Monika and Billie Week 9 - Background and or no designer paper / May your birthday

Monday April 27, 2015

 

We are on Week 9 of our challenge between Monika at Creative with Monika and me to create a background and or no designer paper challenge.

This will be our last challenge between me and Monika till after the summer time. It's just a busy time between us and will give us time to recharge.  BUT ,,, I will keep posting new cards using my scraps or seldom used stamps and put them on days that I don't have a card to post from a design team.  

We were both inspired by Jennifer McGuire and her off set stencil projects. You can see all of her great creations on Jennifer McGuire Ink  I love her ideas and she really inspires me.

 

This is my card.. I have very few stencils and I really didn't want to buy any at this time.. BUT I do have some die plates so I took my old standby X-ray film and cut out my own stencil using a PTI die plate.  Then I did like Jennifer McGuire .. I took pink card stock and laid the stencil over it and using white embossing ink and a sponge finger dauber I filled in all the open areas. I did let it set for a couple of days to dry because I was doing other projects.. Then I came back and laid the stencil back over the card stock but off set it just a smidge and then took marvelous magenta by stampin up and went over those same open areas again on the stencil and this is what I got.. COOL HUH??? I LOVE IT.  I then let it dry for a few more days and finished it yesterday.. I took white card base, layered black and then the technique piece. I love black and pinks.. I stamped the sentiment by PTI and added some black behind it and some black enamel dots and called it done. I did try the floss behind  the sentiment but really did not like it on this one.. maybe next time, but for now I thought it was cool just the way it was. I will for sure do this again.

 

I hope you head over to Monika's blog at Creative with Monika and see her creation and give her some love. 

 

Challenges:
Creative inspirations #310 - atg /opt. sketch
Crafts 4 eternity #223 - atg
Fun with shapes and more #181 - stamp technique
Sister act #103 - atg
Brown sugar #143 - atg
Blogger / splendiferous creations - stencil it
Addicted to CAS #62 - atg
A*muse studio - atg
Simon Monday - atg

recipe: white, pink, black su card stock, white embossing, marvelous magenta su inks, pti sentiment and die plate for stencil, enamel dots

Another scrap card - Happy Birthday

Sunday April 26, 2015

 

Here we go with another fun scrap made card. I used scraps, some are from Quick Quote and sentiment Happy birthday ?? I don't know but love that it's vertical .. I used some Simon Says hearts on the PTI die and then added a couple of the hearts in the white space. I folded the front back one inch and then added a strip of QQ scrap to the inside of the card. So when the card is closed the blue strip is on the right of the brown. I like the banner strips.

 

Challenges:
Word art Wednesday #180 - atg
Creative inspirations #310 - atg /opt. sketch
Sister act #103 - atg
Brown sugar #143 - atg
That's crafty - lets keep it simple
A*muse studio - atg

recipe: quick quote scraps, other scraps brown?, sentiment? hearts simon says

Photo inspiration at Catch the bug / Oh, Hello there

 

Saturday April 25, 2015

 

Catch the bug Photo inspiration

 

 

follow the photo below and make a card.. I chose to use the colors.. you may want to choose an image.. It's which ever way you want. 

 

I thought I would go with the colors for this challenge. I used the image Scene it rain boot bugs
  I really tried to pick up all the colors in this card. I love the blues/violets/golds and orange. It is such a cute image. I thought the sentiment went well with the image as the little critters are peeking.
I sure hope you find time to play along at Catch the bug. I love commenting and seeing your works.

Challenges:
Word art Wednesday #180 - atg
Fresh brewed 4-22/28 - so cute
Crafts 4 eternity #223 - atg
Sister act #103 - atg
Brown sugar #143 - atg
Just us girls #290 - photo/color
My time to craft #289 - spring flowers 

recipe: rain boot/bugaboo, bazzill, bg Lucille, ss sentiment, copics, wink of stella,

Stampin up flower / washi tape/ Thinking of you

Friday April 24, 2015

 

As I mentioned Tuesday I am using scraps and making cards... Well I guess I should of added I am also going to use stamps that I have not used or used only a couple of times.. Not counting sentiments because I used them all the time.

