Soccer boy

A teenage boy at our church had a birthday this past week.  Teen age boys are HARD to make cards for!!  But . . . I had ordered this image from The Paper Shelter with this specific boy in mind a little while ago, so it was the obvious choice.  He is the goal keeper on the JV soccer team at a local High School.  I wasn't able to find out from his mom what color he wears, but I did use the school colors for the papers and I guess, goalies can wear any color as long as it isn't the same as the rest of the team, so I chose yellow as it went with the green.  I made my own soccer ball embellishments by drawing on the pentagon shapes on two circle die cuts.  I did a little bit of selected printing on the boy's shirt.  I had a pattern that I knew wouldn't match the uniform, so I first printed the image on regular copy paper, cut out just the center portion of the shirt to use as a mask and adhered it onto my card stock in the right place before printing again.  My mask wasn't exactly in the right place, so I had to draw the rest of the badge or pocket on the chest as it had partly printed.  But the mask did work to take out the rest of the pattern and I was pretty happy how it worked.  Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies:
Stamps: The Paper Shelter "The Goalkeeper" digi; Raisin Boat "It's a Guy Thing" sentiment
Dies: Sweet n' Sassy Stamps grass border die; Spellbinders "Classic Circles, large"

Challenges:
Crafty Creations #401--anything goes
Pink Gem Challenge--anything goes
The Paper Shelter--make it square
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday--anything goes
Creative Fingers #174--anything goes
Cards Galore #69--anything goes
Pattie's Creations #164--anything goes
Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper--anything goes with patterned paper
Brown Sugar #295--anything goes
Creatalicious #174--anything goes with the optional twist: for a man

Birthday Wishes

It's Saturday!!  That means it's time for another challenge from Di's Digi Designs.

The challenge this time is: Colors of Autumn
And here is my card for your inspiration:

I had this bit of burlap just hanging around waiting to be used and thought it fit with the challenge, the image and the sketch I used.  I used a piece that unraveled from it to tie on the button.  Finished everything off with brown/copper stickles on the sunflower center and some enamel dots.  I think it turned out super cute!  The photo below shows all the fabulous sparkle from the stickles!

I hope you will get a chance to play along with us; I can't wait to see what you create.  And make sure you hop over to the Di's Digital Designs blog to see what the rest of the team has made for this challenge.

Supplies: 

Stams: Di's Digi Stamps "Happiness Is a Sunflower Bear" digi; Verve "Borderline" sentiment

Dies: Lawn Fawn "Say Cheese"

Challenges:
Cuttlebug Mania--autumn colors
Crafty Creations #401--anything goes
Creative Moments #179--anything goes with the optional twist: for the girls
Moving Along with the Times #109--rich autumn colors
Cardz TV #101--anything goes
Pink Gem Challenge--anything goes
Die Cuttin' Divas #444--anything goes
Penny's Challenge #454--anything goes
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday--anything goes
If You Give a Crafter a Cookie #129--inspiration photo (I was inspired by the colors and the fall theme)

CAS(E) This Sketch #346--sketch

Aud Sentiments #239--anything goes
Cutie Pie--anything goes

Season's Greetings

A new month has arrived and that means a new challenge from the Love To Scrap Challenge Blog.  This month's challenge is Anything Goes.  Our fabulous sponsor is DRS Designs.

And here is the card I created:

This image is so gorgeous and elegant and it was just begging to be made into a super CAS card.  So, I obliged.  I printed it out quite large, die cut it with a stitched rectangle die and colored it with my Spectrum Noir markers.  I added a few details with a white gel pen and a gold pen and that is all it needed!

Thanks so much for stopping by!  Head on over to the LTSCB blog to see what the rest of the team has created and to get the full details of the challenge.  Then get inky and play along with us; I can't wait to see what you create.

Supplies:

Stamps: DRS Designs Image #487 digi

Dies: MFT "Blueprints 25" stitched rectangle

Challenges:
Less Is More #407--OLC winter flora
Mod Squad--sentiment says it all

Vintage Christmas

Happy Wednesday!!  It's time for another challenge from The House That Stamps Built.  As it is the 5th Wednesday of the month, we have a fabulous sketch for your inspiration:

And here is my card:

As you all know, I love sketch challenges, but this one had me stumped for a bit!  I just wasn't sure what to use for those squares.  I have a difficult time pairing patterns, so I didn't really want to use patterned papers.  As I was looking through my dies to see what oval I wanted to use, I saw this elegant square and thought it would work perfectly.  So, I die cut 6 of them from white card stock and used metallic gilding polish in Chocolate Bronze and Mint to give them the look of old metal with a patina finish.  I stamped my sentiment on a piece of light gray card stock and darkened the edges with a dark gray ink then added frantage powder and heat embossed it.  I used some white mulberry paper, a sheer sparkly organza ribbon and  soft gold nuvo drops to finish everything off.

Thanks for stopping by!  Make sure you hop over to the House blog for all the details and to see what the rest of the team created.  And if you need any of the stamps I used, make sure you check out the 10% off your entire order coupon over in my left sidebar.

