3 new cards- Autumn, B&W classy, & Vintage - could they be any different?!

 

This card is my submission for the Verve MOJO Monday, MOJO205. It also qualifies for C4C101, a Flourishes bingo challenge, using embossing (on the nestabilities circle,) ribbon, and diecuts. I broke out my new CTMH stamp set and paper packet. I don't sew, so the edges are faux sewn with a paper piercer and white gel pen. I paper pieced the chair, and used 2 different fiskars edgers to follow the sketch. I finished off the card with sponging the nestabilities die cut circle, and added the twine and copper finished charm. The sentiment inside says Chairs to You! TFL!

I need a classy looking card for a classy couple, and their 50th anniversary is this weekend. Her daughters (whom I grew up with) had his clever idea to had a card shower - we are all to shower them with cards so that their mailbox is overflowing with congratulation cards. I LOVE this idea!!! Anyway, I wanted to keep it black, white, and sparkly - HAD to pull out the Glitter Mat stack again - followed SC347 sketch layout challenge. Embossed the word sentiment using SU! black craft ink and clear ep. After it dried, I added Smooching spritz for sparkle and texture. Matted each layer with a white mat, and adhered it all using glue dots, since each layer had so much glitter. I love how it has impact, but was easy peasy to do. TFL!

 One of my favorite sets, French Foliage, and I finally opened it up and mounted it! I was doing WT337, the Thursday Ways to use it challenge, and today's theme was to recycle. I decided to use the raffia bow that was on a pretty old school looking fall tabletop decoration, so I broke it down into components for new and improved fall crafts! I used SU! Eggplant Envy, Dusty Durango, Crumb Cake, Kiwi Kiss and Stazon Mustard inks. SU! Ivory cardstock, and stamped the leaves and spots in a random collage fashion. Used a nestabilities to cut a mat for the sentiment part, added 6 bronze brads, ran the stamped cs through my Big Shot with a sizzex embossing folder. Attached to a Bazzil eggplant cs, and Dusty Durango card base.

4 New Cards - kinda enjoying my days off!!

This hilarious image is from Art Impressions, and is my entry for August "It's Hot" contest. I followed an old Verve sketch - it might be one of my new favorite sketches.
recipe:
1 1/4" and 1 1/2" circle punches, corner punch, mini brads, ribbon, Fiskars edger, nestabilities, dsp, Bazzil CS, paper piercer, colored pencils blended with Goo Gone and blending stumps, typed sentiments

This is my other submission for the Art Impression's August contest with the theme "It's Hot!" I followed an old Verve sketch.

Recipe: Art Impression stamp, colored pencils blended with Goo Gone and blending stumps
1/4" circle punch, brads, swirls embossing folder and Big Shot, typed sentiment, trimmers
clear rhinestone and orange rubber embellishments, Fiskars edger, blush marker from SU!, glitter

This card is my submission for CC337 (using real red, night of navy and daffodil yellow) with a back to school theme and Viva la verve sketch for week 4 of August, VLVAUG2011.
Recipe: Mo's Digital Pencil image, colored pencils blended with Goo Gone and blending stumps, Sizzex star die and Big Shot, corner punch, Fiskar scalloped edger, twine, square lattice folder, grass die - precut
glue dots                                         "It's off to school I go" is the inside message.





This card is for Teapot Tuesday MMTPT147, and Viva La Verve week 3, VLVAUG2011. Recipe: matching dsp from a mat stack paper pieced the fish and the starfish, ribbon, nestabilities - reverse masked the sentiment image, google eyes and glue stick, The final card is a 5" square.

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Hot Stuff Art Impressions contest AND Come Sail Away...

I've been down and out following a knee surgery -FINALLY got the nerve to try the stairs down to my craft room. I've been missing my left brain creative outlet!!
My first card is one of 2 that I have to submit for the Art Impressions' Aug. contest with the theme...It's Hot! I tried to choose an AI stamp that no one else would think of - most everyone has been submitting beach scenes. I thought I'd do more of a play on words. Sure hope they like it and I win some freebee stamps to play with! Woot! Woot! I have another week to complete my 2nd one. There are a lot of elements with this card - more than it looks like. Whadda ya think?

