Pirate Birthday

Another simple card. I received a wonderful surprise package in the mail. It was full of little gifts and 3 sets of wonderful stamped images. It made my day!! When I saw the color challenge today the first thing I did was go through the images to see what I cold use today. I love this set and may have to break down and buy it. Thankfully my secret friend sent me enough images to keep me happy for a little while :) I used Crystal effects on the sword to give it some shine. I had to use the eyelets since today's colors (More Mustard, Old Olive, Bashful Blue) are colors in the earth elements assorted pack. Another tent card. I grabbed my scrap bag and this was the size I had already cut, so I went from there. I think it worked great with the already stamped image. The words are embossed. I colored with Re-inkers and Aqua Pens.

Stamps: Ahoy Matey, Print Pattern, It's Your Birthday

Paper: Whisper White, More Mustard, Old Olive Craft and Classic

Ink: More Mustard, Old Olive, Bashful Blue, Blush Blossom, Basic Black

Accessories: More Mustard Eyelets, Old Olive Eyelets, More Mustard Grosgrain, Corner Rounder, Clear Embossing Powder, Crystal Effects

Pumpkin Tent Card

Sorry, I'm behind! We started school yesterday and all 5 kids are in this year. So I have 2 kindergarteners, a 2nd grader, a 6th grader and an 11th grader. I hope to still post as often but forgive me if I get behind once in a while .

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So I tried the color challenge on SCS today and I did not like my results. So I decided I would work on a design for my next weeks Stamp Night. It is so cold and windy today that I decided a fall card would be nice. This is a tent card. The card base is a 4.25" x 8.5" folded in half. The topper is positioned just high enough to reach the 5.5" to make it the size of a regular invitation sized card. I started by stamping the bottom center pumpkin and masking it and adding the side ones. The topper I started with the gourd, masked it, stamped the large pumpkin, masked that and the stamped the small pumpkin. I watercolored with re-inkers and an Aqua pen. I tied the ribbon on and decided it still needed more so I added the eyelets. (Have I said I love the Crop-a-dile!)

Stamps: Holidays and Wishes, Autumn Harvest

Paper: More Mustard, Pumpkin Pie, Very Vanilla

Ink: Pumpkin Pie, More Mustard, Old Olive, Black Stazon

Accessories: Chocolate Chip Taffeta Ribbon, More Mustard and Old Olive Eyelets, Corner Rounder

Monkey in a Pumpkin Patch

So today's Limited Use Challenge had a triple challenge.
1.)Make a harvest scene using 3 or more stamps (check-pumpkin patch).
2.)Use an animal not usually expected in the scene (Check- monkey in pumpkin patch?).
3.) Make it a tent topper card. (Check -done).
We were suppose to challenge ourself to use less layers and less embellishments. I for sure would of popped up the pumpkins rather than masking and I would of added ribbon and twill or something through the eyelets. I was sooo tempted to add crystal effects to acorns or the monkey but stopped myself. I also wanted to add brads along the ribbon. The images were colored with an Aqua Pena and re-inkers.

Stamps: Autumn Harvest, Monkey Business, Leaves Awash Jumbo Wheel

Paper: Wild Wasabi, River Rock, Pumpkin Pie

Ink: Black Stazon, Pumpkin Pie, Wild Wasabi, Chocolate Chip, So Saffron

Accessories: Jumbo Eyelets, Crop-a-dile, Double Stitched Wild Wasabi Ribbon, Pumpkin Pie Ribbon, Corner Rounder Punch

Better Late than never...right?

Ok, DH had a Dr appointment yesterday. Since we drive an hour to go anywhere around here, we decided to go shopping and make a day of it since we were there. So I did not get a chance to finish uploading my Wednesday Card. Wednesday on SCS is Sketch challenge. The Challenge this week was to do a tent card. it will fit in a normal size invitation envelope. The card base is 4.25" x 4.25" with whatever you decide shape as the topper sticking up no more than the total of 5.5"

Stamps: Baroque Motifs, Bugs and Kisses

Paper: River Rock, Wild Wasabi

Ink: River Rock, Wild Wasabi, Purely Pomegranite

Accessories: Double Stitched Ribbon- River Rock, Wild Wasabi, Purely Pomegranite, Tool kit for paper piercing