In my family there are always so many birthdays that I just cannot make too many. The good thing is that I do generally send them. This is a gate-fold card, I really like these because they are a little different from the normal cards. The difficult part usually seems to be a way to get the card to stay closed. This time I found some little Magnets from Basic Grey, that worked great.
I made this card for a few challenges. First was for the "blast from the past" challenge on StampTV to make a gate-fold card. Then there is the color challenge of JUGS#42 to use green, navy, orange, and cream. Then there is the Copic Creation challenge to color a bird using Copics. Now I did research for the bird to see which birds have some orange and blue in them. This bird is a barn swallow! Isn't that cool? So there is the orange for the JUGS challenge!
Recipe:
Stamps: Spring Mix from Gina K Designs
Paper: Pure luxury Vanilla and In the Navy
Special Paper: DCWV Latte
Other: Buttons, Copic Markers, Nestabilities, Copic Markers
This card came together so nicely, which is a good thing since this was a very busy weekend with a granddaughter's 1st communion and a grandson's baptism and the family gathering at my house yesterday. So here I am back at work writing on my blog during my "planning period" at school. Shhh... don't tell anyone! I made this card for 2 challenges - the first being for the StampTV color challenge and the second for JUGS31 sketch challenge. The stamp set I used was from GinaK's Spring Mix. I used some snipped brown yarn for the inside of the flowers. The DP is from BasicGrey's Nook and Pantry paper pack. I also used a Cuttlebug folder for the brown panel. I suppose I better get some planning time in... Thanks for stopping and for your comments. God Bless!!
Sending out the cards I make is a challenge in itself! I want to display them, look at them, touch them, and keep them forever so that this admiration society can keep itself going for a while. Selfish - Yup! So Gina from StampTV challenged us to make a card that would create a smile AND to send the card away. OMGoodness, that second part is the hardest! This card is sending smiles to Wisconsin all the way from Florida. I will kiss it goodbye tomorrow. I also created this card for the CPS163 Sketch Challenge and the JUGS29 Color Challenge, and the SSCC Flower Challenge and the Flutter By Wednesday #105 challenge. This is a record for the number of challenges with one card AND I actually like the card! I used the StampTV stamp set called Spring Mix, Copics to color and Pure Luxury card stock from GinaK. Thanks so much for the visit.
Yeah - I won with this card on StampTV. I did something brand new for me anyway. I wanted the birds to face each other and puzzled over it ever since I saw Gina's Inspire18 challenge. What I did was I stamped the image on a transparency. I had to do it several times because I smeared it, first in the stamping process and then when I went to cut it. I stamped the image on white card stock too. The reverse image one I stamped very wet on the transparency and then while it was still wet I stamped it on the white. I am sure that other people have done this before but it was new to me! I also made this for the Card Patterns Sketch59 challenge. I cuttlebugged the background pink and used some DP from the October Afternoon "Ducks in a Row" pack. Thanks for stopping by!
Another book for the GinaK book challenge on StampTV. Here is a little history on this book. We have 13 wonderful grandchildren and there is no way that I can make a "book" card for all of them so I am choosing 1 from each family. This book is for Ella. She and her brothers like spending the night at our house and often times going to sleep is a little difficult. Well, when we first moved into this house on the lake she was a little weary of the new surroundings. I looked through my stash of books and we read several together. One of them was this one. She was only 3 when I first read her this book and to this day it is the book that I have to read to her (she is almost 8) before going to sleep. In fact I also have to read it to her 2 younger brothers when they all are here for the night. It is the story about how the little ducklings fall asleep one at a time after asking about every little sound or sight that they see. Every sound is explained and finally the last one to fall asleep is Little Quack. It is a cute book. I made this card using the GinaK StampTV kit called Spring Mix. The designer paper is from October Afternoon called Ducks in a Row - how perfect was that?!?! The other card stock is all GinaK pure luxury, Ocean Mist and Moonlit Fog and Lemon Drop for the Mama. I used Copics for the little coloring that I did and some adhesive bling.
If you read yesterday's post you will know that I purchased the products necessary for the polished stone technique that was the Friday challenge on StampTV so last night I made this card following the directions that Gina gave us. It was easy and fun to do. It was up in time for the challenge but, alas, I did not win. :-( It is a good thing that I do this for fun! So this is the quick card I made using the Stamp TV stamp set called "Spring Mix". I used the sketch layout from the CPS sketch challenge for this week. Thanks for your visit!
I know that I have used a lot of purple lately - I must say that the Vibrant Violet card stock from GinaK is absolutely wonderful. It is slightly textured and so rich looking. The card I made today is for several challenges. This being Holy Week and the fact that I will be at church 4 times I may not have many opportunities to and/or post. This card was made with the new StampTV stamp set called Spring Mix. It has so many wonderful images in it. The first challenge is for the color challenge on StampTV, the layout of the card is for the Card Patterns Sketch Challenge and on Stamping Sisters in Christ the challenge was to pop up some elements of the card, called Paper Tole technique. So here is my card for the 3 challenges. Thanks for stopping by and have a blessed Easter week.
