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The current Challenge at Technique Junkies is Trading Coins ... have you made any yet?
I used my 2 1/2" punch to punch out thin chipboard and my stamped image and attached them with a glue stick ... this one features Attitude Giraffes & a partial sentiment from Double Weird.
I'm featuring several at the Technique Junkies Blog Today ... come check them out. I'll mail one coin to someone who leaves a comment on the Technique Junkies post.
I inked-up my new Technique Junkies stamps for the On the Beach Challenge at Cards in Envy.
The layout is this week's TGIF Challenge Sketch. Background is Technique Junkies Swirly Waves with shells & sentiment from TJ Seashells Set of 5. The whale is from my stash.
I'm also joining the Creatalicious Challenge where the additional challenge is No Patterned Paper.
The theme at the Unity Stamp Company Challenge is single-layer cards.
I decided to combine it with the Just Add Ink Challenge - Just Add "T".
My T is Toilet Paper from Unity's Crappy Day.
Ink is Catherine Pooler Daydream with red marker highlights.
If you click through to the posts, you may have noticed my blog got a little upgrade over the weekend. When we designed it over 10 years ago, we kept the dimensions narrow. Lately I've noticed that the displayed pictures on my blog were a lot smaller than others (you could always see full size, but that took an extra click), so with some help it's now wider for larger picture display. We tested it on lots of browsers, but let me know if you're having issues.
Tonight I'm playing with Gel Press Prints from my stash & die cuts. I started with a card inspired by the current book at The Library Challenge.
Here's the book cover ... can you see all of my inspiration? The background is embossed with Alexandra Renke's Dotted With Stars Embossing Folder. The Whispers Party Hat Die is from Die-Versions ... and the Happy Birthday is from Elizabeth Kraft.
I incorporated the flowy feel of the pool water & sky with my blue & white Gel Press design. The red background came from the Red Font and I used a bold black font for my die cut sentiment.
I'm also linking up at the Birthday Word Prompt at the Inkspirational Challenge and also at the Birthday Challenge at Dies R Us Challenge.
Next I used one of my favorite die cuts for two different cards.
The Die-Versions You Rock is paired with the Die-Versions Whisper Drum Set die, both cut from the same Gel Press print done with light colors on a navy cardstock (one of my favorite paint/paper combinations) for a birthday card for one of my favorite drummers.
I was able to get one more You Rock from my Gel Press print, so I made a card to have at the office ... because it's always important to let people know when they rock!
I made a super-clean masculine birthday card today ... just paper and ink ... and fun sentiments from Technique Junkies.
Sentiments are TJ Grand Greetings Set of 5 (love big sentiments for the focal image on my cards) and Goofy Stuff (because Ward Cleaver knows best).
Layout is this week's Freshly Made Sketch. I'm also joining the party at Seize the Birthday.
We're bundling-up this week at Jingle Belles ... which means LOTS of layers of paper (at least three). Since the July Challenge at Paper Smooches is Christmas in July, I couldn't resist using my Bundled-Up Snowman 2 as my focal image.
Five layers of paper if you county my sentiment ... all papers from the Very Merry Collection by American Crafts including his cute scarf & hat. I used these papers for the Hiding in My Craft Room Christmas Colors Challenge.
The landscape is cut with Paper Smooches Borders 1 and the sentiment is from Paper Smooches Christmas Sampler for the Sweet Stampin' Christmas in July Challenge (the ink is Catherine Pooler Eucalyptus).
We hope you'll break out your papers and come join us at Jingle Belles.
Since I still had my Joy Clair Inspirational Arrow stamps on my studio table, I couldn't resist inking them up again for this week's CAS(E) this Sketch.
I chose colors from the Color Throwdown for my Palette (perfect excuse to use my new Pineapple Ink from Taylored Expressions).
I added a few cork arrow stickers have had in my stash forever to finish my design.
They are also celebrating National Simplicity Day at CCCE Stampers with one layer cards.
Another week of blogland discoveries:
Have a tremendous Thursday!
My card is inspired by the July Inspiration Challenge at Joy Clair Stamps.
I took my inspiration from the colors in the photo and a few other elements.
The sentiments from Joy Clair Inspirational Arrows were inspired by the anchor quote in the picture. I also added a knot to my ribbon and some red striped washi tape inspired by the stripes.
I used the layout from Try Stampin' (or Not) on Tuesday and incorporated some foiled polka dot washi tape for their optional theme of foil.
Even though I make a Christmas card for Jingle Belles every week, that doesn't get me nearly enough completed by December ... so Christmas in July Challenges are the perfect time to make some ground on the final number of cards I need ... just like at AAA Cards.
I inked-up a never-before-used Magenta Floral Holiday Trio stamp from my stash (actually I liked it so much there were two never-before-used stamps in my stash, so one will be a future giveaway). I used Catherine Pooler's Peppermint Scrub Ink and paired it with a scrap of Valentine's Day plaid.
The layout is from 52 Christmas Card Trowdown and the sentiment is a favorite from Catslife Press.
I'm also joining CAS Christmas where the theme is Poinsettia.
