Craft Roulette #85 Card

Hello crafty friends,

Here's my submission to Craft Roulette Challenge, Episode #85 (24th in a row):

When the wheel landed on the shopping parameter I knew I wanted to use one of the store stamps by Stacey Yacula.  The Book Store was at the top of the list, because of my love for books and reading, even though these days I'm 99.9% audiobooks, because they put less stain on my eyes.  

I stamped and colored my image, using my allotted three colors (green, gold yellow, red).  I used lite grey on the glass windows.  Fussy cut the image and added double side foam tape.  Next I google and found a free line drawing book background, which I printed and cut to 6.50"x4.50".  I used a black marker on the edge of this panel, so that it would stand out against the white card front.  Forget to mention, that I also added a small text box to the book background in Elements to read as a "shopping list" and I reduced the opacity of both the background and the text to 80%, so that the black outlines of the image would be subtle.   The "paper strips" parameter are represented by the little flags or "bookmarks" I inserted into the printed background before adhering it to the card front.  

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

Scrapy Land - Challenge #95

Hello crafty friends... welcome to the start of Scrapy Land Challenge #95 (only 5 more before our 100th).  Come join us... our theme is always "anything goes".

I had fun covering a card front with several of my "happy" dies.  It task was made super easy by using the Frantic Stamper Happy Happy Happy die, but I could have also used the Lawn Fawn Happy Happy Happy die. 

I'm going to make a couple of similar cards for Christmas with the Memory Box Make Merry and the Memory Box We Wish You dies.  For my Spanish friends, I'm going to use the small ECD Feliz Navidad die, because I can fit lots of them on one card front as a background design (think white on white).

Thanks for stopping bye.... please 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

Frankl Loyd Wright

Hello crafty friends, 

My Sister-In-Law gave me this stamps set years ago.  I love it, but never really used it.  I displayed it in my office more as a design element.  The Cardz 4 Guyz - Architecture Challenge #179 is the perfect reason to dust it off and use it on a card... this card:

I kept the cards colors very soft and light, because I wanted all the building on it and knew it would be a busy card.  A little washi tape at the right top corner to cover a weird white space created by my panel placement was all the embellishment I added to this card. 

Here's the stamp set I used:

Thanks for stopping bye and wish me luck in the challenge :)