Robot Valentine

Happy Monday everyone! I was playing around with some dies that arrived last week from Frantic Stamper, including a darling robot. Thought I'd incorporate Mr. Robot with a metallic embossed panel for the inaugural Let's Squash It Challenge.

Supplies: Paper - Spellbinders gold metallic;

Paper Studio A2 card & glitter; DCWV colors

Embossing folder - Tim Holtz Riveted Metal (retired)

Dies - Hero Arts Nesting Hearts Infinity Dies;

Frantic Stamper Robot

Stamps with Dies - Taylored Expressions Filled with Love

Other - Black Soot Distress Ink; foam tape

Playing around with my robot die, I made one in silver glitter card and one in a soft textured kraft card. As I was flipping through my embossing folders for Gail & Jo's new Let's Squash It Challenge, I found the Tim Holtz riveted metal folder. Thought it might be perfect behind a robot! I embossed a panel of gold metallic paper from the September Spellbinders kit, then distressed it with Black Soot ink. Thinking this would be a fun Valentine card for Cards for Hospitalized Kids, I added various heart diecuts. Most of the candy hearts from TE have more lovey-dovey sentiments but I found the hello would work for a kid. The inside will contain the Valentine's Day greeting. The little off kilter hearts actually cut with an emboss and cut folder I got from my friend Heather (Stamping and Stitching) but I can't find the name of it. Thanks again Heather!!

I'll also add this to Darnell's NBUS Challenge since Mr. Robot got his first play here, and to Virginia's October Show and Share. Thanks to all for the fun challenges!! Special good wishes to Gail and Jo on their new challenge blog Let's Squash It! to use those neglected embossing folders! I really pulled out an old one for my robot card - this'll be a great challenge to keep playing in!!

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you have a crafty week!!

 

Scramble with Gold and Cream

Hey crafty friends - hope you're having or had a great weekend!! Over on the Hero Arts Scramble Facebook group we're using background stamps - yay! For a Scramble you have 90 minutes to create, photograph and upload your project - mine took 47 minutes this afternoon.

Supplies: Paper - Paper Studio cream & gold glitter

Stamps - Hero Arts Christmas Rose Bold Print

Dies - Hero Arts Joy Stamp and Cut;

Spellbinders Labels Thirty Six (retired)

Other - Distress Embossing Ink; Ranger Princess Gold ep;

gold enamel dot from a My Monthly Hero kit

I picked gold and cream - inspired by Kristie (Kreative Kristie) & by Marcia's (Marcia's Stampin' Pad) post here. Kristie's on the DT for a new challenge called Color Hues and Marcia made a gorgeous leafy card for it. I hadn't checked the challenge out yet (I had spotted Kristie's card at Watercooler Wednesday) and didn't even know if the gold/cream challenge was still running. Just used these colors anyway since I thought them beautiful. 

I stamped the background directly onto a cream A2 card using embossing ink, then gold embossed. I diecut a cream label three times and layered for dimension. Added to the card with a gold glitter strip behind. Diecut JOY twice from ivory and once from glitter paper and layered. Used a gold enamel dot for the J instead of the little dot the die cuts. I considered putting a gold embossed outline to the label, but - hey - it was a Scramble so I didn't want to take the time... I already had had an embossing powder mishap - spilling some of my gold ep onto my craft table! It's still there - will have to clean up the Scramble mess later...

Uploaded my card to the Scramble and then came to blog it. First, though, I checked the current Color Hues Challenge to see if the Gold/Cream is still open - yes!! I briefly scrolled the DT cards & the entered cards to see that the linky was still active. Lo & behold I spotted that Coni (Which Craft?) used the same background stamp with a Joy sentiment. Great minds think alike, Coni - I hadn't seen your beautiful card until after mine was made. Oh well...I'll still add mine there, even though Coni's looks amazing!!

I'm also adding this to Darnell's NBUS challenge since my Christmas Rose background stamp is new - just got it last week and it got first play today.

Thanks for visiting and thanks to the hosts for fun challenges!!

