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

Caardvark's Sketchfest Thursday

Hey all,

Crazy day here. No time to breathe. Typing in short sentences. Gulp. Tryin' to catch my breath. ommmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm. Ok, better now. It's day 5 in the sketchfest at Caardvark's(http://caardvarks.blogspot.com/2009/09/sketchfest-thursday.html). I am not totally happy with my card today, but that is probably because by Thursday I am brain-dead from work. UGH! The large circle is more orange in person and this scan makes it look red. I promise it looks better in person. I would do another card, but I just don't have time. Plus I am trying to listen to Grey's Anatomy at the same time. LOL I followed the sketch pretty much as is. I made a 5x5" square card from offwhite cardstock. I then embossed the orange cardstock with the Cuddlebug Leafy Branch folder. I cut the circle out with my circle cutting system from Creative Memories. I also cut a rectangle from patterned paper and rounded the corners. I attached the rectangle directly to the card. Then attached the circle and trimmed off the excess. I inked all the edges with brown ink. I then stamped the acorns with brown ink on white cardstock. I colored them with Copic markers and cut them out. I attached them to the edge of the circle as shown. I then attached the sticker of the squirrel. That's it. I will send this one to my nephew for his birthday coming up. Hopefully, he will get a kick out of it. I will probably say something about it being his birthday afterall (so he should go nuts! Get it? Ha!). Anyway, gotta go pack lunches for tomorrow and get some shut-eye. Nite-

Janet

Supplies:

Patterned paper: Colorbok Friendly Forest collection

Sticker: Colorbok Friendly Forest collection

Rubber stamp: Sugarloaf Products

Ink: Memento Rich Cocoa

Other: Cuddlebug Leafy branch folder; Big Shot by Sizzix; Circle cutting system by Creative Memories;

Caardvark's Sketchfest Wednesday

Hello everyone,

A very quick card today since my schedule is packed! I am loving the Caardvark's Sketchfest this week. It is fun to challenge myself to come up with new and different cards everyday. Today I used the Cardmaker's Christmas Creative Pack again. I love how everything coordinates and it makes planning the card SO much easier. I just cut rectangles using my Purple Cow cutter instead of die cutting today. I also punched the snowflake from white glitter cardstock with my Nankong snowflake punch. The triple snowflake chipboard piece is from a holiday chipboard/tag set from Wal-Mart. I added faux white stitching around all the pieces, except for the lighter piece whick I did in navy blue. That is it. Nice and easy. I may have to make more of these for Christmas, especially when I am crunched for time. I gotta run. Have a great evening!

Janet

Supplies:

Cardstock: White card made from Gina K luxury white cardstock in 120 lb.weight;

Specialty paper: white glitter paper from DCWV mat pack;

Designer paper: Cardmaker's Christmas Creative Pack;

Chipboard: Handmade sticker pack from Wal-Mart;

Punch: Snowflake punch from Nankong;

Other: white gel pen and navy blue marker;

Caardvark's Sketchfest Tuesday

Good afternoon all,

Wow, I am definitely on a roll with posting. Today is another sketch for the Caardvark's Sketchfest( http://caardvarks.blogspot.com/2009/09/sketchfest-tuesday.html) where they post a new sketch everyday and you have to get a card done that day to enter. I decided to do another Christmas card since I want to be ahead of the game this year. I pretty much followed the sketch exactly. The scan I made kind of warped the circle part, but what can you do. Lately, I have resorted back to scanning since my photos have been too dark and take too much time to download on our old computer. I just jazzed it up a bit by putting some matching cardstock in the background so it is not so boring. The main focal image is a cut-out from Cardmaker's Christmas Creative pack from Hot off the Press. I used postage patterned scissors to trim around it and then matted it on gold paper then black. All the other pieces are just matted with black. I used my Nesties for the circles. After adhering all the pieces I spritzed the whole card with Gold Glimmer Mist. I added three gold brads at the bottom for a little more interest. Thanks for stopping by.

Janet

Supplies:

Patterned Paper: Hot Off the Press;

Cardstock: Black by American Crafts; Gold unknown;

Tools: Nestabilities Circles; Wizared die cut machine by Spellbinders; Pattern scissors by Provo

Craft;

Ink: Gold Glimmer Mist;

Other: Gold brads;

Caardvark's Sketchfest Monday

Wow, I am on a roll. Two days in a row of posting. WooHoo! I love challenges, especially sketches. Today I am following the sketch from Caardvark's Cardfest Monday sketch (http://caardvarks.blogspot.com/2009/09/sketchfest-monday.html). This one took me awhile because I knew what stamp I wanted to use and had to figure out how to work it all out. My sister's birthday is next week so I knew I was making her a birthday card. I picked this stamp because I love to send humorous cards to my sisters. I then had to find some paper that conveyed a "crazy" feeling. So that is the just of how this card came about. I pretty much followed the sketch as it is shown so I won't go into all the boring details. I did use my Nesties for the rectangles and the stamp is from TAC. The greeting on the left side was computer generated. If you are wondering how this works as a birthday card, the inside says "At least I didn't miss your birthday!" Corny, huh? I still think it works since the gal on the stamp is so darn cute. I have a lot of those days! LOL Thanks for stopping by.

