Card Patterns Sketch 39 and Gingersnap Creations brad challenge entry

Hi, it's me! I have decided to quit apologizing for the length of time between posts. With my crazy life it is what it is! LOL Today I am posting a card that I made combining two contests. I used the sketch from Card Patterns(http://cardpatterns.blogspot.com/2009/10/boo.html) and I also figured it had brads on it so I also submitted it for the Gingersnap Creations brad challenge(http://gingersnapcreations.blogspot.com/2009/10/gc26-spicy-supply-challenge-brads.html). I used paper from Colorbok's Friendly Forest collection. I just love this paper and have used it for several cards this Fall. I love the simple patterns and bright colors. The large scalloped and punched circle is actually a piece from a larger circle paper and I just cut it to fit the card. It is also from the Friendly Forest collection. I used my Wizard and Spellbinder's Nestabilities to make the main image circle piece. The image of the cake is a stamp from Stampin' Up's set called "That's Funny!". I colored the it with my Koh-i-noor pencils and used Gamsol to blend. I added some Ranger Antique Linen ink to the edges of the image to give a little color to it. I also used my Stardust clear gel pen to add sparkle to the candle flames and the icing on the cake. I stuck a red felt arrow under the circle for fun. And I finished up the card by adding some red ribbon to the bottom of the card and two brads in the upper left corner of the card. Done! Thanks for stopping by.

Janet

Moxie Fab Ruffle Challenge

Hi everyone. Yes, it's me the slacker blogger! I wish life wasn't so busy so I could create and blog more often. Oh well, what's a girl to do? I guess I just do what I can and be glad that of what I can do. :D Anyway, I made this card for the Moxie Fab World unusual ruffle challenge. I wanted to upload it as soon as I made it, but the above babbling explained my dilemna with time issues. So here I am posting it the day before the challenge is due. *sigh* For this card I used an iris folding circle that I had laying around. I decided that it needed to be a flower. I die cut it with a Nestabilities Blossom die in my Wizard. I love that my Wizard will cut through my thick layers that happen from the iris folding. I matted the flower with a gold piece of cardstock and then a piece of patterned paper. I found a scrap of green cardstock to make into a stem adding some accordian folds. I then cut some wide sheer white ribbon and scrunched/folded it along the bottom of the sunflower piece(backside with a strip of two sided adhesive tape) to look like a ruffle. I then mounted that whole piece to a white card. I added some yellow leaves ribbon trim over the seam. And that is about it. I wanted the Iris folding to be the focal point so I didn't want to over-embellish the card. It is for my daughter off at college. She loves yellow so it should make her happy. Thanks for stopping by.
Janet

Hubby's Birthday Card and Caardvarks Ribbon Challenge

Hi all,

Yes, I know it's been awhile since I posted. My bad! I HAD to stamp this week since my hubby's birthday is the 18th. He will be in Florida with his Dad and brothers on the actual day so I have to get his card done ahead of time. I will sneak it into his suitcase before he leaves. :D Anyway, about the card, I decided to give the Caardvarks ribbon challenge(http://caardvarks.blogspot.com/2009/10/take-bow-sponsored-by-may-arts.html) a try. It is a challenge for sure to try to work ribbon onto a guy card. I think the way I did it works alright. Here is how I made the card. I used a premade card by K&Company as a base. Next I cut a large rectangle of matching light green cardstock(DCWV). I then cut a smaller rectangle of offwhite graph-style patterned paper(Colorbok). I stamped the grandfather clock(Unity) onto the graph paper with brown ink(Memento). I inked the edges of the rectangles with ink(Distress from Ranger). I then attached the graph paper to the green one and then distressed the edges of the green paper with my edge distresser(Heidi Swapp). I then cut a smaller rectangle of green cardstock and another smaller rectangle of graph paper. I stamped the greeting (Cloud 9 Design) on the graph paper with the brown ink. I layered these the same as the previous pieces as seen on card. I cut the corners of the green paper with corner punch (Stampin' Up). I also inked and edge distressed these as above. The greeting was mounted flush to the card while the clock was attached with dimensional adhesives from Stampin' Up. Before attaching the clock piece to the card, I added three brown ribbon(American Crafts) tabs under the upper left edge of the piece. That is it. Thanks for stopping by.

