December Layout...

 Here is the layout for December...

Supplies used...

B&T paper : Serenity paper packet

stamps: Z3905 Serenity-Cardmaking stamps + thin cuts; Z4158 Chelsea Gardens-Cardmaking stamps + thin cuts (retired); CC1229 From the Heart Constant Campaign (retired)

cardstock: Kraft, White daisy, Sapphire

Ink: Sapphire, Blue Bell, Toffee

Other: I darkened the centers of the flowers using, I think, the lightest color in the Triblend earth brown, and dusted the flowers with clear glitter brush. The flowers are raised with thin 3D foam tape.

Happy stamping!

Challenge for Monday, December 14, 2020

 Here is the card I made...

Supplies:

Stamp set - D1952 Let's Paw-ty

card stock - White daisy, Toffee

Ink - Intense black, Toffee

Other - assorted Tri-Blend markers, Z3678 stitched hexagons thin cuts

Oh, and I used the rectangle stitched border thin cut

Happy stamping!!

Challenge for Monday, December 7th...

 I can't believe it is December already!  

The challenge for this week is in the mail... you have enough stuff to make the card shown below (minus the blue belle glitter gems) and a few extra pieces to at least get a start on a second card.  Or... you can ditch my card and make something entirely different!

Here is my card...

Supplies:

B&T paper - Serenity

Stamp + Thin Cuts - Serenity--cardmaking

Card stock - French vanilla

Ink - Sapphire, Blue belle, Intense black

Other - Blue belle glitter paper, Blue belle glitter gems (not included)

Happy stamping!

Betty

Challenge for Monday, November 23, 2020

 Hi all!

Stamp club members are receiving the following pieces in the mail... have fun, and make at least 1 card!

Note: your card base may be green or pink...

Here is the card I made!

I laid down the Distress Oxide Lucky Clover in the bottom left corner first, then added the Distress Oxide Mowed Lawn to the right of that and blended the 2... I just happened to have the Lucky Clover... and hand-mem-down from Lynda... 

Supplies:

Stamp sets - Z3902 Gnome for Christmas stamp + thin cuts, A1191 Perfectly Pine (retired)

Paper - Jingle Joy

Ink - Intense Black, Clover, Distress Oxide Lucky Clover, Distress Oxide Mowed Lawn

Other - Assorted Tri-Blend markers, Die to cut rounded rectangle is from my stash

Happy stamping!!

Challenge for 11/16/20 and Layout...

 The layout for November is complete... 

Supplies used:

Jingle Joy paper packet

Cardstock: White daisy, Pewter, Raspberry

Ink: Clover, Flamingo, Intense Black, Raspberry

Stamp sets: Assorted!

The Challenge... make a Holiday card from your oldest D-size Holiday stamp set!  

Happy stamping!

Challenge for November 9, 2020

 Here is the card you have the parts to complete...

You have pieces to create this card that is showcased in the following YouTube video…

 

Crafty Concepts with Erin – Day 30 of the 30 Days of Christmas Cards

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMt4ve46cA4

 

 

There are a couple of extra pieces for a second card and your actual challenge… to make a background sky, however you choose to do it!  The following YouTube video shows 2 ways to make a night sky for a card…  Be creative, and use what you have.

 

Jayma Malme – day 8 of the 30 Days of Christmas Cards

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nqRHmFP4LrI

 

These gals have done some great videos… they are supposed to be putting them all together in one place… if I find it, I’ll forward it!  There are 7 gals, and each took a day of the week so there was a video each day for a month!  Very fun and interesting!

Happy stamping!!

Challenge for Monday, October 23, 2020

 The challenge this week is to make at least one card from the items you have been sent... here are the cards I made!

Sorry they are a bit askew... what my mind is like these days...

Supplies used:

B&T paper - Comfort & Joy

cardstock - black, white daisy

ink - Memento Tuxedo black

stamps - C1864 Comfort & Joy - Cardmaking

The first card uses a die set from My Favorite Things... Blueprints 18, which I don't think is available anymore.  I also used the dull green Triblend marker to outline the holly leaves, and used the Berry Christmas Dots to represent the holly berries.  Be creative!

