CAS-ual Fridays' Red, White and Blue Challenge CFC102

     Thanks so much for stopping by this weekend. Hope you are all getting a long weekend and spending time with family and friends.

      In honor of Memorial Day, CAS-ual Fridays issued a challenge for a card using red, white & blue. Beginning with a white card-base (4.25x5.5), I trimmed 1/8" red and blue strips from cardstock. Then, I stamped 'Hello' in red and punched the petal shape using Fiskars extra large Petal by Petal punch. I also punched a petal in red and another in blue. As you can see, I glued them together with just a sliver of each color showing from behind the sentiment. I adhered the finished petal with foam tape and rounded the bottom corners of the card.   

     There is still plenty of time to play along with us. You can find all details here: http://cas-ualfridays.blogspot.com/2013/05/cfc102.html

CAS-ual Fridays Stamping on Designer Paper Challenge (CFC101)

   

      I have one more card to share today. I created it for this week's CAS-ual Fridays Challenge, and what a fun challenge it is - stamping on designer paper!  I really had to think about this card in a different way. I almost always stamp on plain colored paper/cardstock. As I went through my stamps, I had to imagine each one on the printed paper I picked out from DCWV Heirloom stack. The background is a sheet from the Paper Studio's Rue de Fleur collection. I inked the edges with distressing ink to give it more the feel of the old postcard stamp.

     I stamped the postcard image in black ink using Tim Holtz' Travel Collage collection. Then, I picked a sentiment from two different TPC Studio collections (Card Crafting Hello and Girlfriends). This was a fun card to make and I think you could send it to both male and female friends.

     Thanks so much for popping today. And if you would like to play along with us, you can check out the details here:  http://cas-ualfridays.blogspot.com/2013/05/cfc101.html

Feather Weather and Upcycled Packaging

     OOoooo, feathers! I hope this trend never goes away. As soon as I saw the latest Tuesday Trigger inspiration, I knew I had to use my marabou feathers on a card in some way.
     Here's the trigger:

    Gorgeous, no?
    Here's my take on the challenge and a note about upcycled packaging.

     First, I made the card base with white cardstock embossing it with Cuttlebug's Birds and Swirls folder. Then, I die cut the bird using Spellbinders' Bird Sanctuary dies.  
     I bought a new laptop a while back, and when I pulled the protective cover off the keyboard, I knew I had to upcycle the cover in some way. I used it here as a stencil to make my own patterned paper. After daubing on some color,  I trimmed the panel and matted it with matching cardstock. The stencil covers half a sheet of cardstock so I have more panels to play with. Wooohooo!


keyboard protector



 

     Does the Trigger photo spark some creativity in you? Come play with us. There's still plenty of time. You can check out all the details here: http://www.moxiefabworld.com/2013/05/tuesday-trigger-feather-weather.html

DCWV May Stack-a-holic Template Challenge

    I have a card for you today that I created for DCWV's May Stack-a-holic Template Challenge.

    I'm loving the deep, vivid colors in The Solstice Stack from DCWV.  The flowers on the left panel and the bottom flag come pre-glittered. Gotta love that! 

    The sentiment is from a great collection (Card Crafting Hello 2011139) from TPC Studio. I use these stamps a lot. I wanted a more subtle look to the sentiment so as not to take away from the bright colors of the card, so I stamped with Tim Holtz Distress Ink in Peeled Paint which matches the cardstock perfectly.

    There is still plenty of time left if you want to play along with us. Here's this month's sketch and the address with all the details. Thanks so much for stopping in today!

http://dcwvinc.blogspot.com/2013/05/may-stack-holic-template-challenge.html

DCWV April Card Sketch Challenge

UPDATE:  Just found out this card was selected for DCWV's TOP 10! Wooohoooo!

    Thanks for popping in for a little visit. Today, I have a card for DCWV's Card Sketch Challenge for April.

 

     Don't you just love these colors!?! I used The Solstice Stack from DCWV to make this birthday card. The colors and textures are fabulous in this stack! This is definitely one of my favorite stacks.

     Recently, I found a box full of papers and stickers at a garage sale, and this frog was in in the box. I just love him! The packaging was gone so I don't know who made him. Do you know? Please let me know if you do. I would like to have more of him.

     There's still plenty of time left if you want to play along with us. Here's the sketch we had to work with and the address to get all the details.

http://dcwvinc.blogspot.com/2013/04/aprils-stack-holic-template-challenge.html



     Thanks so much for stopping by. I love your visits and comments. Hope you have a wonderful day!