OWH VCMP challenge #2

2nd challenge for the OWH Virtual Card Making Party is make a child's card using a sketch.

Started out trying to make a card using sketch #79 but the more I "fiddled" with it the worse things got & it totally ended up nothing like the sketch.

Digi by Birdie Brown

So, back to the drawing board & a new sketch (this time #52 flipped vertically) and this is what I got:

Stamps used: Smiley Flower by Peachy Keen Stamps & sentiment from one of my all time favorite sets  "Thinking of You" by Hero Arts

OWH VCMP 4 NSD*

*which translates to Operation Write Home Virtual Card Making Party for National Scrapbooking Day"

Challenge # 1- Make "Missing You" cards sponsored by Our Daily Bread Designs

My goal for this "Party" is to use up as many & as much old papers, supplies, & colored stamped images (of which I have a box full) as I can & hopefully not fall prey to the IKEA effect that Sandy warned us about a couple of months ago.

This first card uses one of the very first digi stamps I ever printed & colored (but never used.)  The original colors were all wrong for the papers I had chosen, but that's one of the many wonderful things about Copics- you can change & manipulate colors.

As originally colored - Digi by Sliekje Designs

Recolored to match papers I was using (flash not working-so very dark)

I'm sorry I don't have the equipment or the set up to make decent pictures and I'm afraid these are not showing up well enough to really show the difference but in person there is quite a noticeable difference in the image.

Finished card

Lawnscaping Challenge #55

Lawn Fawn Make Lemonade stamp set, sentiment from Fiskars The Sweet Life set, embossing folder by Quikutz and the patterned paper is from Lawn Fawn's Pink Lemonade pad.

I have debated for a week whether or not to post this card since it uses the same stamp set I used in my last post & challenge entry (because they were made at the same time,) but since this meets the requirements for this challenge I decided to go ahead.  The Lawnscaping Challenge is to use embossing and I have used 3 types on here; dry embossing, wet embossing & a little faux embossing thrown in for good measure.

Lawnscaping Challenge #54- Use Stitching

This is for Lawnscaping Challenge #54 -Use Stitching

Sorry the picture is so dark.

Lawn Fawn sets used:  Make Lemonade & So Much to Say.
 Paper is from the Pink Lemonade collection.

Designed to Color Birthday Bash-Tic Tac Toe Challenge

I said I was gonna make another version of this card & the timing for it was perfect for Designed to Color 's Birthday Bash Challenge.  The challenge is a tic-tac-toe theme & I chose the 3 elements of CAKE, YELLOW & PRESENTS.  All stamps are by Lawn Fawn and were colored with Copic markers.
Happy first birthday Designed to Color! 

Sets used: So Much to Say, Pa-Rum-Pa-Pum-Pum, Hats Off to You, & Year 3

Stamp a Scene Take 2

Well, I had quit blogging back last Sept. and didn't think I would ever pick it back up, but I am just having so much fun with my Lawn Fawn stamps, making cards for OWH, that I can't help myself.  This is my second entry for the Lawnscaping Challenge #52 this week, Stamp a Scene.   The scene is on the inside this time. 

Sets used- all by Lawn Fawn:  Year 3, Cozy Christmas, Pa-Rum-Pa-Pum-Pum, Hats off to You

It doesn't leave a lot of room for a soldier to write home, but I guess it'll be OK and since I've got the masks already cut out for stamping I may as well get some more use from them so, I think I'm going to make several versions of this one.

Lawnscaping Challenge

Sets used: Bon Voyage, Bannerific, Sunny Skies, Sally's ABC's all by Lawn Fawn

I am so excited.  Lawn Fawn just released some new stamp sets AND is now making dies to go w/ some of their stamps, (something I have been wishing for for a long while now.)  This is just another card for my next box to OWH, but I decided to enter it in the Lawnscaping Challenge #52- Stamp a Scene, since it fits the criteria. 

OWH and Lawn Fawn

If anyone were to ask me some of my favorite things in card making, without hesitation I would name these 5;  Operation Write Home, Lawn Fawn stamps, Spellbinders dies, embossing folders, and snowflakes.

