Sleeping Beauty

I started the A2-sized card by stamping the woman (Rubber Stampede) on white card stock and cut it down with my paper trimmer. I matted that on navy blue card stock. Then, I stamped the background using Distress Ink in Chipped Sapphire. I matted that on the same navy blue card stock. I placed that panel on a white card stock base and adhered the framed Beauty to that off-center. I used chalk to enhance her lips and to give her a rosy cheek. 

I'm sharing this with:

Simon Says: Movie Inspiration 

Without Regrets...

I started this white, A2-sized card by selecting a variety of papers to die cut into star shapes. I cut 9 of those and used double-sided tape to adhere them to the card base. Then, I stamped the sentiment (B Line Designs) on white card stock using Versafine Onyx ink and matted it with black card stock.

I'm sharing this with:

Challenge #394 - Sketch  

 

Simon Says: Anything Goes 

Sending Well Wishes

This 4 1/4" square card was easy to make. I started by cutting the dark gray card base 4 1/4" by 8 1/2" and folded it in half. Then, I cut the light gray panel into a 4" square. Next, I stamped the dandelion and the sentiment (both Stampin' Up!) in Vivid ink called Cobblestone. After that, I tied the ribbon into place and knotted it. Finally, I adhered the light gray panel to the card base with double-sided tape.

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Challenge #22: Smoky Slate 

  

Simon Says: Anything Goes 

See the World

I began this card by adhering the paper with the planes on it to a white card base. Then, I stamped the building (Stampa Rosa Inc.) on white card stock and cut it out using my paper trimmer. I use double-sided tape to adhere it to the paper. I also stamped two passports (Inkadinkado) on white card stock and cut them out by hand. I taped one down, and I used double-sided foam tape to adhere the other. Next, I stamped the compass rose (Rubber Stampede) with red ink. Finally, I added the sentiment (Stampers Anonymous). Everything stamped in black was Versafine Onyx.

I'm sharing this with:

October' s Creative Challenge - Travel  

Simon Says: Anything Goes 

Anything Goes Challenge ~ O2820 

Autumn Wreath

I started this A2-sized card by running the Kraft panel through my Big Kick with a wood plank embossing folder. I attached that to a red panel with double-sided tape, which I then adhered to a manila-colored card stock. Then, I die cut the wreath and flowers and glued them to the Kraft panel. Finally, I stamped the sentiment (Altenew) with Vivid ink in Taupe on the bottom right of the card base.

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LTSCB #138 - Fall Back  

Inspired By...thankful & grateful 

 

#133 Fall/Autumn - (Not Halloween, please)  

Best Wishes

I started this A2-sized card by cutting the striped scrapbook paper to 1 1/2" by 4 1/4" and adhered it to a white card base using double-sided tape. I filled in the rest of the card with the floral print. I used the green paper as a ribbon as indicated in the challenge below. I stamped the sentiment (Stampin' Up!) using Versafine Onyx ink.

Challenge #164 - AG + Paper Strips Instead Of Ribbon 

Dare to Dream

I started this A2-sized card by creating the off-white panel. I matted it with black, creating a thin border. Then, I stamped the dragonflies (Stampabilities) with Versafine Onyx. I adhered that to the card base with double-sided tape. Next, I created the sentiment (Stampington & Co.) by stamping it with Versafine Onyx on a yellow gingham check paper. I adhered that to the card with double-sided foam tape.

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October 2020 Challenge: Anything Goes w/Optional Twist: Winged Things  

SSC242 Sketch Time 

 

Repeat Impressions Anything Goes Challenge ~ O2820 

Simon Says: Anything Goes 

Look Who's Talking

This is a very simple A2-sized card. People are using symbols more, and they mean different things, when they write these days, so I'm playing with that. I am also playing with the sketch below.

I stamped the asterisk (Hero Arts) using Distress Ink in Faded Jeans, and I stamped the "at" sign (Stampabilities) and the sentiment (RRR) with Versafine in Onyx. I die cut the ampersand. 

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Inspired By...fall is sweet  

 

Repeat Impressions Anything Goes Challenge ~ O2820 

Simon Says: Anything Goes 

Spill the Beans!

This was an easy A2 card to make. The set of stamps is Coffee Time from Darkroom Door. I stamped the images using Distress Archival ink in Ground Espresso. I followed the sketch below to make the card.

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Inspired By...fall is sweet  

 

Repeat Impressions Anything Goes Challenge ~ O2820

 

VOTE!

 I made a tag, and it's to urge people to vote...for the correct candidate, of course. (Notice I didn't say "right"!) Who said paper crafts couldn't be political!

Anyway...This tag is about 3" by 6". I started with a tag base, and I used double-sided tape to adhere a navy blue panel. Then, I cut the red-and-white gingham check and adhered that to the blue panel. The reverse of that paper is the fireworks, so I adhered that next to the gingham. Then, I cut out three sets of the word "VOTE" and stacked them, a la Jennifer McGuire, to make them sturdy. After that, I glued them onto the blue panel. Finally, I cut various lengths of red and blue ribbons and threaded them into the hole along with the white, which is a tinsel-like thread. I pulled them taut, fluffed them and cut them to varying lengths.

