tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-75175730779861203032024-02-18T17:37:17.280-09:00Pati's Posts from AlaskaPatihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00333953551772087586noreply@blogger.comBlogger109125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7517573077986120303.post-80457861090819901172016-01-05T23:17:00.000-09:002016-01-05T23:17:19.872-09:00SCS Hope You Can Cling To Challenge Cards from October 2015I can't seem to get up from my computer at the moment so I might as well post some more while I'm here! I could be working on a card right now, ha, or reading a book, hmmm, but nahhhh, let's post some more cards! Here's a collection of cards I made for some of the October HYCCT challenges on Splitcoast Stampers. This is done in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness and we send the cards to MD Anderson in Texas where they make them available to patients and their family members to send or give out. <br />
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There were 40 challenges this year! I didn't get all of them done for the month but I did have some fun with a few. I always look forward to this event every October. It seems to jump start my creativity after months of not making anything, just in time to think about & make holiday cards. On to the cards!!<br />
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Challenge: Stop & Smell the Roses - use roses. </div>
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Stamps: Close to my Heart-Floral Happiness Ink & Paper: Stampin'Up! </div>
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Challenge: Finish Line - include a hand draw a line & have something crossing it</div>
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Stamps: Sweet n' Sassy Stamps-Cute Critters Paper: DCWV Ink: Versafine, Tombow markers </div>
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Teehee, I cracked myself up with this one, thanks to SNSS critters. Hopefully some little boy will enjoy this. : )</div>
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Challenge: use the Wrinkle Free Distress technique</div>
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Inks: TH Distress Ink pads Paper: Shimmer paper for die cuts</div>
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Other: Taylored Expressions-Silhouette Stems 3 die, Memory Box-Sketchbook Love die</div>
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I smeared a stripe for each of 3 color pads onto my craft mat, spritzed it with a water mister then swiped the paper thru it a few times to pick up the ink creating a background. I could keep doing this, it was fun!</div>
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Challenge: Strengthen the designer paper - embellishing it. </div>
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Paper: DCWV-Cafe Mediterranean Other: McGill Tag punch, Taylored Expressions-Hello die, brad, </div>
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I cut out spare flowers and popped a few of them up on the background (white) and glued some of the blue flowers to the tag : )</div>
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Challenge: Strength in Numbers-use masking technique to make a group of people or animals</div>
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Stamps: Great Impressions-Fish (single fish with air bubbles), Hero Arts-sentiment</div>
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Stamp-a-ma-jig (to make a pool of fish with one fish)!</div>
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Challenge: Pretty Tattoo - use image and or words that would make a pretty tattoo</div>
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Stamps: Misty Mountain Rubber Stamps-flower, Art Impressions-sentiment Ink: Versafine, Tombow markers </div>
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Challenge: Create a cure - make a colorful background using the Salting Technique</div>
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Stamp: Hero Arts-sentiment Inks: Versafine, Artist's Loft pearlescent watercolors Paper: DCWV, Shimmer paper for die cut, Watercolor paper for background Other: Spellbinders-Butterfly Magic die, Kosher salt, water mister</div>
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I didn't get the paints very wet so I had to mist the paper well before shaking the salt onto it. The salt absorbs the water (thus some color) leaving a speckled background. I really did not like this background using the pearlescent wc paint but I couldn't find my other watercolors and I didn't have time to play with this technique more before the challenge period ended. I tried to pretty it up using the die cut. : )</div>
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Challenge: I am a warrior - create a card that shows strength or inspiration</div>
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Stamps: Our Daily Bread Designs-Keep Climbing & Mountain sets Ink: Versafine-black & blue, Memento-brown</div>
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Basic, but colorful with the layering, inspiring, may be masculine tho I wouldn't mind receiving it. :)</div>
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Challenge: split the difference- make full card front and split it with a sentiment strip.</div>
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Stamp: Stampendous Ink: Versafine Other: Memory Box - Reverse Butterfly Collage, Faber-Castell Gelatos & water, </div>
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Perfect Pearls mist (to perk up the otherwise stark black background!)</div>
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I love this Reverse Butterfly Collage die, so much easier to adhere down than the intricate butterfly die I used on another card (below)! The sentiment I cut by hand into a banner of sorts. I didn't want to cover too much of that background. :)</div>
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Challenge: Thank Pink - make a pink thank you card</div>
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Stamp: SU Vivid Greetings Ink: SU Other: Memory Box-Fancy Blossoms flower die, Stickles, foam tape</div>
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Challenge: Orange you glad...? Make a card using Orange </div>
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Paper: Core'dinations Dies: Taylored Expressions - Curly Swirlies, Little Yellow Bicycle-Hope</div>
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Hmm, I should use orange more often, I think I like it. : )</div>
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Challenge: Trash Cancer - use an item to represent each letter in the word TRASH. </div>
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Stamps: Great Impressions Ink: Versafine, Tombow markers Paper: K&Company </div>
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Other: scissors to cut out image, foam tape to pop it up : )</div>
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Challenge: Thanks Bunches - use masking to make a bunch of something</div>
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Stamps: River City Rubber Works-Tulip bunch topper (clear acrylic stamp), Unknown-pot with bow (red rubber on wood mount), Stampworkz Crafters Companion-sentiment Ink: Versafine, Tombow markers Other: Stamp-a-ma-jig, </div>
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Ha, Good Golly, looking at this now, several months later, how did I do this?! It was a challenge, and I only made one card, I remember that much! Notice the flowers & pot are 2 separate stamps and 2 different types, one clear, the other not! One pot with one collection of tulips apparently wasn't "a bunch" enough for me at the time, I must have been feeling creative that night! Anything to add to a challenge for myself! : )</div>
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Wet watercolor paper with water mister, spread with brush. Drip reinker on acrylic block, use brush to add color to wet watercolor paper, starting at one end and spread back and forth working way down the page, allowing color to get lighter toward opposite end.</div>
