March Stamp Club - The Challenge Card

Hi there,
Glad you stopped in today

Tuesday nite was the monthly stamp club meeting
We make 2 cards each month - a theme card and a challenge card.

Yesterday I shared my Theme Card. Click here if you missed it.

Today I want to share my challenge card.

Each month we are given something to use on our challenge card and the finished project is due to be presented at the next meeting. At the February meeting we were given a sheet of poster stickers to use on our card/project for the March meeting.

There are 3 strips on this sheet and they are about 16" long and 2" wide.

The strips are precut, wavy on one side and straight on the other side. 

I used the strip kind of like Washi tape.

But I applied the sticker to card stock to make it easier to work with for this project.

I trimmed away the card stock on the the wavy side to match the sticker.

Since the stickers were too wide for my project, I trimmed on the straight side so the sticker would be abou 1" wide and  4 3/4" long. 

I used 2 strips, added a few other items and here is the finished card.

I added texture using embossing folders and a die cut for additional interest. 

Next the sentiment was the finishing piece.

SUPPLIES I USED ON MY PROJECT

Paper/Card Stock: White CS, Pink CS Dies Used: Sizzix - Tim Holtz thinlits-  friend set; Memory Box- Lavish Branch (old) Accessories: Peel and Stick Poster Stickers (from Dollar Tree), Alcohol Markers (to color branch), Embossing folders, Art Institute Glitter Glue (My fav)

I love the stamp club challenge each month

it makes me think outside the box.

I am submitting my card to the following challenges:

All Fun Challenges  - #3 - Anything Goes (#7)
Dare 2B Artzy Challenges -  (March) Anything Goes (#33)
Crafty Sentiment Designs - Add Flowers (#18)
Lemon Shortbread  #115 - Always Anything Goes  (#16)

Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper  March - Anything Goes with Patterned Paper (#192)

Creative Craft Cottage Digi Creations  #112 - Embossing of any kind (#14)

Daisy Chain Challenges  #39 - Use Dies (#28)

Die Cut Divas  March - Anything Goes (#77)

Happy Little Stampers Dies  March - Always Anything Goes with Dies (#19)

Hope you liked my card.

Next time you go in to a Dollar store, 

look at some of the stuff  they sell, in a whole different light. 

You probably can use it on your cards.

Thanks so much for stopping by

I will be back soon

Boo to You

Hello

Hope your are having a great week so far.

Today is the 1st Tuesday of September and

 over at Craft-Dee BowZ that means its Inspiration Tuesday. 

Usually I post an inspiration piece on the 1st Tuesday 

and the other designers post on a Tuesday throughout the month as well.

OK,  let me share with you my Tuesday inspiration piece.

This card design came about because of an art piece I saw at a home goods store.

It really appealed to me. (Obviously - LOL)

See that background paper??? That gray and white patterned paper. 

Well I had some paper that was this design but it was pink not gray.

Well I put that DP in my copier and copied it as a B &W 

and the B&W selection on the copier gave me exactly what I was wanting.

I trimmed it and used it as a layered piece over a dark gray cardstock.

My pumpkin is an old die from Accucut and it's still available. 

It comes with eyes a nose and a mouth and a leaf. 

I will use the other pieces some other time. 

I cut the pumpkin out and then cut another center piece. 

I used my paper shaper to shape the end parts of the pumpkin 

and that extra center piece. 

I added foam tape to the extra center piece and 

attached it over that center area on the main pumpkin shape. 

It gives the pumpkin dimension. I also inked the edges using gray ink.

I added a bow and this is the end result.

OK after I made that card, I thought that pumpkin would be cute on a handle bag. 

Perfect to use that bag for Halloween Trick or Treating. 

I decided to make a bag topper

Here is what this finished up as.

This looks so cute.

Same pumpkin - same background paper and I just mounted it on a extra large label shape

 and added some pretty leaf ribbon . 

I added a slit to that label shape and slid it down on the front bag handle. 