I'm sharing this with:

Simon Says: Not A Card

Patterns in Navy

 This is a slimline card measuring 3 1/2" by 8 1/2". I started by using 3 different background stamps and stamped the small panels from Crumb Cake card stock using Distress Ink in Chipped Sapphire. I used double-sided tape to adhere those to Night of Navy card stock. I taped that to the Crumb Cake card stock and taped that to a Misti Moonlight card stock card base.

I'm sharing this with:

The Sisterhood of Crafters - Lots of Layers 

CAS Colors and Sketches - Challenge #393 - Colors 

 

Freshly Made Sketches #458 

 

LTCCB #51 - October Anything Goes 

Apples and Oranges

This is a square card measuring 4 1/2" on each side. The medallion stamp was made by Holly Berry House, which makes many different stamps of this type. This card has seven layers, including the card base. Layers is what the challenge called for, and this is what I chose to do.

I started by stamping in Versamark embossing ink on white card stock. I used gold embossing powder. I stamped it and embossed four times in order to get the layers. Out of the first layer, I cut out the last layer and put it on top, but the other layers needed to be stamped individually and cut out to layer effectively. I could have stamped the medallion just once, embossed and colored, but I wanted the layers, which look so much better in person. For each layer, I colored within the embossed areas using markers. I used two different greens for the leaves and two different oranges for that fruit. To cut out the layers, I used my craft knife, which was quite tedious, but so worth the effort. After I stacked the layers of the stamp using double-sided foam tape, I mounted them on a piece of red columns card stock, and the card base is orange.

I'm sharing this with:

The Sisterhood of Crafters - Lots of Layers 

LTCCB #51 - October Anything Goes  

Trick or "Tweet"

This is an A2-sized card. I started with a white base and stamped the three "jailbirds" (Inkadinkado) in Versafine Onyx ink. I extended the wire on each side. I colored in the images using my Prismacolor colored pencils. After that, I inked in the surrounding "sky" using Distress ink in Chipped Sapphire and a round sponge dauber. Next, I stamped the spider web (PSX) and the music notes (?). Finally, I stamped the sentiment (also Inkadinkado) on yellow card stock and cut it out with a circle die. I positioned it to look like the full moon.

I'm sharing this with:

International Art and Soul - Ch#94 Halloween 

#TGIFC287 Theme Challenge  

October 2020 Challenge: Anything Goes w/Optional Twist: Winged Things 

LTSCB #138 - Fall Back  

Challenge 123 for October  

Purple, Orange, Green! Eek! It's Halloween! 

October ... WHAT does it mean to you?? 

Thank You

This very simple card is an A2 size. The sentiment is by Stampabilities and was stamped with Distress ink in Chipped Sapphire.

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Uniko Challenge #61 - Anything Goes + optional twist Thanks 

 

Just Because

This is an A2-sized card. I started by cutting the navy piece of card stock and used a punch to get the zig-zag design. I adhered it with double-sided tape even with the right side of the card base. Then, I die cut the leaf fronds and glued them to the navy panel. Next, I stamped the sentiment (Stampabilities) with Distress Ink in Chipped Sapphire and popped it up with double-sided foam tape.

I'm sharing this with:

Fab Friday 199 

 

N is for Navy Blue as Dominant Colour  

LTCCB #51 - October Anything Goes  

More Pumpkins

This is an A2-sized card. I started by stamping the truck, pumpkins and person (Stampin' Up!) with Versafine Onyx ink and colored them using my Prismacolor colored pencils. Next, I cut the image out using a circle die. Then, I stamped the wooden background (?) on the reddish brown card base using Versafine Onyx ink.

I'm sharing this with:

#TGIFC286 Inspiration Challenge 

 

Challenge #143 - Quote  

 

October' s Creative Challenge - Travel 

October ... WHAT does it mean to you??   

 

Pumpkins, Pumpkins All Around

(The scan didn't quite make the pumpkins bright orange, like they should be.) 

This card is 4 1/4" square, and it will fit into an envelope sized for an A2 card. I started this card by stamping the image (Holly Berry House) with Versafine embossing ink on a scrap of white card stock. I embossed it with gold detail embossing powder. Then, I colored the image using markers. After that, I cut around the image using a craft knife and adhered it to the card base using double-sided tape.

I'm sharing this with:

Modsquad Challenge Blog - Hello Pumpkin! 

Challenge #143 - Quote  

Birthday Wishes

I'm using scraps, so this card doesn't quite measure A2, but it's 5" by 4 1/4". I started this card by stamping the image (Northwoods Rubber Stamps) and coloring with my Prismacolor colored pencils. Then, I cut out the image, which has two borders. After that, I used a scrap of black to frame the image. Finally, I put the card into my MISTI and lined up the sentiment (Stampin' Up!) and stamped it with Versafine Onyx ink.

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Seize the Birthday #201- Scraps  

Modsquad Challenge Blog - Hello Pumpkin! 