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Whew! Ok, maybe I should have split this up into a few parts. This review makes me want to go play, but sadly, I think it's time to call it a night. Besides, it's time for me to "move aaawaay from the computer"! Break away from staring, unglue from my seat and back it up & out! Good night!</div>
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I see it's been quite awhile since I've posted here so I thought I'd post a few of the Christmas cards I made back in December! I seem to be a few years behind in using many of the Christmas/Winter stamps I acquire. The last couple of years I've looked at this cute polar bear & penguin stamp thinking, I really want to use this! It has sat out on my table all this time (yes, years), patiently waiting, always smiling & waving at me, so this year I finally did! </div>
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I made enough to color 2 of each scarf color combo except for one, but that's what I get for only stamping 11 images on just the right size scraps of cardstock and not finding another scrap handy to make an even number. I left a few snow dots in the image un-inked to leave room to stamp the Merry Christmas. Stickles were used to add sparkle to the snow and the ruff on the penguin's hat. The patterned paper was chosen based on scarf colors and the layers I played with determined the size of the card. This fulfilled my need for variety despite the initial assembly line intention. : )</div>
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Breaking my usual lag time in making cards with holiday stamps I acquire, these 4 cards were made with a set I just purchased in the last 3 months from Stampin' Up! I tried for some with a non-traditional background, but hey, they're still green, kinda homey. : ) The tree image with the words is stamped using Pearlescent Brilliance ink, giving it a nice little shimmer. The lighter green stamped image on the lower left card is a second imprint. I used the Stardust pen on the stars & on the string of red lights on the decorated trees to add some shine.</div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Stamps: Stampin' Up-Peaceful Pines with Perfect Pines thinlits dies</span></div>
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Well, I made another style of Christmas card also, but apparently I haven't transferred their pictures to my computer yet since I'm not finding them now. I better post these anyway, otherwise another year may fly by before I do! : )</div>
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I saw a post the other day over on the <a href="http://www.mayarts.com/blog/" target="_blank">May Arts Ribbon blog</a> and was inspired after watching the video Latrice did making her <a href="http://www.mayarts.com/textured-valentines-day-card-set/" target="_blank">Textured Valentine's Day Card Set</a>. I can imagine using different die shapes & ribbon colors for any season & greeting! After shuffling through my partially organized ribbon stash & leafing through my die sets, I too settled on the heart shape and then a combo of blue ribbons with sprinkling of red. </div>
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Ah, Kraft did not go well with this ribbon selection (esp. with the white & blue floral ribbon), so it's a speckled white (scrap from my Christmas cards!). As with any prototype I make, even tho I like it, I need to change it up a bit to make more than one! I really wanted to use Kraft paper, like Latrice did, for something different for me and because I like Kraft with blue & red. So that was my challenge to myself. Back to the ribbon stash & playing with combinations. :)</div>
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The end result! There's still some variations in the last 3 - angle of heart, order of ribbons and embellishment type. The Kraft was still an issue for me, by itself, but to tie it all together I used the next larger heart die to make a frame of blue and used the blue as the card base also. The swirl stamp with white chalk ink helped to dress up the background. </div>
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Now, who to send these to.... :-)</div>
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<br />Patihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00333953551772087586noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7517573077986120303.post-83965844290253807942014-02-20T23:56:00.000-09:002014-03-23T12:16:36.232-08:00Playing with my Gelatos - card backgrounds<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
I did it!! I finally sat down & played with my <a href="http://www.fabercastell.com/design-memory-craft-us/products/gelatos" target="_blank">Faber-Castell Gelatos</a>! And one of my new <a href="http://www.iostamps.com/" target="_blank">Impression Obsession</a> Cover-a-card Stamps - <a href="http://www.iostamps.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=CC024&Store_Code=IOSTAMPS&search=tapestry&searchoffset=&filter_cat=&PowerSearch_Begin_Only=&sort=&range_low=&range_high=" target="_blank">Tapestry</a>! I couldn't decide on just one set of colors or embossing powder to use, so I stamped 3 full 8 1/2 x 11 sheets of cardstock, divided them into quadrants (well, based on the C-A-C stamp edges) & played with a variety!</div>
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The sheet above was stamped with VersaMark & I used Clear Embossing Powder, so pretty! I colored areas of the image using at least 3 colors of Gelatos then used my fingers & water to blend the colors in that area. As long as I wiped off my finger(s) (or used a different finger) for each color within the area I was able to keep a bit of each color bold rather than blending it all into one new shade/color.</div>
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This one is with Black Embossing Powder, so rich! I had already cut into the red area to make a card before I thought to take a picture of this sheet. :)</div>
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This one is with Gold Embossing Powder and earthtone colors. I left one full stamped area uncolored, so elegant!</div>
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These sheets sat for a few days before I got back to them. Though dry, the colors could still be rubbed, blended and even come off, especially if the paper got wet again somehow (like in the mail). I dug out my <a href="http://www.judikins.com/firsts/microglaze.html" target="_blank">Micro Glaze from JudiKins</a> I had bought a few years ago but never used & rubbed it on to seal them. Then I cut into the sheets to make a couple of Birthday cards! :) </div>
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The Gelatos were so fun to color with! I love the bright colors & the different looks achieved just by changing the color of embossing powder. Faber-Castell has a great <a href="http://designmemorycraft.typepad.com/design-memory-craft/" target="_blank">blog </a>with ideas, tips, projects & videos for using Gelatos and their other great crafty tools!</div>
Patihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00333953551772087586noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7517573077986120303.post-25846024594283535442014-01-30T22:42:00.000-09:002014-03-23T12:26:47.621-08:00Winter cards (belated Christmas cards)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I hope everyone had a blessed Christmas & Happy New Year! I'm a bit behind in sending out my Christmas cards this past year. I was tempted to hold these for next Christmas, but since I didn't send any out the previous Christmas (on a roadtrip in Mexico) I felt inclined to send them out. ;) It didn't help that a bad cold hit me Christmas Eve, wiping me out for most of the next week. Every year, the week between Christmas & New Years seems to be the week I normally scramble to get them done but eh, not this year, errr, last year, uh, last month, right.</div>
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Since they were so late I wasn't feeling especially creative. I have a hard time making more than 6, 10 or even 3 of the same card, but I stuck with it this time. I finished over 20 of these, with just 2 variations of the same design. :) Simple and flat! A few of my family members (as they will notice if they see this post) received completely different cards, cards that I had made earlier in the year, <i>just in case</i> I were to run out of these. :)</div>