Janet

Supplies:

Rubber stamps: TAC

Markers: Copic

Dies: Nestabilities(regular rectangle and deckle rectangle)

Patterned Paper: Prima Marketing "Pulse Collection" 6x6 pad

Other: Patterned scissors; Colorbok metal dots; Colorbox purple ink;

Caardvark Challenge Sunday and Stampin' Sisters in Christ Challenge

Hi all!

I am feeling better today so I decided to try to tackle a couple of challenges. I like to try to do double duty on challenges when I can since time is in short supply these days. Today I am combining the Caardvarks Sketchfest Sunday challenge (http://caardvarks.blogspot.com/2009/09/sketchfest-sunday.html) and Stampin' Sisters in Christ Challenge to use Fall colors(http://stampinsistersinchrist.blogspot.com/2009/09/challenge-5.html). Obviously, I chose an Autumn theme since I was to use Fall colors anyway. I searched through my papers until I found some fall paper that I liked. Next I had to decide a focal image and knew right away that I had to use my matching leaf punch and stamps. The stamps are from Ye Olde Stamping Grounds which I have had forever. They made these stamps to go with the leaf punch from Punch Bunch. Well, I am getting ahead of myself. I made a card from rust cardstock. Next I cut a piece of patterned paper just a smidgeon smaller than the card and attached it to the card. Next I cut a strip of cardstock that matched the card and attached it 2/3 of the way down the card. I then cut a piece of patterned paper a hair smaller than the previous strip and attached it on top of the other strip. Oh, I am also antiquing the edges of the papers as I go. Next I used my oval Nestabilities die to cut the large oval from mustard-colored patterned paper. I then stamped 3 leaves on 3 different colored cardstock with matching inks and punched them out with the matching punch. I attached the leaves to the oval as shown. I then punched out some swirls and attached them to the oval as well. Now I attached the oval to the card. Lastly, I stamped the greeting and trimmed around it. I then mounted it on rust cardstock and trimmed a border. I attached it to the bottom right corner of the card. And that about does it. I must admit, however, that I am NOT ready for Fall. We are finally getting some gorgeous weather here in MI and I don't want it to get cold. The cold signals that winter is right around the corner. I do not relish the thought of snow. UGH! Well, enough of that negative talk since I should be grateful just to be alive and well. I must remember that God is good all the time, even when the weather is gloomy. I hope that you all have a splendid week and enjoy the weather while it's good. Later-

Janet

Supplies:

Cardstock: DCWV

Patterned Paper: K&Company designer mat pad "Fall Harvest"

Ink: Stampin' Up; Distress ink by Ranger; Colorbox chalk ink;

Rubber stamps: Ye Olde Stamping Grounds(leaves); Studio G(greeting)

Punches: Punch Bunch(leaf); Paper Shapers(flourish)

Dies: Nestabilities oval

Die cut Machine: Wizard by Spellbinders

Mercy's Tuesday Sketch Challenge and Moxie Fab Challenge

It's been a while since I posted. My bad! It was our first full week back in school with the students and I was whipped this entire week. Now I have a cold so not much better, but decided I needed to get a card made for my daughter who is off at college. Since it is her freshman year I thought this sentiment would be appropriate since she is about 2 weeks into classes now. And after talking to her this week I would definitely say "so far so good". Enough of my life and on to the card.

I like to do double up on challenges when I can since time is short. Today I combined Mercy's Tuesday Sketch Challenge #39(http://lordhavemercy-mercykerin.blogspot.com/2009/09/mercys-tuesday-sketch-challenge-39.html) with Cath's Moxie Fab Challenge to use some kind of household item/furniture in a paper craft(http://www.moxiefabworld.com/2009/09/you-asked-for-it-another-moxie-fab.html). When I read about the Moxie Fab challenge I remembered I had just bought a cute 6X6 pad of paper at a local scrapbook store that had paper with sofas in it. I decided to use that paper and had to figure out a theme for the card focusing on the sofas. That is when I thought of the saying, "Sofa" so good. It was perfect for my daughter so that is how the verse was born. I started by making a side-fold white A2 card. I then cut patterned paper to fit the whole front. I antiqued the edges with ink. Next, I cut the long rectangle from patterned paper and matted it with another piece of patterned paper with only the mat showing on the sides(cut off the top and bottom flush with the top rectangle). I again antiqued all sides with ink. Then I typed up the greeting on the computer and printed it in dark brown ink onto copy paper. I then die cut the red mat and the greeting with my Nestabilities using my Wizard die cut machine. I attached the white circle to the red mat with adhesive. I then attached my long rectangle piece to the larger paper and added a piece of rick-rack wrapped around to the back of the paper and attached with adhesive. Now I could attach that whole piece to the card. I then added the greeting piece to the right top of the long rectangle piece with foam adhesive on the right side and flat adhesive on the left(so the piece would sit right on the card). I had also antiqued the edges of the greeting pieces, too. The last step was to add the apoxy stickers to the top left of the rectangle. Now to get it off in the mail to my daughter. Thanks for stopping by.

