4 Challenges, 2 cards

Once again I am a day late with some cards! Here they are for your veiwng pleasure.

First, Sassy challenge was to use Rubber Romance stamps. Some of us don't have them and the images that were sent with us... well we think the post ladies are making some beautiful cards right now! So those of us that didn't have the stamps went with "Lovely Lady" as a theme. So here is my lovely lady:

This is also the sketch challenge and color challenge on SCS. I embossed the buildings in silver. and stamped the wording in versamark. Set is called "Going Places" by My Favorite Things.

The Brainwave Challenge for this week is Colors: Old Olive, Chocolate Chip, Soft Sky, Blue Bayou. I used the new set from Treehouse Stamps called American Dream. Used glitter gel pen on the sparklers.

Make sure you check out the other ladies:
Ashley
Elizabeth
Karen

The earth laughs in flowers

This weeks challenge with my sassy friends was to case one of the newest member's card. That new member is me! They picked out this card that we had to case. I was told i could sit out since it was my card but i decided to play anyways as it was only fair that i did.

Lo 'n behold, my card fits in with the limited supply challenge which is a long tall card and Sharon's (notimetostamp) challenge which is black accents! I even squeaked in the ways to use it challenge which was acrylics. (of course it feels like cheating as the only acrylic i used was my block that my stamp was clinging to but we were told that still counts.)

I just got the new sets for Treehouse Stamps that will be available April 25th so I decided to use one of the sets for the card. I wanted a simple color scheme and not much on my card other than what i had to case. In keeping with the LSC, I omitted some of the layers that is in my orginal card.

I watercolored the flowers with purely pomegranate ink and added some crystal stickles to the middles. Layered them on dotted swiss cuttlebug piece that i had ran off at mom's. Added my three little brads and stamped the wording straight on the card itself instead of making a tag. Card measures 8x4.

I really like the striking look of the colors even if I keep thinking of Cruella Divel! lol

stamp: Home Grown by Treehouse Stamps; ink: black stazon, purely pomegranate; paper: black, white, purely pomegranate; accs: aqua painter, stickles, ribbon, brads, cuttlebug, acrylic block

I did it so there!

The title is directed to a group that I'm in called the Sassy Seven. Each Wend. we have a card challenge that we are suppose to complete. As usual I am a day late! BUT.... This weeks challenge was a sketch that we had to follow and it included a CIRCLE!!! What you may not know (but the Sassy group does) is that i have a hard time wrapping my head around circle anything on cards!! So I think they made this sketch a challenge on purpose!! BUT I showed them!! I DID A CIRCLE ON MY CARD. So to my Sassy friends:

I'm still on a High Hope kick. (I have to get my use out of the stamps as long as I still have them. Sooner or later mom is going to want them back!!) I stamped the leaf first and masked it until I had the coverage I wanted. Then keeping the leaves masked, I stamped the little boy.

Images were watercolored with markers by scribbling the markers on a plastic lid and picking up the color with my aqua painter. I used the cloud stencil to add the sky in and some stickles on the flowers. I also stamped Sanded on the Night of Navy in Night of Navy for a texture look.

Now you may be wondering about the colors. The colors are from the color challenge on SCS for this week: Glorious Green, Real Red and Night of Navy. As for the eyelets, that is the Ways to Use It challenge on SCS this week.

stamp: high hopes, Sanded; ink: black stazon, night of navy; paper: night of navy, real red, glorious green, white; accs: real red, night of navy, glorious green markers, eyelets, stickles, cloud stencil, coluzzle

A rainy card

Once again I'm late on my card that I do with my Sassy group of friends. The challenge this time was to make a rain themed card.

I combined three different sets from Treehouse to make my "rain" card. I even added a little sunshine to my rain card... at least in the sentiment! stamp: Farm-tastic, Everyday Sentiments, Spring Blessings all by Treehouse Stamps; ink: black, garden green, bashful blue; paper: pink, green, black, white; accs: watercolor pencils, baby blue stickles

I had too much fun with the Limited Supply that I had to make another card with only White and one other color. (yes, i know my image is stamped in black... didn't even hit me until a few hours had passed, oh well, too late now) I used Happy Mother's Day from MFT, masked the lady and used Behind the Scenes to get the dotted wall. Watercolored the dress with ink and added white gel pen dots. Watercolor crayons were used for the flowers and pot.

