The Craft's Meow sketch challenge!

I always love an excuse to pull out my

Craft's Meow

Stamps

and the fun sketch this week was just that opportunity!

 

Here's my card:

 

 

 

 

I thought about coloring the image from the

"Let it Snow"

stamp set, but decided that simply heat embossed in dark blue to match the pattern paper was all the little birdhouse needed!

 

The Craft's Meow store is having a sale right now, and oh, how I am tempted!

Better go have a look see!

 

Pattern Paper;  DCWV, "Bouquet de Fleur" 

 



Skipping Stones Designs Challenge!

 

My entry for the Skipping Stones Design sketch challenge this week:

 

 

 

Supplies:
Paper; DCWV, Bouquet de Fleur
Stamps; SSD, "Always Here" and "Beautiful Botanicals"
Ribbon;  Maya Road

More delicious embossing....

On my card today, I used the adorable image from

Crafter's Companion's

Christine Haworth

called

"In Trouble Again"

 

I think you'll agree that this little guy is just too cute for words.

 

The challenge at Crafter's Companion this month is

Stripes and/or Dots,

so this is how I put a vintage twist on my entry.

 

 

I loved the background on the image enough that I grabbed a piece of the tan cardstock that I used as a card base, and altered it to serve as a

background "brick mat" on my card.

If you want to see how this was done, I will be Guest Designing this month  at

Crafter's Companion (yippee!) and they, and I, will be posting another card and tutorial on this technique on September 17th!

 

 

 

 

Here you can see the shimmer on the "wall" and the way it entirely changes

the look of the plain cardstock paper.

It also gives it the feel of vinyl.  Cool, eh?

 

 

And with an image that adorable,

I needed an extra special sentiment for the inside.



DCWV Monthly Card Sketch Challenge

This month's card sketch is:

 

So I quickly grabbed my "Wild Splendor" and made this!

 

I am so in love with this collection!

The fall colors are perfect and the gold foil and gold/bronze sparkle is

just enough...

 

 

Depending on the light reflection, the leaves actually DO turn just just as they do IRL!

Truly "beautiful"!

 

Enter your own project at

DCWV Diary

for a chance to win some terrific paper!

 



The Monthly Challenge at Stampendous for September is

EMBOSSING TECHNIQUES!

 



Click HERE to see how I used

Detail Clear Embossing Powder

and a bit of ink to create this earlier project!.

The result was this shimmery, gorgeous tag giving those vintage colors

an extra pop!

Poppies poppin' everywhere!

Love these flowers and I can't put this new stack from

DCWV

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"Sweet Blossom"

This stack is brand new and available at Michael's this month!

 

The pattern of this paper keeps drawing me back. I am going to need more poppies!

This card was SO simple!

I simply cut the black mats from the Tres Chic Stack because it has such deep texture and is true black...

Then I cut the background poppy pattern paper just 1/4 inch smaller,

and continued fussy cutting additional flowers to layer over, popping them up at various heights. The glitter centers add just a bit of elegance.

 

The sentiment is one I've used before, too, and love it!

It's from Stampendous,

"Flower Path"

and you can get it here.

 

The sparkle is also compliments of Stampendous, and is the

"Silver Halo" glitter.

 

The finishing touch is a silver flower charm attached with some black twine! I love adding charms and beads to my cards! Gives them that little dab of dimension.

 

Please, leave me a comment and let me know you came by!

 

Jan



Yes, It's School Time at Do You Stack Up!

 

Can You Digi It

* $10 Gift Certificate

My Heart Pieces

* Winner's Choice of 3 Digis

Melonheadz Illustrating

* $15 Gift Certificate

My card this week focuses on encouragement for the student.
Here it is, using a "Can You Digi It" image,

The cloud was printed on white, the bird on yellow, and the gorgeous background is new from DCWV, "Bouquet de Fleur", available at Michael's!
I love the music sheet print on the little bird and the text on the cloud! 
It all comes on the digital image!
I popped up both the cloud and the bird.
I just noticed that one of my machine stitches slipped through on the last heart...
homemade cards...that's what makes them special.