Janet

Four Challenges in One Card

Hi everyone,

I have been MIA for a little while. Sorry about that. It has been crazy busy around here lately. Today I needed to get a card made for my Grandmother since she just sent me a nice long letter. I thought she would enjoy a Fall card. I figured time was of the essence so I combined as many challenges as I could on this one. I used real stitches for the stitch challenge over at Crazy 4 Challenges blog(http://crazy4challenges.blogspot.com/2009/10/crazy-4-challenges-week-5-sew-happy.html). I also used the theme of the earth rejoicing(autumn leaves) for the Stampin' Sisters in Christ blog(http://stampinsistersinchrist.blogspot.com/2009/10/challenge-7.html). Also sketch 36 by Laura over at 2 Sketches 4 You blog(http://2sketches4you.blogspot.com/2009/10/lauras-sketch-36.html). And last, but not least, I used the theme of Harvest(the trees are harvesting their gorgeous leaves) from the Gingersnap Creations blog challenge(http://gingersnapcreations.blogspot.com/2009/10/gc25-chestnut-challenge-harvest.html).

To create this card, I used designer paper from K & Company mat pad called Fall Harvest. I cut the pieces a little smaller than the card so that the brown card would show as a mat. I edged all the outer sides with brown ink. I then punched holes along the middle paper strip, using my piercing kit from Timeless Touches. I then made large cross stitching using fiber from a fiber pack from Trimtex purchased from Hobby Lobby. I trimmed the bottom of the designer paper with "Clouds" Paper Edgers scissors from Fiskars. I then made photo corners at the top with my square punch from Creative Memories and a pair of paper edgers(scallop). I punched the sentiment circle using my Creative Memories circles punch(larger circle). I edged it with the brown ink. I then stamped the sentiment on it(TAC). I punched two small holes and added the leaf brads(Target) as shown. I mounted the sentiment circle with Dimensionals adhesive from Stampin' Up. And that is it. Thanks for stopping by and have a great evening.

Janet

Supplies:

Designer Paper: K & Company Fall Harvest Mat Pad

Stamps: TAC (The Angel Company)

Brads: Target Dollar Spot

Fiber: Trimtex

Tools: Paper Piercing kit from Timeless Touches; Paper Edgers from Fiskars; Punches from Creative Memories;

Caardvark's Honorable Mention

It has been a crazy week for me with Open House at work Tuesday night and meetings tonight. This is just a quick post to celebrate the fact that I received an Honorable Mention for my participation in the Caardvark's Sketchfest. Yippee! I am SO excited since I haven't done much submitting. I really needed that this week. Thanks Caardvarks! (I thought I would spice it up with all the blinkies from Caardvarks.)

Janet

Final Day for Caardvark's Sketchfest

Hi all,

Today is the final day for the Caardvark's Sketchfest. I really enjoyed the sketch for today. My brother-in-law is turning 50 in a few weeks so I decided to make his birthday card using this sketch. I used The Prima Marketing "Youth Collection" 6x6 paper pad. I matted it all with black cardstock fr0m American Crafts. I die cut the large circle using my Nestabilities circles in my Wizard by Spellbinders. The smaller circles were punched using my Creative Memories circle punch. All edges were antiqued with either black ink or rust ink. The greeting and the number 50 were from the set called "Twenty Something" from Stampendous. I hope you enjoyed my posts for the stampfest. I gotta go now to spend some time with my hubby. Have a great rest of the weekend.

Janet

Caardvark's Sketchfest Friday

Hi everyone,

Just a quick post today since it is another crazy day here in paradise! Ha! This is day 6 of the Caardvark's Sketchfest (http://caardvarks.blogspot.com/2009/09/sketchfest-friday.html). I actually had to be a little liberal with sketch today because my squares were kind of big. I had to put my greeting above the line. I used the Colorbok Friendly Forest collection again since it is so darn cute. I decided to make my daughter another card to send her at college. Isn't that the cutest saying? It is a stamp from the set called "U R A Hoot" from Cornish Heritage Farms. I used my square punch from Creative Memories to do the squares. I also inked all the edges with Pacific Point ink from Stampin' Up. Added clear stardust gelly roll ink to the owls for a little accent. I also popped the owls with pop dots so they stand up some. I add the brown rickrack to the bottom. Lastly I stamped the greeting with Pacific Point and cut out the individual words. Edged them with the same ink and mounted them directly to the paper. That's it. Nice and simple. Thanks for stopping by.

Janet