Seize the Birthday and Freshly Made Sketches

Looking at the calendar it has been almost a month since I submitted a card. I have been struggling with carpal tunnel in both hands but mainly my right. After two trips to the acupuncturist I decided card making was not the major cause but my I-phone is. I use it for everything despite the fact I have a computer and an I-pad. But wearing a brace and using a heat pad has not helped much so I have tried to not use my I-phone.

Today an order arrived from Unity and I had to color this adorable owl. I chose to enter it into two challenges Seize the Birthday and Freshly Made Sketches. The owl was inked, heat embossed and colored with Copics and  die cut with a circle die. On the designer paper I stamped and heat embossed the sentiment and then attached the image with mounting tape

http://seizethebirthday.blogspot.com/2017/02/inlay-die-cutting.html

http://freshlymadesketches.blogspot.com/2017/02/theres-still-time-to-play-with-sketch_25.html

Supplies:

Stamps Unity "Lil Bloomin Owl," sentiment PTI

Paper - Neenah, SU!, Penny Black

Copics, Memento, VersaFine, embossing powder

Die - MFT Pierced Circle

Freshly Made Sketches #273

I found a piece of background paper that I think I made using brushos. Next I stamped with VersaMark and used white embossing powder. The piece went in the UFO box until today when I thought I would try to make a card using this sketch. I die cut using MFT vertical strips. The sentiment from Paper Smooches was stamped and heat embossed, and then I mounted the strips.

http://freshlymadesketches.blogspot.com/2017/02/theres-still-time-to-play-with-sketch.html

NBUS Challenge #10 (Bubble Wrap)

Week #3 for Darnell's NBUS challenge. I have chosen to use three NBUS products and one NBUT (technique). First I attempted a new marbling technique using shaving cream, alcohol ink and a stencil. My plan was to teach this to 8 - 12 ladies but three of us made one big mess. This piece was die cut with NBUS (wonky) die from MFT. The dog was stamped (NBUS) and colored with NBUS Zig markers. I mounted the stenciled piece onto a piece of (smelly) foam sheet. The sentiment was stamped and heat embossed. I punched the small heart from a snippet of the background paper.

The option was to use bubble wrap and since I had none I chose the bubble stencil fromArtplorations.

 

Supplies:

MFT Blueprints 15 (NBUS)

Unity "...May Hope Sustain You"

Stampers Anonymous (NBUS) "Crazy Dogs"

Artplorations Bubbles Stencil

Zig Clean Color Brush Markers (NBUS

http://www.djkardkreations.com/2017/01/nbus-challenge-10.html

NBUS Challenge #9 - NBUS and CASE

This week Darnell has asked us to not only use a NBUS product but CASE a card. I chose this new stamp set from MFT and selected the CASE card which I found on Pinterest. This card which I cased is similar to my style of card making using Copics, a die, stencil, distress inks, embossing and a fun stamp. The card maker I chose is Kuni from kunisbastelblog.blogspot.com.

Typically I do not case a card but because Kuni and I share a similar style of card it was easy for me to case.

Supplies:

Stamps - MFT "Sweet Succulents," "Big Greetings"

Die - Lil Inkers Stiched Rectangle

Ink - Copics, Distress Ink

Other - Enamel Dots (Paper Studio, Stencil (Michael's)

http://www.djkardkreations.com/2017/01/nbus-challenge-9.html

CASology: Week 232: CUT

The guest designer at CASology this week is Anita from France. In October my husband and I had the wonderful experience of meeting Anita and her brother while we were in Bordeux. I am happy to make a card in her honor - she is very special.

This was an easy card to put together I used arrow dies from MFT and die cut onto a piece of stenciled paper which was in my UFO box. The sentiment (MFT) was stamped and heat embossed, and I used a corner punch on the corners before attaching to white cs.

http://casology.blogspot.com/2017/01/week-232-cut.html

Supplies: Die Cuts - MFT Feathers and Arrows

  Stamp - MFT Contemporary Roses (sentiment)

  Punch - SU!

NBUS Challenge #8 "Colored Pencils on Kraft"

Congrats Darnell on your Blog Birthaversary Surprise Challenge and celebrating  five years of your blog and 46 years of wedded bliss to Mister Kevin.

For this first week of your NBUS challenge I chose these stamps from Purple Onion. For those who do not know the stamps come individually and one creates their own scene, so this card used three stamps and the sentiment and all are from PO. First I stamped with VersaFine ink on SU! crumb cake (kraft) paper and then  heat embossed and colored with Derwent Inktense colored pencils and a SU! blender pen. I used black cs to mat the image and then popped it up with mounting tape and attached to the base card (kraft).

 

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