Country Truck

I've had a paper pad for years that I was never quite certain what to do with, so I pulled a piece from it and stamped this SU! Country Livin' image on it just to see how it would turn out. I colored the truck with Copics to look old and faded and stamped a willow tree to the left of it with Versamark and then Versa color sand to create just a shadow of a tree. If you click the photo to enlarge it, that tree becomes a bit more visible. I sponged the edges with 2 distress inks and then distressed the edges to give it an overall aged look. I searched through my cardstock and found a very old faded sheet of Rose Red that perfectly matched the truck, so I added a strip of burlap for a rustic border, and added a Repeat Impressions sentiment to call this one done.

I'm sharing this with the following challenges:

Repeat Impressions RI J2718 - anything goes

Pinspirational challenge #218 - use this inspirational photo

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you have a great Friday! Here in PA there's a heat wave rolling through for the coming week, so I hope to be indoors stamping away and keeping my fingers crossed that our a/c unit holds up through it all!

Carol

A Triple Challenge CAS Card

AAack! I'm posting another wonky photo taken with indoor lighting that's inadequate. Sorry folks, the sun just doesn't shine in PA anymore!

My card is for the following challenges:

CASology Week #27 - where the cue card is "Blue.

Shopping our Stash #85 - Suits me to a "T" (use 2 things on your card that begin with the letter "T." I used turquoise, twine, and a thank-you sentiment.

(PIN)spirational Challenge#40 to use the following photo for inspiration:

I dug into my unused stash and found this great CB border embossing folder. Sorry, I no longer know the name of the set it came from. I added some black rhinestones from Pizzazz Aplenty, along with some twine that was recycled from an order I received in the mail. The sentiment is from Hero Arts and was done in Versafine Onyx Black.

Thanks for stopping by today and I wish you some bright sunshine - wherever you are! Send some my way, ok ? :)

Carol

Challenges, Challenges!

I have a few cards to share that I made for several challenges, so this will be a long post. First up is the {PIN}spirational challenge 14. This blog selects items found on Pinterest and we're to use them for inspiration to make a card. In the selected photo above, I saw boats, blue gingham, red & yellow, so this is the card I made:

I used a free digi that Paula shared with us over on OWH, and added a computer-generated sentiment. This will be going into my next OWH box, as I'm trying to focus more on cards for kids. The red frame is the negative portion from cutting a square with a SB die. I thought it made a nice frame for the little boat image.

Speaking of OWH, this is the sketch challenge #128 for this week over on the Stars & Stamps blog.

And the color challenge over at the CR84FN58 is yellow, red, and neutral colors. I've combined both the sketch & color challenges to make this card...

I used a SB M-bossability So Trendy ef for the yellow panels, and die cut some stars using a SNSS star die, and also a SNSS star border die for the tiny stars. The sentiment is from the Hip-Hop Accessories stamp set by Melanie Muenchinger. This time I'm posting my CR84FN card in a more timely manner, as last week I posted a card I made after the links were closed! {duh}

And finally, this card meets 2 challenges. It's for the CAS-ual Fridays CFC60 to use text on your CAS (clean & Simple) card, as well as the OWH OurDailyBreadDesigns July challenge to use "cool colors" on our cards. I stamped some PTI text with Memento Lulu Lavender ink on white, and matted with Pale Plum card stock. The embossing folder is by CB, while the sentiment is from SNSS. The flower is a tiny Prima, and I added some vellum leaves and a pearl to the center.

Thanks for staying with me for this extra-long post! It's been so hot outside, I've been hiding out in my craft room making cards and playing along with challenges! Have a great Sunday!

Carol

For You

Here's a CAS card i made to meet 2 challenges. I used a combination of crumb cake and cool caribbean card stock to put this together. I used a piece of matching DCWV glittered cardstock for the Memory Box butterfly top layer as well as one of the tiny tags. I stamped the background with a SU! bitty background stamp using crumb cake, and crimped the horizontal border for a little interest.
I'm entering this into the Dynamic Duos challenge #9 

As well as the {PIN}spirational challenge #13

Wishing you all a fantastic Sunday and a great kick-off to the July 4th summer celebration!

Carol

{PIN}spirations, Stash Shopping & a Color Challenge

It's been real steamy here in PA today and I've been chilling indoors in the air conditioning making cards. I played along with 3 challenges today. First up is the {PIN}spirational challenge # 12 to use this photo for inspiration:

I used some of the colors and chevrons along with the baseball theme and made this:

The image is a digi stamp by SNSS called Cocoa's Baseball Hat. Colored with Copics, and sponged with Ranger Tumbled glass, I die cut this using a labels 2 from SB. Dsp is by Echo Park, and the sentiment is from MFP. Because I used yellow and blue, I'm also entering this card into the Stars and Stamps mid-week color throwdown found here.

This card was made for the Shopping our Stash #56 which is "stuck on stickers." I dug into my stash and found these typewriter stickers and spelled "BFF" because it seemed to fit perfectly with this cute pre-colored image. I paired it with ruby red, and pretty in pink card stock, stamping the bottom border using the SU! summer silhouettes set, and embossing with the SB M-bossabilities So Trendy ef. The corners were adorned with 2mm pink gemstones from Pizzazz Aplenty.

Thanks for the visit, I hope your day is going well!