This past week was great with 2 of my favorite things, OWH & Lawn Fawn collaborating on their blogs.  It just so happens that I've been finishing up the last few cards for a box to go to OWH and found out that Kelly Marie of Lawn Fawn has issued a challenge to make cards suitable for a child for OWH, so, here's another one I can add to the box.

Front of card.  Sets used: Sweet Christmas, Plus One and Smitty's ABC's, all by Lawn Fawn

 I stamped the sentiment on the top flap instead of the usual bottom so that there will be plenty of room for a short little note for the HERO to send.

Inside of card.  Sets used:  Cozy Christmas, Smitty's ABC's, both by Lawn Fawn

I started a card making ministry at my church back in May.  For the first 2 meetings we just focused on "learning the basics."  At our 2 most recent meetings we have made cards for OWH.  Most of the ladies are total beginners and I don't know who's having more fun, me watching & helping them learn all about this crazily addictive world of card making or them, as they discover all the really fun & cool toys/tools and techniques.   I've often wondered if other people went as crazy as I did when I first got started with this craft and I'm happy and a little relieved to say-YES, they do!  Especially when you have lots of things for them to try out and play with.  

Here are some of the cards for my next box to OWH.  Almost 1/2 of these were done by the ladies in my card making group.

If you have some extra cards laying around, (maybe a stack of past challenge submissions) please consider sending them to OWH.  It's such a worthy cause.  Just be sure to go to the OWH home page and read the guidelines before sending.
Have a great week and remember....

make it a good day for someone else 

& it'll come back to you!

Stampendous Impressions-Summer Projects

My cousin & I spent many hours on a swing just like this when I was a little girl.  I think that's why this stamp appealed to me so much when I saw it, and while this card may not say "Summer" to most people when they see it, to me (and hopefully to my special recipient,) that's exactly what it represents.

Tree stamp: Stampendous "Tree Swing"

 

Inside> sentiment stamp also by Stampendous "Sincere Sayings" set

I'm entering this at the Stampendous Summer Project Challenge.

Make it a great day for someone else & it'll come back to you!

Gone, but hopefully not forgotten

If everyone has gotten as bad as me there won't be anyone to read this.  I haven't posted anything or even been on Blogger in so long.  I see I've picked up a few new followers, so a big Hello & Thank You to you ladies if you are reading this.

We're on countdown here- 2 weeks till first grandbaby's due date.  I can't wait to hold him!  And I have a feeling once he gets here my scrapbooking is going to get revived in a BIG sorta way and cardmaking may get put on the back burner just a little bit.  Until then, I'm trying to get a box of cards ready to send off to OWH.  Here are a few of the ones I've made lately.

Free digi stamp by Birdie Brown

Stamps by Stampendous and Lawn Fawn and the embossed frame was made by using 2 Spellbinders dies. 

This looks a lot better in person than it photographed.   I liked it so much I'm going to go back and make several more like it.  I'm also going to enter it over at Glu-Arts for the little OWH challenge they're doing in conjunction with We R Memory Keepers.  The goal is to collect 50,000 cards by July 24th, so if you have a few extra cards in your stash, why not send them in.   It's a great cause & there are some nice prizes too.

Digi stamp: Cre8tive Hands       sentiment stamp: Inky Antics

Sunshine stamp: Studio G      sentiment: Hero Arts "Thinking of You" set

 The next 2 are just a couple of examples of Faux Embossing that  I made up for a workshop I did on different embossing techniques a few weeks ago.

 I love little boxes and so I was excited to see this new idea a couple of weeks ago at Dawn's Stampin' Thoughts.  I should have made a more colorful one, but I just used some scraps I had laying around  to get one made while it was fresh on my mind.

remove the belly band and the box "blooms" open like a flower

this is what it looks like open

 I do have baby on the brain, but not just because of my grandbaby,  I am having to make a lot of baby cards because from June-August I know of 11 young ladies that are expecting, plus 3 more for Sept./Oct.  I don't know what's going on.... we didn't have any snowstorms last winter.

Stamps by Lawn Fawn: Plus One & Pa-Rum-Pa-Pum-Pum sets; Spellbinders dies, & embossing folders by Cuttlebug and Lifestyle Crafts.

Have a great week everyone and a safe, happy  & fun-filled 4th!

Wishing you 

Sunshine & Smiles

Love & Laughter