Sunday, January 3, 2021

Challenge for Monday, January 4, 2021

 Happy New Year!

Those of you in the stamping group received the following in the mail...




Here is the card I made...


Supplies...

Stamps - S2101 Every Thank You (January 2021 Stamp of the Month)

Cardstock - White daisy, Candy Apple

Ink - Archival Black

Other - Stitched heart dies;  Collage of  stamped thank you's matted onto Black & White Dots paper from My Favorite Things


Happy stamping!!

Friday, December 18, 2020

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!




Sunday, December 13, 2020

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!!


Thursday, December 3, 2020

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


Friday, November 20, 2020

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!!


Thursday, November 12, 2020

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!

Monday, November 9, 2020

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!!