Since I've "retired" from teaching, I lose track of how quickly it's time for everyone else to go back to school!

Check out the rest of the DYSU Design Team's projects!
They're sure to get you back into the "school year mode"!

And, please, leave a comment. They truly make my day!
If you're not a follower, click it! I would love to see that number grow!

Gift Wrapped...

I wanted to do something besides the usual flat card,

so I made a small box card only 1/4 inch thick.

Just enough room inside to add the little machine stitched paper "socks"...

The Copics colored image I used was

"Cling Stocking Kiddo"

and the inside sentiment is

"Get Socks".

I then added the ribbon that ties partially around the card to give the appearance of a wrapped gift.  With the extra space inside, I can always add an actual pair of boy's socks for my 7 year old grandson!  Yeah, I know, that's mean!  Haha!

Hope you got a kick out of this and maybe some new ideas!



Special Delivery!

Hello, it's Jan again!

(Please scroll down to see my latest DCWV layout!)

Today, I made a tag-turned-card!

Sometimes, you start with a concept, and it just grows from there!

I used the recently released Stampendous,

"Special Delivery"

on kraft cardstock.

First, I stamped and heat-embossed the image onto the kraft tag.

The image was then colored using watercolor pencils.

The sentiment is from the set,  "Christmas Wishes",

and was stamped and also heat-embossed.

The edges of the tag were inked with Tim Holtz Christmas inks,

and the kraft card mat and the pattern paper edges inked in Momento, Cocoa Brown.

I love the vintage look of these colors!

What set the whole thing off was covering the entire tag with Versamark,

Champagne Dazzle Ink.

I then sprinkled the entire surface with Stampendous,
Detail Clear Embossing Powder.

The result was this shimmery, gorgeous tag giving those vintage colors

an extra pop!

I send more cards than I attach tags to gifts, so this was assembled and will be one more Christmas card off my list! 

The August Stampendous Challenge,

 "Focus on Sentiments",

is very close to coming to an end!

 

Just look at all of the wonderful projects by the

Design Team!

 

Asia King	Kristine Reynolds	Taylor Usry	Kristine Reynolds
Stephanie Lee	Janelle Stollfus	Jan Garber	Wendy Jordan
Wendy Price	Stephanie Lee	Pam Hornschu	Pam Hornschu
Melinda Gleissner	Kristine Reynolds	Janelle Stollfus

InLinkz.com

Stampendous is giving away three stamp sets in August!

Go here to see all of the details and rules, and make your own project and link it up here or on the Stampendous blog!

 

Check out my second post for today!
These new DCWV papers will knock your socks off!



DCWV Autumn Melody

"Family Traditions"

 

I wanted to capture the magic that was so evident in the photo where my grandson is reading to my mother,

his great-grandmother.

There will only be so many moments like this in

this lifetime.

 

 

Hayden had been reading at a very high level for some time, but my mother had never had the opportunity until last November to sit down and share a book with him. I know she loved it, having read to me and my sister, and then to my children from the time we were all very young.

At only 6, he was reading at a third grade level!  He has since started second grade this year, and is in a Gifted Program, so I'm sure he will be passing us all up and reading everything he gets his hands on now!

 

These DCWV papers are so gorgeous to work with!

Fall colors with a touch of elegance...

 

 

The gold foil on the leaf pattern paper is my all-time favorite for this time of year!

Even in small amounts die cut, border punched, or as trim, this paper steals the show!

 

 

The coordinating stickers make putting together a finished layout a breeze!

My banners have a beautiful sheet music print and comes in the stack, too!

I only wish my photos would do it justice.

 

My mother hates photos of herself, but I have a  feeling she'll

make exceptions for this one!

 

Please leave a comment so I know you've been here!

I love reading them and returning the favor by going to your blogs and seeing

your own creations!

 

Thank you, too, Fiskars, Spellbinders, and Prima

for their amazingly wonderful products!