Love Card

Hello everyone!

I took a little break... and now it's time to post a few things.

My first project was submitted at Turtle Soup for their Wednesday Stash (Jan 8th).  The challenge is to use chipboard and/or wood.

Here's my "Love" card:

After cutting the shape under the word, I embossed it and lightly inked the edges.  Ribbon was added behind it and also tied on the heart.  The chipboard elements are the hearts and sentiment.

Supplies used:

Paper: DCWV, White Cardstock

Chipboard Word & Hearts

Nestabilities Die

Cuttlebug Embossing Folder

Ink

Ribbon

Glitter Gems: Home Made

Here's the side view to show the dimension.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Turtle Soup Design Team

Mixed Media Card

Hello again!

I have a "mixed media" card to share with you today.  Something I don't try my hand at very often... and maybe not often enough.  I think if I worked at this a little more, then maybe it wouldn't be such of a challenge for me.

This card was submitted at Sketches 4 All for their January 2014 Design Team Anything Goes "Mixed Media" Challenge (JAN2014).  You can see the challenge here.

I decided on a wintry theme for my card... and used lots of layers and distressing.

Supplies used:

Paper: Webster's Pages, White Cardstock

Gesso

Distressing

Fabric

Stencil

Walnut Ink Mist

Mister Huey's Mist

Burlap

Gold Color Mist

Embossing Powder

Glitter

Sequin Snowflakes

Die Cut

Doily

I started with fabric and distressed the edges, pulling on the threads.  The edges of the cardstock was brushed with Gesso.  The next layer was brushed with Gesso also... then using a stencil, misted.

Here's a side view so you can see the layers better.

A closer look at the left side of my card.  Burlap was misted and brushed with inks.

The cute little die cut was distressed also and more Gesso brushed along the edges of the "sled" that she's on... and sprinkled with silver glitter.

Here's a better look at the right side of my card.  The snowflake sequins were pressed into ink, and coated with embossing powder then I got out my heat gun.  Something different I wanted to try to get a different effect with the plain, flat snowflakes.  Heating them made them curl and look pretty cool on my already distressed card.

I hope you enjoyed my card.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Sketches 4 All Design Team

Bravo!

Hi there,

Here's a layout that was submitted at Archi-scraps for their January Inspiration Challenge.  You can see the challenge here.

This is the Inspiration Photo:

And the criteria:  Something Musical.

This is my creation titled, "Bravo!"

This is our son and his best friend marching in the Memorial Day Parades.  They were asked to play the TAPS also, which was so totally cool!!  They did an amazing job!

For the criteria I used music notes, music ribbon, music pp and the musical instruments are in the photos too.

Supplies used:

Paper: Colorbok, DCWV

Darice Embossing Folders

Cuttlebug Embossing Folders

String

Clear Stickers

Music Ribbon

Circle Punches

Foam Glitter Music Note

Marker

Sketch: By Jana Eubank

The circles were punched from glitter paper.  Journaling was added above the photos.

The circles were embossed and a foam glitter musical note was added on them.  I also added clear musical notes stickers on the banners.

Here's a better look at the music ribbon.  Isn't it cool?

I tied a knot, leaving a loop at the end of the banner.

Thanks so much for stopping by!  

Archi-scraps Design Team

Thank You Card

Hello,

I have a card to share that was submitted at Turtle Soup for their Thursday Scraplift Challenge (Jan 2).  You can see the challenge here.

This is the card that's shown as a scraplift.  You can choose a different one from the gallery... but I liked this card.

Here's my "Thank You" card:

I loved the simplicity of the scraplift card... and chose to carry that onto my card.  Swirly bling was added under the single flower and a clear sticker was placed in the lower portion of my card.

Supplies used:

Paper: DCWV, Colorbok, White Cardstock

Flower

Bling: Home Made

Pop Dots

Sticker Sentiment

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Turtle Soup Design Team

Birthday Card

Hi there,

Brrrrr!  It's COLD out there!  It's going to be a balmy BELOW ZERO all day!  

My hand got stuck on the door handle when I let the dog out this morning!!  And... I also knew that it was too cold for our Zoe-dog... when she hurried back to the door lifting up her front paws... because they were cold!!

I have a card to share that was submitted at Soul Scrappers for their Celebration Card Challenge (CC24).  You can see the challenge here.

Simply use a "celebration" theme AND use a "technique."

Here's my Birthday card:

The background was created using various paints, misting with water and pressing cardstock onto it.  This makes a really cool design!

Supplies used:

Paper: Deja Views, White Cardstock

Twine: American Crafts

Sentiment & Striped Cardstock Border

Various Paints

Darice Embossing Folder

Sketch: Splitcoast Stampers (SC435)

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Soul Scrappers Design Team

Happy Birthday Card

Hello everyone!

I hope you all had a safe New Year celebration!

I have a card to share that was submitted as my inspirational card at Sketches 4 All for the challenge that I'm hosting (Libby's Challenges).  You can see the challenge (JanSnowflake) here.

For my challenge, there are two requirements...

1.  Add a snowman on your project.

2.  Use a "Winter Wonderland" theme.

Pretty simple, right?  

I'm totally bonkers over snowmen!  They're SO CUTE!

And, you may be thinking, "What is a "Winter Wonderland" theme?"  Well, dig into those Christmas papers and you'll see all the wonderful colors!  There could be snowman pp or snowman ribbons and other winter embellies.  And what about the colors blue, silver, red, white, gold... and sparkly and/or glittery too?  There are so many papers that could be used for your winter theme... and they don't necessarily need to come from your Christmas stash.  So, look through all your papers... and you'll see what I'm talking about.

So, here's my card:

I decided to make a Birthday card using a winter theme and of course, the main focus is the cute little snowman.  I found him in my stash!  Isn't he cute?

Supplies used:

Paper: The Paper Studio, Colorbok, White Cardstock

Cuttlebug Embossing Folder

Glittery snowball trim

Pop Dots

Sentiment

Red Ink: Hero Arts

String

Sketch: Splitcoast Stampers

Here's a side view to give you a better look at the layers and dimension.

The snowman was adhered at the bottom and then pop dots were added behind the upper portion of the snowman.

I hope you'll stop by Sketches 4 All and check out all the fun challenges that will be posted soon!

Thanks so much for stopping by and HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Sketches 4 All Design Team

2014

Hello everyone!