You can see the slit and the fold spot right above the stem

SUPPLIES I USED ON MY PROJECT

Paper/Card Stock: DP copied to make gray/white. Orange CS, Black CS, Green CS Ink: Memento - Gray Flannel Dies Used: Recollections - Alphabet, Accucut - Pumpkin #5, Spellbinders- Grand labels Four Accessories: Ribbon, Craft-Dee BowZ  tool, dimensional foam

I am submitting my projects in the following challenges:

• A Bit More Time to Craft  #99 - Always Anything Goes (#108)
• A Perfect Time To Craft September - Always Anything Goes (#86)
• Classic Design Team Open Challenge Always Anything Goes (#69)
• Crafts Galore Encore  #67 - Always Anything Goes (#62)
• DL.Art Linky Challenge September - Always Anything Goes (#57)
• Happy Little Stampers Dies  September - Always Anything Goes with Dies (#1)
• Morgan's ArtWorld Open Challenge  September - Anything Goes (#37)
• Arty Divas  #3 - Anything Goes (week 2) (#63)
• Digi Choosday Challenge -, - #36 - Anything Goes (#59)

OK that's it for today. 

Hope you might try making a bag topper. 

They are easy to make 

and really dress up a plain gift bag.

Happy Day

Hello Everyone and thanks for stopping in today

Well, here is the card I would like to share with you today.  

Since it is the 1st Tuesday of the month

 it is my turn to post an inspiration piece.

This card has taken me a while to finish. 

I had it finished, or so I thought but I felt it was missing something,
 so it sat... and waited.... til I could find the piece that would finish it.

I recently purchased a wheat die from a garage sale and that was the finishing piece I needed. Unfortunately, I have no clue as to who makes this die. All I know is I love it and got a super bargain

There is holographic paper under the wheat and I cut it in a banner shape. Flowers and a scroll embellish the left side. The pink piece is scored and folded to achieve that look and under that is an embossed card front base.

I added the bow to the top right and now the card is done and ready to gift.

That ribbon I used is a sheer with white stars embossed on it.
Sheer ribbon is my favorite because it is easy to work with
and since it's so thin you can make a multi-loop bow without a problem.

Here is an up-close view.

For those of you that are bow making challenged this is the tool for you.

Click here to place an order for your very own.

I am submitting my card in the following challenges:

• Always Fun Challenges -  #26 DIES OR PUNCHES (#11)
• Crafting from the Heart - ALWAYS ANYTHING GOES (#26)
• Pammie's Inky Pinkies Challenges -  ALWAYS ANYTHING GOES (#12)
• World Wide Open Design Team Challenge #26 -  Anything Goes (#87)
• The Ribbon Girls - Any Card with Ribbon  (#39)

I hope you’ve enjoyed my project. Hope you will link a project in the Craft-Dee BowZ challenge. 

Don’t forget, the theme every month is always - Anything Goes with a Handmade bow.  

Also on each Tuesday of the month, a different designer will post over

on the Craft-Dee BowZ blog to inspire you! 

Thanks so much for stopping by today and I 'll be back soon!

Celebrate

Welcome back 
I thought I'd show a card I made using some Pan Pastels and Versamark. Don't have Pan Pastels well dust off those chalks and you will get the same effect.

Stamp the image with Versamark and then add the color - using chalks/Pan Pastels. What applicator did I use?? I just used my finger. I just gently tapped my finger onto the pigment color and then tapped my finger onto the stamped image. I also gently rubbed 

I stamped a wooded image and used greens and blues and some browns on the trees. Used grays and blues  on the stream and the bank (by the label)

Let me share my card with you. 

I love this look, to me it gives me a misty/foggy morning look, Hope you like this look as well. 

LET ME SHARE WITH YOU THE I SUPPLIES USED ON MY PROJECT

Stamps:  Stampscapes - Pines and Rocks Paper/Card Stock:White CS green CS Ink: Versamark Dies Used: Sizzix Tim Holtz - Handwritten Celebrate Accessories: Blackboard label, Pan Pastels

I am submitting my card in the following challenges:

• Cards und More - # 167 - No Designer Paper (week 2) (#74)
• Digi Choosday Challenge - #38 - Anything Goes (#6)
• Lemon Shortbread Always Anything Goes  (#80)
• Through The Craft Room Door - Always Anything Goes (#16)
• Artistic Inspirations - Anything Goes (#167)
• Colouring in Scrapland -  Clean & Clean or Fully Loaded (#11)
• Crafting from the Heart - Always Anything Goes (#64)
• Craft Your Passion - Always Anything Goes (#65)
• Lost Coast Designs - Anything Goes (#17)
• The Paper Girls -  (Week 1) Nature (#13)

Thanks for stopping in today and I will be back real soon.