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<br />Patihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00333953551772087586noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7517573077986120303.post-91671022647772052292013-11-17T21:45:00.000-09:002013-11-25T23:06:02.118-09:00October HYCCT cards Part 2Here's a few more of my cards for the challenges:<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Stamps: Penny Black-snowflake, PrintWorks-sentiment Paper: DCWV-Linen closet-glitter & matte Ink: Memento black, Versamark Other: Clear Embossing Powder, EK Success large snowflake punch, Sakura Stardust pen</span></div>
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Keep it under wraps-decorate/alter a notepad. I liked the glossy brown cover this little notebook had so I just added a strip of pink polished stone background with this encouraging artsy Life stamp and foil (ish) butterfly stickers. The font really is like that. :)</div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Stamp: Stampendous Paper: Glossy Other: Alcohol, SU reinkers, Corner rounder punch, </span></div>
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Strength of Steel - use metal on card. I adhered a foil container cover (from prescription eye drops, a nice long rectangle) to cardstock then embossed it with a folder and colored with alcohol inks.</div>
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Mixing it up-Mixed media. It was fun to pull out some of my different things I was hoarding to try something like this 'someday'. I painted textured paper with the metallic acrylic paint, both sides, then let it dry for about 20 of the 24 recommended hours. It die cut & embossed nicely. The grunge paper (for sentiment) was painted with metallic pearl with dabber then smacked with the paint brush of the colors I used for the flower, as I finished painting each color. I had to use a stamp-a-majig to restamp the sentiment a couple more times to make it show up boldly. It would take off some of the acrylic paint the first couple of times I had to peel the stamp off of it. The background was made with a stencil & Perfect Pearl mister in gold. I love the gold tone of the paint and the shimmer of everything, tho hard to photograph!</div>
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<br />Patihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00333953551772087586noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7517573077986120303.post-8851766417230131652013-11-15T21:15:00.000-09:002013-11-24T21:38:03.752-09:00October HYCCT cardsAs most of you know, October is breast cancer awareness month. <a href="http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/" target="_blank">Splitcoast Stampers (SCS)</a> sponsors a month long <a href="http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/forums/hope-you-can-cling-challenge-forum-f299/" target="_blank">Hope You Can Cling To (HYCCT)</a> challenge. 36 Daily card making challenges, a few extra at the start & close of the month, are posted on their site. The cards that are made for the challenges, plus any extra people want to include, are sent to MD Anderson, Univ of Texas, Cancer Center and are available to be used by the patients & their families. The challenges are creative, fun and motivating, and all for a great cause! The added incentive is even if you can only make one card and upload a picture of it to the SCS gallery, you're entered into a drawing for prizes donated by several different stamp companies. <br />
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Every year it's a challenge for me to find the time to participate, especially not till after 10/15 - the IRS tax extension deadline. I don't think I was able to start this year till after the 22nd. But with late nights & trying not to overthink it, I actually got all 36 challenges done!! It helped that they give us till midnight (9pm AK) on Nov 7 to upload pics. Another big (added) challenge is that since MD Anderson is associated with the state of Texas, we are not allowed to use Bible verses or anything religious on the cards. We can use the word 'faith' but in the general sense, not tied to any one religion. That always cuts out most of my word/sentiment stamps!<br />
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I've read that about 215 people participated this year and over 4600 cards were sent to MD Anderson! I'm still slowly working my way through the gallery of challenge cards, viewing everyone's creative interpretation of the challenges, so inspiring!<br />
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Here's a few of the cards I made (with the challenge listed first):<br />
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Colors of Cancer: use colors representing cancers family & friends have had. I used Pink-Breast, Dark Blue-Colon, and Black-Melanoma</div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Stamps: Hero Arts-saying, Sweet n'Sassy Stamps-New Beginnings butterflies & dies, Bo bunny denim paper</span></div>
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Hope you have a great day - make them smile or laugh, a cheery card. I used an old sketch SC38 posted on SCS as my layout. </div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Stamps: Rubber Stampede-bee, Memory Box-saying; Spellbinders circles, Stickles for the wings</span></div>
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Use a message or image to reflect a message to or from a group of people, to send & receive a group hug. The EF was inked up before embossing. Glimmer Mist was added to give it a shimmer/sparkle. Flower brads embellish as well as help hold the sentiment down, in case the adhesive doesn't stick well on the embossed/misted background. :) </div>
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I heart you - make a heart shaped card or a card with hearts. :)</div>
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Warm & Furry Fuzzies - use an image with a furry animal :)</div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Stamps: Crafters Companion, Mulberry Wood-Gone Fishing colored with Tombow markers</span></div>
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Peace & quiet, no words, just an image. Wonderfully simple, and blue to add to the peaceful image. :) <span style="font-size: x-small;">Stamp-Impression Obsession</span></div>
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Sending Flowers - Flowers are my favorite stamp image yet I decided to use some 3D flower stickers I had in my stash for this challenge! I loved the soft yellow of the flowers, paired it with my leafy die on an earthy base with corresponding sentiment. :)</div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Stamp-Printworks, Memory Box-Fresh foliage die, Jolee's Boutique flowers</span></div>
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Bursting with hope, create a Starburst/Sunburst with papers, not stamps or ef. My horizon wasn't straight so I kept adding paper rays. :) I can email the tutorial that was provided, but it also helped me to watch a video of the technique on <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRF1ZsUVDok" target="_blank">YouTube</a> </div>
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Make a pocket full of hope, in pink or orange with hearts or stars</div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Stamp-Inkadinkado, Paper-BoBunny, DCWV, McGill round envelope punch, Spellbinders-hearts, </span></div>
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Peaceful Leaves. I just had to look outside to be inspired for this, swirling fall leaves! </div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Endless Creation-stamp, Darice EF-Fall Leaf Background, McGill-Oak leaf punch, </span></div>
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Use the KISS technique- adds texture to solid stamps. KISS also stands for Kindness in Showing Support. (HA, probably not what you thought I was going to say!) I used a stamp combo (the block background and flowers) I had used years ago, when my Mom & sisters were just showing me the fun of stamping (1998?!). I smooched the block background stamp with a new to me checkered background stamp, trying a few different soft color combos before settling on this one. :) </div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Stamps: Hero Arts-blocks, Poppy Stamps-checkered background, Rubber Soul-vase of flowers, </span></div>
