World Cardmaking Day Recap and new cards!

I was certainly busy last Saturday!  I spent the day participating in the HOTP message board festivities and got a lot of cards made!  I thought I would post a few - the vast majority of supplies on all the cards are HOTP products.  I won 2 of the activities and am (not so) patiently waiting for my goodies!

Let me know what you think of these cards!  There are some I really like and a few I'm not so happy with - but I won't tell you  which is which.

 This card was for a challenge to emboss - either kind.  I used Sizzix folder and sanded it to get a hint of the black core.

 This card was the green challenge.

This card was made to the following requirements: sympathy card, green and vellum.  The sentiment (an Outlines stamp) is on green vellum and the focal is gold vellum.

This card was the use a button challenge.  The button is a die from Ecstasy Crafts.

 This challenge was to create a mini album using bling, 2 PP, 1 CS and a mist.  I used purple glimmer mist on light blue paper and a Crafter's Companion stencil.  The 2nd PP was on the inside.

This is one of my favorites - a red, black and white card.  I am thinking, though, that I should use a bit of Stickles bling - what do you think?

This challenge was to use Dazzles.  I used double sided hearts as the focal and border.  The sentiment is from Kaisercraft and one of my favorites.

 This was use a flower and diecut.  The die is from Nellie's Dies (my new favorite!)

This challenge was to tear paper - something I'm not sure I like.  What I chose to do was pretty mild though.









So there you have it!  There were more, but that's enough for now.

I would love some feedback and thanks for stopping by!

PaperCutz Challenge #105, down at the farm

Good morning everyone. It's been a while since I have posted, my apologies, but life got in the way!

This week at Papercutz Challenge, the theme is to make a craft project with the theme "Down on the Farm" using any colors or theme you would like.  Now having grown up in big city, Boston, I don't have a lot of familiarity with fams and I have almost no craft supplies.  However I do have this cute boy stamp from I Brake for Stamps; he's got a straw hat and a rake, certainly that's  a little "farmish" don't you think?

I colored everything but his clothes with Copics and decided to paper-piece his clothes.  I stamped parts of him again on scrap pieces of paper, cut them out and glued them down.  I consider myself to still be a Copic beginner and I really enjoy paper piecing.  In person he is very cute.  I was all done and feeling proud of myself when I realized he was holding a bag of seed corn!  I solved that problem with my Tonic leaf punch and the vibrant leaf  paper from HOTP.  Finished it off with the Autumn rub-on from Scenic Route Paper, the cool fibers and the leaf charm from my stash.   All in all, not too bad.

Join us this week, won't you?

As always, I love to read comments.

Masculine Cards

The second set of cards for the horse rescue program used Penny Black stickers of boats.  They make great masculine cards.  

 The plaid paper is HOTP.  The burgundy frame is what is left over after cutting an oval.  I liked the scallop and cut outs so decided to use it to frame the sticker and grey cardstock.  The corner pieces are actually Design Lines stickers and are small squares.  I cut them in two as a way to help people see supplies can have different uses. 

I used the actual die cut on the inside of the card and cut my sticker in an oval shape to match.  The die I used is again from Nellie's.

 The 2nd card is a gatefold.  I covered it with kraft paper and the blue DP is Little Yellow Bicycle.  The kraft paper is the solid dark blue on the reverse side so I alternated them when cutting the Nellie's medallion.  I covered a piece of chipboard with the DP and added the sticker.  The brad like things you see are called Candi.  They are made of paper and have their own tiny pop dots that fit perfectly.  They come in a lot of colors and are fun to use.  You can't see, but they are also on the bottom of the card. 
For the inside I again used both sides of the kraft paper as mats.


That's it for today.  Have a wonderful day and create something wonderful!

Most of the cards have no sentiment, but here I used one from Outline Stamps.  If you can have a favorite sympathy sentiment, than this one is mine.  I used the same yellow plaid DP from HOTP.  The saying is embossed on dark gray cardstock with Zing gold embossing powder and matted on a red plaid strip which came from the same paper as the yellow.  This paper is actually one of their school line, but I cut it up to use the pieces I wanted.

The sailboat is matted on the same gray cardstock which is edged with a gold leafing pen.  I also again cut a sticker in half for the 2 corner treatments.

 This final card of the set starts with dark green cardstock and DP from Kaisercraft.  The paper as a whole has a cute owl in the bottom left corner, but I was able to cut pieces for these cards from the top.  The sticker is matted on peach cardstock and I used Design Adhesives by Clear Snap and then used a brown Foil Glitter Flock sheet from We Are Memory Keepers.  I'm sorry to say that company has stopped carrying this line!  They make added glitter, flock and foil easy with no mess.  Simply lay them over the adhesive and rub.  I have a small stash, and when it is gone I'll be back to glitter and flock everywhere (including the dog) LOL.  The border pieces are from K & Company.  Because they were designed for scrapbooking, I was able to get three pieces from each border.