Carol

SOS55 and some {PIN}spirational Inspiration

The challenge over at Shopping Our Stash #55 this week is to use "double the ribbon or twine" on your cards. I pulled my over-flowing jar of ribbon snippets out and layered them up behind the SB heart die cut on this card. I pulled pieces of similar colors and just adhered them to the back edges with double sticky tape, and then created the "frame" by die cutting 2 heart shapes, one inside the other. I added 3 turquoise pearls from Pizzazz Aplenty for a little interest, and added a sentiment from the  SNSS Christmas Tags set. This went together very quickly, and I'm so glad to be using up those snippets of ribbon I can never bear to throw away. I'll be making more of these and using up that stash of ribbon in no time!

Here's the inspirational photo for this week's {PIN}spirational Challenge #11.

And here is the card I came up with. Whenever I see shells, I think of the beach, so I pulled out this SNSS Beach Bum Cocoa stamp and went to work. I colored the image with Copics, and cut it using a SB labels 25 die. I added some mesh and mini brads on a piece of cool caribbean card stock. The background is a piece of (r) SU! dsp.

The sun is finally shining today, and it's time to get this day started! I hope yours is fabulous, and thanks for spending a few minutes of your day with me!


Carol

Fun in the Sun

Here is my card for this week's House Mouse Challenge HMFMC121. The theme this week is "Here Comes the Sun." I'm also entering this in Oozak's challenge #3 to use 2 designer papers and an embellishment. There's a tiny turquoise gemstone on the sentiment panel for my embellishment. I used this fun image I believe is called "beach bums" and paired it with some dsp from the Echo Park Happy Days pad. I used a SNSS sentiment, and an EK border punch for a little more beach fun.

This is the inspiration photo for this week's {PIN}spirational challenge #10. I just love the colors and patterns on these adorable little beach outfits!

I used navy, turquoise, and green galore to put this card together. The digital image is named D2D so I'm not entirely certain who made it. If anyone knows, leave a comment and I'll give proper credit. I colored it with copics and embossed the 2 panels with a SB M-bossabilities Trendy2 folder. I just LOVE those deeply etched chevrons and dots! The sentiment is by SNSS and the green and navy ribbons are from my stash. The pink gemstones are from Pizzazz APlenty.
Now I feel like taking a drive to the shore to catch some warm sun and sand between my toes. Oh well, it's probably raining there this week too so I'll stay home and stamp :)
Thanks for checking in and make it a great day!

Carol

Christmas, Cupcakes, and Flowers

Here's this week's sketch for the Merry Monday #22 Christmas card challenge.

I used some crumb cake, ivory card stock, and a scrap of dsp from Imaginisce for this one, adding 2 felt snowflakes and a snowflake brad. The sentiment was done with stickers and the horizontal border was done with a CB snowflake embossing folder.

 Here's the {PIN}spirational challenge #9 photo for this week's challenge found here. 

I added another birthday card to my stash, complete with cupcakes :) I used a Sizzix powdered sugar ef for the cupcake base, and a Cuttlebug D'Vine Swirl ef for the frosting, and a SU! square lattice ef for the squares, then added some red gemstones to the tops just for fun. The sentiment is from SNSS and the ribbon is from Pizzazz Aplenty, done up into a bow with the Bow-easy.

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I'm entering this card into 2 challenges. The Shopping our Stash challenge #53 is to add May Flowers (anything floral related) to our cards. I'm also entering this into the Sentimental Sundays challenge #104 which is "A Pocket Full of Posies" or in other words, use flowers, flowers.......lots of flowers on your card plus a sentiment. I embossed some flowers from the Fifth Avenue Floral stamp set on yellow cardstock with black ep, hand cut them and popped them up on foam tape. I embossed the background with a TH Sizzix damask ef and punched the edge with a SU fancy scalloped border punch. The black pearls, yellow pearls, and gingham ribbon are all from Pizzazz Aplenty and the sentiment is from SU!

Thanks for hanging with me for this looooong post - I hope you all had a relaxing Memorial Day weekend and I wish you a wonderful week ahead.

Carol

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Inspiration and Sketches

Here is this week's Stars & Stamps sketch challenge #123. I found this one to be very quick and easy.

I made this from the scraps lying on my table. The button was done with a MS punch, and I added some twine to dress it up a little. The background was stamped with Pretty in Pink using the Stitched backgrounder from SU! The sentiment is from Northwoods.

For those of you who checked out the OWH Memorial Day Blog hop that's going on all weekend, Julie gave us this bonus sketch to play with. Julie also provides all the great sketches for the Stars & Stamps challenges each week.
I also discovered a relatively new challenge called {PIN}spirational Challenges, so I combined Julie's bonus sketch with this inspirational photo below from Pinterest for their challenge #8. They're also having a DT call for those of you who might be interested in that.

I noticed that the woman is wearing fishnet stockings, so I used my CHF chicken wire backgrounder - it's the closest thing I have to fishnet :) All those buckles on the boots reminded me of diamonds, so I used my Diamonds in the Rough ef. The sentiment is by Kitchen Sink Stamps, and I layered it on 2 Spellbinders Grommet Tags, adding black ribbon from my stash to resemble the belt in the photo. The card stock is SU! retired Tangerine Tango.

That's going to do it for me today - I hope you're all enjoying a great holiday weekend and thanks so much for stopping by.

Carol