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Stand Tall - tall/skinny card. I had some tall floral stamps that I thought of immediately for this challenge. I colored the rubber with markers, huffed & stamped! It was a bit of a challenge to color red rubber with markers that barely showed, or looked like the ink dried right away, hoping I wasn't going to end up with a putrid mud color or something! Thankfully, with much huffing & puffing, this came out on the first try. :)</div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">StarvingArtistamps-Backlit Blooms Orchid, Tombow markers</span></div>
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Black & White card with a pop of color. I always enjoy seeing cards like this made by others so thought I'd play with tape & inky sponges myself. Thankfully the 'removable tape' only tore the card near the opening edge so I could trim it off. The black did not stamp as solid as I liked but I found a black Zig pen that matched and touched the image up a bit. I think it added some texture/dimension! :) </div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Sweet n'Sassy Stamps-Landscape Silhouettes, Memento blues, Versafine black</span></div>
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Let's punch out breast cancer - use punches and or dies. My sister had punched a bunch of these 6" squares with the WRMK corner punches for me so using this makes for a big card! The flower die was just a big so it fit just right, after trimming the stem. I have seen a few people make bows with brads, it's not easy tho. Darn tiny brads with stiff ribbon, lots of tugging & twisting but I like it!</div>
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Inner Strength - use a dimensional image on the inside that can be seen from the outside. I embossed the Love You stamp & added a heart shaped rhinestone on the inside. The embossed cover was sponged with pink and several hearts highlighted with pink Stickles.</div>
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Outside of working, here's a summary of our month of October in pics. <span style="text-align: center;">Sissy & I like to walk through the woods. It was raining leaves on this breezy day. 10/3</span></div>
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10/7 View from Scout's Loop hiking path above the Palmer Hayflats. The Glenn Hwy is across the flats, along the mountains (Rt-S to Anchorage, L-N to Palmer/Wasilla).</div>
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10/22 - no snow yet. Brussel Sprout plants are still growing but no stalks like I've seen in the grocery store. These look like 2 different plants but came from the same seed packet. Broccoli, Kale, Cabbage & Carrots are also still growing, slowly in the cool temps.</div>
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Sprouts found under the right leafy plant (prev pic). Look like little mini cabbages, brussel sprouts I take it. :)</div>
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Sprouts found under the left leafy plant, sprouts but not the same brussel sprouts. I wonder what the difference in plants are.</div>
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Mmmm, yeah, tasty, but not as sweet as the Scarlet Nantes you usually plant. :)</div>
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10/26 - We welcome the sunshine coming through the clouds & trees</div>
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11/1 - Melting frost. The temperature has been dropping but still just rain is forecasted.</div>
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A few days after making my fall <a href="http://patispostsak.blogspot.com/2013/09/sss228-fall-playful-kitty.html" target="_blank">Kitty card</a> for a different challenge, JustRite issued their current <a href="http://justritestampers.typepad.com/justrite-inspiration/2013/09/justrite-christmas-sale-and-justrite-friday-challenge-106-color-inspiration.html" target="_blank">Friday Challenge 106 - Color Inspiration</a> for the same colors in the paper I had used. So, I grabbed more of it & my <a href="http://www.justritestampers.com/" target="_blank">JustRite</a> stamps to see what I could come up with.</div>
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The stamps I have are from the original style that they had before changing to cling & clear and have (sadly) been retired in the past year or so. The Pumpkin image is from the Autumn Blessings & Borders oval set. The sentiment is from the Give Thanks Nested Frames set.</div>
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I stamped 2 images in case I really screwed one up like drop an ink pad on it, glue it upside-down & backwards, get startled by the dog's sudden bark while coloring...anything can (& has) happen! Since one card was completed without incident I went on to make a 2nd card. Whoo hoo! </div>
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Here I used the Spellbinder Nested Maple Leaves, largest leaf die as the backdrop for the pumpkins. To make the black border around the leaf, I embossed the die on the black cardstock then cut it out using the outside embossed edge as my guide. In my excitement to quickly finish this card this evening, since I had it all laid out ready to glue together a few nights ago, I forgot I had colored baker's twine on my desk to put on here! I see that now that I'm looking at my picture here. Grrrr, oh well!</div>
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Thanks for stopping by! I'm off to make some Birthday cards!!Patihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00333953551772087586noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7517573077986120303.post-79608633969490778292013-09-20T23:00:00.000-08:002013-09-22T01:12:18.197-08:00Misc Garden pics<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Sunflowers - very pale yellow & only about 5" across, bushy plant</div>
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One row of beans picked!! 8/23/13</div>
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Celery, looking good! 9/13/13</div>
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Neighbor Lore's Lilies - couldn't resist sharing these little pretties!</div>
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Quick harvest before the anticipated frost this week. 9/16/13</div>
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Cabbage, Zucchini (our one zuc!), Beans, Snap Peas, Cucumber, Thyme</div>
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We had frost the past 3 nights. :( Tho I'm enjoying the cooler temps, I'm not looking forward to the fast approaching winter. It hasn't been a hard frost yet, but it doesn't take much to kill the bean, cuc, tomato & zuc plants. The cole-crop plants (broccolli, cabbage, Kale, Cauliflower) are still alive but I brought in the remaining cabbages, just in case! Time to pull up the carrots & beets and clean up the garden!</div>
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A fun sketch from <a href="http://sweetstopsketches.blogspot.com/2013/09/sss228-september-14.html" target="_blank">The Sweet Stop</a></div>
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The full image of the stamp used here is a kitty popping out of a pumpkin. I carefully inked the head, paws & tail to stamp in various positions on the squares. I stamped a couple of extra images on scrap, one to use as a mask to sponge the background purple to match the fall paper. The 2nd was to cut out the tiny paws to glue on the center square, like he's holding onto the edge. Since this wasn't intended to be a Halloween card, with the typical black cat, I left the kitty white, adding touches of color with pencils. Quick & easy, compared to coloring a black cat anyway! Hmmm, could this be considered a contra-Halloween card? White cat, "be not afraid", with the cheery color combo?! Or a just a fall colored kitty card? I did stamp the full image of the kitty in the pumpkin on the inside of the card. I think he's cute. :)</div>
