March Stamp Club - Theme Card

Well Hello Everyone!!

Hope you are having a  nice week so far!!

We have finally reached March, the month that brings on spring

and I am happy that the official beginning of spring will start in about 1 1/2 weeks.

Tonite we had our March stamp club meeting and the theme card was  Things that Fly. 

Now, that includes a lot of things. However I took the easy way out - I used a bird stamp.

This is one of my all time fav's and I have had this one for over 10 years. 

And yes this cute bird and the sentiment are still available 

Winter Chickadee

Season Brings

I know, I am really dating myself...LOL

Here's the card I made for stamp club 

(It has underlying tones of Christmas - but I will have at least 1 christmas card done)

That diamond shape with the image on it, flips over the right...... 

And now the card can open as usual

I carried that diamond shape over to the inside as well

I really like this card design. Its fun to do and really makes a statement.

BTW - this is an A-2 card size

This would be a great design for an A7 card as well

SUPPLIES I USED ON MY PROJECT

Stamps:  Great Impressions - Image - Winter Chickadee, Sentiment  - Season Brings Paper/Card Stock: DP (3), Dark Green CS, White CS Ink: Memento - Northern Pine , Rich Cocoa Dies Used:  Spellbinders - Square Accessories: Ribbon, Memento markers - Northern Pine & Rich Cocoa,  Craft-Dee BowZ  tool

I am submitting my card to the following challenges:

The Holly and Ivy Christmas Challenge -  #67 - Anything Christmas Goes  (#3)

Through The Craft Room Door - Always Anything Goes (#4)

Double Trouble Challenges  #51 - LET'S GO GREEN )(#42)

A Bit More Time to Craft  #111 - Always Anything Goes (#134)

A Perfect Time To Craft  Always Anything Goes (#144)

Classic Design  Challenge Always Anything Goes (#127)

Crafts Galore Encore  Always Anything Goes (#82)
Crafty Animals  Always Anything Goes (#57)

Digi Doodle Studios Challenge Blog  #25 - Ribbon and/or Lace (#15)

Love to Craft  #44 - Anything Goes (#122)

Love to Scrap (M, P1, E5, digis or stamping) #131 - Anything Goes (#100)

Merry Little Christmas Challenge Blog  #20 - Anything Goes (#42)

Morgan's ArtWorld Open Challenge  March - Anything Goes(#52)

Digi Choosday Challenge  #10 - Anything Goes (#13)

Arty Divas  #17 - Anything Goes (#2)

Hope you like my card and the design. 

The design is perfect for any theme, any season.

Next month's stamp club card theme is Umbrella/Stormy Weather

In the meantime, I hope you can stop back tomorrow

 to check out my Stamp Club Challenge Card

Wait til you see what we had to use on the card.

It was a fun card to make.

Thanks for stopping in today

November Stamp Club Theme Card

Well hello crafters,

Hope everyone is staying warm. As I write this, it's 12° outside - too cold for the first part of November IMHO. (I am in the Greater Cincinnati area.)

Tonight was the monthly stamp club meeting and the theme card was "Just Say Thanks".

For my theme card, I  used a Bugaboo image and for the sentiment I used a really old stamp that contains the alphabet and I then punched the letters out and placed them above the image.

I fussy cut the image and there was some white space left and I felt it detracted from the image and the card. So, I found a gray spectrum noir alcohol marker that matched up pretty well with the gray in the DP so I colored in all the white space and it matched up nicely. However this photo shows that gray marker kind of blue, but on the card it is more gray.

We had a wonderful time and planned our Christmas get together for next month. I have calls to make to get a reservation for  the 7 of us at a restaurant for our December meeting and we have 3 places on our list. (Some places will not take reservations, so I have 3 places, in order of preference, and hopefully one of these 3 will take reservations.)

SUPPLIES I USED ON MY PROJECT

Stamps:  Rubber Stamp - Circle Framed Alphabet - Great Impressions (still available on their site), Digital Bugaboo - Pumpkins and Leaves Paper/Card Stock: Orange CS, Black CS, White CS DP Ink: Memento - Tangelo Accessories: Spectrum Noir Markers, Small Circle Punch

We always have a challenge card to make as well, and I will share that one with you on Friday. So please stop back to check it one out. A hint - if you like CAS,  this one might be right up your alley. 

