Anything Goes

That's right! There is "no topping" for our latest challenge at Seize the Birthday.

 

Just remember that it MUST be birthday themed.

Cardstock: SU, Bazzill

PP & Stickers: Pink Paislee

Veneer: Studio Calico

Tag: Chic Tags

Ink: Memento

Stamp: myStampBOX

Other: Copics, googly eyes, machine stitching

 

I hope you play along and please check out the fabulous cards made by the rest of the DT.

Dynamic Duos #63

Hope you are all having a fabulous Saturday.

It's Monochromatic week at Dynamic Duos and we have 2 shades of green for you. They are "Garden Green" and "Pear Pizzazz".

 

I inked my image with the lighter shade and then dabbed on the darker green before stamping. I just had to add a couple of sequins too. :(

 

Cardstock: SU, Prism

PP: SU

Ink: SU

Sequins: Darice

Stamps: myStampBOX

 

I hope you can join in on the challenge this week!

 

 

 

Have a Great Bird-Day!

I had some time to play along with some challenges yesterday. Yay!!

I used the sketch and the inspiration photo at the Fusion Card Challenge.

 

The gorgeous colours at The Play Date Café also inspired me.

 

Here is my card using the Fusion and the lovely colours!

 

Cardstock: Wplus9

Dies: Wplus9

Ink: Tim Holtz, Versafine

Stamp: myStampBOX

 

I'm also entering my card in the birthday challenges at Moxie Fab World and Seize the Birthday.

 

Here's a little close-up. I love the little bird house!

 

 

Have a great Sunday!

 

 

 

 

 

Dynamic Duos #59

Happy Saturday everyone!

This week is Mix and Match week at Dynamic Duos. We choose one colour and then you add whatever colour you wish to it to create your own duo.

The pre picked colour is Basic Gray and to it I added Teal. I think it makes a wonderful combo for a wedding card!

Cardstock: Wplus9

Pearls: Kaisercraft

Stamp: myStampBOX

Ink: Versafine, Tim Holtz

unk flower

everything else by LYB

 

I hope you can find some time this week to play along at Dynamic Duos.

Dynamic Duos #56

Did you get a chance to play along with last weeks Dynamics Duos challenge? If not don't worry because it's time for a new challenge.

The colours this week are Blushing Bride and Soft Suede.

 

Cardstock: SU, Bazzill, Neenah

Ink: Memento

Stamps: Hero Arts, Imaginisce, myStampBOX

Enamel Dots: MME

Die: Wplus9

Other: glitter pen, Copics, Versamark, Nestabilities, emb.powder, unk ribbon

 

For my background I pulled out a dotted background stamp and clear embossed it. I like the extra bit of texture and shine it gives.

 

 

I hope you can take some time to play along this week!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rainy Day?

Here is my take on the Fusion challenge #9. I took both challenges and "fused" them together.

Cardstock: Neenah

Ink: ColorBox, Versafine

PP: A.C. & Bo Bunny

Stamp: myStampBOX

 

Dynamic Duos Challenge # 53

Hi everyone! It's time for a new challenge at Dyanmic Duos. I think it's a great vibrant colour duo and you will also notice that there is a "Dessert Option" which is a kid themed card.

As you can see I kept my project "kid" themed but it's not a card. I made these cute little lollipop covers. Wouldn't they be great as party favours?

 

PP: SU

Cardstock: A.C., Neenah

Ink: Memento, Versafine, ColorBox

Punch: SU

Dies: Your Next Stamp, Wplus9

Stamps: The AlleyWay, myStampBOX

Others: unk twine, Copics, Googly eyes

 

Here is a closeup. Of course I had to use some googly eyes!! HaHa!!

 

 

And a side view so you can see the lollipop.

 

 

I hope you will stop by Dynamic Duos and join us for this weeks challenge. You have until noon (PDT) on Thursday May 23rd to join in.

 

You should go and check out the blogs of the rest of the DT members and see their awesome projects in detail.

Alison Barclay

Debbie Henderson

Hayley Kew

Janet Bagnall

Lori Turner

Michelle Williams

Susie Wittwer

Tara Bourgoin

Tracey McNeely

 

 

STB16

We always seem to need birthday cards right? Well that's why I love playing along with Seize the Birthday.

My brother has a birthday on May 16th so this card will go to him. The sketch is from STB16.

 

Cardstock: SU

PP: Bo Bunny

Stamp: myStampBOX

Punch: Fiskars

Ink: Colorbox

Crystals: Prima

Other: Unk ribbon, tiny attacher

The Paper Bakery

I'm so glad that I found The Paper Bakery! Everyone over there is so nice and they have the BEST service ever!!

For National Scrapbook Day they had a sketch challenge which I finally had a chance to participate in. You can find it right here.

Instead of creating a layout for this sketch I opted to reconfigure it to make a card. Yay......I now have my Father's Day card ready to go!!

O course I just HAD to include some of their fabulous Flair. I used one from this set.

 

Cardstock: Neenah Desert Storm

PP & Ephemera: Crate

Stamp: myStampBox

Flair: The Paper Bakery

Banner die: Wplus9

Ink: Versafine, Tim Holtz

 

Oh and it is actually my Father's birthday today. Happy 87th Dad!!!

Alphabet Feature

For the All Play at myStampBOX this month the DT all created projects featuring alphas.

