Scrapy Land - Challenge 128

Hello crafty friends,

My last Christmas card for the challenge this year is this simple glitter card stock one.

I stated by covering my card front with a gray striped pattern paper that has a tiny red line.  Then i die cut all three of the Elizabeth Craft Designs Beaded Ovals from red glitter card stock and arranged them on the card overlapping.  This set is currently not available, but the store has the Circle set in stock.

Next I die cut the shadow from the Tim Holtz Sizzix Shadow Script Christmas Words "Merry" from green card stock and the top layer from red card stock. This set is currently not available, but the store has these other three sets.

At this point, I felt the card needed something else, so I looked through my dies and found the ornament shaped tag from the Impression Obsession Shaped Tags die set.  I die cut it from green card stock and placed it towards the top of the card.  I fussy cut the "string" for it.

this photo shows the Elizabeth Craft Designs Stitched Squares, because the card started as a 5.5x5.5 square until I trimmed the sides and turned it into a regular A2 size, because I thought it went better with the oval dies.

As always, thanks for stopping bye.... I hope you'll join us for this challenge.  One winner... selected randomly will receive a $15 gift code to Scrapy Land.  Top three and honorable mentions will be selected by the Designers.  Until next time... take care and HAPPY Holiday to you and yours.

Scrapy Land - Challenge 127

Hello crafty friends,

Can you believe it's December... I'm not ready for the Holidays, but I am ready for the start of a new challenge.  The start of a new challenge is always fun. 

The card i created for this challenge is full of shine, but it's so hard to capture it in pictures.

I inked blended the background with several different brands/shades of red ink.  I used a circle die cut initially to masks were the angels would be, to keep those areas lighter in order to create halos or glows behind them.  Tip:  don't keep the mask in place during all of your blending in order to get a soft undefined area instead of a bold masked shape.

Once inked, I sprayed Glimmer Mist onto my inked panel and attached the panel onto my card base (4in x 8in). The top and bottom angels were taped flat, the middle angel i pop up with foam tape.

The angels are from Memory Box and they are sold separately.  Gilded Angel Background and Gilded Angel dies.  For my card, I die cut the background from silver glitter card stock and the lacy overlay die from velum for a soft look, but i found it too subtle, so I think white would have been a better choice.

Thanks for stopping bye.... I hope you'll join us for this challenge.  One winner... selected randomly will receive a $15 gift code to Scrapy Land.  Top three and honorable mentions will be selected by the Designers.  Until next time... take care.

Scrapy Land - Challenge 126

Hello crafty friends,

I have two cards using the Brooklyn Alphabet dies by Frantic Stamper.  I love how tall and thin the letters in this alphabet die are. 

I needed two quick Fall cards, so I kept my design simple and I used pattern paper on both my cards, which measure 8in x4in.  If I were to make these cards again, I would make them as 4.25in.x 5.5in, because as much as i love the letter dies, I fee they are too thin to carry these wider cards.   

The letters were die cut from pattern paper backed with double sided score tape and from thin white foam also packed by double sided score tape.  The cute critter on the second card that I used instead of an "A" in the Adorable Skunk by Frantic Stamper, but I colored (distress inks) him as a squirrel.  I can see from the photo, that I forgot to give him eyes, which were going to be dots of brown nuvo drops.


Thanks for stopping bye.... I hope you'll join us for this challenge.  One winner... selected randomly will receive a $15 gift code to Scrapy Land.  Top three and honorable mentions will be selected by the Designers.  Until next time... take care.

Scrapy Land - Challenge 125

Welcome crafty friends,

I recently picked up the Sizzix Winter Tree stamp and die set, because you can never have too many tree dies.  If you think about it, tree dies can be used year-round, for all card themes.  I created a Winter and a Fall card w/the same stamp and die set, just by changing the colors and the background pattern papers.

On my Winter card above, I stamped and die cut using greens.  On the Fall card below, I used reds.

Here are some die sets that would work well for this technique
Memory Box Cosenza Tree Border Background
Impression Obsession Fir Trees
Little B Trees

Thanks for stopping bye.... I hope you'll join us for this challenge.  One winner... selected randomly will receive a $15 gift code to Scrapy Land.  Top three and honorable mentions will be selected by the Designers.  Until next time... take care.

Scrapy Land - Challenge 124

Hello crafty friends,

I have two cards using the same design, just different orientations.

I used the Spiders from Cheery Lynn's Whimsical Spider set, which are sadly not currently available, but these Spiders from Impression Obsession would work just as well.  My card front is a simple ink blended panel w/black paint splashes die cut from the second largest die in the Elizabeth Craft Designs Fitted Rectangle set.

Thanks for stopping bye.... I hope you'll join us for this challenge.  One winner... selected randomly will receive a $15 gift code to Scrapy Land.  Top three and honorable mentions will be selected by the Designers.  Until next time... take care.

Scrapy Land - Challenge 123

Welcome crafty friends,

I'm in full Halloween mode, so my card for challenge #123 is a Halloween theme one.

I used the Lawn Fawn Magic Color Slider die set to create the main element of my card front.

As you can see, when you pulled the slider piece up, the magic colored image reveals itself.

