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Unfrogettable Birthday

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The latest One-Layer Wednesday challenge is to use border stamps (olw17). I own a ton of wheels and don’t use them as often as I should.

Once I picked a wheel to use, the rest of the card fell together. Of course, after it was all colored I realized I should have added spots to the frog…but done is done – and it can’t be all bad…my youngest kiddo has already claimed this for their own birthday (9 months from now, lol).

I guess practice does help – I am definitely feeling easier about making one-layer cards.

Thanks for stopping by!

Hoppy Birthday
Stamps: Unfrogettable, Lily Pad wheel (SU);
Colors: White (PTI); Bashful, Celery, Coral, Olive (SU);

Fall Fashion

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The next round of competition for the CAS DT at SCS has begun – actually, it took me so long to come up with a card the round is almost over! The challenge was to use pattern paper. You would think with the amount of pattern paper I own and love that I would use it, but after looking at my cards – especially the clean-and-simple ones – it becomes obvious that I enjoy looking at the paper more than using it!

The optional part of the challenge was a theme – fashion. Um, didn’t get that worked in – unless you count the title of this post 😉

Made My Day
Stamps: Leaf Prints, Simple Little Things (PTI);
Paper: Rustic Cream, Vintage Cream (PTI); Autumn Vine DSP, Brushed Bronze (SU);
Ink: Chocolate Chip (SU);
Other: Leaf dies (PTI); Fancy Tags die (Spellbinders); clear rhinestones (Kaiser) colored with Copic;

Halloween Revealed

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My mom bought me this Halloween embossing folder years ago. I never used it because I wasn’t sure what to do with it. The other day I was rummaging through my scrap pile and found some cool paper that a great friend sent to me. The paper has a colored core with a black top layer. When you sand after embossing, the color shows through. A perfect use for this embossing folder!

I added a pop of orange – mostly because I don’t own any bright green ribbon, but I really like it. This card is quickly becoming one of my favorites.

Happy Halloween
Stamps: Halloween Dingbats (CTMH);
Colors: Green Galore (SU); Core paper (?);
Other: Fillable Frames #4 die, Orange ribbon (PTI); Halloween embossing folder (CB); white gel pen;

Skeleton Walk

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The skeleton image from SU’s Scary Skeleton is normally doing a jig. I’m not sure why, but it definitely makes working with the image a bit more difficult. For this card, I preformed surgery. I stamped the image a few times and cut it all up and rearranged the bones in a somewhat more natural appearance (just don’t look too closely 😉 ). It was a pain, but I would probably do it again because I love this little dude!

The top bit of the card was stamped with a stripey pattern then I went back over some of the lines with a glittery gel pen and other lines with a glossy gel pen.

Thanks for taking a peek.

Happy Haunting
All supplies StampinUp unless otherwise noted.
Stamps: Scary Skeleton, Haunting Hill wheel, Background Sampler;
Colors: Elegant Eggplant, Black, Old Olive, White;
Other: border punch (EK Success); Gel Pens;

Thank You

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I was on a roll last night with my stamping, so I went ahead and worked on this week’s CAS challenge (cas81) – which was a color challenge.

I love this color combo – it is so refreshing. I went very simple with this card. I also used some stamps that haven’t had love (maybe ever). I am so happy that someone finally came out with kraft colored ink! My Hawaiian Shores doesn’t always stamp the right color, but I found a tip to ink up with Versamark first – I think that helped!

Man this photo needs some clorox though – I have such a hard time photographing white cards.

Thanks for stopping by!

TY
Stamps: Ancient Mariner (MaVinci); Define Your Life (SU);
Colors: White, Hawaiian Shores, Kraft (PTI); Crumb Cake ink (SU);
Other: Word Window punch (SU); Khaki brads (Pink Hedgehog);

A+ Teacher

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It is time for a new CAS Design Team on SCS. The theme for this round of searching is High School (ugh!). The first challenge is “teacher’s pet” – open to any kind of interpretation.

