Wednesday, September 29, 2010

Good late afternoon - another day of work done - got lots done which always makes you feel good. Now I wish I would accomplish something here at home. Oh gee - the week end is coming but did you know Saturday is World Cardmaking Day and I am actually going to be home so I might be able to play along a couple places. Maybe I should get some cards laid out so I can be ready for challenges on Saturday. Hmmmmmm - now I could do that.

Tonight I am sharing a card I made for a challenge on the SRM Stickers blog site - they are hosting a challenge for the Operation Write Home birthday celebration. They have a great sketch to inspire you. You have until Thursday evening to enter. Stop over and check it out.

This card also qualifies for the Clean and Simple challenge on Caardvarks. Pretty clean and simple for me. (insert big smile)

Everyone have a wonderful evening.

Card Details:
Size: 4.25 x 5.5
Patterned Paper: Basic Grey
Stamp: Penny Black
Ink: Close to my Heart
Sticker: SRM Stickers

Tuesday, September 28, 2010

Good early morning – I was on the road over the week end so I wanted to take a project with me so I decided to mass produce a set of holiday cards for Operation Write Home. This card was bouncing around in my head and needed to be set free. I love to make nature based holiday cards – must be the country girl in me.

One of the challenges over the week end at Operation Write Home is sponsored by Eclectic Paperie. All of their designers demonstrated how to mass produce a set of cards on a bloghop. My group fell right into this challenge – the challenge is not to make a set of cards but to make a card for OWH.

Here is the finished card – I made 12 cards like this.


Step one: Make your cardbase and stamp your pine bough on the bottom of your card front.

Step two: Take acrylic paint and a toothpick and just place white paint on the pine boughs. Just put it on there – don’t worry about it – each bough is different – some even have some large clumps of snow on them. I then dry brushed white paint around the edge of the card front and then across the front of the card.

Step three: Cut strips of paper and adhere to the top of the card.

Step four: Add rub ons – I ran out of red rub ons so had to stamp one card with a sentiment. You ask – why not just stamp your sentiment – well I wanted my cards to turn out – and sometimes when I stamp – oops – ruined card.

OK – one piece of advice when you are doing mass production – make sure your cards are all facing in the same direction – or you end up with an OOPS card but this one wasn’t ruined. Actually maybe I like this card better - which one is your favorite

Thanks for stopping by and checking out my card. Everyone have a wonderful day.

Card Details:

Size: 4.25 x 5.5

Patterned Paper: Basic Grey

Stamp: Purple Daisy Designs

Ink: Close to my Heart

Rub Ons: Making Memories

Folk Art Acrylic Paint

October is Here

I don't know how it got to be October - pretty soon it will be snowing. With the summer we have had - cool - we will probably have snow in the beginning of November. I am not ready for snow - my back is not ready to shovel snow. So I make a card with snowmen on it and snowflakes - what was I thinking.

I found a new challenge site . Stamps and Smiles Sketch Challenge. They post on Thursday so it gives you a jump start on your week end creativity. I had colored this image already and the paper was laying out from a previous project so it was pretty easy to pull together. I also did a little recyling on this project - the bow is made out of tulle like material that was torn off the edge of gathered lace. I think it makes a pretty bow - somewhat delicate. Repeated the design of the border on the center of the bow.

Everyone have a wonder week.

Paper - I know it was listed on a previous post.

Stamp - I believe it is Close to My Heart that I have had for years

Bling - Darice

Rub On - Making Memories

Snowflake - Martha Stewart punch