I am submitting this card to the following challenges:

• Digi Choosday Challenge - Anything Goes (#11)
• Always Fun Challenges -   #136 PUMPKINS (#4)
• Crafting Happiness Challenges - #22 FALL THANK YOU (#4)
• Crafty Cardmakers  - #245 THANKFUL (Week 1) (#3)
• Jan’s Digi Stamps Challenges - ANYTHING GOES (#68)
• Addicted to Stamps 4W, winner + Top Picks, Must include digi or rubber/clear Stamping (no precolored digis) - Anything Goes(Week 1 of 4) (#49)

Thanks so much for stopping in today.  Hope you have a great week and stay warm. 

   

Sideways Step Card

Hi Everyone

I am back with some dimensions for the card that I presented in my last post.I still don't know what it is called, I have looked and looked so I am going to name it the sideways step card. LOL  It reminds me of the center step cards on its side, with some modifications of course.LOL

This is going to be a long post as I took pictures and added labels to aid you in making this cool card.I hope my visuals are not confusing.

This card will fold flat into a 5" x 7" card and should fit right into an envelope. Open, the card stands on its own and should display nicely.

You will need to start off with a 7 1/2" X 7" panel, (I used my MS score tool to make my score lines).

 Dotted lines are your score lines

Both cut lines are cut starting at 1 1/4" in  from the sides and run parallel to the 7 1/2" side.

The cut lines start 1 1/4" from the top and the bottom edges.(Cut lines are highlighted in red for a better visual image)

Now you will want to add the score lines

With the 7 1/2" side across the top of your score tool, start on the left side of the card, score from the top cut line to the bottom cut line.

The next score line will be scored 1 1/4" over from the 1st score line again scoring from the top cut line to the bottom cut line.

Next you will score the smaller lines at the other end of the cut lines.

Score from the top edge to the end of the card to the top cut line on the other end.

The bottom score line will start at the end of the bottom cut line and score down to the edge of the card.

The 2nd small score line will be 1 1/4" left of the 1st small score line. 

Again starting at the top of the card scoring down to the cut line.

The 2nd bottom score line will start 1 1/4" left of the 1st score line and score down to the edge of the card.

All of the cuts and scores are done, now let me show the folds

Now its time to decorate this creative folded card.

The dimensions I've given above will allow the card to fit into a envelope for a 5"X7" card

Here is my finished card. 

Here are a few different views.

 This card will stand on it's own. I love that feature. 

No sentiment on this card. I just wanted to show you how to cut and fold.

SUPPLIES USED ON MY PROJECT

Stamps:  Great Impressions Paper/Card Stock: Aqua shimmer CS, White CS Ink: Memories Black Accessories: Spectrum Noir, Glitter, Glossy Accents, Real Sea Shells, Diamond Mesh Dimensional Foam, Embossing Folder -Cuttlebug - Forest Branches

I am submitting this card in the following challenges:

• Artbymiran Challenge -  No.9 - (W2 of 2) - Anything Goes (#97  7-10)
• Chocolate, Coffee and  Cards  No. 68 - (W2 of 2) - Summer Days (#154  7-11)
• Creative Corner - Outdoors  (#27  7-10)
• Fussy and Fancy -  No.117 - (W2 of 2) - Summertime  (#132 7-10)
• Sister Act Card Challenge -  No. 64 - Anything Goes (#144 7-11)
• STAMPlorations Challenge Blog -  July - Stamps & Glitter (#8  7-31)
• Wags 'n Whiskers - No. 132 - (W2 of 2) -  Summer Fun (#53  7-11)
• 4 Krafty Girlz - # 21 Anything Goes (#329  7-10)
• Aud Sentiments Challenge -  #110 Anything Goes (#73   7-15)
• Crafty Ribbons - #96 Anything Goes with Ribbon  (#108  7-8)
• A girl who crafts - #2 ANYTHING GOES (#69  7-30)
• Cards Galore Encore - #7 Use a Digi or Rubber Stamp (#107  7-30)
• Imagination Crafts Challenge – Anything Goes (# 26  7-31)
• Just For Fun - #1  Anything Goes (#88   7-31)
• The Sisters of Craft - M, P1 Anything Goes  (# 89 7-31)
• Fan-Tastic Tuesday -  Must Be Square or Rectangular #42 Anything Goes (#160  7-7)
• Loves Rubber Stamps  #110 Anything Goes (#158  7-7)
• Through The Craft Room Door - Always Anything Goes  (# 168  7-7)
• Tuesday Throwdown - #202 Anything Goes (#166  7-7)

