Hello from Texas

I made this card for the Flourishes "What's Your Cup of Tea?" challenge to make a card inspired by your favorite beverage. Well, mine is Pepsi and the colors on the can inspired me to make this card with the Texas flag.

The sketch I used is from Card Patterns.

Card stock used is SU Night of Navy, Real Red and Whisper White. I printed the flag and the sentiment from my computer and used a SU 1/4" punch on the word HELLO and its shadows. Nestabilities were used to cut out the circles and the ribbons are from Gina K. Designs.

More later,
Betty

Emboss Resist Leaves

Sketch Challenge from Just Us Girls
Colors from stampTV Color Challenge (sage green, yellow, black and white)
Technique from Papertrey Ink (emboss resist)

My card base is Stampin' Up Sage Shadow; I've also used SU So Saffron, Basic Black and Whisper White. I cut a smaller layer of Sage Shadow and embossed it with Cuttlebug's Bird Call Folder. The strips of So Saffron are also embossed with a Cuttlebug folder, Swiss Dots. I stamped the leaves from Martha Stewart's Leaf and Branch with Versamark and then embossed it with clear embossing powder. My next step was sponging Sage Shadow and So Saffron over the embossed leaves; finally wiping the ink from the leaves. I rifled through my 12x12 sheets of paper to find something I liked for the other circles. The stamp is by Stampin' Up and if the light is just right, you can see that I embossed a smaller leaf inside the thank you stamp. Let's just say that it is very subtle!!

See you in a bit with another post.

Later, Betty

A Square Card

Hello friends! The sketch for this card is from Jennie Harper over at stampTV. I had a lot of fun with this sketch, and even though my card is CAS, it seemed to take longer to put together. Still, I think it was worth a little extra trouble!! Embellish Magazine extended a challenge to use turquoise, brown, and pink and to add ribbon and I loved working with these colors. Hope you enjoy them and my card too! Oh, yes, I cut out my ovals with Nestabilities and the stamp is from the set Friendship Blooms by Stampin' Up.

Betty

PS Be sure to take a look at my friend Dee Marie's birthday blog candy to the left of this post. She's having a birthday next week and wants to gift a special someone with some stamping goodies. Click on the photo to go to her blog and enter!

Challenge Cards

Hello all! I took the entire morning and played with my stamps and paper! I tackled a number of challenges and want to tell you about them.
Citrus Card: Flourishes Timelss Tuesday Challenge 52C and Card Positioning Systems152. The Fourishes challenge is to make a birthday card using fruit or citrus colors. CPS is a sketch challenge. The card base is Cameo Coral by Stampin' Up and I used 12x12 paper that had no info. Stamps are Stampin' Up, Tart and Tangy. Sentiment is computer generated. Birthday greeting are inside.
Get Well Deer: Flourishes Timeless Tuesday Challenge 52E (use same link as card above)and Scrapbooking and Crafting Friends Weekly Color Challenge. The Flourishes challenge was to "Frame it Up!" and the Color challenge was to use Brown and White. The paper I used is Gina K. Designs Pure Luxury Base Weight White for the card base, and Sizzix Little Sizzles Hombre Texture Pad. The frame is from Pam Lefors Design and the stamps are Stampin Up's Natures Silhouettes and Gina K. Design's Say It With Flowers, Melanie Muenchinger, illustrator.
Fairy Bear: Teddy Stampers challenge was to used dry embossing on your card, along with a teddy bear image. I used Stamping Up's Perfect Plum for my card base and Pale Plum which I embossed with Cuttlebug's D'Vine Swirl. The fairy bear is a digi image and I cannot locate where I found it; the same for the pretty little circle with border behind the bear. If you know the designers of these pieces of art, please let me know so that I can give credit. I added a bow at the bottom to finish it off!
Well, I had a blast this morning but now must get to chores. Maybe I can get back to the fun stuff this evening!!

Betty

One More Post -- Two More Challenges!

I was able to complete another card tonight. It is a CAS card and meets the requirements of two different challenges:
Flourishes Timeless Tuesday Anniversary Challenge FTTC52A by Cindy Haffner (sketch -- Flourishes is having their one year anniversary and has lots of challenges and prizes; be sure to go by there and have some fun!)
Digital-Ink Co. Challenge to make a birthday theme card, using a pet or baby image and the primary colors, red, blue, yellow, green and a neutral. Check my sidebar for a picture of the great prizes from Digital Ink Co. for this challenge.
Stamps: Framed Friends, by Gina K. Designs: Asela Hopkins, illustrator
Paper: Stampin' Up Glorious Green, Yoyo Yellow, Brilliant Blue and Real Red
Ink: SU Real Red sponged; Dog colored with pencils & blended with baby oil
Other: Spellbinders Shapeabilities Ribbon Tags Trio; Nestabilities Circles, Stampin' Up's scalloped square punch; press on colored lines

Good night,
Betty

Envelope of Thanks

My card tonight is made for a church nursery volunteer. The flower stamp is from a stampTV kit by Gina K. Designs, the stamp set is called Elegant Flowers. I used a coluzzle to cut the ovals (this was made before I got my Nestabilities). Card stock is Sage Shadow and Whisper White by Stampin' Up. I used misc. dp inside and out. The bottom corner treatments inside were done with a ProvoCraft die and the small envelope was made with a Sizzix Scallop Envelope die created for Stampin' Up. I printed the "Thank You" on a piece of vellum and attached to a 2x3" card with pink brads and embellished the corners with a Martha Stewart punch. This "Thank You" card goes inside the small envelope. It is stamped with a clear stamp from Studio G that I found at Michael's (there were three stamps in a set for $1.00). I had made this card a while back but finished it up with the little envelope and the thank you card tonight! Happy Stamping to all......

Betty

Bears for Brianna

My card today is a Valentine card for my 3 year old granddaughter Brianna. I have four Valentine bears on a shelf in my closet, in varying sizes. Each time she is over here she asks me to get the bears for her to play with. The image is from Nina May at There's Magic in the Air, challenge hosted by Sue (Tillymint). Sue, my project had a mind of its own and I ended up without the tag and without the stitching!! Am I terrible, or what??? Linda Payne gave me the inspiration because she resized the images for her project. After printing the images, I colored them with markers and cut them out. The sentiment oval is cut out with a ProvoCraft die and attached with a shiny brown ribbon. I am also entering this card in the DareU2Digi Challenge to use hearts or valentines and a digi image. I know Brianna will love the bears and we'll have to wait and see if it makes her thinks of the bears at my house!!

Betty