Stay Crafty with Hero Challenge #15 

Challenge #143 - Quote  

 

Challenge#133 Hello Autumn  

Spooky Tree Tag

 I started this tag with taping the orange and black houndstooth text-weight paper to a sturdy tag. Then, I cut the kraft card stock and stamped the elements using Versafine Onyx ink. The tree is from Impression Obsession, the spider web is from PSX, and I don't know where the bats or the sentiment came from. I used double-sided tape to secure that panel to the tag. After that, I stamped the sentiment on a narrow manilla-colored card stock scrap and adhered that to the tag. Next, I punched out a "moon" and glued it to the kraft panel. Finally, I tied a wide black organza ribbon to the tag.

I'm sharing this with:

Tag Tuesday - Trees 

Simon Says: Spooky! 

Color Throwdown #615 

 

#265 Create A Tag  

Spooky Scene

This is an A2-sized card. I started by cutting the orange and black houndstooth text-weight paper. Then, I cut the kraft-colored card stock and stamped the elements on it. The tree (Impression Obsession) and the bats (?) were stamped using Versafine Onyx. Then, the sentiment (?) was stamped on a scrap of manila-colored linen card stock, and I punched out the "moon" using a circle punch.

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Freshly Made Sketches #457 

 

Color Throwdown #615  

 

Simon Says: Spooky! 

International Art and Soul - Ch#94 Halloween 

Purple, Orange, Green! Eek! It's Halloween!  

Challenge #143 - Quote  

 

Dawn

This tag measures about 2 3/4" by 6" without the tassel. I started this tag by blending the background. I used Distress ink pads in orange and two different blues. Then, using my MISTI, I stamped the tree scene in Versafine Onyx several times until I had a good image. The last thing I did was feed the tassel into the hole of the tag.

I'm sharing this with:

Tag Tuesday - Trees 

#265 Create A Tag  

LTCCB #51 - October Anything Goes 

Challenge#133 Hello Autumn  

Challenge #143 - Quote  

Fir Tree Tag

 This tag measures approximately 2 1/2" by 4 1/2". I started this tag by die cutting the tag itself out of manila-colored card stock. Then, I die cut the trees out of two different textured green card stocks. I glued the lighter colored trees in back to indicate that they are further away. Next, I stamped "for you" (Stampin' Up!) and "peace" (Hero Arts) using a gray Archival Distress ink. Finally, I tied a piece of ric- rack to the top.

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Tag Tuesday - Trees 

#265 Create A Tag  

Pears and Kumquats

This card measures 5" square. The embossing folder and dies are made by Stampin' Up!. 

I started this card by cutting a piece of reddish-brown sturdy scrapbook paper 5" by 12". I inked up an embossing folder by running the Distress ink pad (Gathered Twigs) on the raised side. Then, I laid the paper inside, closed the embossing folder and ran it through my Big Kick. After that, I cut it down to 5" by 10" and folded it in half.

To make the wreath, I die cut two different wreaths out of a light and dark green textured scrapbook paper. I intertwined them by moving some of the dark green leaves in the back to the front. Then, I die cut the pears out of a golden yellow card stock. Next, I cut the kumquats out of orange card stock using a hand-held round hole punch. I glued both elements to the wreath.

I made this card specifically for the challenge listed below, and I used all six colors matching them as closely as I could.

I'm sharing this with:

SSC241 Earthy Tones  

 

LTCCB #51 - October Anything Goes  

Challenge #143 - Quote  

 

Challenge#133 Hello Autumn  

Happy Birthday

I started this red, A2-sized card by adding the plaid panel. After that, I die cut the sentiment out of a subtle white and yellow scrapbook paper along with a green circle to match the second panel. Then, I measured and, using my Silent Setter, made the holes to accept the square yellow brads. I taped the green panel to the card. I glued the sentiment circle to the green circle and taped the two to the green panel.

I was very proud of this card until I attempted to open it up... Does anyone else make cards that open upside down/backwards? I'll be sending this to my brother-in-law, thanking him for a recent gift! lol Only with family...

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#TGIFC285 Sketch Challenge  

 

Fall is in the Air

This little round card will fit in an envelope sized for an A2 card. The challenge calls for a card that isn't rectangular or square, so I came up with a round one.

I started by stamping the gingham check on a manila-colored card stock using Archival Distress ink. Then, I cut it out using a pumpkin die. I cut out a gray one, too. I assembled the pumpkin on an A2-sized manila card base. Next, I cut it out using my largest circle die. I did aim to cut it short, so I could use the fold of the card base, but it wasn't meant to be. So, I used small staples to hold the circles together and folded it along that line. After that, I die cut two leaves and the curlicue out of a shimmery copper and a textured green card stock. Finally, I stamped the sentiment (Northwoods Rubber) and cut  it out with a circle punch and glued it down on top of the leaves.

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Sparkles Monthly Challenges Blog - #132 Shaped Card - Not Square or Rectangle  

Challenge #143 - Quote 

 

Challenge #22: Smoky Slate