What Cancer Cannot Do

Hello everyone
Cancer is a disease that is so prevalent today and I think everyone has a family member or knows of someone that has been affected by cancer in some way.

Verses Rubber Stamps sent me this stamp that speaks of cancer. After reading it, I had to leave it sit for a while so that I could get a design idea. Well it finally came to me, I wanted to use some cut out/lacy dies, a doily type die and a label type shape. Layering all these cut out pieces is exactly what I had in mind.

Let me show an even closer view of the sentiment. 

I love this sentiment because it lists what cancer cannot do. 

I love this stamp and its perfect to use on a card and send to someone battling this disease.

You can order this online and have it shipped to you if you can't find this stamp at your local stamp store. Click here to order.

LET ME SHARE WITH YOU THE I SUPPLIES USED ON MY PROJECT

Stamps:  Verses Rubber Stamps - What Cancer Cannot Do - GW0628F Paper/Card Stock: White CS, Creanm and Pink Shimmer CS Ink: India Ink-Black, Memento - Angel Pink Dies Used: Lacy Tiers Dies, Filigree Bracket Label Dies, Filigree Corner Dies (All of these dies are from Amazing Paper Grace from 2012/2013 Accessories: Hug Snug Seam Binding Ribbon, Craft-Dee BowZ  tool, dimensional foam, Mini Ink Blending Tool

I am submitting my card in the following challenges:

4 Crafty Chicks  #313 Sentiment  (#31)

Southern Girls  141 Anything Goes  (#66)

Crafting With An Attitude  Always Anything Goes (#172)

Artbymiran Challenge -  No.65 - (W2 of 2) - Anything Goes (#46)

Jo's Scrap Shack -  No.153 - Cut It Up (use dies) (#8)

Simply Papercraft - No. 35 (W1 of 2) - Anything Goes (#10)

I hope you have a great weekend and I will see you soon.

Big News

BIG NEWS...BIG NEWS!!

Craft-Dee BowZ has decided to make your shopping a "one stop" retail experience! 

With a limited start, you can now purchase not only your Craft-Dee BowZ Tool and Ribbon-Ade from Craft-Dee BowZ, but also...are you ready?  Die-cuts too!!

Initially, there will be a limited selection of die-cuts available in the Craft-Dee BowZ Store located at the top of the blog under "The Store" tab.  Not only is this exciting news, but they will be offered at a 10% discount no matter who the manufacturer, what the size, or cost.  Craft-Dee BowZ has been working diligently to create a more affordable shipping charge and feels it has come up with the very best.  They will be shipping USPS (Domestic only...sorry no sales outside the US) for a fee of $4.95 which covers shipping from 1 to 4 dies maximum in one shipment.  Fees will go up with 5 or more.

So, on to the exciting new inventory!

The first dies to be carried in the Craft-Dee BowZ Store are hard to come by because they are European and sold in very few places, especially retail.  Drum roll, please.......Craft-Dee BowZ will be offering the NEWEST holiday die-cuts from SUE WILSON DIES!!  How exciting is that?  Her dies are incredible because of all the "surprise" edges, so they have a much more intricate cut than you would expect.  You can check out her videos on You Tube under Creative Expressions Sue Wilson.

Craft-Dee BowZ will be ordering dies on a regular basis and notifying you via newsletter and Facebook when new stock is available.  So, be sure to sign up for the Craft-Dee BowZ Newsletter and follow them on Facebook for up to date news on current dies.

As a reminder...there are limited supplies available, so don't waste any time!  Get over to the Craft-Dee BowZ Store and make your purchase now.  You won't want to miss this opportunity!

Beautiful

Hi Everyone,
Hope your holiday weekend is nice. I know some are experiencing some bad weather, lots of rain and hurricane weather. Hopefully that will die off soon.

