Can You Handle the Pressure - BALLOONS TWIST

Dear Ones~  

There's a new challenge over at Can You Handle the Pressure.   For this challenge blog you MUST use an EMBOSSING FOLDER on your project.  Heat embossing (with embossing powder) is permitted but only IN ADDITION to your embossing folder design.  Each new challenge will have a 'TWIST' which is optional ... your choice to use or not.

The OPTIONAL TWIST for today's challenge is:

BALLOONS

 Here's my card:

For this card I pulled out my Neenah Astrobrights card stock. The dies are from an old Stampin' Up set called Balloon Adventures. A really fun set. I have a Happy Birthday embossing folder, so making a quick birthday card is easy. I LOVE bright, neon colors.

 

 

 

 

The Ingredients:

 GKD Black Onyx Card Stock

Recollections Ivory Heavy Weight Card Stock

 Neenah Astrobrights Neon Card Stock 

Sizzix Happy Birthday Embossing Folder 

SU Balloon Adventures Die Set

 

 

 

 

 

So head on over to the Can You Handle the Pressure Blog and play along, and don't forget to check out all the beautiful cards the other designers have created while you are there. I can't wait to see all your wonderful designs!!

 Until next time dear reader, I hope you "can handle the pressure"!

Here's celebrating your CREATIVE MUSE.

judy

 

 

 

Double D - BUTTERFLIES

Dear Ones~

The challenge this time over at Double D BUTTERFLIES. Here is the Mood Board for our inspiration. Just look at all that luscious color!!!

 

Here is my card:

I love this patterned paper by Recollections called Guilded Ink. It looks like alcohol inks with gold foiling. Gorgeous!! I also love the butterfly die set by The Greetery. It's part of the Curiosity Collection. The whole collection is right up my alley. The butterfly die set has a companion stencil set which is fabulous!!

 

The Ingredients:

 GKD White and Black Onyx Card Stock

Recollections Guilded Ink Patterned Paper

The Greetery Jumbo Curiosity Butterfly Die and

Companion Stencil

GKD Royal Frame Die

GKD Elegant Thoughts Stamp and Companion Die

Altenew Midnight, Violet & Rouge Ink

 

 

 

 

  

If you head on over to the  Double D Challenge Blog and play along, you could win this sweet little Creative Expressions Mini Stencil.  Also, don't forget to check out all the beautiful cards the other designers have created.

 

 

So, until next time dear readers, ASPIRE to be INSPIRED. 

Here's celebrating your CREATIVE MUSE!!

~judy

Can You Handle the Pressure - SUMMER FUN TWIST

Dear Ones~  

There's a new challenge over at Can You Handle the Pressure.   For this challenge blog you MUST use an EMBOSSING FOLDER on your project.  Heat embossing (with embossing powder) is permitted but only IN ADDITION to your embossing folder design.  Each new challenge will have a 'TWIST' which is optional ... your choice to use or not.

The OPTIONAL TWIST for today's challenge is:

SUMMER FUN

 

 Here is what I came up with:

What's more fun than summer camping in a cute little retro hippy travel trailer. I learned from Dina Kowal how to make her. You can watch the video HERE. I used the SU Corrugated Embossing Folder to make the texture for the siding on the trailer. I think it looks pretty good. 

PEACE OUT my friends!!!!

 

 

 The Ingredients:

 GKD Apple Mint and White Card Stock

Memory Box Madras Plaid Blue/Violet Patterned Paper

SU Corrugated Embossing Folder

MFT Stitched Flowers Die

Elizabeth Crafts Hole Reinforcer Die

Paper Studio Nature Stick-a-Bilities

Trinity Stamps Gold Baubles

HOTP Gold Dazzle Strips

 

 

 

 

So head on over to the Can You Handle the Pressure Blog and play along, and don't forget to check out all the beautiful cards the other designers have created while you are there. I can't wait to see all your wonderful designs!!

 Until next time dear reader, I hope you "can handle the pressure"!

Here's celebrating your CREATIVE MUSE.

judy

Double D - BEES

 

 Dear Ones~

Welcome to summer, it's a HOT one here in Northern Michigan right now. There's a new challenge up over at Double D, and this time it's BEES. Don't you just love bees? I do!!! This is the Mood Board provided for our inspiration:

 

Here is my card:

This cover die is from a company called Kokorosa. I purchased it a long time ago and I can't tell you the name of the die. I cut it out with gold metallic card stock and paper pieced the patterned paper. So much fun!! I used some lovely paper from Panalisa Craft and the sweet little bumbles are from Hero Arts.

 

 

 

  The Ingredients:

GKD White Card Stock

Tim Holtz Gold Metallic Card Stock

Panalisa Craft Honey flower Patterned Paper 

Kokorosa Background Die 

Hero Arts Beelieve Stamp and Die Bundle

SU Crushed Curry and Black Ink 

Black Ranger Enamel Accents 

 

 

 

 

 If you head on over to the  Double D Challenge Blog and play along, you could win this adorable Sizzix Thinlets die set.  Also, don't forget to check out all the beautiful cards the other designers have created.