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The daughter of one of my bosses is getting married today. We are invited to their reception here in the valley this evening. The kids' (19 & 21) colors are Purple (his favorite) & Yellow (her favorite) and their flowers are daisies, purple & yellow daisies. I looked up images of purple & yellow daisies on the internet for ideas. All of the variations did not help me, only added to the questions as to what their flowers of choice looked like, what shade of purple, etc. I said a quick prayer and just started coloring samples with different shades of purple, different inks & implements and matched with different papers then just picked one and went to work! I had stamped the Vows on the vellum last month for another wedding card I was trying to make but it didn't dry fast enough so I had changed my design to not use it then. Now I wanted to use it here. With that in mind I knew I could color the daisies rather brightly to show through the vellum, but not too boldly that the words couldn't be read across the image. After playing a bit I decided to use Prismacolor pencils for the flowers & markers for the stems.</div>
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I sponged some yellow ink around the daisies to tone down the white cardstock. To make the purple frame to cover the tape on the vellum, I used a rectangle die the height that I wanted for the width of the opening, following? :) Using it twice I had the height of the opening in the frame. Thankfully the frame didn't need to be any bigger & it still fit through my Cuttlebug! I like how it came together, even with the time & patience needed to line it all up! I finished with 2 hours to spare before the reception :)<br />
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Hello! Thinking of you! I have a few minutes before my bed time and since the hubby is already sleeping, I can't craft up there, so I thought I'd pop in here for a quick post! I made the above card for hubby several months ago. I think this is one of my first attempts at coloring with my new Spectrum Noir markers. Oooo, that reminds me. I received an email notice from <a href="https://www.crafterscompanion.com/" target="_blank">Crafter's Companion</a> announcing their release of redesigned Spectrum Noir markers on October 1st! Some of the changes include: new shape, reformulated ink, and compatibility with a new brush nib (sold separately)! They say they will still carry the refills & nibs for the old style tho they won't sell the old design after Sept 14. Whew, 'cause I think I have the whole set (darn it!). Here's a <a href="https://www.crafterscompanion.com/Spectrum-Noir_c_69.html" target="_blank">link</a> to their store & announcement. <br />
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I made this for the <a href="http://sweetnsassystamps.com/" target="_blank">Sweet n' Sassy Stamps</a> September release challenge to use a warm beverage on a card. They have a line of cute Cocoa the Mouse stamps & digital images. I had this one I thought was appropriate. : ) I'm not ready for winter or snow yet! We are into Fall here in AK; raining every day, leaves are turning colors other than green, temps are dropping; definitely cocoa (& hot tea) time for me!</div>
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Here is the 2nd of 2 blue poppy images I had colored a couple of weeks ago. It was waiting to be matched with papers & assembled into a card. I made this for the Sweet n' Sassy Stamps September release challenge to make a card using Blue, White and a third color. My choice, green. I was skimming through some old Splitcoast sketches and <a href="http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/gallery/photo/1485236?&cat=all&what=keywords&si=SC99" target="_blank">SC99</a> caught my eye for this image & the papers I wanted to use. My adhesive wasn't sticking to the green glitter paper very well so I dug out my stash of eyelets to anchor the corners down. I have a rather large stash, I need to use them more often... : )<br />
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Good night!Patihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00333953551772087586noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7517573077986120303.post-60110840461357520752013-08-30T22:30:00.000-08:002013-09-01T01:53:01.465-08:00Blue Poppies and The Sea<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
WhooHoo. I got 2 1/2 cards made this past week. My neighbor grows blue poppies, they're almost 3 feet tall! They were my inspiration to color a couple of my digi poppy images from <a href="http://www.sweetnsassystamps.com/" target="_blank">Sweet n' Sassy Stamps</a> and I used this week's sketch from <a href="http://sweetstopsketches.blogspot.com/2013/08/sss225-august-24.html" target="_blank">The Sweet Stop SSS225</a> for one of them. (The other blue poppy card is not finished yet.) </div>
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I love how it turned out with this color combo! (You can click on the image to make it bigger.)</div>
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I used TH Distress Ink pads in Salty Ocean & Faded Jeans to dye the seam binding the shade I wanted it. It was fun to do & I had blue fingers for almost 2 days. :) Yes, I could have, and probably should have, used a baggie or a plastic glove on my hand but I was too lazy (?) to go down to the kitchen to get one. Well, more like impatient to get on with the fun! The next day I received a few comments about my 3 dark blue finger tips from co-workers (You didn't get that from gardening...no that would be a green thumb, this here's a blue one, from inking! haha Huh?!), from an auto parts store clerk (like he hasn't seen filthy hands, well, just not blue ones) & from my hubby (They look dirtier than mine after working on my truck, use a scrubber like I do! Really?).</div>
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I had worked on this card over several days, and was finishing it up Thursday morning. My hubby was packing up to go off to work for a few weeks and I had a few hours until we needed to head into the airport. He called up to me, "are you working on a card for me?!" Umm, hmm, "Nooo, I'm finishing up another card", I replied as tinges of guilt creep in, helped by his "ohhh" response. Thoughts running through my head: I didn't make him an anniversary card last week, and now he's taking off for a few weeks; he says he likes it when I leave him a note in his bag, which I haven't done in months (?)...oh boy... So I grabbed some stamps, think quick but don't overthink, or nothing will get made! My inspiration - he's going to be on a ship at sea in the far north (tho not a sail boat like the image I used). This is what I came up with, and handed to him as I chased him out the door to the waiting vehicle. Wheewww! Love ya dear!</div>
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The JudiKins EP "Lapis Lazuli" is a mix of a dark blue & a bronze colored powder. I hadn't used that EP in years and I wasn't sure what look to expect using it with this silhouette image. I just jumped in & tried it, no hours of hesitation....and, well, it gives it an interesting look! I added a little sponging (maybe not enough) and called it good. More like hubby called it time to go, so done it was! </div>
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Patihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00333953551772087586noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7517573077986120303.post-6522330320703494502013-08-25T16:11:00.000-08:002013-09-01T16:13:51.440-08:00CardsHere's a few cards I made back in July.<br />
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Using the above Sweet Stop <a href="http://sweetstopsketches.blogspot.com/2013/07/sss218-july-6.html" target="_blank">sketch</a> from July 6 I made the butterfly card below. It was an experiment stamping the line image on the bold floral print. As it is with experiments, sometimes when I look at it I like it, other times not so much. :)</div>
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Next, is the card I made for this Flourishes <a href="http://flourishes.org/2013/07/july-release-challenge/" target="_blank">July Release Challenge - It's Sketchy</a> with this sketch and a window of any shape. Most people made a window card (image stamped inside) so I went for something a little different, (more literal ?) using my new window dies from Memory Box!<br />
