Nature

The Male Room has a nature challenge - create a masculine project with a nature theme. 

Lovely as a Tree, Ms Sparkle paper, Distress Oxide ink, not sure of the sentiment designer.   

Twofer Card Challenge - Trees

I love entering the Twofer Card challenges.  They really make me stretch my creative thinking.  This round, I used the same stamp in very different ways. 

First up, the image is heat embossed in white glitter on navy pearl and paired with an elegant Merry Christmas:

CAS, but still has enough depth and texture to keep things interesting.

This is my third attempt at a spotlight card:

I have needed WAY too many sympathy cards recently.  Love how the lone tree in the center reflects how alone we feel in grief (no matter how many people are there to love and support), yet there are others nearby in love.

SU! Lovely Trees.  First sentiment from Creative Station, second from Gina Marie.  The latest Words 2 Craft By challenge runs from June 13 through July 4.  Come play along with us!!

Lovely as a Tree

I broke out my favorite set and played today!  Not much time for fun lately, between work, holidays, and family.

I heat embossed the tree in silver on purplish paper that looks more blue in the photos, I layered with matte silver paper, and added pearls as ornaments on the tree and as accents in the corner.  The sketch is #233 from OWH.

I am sharing this with the Can You Case It #142 color challenge for eggplant, silver, and neutral, and with the Mod Squad's Holiday Dimension challenge.  Wednesday is the deadline for the Small Heart Large Gratitude challenge over at Words 2 Craft By!!

Cards In Envy - No Girls Allowed

The current challenge over at Cards in Envy is "No Girls Allowed". 

This is my first attempt at two color stamping with my home made CD case stamp positioner.  I am quite pleased with the results!  SU! Lovely as a Tree, Paper Studio patterned paper, We R Memory Keepers washi tape. 

Come play along with our New Beginnings challenge over at Words 2 Scrap By!!

Two in One Day!!!

OK, I have been better at creating than posting, lately. 

Lovely as a Tree heat embossed in white, inked with Chipped Sapphire and Broken China Distress Inks, highlighted with Perfect Pearls, accented with a navy ribbon, and mounted on navy card base.  This will be a thank you note. I am linking this up with The Male Room #23 - Christmas or Holiday. 

The Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers - I is for Image

The current challenge from The Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers is to make a card using an image - no sentiment.  Crafting i an iterative process for me - keep trying until I get it right.  Here is my first attempt:

 Meh, ok, but missing something.  How about a sparkly ribbon?

MUCH better.  Amazing what a difference a single element can make.  Lovely as a Tree image heat embossed in silver, distress inked then layered on silver mirrored paper and DCWV Winter Magic silver, blue and white snowflake paper. 

Come play along with us at Words 2 Scrap By - Ahoy Matey!  Did you know that September 19 is Talk Like a Pirate Day?!?!

Playing with Techniques

Since Operation Write Home has suspended operations (due to so many of our deployed military coming home - yeah!), I have been playing around with different techniques.  I don't have many things I am willing to show, but have been learning a lot.  Shopping Our Stash has a challenge to use a wet medium.

I masked the square with post it paper, and inked with distress and white inks.  I stamped the SU! Lovely as a Tree and sentiment in navy pigment ink, and heat embossed with silver powder.  Card front layered onto a navy card base.  I thought the navy ink might show through better than it did, oh well!!!

The Male Room Challenge #25 - Christmas

The challenge is to create a masculine, Christmas-themed paper project. 

Here is mine:

Silver embossed Lovely as a Tree and unknown sentiment.  DCWV Winter Wishes paper.  Really pretty card.  The picture?  Not so much.  I have a real problem photographing mirrored paper.  Any suggestions?

Don't forget to play along with our Words2ScrapBy.blogspot.com December Challenge - Eat, Drink, and Be Merry!!!