Can You Handle the Pressure - FAVORITE COLOR

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:

FAVORITE COLOR

 

This is my card:

It's purple. My favorite color is PURPLE!! I love purple, can you tell?? And my other passion at the moment is collage. Here I have just used a bunch of different ephemera from my stash, I can't even tell you where that butterfly came from. I found it in a box with a bunch of other stuff. The greeting is fussy cut and is from an old PTI stamp set called Flower Favorites. I embossed the collage panel with the Mandala Blooms embossing folder for texture and dimension.

 

 

 The Ingredients:

Recollections Purple Card Stock

Pink Monarch Digi Prints on Etsy

Stash Ephemera

PTI Flower Favorites Stamp for Greeting

Seven Plaza Boo Boo Tape Digi Print

Spellbinders Mandala Blooms Embossing Folder

 

 

 

 

 

 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 - BIRDS

 

Dear Ones~

This time over at Double D, the challenge is BIRDS. How fun!!! Here is the Mood Board for our inspiration. Lots of possibilities with this one!

 

 This is my card:

I love this little sweet bird. It's from a set from Elizabeth Craft Designs. This card was really fun to do, too bad it has to be a sympathy card. But I hope it will give the recipient some comfort.

 

 The Ingredients:

Recollections Lavender and White Card Stock 

Spellbinders Lovely Card Creator Background Die

Mintay Dreamer Patterned Paper

Elizabeth Craft Designs Artist Trading Coins Stamp Set

GKD & Hugs Stamp

Alcohol Markers

SU Marina Mist Ink for Greeting

Trinity Stamps Baubles

Stash Ribbon

 

 

 

 If you head on over to the  Double D Challenge Blog and play along, you could win this beautiful Tutti Designs die.  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 - LUCKY/ST. PATRICK'S DAY

 

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:

LUCKY/ST. PATRICK'S DAY

 

 This is my card:

As I have said before on this blog, I am really into creating the collage look on my cards lately. This card is no exception. I purchased and downloaded some St. Patrick's Day ephemera from Etsy, printed them out, and fussy cut the elements. Aren't those tags fun??  The SLAINTE greeting is computer generated. It's Irish for CHEERS!!! The green beer glass is from an old Stampin' Up stamp set, and I used some expand paste from Sizzix for the foam.

 The Ingredients:

Recollections Green, Ivory and Black Card Stock 

SU Twisted Rope and Cane Weave Embossing Folders

SU Brewed for You Stamp Set for Beer Stein

GKD Lucky Clover Ink for Green Beer

Sizzix Expand Paste for Foam on Beer Stein

Random Digital Ephemera Images from Etsy

Trinity Stamps Black Gems

 

 

 

 

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 - GOING GREEN

Dear Ones~

This time over at Double D, the challenge is GOING GREEN. How fun!!! Here is the Mood Board for our inspiration. Just look at all that green goodness!

 

This is my card:

I really had fun with this design. It's a technique that I watched Debbie Henderson do HERE. It's a little more complicated than you might think, so pay close attention if you decide to try it. The papers are digital from Etsy.

 

 

The Ingredients:

S U Mint Macron and Ivory Card Stock

Digital Patterned Paper from Etsy

GKD Spring Clusters Stamp Set

Altenew Peachy Keen & Golden Honey Comb Ink

GKD Light Spruce Ink

Stash Vellum

Spellbinders Picot Petite Circle Die

 

 

 

 

 If you head on over to the  Double D Challenge Blog and play along, you could win this fabulous set of Tim Holtz Distress Stains.  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

 

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's my Sample:

I don't know about you, but I'm TIRED of winter. Well, except for all my friends in the Southern Hemisphere, I suppose you are tired of the heat. I was in the mood to make a little spring card - it can't be far away, right? I have had this adorable hat die set by Altenew for awhile, and  I thought it was time I gave it some love. That lattice background is a coverplate die, and I found some pretty patterned paper to place behind it. Using the SU Cane Weave and Wrapped in Texture Embossing Folders on the hat gives it a nice texture. Truth be told, I would love a fun hat like this to wear.

The Ingredients: 

GKD White Card Stock

SU Mint Macaron Card Stock

Park Lane Pastel Card Stock

Various GKD & SU Inks

P13 The 4 Seasons Summer Patterned Paper

Altenew Lovely Floral Hat Die Set

PP Crafts Lattice Cover Plate Die

Altenew Solid Sentiment Strips Die for Greeting

SU Cane Weave and Wrapped in Texture EFs

Stash Baubles

 

 

 I hope you will jump in and MAKE THE CUT!! I can't wait to see what you come up with. So 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 - MASCULINE

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 this challenge is:

MASCULINE

  Here's what I came up with:

I don't know about you, but masculine cards are hard for me. I'm a flower/froo froo kind of girl, so this was a bit of a challenge. But Himself's brother has a birthday coming up, and he's an avid fisherman, so here you are. You can't really tell, but the background panel is a collage of several Stamperia papers. I LOVE doing collage pages - my new favorite thing. The vellum panel is embossed with a Stampin' Up Twisted Rope folder, and attached with some twine.

The Ingredients: 

GKD Dark Chocolate & Skeleton Leaves Card Stock

Stamperia Assorted Patterned Papers

SU Twisted Rope Embossing Folder

Honey Bee Vintage Lures Dies

Stash Vellum

Penny Black Antique Frame Die for Vellum

Honey Bee Every Day Mini Messages

Tim Holtz Brads

Stash Baker's Twine

 

 

  Head on over to the Can You Handle the Pressure Blog, 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 - RED

Dear Ones~

This time over at Double D, the challenge is RED. How fun!!! Here is the Mood Board for our inspiration. Just look at all that red goodness!

This is my card:

This adorable  mushroom stencil and die set by Pink Fresh was gifted to my by the lovely and talented Bobby Hagen over at Bits & Pieces. Thank you, Bobby!!! Go check out her blog. She is UBER creative, and the queen of Clean and Simple. I cut out the GKD Bubbles Cover Plate 4 times and glued them together for dimension, and then attached them to a GKD Lipstick panel. I love that bright Lipstick color. The Terrarium Die Set, also a gift from Bobby, is a perfect backdrop for the mushrooms, especially when cut out of vellum. I had to attach the bits and bobs to the terrarium so that I could glue down the vellum. As most of you know, glue will show through vellum.

 The Ingredients:

GKD Red Hot, Lipstick and White Card Stock

GKD Bubbles Cover Plate

Pink Fresh Studios The Magic is You Stencil and Die Set

Pink Fresh Studios Terrarium Die Set

Various Altenew Fresh Dye Inks

Honey Bee Stamps Mini Messages: Everyday for Greeting

SU Bumblebee Trinkets

Trinity Stamps Bubble Blowout Baubles

Ranger White Enamel Accents for Spots on Mushrooms

 

 

 If you head on over to the  Double D Challenge Blog and play along, you could win this Penny Black "Across the Miles" Premium 3.25"x4.50" Card Stock.  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