Many Thanks

Time for another  Paper Pretties challenge. Hope you are ready to make a Thank You card!

I used Horsin’ Around for my card. Sewed the buttons on with linen thread.



How to Enter: If you would like to play along with us, all you have to do is create a card/project using the above challenge and upload it to your blog and/or to your SCS Gallery using the keyword PWC217.

Don’t forget to include a link to your card on the Paper Pretties Blog, so everyone can see it too. You don’t have to use Paper Pretties stamps to play, but of course if you have them we would love to see you use them. One random participant will receive a Paper Pretties Stamps set … see the Paper Pretties Blog for more details.

I also made the following card for Jessie’s Dare To Get Dirty challenge over at SCS. I used Sealed With a Kiss also by Paper Pretties.

So how can you play in the DTGD challenges? This artistic celebration is a thank you event for SCS Fan Club members who support SCS site with their subscriptions, so join us here today and then come play along!


           Thanks for stopping by!

                           Amber

Oh Baby!

The first week of the month is always a sketch challenge over at Paper Pretties.

Colored the Oh Baby! by Paper Pretties with copics and cut it and the sentiment out with Spellbinder ovals. Design paper is DCWV Nana’s Nursery Baby Girl.
Sentiment is up on dimensions.

            Thanks for stopping by!

                      Amber

Dare To Get Dirty Sketch

I was asked to do a sample for Taylor’s DTGD challenge which is a sketch. All info can be found here.

I used Fishing with Dad by Our Craft Lounge. Embossed the images in black also the sentiment. The fish was embossed to and attached with a glue dot. Stamped the fishing lure on the twill and attached it with square brads.  Design paper is fishing by Karen Foster.

Supplies used:

Fishing with Dad

sage shadow, river rock, Karen Foster

twill tape, brads, black embossing powder, spellbinders

       
            Thanks for stopping by!
                 
                     Amber

MyGrafico Challenge #58 Embossing

Been a very busy week for me and it’s not even close to being over yet. It’s that time of year already… 4-H judging time! We have judging today for Allie’s cooking project, she made peanut butter cookies. Tomorrow is her birthday/slumber party as she is turning 11 on Friday. So the rest of the day and tomorrow I will be decorating her cake that she picked out (Candy Land board game!). And also starting tomorrow, oldest is off to State Fair for Llamas with her 4-H group and I will be going on Saturday to help out! Yes a very busy week but I’m glad I have stamping to help me keep my sanity! So…..

For today’s MyGrafico Challenge we were asked to emboss. We were given the set from Mygrafico called Summer Sweety Girl designed by dilek design studio. You can see the rest of the DT projects at the Mygrafico Challenge Blog. (Mygrafico has opened their challenge blogger back up so check it out, become a follower, play along and have a chance to win some free sets!)

I when I first saw this set, a shadow box card jumped into my head right away. I embossed my ‘water’ with the swirl cuttlebug folder and used a scallop circle Nestie for my sun. Prismacolor pencils and odorless mineral spirits was used to color the images. There is crystal effects on the ball and lifesaver. Everything is attached with Helmar Liquid Scrap Dots to give even more dimension. I used Mudd Puddle sand and shells for the beach part of the card. If you look real close there are clouds as I used the cloud stencil and a light blue ink.



Here is a view from above the card so you can see all the dimension it has.


Here is look at the entire card. (if you hold your head at the right angle you can see my clouds)

Want to make your own shadow box card? Then go check out the tutorial here on Splitcoaststampers. This is also in a few of the Dare To Get Dirty Chellenges and for Wee Memories challenge of Summer

Thanks for stopping by!

Amber

Dare to Get Dirty Challenge

If you haven’t checked it out yet, this week are the Dare to Get Dirty Challenges over at Splitcoaststampers. This event is hosted annually by the Dirty Dozen, current and alumni, as a little thank you and fun event for the Fan Club Members.  Not a member yet?  Check it all out here.

I was asked to make a sample for one of today’s DTGD challenges being hosted by Sharon (NoTimeToStamp). You can read all the details about her challenge Here.

For my card I used 3 different designs of pattern paper from DCWV The Whimsy Matstack as my background. The sentiment from Treasured Friends by Our Craft Lounge, misc ribbon and spellbinders labels one.




Fyi  Blog candy coming soon!! 

         Thanks for stopping by!

                    Amber

Catching up for the week....

Hello. Remember me? Yes, I'm still alive. No, I was not at CHA like some of my fellow stampers were. Life has just been in the way a little this past month so stamping had to take a back seat for awhile. But here are a few cards I made last week for the Dare To Get Dirty challenges and beginning of this week that I wanted to share with you.

For Betty's "Dare to Get Dirty" challenge of making your own Design Paper. I used three images from The Tribe set by Our Craft Lounge to make the design paper. Colored the images with prismacolor pencils and blended with odorless mineral spirits. Took a paint brush and "pounced" ink spots on the dp too. Used the same "pounce" on the wording layer. All layers are distressed with distress ink. main image is colored with prismacolor pencils and blended with odorless mineral spirits.Used sketch 116 for my layout.

I cased this card of versamom who was featured stamper last week. Kept the layout the same but changed images and color. Used nestabilities for the squares. Middle square is on dimensions. All paper but the black is from the La Creme matstack. The flowered layer is black flocking.This is also for Becca's DTGD challenge of using punches or die cuts. Besides the nesties, I used my square punch on all the images and added the Martha Stewart border punch below the ribbon.

Love how this ribbon matches her outfit. Colored her with Prismacolor pencils and blended with odorless mineral spirits. Used oval scallop nestabilities and then popped them up using Helmar Liquid Scrap Dots. Bow was made using the Bow Easy and attached with Helmar 450 adhesive. Images from Our Craft Lounge - The Tribe.

A couple of Dare to get Dirty challenges here, texture (flower soft), birds, ribbon to name a few. The green paper is from the Latte matstack and has a slight texture to it. The brown cardstocks is actually a double color with a vivid shade (light brown) on one side and a rich shade (dark brown) on the other side. This cardstock comes from DoubleMates and also has a texture to it.The owls are on Helmar Liquid Scrap Dots to give them dimension. Prismacolor pencils and odorless mineral spirits were used. I added Flower Soft to make it look like 'flowers' under the tree.Images are from Our Craft Lounge Used Sketch challenge 137 for my layout.

More Dare To Get Dirty challenges here. Used Helmar liquid scrap dots to do the paper tole with the flower. Used the flourishes and circles to make my own dp, added just a little red to the small dots. Made my bow using the Bow Easy. Thanks to Rainy for the sketch. Images are from Stampendous.

Check back during the week as Our Craft Lounge is having Holiday sneak peeks all week long!!