For my card I used the letters from the Friday Night Stencil stamp set and stamped them with Versamark on white cardstock, heat embossed with white embossing powder and then went over it all with Tim Holtz ink.



Stamps: myStampBOX (Friday Night Stencil)
Cardstock: SU
PP: WRMK
Ink: Tim Holtz
Misc: ribbon, button, emb. powder, Versamark, Nestabilities

 

I hope you will give this resist technique a try. Also please check out how the rest of the DT used alphas in their projects right here.



Vintage meets Polaroid

It was my turn this week to post a project for myStampBOX.

Polaroids are definitely hot, hot, hot right now in the scrapbooking and card making world!

Karen Ellis sure got it right when she designed Pixel Perfect. This set has so many wonderful images that can be used in your mixed media projects, cards and layouts.

For this card I used the polaroid to frame an image from my patterned paper which made making this card so easy.

 

Stamps: myStampBOX (Pixel Perfect, Mention it)

Cardstock: SU

PP: Pink Paislee

Flower: Prima

Pearls: Zva Creative

Misc: embossing powder, Versamark, Glossy Accents

 





Card set

I really enjoyed making this simple card set so I thought I would play around and make some more and here is what I came up with.

 

I used Kraft cardstock as my base for each card but used different embossing folders for a bit of variety. I added a strip of coloured cardstock across the middle of the card. The strips were all stamped with the same butterfly from the Colorful Companions set and with different sentiments.

Here are some closeups of the individual cards. Actually this first photo is the whole set tied together with a matching ribbon.

 

 

 

 

 

 







 



 

 

On the inside of each card I stamped the butterfly with Versamark just to give a tone on tone effect.

 

 

Cardstock: SU & A.C.

PP: A.C.

Stamps: myStampBOX (Colorful Companions, Mention it, Straightforward)

Ink: Versafine, Versamark

Punch: EK

Misc: ribbon, embossing folders

A Great Partnership!

For the next few days myStampBOX and Clearsnap are joining forces and creating with each others products. How fun!!!

I actually made 2 cards because I wanted to be able to play with more of the Clearsnap goodies. :)

On my first card I used the emboss resist technique using the Smooch Spritz.

Stamps: Abundant Blossoms, Mention it, Backgrounds
Clearsnap: Colorbox chalk and dye ink, Smooch Spritz
PP: MME
Cardstock: SU
Misc: button, Jillibean twine, Versamark, embossing powder

Here is a closeup. Love that glimmer!

On my second card I did a lot of sponging on the background with Chalk Inks and watercoloured my stamped leaves with the SMOOCH. Love the shine it gave them!

Stamps: Floating Leaves
Clearsnap: Smooch, Chalk Ink
Cardstock: SU & watercolour paper
Misc: unk ribbon, Memento ink

Here is a closeup.

Thanks Clearsnap I had lots of fun!
Don't forget to check out both blogs for all the awesome projects!

KISS

That means...Keep It Simple Stampers!

Over at myStampBOX today the DT were asked to create a project where the focus was to.....KISS.

I decided to make a quick and simple card set that I think still has impact. Click on any photo to see a larger view.

Stamps: myStampBOX
Cardstock: A.C.
Ink: Versafine, Jenni Bowlin
Misc: Embossing folder

Here are some closeups.

I actually made 10 cards in total which I think will make a great little gift for someone. Maybe I should make some more sets to sell at the church bazaar..........hmmm.

Don't forget to check out the projects of the other DT members because they are great!! Just head over to the myStampBOX blog.

Wishing you Sunshine

Today is my day to post on the blog at myStampBOX. Here is the card that I made but please head over to the blog for some closeups and all the details.

 





Stamps: myStampBOX
Cardstock: SU
PP: Bo Bunny
Ink: Memento
Misc: Versamark, embossing powder.

Here's hoping you all have a day filled with sunshine!

C'est Tres Magnifique!

One of my new favourite scrapbook manufacturers is Glitz Design and how lucky was I that I got to design with the French Kiss collection!

This collection was in the Tickle Trunk Memories June kit and it looks like it is still available so I would highly recommend that you treat yourself to it because it's FABULOUS!!!

I'd like to share a layout that I made using the kit that features a photo from my daughter and son-in-laws wedding.

I'm super excited to see that I can enter this in the July challenge at Glitz. Phew...I just noticed this in the nick of time too!!!

Besides the products found in the TTM kit I also used:
Tim Holtz alteration dies & ink
MyStampBOX stamps
Jillibean twine
embossing powder
Versamark

Here are some closeups:

Stamps and Washi Tape

Do you like Washi tape? Are you like me and have a gazillion stamps in your arsenal?
Well I'm here to show you how to make your own Washi tape.

Here is the card I made with my handmade washi.

Cardstock: SU
PP: MME
Ink: Versafine & Versacolor
Papertape: 3M
Punch: SU
Stamps: myStampBOX

For my tutorial check out this link at the myStampBOX blog. I hope you will give it a try!

All Play at MSB

Today at myStampBOX it's an "All Play" day for the design team. The theme this month was to use Grey and/or Kraft.
I chose Grey.

Cardstock: SU
PP & Stickers: LYB (Swoon collection)
Stamps: myStampBOX
Ink: Jenni Bowlin
Misc: embossing powder, Versamark, machine stitching

For the sentiment I used the Mention It collection and with the teeny flowers in the Funky Flowers set I stamped some flowers with pink ink onto the card base and also fussy cut some out after stamping on white cardstock and added them to the cake.