JustRite Friday Challenge #060: Sketch

The challenge issued at JustRite this week is to use the given sketch. I chose to do a Halloween card, as I need to quickly get mine done for timely mailing -- where has the 1st half of October already disappeared to? YIKES!
I began with a Bazzill scalloped card, cutting the scallops off the sides and embossing the bottom edge with a veritically-striped embossing folder, distressing the edges and embossed area with black ink.You may have noticed I'm pretty smitten with Spellbinders' Labels Twenty-One, especially for masculine cards, and so it appears here on my post again today! I first cut using solid black CS, then trimmed that down, using just the center pieces for a narrow border behind my word paper's circular edges.
Next I added some ghoulish Recollections' stickers I picked up recently at Michaels with grown-up recipients in mind. Utilizing my Myriad Pro 50 pt. Uppercase font, I discovered it fits the border edge of my 3 1/4" Round Stamper. By carefully inking/stamping, as the letters don't fit snugly, it worked well for me to stamp "Beware!" above the curve of my Labels die cuts -- LOVE that and I'll use this trick again!
Finishing off my card, I flattened a bottle cap in my Spellbinders' Wizard, punched a 1" scrap of DP to glue inside, then topped it off with a Martha Stewart epoxy bottle sticker. I'm quite happy with how this ghoulish card turned out!

Mojo Monday Sketch #198: Flea Market Style

Using a combination of Colorbok's Flea Market DPs and Spellbinders' dies I created my entry for Mojo Monday's Sketch #198. I paired the gorgeous Flea Market 12" rose "varnished" CS with the Flea Market  dictionary paper from their 8" x 8" paper pad and zig-zag stitched the edges. My hand-cut bird is perched atop a Spellbinders' Floral Doily Motif and my pink scalloped vertical border is cut with Banner Basics Two. The birthday sentiment is from JustRite's 'Just a Note' stamp set.
I really enjoyed working with this fabulous sketch and you still have until Sunday evening to post your entry!

Paper: Colorbok's Flea Market (12" x 12" and 8" x 8" Paper Pads)
Stamps: JustRite's Just a Note stamp set
Ink: Papertrey Ink's Dark Chocolate and Ranger's Antique Linen Distress Ink
Dies: Spellbinders' Foral Doily Motifs, Banner Basics Two and Standard Circles Large

Patchwork Heart Mother's Day Card

I originally saw a similar torn/patchwork heart card years ago in Papercrafts' Magazine. I recall they used blue/brown papers and I've always loved that original card. I CASEd it at the time, but it was before I had a camera, let alone a blog! I decided to re-create the torn/patchwork heart using Lifestyle Crafts Nesting Hearts (CC-HEARTS-01) by cutting the next to largest heart once from white CS (for a backing) & 3 from different Making Memories "Sabrina" patterned papers. I  hand tore sections from the patterned paper hearts and attached them to my CS heart,  edging my heart with coordinating ink. Next, I cut a 3 ¾” square from decorative CS, punched all corners with my ticket punch & attached it to a 4 ½” Bazzill square card, adding coordinating ZVA Creative Pearls at the corners. Die cut your next to smallest Nesting Oval  (CC-OVALS-01) from white CS, stamp a sentiment & edge with ink. Attach eyelet & jump ring to ribbon & tie around card front and secure patchwork heart over ribbon. A fairly simple card, but still pretty, I think!
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JustRite Friday Challenge 50: Spring or Birthday Gift or Envelope

As I was awaiting my first Grand Nestabilities' arrival with plans to submit for JustRite's challenge, I happened to find this adorable Pebbles "Birdies" double-sided paper, which is solid green on the back. I decided I just had to make a Spring gift basket, card and lined envie! I had sooo much fun that now I'm up late trying to get this posted!
I made the gift box first and knew I wanted to use Spellbinders' Grand Labels Four, one of my fav shapes. My Labels Four die #3 was cut/embossed and then scored from each scallop indention to meet in the center for added interest on the front. The handle also has 3 scored lines, though it was nearly impossible to photograph that. You can click on the photos, then click again to enlarge them to see the detail. I then cut along the top two scores of my Labels Four, added a Making Memories flower grommet and tucked a Labels Four tag under the grommet on which I stamped JustRite's sentiment, "Rebirth of Spring" from Nature's Nested Sentiments. A little brown felt bird die cut from Spellbinders' Nested Birds sits atop my little tab closure which tucks into a strip of CS behind the grommet for closure.
For my card and matching envelope, I used Grand Labels Four #4 to nearly completely cover the front of my 5" square card. Topping it off is another Nature's Nested Sentiment on a Labels 4 die and a red felt bird sitting atop it. I scored my card front twice at the top also. For my matching square envie, I again cut the Grand Labels Four die shapes to decorate the top flap and to line my envelope!
I love using double-sided paper for projects like this, as it's a sure match and makes everything so much easier! Thanks so much for stopping in today & let me know if you think staying up late was worth it -- LOL!