The second card uses theStitched simple brackets thin cuts Z3687.  I outlined everything using a variety of Triblend markers.  If you have some holly leaves or pine sprigs you could further decorate the front.  This is a special fold card... and on the inside place the white cs to the left of the poinsietta paper so there is a place to write.

Of course, switch these up, or make something totally different from the pieces you have been given!

Happy stamping!

Challenge for Monday, October 12, 2020

 Hi all!

Lots of people are out of town, or going out of town, but here is the challenge anyway!  You really have until the end of the month to complete it!  The pieces went out in Wednesday's mail, so should arrive soon.

You will receive some stamped animals and greetings from D1970 Oh, Hay There.  There is also a mini envelope cut from Z3767. 

You will receive everything but the base card to complete this card, or use some of the pieces to design your own!

Here is my card...

Full disclosure... I intended to frame the card with sangria cardstock, but at the last minute I realized I didn't have enough.  So... I have framed mine in olive cardstock, and that is what I sent you.  If you have sangria paper, you might consider it!

There is a little card inside the envelope that says "xo special delivery".

I also stamped for you an elephant and a bird... you didn't hear me say this, but if you want more envelopes just trace around them and cut on the inside line.  I was going to send more, but could not decide on paper, so there you go.  

The hands for the monkey are stamped separately so you can cut them out and put them over the envelope.  With the elephant there is the end of his truck, and with the bird, it's beak.

Happy stamping!!

Challenge for Monday, October 5, 2020

 Happy fall y'all!!  Even though it doesn't feel like it yet!

The challenge for Monday, October 5, is to make a card using the card sketch that I sent you in a recent email message.

Here is the card I made! 

Full disclosure... these are all pieces that were hanging around my desk... the sloth I colored on a camping trip some time ago!  Feels good to use some stuff up!

Happy stamping!!

Challenge for Monday, September 28...

 The challenge for Monday, September 28 is in the mail!

Here is the card I made...

The background is the new thin cut "stitched lattice background/Z3681".

The banner is one of 2 thin cuts in the "stitched simple brackets/Z3687".

The stamp set + thin cuts is Z3537 "Perk Up".  It may still be available in the "online only" area, but I'm not sure.

The coffee cup is stamped in nutmeg (retired), and the words in paprika.  The background is cut from goldrush CS, and the leaves are Lynda dies, cut from goldrush, autumn terracotta, chocolate, and paprika I think!  I used a white daisy card for the base.

You will receive everything except the white daisy card base to make this card, plus a card base of some color to be determined, and an additional background cut from the stitched lattice background out of  buttercup.to play with.

Happy stamping!!

Scrapbook Layout and Week Challenge 9/8/2020

 The scrapbook layout for this week follows.  I used the paper "bloom with grace".  I did not purchase the stamps sets, but used some sunflower and assorted stamps I had.  The other cardstock is fern and espresso on a buttercup base sheet.

The challenge this week is to make a card using your oldest B size stamp.  You can share it here, on the facebook group, by email, or on Monday night zoom!

Happy stamping!!

Weekly Challenge, September 1, 2020

 Brand new catalogs, and brand new stamps and papers!

I forgot to take a picture of what the challenge participants are getting in their envelope... so, will be a surprise!  Your challenge is to make at least one card from the items I sent you!!

Here is the card I made using some of the items...

Okay, so maybe my coloring could use some help, but I still like the colors.  I used some of the TriBlend markers... lavender blend, ice grey blend, and light green blend.

Supplies...

B&T paper - Got Candy?

Z3782 spooky gnomes stamp + thin cuts

Cardstock - Nectarine and pear

Happy stamping!!

Weekly Challenge -- August 26, 2020

 I can't believe August is almost over... where has the summer gone?!?!?  At least we are finally getting a little rain...