A Feminine Twist

Hey everyone - my friend Dawn (Dawn's World) hosts this week at the current Watercooler Wednesday Challenge Anything Goes with a Feminine Twist. Here's my take:

Supplies: Paper - Bazzill red; 

Authentique Latest & Greatest;

Neenah Classic Crest Solar White 110lb

Dies - My Favorite Things Blueprints 20 (retired)

Stamps - Hero Arts CM351 Hero Greetings Mini Messages

Other - Hero Arts Red Royal ink

I often use the stitched rectangle or the scalloped mat from this MFT Blueprints set but rarely the rest of the set's layers together. Definitely feminine with the quilt element - even changing the patterns, I wouldn't use this for a guy. You can see a couple other versions I've made over the years, if desired, HERE & HERE. Sadly, MFT doesn't have many Blueprints left - I have a stack of them which I love, love love!!

Very simple card - just die cut the elements and adhered to an A2 card, stamped the sentiment - done!

Be sure to pop over to Dawn's blog and to WWC for more inspiration - thanks to them for the fun challenge! Thanks for visiting & have a crafty day!!

Treats for Santa

Hey crafty friends - popping in with another card for Christmas Kickstart where the current challenge theme is Festive Sweet Treats. What could be more festive than cookies and milk left out for Santa?!

Supplies: Paper - Paper Studio red A2 card & green paper;

Authentique Wintery 6x6; Ms Sparkle & Co woodgrain;

Neenah Classic Crest Solar White 110 lb

Stamps - Hero Arts CL908 Sparkle Borders (retired)

Stamps with Dies - Hero Arts Winter Hearth;

My Favorite Things Merry Everything (retired)

Dies - My Favorite Things Blueprints 20 (retired);

Spellbinders Truckin Through the Seasons (pines)

Other - Copic Markers; black pencil; Hero Arts Lacquer

While looking through my stash for treat images I came across this Hero Arts set I'd never used. It has a cute plate of cookies and glass of milk, several stockings and a fireplace die. I first thought of putting the cookies and milk on a table beside a chair - problem: the set with table and chair is with my sister. Then I noticed the fireplace - ok, I'll put the cookies and milk on the mantle. Light bulb - Santa should be popping out of the chimney for his treats. And off I went.

Created a little room with striped wallpaper and a wood floor for the fireplace. My mantle seemed bare with just the cookies and milk so I added some pines and a string of Christmas lights coated with lacquer. I was going to add a sentiment on the wall above the mantle but the Authentique paper pad had these little pictures and sayings so I added one as wall art.

I'm also adding this to Darnell's NBUS challenge because my fireplace set is getting its first play here. I can't believe it was released five years ago and I'm finally using it! Maybe because I have several other fireplace sets? Hmmm - wonder why so many? It's a mystery...

Also adding this to a new-to-me challenge called Merry Little Christmas which I found through the talented Rachelle (Red Cre8s) who had a gorgeous poinsettia card at Watercooler Wednesday last challenge.

Thanks to the hosts for the fun challenges and thanks to you for visiting!!

  

 

Christmas Birds

Hey friends - hope you're enjoying your week! Sorry to miss World Card Making Day on Saturday - I was visiting my family and didn't have the energy after I got home. I was excited by the theme of Christmas Birds at CAS Christmas Challenge, though, and made a card for it today.

Supplies: Paper - Neenah Classic Crest Solar White

Stamps with Dies - Lawn Fawn Season's Tweetings for SSS

Dies - My Favorite Things Blueprints 13 (retired)

Other - Copic Markers, foam tape, Tumbled Glass Distress Ink

I was lucky enough to get the Lawn Fawn Season's Tweetings for Simon Say Stamp's Stamptember before it sold out. I already own the Winter Sparrows which I always want to call Season's Tweetings because of the sentiment. When the Stamptember set came out, I knew it would be a fun one to buy and maybe combine with Winter Sparrows. On this card, though, I only used the Stamptember set.