The inside of the card was matted and embellished the same way with the addition of 2 Candi on either side of the sentiment.

What an amazing day!

Saturday was a terrific day at my local LSS, Inspired Designs.  Cheryl hosted a fund raiser for a horse rescue group here in Maine and one of the horses spent the day in her backyard.  I had been asked to design 16 cards; 4 each from a different package of stickers.  I don't use a lot of stickers, but these by Penny Black are amazing and were very easy to build a card around.  I'm hoping to post all the cards this week before I send them off to Operation Write Home.  The first set I used was:

I love this set; the colors are rich and vibrant.

The first card uses the stickers as well as Color Story rub-ons with bling.  The paper is Sassafras.  I started with a 5x7 card and cut an inch off the front to allow the border to show. 

I again used a sticker and rub-on for the inside of the card.  We set aside one hour "classes" for folks to assemble their 4 cards.  Doesn't sound like a lot, but all the cutting, measuring and scoring was done for them.

This card came together quickly.  I popped the image and was able to find a red (HOTP - see the bottom card) to go with the polka dots paper from My Minds Eye to add the two strips.  A ribbon knot and it was done.

 This is one of my favorite cards of the 16.  Again, quick and easy using a Nellie's Die medallion and my current favorite die set - the butterflies from Joy Crafts.  They cut and emboss beautifully, look awesome layered together or pop dotted with their wings bent for dimension.

The paper is Making Memories.  Most of the 2 sided DP I used was the "B" side.  Kind of like our old 45 records...(yes, I am old, you can say it LOL).

This is the fourth card of the set and my least favorite of the 16, I'm just not sure why.  The paper is Red Sponged with Argyle Border from HOTP,  I have lots of the border part left - I'll have to use them for Christmas cards.  The window die is from Heartfelt Creations it is an exclusive to them Spellbinder's Die.  I cut out the middle panes and for the mat, I embossed the die and then cut along the outside edge.  I've been finding lots of ways to use this die - I even cut them up and am left with four corner pieces, which you will see in another card.

I'll be back tomorrow with another pack.

GUEST HOST CHALLENGE:  I am the guest host for a Paper Wishes message board challenge for the next 2 weeks.  Check it out here!

PaperCutz Challenge #94

It's Friday again and I am off to camp for the weekend.  Not my favorite place but my husband LOVES it and I love him...you know how it goes.

This week the PaperCutz Challenge is to make a project with a beach or travel theme using any colors you  would like.  I chose to use this wonderful stamp - she certainly has character to make a card for Operation Write Home.  At the moment I can't remember which company the stamp is from, but if anyone is interested, I'll dig it out when I get home.  I colored her with Copics (I'm getting better, but still learning) and papers are from DCWV, finally, the flip-flops are from Joanne's (bought years ago when I made calendars for sisters-in-law).

 Be sure to check out the other design team  member's projects - they are terrific and full of inspiration!

l also wanted to share another card using my Heartfelt Creations stamp.  The flower center is Prima and the wonderful border is Spellbinder's.  The papers and greeting are HOTP.  Hard to see in the photo but the inside bottom is lined with shiny silver paper to match the silver tinsel EP from Stampendous.





I'm really working at using what I have, especially when it comes to paper!  It is hard though - there is always something I "have to have" because it is "ooh, so pretty".  Problem is I already have enough paper to last the rest of my life (and I'm not really that old :).  I've made an exception though for the Heartfelt Creations stamps and dies.  But that's it...I'll keep you posted.

Have a great weekend, spend some time being creative - it is the most relaxing thing I know!

PaperCutz Challenge #91

Hello everyone!  This week at PaperCutz Challenge we are tasked with making a project for grads using any colors.  I have posted pictures of my son's graduation from college.  To tell you what kind of scrapper I am, I finally did his pre-school graduation a week before his college one.  I've never scrapped in order, I'll go through pictures and find the ones that "speak" to me. Thank goodness for 3-ring albums LOL.

I definitely know the papers came from HOTP, I'm not sure about all the embellishments.  I'm very proud of him; he is now in grad school working on his Master's.

Please play along with us this week!

PaperCutz Challenge #78 and a taste of Spring

Another Friday is here and a new PaperCutz Challenge.  This week we are asking you to make a card, LO or craft project using a hand stamped, digital stamped or cut image of ladybugs, bees or butterflies. Use any colors you’d like.  I chose butterflies for my card this week.

The papers and stamp are from Hot Off the Press.  The butterfly dies are available here.  They come in 3 sizes and cut/emboss beautifully.  The large one I cut out in 2 different green papers and attached just the body to give some great dimesion.  I inked the yellow butterfly orange after I ran it through my Big Shot, I love the polka dots.  The smallest butterfly I perched on the U, again only adhering the body.  The embellishments on the 4 are not brads but the new Liquid Pearls, the picture doesn't do justice to the shimmer and vibrant colors.


Join in on the fun and be sure to add your card for a chance to win the monthly prize.  Have a wonderful week!