Embellish's most recent challenge was to make a circle card with blues and greens. I made the card a while ago, but am just getting it posted under the wire! I don't often made shaped cards, but I enjoyed making this one.
This is the last of the World Card Making Day challenges. It's for the color challenge at Ellen Huston's The Classroom. Here's the challenge:
I've never participated in the Mojo Monday Sketch challenge, but when I saw it this morning I thought it would work well with the World Card Making Day challenge at The Classroom that specifies using sparkle and glitz. Here's what I came up with:
I may get another card or two done after dinner for Ellen's challenges, but I've finished two. The first one was an inchie challenge. I haven't used my inchies in a long time, and I loved this technique. I colored two of the inchies with Papertrey tea dies: Chai and Chamomile. Then I stamped the Magnenta branch with Dark Chocolate Ink, mounted the inchies on Dark Chocolate cardstock on a cream colored card from my stash. The ribbon is from May Arts. I will definitely use this technique again.
I made this card yesterday, but wasn't really happy with it so I took it apart today and put it back together. I'm much more satisfied. One of Nicole's challenges was to use outlines of white dots around an image. I pulled out two old stamps I haven't used in years for this challenge. I think it will make a good birthday card for a guy.
The third stop on the Papertrey tour is India. I recently found a box of charms I had collected years ago. It's been sitting on the floor of my study because I'm not quite sure what to do with them. I'm certainly glad I didn't throw them out! These elephant charms really spoke to me of India as did the beautiful paper from my stash.
The next stop on the Papertrey "tour" is Mexico. When I think of Mexico, I think of bright colors, sunshine, and beach resorts–where "life is good"–at least for the tourists.
Papertrey Ink is hosting a series of four challenges to celebrate World Card Making Day. The first stop is Japan. I've had this Japanese handmade paper for years, and this was the perfect time to pull it out. The elegant branch from Life also reminds me of the Japanese watercolor flowers. There's a tiny dragonfly charm on the bow.
It's been awhile since I've had a chance to participate in this challenge. Yesterday, however, I got a package from 2Peas with a new embossing folder from Quickutz. This seemed like a perfect sketch for it.
Here's my take on it–another Christmas card:
Cardstock: Papertrey Ripe Avacado; Card: Paper Source; Ribbon and patterned paper: unknown from stash; Krylon gold leafing pen, Quickutz embossing folder.
It's the last day I can play along with Sketchfest at Caardvarks. We're picking up our friends at 6 am tomorrow to head up to Lake Placid for the weekend. I'm looking forward to it, but I've also enjoyed the challenges this week. I think I'll finish up when I come back even though it will be too late to post them on their blog. Here's today's sketch:
And my take on it.
Archivers square card; patterned paper: Papertrey Black & White Basics and Bitty Dots, Jillibean Soup; border sticker: Mrs. Grossman; brads: SEI; rub-0n: Making Memories, punches.
Here's today's sketch from Caardvarks:
I decided to make another Christmas card since I know I'll need lots of those. This came together very quickly unlike the Embellish card in the previous post.
Textured card from stash; embossed paper by KI Memories Love, Elsie; patterned papers by Basic Grey; letter stickers by SEI, and one of my all-time favorite stickers. When I found this reindeer I bought several sets. I no longer have any idea who made them, and this is one of my last.
I knew right away that I would play along with this challenge from Embellish since I love this color combination and polka-dots have always been a favorite. I waited until my Papertrey package arrived this week with their new Orange Zest cardstock. This card turned out to be more problematic than usual. I tried lots of different things until I finally arrived at this:
Cardstock: Papertrey Vintage Cream, Scarlet Jewel, Orange Zest, Summer Sunrise; patterned paper: Papertrey Autumn Abundance, Bitty Dots, and In Bloom; Cuttlebug embossing folder, EK border punch, Papertrey Scarlet Jewel twill, button from stash.
I'm really enjoying these sketches:
Here's my take on the Tuesday sketch:
Cardstock: Papertrey Ink Silver Shimmer; patterned paper: unknown from Christmas scraps; stamp: Papertrey Signature Christmas; silver detail embossing powder, Krylon silver leafing pen, Marvy punches, circle Nestabilities.