Followed 3 different challenges: SC346 layout sketch WT336 - use versamark Art Impressions Aug. It's Hot! contest recipe: stazon black ink for image, colored with markers, added white gel pen as accents on peppers, typed word art sentiment, mini red brads. red star brads, versamark and clear ep from the background dotty stamp to add some texture, scored around the edges of the brown mat using bone folder and trimmer, used dimensionals to pop up the image over the darker brown mat underneath. Sentiment and it's mat cut using nestabilities. Card base is Kraft.

This next card is for MOJO204 - a layout challenge sponsored by Verve, to help you get your MOJO going every Monday. There's always a new, cool sketch - they are very creative with these card layouts.

<>I got to use some of the prettiest gold embossed paper that my friend, Beverly (aka Beestamper) gave me from a matstack she had. Recipe: SU! Not Quite Navy for the ship image paper: SU! Ivory and Navy, and the gold / navy embossed mat stack paper Cut it and the navy mat using nestabilities, twine, key charm, dimensionals, corner punch, gold brads, square lattice embossing folder

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Another 3 card, 5 challenge day!

This is my 3 cards I submitted on SCS for challenges - since you can combine challenges, I was able to conquer 5 challenges in 3 cards!
This is for Hambo Hoedown 28 - it was a card sketch to follow this week:

Next, a thank you card with the details beneath it:

MOJO203 Verve's sketch layout and TLC336 Stamp the sentiment over the image

Paper: DCWV Baby Boy mat stack. SU! whisper white
ink: SU! Bashful blue, SU! Close to Cocoa
stamps: Inkadinkado paisley stamp, Verve sentiments
accessories: strip of pearls by Recollections, satin ribbon, mini tag punch, scalloped lace edge trimmer, trimmers, SU! dimensionals

This is the 3rd card for today, and it also covered 2 challenges:

CC335 - Kraft, red, yellow, and green leaves color challenge
VLVAUG2011 - Viva la Verve week 2 sketch challenge

Details: Inks - Riding Hood Red, Old Olive, and a yellow marker
paper: TPC Studio cardstock - Dotted Circle print, yellow is the backside of the green,

SU! whisper white, Kraft, red felt with sticky back for the strip
accessories: scalloped edge punch, oval nestabilities, scalloped edge nestabilities, mini yellow brads,

 SU! dimensionals, Mini tag punch, 1/8" hole punch, twine - red ribbon.

Scrub-a-dub-dub Hambo Hoedown!

This is for WT334, using Kraft Paper in your project, SC342 Layout challenge, and the Hambo hoedown, using paper piercing, nestabilities die cut, button, ribbon, sparkles in the middle of each flower, and faux eyelets...since I can't get the darn handle of getting them to set correctly!!!! 3 challenges in one - dig it! Also, used a new DCWV Glitter Mat Stack that I can't get enough of! I think I might adopt it!
Details:  sakura glitter pen, colored pencils, goo gone, blending stumps, nestabilities, ribbon, 1/8" hole punch, button, glitter fiber from Hambo, paper piercer, dimensional dots, glue dots, colored pencils
Technique: blended colored pencils with goo gone and blending stumps

Color and Layout challenges...DONE!

This is my take on the Viva la Verve August sketch challenge, VLVAug2011, and the grey, white and turquoise color challenge, CC334. Dig combining them!
Papertrey Ink PTI stamps, Papertrey cloud die, gems, nestabilities, sponge, SU! punches, dimensional dots, paper piercer, SU! square lattice embossing folder, aquapainter, SU! and Stazon inks

Bugaboo "Water Theme" Catch the Bug challenges!

Details: cuttlebug embossing folders, markers, glossy effects, Recollections brand swirled crystals (from Michaels) Mat stack DSP

This is following MOJO202, for Verve Mojo Monday
Bugaboo Water Challenge AND Teapot Tuesday!!!! Whew!
Well, broke a little bitty rule and added some orange and pink. What's a card without a little orange? Guess I gotta head in the back door!
Details: nestabilities inverted scallop die, Swiss dot embossing folder, SU! square lattice folder, glossy accents, Bugaboo digital stamp and typed sentiment, dimensional dots, markers, & glue dots.

details:  nestabilities oval and scalloped oval, markers, twine, waves edge trimmer, red felt cut with sizzex star die, 1/8" hole punch