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The current Challenge at Addicted to CAS is Shapes.
I immediately thought of my Never Before Used Schtuff (NBUS) - Bauhaus Blocks from Uniko.
I stamped one block in black ink and colored with my alcohol ink markers in traditional primary colors for the Make Your Mark Challenge at Addicted to Stamps and More.
I framed the colored block with black cardstock and finished with a Happy Birthday sentiment from the same set.
I'm also linking-up at the Simon Says Anything Goes Challenge.
The July #TEMakerChallenge at Taylored Expressions is to make a Fancy Fold card.
I'm not usually a fancy fold type of girl, so I went to SplitcoastStampers for some ideas. I settled on this Corner Tuck Fancy Fold Card. I modified it slightly using cardstock (Taylored Expressions Tropical Punch) instead of designer paper.
I used Taylored Expressions Poblano Pepper ink with stamps from Taylored Expressions Flip the Floral. I framed it with metallic gold cardstock and used the same gold cardstock for the corner tuck element. I put a rectangle of cardstock behind the panel for the message.
Here we are at week 8 of daisy yellow #icad challenge.
Day 50 was a Note to Self. I found some affirmation-like sticker quotes and attached them to one of my discarded gelliprinted index cards.
Day 51 was Topiary, but I wasn't feeling that, so I did an off-topic clean-up collage with scraps of gelliprints on a printed background. I loved the contrast of orange & blue.
Day 52 was a weathervane. I created my own with stickers & thought about the stupid-hot weather we've had this week.
Day 53 I did another off-topic card ... a trash collage. I literally created a collage with things I pulled from my studio trash cans ... I loved the challenge of the experience.
Day 54 is Yahtzee ... a game we played a lot as kids. I found a printable Yahtzee scorecard that I shrunk to fit on my index card. I added some stickers from Simple Stories Family Fun Collection.
Day 55 Lemon or Lime (or in my case Lemon & Lime) was my favorite card of the week featuring Essentials by Ellen Squeeze the Day on a peachy orange library card.
Day 56 is winter. I found a wintry feeling gelliprint and covered it with snowflakes punched from white cardstock.
Just a few more days to go and I will have completed 2 months of #icad2023.
We're creating with Neutral Colors at Jingle Belles this week.
I started with a piece of upcycled Tim Holtz packaging (with rounded corners) on an ivory cardstock. Next came a kraft doily and a scrap of inked black textured cardstock from my stash.
I added lots of vertical scraps and a photo from one of my neutral holiday paper collections. I added Eyelet Outlet Black Pearl Swirl Bling and a sentiment cut from another paper collection (no stamping on this one). I finished with a neutral poinsettia embellishment.
The July Challenge at Poppy Stamps is Rainbows.
I started with a piece of Rainbow designer paper from American Crafts Flower Child. Then I used those colors from the paper to color my Poppy Stamps Whittle Unicorn and the two hearts that come with him. I die cut his horn from silver cardstock (actually the silver inside from a Vicks Kleenex Box).
I finished with the perfect sentiment from Poppy Stamps Colorful Life.
Another week of blogland fun:
Have a tremendous Thursday!
I wanted to make a card for the Inspired by Burgers & Beer Challenge.
I decided to go with Beer & Pizza from the Jaded Blossom We're Better Together set for their Anything Goes Challenge. I stamped it on the Jaded Blossom Rounded Tag Die Cut and colored it with my alcohol ink markers.
I finished by using two designer papers for the Try Stampin' (or Not) on Tuesday Challenge Sketch.
With my ice cold mug of beer, I'm also joining the Daring Cardmakers Summer Drinks Challenge.
When I saw the Sketch at the Sunday Stamps Be Bold Challenge, I knew it was time to break out one of my most used die cuts - the Die-Versions Solo Happy Birthday.
I die cut it from cardstock and paired it with a Gelli printed background from my stash from the March Printing Challenge using Pan Pastels and the Crazy Quilts Calm & Frenzy Stencil by Andrew Borloz.
I'm also linking-up at the Retro Rubber Challenge where it's Tic Tac Toe. I went diagonal from the top left with PanPastels as my choice, a die cut sentiment and Stenciled background. My retro rubber sentiment stamp is from Impression Obsession Typewriter Slimline Shorts from January 2022.
I'm thrilled to still be Guest Designing at Stay Crafty with A Blog Named Hero for their Here Comes the Sun Challenge (focusing on Summer).
When I saw one of the flowers in the Hero Arts Pop Arts Flower bundle, I knew it would make a perfect Summer Sun, so I built this card around it. I die cut it from lemony yellow cardstock & added some yellow marker to the center.
I hand-cut my landscape and clouds, and then die cut the Hero Arts Neighborhood Houses Fancy Dies out of four different colors of coordinating cardstock. I added a bit of ink-shading to the trees to give him a bit more contrast and used some foam tape to add a bit of dimension. I added brown marker to the tree trunks and cut off one trunk to turn a tree into some shrubbery.
I finished with a sentiment from Hero Arts Wherever You Go which pretty much describes my entire summer. Thankfully I have a few plane tickets purchased to visit some of those faraway friends.
With my win at the Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers, I'm thrilled to be Guest Designing for their latest Challenge - L is for Lindsay (in honour of their snarky sister Lindsay who passed away last year).
I wandered through Lindsay's blog and marveled at how well she mastered the art of the Clean & Simple Card design, so that is how I chose to honour her, together with using the colors from the Color Hue Challenge, one of the challenge blogs for which she designed. Since Lindsay also used products from STAMPlorations, I used one of the printed Retro People ATC images & a stamp from STAMPlorations A Snarky Birthday to You.
I cut my panels of Berry & Olive cardstock 1/4" larger than my ATC image to frame it and stamped my snarky sentiment in Olive ink. I added a little berry pastel blush to her cheeks.
