Clean & Simple One Layer Challenge

The Paper Players have a Clean-and-Simple Challenge from Jaydee.  

Concord & 9th stencil for the background, and a Unity foil transfer for the hot pink sentiment.  I added some water drops as accents.  

Talk Nerdy To Me

Try Stampin on Tuesday and Double Trouble have a joint challenge this week, follow the sketch and make a masculine card.  

I cut apart an old Stampabilities stamp so I could create the background and strip with randomly stamped eyeglasses, then added the Unity sentiment.  

 

Really fun challenge!

Embossing Bonus!!

 Two of my favorite challenge blogs, Just Us Girls and Make the Cards, have the same challenge this week - embossing folders!!  

I used the SU Painted Texture folder on the white layer to highlight the snarky Unity image and sentiment.  

WAY Outside My Comfort Zone...

 I buy a lot of my craft supplies from crafters in Facebook groups.  A very kind lady in one of the groups gifted me a Unity stamp set that is completely different than my usual style.  Made me try something new, as I don't color much, and I don't usually use images of people.  I'm pretty pleased with the end result!

Fab Friday has a color challenge using Stampin' Up colors, but all brands are welcome.  I used Stampin' Write markers for everything expect her hair.  I didn't have a marker anywhere close to brown, so I used some watercolor pencils.  The layers are Granny Apple Green, the raincoat So Saffron, the duckling is So Saffron and Pumpkin Pie blended together.  

Fur Baby Sympathy

 A dear friend just lost her Golden Retriever.  

I like clean and simple sympathy cards  Darice embossing folder, Unity sentiment.  The paper and ink are More Mustard.  Sharing this with The Paper Players, Ann's CAS challenge - Animals.  

I think that the loss of pets has been even harder during quarantine.  We are spending so much time at home with them.  Plus there are very few rescue puppies available, at least in the mid-west.  After losing our Yellow Lab last November, we applied for 53 dogs before we were chosen as Charli's new family.    

World Card Making Day!!!

 My husband is out of town, so I get to play ALL day!!!  I'm starting out with a sketch challenge:

Unity image, DCWV papers used for a Try Stampin' On Tuesday sketch.  So much fun!

Tic Tac Toe

Needing way too many sympathy cards lately.  Cheery Lynn die cut, old Fiskars plate for the subtle background embossing, Unity sentiment, matte silver paper, stash ribbon.  

Sympathy, Die Cut, and Silver, straight across and in the middle, Tic, Tac, Toe!

Birthday Wishes

I treated myself to the Echo Park mystery box a few months back, and am still working my way through the vast amount of paper and ephemera I received.  Mystery boxes are a good way to try out different products.  I find myself buying similar things over and over.  With a mystery box, I often get things I might not choose to buy, then find something new that I like. Low risk! 

Here is a good example.  I am not a pink girl, and rarely buy cutesy stuff, but have really enjoyed this Party paper set.  I paired it with this week's My Favorite Things weekly sketch challenge.  

I trimmed the journaling card down, and added a bit of bling to the Unity sentiment. 

You're HOW Old!?!

I love this stamp set from Unity - cheeky without being offensive.  I line I (don't) walk well :).  I tend to cross it more often than I should.  

Unity stamp, Doodlebug paper.  Playing along with the Color Throwdown, who had this great color inspiration this week:

Written in the Stars...

The Twofer challenge this time around is Stars:  

Here are my submissions:

I used pearl star die cuts on a navy shimmer background and Unity sentiment for the left card, washi tape with a silver metallic negative die cut and layer for the one on the right.  I liked my first washi card better, but realized that the challenge required different occasions, not just different uses.  Here is my first one:

Pop by Words 2 Craft By for our Kindness challenge!

Sunset

The Color Throwdown challenge this week:

Although the image is upbeat, the colors remind me of sunset.  

Paper inked with Distress Oxide Wild Honey, Spiced Marmalade, and Barn Door.  Unity sentiment stamped in Versafine and heat embossed in clear.  The horizontal element is a piece of antique silk moire ribbon.  I have a small wooden spool, and only use it on special projects.  A friend lost her brother to mental illness.  This is for her.  :(

Ah Crap...

The Male Room has a really fun challenge - My Bad/Sorry.  I had to use this fun Unity stamp set:

I used an old Operation Write Home sketch, fussy cut the toilet, and layered up.  Come play along with us at Words 2 Craft By for our October Eves challenge!!

CAS Sympathy

I need to build up my stash of sympathy cards, and the Paper Craft Crew's sketch is perfect:  

Here is my version:

Love the washi tape tripe.  Sentiment from Unity, die cuts are a mix of Ellen Huston and SU! Swirly Birds cut with adhesive paper.  Still deciding if I want to add any bling like the sketch suggests...

Come play along with us at Words to Craft By for our Flip Floppin' challenge!!

Inspired by a Movie

The Male Room challenge is "Inspired by a Movie".  Can you guess my movie?

Art C die cut, Unity sentiment, stash paper.  Your choice on the movie.  Bambi?  The Deer Hunter? Reindeer Games? 

She Blinded Me With Science!

That 80s song has been running through my head since I saw The Male Room Space/Science challenge.  While the music came easily, the project did not!!  I was trying to make some donations for Cards for Soldiers, love but not girly.  Here is my first attempt:

 I really like this one, but not sure it is masculine enough for The Male Room challenge.  For my next attempt, I tried to make the background look like outer space. 

While the second is not girly, I still like the first one better.  Image and sentiment from Unity, stash paper on the first card, and Distress Oxide in on the second.  What do you think?  Would a man send the first card to a woman?  Or a woman send it to a man?  Let me know in the comments. 

Come play along with us at Words 2 Craft By for our Phenomenal Women challenge!

Twofer Challenge #1 - Feathers

There is a brand new blog - The Twofer Card Challenge by Darnell and friends.  The premise is to make two cards, for two different occasions, using the same stamps and/or dies.  Sounds like fun!

The mask was die cut with post it paper, and inked with my brand new Distress Oxides.  Spellbinders Birds on a Wire die cuts, the sentiments are from Unity. 

Be sure to play along with us at Words 2 Craft By for our New Beginnings challenge!

Happy Birthday!!!

Love this Paper Studio mat stack:

I hand cut the ties, made a metal paperclip hanger, hung the hanger on a metal brad, added a Unity sentiment, and layered everything on some yummy burnt orange cardstock.  Funny, I have at least 3 different purchased hangers, and none were the right size!!!!  Sharing with The Male Room Use Metal challenge.  Come join us at Words 2 Craft By for our Autumn Flowers challenge!

A Very Purple Birthday

I love purple and black as a color combo, but it can be a bit dark.

I think the glitter paper brightens it up.  The tiny stars are punched from the same glitter paper, the squares are cut with layered Spellbinder dies, and the sentiment is from Unity.  I love this layout from Tuesday Morning Sketches:

I am also sharing this with Color Throwdown:

 

Come play along with us at Words 2 Craft By for our Autumn Flowers challenge!

Pink & Gray

Cards in Envy has a Pink & Gray challenge.  These colors make me think of elephants!

Unity image and sentiment.  Elephant is paper pieced in one of three gray papers and one gray silk ribbon, shiny pink paper and grosgrain ribbon.  Glossy accents on the stars.  I made a lot of pretty trash on the way to this one!

Come play along with us at Words 2 Craft By!  Our challenge is "Change". 

Ombre Sympathy Card

Distress Ink background, Unity sentiment.  Anyone know whose images!?!

Sharing this with Addicted to CAS Ombre challenge.

Come play along with us at Words 2 Craft By for our Small Hearts, Big Gratitude challenge.