink as are the butterflies. Stamps: flower, Inkadinkadoo, Sentiment, Lawn Fawn. Inks: Staz-On black and MS geranium. Flower is colored with Tombow marker. And what would a flower shop be without a few butterflies. These are MS stamp and punch set. I used a clear star gel pen to give them a little glimmer. I think a thank you card ought to always be pretty and I think this one fits the bill.

"Spook"tacular Halloween

the playdate cafe has this colorful Halloween challenge


I made this fun card for my grandsons who last year were fascinated by all the blowup ghost lawn decorations.

Stamps: SU (boo), Inkadinkadoo (swirls on green and Happy Halloween), Craftsmart (ghost)

The ghosts are cut out and hung on polka dot ribbon from Michaels. I only secured the ribbon in back and left the ghosts to swing. I hope when they open the card the ghosts will pop out.

The Happy Halloween at the bottom is a little hard to see. I stamped it in black and then traced with clear star gel pen.

And this one for my granddaughters who are such cuties!!



This one is white card base smudged on edges with black ink. Scraps from the other card.
Stamps: Inkadinkadoo (swirls,cobweb, and sentiment) Craftsmart (witch)
Spider cut with Cricut

merci

Lawn Fawn has issued a challenge on this World Card Making Day of making a thank you note and sending to a loved one. My card is for a member of a committee that I am on. She has gone above and beyond in serving.

That cute french looking label is from a bag of craft items I bought at a yard sale. It is French Looking so I went with the "merci" stamp.The "fan" is a half circle of Martha Stewart paper doilies. The orange cardstock is DCWV Shimmer Stack. Hearts are from Stampin" Up.

Lace

papercraft star challenge 64 is to use lace on a card. Here is my card:

The dotted design paper is DCWV Holiday Collection and the print is Paper Studio. Those are backed by DCWV Shimmer Stack green on an ivory card base. The leaf is diecut from SU. The poinsetia is from a strand of them from Michaels. I only had white lace so I "tea dyed" (steep 3 tea bags in 1 cup hot water and soak the lace until shade wanted).

Here is another lace card I did a week ago for papercraft star "anything goes" challenge:

 

Noel

This mojomonday sketch challenge has a lot going on. I am prepping for 2 craft sales in November so thought I should get started on Christmas cards. The DPs are all from DCWV Christmas Stack. It is so easy when the papers are double sided and color coordinated. The Noel stamp is Craft Smart (Hobby Lobby) colored with colored pencils and star gel pens. Ribbon and red gems from Michael's

Angel blessings

papercraft star has a challenge of "Anything Goes" Here is my card:

I got this new stamp from Hampton Art this week. Isn't she just adorable?  My daughter's birthday is coming up so I made this for her. Supplies mostly from scrap file. The DP is Luxury Stack. The HB stamp is Lawn Fawn. I colored the angel with colored pencils and used clear star gel pen on the wings for some shimmer.



WMC 67

I think this is my first time entering a challenge from Wee Memories. I do love their blog--so many inspiring ideas. This week's challenge is making a 1 layer card.

I don't remember the source of this technique--I saw a video quite a while back. The background is made by cutting a rectangle (or any shape you like--some of the nesties would be good to use also) in a scrap of cardstock and taping a piece of gauze over it. Then sponge on color over the gauze. I used Studio G sage green and Color Box sky blue. The dragonfly is Stampabilities stamped with Studio G truquoise and them lilac over that (Use a stamp-a-ma-jig). The sentiment is from PTI.

change

papercraft star has this color challenge this week.

I wasn't sure I could come up with something in that combo. But looking in my stash, I found this butterfly print on vellum (it is actually black instead of navy) and the quote that I printed on the computer and punched out. So then I found a piece of aqua to back the butterflies and backed the scalloped circle with red. So I had my entry. Turned out way easier than I thought! The butterfly is Stamp Affair. I stamped it with Staz-On black onto a piece of the aqua paper, cut it out, outlined with black marker, highlighted with Clear Star gel pen. The antenna are black jeweler's wire. In real view, it is popped up with Pop Dot. That gorgeous shimmery aqua ribbon was only $1.00 a spool at WalMart--gotta love that price. The jewels at the bottom are actually stickers from Michael's. I think this might be a great anniversary card with the message "Thank you for changing my world"

Back to School

Paper Craft Star challenge 59 is a back to school project.
I know this card is an odd back to school project. A good friend's son had a bike accident 2 days before school started. He broke an ankle and is in a cast and on crutches. He is going to have a rough few weeks so I wanted to make this card to cheer him up. Also I wanted to share my designer "camo paper". I used a light tan paper and smeared Timber Brown, Pine Green, Sage Green, and Tea Dye inks at random. I'm thinking I'll have to do this for some other masculine cards. Lots of potential.



The card base is Kraft paper. The turtle stamp is from Stampabilities, colored with colored pencils. The sentiment is computer generated. I tied some twine for extra texture.