Thanks much for stopping in today. I hope you try this unique fold for your next card. It is easy to do and will make a great WOW card. So now it's time for you to try this card!! See you soon,

Yappy Birthday

Welcome back everyone,

Are you staying warm?? Well it's really cold here in the northern part of the south, otherwise known as Northern, Kentucky. I was invited to a birthday party for a darling 3 year old and who would want to miss that, even if it is 16 degrees out.  The party was held at a local pizzeria and we all had a wonderful time. Logan, the birthday boy himself, got so many gifts I think he got more that he did at Christmas. LOL

Let me share with you the card that I put together for his 3rd birthday.

I had the stamp of the dogs in my stash but I wanted to add something else to this card. It needed some more personality. LOL  What would be more appropriate than a dog house. I hand drew the dog house and then decided to make the house look like it was made of wooden siding. I added the siding boards (yellow card stock) to the cutout of the doghouse. I layered the siding starting from the bottom, working up, overlapping just like you see on a house. I trimmed the edges and then I then added the house trim in dark brown and used a black piece to give the opening some depth. I attached the dog house to the card front with dimensional foam. The paw prints are stamped in VersaMark and embossed with clear EP.

The sentiment is computer generated as is the inside sentiment. Coloring of the dogs and the front sentiment was done with my Spectrum Noir's

Logan's mom, Morgan, thought this card was so cute and I am so glad she liked it. She is saving this card so Logan can look back on the card and pics that Morgan took, when her gets older.

Supplies used:
Stamps - Great Impressions
Ink/Markers - India Ink, Spectrum Noir, VersaMark
Clear Detail EP
Cardstock - Mint Green, Yellow (siding), Black, Dark Brown, Medium Brown
Dimensional Foam

I am submitting this card in the following challenges:

• 4 Krafty Girlz - Challenge # 9 Anything Goes  (#240)
  
• Charisma Cardz - Challenge #51 Its a boy thing (#25)
• DL.ART Thankful Thursday Challenge -   Monthly Linky Party (open till January 31, 2014) Anything Goes (#202)
• Scrapbooker PhD - Use Stamps (#4)

Thanks for stopping in and I will see you soon

Hop for a cause with Great Impressions

Hi Everyone,

Welcome to the Ronald McDonald House Charity Hop sponsored by Great Impressions Stamps!  You should have arrived here from Erin's blog . If not, you will want to start at the Great Impressions Stamps Blog  or check where you are on the list below.  We don't want you to miss a thing!  Remember, stamping prizes are secretly hiding in several of the blogs, so be sure to leave everyone a little comment love!  Winners will be announced on the Great Impressions Stamps blog on Tuesday, October 2nd.

I have made 2 designs for you today. 

 The first is using a great stamp that I love to use for a lot of different themes

G304 Sea Grasses 

and I paired that up with a great little sentiment

E656 Butterfly Thinking of You

The second card is the perfect thank you card using:

E582 Antique Bicycle

and a perfect sentiment

B193 So Thankful for You

Here is a list of all the designers in this hop in case you get lost.

 1. Great Impressions Stamps Blog   2.  Dawn   3.  Angi   

4.  Patti   5.  Mary   6. Teresa   7.  Mia   

8.  Jenny   9.  Mynnette   10.  Shanna

 11.  Ellen   12.  Katy   13.  Erin    

14.  Barbara (you are here)  15.  Peggy  

   16.  Sue   17.  Elizabeth   18.  Tamra  

 19.  Sue C.   20.  Caroline   21.  Great Impressions Stamps Blog

  Thanks for hopping by today to support The Ronald McDonald House. Up next on the hop is Peggy.  Please make sure to visit her blog to check out her creative project she is sharing with us today!