JustRite Friday Challenge 047: Love is in the Air!

Love is in the Air is the theme for the current JustRite Stampers' Challenge, so with Valentine's quickly approaching, I used a wonderful sentiment stamp from JustRite's Romantic Sentiments Set for my entry! "You Hold the Key to my Heart" is stamped in PTI's Raspberry Fizz ink on Spellbinders' Nested Heart die cut from PTI's Vintage Cream and embossed with Antique Linen. I've always LOVED this DP from Basic Grey's Bittersweet line, so paired it here with PTI's Raspberry Fizz CS and metallic Vellum punched with Martha Stewart's sweet Doily Hearts border punch. My key is cut from Spellbinders' Timeless Heritage set in gold foil and accented with a heart bead and seed beads. Lastly, I added cream lace and sequin trim to finish off this Love card!

JustRite Friday Challenge 046 #2: Technique - Scoring!

Spring Card

This "spring" card design is one I found about three years ago at Splitcoast Stampers here. I thought it was unique enough to qualify for the "scoring" technique required for JustRite's current challenge. My card measures 4 inches square when folded flat because I used paper from Martha Stewart's 4" x 11" Valentine's Punch Pad.


I had wanted to die cut this largest Spellbinder's Nested Heart in Shrink Plastic ever since I got them and I was quite happy with how it turned out. My sentiment was created with JustRite Myriad Font Pro 50 point stamped with Stazon Jet Black ink. The die cut measures 4 1/4" x 4 1/4" and shrank to about 1 3/4" x 1 3/4". If you want yours to be a charm, don't forget to punch a large hole at the top and use a large font for your sentiment, as those will both shrink proportionately also! Because different brands shrink differently, check your package instructions.

Card shown folded flat

I added the Spellbinder's Eyelet Square die to the front of my card, laced a narrow flat fiber through some beads and then through the top eyelet and tied a knot. I enjoyed just playing with some products I'd had for a while and hope you'll check out this fun "spring" card and try one yourself!


Edited to Add: I used Frosted Ruff N' Ready shrink plastic and Copic R46 to color my heart die cut before stamping my sentiment. Also, I use my embossing heat gun to shrink my items, not my oven!

Thanks for visiting!

JustRite Friday Challenge 046: Technique - Scoring!

The first JustRite Friday Challenge for 2011 is sponsored by Scor-Pal and is to use scoring on your card (other than for the card's fold)! Using a 1" strip cut from an old book page, I scored every 1/4" and then secured the ends of my long strip, forming a circular BG embellishment for my sentiment from JustRite's Romantic Sentiments. I then die-cut my SB's Inverted Circle from my striped CS and added scoring between the black lines for more accent, plus a narrow scored book-page strip along the bottom edge. Unfortunately, I don't own the Scor-Pal, because it would have been much faster/easier to score the book page strips without having to move them to score every 1/4"!
Paper: DCWV Striped Black and Cream CS (All Dressed Up stack); black, cream CS (from stash); old book page
Stamps: JustRite Romantic Sentiments Set
Ink: Memento's Tuxedo Black; Tim Holtz Worn Lipstick Distress Ink
Embellishments: Martha Stewart Ribbon; A'Muse Twinkle Stickers
Tools: Spellbinders' Wizard and Inverted Circle Die; Copic R35 (to color clear heart gem)