This card was pretty fun to make. The “pattern paper” is not – I made it. The blackboard is PTI’s Smokey Shadow cardstock with MyABCs StampinUp wheel inked in white, then I hand wrote the letters (after a few practice runs, lol). I did the letters with white pencil to get the chalky look. The cool thing is if I really blundered I could erase!

I may have to make a few more of these to hand out to all the girl’s teachers this year!

A+ Teacher
Stamps: MyABCs Wheel (SU); It’s Official (PTI); Soft Spoken Sentiments (TAC);
Colors: Pure Poppy, Black, Smokey Shadow, Harvest Gold, White (PTI);
Other: Poppy ribbon (PTI); Curly Label punch (SU); white pencil;

Miss You

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One of my favorite stampers is Susan (aka LateBlossom on SCS – blog). She is a fabulous clean-and-simple stamper. She has a one-layer challenge every Wednesday. I love those challenges, but one-layer is hard for me. I’ve done just about all of them – but have only shared a couple of them.

This past Wednesday, her challenge was scene stamps (olw16). I have a few scene stamps and contemplated making a whole big scene, but in the end I opted for this simple stamp by Our Craft Lounge and coloring it with sunset colors.

My hubby is going on a trip later this week and I’ll tuck this in his suitcase before he goes.

i miss you
Stamps: Coastal Wishes (OCL); For Every Occasion (CTMH);
Colors: White CS (PTI); Black ink (Memento);
Other: Copic markers;

Wicked Cool

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I’m starting my Halloween cards (hopefully you won’t be sick of them by the time I’m done posting – I’ll try to post some non-Halloween cards to break it up). I loved this StampinUp set when I first saw it, but man, I found working with it to be somewhat difficult. Thankfully I found an awesome sketch from PageMaps (June 2010) that helped me lay this one out and I love it!

I colored the image with markers and cut them out. The ribbon is a fine fabric sorta thing. The SU Holiday Mini will have some cool black lace that would really work well on this card.

I think I am finally getting the hang of my sewing machine. While these lines are not perfectly straight, they are definitely much better than my usual!

Wicked Halloween
All supplies StampinUp unless otherwise noted.
Stamps: Wicked Cool;
Colors: Black, Vanilla, River Rock, Going Gray, Pumpkin Pie;
Other: NewsPrint DSP; black ribbon (stash); Mat Stack 2 die (PTI); buttons (PTI); sewing machine;

Delightful Halloween

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I’m trying to get ahead on my assignments. This card will be for mom’s October stamp camp. I needed to create a card using Batty For You. I used a lot of white space in this card, but I love the results. I don’t have any current paper, so using the wide stripey ribbon helps give the card some interest.

I love spooky Halloween cards, but sometimes I need some friendly ones. I think the bright colors and cute image really make for a friendly card.

Thanks for stopping by!

Filled with Delight
All supplies StampinUp unless otherwise noted.
Stamps: Batty For You, Grateful Greetings;
Colors: Pumpkin Pie, Old Olive, White;
Other: Daffodil ribbon;

Apple of My Eye

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This week’s Clean & Simple challenge on SCS was a sketch (cas80) based on a card by stampingout.

The green apple is actually a combo of colors. I started with a Green Galore apple but it was too bright. I over-stamped it with Pear Pizzaz (which on its own was too drab). I like how it turned out. This is definitely a big reason I love clear stamps!

After looking at the card for a bit, I decided to add the button. I’m not sure I like it, but it is there to stay.

Thanks for stopping by!

Thinking of You
Stamps: Teacher’s Apple, Vintage Picnic Sentiments (PTI);
Colors: White, Black, Pure Poppy (PTI); Galore/Pear, Daffodil Delight, Chocolate Chip (SU); Landscape (Palette);
Other: black button, Large scallop die (PTI); Black baker’s twine; gingham;