Janet

Supplies:

Cardstock: red: DCWV; white: Gina K Pure Luxury 80lb. cardstock

Patterned Paper: Nikki Sivils Scrapbooker"Victoria's Street" 6x6 pad

Ink: Antique Linen Distress Ink by Ranger

Epoxy Stickers: SEI"Black Orchid"

Ribbon: American Crafts

Dies: Nestabilities by Spellbinders, Label 3 and Circles

Other: Wizard die cut machine; Computer and printer;

Mojo Monday 103 Contest

Hi all,

I am pleased to say that I survived my first week back in the classroom with the students! That is always a good feeling. Now on to my card for the Mojo Monday 103 Contest. Here is the link: http://mojomonday.blogspot.com/2009/09/mojo-monday-103-contest.html

I already knew what stamp set I wanted to use for this card. My daughter just started her freshman year at Michigan and I wanted to make her a card to mail to her. She LOVES to read and so I had to make her a card related to that. The new set from MFT called "I (heart) Books" was perfect. I actually decided to turn the sketch so that my image fit better in the center space. I made a topfold black A2 card. I found paper that went along with theme(peace, love & literature) and attached it for the large background(Prima Marketing (You)th Collection). I then used a strip of hearts DP(Sassafras Sunshine Lollipops) to cover the seam. I then cut the 3 rectangle pieces from a coordinating paper from the same Sassafras pad. I edged all three pieces with black ink and attached to the card as shown. Next, I stamped the girl reading(MFT) onto white cardstock. I colored her in with my Copic markers. I stamped her again on DP(Prima Marketing "Makes Me Happy" Collection) and cut out just the book. I then stamped the girl again on a scrap of white cardstock and color/cut out just her hands. I attached the book to the first image of the girl and then attached the extra hands on top of the book. I then die cut the image with my Nestibilities Label 8. I edged it with black ink and colored the embossed edge with my cool gray Copic marker. I attached this central piece over the DP hearts rectangles. The last step was to stamp the greeting onto white cardstock with the black ink. I then cut the words apart and edged with black ink. I then attached the pieces with dimensional dots(Stampin'Up) so they stand out on the card. And that does it for this card. I sure hope my daughter likes it. I sure do miss her.

Janet

Supplies:

Designer Paper: Prima Marketing; Sassafras

stamps: My Favorite Things

markers: Copic

other: Nestabilities

Moxie Fab World Christmas Card Challenge: Stamping

Yeah, I finally got a few minutes to get this card downloaded. I have had it done for several days, but with school/work starting back there has been no time. This challenge from the Moxie Fab World blog is to make a Christmas card using stamping. I was looking through my stamps and saw this adorable cow. I immediately thought of the Christmas carol and thought it would make a cute "pun" on a Christmas card. To start I made a white A2 card, top-folded. I then used 2 shades of ink to make the sky background using sponges. Next, I stamped my cows using Versamark onto glossy white sticker paper and embossed with black EP. Then I colored my cows with markers, adding shadows as well. Then I cut them out. The next step was to find a cloud that I liked. I finally found one in an old SU set, but it was kind of small. I first made a mask of the cloud and then stamped 3 clouds together using the mask to overlap. I then colored them making shadows and cut them out, too. I attached the two cows/clouds in the back flat to the card. The front cow/cloud was mounted with SU dimensionals. Then then added halos with a gold pen and stamped the "moos" with black ink. I used Microsoft Open Office to make the greeting and cut it out and matted on black. I mounted it at the top of the card. The very last step was to add glitter to the wings. This was a fun card to make and I do believe I will have to make some more. Thanks for stopping by.

Janet

Supplies:

Stamps: Elzybells "S-moo-ches"; Stampin' Up "cloud"; Stampendous "tiny alphabet";

Ink: SU; Versafine;

Markers: BIC Markit markers; ZIG opaque writer "gold";

Glitter: SU Dazzling Diamonds

Sticker Paper: U Create It