A quick post today---and a quick little card made with Easy Events—one of the nicest little versatile sets in the SU catalog! This is for the SCS challenge today, which is to use a cupcake!
This is a 3 1/2 x 5 notecard made from Naturals Ivory cardstock; the image is stamped on Very Vanilla and colored with an aquapainter and Baja Breeze and Real Red inks. I added some glitter and a little heart “cherry” punched with the owl punch:
The polka dot paper is from Cosmo Cricket. TFL!
Happy Sunday, everyone! Today, Lesley has a CAS Paper Players challenge for us! (I always miss that “CAS” part!) Luckily, I didn’t have much time so I DID make a CAS one! Here’s the challenge:
And here’s my card:
I have to tell you, I was totally inspired by Lauri’s card that she made here for my musical challenge a couple weeks ago! I have seen these cards made before, but I thought this one translated into a nice CAS card. I made my wreath from Garden Green Patterns DP by punching a circle first with my 1 3/8” circle punch, then centering the scallop punch over the hole—much easier that way. I did that twice, layered and sponged the edges, added my little tag & glittery bird, and I was done! The panels of the door are actually three layers of cardstock….I wanted them to be raised, but not with dimensionals. I trimmed my actual card down a little to fit the panels better.
Here’s a view of the inside, using Christmas Greetings:
I hope you’ll play along with this easy challenge this week! Be sure to check out the other designers’ creations at the Paper Players blog!
My little apple eater is being baptized today, so hopefully we’ll have some pictures to share later! Did your children eat apples with the skins on when they were this age? I know I didn’t! I am very careful to watch her for choking, but she chows down on these!
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Those creative girls over at Create with Connie & Mary have a lovely color challenge this week:
And this time, I got the colors right!
Just a fun little scene (although I don’t do “scenes” very well) with Trendy Trees and Friendly Phrases…and the little bird again from Itty Bitty Bits! I stamped the hills with A to Z; the clouds are made from the Scallop Punch; and the ribbons are Baja Breeze seam binding and Old Olive taffeta. TFL!
Cassidy is beginning to say a few words, one of which is “blueberry”…..as you can see, she is quite fond of them:
The last one looks a bit gory, but trust me, it’s just blueberry juice! LOL!
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I carved out a little stamping time this afternoon; the beautiful photo of the Pals Paper Arts challenge this week:
paired with Sketch 195 from Mary Jo at Technostamper:
gave me the inspiration I needed to make this birthday card:
Sorry, no crows on this card! (Or spider webs!) There is a bird, though! I used elements from Creative Elements, French Foliage and Nature Walk along with a sentiment from Bring on the Cake. The large flower was heat embossed, then watercolored with ink and an aquapainter. The smaller flower was punched with the Boho Blossoms punch using Tangerine Tango Patterns DP, then sponged and scrunched!
That yummy velveteen ribbon featured in the Holiday Mini catalog makes an appearance here too! Hope my friend likes it!
DD had no water this morning, so they arrived at my house in their PJs and slippers! Oh, and Miss Ellie the Elephant, too! TFL!
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I’m having an icky day…..it’s cloudy and damp; my internet connection is sporadic, which is making my attempt to do my little part-time accounting job from home next to impossible, and I have had very little stamping time this week. Whine, whine, whine. I need to remember that God is in control of ALL things and I don’t need to be anxious!
I don’t have anything new to post, no challenges that I’ve done, but I thought I’d share a project we made at one of my stamp clubs, highlighting the Simply Scored scoring tool….something that I put off purchasing but now am glad I did!!! Here is our project:
We used the Simply Scored to score the Pool Party background as well as the Spice Cake DP to make the medallion that is so popular right now. As a demonstrator, it’s a great time-saving tool, as a large piece of paper can be scored, and then cut into smaller components for your club or workshop. Here we topped the medallion with another piece of Spice Cake punched from the Triple Blossom punch and added an Antique Brad. I did find from trial and error that hot glue works the best to keep these little 3D puppies together! A little ribbon and simple sentiment, and our birthday card was done! Thanks for visiting today---I hope your day is going well!
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Oh my, my, my…..what a color challenge little miss Arielle has for us today!!! Let’s get to it:
Well, this little backpack is the cutest….but I did NOT want to go with a bee theme, and I was challenged, to say the least. This was my THIRD attempt using these colors:
I finally went very clean and simple, using a couple sets that nicely coordinated with each other! Of course, stamping after midnight is a challenge too! Anyway, here’s a little closer look:
The wreath is stamped in Basic Gray with the berries in Crushed Curry and Tangerine Tango; Autumn is in Basic Black and the sentiment below in gray. I had some gray seam binding that I tied into a simple bow and added a button---done! Hope you can drum up some creative rhythm and make something fabulous with these colors, then share it with us at the CQC blog! And while you’re there, check out what the other designers have done---there are some CUTE things there! TFL!
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Poppin’ in this afternoon with a quick little CAS card for the SCS challenge today, which is a breakfast photo!! Very interesting! It made me hungry, that’s for sure! I thought about using an apple punch, but decided on the apple from Countryside:
This is a 3 1/2 x 5” note card….I have a bunch of envelopes this size but don’t always remember to make cards to fit! I used a couple different shades of red to watercolor the images, then mounted it on a Chocolate Chip mat stamped with Woodgrain. It seems lately I need a lot of thank you cards, so the sentiment from Grateful Greetings was just right. And for the life of me, I cannot figure out why SU retired the small oval punch….I think I need to voice my opinion! What do you think? TFL!
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