ScrapbookPal.com Share Your Project Contest

Spellbinders aren't just for cutting...........

Spellbinder dies used: Classic Rectangles
Stamp set used: "Luv Bunnies" by Stampendous

ScrapbookPal is hosting another contest and this time it's for using Spellbinders.  

My card was very simple, yet fun & pretty quick to make and probably doesn't need explanation, but the contest says give instructions, so here goes......

The card is an A2 size (4 1/4" x 5 1/2") so, for the embossed panel I used a piece of 4" x 5 1/4" white cardstock which is just slightly smaller than the card base and I carefully placed the 2 Spellbinders rectangle dies in a "frame" configuration and secured them w/ low tack tape.   Before running it through the Cuttlebug, I used an embossing mat and rather than cut the pieces, I only embossed them leaving a nice frame. The little bunny was stamped on a smaller rectangle which I popped up with dimensional tape.  The small flowers and hearts were fussy cut and glued on the panel using Tombow Multi liquid glue. Copic markers were used for the coloring.  

Smile and the world smiles with you

I love Crissy Armstrong's images

Crissy Armstrong is one of the artists for Whimsy Stamps and I LOVE her animal images, especially her penguins.  

Digi images by Crissy Armstrong (Whimsy Stamps) I've been collecting

Slowly but surely, they're getting made into cards for OWH

I love dies

Just a few more Christmas cards I made but never posted.

You've got to check out ScrapbookPal.com

Back when I used to post regularly, I occasionally mentioned one of my absolute favorite online stores, ScrapbookPal.com, and even now, when I hold workshops, that is one of the very few stores that I eagerly recommend to people.  They are quick as lightning on their shipping, which I might add is FREE w/ a $25 order, NOT $50 or $75 like everyone else, and their prices are great! It is a total Win/Win situation, no matter how you look at it.  

They are holding a little contest right now that involves another of my absolute favorite things, Lawn Fawn stamps.   So I had to jump on this one.  

Lawn Fawn sets used: Happy Easter, Spellbinder dies used: Edgeabilities Bracket Borders 1, Patterned Paper is from Lawn Fawn's Pink Lemonade collection, and the embossing folder is by Darice & is called Wire Fence (I think)

bottom card uses, Lawn Fawn Sunny Skies (sun & clouds), Bon Voyage (plane), and Flying By (sentiment) stamp sets, patterned paper is from Lawn Fawn's Into the Woods collection.

top card uses, Lawn Fawn Bon Voyage (plane), Bannerific & Smitty's ABC's (banner), and Flying By (sentiment.)  The paper is from Lawn Fawn's Daphne's Closet collection, the clouds were cut using either Memory Box or My Favorite Things dies and the cloud embossing folder is by Stampin' Up

Just for my records

Various cards I made over the holidays that I remembered to stop & take photos of.

Pure Innocence Stamp by My Favorite Things

Various Spellbinders dies

Spellbinders dies, Memory Box die, Darice embossing folder

same as above

Memory Box die , (holly leaves were hand cut & embossed)

CAS using an older SU stamp

Lawn Fawn CHA 2014 Catalog Challenge

The sets I used are Bannerific, Hats Off, Sweet Christmas, Plus One, Happy Halloween, Happy Easter and Smitty's ABC's.

OWH Sketch Challenge #201

Even tho' I no longer post, I'm still making cards, and when I saw the weekly sketch challenge today at OWH I felt it was a sign that I should post this one.  I had just finished this card earlier in the day & the only difference was it didn't have the strip across the middle, otherwise it shockingly fit the challenge pretty much to a "T", so I went back & added the middle strip and here it is.

Stamp "Happy Heart Snowman" by My Favorite Things

OWH'ers you need to grab this if you haven't already

This past weekend was the OWH Memorial Day Blog Hop and Paula, from Handmade by Paula gave us this wonderful free One Print Card Kit (HERE.)  Below are a few of the cards I've been making with her kit. 

Used my new Hero Arts Operation Write Home fundraiser set.

 

 

Lots of pieces left to make more!

I have suggested that this kit be used for a future OWH challenge.  Can I get any backers?

Thanks Paula!  Looking forward to more of your great One Print Card Kits.

OWH VCMP #7

Challenge # 7 for OWH VCMP is make a summer time card.

As I said previously, I am trying to use up some old stuff (I know, I know.... remember the IKEA effect) but anyway, here's another of my very first digi stamps I ever printed out & colored that's been sitting in a box for a couple of years.  This one was done before I knew not to print them out so big and at a time when I only had maybe a dozen Copics and some Bic Markers and chalks.   I sure wish I could edit these photos, but I'm not on my regular computer & my old trusty camera finally died so yeah, it is what it is, off center, wonky lighting and all.

The digi stamp is by Bugaboo.

SHOUT OUT & thank you to Jessica E. the most loyal & dependable blog buddy & greatest encourager around, and probably the only person who will read this, lol.   

OWH VCMP challenge #3

Challenge #3 for the OWH Virtual Card Making Party- make romance/love cards & use a tutorial from the OWH Pinterest boards.

This one was so much fun I didn't stop @ one but did 3 versions of the same card.  I used several ideas from several different tutorials: using a sketch, using layers, embossing, just to name a few.

Sramps used: "Easy Events" by Stampin Up & "Greetings" set by TPC Studio.  The papers are from an old pad by Making Memories that I can't seem to use up.

Stamp from the "Easy Events" set by Stampin Up