This is just one of the may ways you can use this die set, which comes with three front shape dies (heart, oval, and the rectangle i used).  The set also comes with a cute sprity hello and banner dies.

If you are looking for a speech bubble die set, then you have to check out this Lawn Fawn one.  It's on my wishlist, so leave one for me :)

Here's a picture of all the components that make the slider on my desk last night.  From top left to right... the main die that cuts the slider base.  The U shaped piece that when added to the inside of the slider base will create the "track" for the slider.   The actual sliding piece w/the tab.  The rectangle  double side stitched die that creates the opening.

If you are looking for an assembly video, here's the one I watched to get a feel on how all the pieces fit together.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2uoKgA2aYM


Thanks for stopping bye.... I hope you'll join us for this challenge.  One winner... selected randomly will receive a $15 gift code to Scrapy Land.  Top three and honorable mentions will be selected by the Designers.  Until next time... take care.

Scrapy Land - Challenge 122

Welcome crafty friends,

Challenge #122 starts today, so join us for a chance to win.

I used the Poppy Stamps Feathertree Frame die as my main element on my card.  I backed the die with velum (colored blue with a Copic marker) and a graphic cloud pattern paper.   The color within the tree's branches come from Nuvo drops... yes, I used Nuvo drops inside the wells from a few of the branches.

The Feathertree frame die is not currently available, but I think two of  the IO's Christmas Tree Cutouts dies would look great with Nuvo drops inside the little circles/triangles. 


Thanks for stopping bye.... I hope you'll join us for this challenge.  One winner... selected randomly will receive a $15 gift code to Scrapy Land.  Top three and honorable mentions will be selected by the Designers.  Until next time... take care.

Scrapy Land - Challenge 121

Welcome crafty friends,

Here's my card for challenge #121:

I used the Mini Picture Frames by Lawn Fawn and the Cats dies by Impression Obsession to create a wall of framed "photos" of my cats... Rusty (Orange Tabby), Bear (mini Panther), Storm (our crazy baby).

LOL, you just never know when your next idea will come from... I got my inspiration for this card from a set of hand towels I recently purchased.
 

Thanks for stopping bye.... I hope you'll join us for this challenge.  One winner... selected randomly will receive a $15 gift code to Scrapy Land.  Until next time... take care.

Scrapy Land - Challenge 120

Welcome crafty friends,

I combined two Impression Obsessions dies for card for my card today.

 The beautiful Sunflower Background die, which I die cut from two hot pink pattern papers and the "Make a Wish" from the Birthday Top Edgers.

The inlaying of the pink dot pattern paper went pretty fast, because the pieces were not super tiny.  I used Nuvo Drop in yellow for the center of the flower.

Thanks for stopping bye.... I hope you'll join us for this challenge.  One winner... selected randomly will receive a $15 gift code to Scrapy Land.  Until next time... take care.

Scrapy Land - Challenge 119

Welcome to the start of a new challenge



Thank you cards are always good to have on hand.   The one I created for this challenge has a soft tropical feel and was created using the Frantic Stamper Aloha Hibiscus die set and one of these Thanks dies.

Thanks for stopping bye.... I hope you'll join us for this challenge.  One winner... selected randomly will receive a $15 gift code to Scrapy Land.  Until next time... take care.

Impression Obsession - Hot Colors Challenge

Hello crafty friends,

I should have spent the day cleaning out our guest bedroom, but instead I spent the day having fun making a few new cards.  This card I'm submitted to Impression Obsession's current challenge "Hot Colors". 

I used trim the Sunflower Background die to create corner flowers for my 5x7 card.  I used three colors of tiny dot pattern paper for my flowers for a pop of fun hot colors (get it... LOL).   I added the "thinking of you" sentiment from the Greetings Bottom Edgers in white, so it wouldn't stand out too much... I wanted the flowers to be the focal elements. 

Thanks for stopping by to check out my card.  Wish me luck.

Scrapy Land - Challenge 118

Hello and Welcome to our new challenge



Do you see stuff during your normal day and say "that would make a great card."  Well, that's what I said when I saw this turtle wall art recently. 

I was going for the same look and feel, but as you can see from my card... I deviated quite a lot...LOL.  I still want to try making a card that looks just like the wall art.

I used the following three sets of dies:  Elizabeth Craft Turtle die, Memory Box Family of Fish die and Frantic Stamper Large Staghorn Coral die.  The Elizabeth Craft Turtle die is not currently available, but one of these other turtle dies would work for this look.

Thanks for stopping bye.... I hope you'll join us for this challenge.  The winners... one selected randomly and one selected by the Design Team will both receive a $10 gift certificate to Scrapy Land.  Until next time... take care.

AAA Cards - White Space (Christmas) Challenge

Hello crafty friends,

Can I share a secret?  I'm not good w/white space.  So when I started working on a card to submit to the current AAA Cards - Maxi White Space w/optional twist of Christmas in July I tried to keep my design as white as I could manage.

And this is what I came up with.  Somewhat busy, but technically there's a lot of white space, right?

Thanks for stopping by and wish me luck.