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This next one is a wedding card for a gal at work. Her favorite color is pink, followed by anything camo. I really wanted to do something in pink camo but it didn't seem to work for me. Her girls wore pink dresses and her wedding bands have beautiful silver sparkle so for her card I went with pink & silver, simple style with alittle sparkle.</div>
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The heart was die cut from the grunge paper, (like light weight cardboard with a soft, velvety texture on one side) then coated with silver acrylic paint. I think coating that soft texture gives it some depth vs. using smooth cardboard. I added Stickles to the flowers & around the brad to add more sparkle.</div>
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Whoo hoo! Scott got the fence up around the garden before he went away to work his last hitch back in July! In a month's time the garden has recovered from a moose mauling quite nicely! It <i>really can</i> grow if the moose aren't trimming everything or yanking things out every few days!! <br />
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We've had a record number of days at 70 degrees & over here this past summer. Now we're into our rainy August and temps have cooled. The plants are loving it!! By golly, we are too! The moose aren't so happy tho, poor moose...No more dessert for you! : ) </div>
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It's been years since we've been able to pick more than a handful of one or two types of veggies in our garden! These pictures are actually from a few weeks ago. The green beans are developing nicely & the cabbage are quite big now! Time to drag out the preserving information, research recipes and make room in the fridge & freezer!Patihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00333953551772087586noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7517573077986120303.post-35918370036641147582013-08-21T22:58:00.000-08:002013-08-21T22:59:44.666-08:00Sweet n Sassy Stamps Sketch 224 play timeYikes! Has it really been a year since I posted anything on here?!?! I've gotten spoiled using <a href="http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/gallery/showgallery.php?cat=500&ppuser=243610" target="_blank">SCS</a> to upload cards made for challenges to quickly link up minutes before their deadline, the rare moments I do play these days. Well, I'll try to do a quick post & hopefully get back in the groove of writing here!<br />
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<a href="http://www.sweetnsassystamps.com/" target="_blank">Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps</a> posts weekly sketches on their <a href="http://sweetstopsketches.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">The Sweet Stop</a> blog. I always hope to play along but the week seems to fly by. Next thing I know they're posting another one! This time I had started a card for one of their monthly stamp release challenges and didn't finish it in time (due last Fri night). Saturday morning they had a new sketch posted so I used it as my inspiration to finish the card. Otherwise it would end up being added to the growing pile of bits & pieces of unfinished stuff... This sketch also had a spin to use sunflowers, so to fulfill <i>that</i> part of the challenge I <i>had</i> to make <i>another</i> card! And finish & post them before the next challenge, whew!<br />
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It's been dark, cloudy & rainy here these past few days, so the pictures are not great at showing the true colors. Here's my first card: <br />
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The paper was cut from a big scrapbook sheet that had a big swirl of sparkle, so no particular shape but I thought it added <i>something</i> here. :) </div>
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I colored - thumping & mixing colors, directly on the rubber stamp with markers, stamping & repeat until I got the image I liked. (only took 3 tries, whew!) Since I didn't have brads or other embellishments I liked for this I made my own brad-looking ones. I used the green paper (yes, it's really green, looks better in real life) of the banner, hole punched circles, <i>colored</i> with the Stardust pen to add sparkle, then covered with Glossy Accents (the not so fun part - fighting with small circles & sticky glue, grrrr). Once the glaze was dry I was able to stick them on the card. The <b>smart</b> thing to do would have been to stick the hole punched circles to the card <i>before</i> coloring & adding the glaze...but I didn't know for sure I would use them until I saw them finished....not to mention I didn't think of this till just now, while typing this (roll eyes, sigh)...<br />
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Thanks for looking! Off to do the many things that keep me from posting here. Like sleep, for now :)Patihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00333953551772087586noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7517573077986120303.post-84147334370089816382012-08-21T21:50:00.000-08:002013-08-19T13:35:00.691-08:00My Lockhart flower collection<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Yes, I love floral stamps. Here's a few cards I made recently with flowers from Karen <a href="http://www.lockhartstampcompany.com/" target="_blank">Lockhart Stamps</a>. She doesn't sell stamps on her website but you can see what she's designed and look up what stores in what states carry her stamps. I buy mine at my local stamp store (LSS), just 11 miles away! : )
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My LSS has a monthly challenge and Linda gives out goodie bags for them. We have to use at least 3 things from the bag and a stamp from her store on our card as part of the challenge. The goodie bags usually have about 9 things, a small (3x3?) piece of double sided paper, 2 buttons, 1-2 brads, 1-2 pieces of ribbon or floss/twine and 2-3 dew drops or other little items. The cards are due the last Friday of the month, then that Saturday, card class participants vote for 2 - $10 card winners and 2 - $5 card winners. Everyone who participates and doesn't win, gets a free stamp on their discount card (like a punch on a punch card).</div>
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This card is for the June - Summer theme challenge, can you tell? I colored the floral image with Tombow markers to go with the patterned paper piece provided, found a 3rd matching button to use and was barely able to tie the tiny bow in the little piece of twine. The little greenish butterfly was also part of my goodie pack. The Summertime stamp (Great Impressions?) was a freebie stamp from her store last year, I thought it fit with the Summer theme, and I can say I used that stamp. :) Being I'm so late in posting this, I know now that I won one of the $10 gift card prizes with this! Whoo Hoo! Already spent.... :)</div>
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I made this pink card for my neighbor Lore, on her birthday! Lore cares for our pooch and comes over to water our 45+ houseplants when we are out of town. She's not a pink gal but she grows lots of flowers, lots of roses, lilacs, big blue poppies and colorful peonies like in this image! She also used to crochet so I thought this was a fitting accessory to the card, and despite all the pinkness here, it all matches the flowers! She didn't complain, in fact, she let me know that she's "still expecting a handmade Christmas card, this pretty card" won't get me outta that! I have a few months. : )</div>
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This card is for the August challenge - Celebrate in celebration of the 5th anniversary or birthday of our LSS! I colored the image with pencils then used the Sakura Stardust pen to highlight all of the flowers and give it some shimmer. The Happy Birthday is part of a larger sentiment stamp from Great Impressions. That patterned paper provided isn't really my style but it's different and a good challenge for me to use it. Now if I would use all of the other paper in <i>my</i> stash that I'm not really fond of! : )<br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Sweet n' Sassy <a href="http://sweetnsassydigis.blogspot.com/2012/08/snsdc66-greens-purples.html" target="_blank">Digi Challenge</a> for Friday is to use Greens & Purples with digital images and here's the <a href="http://sweetstopsketches.blogspot.com/2012/08/sss171-august-11.html" target="_blank">Saturday Sketch</a>. Not having much time or creative energy to make multiple cards, I combined them again this week!</span></div>