Mini scallop scissors were used on the square and circle coluzzle used for curved flap. Berry Bliss design paper is used in the background. This card is called a flap card and directions on how to make it can be found here on Splitcoaststampers. I made the flap close by using velcro.

stamp: Happy Mother's Day by MFT; ink: pretty in pink, black; paper: pretty in pink, white, berry bliss dp; accs: aquapainter, watercolor crayons; white gel pen, mini scallop scissors, velcro

Back in the Saddle again!!

I stamped today!! woohoo No, I can't say the sickness is gone from the house as Carmen, my oldest, finally got it last night. I kept her home from church today and had time to make a quick Featured Stamper card! Feels so good to be stamping again!


Today's Featured Stamper is ScrapNExtras. She has a lovely gallery with a mixture of cards. I picked one of her simplest cards to case for today just incase I had a sick run ;)


I changed the stamp set and designer paper. I also added some faux stitching and made faux brads as I wasn't able to do the challenge I have going with a group of friends called Sassy Seven. This week we were suppose to make a card with something Faux on it for April fool's. (our challenge is on Wend of each week)

The image I used is from Treehouse stamps and is called Whimsical Vase. I watercolored it with SU inks and added some Cotton Candy stickles to the middle of the flowers. Faux stitching was done with Chocolate Chip marker and faux brads was done with the Crop-a-dial.

stamp: Whimsical vase by Treehouse Stamps; ink: black stazon, purley pomegranate, chocolate chip, garden green: paper: Very Vanilla, Berry Bliss dp; accs: crop-a-dial, aquapainter, grosgrain ribbon, chocoalte chip marker, cotton candy stickles

Happy Easter (cupcake and card)

Here it is Easter morning and I bet you all are wondering if I got all my sewing done in time? Yes, I did! Even had time to spare as usually I'm working on dresses the night before! lol Hope to get some good pictures of the girls in them to share later on. But for now I have a card I made during the week and another Giant cupcake that I made for today!

Ways to use it visited an old ways to use it challenge which was to use tags. I made my own tags by cutting the corners with SU's ticket punch. And I decided to tear the bottom of the tags to give them a different look. Images are colored with watercolor crayons with a little diamond stickles added to the eggs.

What is cool about acrylic stamps is that you can actually cut them apart but still put them back they way they were originally designed. Like the saying, it comes as 2 lines but I wanted one long line so I cut it apart so I wouldn't have to do any masking when I stamped to get one line. How cool is that?

This card is also for a little challenge I do along with 6 other ladies, we call ourselves the Sassy Seven. You can find our cards in the SCS gallery by using the keyword ' fjk3 ' Last week we were to make an Easter card.

stamps: Hoppy Easter, Eggstra Special - My Favorite Things; ink: black stazon, perfect plum; paper: soft subtles; accs: watercolor crayons, ribbon, stickles, aquapainter, ticket punch

Here is another Giant Cupcake that I made for Easter. My son picked orange as one of the flower colors.

Next week I should be back in full force stamping and posting now that all my sewing is done so don't forget to check back!!

Hope you have an enjoyable/relaxing Easter with family and friends.

My Ugly card

I was asked to join a group of ladies, known as the Sassy Six, to participate in a weekly challenge that they come up with. Well now they'll have to change it to the Sassy Seven! The challenge is due on Wend. and this week it was an all green card with neutrals allowed.

I used the Sketch challenge as my focal point. I had a really hard time with both challenges as I had to change my idea around a few times. I finally settled on only using CHF's Pretty Pattern background stamped in Mellow Moss on Vanilla and also stamped on Always artichoke in always artichoke. I found a piece of chip board that I sponged Mellow Moss onto and embossed saying in white. I titled it ugly card because it took me so long and wasn't what i had planned in the first place!!

stamp: pretty pattern - CHF, It's your Birthday; ink: mellow moss, always artichoke, versamark; paper: mellow moss, always artichoke, vanilla; accs: white embossing powder, chipboard, sponge