Papertrey Ink December 2010 Blog Hop: Holiday Leftovers

Papertrey Ink's December Blog Hop challenge is to recycle holiday leftovers -- the wrapping paper, ribbon, tags, etc. -- into a new creation. For this challenge I used gorgeous pine cone wrapping paper in coppery brown, cream and gold to die cut one large pine cone, framing it with metallic gold foil cut from the largest Spellbinders' Lacey Square. I then cut my PTI Vintage Cream CS into a 5 1/4" square card, cutting off the lower tip of the "diamond" so it will stand. I stamped my Happy Winter sentiment from PTI's Wreath for All Seasons in Dark Chocolate ink on a Spellbinders' tag. I altered the end of the tag by snipping off the right ribbon slot with my curved scissors and slipped it onto cream raffia that had been tied to the handles of a wine/cheese gift bag we received this year. I ran the raffia through the lacey slots on the left and right at the top of my frame, tied a bow, and it's all ready to be given away to brighten someone's day!

Day in the Country: QuicKutz Style

It feels sooo good to make anything other than a Christmas card -- LOL! I'm assuming I'm not the only one who feels that way right about now?!!!
So I decided to do a completely different card, using this QuicKutz  barn and silo die and a sentiment that I think fits the "scene" perfectly! I think this would make a great masculine card for just about any occasion. Remember that Creating Everlasting Memories eBay store has many QuicKutz dies available at great prices all the time, so check it out! ;~)


Die: QuicKutz Barn
Paper: Making Memories 6"x6" 'Travel' pad
Stamps: JustRite's "A Day in the Country" and Pine Trees (source unknown)
Ink: Memento's Rich Cocoa
Other: Bronze Craft Foil (Spellbinders)

Snowmen Fall from Heaven Unassembled: JustRite Style

I recently saw this sentiment and adorable card on Becca Feeken's blog here, but knew I'd not get the stamp in time for creating/mailing my DDs card, so I improvised. Using JustRite's 15 pt. and 25 pt. Times New Roman and 50 pt. Myriad Pro lower case fonts, I created the outside and inside sentiments. Have I said lately how much I LOVE JustRite's fonts?!

Amongst my HUGE stash of Christmas papers, I could find only ONE that had snowmen on it, so that is what I used.

I won't go into details of my search for the bag holding my unassembled snowman, but suffice it to say I hope my new friend, Teresa, will let me repay her sweet kindness one day soon! Who knew just asking the "right person" in a store for something they didn't even carry would have such sweet results,  because she happens to be a card maker too?! ;~)

Hope DD loves her card after much effort spent trying to emulate Becca's darling creation!


Paper: DeNami Designs 2005 DP; DCWV CS
Stamps: JustRite Times New Roman 15pt., 25 pt. fonts and 50 pt. Myriad Pro Lower Case font
Ink: VersaMark and VersaFine Onyx Black
Embellishments: Divine Twine's red/white twine; MS White EP
Tools: Spellbinders' Wizard; RicRac Scalloped Piercerabilities border die
 

Last Christmas Cards for 2010 (Maybe?)

Here's what I believe will be the last Christmas cards of 2010, but often I miss someone and end up needing to quickly make 1 or 2 more, so we'll see?!! I've tried to make the bulk of them flatter/easier to mail this year, but still prefer most of them to be classy/elegant. A sweet friend gave me these stickers, so I just had to use them -- they're sooo beautiful!!! I'm really pleased with them, and happy I could achieve classy/elegant and not have to bling them up so they're bulky/difficult/expensive to mail.
Paper: PTI's Vintage Cream, Gold and White Shimmer CS; Chili Pepper CS
Stamp: PTI's Vintage Ornaments set
Ink: Gold Encore Metallic
Embellishments: The Paper Studio (ornaments); Stampendous Class A Peel (snowflake & Star Chains) stickers; Krylon Silver Leafing Pen
Tools: Spellbinders' Wizard and Fancy Tags Die

A Snowy Little Card: Cuttlebug Style

I had embossed this white CS a looong time ago and decided I'd just pair it with some bright red CS and simple snowflake and chain stickers. Sometimes the simplest CAS Christmas card just "strikes my fancy" and this one fits the bill!  ;-)

Not much explanation needed here, so I'll just give you the short and sweet details:

Papers: Chili Pepper Linen CS (XPedX); white from stash
Embellishments: Stampendous Stickers: Snowflakes (Holographic Silver) & Star Chain Brite
Tools: Cuttlebug's Winter Wonderland EF (set of 6)

Have Yourself a "Moose-y" Little Christmas!!!