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Yes, a Christmas card in August! I made this card to cover 2 challenges from Sweet n' Sassy Stamps. The Aug 3rd <a href="http://sweetnsassydigis.blogspot.com/2012/08/snsdc65-beary-special.html" target="_blank">Friday Digi Challenge</a> SNSDC65 was "Beary Special", to use bear image or elements, and digi stamps. Below is the Aug 4th <a href="http://sweetstopsketches.blogspot.com/2012/08/sss170-august-4.html" target="_blank">Saturday sketch</a> SSS170 that I used.</div>
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The image is <a href="http://www.sweetnsassystamps.com/products/Rhubarb%27s-Gingerbread-Man-Digital-Stamp.html" target="_blank">Rhubarb's Gingerbread Man</a>, one of Rhubarb the Teddy Bear images available as a stamp and as the digi image I downloaded from Sweet n' Sassy Stamps. He's colored with Tombow markers with alittle glaze pen touch on his nose & on the cookie's decorations. The bow is made from white seam binding that I dyed with Ranger TH Distress Ink pads. I started with Peeled Paint, it was too yellow so I added Pine Needles but that was too dark & bluish. I dabbed some of it off with a damp paper towel and it didn't look too bad wet, at 12:30 at night under a spotlight, in an otherwise dark room. But this is the shade I awoke to when it had dried. Back to the yellowish tinge yet edged with the darker green. Kinda cool yet not quite the shade I wanted here. It's looking a bit brighter in the picture above then it looks in real life, I think.... It was fun, and it took a little more than a day of washing my hands to get the green off my skin. Next time maybe I'll remember to use plastic baggies on my hands or something. : )<br />
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Hello! Thought I'd do some catching up on my posts here. The <a href="http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/forums/release-parties-f330/" target="_blank">Sweet n' Sassy Stamps Release</a> party was a couple of weeks ago and I had uploaded these to Splitcoaststampers to get them submitted in time. Blog land was forgotten for awhile. But now, company has come & gone, hubby's at work and I'm home fighting a cold, what better thing do I have to do (other than make another challenge card)? : )</div>
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This card was for the <a href="http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/forums/release-parties-f330/august-release-party-challenge-2-a-t558615.html" target="_blank">Color Combo Challenge</a> - Green, Orange & Yellow. The plaid paper is from an old set made by DCWV. I trimmed out the bold pinkish red strip leaving the 3 pieces shown here just the right size to glue down on the embossed green base. I wanted to play with some of my punches and make a flower using a technique <a href="http://www.stampingwithloll.com/" target="_blank">Loll</a> shared <a href="https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B-9-cA-lf_9FMnZDbnpvVk9zcWs/edit" target="_blank">here</a> for the center - with several small or mini (depending on size of flower) sun punch outs, cut into center then roll it into a cone shape. Glue 5-6 of these sunny cones into the center of the flower for desired fullness. </div>
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This card was for the <a href="http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/forums/release-parties-f330/august-release-party-challenge-3-a-t558522.html" target="_blank">Sketch challenge</a>. Hmmmm, nothing to say here. I like the peachy paper. Needs something, some would probably put pearls or ribbon on it but I didn't have any that went well with it.</div>
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This card is for the <a href="http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/forums/release-parties-f330/august-new-release-celebration-challenge-1-a-t558678.html" target="_blank">CAS challenge</a> - use Kraft on your card and for the <a href="http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/forums/release-parties-f330/august-release-party-challenge-4-a-t558682.html" target="_blank">Product challenge</a> - use buttons & brads. Tho, when I was making it late at night, I didn't remember the AND part so it only has a button (and a charm...). : } I embossed the Kraft paper then rubbed white chalk ink over it to bring out the embossing. The butterfly charm I picked up at a garage sale of a former scrapbooker and I was able to carefully cut off the ring/charm attachment, looks so much better!</div>
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This card is for the <a href="http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/forums/release-parties-f330/august-release-challenge-5-a-t558619.html" target="_blank">Inspiration challenge</a> - a photo of a white wall with large chevron pattern on it and a couch with lots of pillows & accessories all with colorful chevron (zigzag) patterns on them. With no zig zag stamps in my stash, my collection of baby ric rac came to mind. I think I've got one too many rows here, almost ran out of room for the sentiment box. Kinda different yet fun!</div>
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In between cleaning projects I was able to make another card this weekend. Still have much cleaning to do, tho not absolutely necessary...(right?!). My inlaws are coming to visit for a few weeks, we pick them up at the airport tomorrow night. I picked up hubby at the airport tonight, he went straight to bed after being up almost 30 hrs! So here I am, in the quiet of the night, posting pics of a sketch challenge & digi challenge card I made last night. :) I had hoped I could make a more Christmas-y card for the <a href="http://sweetnsassydigis.blogspot.com/2012/07/snsdc63-christmas-in-july-blog-hop.html" target="_blank">Digi Challenge - Christmas creations</a>, but I don't think that's going to happen this week so I'm using this card for both challenges.</div>
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Here's my card using the <a href="http://sweetstopsketches.blogspot.com/2012/07/sss168-sketch-with-spin-and-prize.html" target="_blank">sketch</a> and Sweet Cocoa Mouse digi-stamp from <a href="http://www.sweetnsassystamps.com/" target="_blank">Sweet n' Sassy Stamps</a>. Sweet n' Sassy Stamps is celebrating Christmas in July with some new pre-releases, a sale ('til July 25), a <a href="http://sweetnsassystamps.blogspot.com/2012/07/christmas-in-july-blog-hop.html" target="_blank">clear stamp blog hop</a> and a <a href="http://sweetnsassydigis.blogspot.com/2012/07/snsdc63-christmas-in-july-blog-hop.html" target="_blank">Digi-stamp blog hop</a>. That put me in the mood to do a winter theme card for the sketch this week! I had originally cut the image as a square but I didn't like how my coloring of the background was going so I cut her out completely and popped her up here! Wow, these papers are still kind of overwhelming to me, not my usual style but thought I'd give it a try. The papers are from an old DCWV Winter set. <br />
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From this angle you can see that I used Glaze pens on the candy cane (over the marker coloring), a white Souffle pen on the little marshmallows, a StarDust pen on the mug flakes and Glossy Accents on the rim, base & handle of the mug!Patihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00333953551772087586noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7517573077986120303.post-89577483093897177412012-07-14T01:00:00.000-08:002012-07-14T03:25:09.910-08:00Sweet n' Sassy Stamps July Release Challenges<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This sentiment made me smile :) I do enjoy flowers, and flower stamps! The Forget-me-not is the Alaska state flower. </div>