Impression Obsession - Sending Sunshine Challenge

Hello crafty friends,

I'm back with this bright sunny card

for the Impression Obsession Sending Sunshine Challenge that goes until July 9th.  

I used the following IO products for this card:

I started w/a die cut tag, onto which I embossed the Bird Silhouettes stamp with superfine white embossing powder.  I then water colored the tag with yellows and light orange using a combination of watercolors and distress ink.  I set the tag aside to dry, while I worked on the card's front panel.  First, I stamped the Starburst with distress ink.  Using the same ink, I then stamped the  Bird Silhouettes on all four sides of the card panel.   oops, forget to say that I cut the card to a square 5 1/2" before stamping the birds all around.  I die cut the thinking of you and tucked it under the ribbon.  Since the ribbon had black on it, I stamped the tag sentiment with black ink.   The sentiment is not IO, which tells me I have a gap in my IO sentiment collection that needs filling... LOL.  I added nuvo drops in orange, yellow and black as my finishing touch.  

Thanks for stopping bye and wish me luck.

Scrapy Land - Challenge 117

Hello and welcome to our new challenge




Raise your hand if you send out 4th of July cards?

I'm good about making cards, but really really bad when it come to actually mailing those cards out.  I used a ray die for the backgrounds, a happy birthday die that cuts the letters, but leaves them connected at the bottom.  Here are links to two options currently in stock Frantic Stamper Happy Birthday, Lawn Fawn Happy Birthday and the tall beautiful Frantic Stamper Brooklyn Alphabet for the "USA". 

Thanks for stopping bye.... I hope you'll join us for this challenge.  The winners... one selected randomly and one selected by the Design Team will both receive a $10 gift certificate to Scrapy Land.  Until next time... take care and have a fun, safe 4th of July weekend. 

Time Out Challenge #138

Hello crafty friends,

The current Time Out Challenge has a "Funny" theme and is sponsored by CAS-ual Fridays! 

Therefore, I couldn't help but reach for the WTF2 stamp set (LOL, it's not want you think) .  This stamp set is perfect for those BIG digit birthdays, but also for some friendly encouragement cards.  And seriously, I don't know anyone who wouldn't love to get a WTF card... LOL.

I used the Lawn Fawn Reveal Wheel die set and one of the cats from the Katzelkraft Les Chats stamps set.

I stamped a sentiment longer than the reveal window, making it so the reader has to spin the wheel around to read the whole message.  This was my first time using the reveal wheel set and as you can see making a long message means the wheel has to spin up instead of down, so I glued the little arrow pointing up to reflect that.  Normally the window would reveal self contained mini messages, so the direction you spin the wheel is not a big factor.

I stamped "happy 50th birthday" on the inside of my card.

Thanks for stopping by.  Until next time, take care.

Scrapy Land - Challenge 116

Welcome to Scrapy Land Challenge 116...

I've been seeing lots of paw print cards on social media the last few days, so I thought i would try making one of my own.

Scrapy Land has a cat and a dog option... the Frantic Stamper Dog Paw Print set, the Frantic Stamper Cat Print set.  I scattered my paws print around my front card panel and THEN decided to make the panel into a shaker element.  You know how they say, measure twice, cut once... well, it's true when die cutting also.  A little better planning on the positions of my paws would have made adding foam tape behind the panel a lot easier. 

Thanks for stopping bye.... I hope you'll join us for this challenge.  The winners... one selected randomly and one selected by the Design Team will both receive a $10 gift certificate to Scrapy Land.  Until next time... take care.

Scrapy Land - Challenge 115

Welcome to Scrapy Land Challenge #115...

I'm showing off one of three graduation cards I made for the upcoming graduation season.  

I started by die cutting several graduation caps using the Taylor Expressions Grad Cap, which is not currently available in the store, but don't worry, the Paper Smooches Grad Cap die set is almost the same and its available.  I used my new Ice Grey Spectrum Noir TriBlend Marker to color the caps and die cut the tassel from teal glitter card stock.  

The background star die I used is not currently available, but these two other dies can give you a very similar look... The Uniquely Creative Scribble Star die, the Poppystamps All Star Collage die.  I had to do some die surgery on an old Die-Versions die to extract my hip hip hooray sentiment, but if you use the IO Hip Hip Hooray die no surgery will be needed.  

On a side note... Have you ever seen a card and wonder how long it took to make?  Keeping in mind that everyone works at their own pace and card making is a relaxing hobby for me that I truly enjoy...  this card took me three hours to make from beginning to end.  The card evolved as I worked on it.  My initial plan was to place the caps directly on the card front, but it looked too plain for me, so I added the star background.  I could have saved time by die cutting the caps from grey or black card stock instead of coloring them w/markers.  On the flip side, I could have made the card more elaborate by making the star background into a shaker element.  What I'm trying to say is, don't be discourage if you don't have hours to devote to making one card.  Use the time you have to make something you like and HAVE FUN.  I can guarantee you the recipient will love your results. 

     

Thanks for stopping bye.... I hope you'll join us for this challenge.  The winners... one selected randomly and one selected by the Design Team will both receive a $10 gift certificate to Scrapy Land.  Until next time... take care.