The challenge this week incorporates a technique... bargello.  I have sent my group a separate message with directions for bargello using b&t paper, and a youtube video with directions for bargello using inked cardstock.

Here is the card I made...

I inked white cardstock for you... just different colors across the CS, starting at the top with the lightest color.  You will cut that CS vertically into 1/2" strips.  Using adhesive (I used wet glue), lay the strips down onto the oval.  As you lay the pieces down, move them up or down to get the color motion.  Once all the strips are glued down and dry, turn it over and trim the excess strips from around the oval.

When you are making your own, you can just glue the strips onto a larger piece of CS, then cut a shape using one of your dies, cutting through the background and the strips at the same time.

Hope this makes sense!

I used Z3743 Fabulous Flamingo Stamp + Thin Cuts.  You will receive everything to make this card, except the flamingo dots.

Happy stamping!

Challenge #15

 

Hello!  Welcome to Challenge # _____________??? While I wrote 15 in the heading, I have no idea where we are.  If okay with you, guess I'll just refer to "the weekly challenge" from now on! 

The colorful B&T paper is from Postcard Perfect (retired), and happened to match the colors I used on my animals.  If you decide to mat your tag, suggest you do the same, and find something colorful that matches, sort of, your animals!

Below is the card I made... below that, is what you will receive in the mail.  As I mentioned, I was late, and they got to the post office on Friday. In addition to what is in the photo, I also sent each of you a collection of speech bubbles if you want to use them with your animals.

Happy stamping!

August Scrapbook Layout

The scrapbook layout for August is below... it uses the Timber B&T paper, new england ivy, toffee, and french vanilla cardstocks, and charcoal  and toffee ink.

Happy stamping!!

Challenge #14

Challenge #14 is in the mail!  You are receiving the following...

The breeze cardstock is embossed with the Under the Sea embossing folder... the card is from my stash... the stamped/die cut pieces are from Z3659 Seas the Day - Cardmaking Stamp + Thin Cuts.

Here are the cards I made...

I did add some sequins from a retired pack of Oceanside sequins to both cards.

Happy stamping!!

Challenge #13

Challenge #13, if you choose to accept, is to make 1-2 cards from the pieces I sent you using Z3740  Joyful Sunflower Stamp + Thin Cuts.  Along with stamped thincuts, you have received a piece each of kraft cs and black cs.

Here is the card I made...

Happy stamping!

Layout for July 2020

The July layout is based on the Scrapbooking Creative Insider two-page design provided by CTMH...

Supplies
B&T paper - Summer Vibes
Cardstock -Smoothie, Lemonade,Nectarine and White Daisy
Ink - Fern, Candy Apple, Intense Black
Stamps - D1290 August Word Puzzle (retired), Z3744 Summer Vibes Cardmaking, and Z3723, Palm Paradise

The yellow top strip is made with a Fiskars punch.  Watermelon slices, leaves bottom left and right, and flip-flops are fussy cut so there is no white strip.  "Fun in the Sun" and the other leaves are stamped on.

Your layout will also include one flip-flap... size will be my choice based on what I have!  If you have a preference, 3x4, 4x4, or 4x6, let me know and it will be who I hear from first! (I have a whole pack of 4x6, partial packs of the others!)

Happy stamping!!

Challenge #12

Challenge #12 is to create a card (or 2!) from pieces I have sent you stamped/cut with Z3742 Summer Vibes--Cardmaking Stamp + Thin Cuts.  This card is based on Cardmaking Creative Insider designed by CTMH.

I have sent you what you need to recreate the card I made, shown below.  Of course, feel free to create whatever moves you with these pieces!

I covered the fish scales with clear shimmer brush, and added sequins from the Crafty sequin mix (retired).  The fish is stamped in smoothie, the words in fern, and the bubbles in glacier.

Happy stamping!