So, until next time dear readers, ASPIRE to be INSPIRED. 

Here's celebrating your CREATIVE MUSE!!

 

~judY  

A Cut Above - AUGUST

Dear Ones~

It's a new month, and time for a new challenge over at  A Cut Above Challenge Blog. 

 

Challenges are on a monthly basis and posted on the first Monday of the month at 12:00 AM (Eastern Time) and ending on the 28th of each month 8:00 PM (Eastern Time) with the winner posted on the 30th of that month. The theme is always anything goes with a die cut. However once in awhile we will throw in a theme for you, or just do anything goes. Entirely up to you. This time it's just anything goes.

Limit of 3 entries per challenge with each being a different project.

Any project is welcome but MUST HAVE AT LEAST ONE DIE CUT defined by using a die cut machine, not a purchased pre-fabricated die cut. Winner is chosen by random draw, and will receive a $5 gift card to A Cherry On Top Online Store along with a dated badge to display on their craft site.

 

Here is my card:

A lovely lady of a certain age will be celebrating a birthday soon. Can you guess how old she will be? Yup - the big 100. It was such a pleasure creating this card for her. The background was really fun. I took a piece of pink cardstock and gold embossed it with the Gina K Elegant Script Background Stamp. I love how it looks and will be doing this kind of thing more. I used acrylic markers to color the blooms, I am really ejoying these lately.

The Ingredients:

 GKD White, Gold, Innocent Pink Card Stock

GKD Elegant Script Background Stamp

GKD Gold Embossing Powder

GKD Master Layouts 12

SU Wrapped in Text Embossing Folder

Spellbinders Be Bold Blooms Die 

Memmory Box Gentle Peony Die Set

Stash Letter and Number Die Set

Acrylic Markers 

 

  I hope you will jump in and MAKE THE CUT, I can't wait to see what you come up with. Head on over to the A CUT ABOVE BLOG to see what it's all about. And if you play along, you could win a $5 gift card to A Cherry On Top.

 

Until next time, dear reader, aspire to be inspired.

Here's celebrating your Creative Muse. 

~judy

Can You Handle the Pressure - Birthday/Anniversary

Dear Ones~  

There's a new challenge over at Can You Handle the Pressure.   For this challenge blog you MUST use an EMBOSSING FOLDER on your project.  Heat embossing (with embossing powder) is permitted but only IN ADDITION to your embossing folder design.  Each new challenge will have a 'TWIST' which is optional ... your choice to use or not.

The OPTIONAL TWIST for today's challenge is:

BIRTHDAY/ANNIVERSARY

Here's my card:

I needed a masculine birthday card, and I had an idea to emboss a piece of dark card stock with a background stamp in gold. I absolutely LOVE the way this turned out and will be doing it more. The cattail die is so useful for masculine cards, I use it often. Here I embossed a navy panel with a fern embossing folder and placed it behind the cattail die cut to make it stand out. The embossing hardly shows in the photo, but the texture is amazing IRL. I used some ultra shiny metallic gold card stock for the "moon" to make it more interesting.

 

The Ingredients:

 GKD In the Navy Card Stock

GKD Gold Card Stock 

Stash Gold Mirror Card Stock 

Memory Box Graceful Cattails Die

SU Fern Embossing Folder 

SSS Big Greetings 1 Stamp for Greeting 

Trinity Stamps Mat Gold Baubles 

 

 

 

 

 So head on over to the Can You Handle the Pressure Blog and play along, and don't forget to check out all the beautiful cards the other designers have created while you are there. I can't wait to see all your wonderful designs!!

 Until next time dear reader, I hope you "can handle the pressure"!

Here's celebrating your CREATIVE MUSE.

judy 

Double D - FOR THE KIDDOS

Dear Ones~

The new challenge over at Double D is "FOR THE KIDDOS". What a fun one this will be, I can't wait to see what you come up with. Here is the Mood Board for our inspiration:

 

 

Here's my card: 

Isn't this just the cutest? I used one of my all-time favorite GKD background stamps - Inspiration Mosaic, by Melanie Muenchinger. It's the perfect stamp for paper piecing, which I did here with various patterned papers. The silly monsters are from a retired stamp set by Stampin' Up. I love all the bright colors, and bright dots too.

 

The Ingredients: 

GKD White and Black Card Stock

GKD Inspiration Mosaic Background Stamp

SU Monster Maniacs Stamp Set

Alcohol Markers

Sunny Studio Preppy Prints Patterned Paper

Scrapbook.Com Pops of Color Liquid Dots

 

 

 

 

 

 

 If you head on over to the  Double D Challenge Blog and play along, you could win this sweet Creative Expressions Music Mini Stencil.  Also, don't forget to check out all the beautiful cards the other designers have created.

 

 

 

So, until next time dear readers, ASPIRE to be INSPIRED. 

Here's celebrating your CREATIVE MUSE!!

 

~judy