Merry Monday #132

I liked the concept of the latest challenge at Merry Monday and I used some of my favorite products namely embossing folders, kraft paper and embossing powder. This elegant folder from Sizzix  Snow embossed on PTI white card stock. I made two panels one kraft paper and the second dsp. I die cut two separate tags and punched two separate snowflakes. The sentiment was stamped with Versafine and heat embossed with white embossing powder. The smaller snowflake was punched with a gold paper that was given to me. I tied a piece of grosgrain ribbon and jute on the top of the tag.

Paper - PTI white cs, MFT kraft textured paper, Close to My Heart dsp

Embossing Folder - Sizzix  "Snow Cap"

Die Cut - PTI Tag Sale #8

Punches - Marvy, Martha Stewart

Stamp - Paper Smooches "Warm Hearts"

Other - SU! ribbon, jute, gold paper, mounting tape

http://merrymondaychristmaschallenge.blogspot.com/2014/10/merry-monday-132-snowflakes-neutral.html 

CASology: Week 119 GHOST

This card was made for CASology and all my Halloween cards have been made and mailed. But I know someone special I can give it to. A ghost stamp? This is all I have, I could have made a mummy and have a cute stamp but this is cute too. I felt the image was too detailed to use copics for a CAS card, so I stamped the image first in brown and then london fog and london fog won. Next I stamped in black and colored the ghost only in Copics and Gelly Roll pens. I fussy cut the ghost and used mounting tape to attach it to the top piece of cs, and then trimmed the cs and used a retired SU! corner punch. The sentiment was stamped in black. I attached this to the base card also using mounting tape. Note:  The orange polka dot paper is not part of the card I used it as a back drop.

Stamp - Unity "Boo-ti-ful Day"

Paper - Staples white card stock

Ink - Copics, Memento Tuxedo Black, Memento London Fog

Other - SU! corner punch, mounting tape, Gelly Roll pens

http://casology.blogspot.com/2014/10/week-119-ghost.html

Freshly Made Sketches #159

This month is almost over and I have been so busy. For three weeks in a row we went out of town. I have prepared for two classes designing cards and also making Halloween cards for ten people, grandkids and card making friends. It is important to me to try and make and submit at least one card a week to a challenge so I work on my mojo and remember all the steps it took me a year to learn.

This card for Freshly Made Sketches uses a NBUS embossing folder, a stamp I no longer have but had stamped, snippets of paper and a sentiment from a older stamp set. The image was stamped and colored with copics and then I trimmed it. I found an interesting snippet of designer paper to attached to the flowers. I really like the boldness and depth of this Sizzix/SU! folder. I stamped and trimmed the sentiment and added some bling.

Stamps - SU! Upsy Daisy (sentiment, flower (unknown)

Paper - Neenah, PTI, snippet of DSP

Embossing Folder - Vine Street SU!

Other - Memento Ink, Copics, mounting tape. Queen & Co Twinkle Goosebump

http://freshlymadesketches.blogspot.com/2014/10/freshly-made-sketches-159-sketch-by-jen.html

Seize the Birthday - Anything Goes

This card that I am submitting to Seize the Birthday was made for a friend who really has a birthday on Halloween.  The inside of the card says Happy Halloween Birthday. The image was stamped and colored with copics. I applied Glossy Accents to the pumpkin and some silver Gellyroll pen to parts of the bandage. After attaching a piece of dsp the image was mounted with pop-ups. I stamped the sentiment and attached cute Twinkle Goosebumps (cool name). A pretty simple card but I find it charming and will make two more for Halloween.

Paper - Lasting Impressions, SU!, Neenah

Memento Ink and Copics

Stampendous "Mumeek"

Paper Smooches - Sentiment Sampler

Queen & Co. - Black Twinkle Goosebumps

Other - Glossy Accents, Silver Gellyroll pen, mounting tape

http://seizethebirthday.blogspot.com/2014/10/anything-goes-birthday.html

CASology: Week 116 SPLATTER

Despite the fact that I am busy trying to finish up Christmas cards for my charities I could not let this week's CASology theme of splatter pass by. Admittedly I have several sets of splatter or grunge-type stamp sets. This particular set is my first and my favorite and it is from MFT. For some time I have wanted to incorporate this sentiment on a card and this seemed like the right time. I used two colors of SU! ink and applied to the lower right hand side of the card stock. The sentiment was stamped and heat embossed. After trimming the top piece I attached baker's twine and this is what took me the most amount of time. The twine was all balled up and honestly I spent about half an hour untangling the mess. This top layer was attached to a second piece of cs.

Stamps - SU! Unknown set for the sentiment

MFT - Abstract Art

Ink - SU! Crisp Cantaloupe, Taken with Teal, VersaFine

Other - embossing powder, baker's twine

http://casology.blogspot.com/2014/10/week-116-splatter.html