Had sooo much fun creating this "moose-y" Christmas card for a special guy in our lives. If I told you how old the DP is, you'd likely have heart problems, or a really good belly laugh, but hey -- they don't call me a paper hoarder for nothin' -- LOL!
Anyway I really love how this manly greeting card turned out and now WISH I had more than half a sheet of this 8 1/2 x 11-inch paper left -- sigh!
I actually made one similar card last year & forgot to photograph it before mailing, so had to make another. I have no idea how I finished it off, just know I used this same DP, stamp and die. Hate when I forget to photograph my cards!

Inside of Card

Paper: PTI's Kraft CS; Core'dination's CS; "Old" DP
Stamps: Rubber Monger (Moose); All Night Media's Large Towering Tree; PTI's 2009 Holiday Tag Collection and Holiday Spirit Sentiments
Ink: Memento's Rich Cocoa, Cottage Ivy and Pear Tart; Ranger's Walnut Stain Distress
Embellishments: Grosgrain Ribbon, metal studs (stash)
Tools: Spellbinders' Large Labels

Waltzing Mouse Sketch Challenge #25 and My Sheri Crafts Challenge #33 (Hello): WMS Style!

WMS Stamp Set: Oven Fresh Gingerbread Joy

Sadly, I only own this one Waltzing Mouse stamp set (so far), but I've been a big fan of Claire's since before she began her fabulous stamp company.
Claire's weekly challenge is here. Being that Christmas is nigh, I just had to paper piece this cute little Gingerbread Girl from one of Clarie's first two sets, Oven Fresh Gingerbread Joy -- isn't she just adorable?! I got a bit carried away with the pinks and flip-flopped the sketch, but I still love how this turned out! Nice when that happens along the creative route, isn't it?
I've had fun playing at My Sheri Crafts challenges fairly often and when I saw her theme this week was "Hello", I thought this would be a fun fit with my Ginger Girl. Go check out her fun weekly challenges!
Thank you so much for stopping by to visit today and I hope you enjoy what you see!


Paper: Papertrey Ink's Raspberry Fizz, Kraft, White CS and Dotty Biscotti DP; Fancy Pants DP
Stamps: WMS Oven Fresh Gingerbread Joy and JustRite's Times New Roman 15-pt. Font
Ink: VersaColor's Opera Pink; Memento's Rich Cocoa; Tim Holtz Antique Linen Distress Ink
Embellishments: Rick-Racks and baby buttons from stash
Tools: Spellbinders' Wizard and Inverted Squares and Heart dies

Birthday Greetings: JustRite Style

Paper: K & Company's "Margo" DP; PTI's Vintage Cream CS
Stamp: JustRite's Baroque Nested Frames & Occasions
Ink: Memento's Rich Cocoa; Tim Holtz Peeled Paint Distress Ink
Embellishments: Lace (Hobby Lobby); PTI's Silk Ribbon; Kaiser Pearls
Tools: Spellbinders' Wizard; Nested Heart Dies
  

Among my many family/friend Dec./Jan. birthdays are a few ladies, so I've managed to get another card done using some of my favorite K & Company papers (again). These Nested Hearts are another fav of mine and I doubt I'll tire of them soon!
I've used JustRite's Baroque Nested Frames & Occasions' Happy Birthday stamp on my heart in Memento's Rich Cocoa ink. I took my cream lace and "antiqued" it with Copic YG03 & 0 Colorless Blender, another fav thing to do with my Copic markers, topping the lace edging off with a narrow silk ribbon & bow. Hope my recipient likes her card!

Sympathy Card: PTI CAS Style

I needed a quick, simple/easy-to-mail sympathy card today and turned to Papertrey Ink's "With Sympathy" set because it's so classy and has such perfect sentiments. Not being in a frame of mind to create an original work of art, I did what I often do: I took the easy way out and chose to "CASE" Debbie Olson's gorgeous card here. Why mess with perfection?
I changed the sentiment and positioned my pearls to better fit with it. I used cream wrinkled seam binding for my ribbon and "antiqued" just the edges with PTI's Chamomile ink, to tie in with my sentiment frame. I LOVE this ribbon and know that even after mailing, it will still look lovely!
Paper: PTI's Vintage Cream and black CS from stash
Stamps: PTI's With Sympathy
Ink: PTI's True Black and Chamomile; VersaMark
Embellishments: Queen & Co. Black Pearls; wrinkled seam binding from stash
Tools: Embossing Gun; Spellbinders' Wizard & Classic Ovals (S4-112) #4 die; WeRMemoryKeepers Corner Rounder