Challenge #11

Challenge #11 is on the way... in Wednesday afternoon mail!  The stamped pieces are Z3723 Palm Paradise Stamp + Thin Cuts from the May-June catalog.  The tag has "aloha friend" on one side, and "you're the best" on the other.  The pieces of B&T paper are from the Mix-In pack.  As I am looking at the card now, I think I'll tie some dark blue ribbon at the top of the tag...

Sorry I did not think to send more than one parrot!  This parrot appears to be a macaw, and you can look up different color schemes on the internet...

Happy stamping!

Challenge #10

Hope everyone had a great 4th of July!

Sorry I am slow getting this posted... had some difficulty making my own card!  I sent the pieces out before I made my card, and the idea I had did not totally work...

So, for Challenge #10, which is stamped die cuts from the Summer Vibes Cardmaking Workshop Kit, G1209, I made the following card... Patterned after one of the workshop cards, but different!  Hope you can come up with something better!

I did use the watercolor paints to color the snowcones and the "stay cool".  I also toyed with the idea of using the blue side of the b&t strip, but at list minute decided on the summer print.  Hum..... maybe a bigger piece of b&t paper would have been better... NEVER AGAIN will I send out the pieces before I finish my card!!

See what you can do...  Happy stamping!!!

Challenge #9

Challenge #9, if you choose to participate, is to make a card from pieces stamped from Z3719 Make a Splash Stamp + Thin Cuts.  Here are the cards I made...

In this first card I colored the boots before I thought about how I was going to use them... I had a time finding paper to match!  So... some paper from my scrap bin!

In the second card, I used a stencil of clouds, and a die I had of a sun.  The phrase is from the stamp set.  I tried the idea of coloring around the die, and colored the inside of the boquet as well.

Can't wait to see what you do with yours!

Happy stamping!

Challenge #8

Challenge #8, if you choose to accept it, is to construct at least one card from the pieces you will receive that are stamped from D1925 A Million Little Things.

Here is the card I made...

I did not design this card... I copied it from Chris Franco, CTMH Consultant, at www.stampedblessings.com.

I colored the flowers using the light yellow and citrus blend tri-blend markers, as well as the dull green tri-blend marker.  The dots are in toffee ink, and it is matted on a kraft card base.  I think the flowers are coneflowers (echinacia) which come in a variety of colors.

Happy stamping!!

Layout and Challenge #7

The challenge for this week is to make a card from the items you are receiving in the mail... these are stamped pieces from the Stitched Together cardmaking workshop.  You also have a strip of the Stitched Together paper, and a piece of cardstack that coordinates with it.  Here is the card I made...

I used a white gel pen and a ruler to draw in the stitched background... I colored the thread spool with the Coral Blend  and Ice Blend tricolor markers.  Also colored the spool with the clear glitter brush.  I embellished with white dots from the black and white dots pack.

I thought the thread stuck out to far for what I wanted, so I cut it and placed it more under the spool... where the paper crunched is hidden by the needle.  (It is all taped on the back side to hold it together!). 

Here is the June layout...

Supplies:
B&T paper - Stitched Together
Cardstock - Sapphire, Mint, Peach, Sweet Leaf, White Daisy
Pattern is the Scrapbooking Creative Insider provided by CTMH

In your packet you will also have "dream" cut from sapphire, and some of the pieces from the Stitched Together Cardmaking workshop stamp set.  This layout is pretty busy, so embellish lightly according to how you intend to use it!

Happy stamping!!

Challenge #6, June 3, 2020

Challenge #6, if you choose to accept, is to make a card from the items going out today... here is the card I made!

Supplies:
B&T paper - pink print is from Stitched Together paper packet... black & white dotted paper from MFT
Cardstock - White daisy, candy apple (and you also have black in your envelope)
Stamps - Stitched Together -- Cardmaking Stamp + Thin Cuts
Ink - Black
Other - Stitched banner thin cut from MFT, Scalloped circle thin cut from CTMH (candy apple in your envelope)

Happy stamping!!

