Sassy Cheryl's Challenge 124 - Borders

I think I giggled out loud when I saw this weeks challenge over at Sassy Cheryl's.   Borders!  Borders!!!  Really!!! Whoo  Hooooo!  Love it!!   This is like a free pass to go over the top with it.  I made this card just a little bit larger than standard, I went 5 X 7, just to be able to squeeze a few more borders in.

I also managed to get quite a bit of bling on this card - lots of glitter on the tutu and even more rhinestones in the center of the flower. 

Supplies: 

Paper:  Standard card stock - Olive green, blue, pink and white.  Printed paper - My Minds Eye, Dwell 6 X 6 paper pack and A Happy Heart 6 X 6 paper pack

Stamps:  Sassy Cheryl digital image

Tools and accessories:  MS border punches, EK Success border punch, Spellbinders border die & corner die, Prima flower, rhinestone brad, Ranger Liquid Pearl, micro glitter

Thanks for looking

Joyce

MFTWSC - # 81 My Favorite Things Sketch Challenge

This is my entry into the My Favorite Things Wednesday Sketch Challenge.   I purchased this soooooo cute Pure Innocence stamp set just a few weeks ago.  I love it.  I've made several projects already with it.

Supplies:

Paper: Standard card stock - off white, blue.  Several printed paper.

Stamps:  MFT - Pure Innocence Violin Girl

Tools and Accessories:  Copic markers, Rhinestone.

thanks much

Joyce

Meljen's Challenge #119 - ATC cards

I came home from work early today with a severe back ache.   Ugh!!!  I don't get that often, but when I do, I am always amazed by how debilitating that is.  Today I couldn't even function.

Since there wasn't much I could do, I did putter around a little bit making some cards.  It was a very slow process since every task is a challenge. 

This project is for the challenge over at Meljen's Design - Challenge # 119 - ATC's.  If you know me at all, you know I love to use up scraps of paper.  I save every little piece.   This is the perfect project for that. I colored this cute Meljen heart image last week when we were on vacation.  It made the perfect focal point on my ATC.   The rest just came together.

Thanks much for looking
Joyce

Meljen Challenge 117 - Red or Blue

I have been loving the challenge they have been having over at Meljen Design.  So fun!   I have to make a confession though - last week I totally cheated.  I forgot I needed to use a Meljen image.  Ooops!!!   I'm not even sure how that happened.  I try to always use the appropriate image, even if a company doesn't require it, but last week I just totally spaced it out. 

Well I behaved this week and used an adorable Meljen image. 

I have totally been on a 'red' kick lately so this weeks challenge - red or blue is perfect for me.  This adorable teddy hold an arm load of flowers make a card so easy to create.  I needed it to be easy because we are camping again and I have a limited number of supplies with me.  Super cute images, my copic, and packs of paper. 



Supplies:

Stamps:  Digital image from Meljen design.

Paper: Printed paper is from the My Mind’s Eye 6 x 6 paper pad – Darling Dear.  Standard card stock – red, white

Tools and accessories:  Copic markers, embossing folder – Sizzix, Spellbinders die, foam tape. 

Mo's Digital Pencil - Challenge 141 - Straight from the Heart

One more quick project today.  I've had some time to play today since my DH is working this morning.  This is my entry in the Mo's Digital Pencil - Straight from the Heart Challenge 141.   This cute gift tag will make the perfect accent to a hostess gift.  I love this adorable Mo digi

Gotta go - DH will be home soon :)

Meljen's Challenge #116 - Bookmarks

I love to read and I love making 3-D papercrafts -something different.  We don't always have to make cards or scrapbook pages.  Its good to try something different - takes us out of our box a little bit.  This weeks challenge over at Meljen's was right up my alley - bookmarks.  There is an excellent tutorial for these simple corner bookmarks on SCS.  We made these at my card club a while back (thanks Barb for teaching that) and this was a great opportunity to try it again with my own color combos and images. 

This verse is from a new set of Skipping Stones Design stamps - Explorer and the image of the stack of books is just something I scavanged off of Google Images.  Sorry, wish I could give credit to whomever designed it. 