This card is all stampin up.. well Washi tape and flower/leaves.. The sentiment is Simon says, the pearls are ??? ones I just have laying around. I used Paper trey ink.  Love the look and fresh colors.

 

Challenges:
Scrap-creations - spring flowers
Through the craftroom door April 21-27 - atg
Word art Wednesday #180 - atg
Simon Wednesday - clean and simple
Creative inspirations #310 - atg /opt. sketch
Cute card Thursday #370 - clean and simple
DRS designs #171 - bloomin beautiful
Crafts 4 eternity #223 - atg
That's crafty - lets keep it simple
Fussy and fancy #137 - springtime flowers

recipe: su washi, flower, leaves, ss sentiment, half pearls, ink pti

Aud Sentiments #130 / Thinking of you

Thursday April 23 - May 5, 2015

 

Aud Sentiments challenge #130     Our theme for this challenge is  THINGS WITH WINGS AND A SENTIMENT

 

Our sponsor for challenge #130 is The paper shelter

 

I am using the image called Hope  She was fun to color and she is so cute. I like the twigs coming out of her hair.   I like that the bird was in the image since the challenge is things with wings. I hope you play along and make sure your card has Wings and Sentiment. 

Challenges:
Craft your passion #258 - atg
Use your stuff #180 - atg
Papertake weekly - cute as a button
Tuesday throwdown #241 - up in the air
Inky impressions #206 - punch it
Word art Wednesday #180 - atg
Sassy studio #278 - come fly with me

recipe: hope/tps, su card base, su dp, ms punch, pti sentiment, hero arts bling, stickles, copics

Inspiration Destination #30 - ALWAYS ANYTHING GOES / Life is a journey

Wednesday April 22, 2015

 

Inspiration Destination #30 ALWAYS ANYTHING GOES

 

Our sponsor this week is Rick St. dennis

 

I chose to use Gigi for my card. I made the background first. Water color paper and an overall stamp from SU -cross hatch and clear embossed the image. Then I started adding H2O paints till I got the effect I wanted. Let it dry while I colored up the image. I know she is in a sailor outfit but I wanted to pull the colors from the background and make it a nice colorful card. I did not have paper the color I wanted for the sentiment so used copics and colored the white paper then stamped the sentiment from Simon Says.  I rounded the corner of the image and some viva pearls to the journey sentiment.

I hope you head over to Inspiration Destination and play along. 

 

Challenges:
Lil patch of crafty friends #8 - atg
Craft your passion #258 - atg
Use your stuff #180 - atg
Papertake weekly - cute as a button
Shopping our stash #198 - texture me (old zing white emb. powder - its so old its cream color now ..lol)
Word art Wednesday #180 - atg

recipe: gigi / rsd, ss sentiment, su base, water color paper, h2o, viva pearl pen, clear embossing powder, copics, wink of stella on the balloon, corner chomper

Memory of the adventure

Tuesday April 21, 2015

 

I thought I would take some of my scraps and start making cards on days I don't have a card to post.. I know that is seldom that I have a free day.. I seem to always have cards to post and love it.. But there are so many scraps and the pile is getting so high that I have and figured this would be a good time to use up those scraps and or add some new designer papers  I bought /or given..

This is the first card I made using all scraps. I have a big stack of left over Quick quote scraps. I test kits from Quick quote before they go out public.. check them out, they are in stores all over and also have a great site. Fun papers and inks. Any ways this is the card I made using all DP from QQ. I thought with the bikes that it could be a card for someone going on an adventure - be it vacation, new job, retirement..  I made the card A2 and folded the front back 2 inches and then added a piece of scrap inside. See photo below.

 

recipe: michaels recollection base, quick quote scraps.