Challenge #5, May 27, 2020

Challenge #5, if you choose to accept, is to create a card from items I mailed to you today.  You will receive pieces to make the card I made below, with a few extra pieces.  You can recreate my card, or come up with something new and different!!  It is okay to use other items as long as you use at least one of the items I sent you!

Supplies:
B&T paper - Aurora
Cardstock - Sapphire, Sage, White daisy
Stamps - Aurora Cardmaking - Thin cuts
Ink - Sapphire

In my version, both the trailer image and the sentiment are raised.

You also will receive another sentiment (in black) and another image (in charcoal gray) in case you want to make another card with different colors.  

The extra piece of cardstock/B&T paper is just cause I needed something more to stabilize the package!

Not my most creative effort, but they can't all use the quilt embossing folder!

Happy stamping!

Challenge #4 and New Scrapbook Layout...

Challenge #4... to create at least one card using the embossed cardstock sheets you received using the new quilt embossing folder! Here are the cards I made with mine...

Here is the new scrapbook layout... if you are interested and want me to cut it for you, let me know!

Supplies:
B&T paper - Aurora Paper
Cardstock - Peacock, Sapphire, White Daisy, Sage
Stamps - D1922 Aurora -- Scrapbooking Stamp Set + Thin Cuts
Ink - Charcoal, Peacock, Sage
Other - I embellished with sequins from the Loose Sequins - Silver

Spoiler alert!  I did not design this layout... this is the Creative Insider layout provided by CTMH for the Aurora paper packet.  I did add the journaling card on the second page.

NOTE!  The stamping on the left side is dependent on the photo layout... if you plan to use a different photo layout, let me know and I can stamp a line of trees of a piece of  white cardstock that you can trim around and place wherever.

Happy Stamping!!

Challenge for May 18, 2020

Hello!

Challenge #3, if you choose to accept, is to make at least 1 card from the images I am sending you. You may share it here, by email, on facebook, or during our Monday night Zoom session.

At the top is the card I made... it is from the National Scrapbooking Day Cardmaking Kit, CC7211 Through Thick & Thin... the red paper is shiny with a pattern... like we used to have in the old Fundamentals?  I also framed the white piece with honey rather than saffron... my choice!  In my card the extra bottle of hand sanitizer is fussy cut out and raised above the middle bottle for dimension.

 The items below it are what you will receive in your card. I went ahead and stamped the liquid in your bottles... it is second-generation lagoon.

Have fun!!  Happy stamping!!

Challenge for May 11...

In an effort to keep track of the challenges, I am posting this late...

You each received 2 of these tags... the challenge:  to color/use one in a card...

And here is my card, along with the entire stamp of the month set.  You can see I cheated, as I had access to the matching flower in the stamp set.  Thanks to all you who participated!

Happy stamping!!

End of April catch up!

I am offering a challenge to the Monday night stamping group... you will be getting a card in the mail which will include pieces to duplicate or nearly duplicate the card... your challenge is to make a card from the pieces you receive, along with whatever you might add (or feel free to leave pieces out!).  You may share your completed card with us on Monday, or via email or text.  Have fun!

You will get one of these cards!

Layout for April follows...

B&T paper - Seas the Day

Cardstock - Linen, Mink, White Daisy, Smoothie, Mint

Stamps -  C1651 Tickled Pink (retired), D1792 Creative Minds (retired), CC1064 Happy Times (retired)

Ink - Sapphire, Smoothie

Other - 4182 Stitched Hearts

If you would like the layout, let me know.  Also, with or without stamping?  If you want a nautical theme, I can stamp from C1827 Seas the Day - Cardmaking Stamp Set

March Scrapbook layout...

I know it isn't still March, but this was the scrapbook layout for March that I never got done, because, you know... I've been unfocused and unorganized!

B&T paper - Yesterday & Today
Cardstock - Colonial White, Espresso
Stamps - S2003 Family Legacy SOTM (retired), CC6195 Then & Now (retired)
Ink - Archival Black, Espresso, Toffee
Embellishments - Gold shimmer trim

Happy stamping!!