Supplies:
Stamps: Repeat Impressions "For Unto You . . ."
Dies: Spellbinders "Classic Ovals, large" and "Fleur Di Lis Squares"

Challenges:
Pixie's Craft Workshop--anything goes with snippets (all the fancy squares were cut from scrap white, the oval was cut from a scrap and the mulberry paper was torn from a scrap)
Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge #461--anything goes with optional twist: make your own background
Cardz TV #101--anything goes
Crimbo Crackers #196--anything goes
ART Impressions #269--holiday cards
Love To Craft #39--anything goes
Merry Little Christmas #15--anything goes
The Holly and Ivy Christmas Challenge #57--anything goes
Crafty Friends #121--embossing (heat embossing the frantage)
Incy Wincy--use something metallic (I used metallic gilding polish to make my "metal" pieces)
Word Art Wednesday #411--anything goes with uplifting sentiment
Mod Squad--sentiment says it all

It turns out well

The pieces of this card were sent to me as a little kit, but I got to put them together how I wanted and I added the sentiment, one I love but never use very much.  Finished everything off with a few pearls.

Supplies:
Stamps" Sweet n' Sassy Stamps "The Future"

Challenges:
Cards Galore #68--anything goes
STAMPlorations Theme and Prompt--stamps and 3 colors (I used black, green and orange)

Give a Crafter a Cookie #128--inspiration photo (I used the colors black, white, green, orange)

Southern Girls--anything goes
Crafty Friends #121--embossing
Word Art Wednesday #411--anything goes with uplifting sentiment
Crafty Creations #401--anything goes
Creative Knockouts #321--embossing delights

Have a Merry Christmas

Happy Wednesday!!  It's time for another challenge from The House That Stamps Built and this week it is a fan favorite: Anything Goes!! And here is the card I created for your inspiration:

For this cute a easy Christmas card, I used one of the images and one of the sentiments from a multi-piece set.  Just a reminder that you don't have to use a set or even a stamp exactly as it was designed.  I decided to use Nuvo drops for the ornaments on the tree and I LOVE the shine and dimension it added.  I used red, green and soft gold.  I also added some gold wink of stella pen to the star, but you don't really notice the shimmer.  The die cut border piece (which is so elegant!) was a little gift from my fabulous teammate, Esther.  Thanks, Esther!  A bit of satin ribbon and some red pearls and I was all finished.
Thanks for stopping by!  I hope you will hop over to the House blog to see the rest of the DT's creations and then get inky and play along with us.  And if you need any of the stamps I used, check out my 10% off your ENTIRE order coupon code over in my left sidebar.

Supplies:
Stamps: Repeat Impressions "Christmas Tree 2-sided Swing Stamp set"
Dies: Spellbinders "A2 Matting Basics A" rectangle that I double cut to make it a little narrower

Challenges:
Crafty Sentiments--anything goes
Use Your Stuff #370--tic tac toe (I used the diagonal: enamel dots, red, ribbon/twine)

Lil' Patch of Crafty Friends #116--anything goes
Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Cards #460--anything goes with the optional twist: add a flower
Creative Fingers #173--anything goes
Try Stampin' On Tuesday #430--sketch

Cardz TV #100--anything goes
Crafting By Designs--anything goes
Winter Wonderland--merry and bright
Merry Little Christmas #15--anything goes
Creative with Stamps #43--tree

Christmas at Sweet Stampin'--anything goes with the optional twist: stars

Harvest Thanks

It's Saturday!!  That means it's time for another challenge from Di's Digi Designs.

The challenge this time is: Halloween or Harvest
And here is my card for your inspiration:

I don't celebrate Halloween, so I went with the Harvest theme.  Apple picking is in full swing where I live so I thought this image worked perfectly.  I printed the image out quite large so I could use only part of it for a different look.  I added a little strip of scrap patterned paper down the side and a bit of ribbon that actually has snowflakes on the face side, but this back side is nice a plain and perfect for my color scheme.  I finished it off with a cute little sentiment tag and button.

I hope you will get a chance to play along with us; I can't wait to see what you create.  And make sure you hop over to the Di's Digital Designs blog to see what the rest of the team has made for this challenge.

Supplies: 

Stams: Di's Digi Stamps "An Apple A Day" digi; Craftin' Desert Divas truck set

Dies: MFT "Blueprints 25" stitched rectangle

Challenges:
Cutie Pie Challenge #140--anything goes
Pattie's Creations #163--autumn/halloween
Crafting with Attitude--anything goes
Love To Craft Challenge Blog #39--anything goes
Crafty Calendar--autumn colors/Halloween
Dies R Us #131--pumpkins and/or apples
Sheepski Designs #31--autumn
Creatalicious #173--anything goes with the optional twist: autumn/Halloween
Dare 2B Artzy--cute animals
{Pin}spirational Challenge #249--inspiration photo (inspired by the fall theme and gratitude)

Crafty Creations #400--anything goes
Alphabet Challenge--O is for one word sentiment
Make My Monday #107--fruit or vegetable