Happy Birthday, Erin

Happy 24th Birthday to you, Erin!!! Wish we could be there to celebrate, but this little card will have to suffice. The first time I saw this VW bug at Papertrey Ink, I thought of you and your car! Still haven't purchased this stamp set or the coordinating die for the VW myself, but luckily I could borrow the stamp set from a friend to make your card. Hope you enjoy it and that your birthday is totally fabulous!!!
Paper: PTI's Ripe Avocado & Spring Moss CS; Bazzill CS
Stamps: PTI's Enjoy the Ride; JustRite's 15 & 25-pt. TNR Alphabets
Ink: PTI's Spring Moss & True Black: VersaMark Dazzle (to give car a "metallic" finish!)
Embellishments: Clear Gems; 3M overhead transparency (for windshield); white embossing powder; Spellbinders' craft foil
Tools: Wizard Die Cut Machine; QuicKutz Sign 4x4 die; Copic Markers C-3 and Y-15 Versamark Pen

My Sheri Crafts Challenge #29: Get Well Soon

For My Sheri Crafts Challenge this week we were to create a Get Well card. Here's another of those cards, like sympathy cards, that we really need to have on hand for those occasions when we need one quickly! This Get Well Soon sentiment from JustRite's Just a Note set was perfect for Sheri's challenge and now I'll have a card on hand when the need arises.
EDITED TO ADD: Ooo-La-La -- this card won My Sheri Crafts Challenge!!! It's a really fun weekly challenge, so go check  out this week's challenge by clicking on the link above!!!
Paper: Bazzill CS; PTI Vintage Cream CS; Foofala DP
Stamp: JustRite's Just a Note
Ink: PTI's Melon Berry
Embellishments: Pearl from Stash; Copic R02
Tools: Spellbinders' Wizard, Flower and Pierceabilities Border Dies

JustRite Friday Challenge 042: Sketch, Sponsored by Inchie Arts

I've never tried Inchies, but think it would be a FUN experience! I simply cut my CS to the size of a "twinchie" (2 inches) to stamp my ice-skating penguin from JustRite's Whimsical Christmas set. For added pop, I embossed my twinchie with my Spellbinders' classic square die, colored him with Copic markers and airbrushed the ice and sky BG. A dot of Stickles on the snowflakes & he was ready to mount on my Lacey Squares cut from silver craft foil. I then added a foil snowflake and ice blue gem brad to finish off my penguin card. He sure does seem to be having a great time out there on the ice, doesn't he?
Paper: Papertrey Ink's Ocean Tides CS; DCWV plaid; Making Memories snowflake paper
Stamp: JustRite's 2" Whimsical Christmas Borders & Centers
Ink: Memento's Tuxedo Black
Embellishments: Crystal Stickles; gem brad from stash
Tools: Spellbinders' Wizard and Lacey Squares & Snowflake dies; Copic Markers

JustRite Friday Challenge 039: Give Thanks

This week's theme for the JustRite Friday Challenge is Give Thanks. I definitely need to get some thank-you cards in the mail, so this was a great opportunity to check some things off my ever-growing To-Do List while entering a challenge along the way -- LOVE it when it works out like that! This week I've used my new JustRite Baroque Nested Frames & Occasions Set, along with Basic Grey's Sultry DP. For embellishment, I've added wool felt cut with Spellbinders' Jumbo Scallop Border Petites -- one of the Honorable Mention prizes this week -- above my sentiment and along the bottom of my card, plus velvet brads. Thanks so much for your visit here today & come again soon!
Paper: Basic Grey's Sultry 6x6 Paper Pad; White CS from stash
Stamps: JustRite's Baroque Nested Frames & Occasions (sentiment & frame)
Ink: Memento's Rose Red & Bamboo Leaves
Embellishments: Creative Imaginations: Velvet Brads; Papertrey Ink: Wool Felt; ribbon from stash
Tools: Spellbinders' Wizard, Jumbo Scallop Border Petites & Rectangle Dies