The challenge at WeCraftCards.com this week was to do a 6×6 One Sheet Wonder. I didn’t like the patterns I saw, so made my own:
Sketched out at work on a sticky note.
Then it was making the cards with all of my pieces from two 6×6 sheets of patterned paper cut accordingly. I knew I wanted to use my Simon Says Stamp Frog set, which is why I choose the papers I did. Not great choices, but I thought they would be. Anyway, stamped 6 frogs and colored them, then started putting the cards together. Had pieces left for 2 more cards, so found some other things for those.
The problem with one sheet wonders for me is that I have all these pieces, and don’t know what to do with them. I’d much rather do a card or two at a time. This took me all week. Granted, it was a busy week.
Thanks for checking out what I did this week! Have a wonderful weekend.
Had a lot of fun making this one for my brother’s birthday. I used a foiled piece done with my laminator for the background, then added black Distress Oxide ink to it. Wiped it off with a dry cloth so you would see the shine of the foil. The piece was a Gina K hot foiling background piece. I know it really isn’t supposed to be gears/axles, but that is what it reminded me of, so that’s why I used it.
Have gotten quite behind on birthday cards, so worked on those, yesterday. Here’s one of the ones that I made following the Shopping Our Stash Weekly Challenge.
I pulled out my laminating machine and did some hot foil. The orange piece was a Gina K hot foiling background of dots that I used some sparkling orange foil on, then used a few orange Distress Oxide inks to color. The sentiment piece was another Gina K hot foiling piece that I did with gold Deco foil. Then used 3 different red Distress Oxide inks to color. It looks more red than pink or orange in real life, but not a bright red, as I was looking more for faded red. Used some darkish yellow card from MFT for the background with an Altenew embossing folder. Added a few sequins (red, orange, and yellow), added a bit of clear sparkle Nuvo drops and was done. Had fun making it and it is the differing color of changing leaves that you see in fall. Granted, we don’t see many of those in Phoenix, but I do enjoy seeing pictures of the beautiful changing leaves in other places.
Thank you for spending some of your valuable time with me today.
I’m hosting next week’s challenge at WeCraftCards.com. Our challenges this month are all about fall. So, I went with a recipe challenge as it’s cooling off enough to start baking again. (A recipe challenge is just that, a recipe of things that must be used/done to make your project.)
Here are my 3 examples:
Now, I’m not going to tell you what the recipe is, but all 3 of these cards follow it. If you’re wondering what it is, check out the Monday Challenge on WeCraftCards.com on, you guessed it, Monday.
The third card was also done for a new challenge that some friends of mine found and entered: Peace On Earth Christmas Challenge. This is actually their first challenge.
Can you tell I was going with the lower left corner picture for my inspiration?
Thanks for spending some of your valuable time with me today! Don’t forget to check out the challenge on Monday to find out what the recipe is.
My niece had a baby last week, so I took her a meal last night. Had to make another card welcoming the new little one. And, of course, I had to make a card for my brother, the new grandpa.
BabyGrands
Had a lot of fun making the cards. This second one is being entered in the My Favorite Things Sketch Challenge for the week.
The challenge on WeCraftCards this week is to plan for cooler weather and make a quilt card. The Monday SimonSaysStamp Blog challenge is to make a card with texture. I figure a quilt has lots of texture, so made sure the pieces of my quilt do have texture.
I have glitter paper, highly textured card, a couple of the pieces have embossing just on some of the images, there’s a super smooth piece, and I popped up the center pieces, as well as the butterfly at the top. Some of the patterned paper is DCWV, some is Echo Park, and some is “other”. The whole piece to the bottom left in the picture is alcohol ink on Yupo paper. Had lots of fun figuring this out and making it.