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<a href="http://sweetnsassystamps.com/" target="_blank">Sweet n' Sassy Stamps</a> was having a <a href="http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/forums/release-parties-f330/" target="_blank">July stamp release party with challenges</a> posted on Splitcoast this past week. Of their 6 Challenges, I made 4 cards to cover 5 of them, and whew! that's alot of cards from me in one, very long night! I had no more creative mojo to make a 5th or 6th card by the 11am AK time (3pm EST) deadline to get them uploaded (which ended up being almost a 2 hour task in itself this morning!)! It didn't help that taking decent pictures of these cards at night was no easy task.. I retook the pics with natural lighting (later) today to post here. Some came out better here but it's too late to exchange the images posted to the challenges.</div>
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Even though stamps from Sweet n' Sassy Stamps weren't required to participate in their challenges, I had fun choosing some digi-stamps to buy from their website; just download, play with sizing & print out! </div>
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This card is for <a href="http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/forums/release-parties-f330/july-release-party-challenge-4-a-t557249.html" target="_blank">Challenge 4</a> - Use dies with patterned paper and <a href="http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/forums/release-parties-f330/july-release-party-challenge-5-a-t557220.html" target="_blank">Challenge 5</a> - Inspirational photo. I took inspiration from the floral blanket and pastel colors of the lanterns that were in their picture. Flowers from a second image were popped up here and the butterfly is conveniently covering a small tape paper tear (from sloppily taping the die in place). : )</div>
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A card for <a href="http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/forums/release-parties-f330/july-release-party-challenge-2-a-t557223.html" target="_blank">Challenge 2</a> - Colors was not simple for me. The required colors were Old Olive (Olive), Calypso Coral (Deep Coral) & Baja Breeze (Dusty Blue). My original idea of Dusty Blue wasn't the same as theirs, but I think this is close here. It's glittery paper so hard to photograph anyway, it does look better in real life! My old, Old Olive paper looks like it's fading away but it matches the pattern paper. I used Old Olive ink to stamp a pattern on it and distressed the edges using the blade of my scissors (NOT safe!). That tiny butterfly is the limit of smallness for me to cut out & pop up! Can you tell how much fun I had playing with the sizing of that one butterfly image?! </div>
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This is for <a href="http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/forums/release-parties-f330/july-release-party-challenge-3-a-t557243.html" target="_blank">Challenge 3</a> - Sketch. So many options with papers that I just had to pick one (and get it done!). I like the little punched flowers with Cinnamon Stickles centers to resemble the paper pattern. I just could not find the right brad or bling, till I went thru my old punches! The papers & colors just spoke "garden" to me when I was looking for something to pair with that sentiment. The sentiments on these 3 cards are part of the Flower Sentiments digi-stamp, hence the similar theme. :) Hmmm, I forgot a butterfly on this one.</div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Other: Mini Flower Punch (?), Scallop Scissors, Stickles, Spellbinders Square</span></div>
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This is <a href="http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/forums/release-parties-f330/july-release-party-challenge-6-a-t557197.html" target="_blank">Challenge 6</a> - Butterflies! Another butterfly, well the same image just a few sizes larger! Actually, this card is just under 4"x4" and not quite square (some odd size I came up with very early this morning, based on the amount of patterned paper I liked) so the butterfly isn't huge, relatively speaking... Anyway. The sentiment here is a stamp from Memory Box (yes, a non-SnSS product). </div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Stamps: Sweet n' Sassy Stamps-Blue Morpho Butterfly digi, Memory Box-Hello</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Paper: DCWV (reddish), Memory Box (green polka dot) Ink: Memento Black, Tombow Markers</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Other: Martha Stewart border punch, ribbon, Sakura Stardust pen</span></div>
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This was fun! Makes me want to stamp more, just no more late, late nighters if I can help it! Speaking of which...Good Night!</div>
<br />Patihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00333953551772087586noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7517573077986120303.post-56838121843408598522012-06-11T21:10:00.000-08:002012-06-23T21:22:48.052-08:00Happy Anniversary Mom & Dad<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
I'm late, I'm late ... for a very important date! What is that from, Alice in Wonderland? I don't know why that line comes to me often, partly because I'm usually running late for something, most often in the card making department. So, I wanted a quick card to send off in the mail for my folks Anniversary, despite it being a month ago, but figured I'd send it with the Mother's Day card (previous post), also a month late... Good Grief, it's almost Father's Day! : } Ok, something quick & easy...</div>
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I saw this paper in a mini pad made by Simple Stories - Generations theme, that I had picked up at my LSS awhile back. A single sheet of paper with these rectangles of images & words that seemed so appropriate for my parents! Can't get any simpler than that, tho I did have to cut off a row of 2 to make this card size. </div>
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I didn't want to over embellish it or cover up any of the design but it needed something! How about 3 rows of Jewelry cord on Scor-tape and a 4-loop bow, made with the help of a Bow-Easy, tied onto the center where the cords cross. Hmmm, almost like a package! I didn't wrap the cord around the paper because of the bulk but left them raw at the edges of the print paper, kind of different and nice & flat! I used one of JustRite's Mini Sentiments to stamp Happy Anniversary in the lower right image, (how convenient to have that blank space) and added 2 punched hearts in the upper right area.</div>
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Since I used a full sheet of solid green from a small 5x6 pad as the mat, I didn't want to dig around to find a sheet big enough to use or to cut as the base so the mat became the base for the front flap of the card. The back flap of the card has a 3/4" overlap glued to the inside of the front flap. I then used coordinating paper to cover-up that overlap to dress it up a bit. </div>
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To take up some of the blank space on the inside, I used the Twirled Heard die from Memory Box. There was an extra full heart left in the length of the chain, just right to glue on the left. Yikes, who forgets to take a picture <i>before</i> signing the card! Sorry about the little wedge scrap pieces in the pic to cover up the writing. I was just <i>so happy</i> to have it done so I could mail it, <i>sometime</i> soon...! : )</div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Stamps: ODBD - Love 1Cor 13, JustRite - Mini Sentiment - Happy Anniversary (outside, Stampendous - Happy Anniversary (inside)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Paper: Simple Stories - Generations, DCWV</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Ink: TH Distress, VersaFine (love verse)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Other: Memory Box-Twirled Hearts die, Fiskars-Heart punch, Hemp Jewelry Cord (JoAnns), Scor-tape 1/8", Bow-Easy</span></div>
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<span style="text-align: left;">Happy Anniversary Mom & Dad! Thanks for being mine! : )</span>
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