Stamped, die cut and colored all the elements and stuck down on a stitched rectangle. Then disaster struck when I went to stamp my sentiment. MISTI magnets got hung up with the paper between then, creating a long drag mark at the top when I separated the magnets. Hate when that happens!! Everything was stuck permanently so I trimmed carefully around it all and adhered to a new stitched rectangle (sentiment stamped beforehand this time!!). Also did a little ink blending on my stitched panel behind where I planned to place my images & before adhering everything. Done!

I'm also adding this card to Darnell's NBUS Challenge since my birdie set is getting its first play here. Plus adding to a new one for me - Christmas 24 where they're doing Winter Birds.

Thanks to Christine & the team at CAS Christmas and Darnell at NBUS for fun challenges and thanks to you for stopping by!!

 

September Card Chain Challenge Reveal

Hey friends - It's October second already & time to reveal the cards thirty people sent around the world for the September Card Chain Challenge. You can see the entire chain here; I sent this card to the talented Gundi (Papierelle) in Germany:

Supplies: Paper - Hero Arts; Paper Studio; 

Ms Sparkle and Co woodgrain; Stampin' Up

Dies - Poppystamps Adriana Pop Up Easel Set;

My Favorite Things Blueprints (retired) - oval

Stamps - Hero Arts CM318 Color Layering Iris (sentiment)

Other - foam tape; Honey Bee Beach Vibes gems

I seem to like picking the featured color combinations!! For September's card we could use ginger, buttercup and sage. I also used the theme of friendship.

I bought a Poppystamps pop-up easel card die set in August when I visited Anchor Paper. I couldn't resist trying it out in the September colors and absolutely loved it - Gundi did too! If you spotted the white on white card I did as Jo's elf at Christmas Kickstart on September 15, you can barely tell it's from the same die set!! I actually made the white on white card second since I loved the die so much; that post just landed earlier. Here's a view of the card popped up to an easel:

Elena C. (Elena's Ink Spot) in Ohio sent me this beauty. Just love the sweet birdie alongside the gorgeous flower using the September colors!!

If you're interested in playing along for October, you have until October 6th to sign up here. You make/send one card and receive one handmade card - it's loads of fun!! Thanks for visiting and have a wonderful day!! Thanks to Gail and Jo for the Card Chain Challenge too!!

Autumn or Halloween at Die Cut Divas

Hey there crafty friends - Happy October & time for a new challenge at Die Cut Divas with a theme of Autumn or Halloween. You can find all the details there, plus some inspiration from the first half of the month DT members. I'll be posting on the 21st, plus at the end of the month using Bugaboo, our sponsor this month. Today I'm sharing a card with a tag for the Mod Squad Challenge where my friend Gail (Crafty Nomad) is hostess:

Supplies: Paper - Ms Sparkle & Co A2 card; Paper Studio ivory & brown;

BoBunny Enchanted Harvest;

Stamps - Taylored Expressions All Tucked In Harvest

Dies - Pink & Main tag (exclusive to Enchanted Garden kit); 

My Favorite Things Blueprints 13 (retired)

Other - Michael's fall stickers; enamel dots; 

Basic Grey ribbon; copper string from Target

Thought I'd use the DCD theme of autumn, even if it's not my day to post - LOL. I used a fab Pink & Main die; unbelievably, this Enchanted Garden kit (containing the die set) is still available! Odd coincidence that my BoBunny paper has "enchanted" in the name too. Well, autumn is an enchanting time of year, right?

I die cut the scalloped tag (of the two in the set) from both patterned and solid card stock to offset; a second brown tag is also under the patterned one for stability. I added a bit of ribbon, some stickers, enamel dots & a sentiment - done!! Gotta love this copper string from the Target $1 bin from years ago. Got some my friend Betty (created by ejk) - thanks again Betty - and I've been hoarding it ever since!

I'm also adding this card to the current Watercooler Wednesday Challenge where Anything Goes this week.

Thanks for visiting and I hope you'll stop back tomorrow for the September Card Chain Challenge reveal post. Note - you can still sign up (deadline 10/6) to play for October, Happy crafting!!