one-layer washi get well (PC, KIS)

Turquoise and yellow - that's what the new challenge blog "Keep it Simple" wants.  See why?

Had an idea to use some washi and do some die cutting. Lucky I have "several" yellow washi tapes...

 Channeling my inner Cristina K., I tried my darndest to keep this a single-layer card but give it lots of interest!

Adhered washi to scrap paper and die cut butterfly.  Die cut turquoise oval and oval out of white panel.  Die cut butterfly from the turquoise oval and stamped it with some chevrons - for interest.  Put the puzzle pieces back together, leaving the wing tips and antennae unglued - for a bit more interest.  Stamped sentiment with a shadow - even more interest? - and couldn't resist a few sequins.   Still one-layer, still mailable ;)

Also adding this to the November gallery at Paper Crafts Connection - all about decorative tape this month.

Thanks for coming by.

Supplies for gute besserung:

Paper: cardbase Buttinette, CS American Crafts and Coredinations

Stamps: BG Paper Smooches, sentiment Klartext

Ink : yellow Distress Ink, turquoise Inkadinkado

Tools: butterfly die Memory Box, oval die Sizzix

Other: washi Bella Blvd, Freckled Fawn and other

them there hills (WMS, SCS)

You know... "the best laid plans of mice and men...".
This is the sketch at Waltzingmouse Sketch Challege:

I knew I wanted to combine this sketch with HYCCT#1212 "Start Spreading the News."  Can you guess what the challenge is?  Make a card based on a show tune.  Can you guess what movie tune I had in mind?

Do I hear Julie Andrews singing somewhere?  Somewhere in the "hills"?

Yep, them there hills are alive with the sound of music.  One minor detail... no sheet music worked in here as originally planned.  This one just flowed.  Tried a new-for-me-approach.  Pulled out my WMS stamp sets (although you can now enter their challenges even if you don't use WMS stamps!) and had my die cut hills and just went from there.  Fun!

Die cut and stamped the hills.  Masked off the spot for the sun.  Stamped the sky.  Stamped the sun with pigment ink and embossed with clear.  Stamped the label, embossed with white and fussy cut.  Die cut and stamped the little house.  Stamped the sentiment on the cardbase and part of the "Y" on the hill piece for interest.  And then it was dark and I had to take a photo inside :(

Can you find ""Nordic Winter", "Large Doily", "Pic-Nic patterns", "Around Christmastime", "Heirloom Patterns" and "French Country"?  They're all there.  I used all six sets!  This was super fun to make - if I hadn't been interrupted five times in the process!

Thanks for visiting.

Supplies for You:

Paper: cardbase Papermania, CS Coredinations, PP recycled

Stamps: WMS

Ink : Distress Ink, Cat's Eye to emboss, Versafine

Tools:die Memory Box, PTI

Other: vellum, embossing powder (clear and white)

good for the soul (recycle)

I'm into recycling.  (Probably cuz I have a guilty conscience about all the crafting goodies I buy!)  But also cuz we're really into it here in Germany.  And it IS a good thing!

So, I like the Lessology blog.  Do you know them?  If you like recycling (or should I say upcycling) and crafting you should.

Their current challenge is called "Chest of drawers".


Then there's this gorgeous color combo over at Alley Way Stamps.  Finally decided to play along.


I took me some liberties...  It's a card.

Chest of drawers?  Check.  Using recycled item?  Check (see the packing paper turned into granny's wallpaper?  see the plastic neon beads turned into drawer handles?  see the bandana scrap turned into granny's rug?  even the sentiment is stamped on a scalloped square die cut out of a tissue box.  did I mention I like to recycle?  Using at least one Alley Way Stamp?  Check (see the cute little ladybug perched on top of the dresser? she's a free digi from the store)

I recently discovered the challenges at Coredinations.  Love their CS.  Colored core.  The current challenge was actually my starting point for this project I think.  I'm not actually sure if it's a challenge.  Their website is quite confusing...  Anyway, cool photo.  Gotta love Anthropologie.



Used my Coredinations whitewashed CS to create the drawers.  Sanded the edges to bring the color out.

And to give credit where credit's due... check out JJ's modern and fab card to see why I decided I could actually come up with something for Lessology's theme!  Cuz I'd love to win me some "chicken soup is good for the soul" stamps :)

Supplies Thank you:

Paper: everything recycled except for drawers Coredinations
Stamps: digi Alley Way Stamps, sentiment Hero Arts
Ink: Versamark, Distress Ink
Tools: die Spellbinders
Other: plastic beads, acrylic paint, fabric, Glossy Accents

eggstra for you

Here I go again nearly missing a challenge deadline, although I've been intending to play along.  Ugh.

Maybe it's a good thing I was tardy, because just today it dawned on me that my girlfriend's bday is actually on Easter Sunday.  I pulled this card together quickly last night to join the Play Date Cafe challenge.  Same thing happened today.  But I'm happy with the result - although not my photography.  The card is really white ;)

The inspiration photo was all about green and white to me. Not my normal colors. But it's so cute because of the pops of colors in the bunnies' ears.

 
I needed a bigger element for my image than the PS stamps I own.  Checked out the free digi stamps here and chose the feather figuring it would be good in white.  Was going to go with eggs along the bottom and the "eggstra" sentiment (love Kim H's humor) for the Easter bday idea to bring in the color from the bunnies' ears...

Enter my buttons.  I remembered that I now own a button die which I had never used.  Shame on me.  I think the buttons pop better than stamped eggs would.  Not sure what the feather has to do with buttons, but oh well.

Dry embossed the feather.  Layered it on some corrugated cardboard and added a strip of chartreuse too.  Opted for a white heat embossed sentiment rather than black.  Rounded a corner and voila.

Oh, notice how I fuzzed up the ends of my twine.  Like the bunnies' tails ;)

Am also hooking this up to Coredinations color challenge although it was March.  Gorgeous photo.



Happy day.

Supplies for you:

Paper: CS American Crafts, Coredinations, corregated cardboard stash
Stamps: digi feather and sentiment Paper Smooches

Ink: Versamark

Tools:  die Marianne Designs, embossing folder Cuttlebug, corner rounder EKS

Other: white twine, white embossing powder, foam dots