Brighten Your Day

Good Evening again!  Kind of on a roll now so even with it late I wanted to get this posted.  Here is a template card from Paper Crafts (Jan/Feb 2011).  How adorable is this lamp card?   So easy to put together too.

While away from my crafting, I not only perused many card creating magazines but I managed to purchase a few new supplies too, including the paper used for my lamp card from Crate Paper.  Off The Wall Craftiness' challenge this week correlated very well with this paper. I also used a new embossing folder to create the texture of the lamp base.  While it looks like a border punch for the lampshade base, I actually just cut out the edge of some of the DP paper that had a stamped scallop design to create the red ruffles.  And, the photo does not pick it up, but I crimped the floral section of the lampshade to give it that ribbed lampshade texture.  The top flower layer with the sentiment is a die traced and cut from a chipboard flower.  I didn't like the look of the chipboard on the back of the flower so instead, I added a silk flower behind it.  For a more authentic look, I added a small chain with a metal brad firmly wrapped around the end.

Off The Wall Craftiness - Challenge #48

SPIES:

Stamps:  Digital Sentiment - Squigglefly.

Paper:  DP from Crate Paper.  White cardstock.

Ink:  Printer.  Some Distress Ink on lamp base.

Extras:  Stitched emboss folder; paper crimper; cream silk ribbon; silk flower; buttons, gem, chain and metal brad.

Well, hate to say it but it's lights out for me for now!

Goodnight!

Thinking Of You

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A simple yet elegant card tonight.  Pardon the smudges on the picture, they are on my camera, not the card. 

SPIES:
Stamps:  Thinking of You - Inkadinkadoo.
Paper:  Cardstock and DP from stash.
Ink:  Coffee Bean.
 Extras:  Scallop punch - EK Success; Flower emboss folder - Stampin UP!; Brown ribbon, pearl gems.

Fabulous Tie

Get Sketchy #28 
Make a SHAPED card! 

The bonus challenge is Spring Themed!

My second post for today.  I think I'm finally back in the creative groove even with a cold.  Yes, the old sinus headaches transformed into a nice spring cold.  So, maybe DayQuil and NiQuil have something to do with my creative streak more than I do!  LOL!

The bow tie layout was another one of my doodle sketches late one night.  I was going to either freehand draw the tie or piece it together some witty little way, but then I cheated a little and found this nice template online:  http://www.activityvillage.co.uk/bow_tie_template.pdf.  There are three different sized bow ties ready to print and use.  I used the largest one here.

I love the colors this week at Embellish Magazine and Get Sketchy's Challenge #28 is for a shape card with a spring theme for a bonus. 

 Stamps:  Fleur De Lis - Hampton Art.  'You Are Fabulous' - Anna Griffin.
Paper:  Yellow, Pink and Peach cardstock.  DP:  Embossed green dots - DCWV.
Ink:  Raspberry pink - Hampton Art.
Extras:  Flower punch, EK Success; Peach fabric flower; Dark pink button; Sage green polka dot ribbon; Scallop and Rope border punches - Fiskars; Bow tie template (see above).


Have a Fabulous Night!



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Sunny & Whimsy

2S4Y

Finally, I'm back to the blogosphere!  Ten days of sinus headaches are not fun.  Today was such a gorgeous day with 70 degrees and sunshine.  So what better way to end it, but with a very bright and sunny card.  I know I may be under-performing now after my bouquet easel card.  I would like to thank everyone who left such wonderful comments.  I will strive not to disappoint and I hope that even the so-so inspires.

Tonight's card was inspired by a pinwheel I found in my wrapping paper.  I thought it would be really fun and whimsical addition to a card.  I found this tutorial online:  http://rubberstamping.about.com/od/projects/ss/Pinwheel.htm.  It's very simple and can be scaled down to smaller sizes. I was going to use a straw for the pinwheel handle, but it seemed too flimsy.  I had some unused kabob skewers, shortened one and wrapped in white ribbon.  The only thing I was really not happy with was how the sentiment turned out.  I wanted to stick with the color combo and black just seemed to stark.  Oh well.  Something that will be mulled over as I sleep tonight I'm sure.   Topping it off was The Play Date Cafe color challenge this week along with the 2Sketches4You sketch.

Stamps:  Circle graphs, Inkadinkadoo.  Sentiment, stash.
Paper:  Pollen, Bazzill; White cardstock.  DP from stash.
Ink:  Bright Yellow
Extras:  Yellow brad, yellow flower, yellow gingham ribbon, white ribbon, dark yellow decorative ribbon.



Sunny Thoughts to All!


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Rockin Dogs

Rockin Dogs

Finally I have finished this card!  I thought this would be so easy with this week's Get Sketchy Challenge #13, but it proved much more challenging than I bargained.  I did not do the bonus challenge of dry embossing, mostly because I do not currently have a light box.

I have had the dog stamps for a while and like my last post, I wanted to do a more masculine type card for my dad.  I decided on a music theme along with the dogs.  While creating the card, I happened upon a stamp set that just happened to have a drumset stamp just the size I needed.  Karma!  Maybe.  Being new to stamping, it took me fiddling with everything several ways to finally come up with the finished product.  I am very happy with it, thank goodness!

Color Throwdown #67/Mojo 111

Thinking of You

Ok, another hectic weekend.....indoor soccer, professional soccer on TV, beautiful weather to boot!  There were too many things to do and not enough time.  So here I am once again, scurrying to get my cards done for challenges I've chosen to do to push me to get the cards done in the first place!  LOL!  What a vicious circle!  This card was a double challenge, Mojo111 sketch challenge and Color Throwdown #67, only I may have missed the first one.  I had a little trouble getting all the colors together on this.  Definitely a color challenge!  I wanted to make a card for my uncle who is battling cancer and I thought the color challenge from CTD would be perfect for a masculine card.  Didn't have any patterned paper in any of the right colors, so I embossed a few and stamped another.  The stamp on the orange is actually a Celtic stamp but I felt it had a nice nautical feel to it.  Originally I had tried a shell with the same stamp background but I felt it was too busy and took away from the sentiment I wanted to add to the shell.  I had to compromise on the embellishments a bit.  The shell die I had to cut myself from another die cut in my stash and then I  embellished it with dry ink and then the sentiment.  After doing it, I feel like I shouldl have added some glitter of more 'umph' to it, but I do like the card.  And, now after publishing and looking at the card again, the shell reminds me totally of a crescent roll!  Don't know what is up with my card elements reminding me of food.  So bizarre.