 From the back

Supplies

Stamps:  Verse from the Skipping Stones Design - Explorer set.  Image downloaded from the internet

Ink:  Momento - tuxedo black for the verse and desert sand for the distressing

Paper:  Scraps I've had around - I love using up scraps

Tools & Accessories:  Martha Stewart border punch, Fiskars Circle squeeze punch and the
     SU scalloped circle punch. Scor-pal - scor buddy.  copic markers

MFTWSC78 - My Favorite Things Wednesday Sketch Challenge

I probably have missed the deadline for the this weeks sketch challenge over at My Favorite Things, but that quite all right.  I have totally fallen in love with their Pure Innocence line of stamps and I picked up my first set at my LSS today.  I love it!!! They are just so darn cute and I have several violin players in my family, so this set called Violin Girl is the perfect place for me to start.  She is adorable. 

MFT's always have the best sketches - it always makes them so simple to create. 

Supplies used:

Stamps:  Both the image and the verse are from MFT - Pure Innocence Violin Girl set

Paper:  Standard white & red card stock, striped paper is from the October Afternoon Report Card pack

     Triangle pattern paper is from My Mind's Eye Everyday Flair paper pack

Accessories:  copic markers, MFT border die, red pearls

Skipping Stones Challenge - SSD 133

This weekend I've been doing some reorganizing around the around the house - my craft area in particular.  Hopefully, I'll have photos for you soon.  I took a break from shuffling things around to create this card for the sketch challenge over here at Skipping Stones Designs. 

The stamp is from the Skipping Stones Exlorer set.  I have been seeing these 3D stars all over on SCS and on Pinterest so I have been hoping to try thing.  I thought this boyish, space theme card was the perfect place to do that. 

These stars add the perfect amount of dimension to the card and were so simple to make. 

Well, enough playing - its time to get back to reorganizing. Its amazing what I'm finding : )

More Soon

Joyce

Meljen's Challenge #114 - Cards for Dad



Meljen's Challenge #114 - Cards for Dad

I wanted to participate this weeks challenge over here at Meljens.  They are doing a tribute to Dad.   I dug through my Meljen digis and found this litte car - so cute.  I thought these papers from the 6 x 6 Fly a Kite pack from My Minds Eye were the perfect mix of masculine and quirky to go with this cute little car. 

Since this is a guy card, I couldn't add any bling.  I had to add some sort of dimension so I stamped the "Happy Father's Day" sentiment on card stock and rolled it and inked the edges to make it look like ribbon.  Not a bad match at all.

Paper:  Printed paper  from the My Minds Eye - Fly a Kite pack, textured card stock from Echo Park, White Card Stock - Domtar Cougar paper, Card base from DCWV

Stamps:  Car image from Melje'ns Design's.  Sentiment is from the Hero Arts Month of June clear stamps set.  

Ink: Momento Tuxedo Black to stamp the image and Desert Sand to distress the edges.

Accessories:  Corner Punch, Twill ribbon, copic markers.

Thanks so much

Joyce

Creative Escape - Project # 2

For card club this month, one of our challenges is to create a card with die cut letters or numbers on it.  I have had this image laying around and this challenge finally gave me an idea of what I was going to do with it. 

I love this image.  I know its an older one, but I think its just awesome.  I have a couple of friends turning 60 this year and I'm just not into the whole "over the hill" thing.  I would much rather do something that celebrates their age rather than making them feel bad about it.  Maybe my attitude has changed as I've gotten older : )

Creative Escape - project #1

Yesterday I was at the Creative Escape - its 12 hours for folks (okay, Ladies but Guys could come if they wanted to) to come and just do whatever crafts they enjoy, whether that is sewing, crochet/knitting, scrapbooking, card making.  Whatever you want to bring.  I went to this last fall and really enjoyed it so I made a point of going again.  I went with a whole list of projects that I wanted to complete.  I did fairly well, but most importantly, I had fun.

This week I will share several project that I worked on - here is the first.  We have young nephew receiving 1st Holy Communion today.

I found a few projects on Pinterest that gave me some inspiration and I really like how this turned out.  I embossed vellum, then printed the verse in Word since I don't have a 1st Communion stamp then cut that out with one of my Fancy Tag Nesties.  I popped both the cross and the tag to give it some dimension - I love dimension.

More tomorrow

Joyce