Here’s another one I did:
My husband got me a Spellbinder’s Glimmer machine for my birthday, so I used a die and foiled on the Spellbinder’s paper for the glimmer machine. I had trouble stamping and “coloring” a couple of images, as the ink doesn’t seem to dry on this paper and I didn’t think to heat it before I smeared it. Oops! So, on this one, I wanted to see if I could use Distress Oxide Ink with water and just smoosh color onto my foiled piece. It worked quite well. However, I don’t suggest running a dry cloth over the foil until it is completely and totally dry. The paper didn’t like being that wet and peeled up a bit. So, if you’re going to watercolor, let it air dry for a while, then go on. I am loving learning to use my new machine!
Thank you for spending some of your valuable time with me today.
A friend posted a card either last night or this morning to the ModSquad Challenge which is a butterfly challenge. As I just bought this beautiful large butterfly die set from The Ton, I figured I could hurry home from work and make a card before tonight’s meeting. So,
So, my quick and easy card. Granted, I really need to clean and unwarp my die plates, then using dies will be quick and easy rather than places not cut through.
I also used Altenew’s Mod Squares embossing folder for the background. I used it going down, rather than up, as I liked that look better with the butterfly. Yes, you really can use things in ways other than the norm.
Now, need to run as this took longer than anticipated. Go check out some challenges and see what you can do. You can definitely do more than you think you can.
Thanks for spending some of your valuable time with me today.
So, my birthday was last week. I turned 51, which is pretty amazing, as I was told all while I was growing up that I wouldn’t live to be 40 and before that I would go blind and have parts amputated. This is bonus year #12 that God has blessed me with. I still have my sight and all my parts. I know God has a purpose for my being here, or I wouldn’t be. So, I try to do His will for me.
Anyway, I got lots of crafting things for my birthday and got to play for a while on my birthday, as I spent part of the day with my BFF. Made this first card using a fun Simon Says Stamp stencil and some Lindy’s Magicals in Autumn colors.
Instead of using the Magicals as they were supposed to be used, I used them more like Perfect Pearls, where I used VersaMark ink through the stencil, then sprinkled on the different colors of Magicals (5 colors), then misted with water. It has INCREDIBLE sparkle. Used a Simon Says Stamp stamp set for the butterfly and the sentiment. I wrote the names on the back of the piece, then adhered it to the layer and base. Oops! The butterfly is gold embossed on acetate. Used the same gold embossing powder for the sentiment on a plum cardstock.
Entering this one in the Simon Says Stamp Blog Monday challenge.
This next one I did using some ombre’ glitter paper I got at the Stamp & Scrapbook Expo on Friday (my daughter and I went together).
Had a lot of fun cutting out the leaves from different papers and making a “wreath”. I used some Wink of Stella on the “thanks” to give it some sparkle, too. I liked leaving the rest of it blank. I did add some of those leaves falling down the inside right side.
I have so many more things to play with that I hope to share, soon.
Thanks for spending some of your valuable time with me today! (If I don’t reply to your comments right away, please know I’m crazy busy right now with our Women’s Advance on Saturday, as well as some other church things, so it may take a bit, but I definitely will reply. I appreciate your comments.
Well, went up north with the kids this weekend and took a bunch of craft stuff to work on. But, forgot a couple of things, so couldn’t really finish anything. Dumb.
Got back and was able to use the foam tape to finish this for the MFT Sketch Challenge for last week. No clue if I’m in time to post it.
Used a holographic backdrop and cut out the areas for the sketch. Added this adorable bird and sentiment from the “Tweet Friends” MFT set. Colored with pencils and just had fun.
Thanks for spending some of your valuable time with me today. I hope you had a great weekend.
The challenge at WeCraftCards.com this week is to make a “flip flop” card. This is the type I found, when I searched. The hello piece flips to the inside when you open it. There is a white panel the same as the gray on the inside to write on.
Used one of the leftover MFT hello’s I cut out a few weeks ago for a card. As they were about the same color as the MFT Color Challenge, I’m entering this in that challenge. Just imagine the pink is a light purple. 😉
The pink and dark gray are shimmer card stock, so I’m also putting this in the SimonSaysStamp Monday challenge of shimmer and glimmer.
This was easy to make and fun. Also made some background today, so I’m hoping to get card made with them, soon.
Thank you for spending some of your valuable time with me today!