In the meantime, I would like to share a card with you today. I have no idea what this design is called and it's pretty easy to make and for the life of me, I have no clue where I got the dimensions from. I may have got it off of Pinterest, I will have to look there.

Anyhoo.......... here it is.  I like these kind of foldy, foldy cards.

The card stands up on it's own and is just a panel cut in parallel lines and scored and folded

Hope you can see that from the pictures.And wouldn't you know it, I stamped  the sentiment on crooked.Just my luck.

Here is another view (Yep that sentiment is crooked)

And finally a view with this card, flat. 

This card is about 5.5" square, next I am going to try to make one that fits in a 5"X7" envie.

If I am successful I will post and give the dimensions.

SUPPLIES USED ON MY PROJECT

Stamps:  Unity Beautiful Wish (from the Layers of Life series June 2014) Paper/Card Stock: White CS, Tan CS, DP Ink:VersaMark Dies Used: Spellbinders Grand Ovals, Poppy Stamps Meadow Leaf, Heartfelt Creations - Sweet Juliette Accessories: Ribbon (Hug Snug), White embossing powder

I am submitting this card in the following challenges:

• 4 Krafty Girlz - # 21 Anything Goes (#275  7-10)
• Aud Sentiments Challenge -  #110 Anything Goes (#29   7-15)
• Crafty Ribbons - #96 Anything Goes with Ribbon  (#48  7-8)
• A girl who crafts - #2 ANYTHING GOES (#58  7-30)
• Cards Galore Encore - #7 Use a Digi or Rubber Stamp (#82  7-30)
• Imagination Crafts Challenge – Anything Goes (#21  7-31)
• Just For Fun - #1  Anything Goes (#72   7-31)
• Ladybug Crafts - Summer Flowers (#22  7-31)
• The East Wind Challenge - #10 Use Ribbon (#19  7-10)
• The Sisters of Craft - M, P1 Anything Goes  (#71  7-31)
• Fan-Tastic Tuesday -  Must Be Square or Rectangular #42 Anything Goes (#128 7-7)
• Loves Rubber Stamps  #110 Anything Goes (#124  7-7)
• Through The Craft Room Door - Always Anything Goes  (#128  7-7)
• Tuesday Throwdown - #202 Anything Goes (#123  7-7)

Thanks for stopping by today

Noel

Hi Everyone!!
Thanks for stopping in today. I just received a few new stamps and I especially wanted to stamp this particular stamp and design a card.

I live in Kentucky and the state bird is the cardinal and they are the state bird in the following states as well: Illinois, Indiana, North Carolina, Ohio, Virginia and West Virginia. WOW that's a lot of states that have adopted this bird as their state bird.

OK you probably have guessed I am using a cardinal in my design.

This stamp is from Stampendous, and I just love it. I used a Becca Feeken ornate label die that she used to offer in a kit club. I actually cut it down the center attached 3 halves together and made a swirly edge for my layered oval, on the one side and used a single piece of that die on the other side as an offset.

The cardinals are colored with colored pencils and I used gamsol as my blending agent.

I decided these cardinals reminded me of Christmas so I added the Christmas sentiment. I know we are not quite thru the first half of the year. but you know that Christmas will be here before we know it. LOL

SUPPLIES USED ON MY PROJECT

Stamps:  Stampendous - Jumbo Cardinals, My Sentiments Exactly - Multi Script (Sentiment) Paper/Card Stock: Cream, White, Red, Gold Ink: Black Dye Dies Used:Memory Box - Blushing Bouquet , Spellbinders - Large Ovals, Becca Feeken Ornate Label (No longer available) Accessories: dimensional foam, Inktense Colored Pencils, Gamsol, Spectrum Noir (coloring the blossoms on the die cut) Wink of Stella - Pink (colored the flower centers on die cut) Outline Stickers

I am submitting this card in the following challenges:

• Artistic Stampers -  Colour it Red  (#4    7-1)
• Cards Galore Encore -  #6 Anything Goes  (#80  7-1)
• Ladybug Crafts -  Something for the boys and/or use your dies (#37   7-1)
• Scrap It Girl -  Things With Wings  (#14  7-1)
• The Sisters of Craft -  Anything Goes (#53   7-1)
• Artbymiran Challenge - No.7 - (W2 of 2) - Anything Goes   (#85  6-11)
• Sister Act Card Challenge -  No. 60 - Anything Goes  (#123  6-12)
• Stampin' For The Weekend -   Anything Goes (#105   6-17)
• STAMPlorations Challenge Blog - June - Stamps & Borders  (#6 7-1)
• 4 Crafty Chicks -#197 Christmas (#21   6-11)
• Crimbo Crackers  -(W1 of 2) Anything Goes (Christmas)  (#23    6-16)

Step into my Garden

Hi Everyone,

I have a quick post showing  a card using a few dies and one gorgeous stamp. One die set I used is from Sizzix, a tiny lily. Another die I used is from Impression Obsession and that dies called Hollyhocks. And that stamped image is from Serendipity Stamps.I have the whole alphabet and each letter is gorgeous.

Let me share the card with you.

Here is a close-up of the lilies and that stamped image.

And last but not least, here are the stalks of hollyhocks

When making this card, I used a brick wall embossing folder on the celery green panel. I rubbed over the raised design Lavender Bloom dye ink from Fresco to bring out that brick design. Love those inks.

SUPPLIES USED ON MY PROJECT

Stamps:  "L" Serendipity Stamps Paper/Card Stock: Light Orange CS, Celery CS, Gray CS, Med. Green CS, Dark Green CS, White CS Pink/Purple CS Ink: Black dye, Fresco Lavender Bloom Dye Ink Dies Used: Sizzix - Lily,Impression Obsession - Hollyhocks, Cheery Lynn Designs- Trellis Miscellaneous: Dimensional Foam, Yellow Glitter

I am submitting this card in the following challenges:

• Crafter's Cafe -  #63 use 3 flowers (#17  6-2)
• Inky Impressions - #161  Anything Goes (#67  6-2)
• Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes   (#233  6-3)
• WordArt Wednesdays -  #134 -Anything goes (#86  6-3)
• Fan-Tastic Tuesday - #37 Anything Goes (#110   6-2)
• Party Time Tuesdays  - Anything Goes (#68  6-2)
• Through The Craft Room Door  - Always Anything Goes  (#111  6-2)
• Crafting from the Heart - #20 Always Anything Goes  (#167   6-1)
• Love to Scrap - #30 Anything Goes ( #187   6-1)
• My Craft Creations -  Always Anything Goes (#52   6-7)
• The Pink Elephant Monday Card Challenge - TPE252 Anything Goes (#110   6-1)
• Serendipity Stamps SSCB#31- Flowers (#7  6-1)

Life is a Song

Hi Everyone,
Happy Hump Day!! LOL   Last night was club night and I thought you'd like to see the card I made for club. The theme was musical and I decided to use a stamp set from Unity that definitely had this theme covered.

I used blue cs for the bird, so I guess you can say he's the blue bird of happiness. LOL I stamped the wing again, fussy cut it out, added glitter to the lines and popped it up.I also glittered the curly tail.  I used my Craft-Dee BowZ tool to make a fluffy bow for the card.

Here is a close up of the bow. I added some flowers to the center of my bow.

 I must have spring fever since I made some more little flowers and added them to this card. My last post has some of my handmade flowers on it also.

SUPPLIES USED ON MY PROJECT

Stamps:  Unity Stamp Co - Music of My Heart Paper/Card Stock: White CS, Yellow CS, Blue Handmade Paper, DP, Ink: Black dye ink, Memento Danube Blue Dies Used: Spellbinders Ovals sm, Foliage Accessories: Seam Binding (ribbon), Craft-Dee BowZ  tool, dimensional foam, Embossing Folder, MS Glitter - Navy

I am submitting this card to the following challenges:

• Crafting from the Heart - #9 Anything Goes / Use Dies (#62)
• Kaboodle Doodles - #214 Anything but a Square (#41)
• Love to Create - #106 Anything Goes (#128)
• Make it Monday - #182 Always Anything Goes (#101)
• My Craft Creations -  Always Anything Goes (#57)
• The Paper Nest Dolls Challenge - #5 Anything Goes (#55)
• Glitter n Sparkle - #75 Anything Goes (#108)
• That Craft Place -  Anything Goes. (#267)