Double D - EASTER

Dear Ones~

Well, spring is finally here, and Easter is upon us. So it's only fitting that this is the topic for this 2-week challenge. Here is the Mood Board for our inspiration:

 

This is my card:

 

I am so enamored of this sweet little bunny. Isn't he just so dear? I got him off Amazon, so there is no company that I can share. I'll just say the company is "Made in China". I have him perched an another die cut of a die from the same company.😄😄😄 The greeting is an old GKD stamp set and was fussy cut.

 

 

The Ingredients:

Recollections Green Card Stock

GKD White Card Stock

Doodle Bug Easter Express Patterned Paper

SU Circle Nesting Dies

PTI Bows Galore Die for Bow

Bunny and Cross Hatch Dies from Amazon

GKD Spring Fling Stamp Set for Greeting

Stash Baubles

 

 

 

 

 If you head on over to the  Double D Challenge Blog and play along, you could win this absolutely ADORABLE die set from Cottage Cutz.  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 - 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

Can You Handle the Pressure - The Letter F

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:

THE LETTER "F"

 

This is my card:

I chose FEATHERS AND FERNS for my letter "F".  I think these little birds are just so sweet. I die cut them with watercolor paper and painted them with Tim Holtz Watercolor Pencils. Very fun. I die cut the PRAYERS die in two different colors and then offset them a bit for more dimension.

The Ingredients:

GKD White, Black Onyx and Turquoise Sea Cardstock

Recollections Green Card Stock

SU Fern Embossing Folder

Spellbinders Little Chickadee Die Set

Spellbinders Sweet Birdie Die Set

Hero Arts Prayers Stamp & Cut Die

Scrapbook.com Sprigs Die

Tim Holtz Watercolor Pencils

 

 

 

 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 - HEARTS

Dear Ones~

The Day of Love is almost here - Valentine's Day!!!!! So what better topic to have for our next challenge than HEARTS. Here's the Mood Board for our inspiration:

This is my sample:

I made this card for our son. It's hard for me to make masculine Valentine cards, but I think this one will do it for him. I am really beginning to enjoy and use digital images, mostly purchased on Etsy. These images are from Tracy Fox's collection - LoveJunkJournals.com . I love her work. This is a mini slimline, and I did a collage of hearts atop an embossed white panel.

Here's a closer look.

 

The Ingredients:

GKD Tranquil Teal and White Card Stock

Recollections Holographic Foil Card Stock

Tracy Fox Digital Images

HOTP You are Loved Stamp

Sizzix Mark Making Hearts Embossing Folder

Tim Holtz Circuit Embossing Folder

GKD Rainbow Hearts Embellishments

 

 

 

If you head on over to the  Double D Challenge Blog and play along, you could win this fabulous patterned paper pack.  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, this month there is an option, which is NEW. You can use something NEW, celebrate the NEW Year, or just do anything goes. Entirely up to you.

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.

 

This is my sample:

I have been playing with a new-to-me scene builder set from Honey Bee Stamps called Lakeside Scene Builder. You die cut the background scene all in one, and then use a set of stencils to color up the image. There are 6 stencils. I must say it was a bit of a challenge to pick just the right colors to get good dimension. I need to practice this more, but it was fun to do. There is also a die set called Summer Cabins Honey Cuts that lets you build several different styles of cabins to add to the scene. I used some dies from that set for the die cut pine trees.

The Ingredients:

GKD Christmas Pine, Ivory and White Cardstock

Honey Bee Stamps Lakeside Scene Builder

Honey Bee Stamps At the Lake Stencils

Honey Bee Stamps Summer Cabin Honey Cuts

GKD Thanks Die for Greeting

Various GKD Inks

Stash Vellum for Greeting

White Gel Pen for "Snow"on the Mountain

 

 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 - SNOW

Dear Ones~

The the optional twist for the new challenge over at Can You Handle the Pressure is SNOW. To be honest, I don't know how I feel about that. Living in Northern Michigan, I'm kinda over looking at snow...haha!!!!😄 But there are lots of possibilities.  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. As I said, the option this time is SNOW.

 

Here's what I came up with:

One of the perks of sitting on design teams is that you get to see all the wonderful creations that makers share on their blogs. An entry on a recent challenge used this adorable image. I wish I could remember who that creator was, but I HAD to have that Penny Black stamp. I just think the little image is so dear and sweet,  and it's very conducive to paper piecing, one of my favorite techniques. I love using the beautiful Tim Holtz Cut and Emboss Snowflake. It embosses and then cuts out the snowflake, and never disappoints. I stamped and heat embossed that greeting on vellum, love that look.

 

 The Ingredients:

GKD White, Black, and Turquoise Sea Card Stock

SU Softly Falling Embossing Folder for Background Panel

Tim Holtz Cut & Emboss Snowflake Embossing Folder

BoBunny Altitude Patterned Paper

Penny Black Bundled Buddies Stamp

Mama Elephant Sunday Sentiments Stamp for Greeting 

 

 

 

 

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 - WHITE ON WHITE

 Dear Ones~

This time over at Double D the challenge is WHITE ON WHITE. This is one of my favorite styles, so I am delighted Darlene has brought this to us. Here is the Mood Board for our inspiration. Isn't it lovely?

Here's my card:

As I said, white on white is one of my favorite techniques, and I was delighted that Darlene chose this as our challenge this time. I thought it would be fun to use the Funky Insects from Tim Holtz for something different. Did you know that insects can be elegant too??? I decided to stamp the greeting on vellum and heat emboss with white to keep the white on white look.

These are the Ingredients:

GKD White Card Stock

Lisa Horton Waves and Bubbles Embossing Folder

Elizabeth Crafts Designs Elegant Ornament Die

Tim Holtz Funky Insects Die Set

Spellbinders Summer Labels Motif

SSS Birthday Basics Stamp by Cathy Zielske for Greeting

Trinity Stamps White Pearl Baubles

 

 

 

 

 

If you head on over to the  Double D Challenge Blog and play along, you could win one of these two stencils. There are 2 prizes this challenge in celebration of our 9th anniversary.  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 - 3D Embossing

 

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:

3D (use a 3D embossing folder)

 

 This is my card:

I needed to make a masculine thank you card, so I thought this was a great opportunity to pull out that fabulous Tim Holtz Acorns Embossing Folder. And what better embellishment than feathers for a masculine card. I have had a bag of these in my stash for a long time, can't remember where I got them, but they are great for that extra touch of masculinity.

The Ingredients:

GKD Chocolate Truffle, Kraft and Ivory Cardstock

Tim Holtz Acorns 3D Embossing Folder

SU Way to Goat Stamp for Greeting

Life Long Love Patterned Paper from Amazon

Trinity Stamps Gold Baubles

 

 

 

 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

A Cut Above - NEW

 

Dear Ones~

I am excited to announce that I have been invited to sit on the Design Team for the wonderful A Cut Above Challenge Blog. It is an honor and pleasure to be a part of this fun 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, this month there is an option, which is NEW. You can use something NEW, celebrate the NEW Year, or just do anything goes. Entirely up to you.

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:

The NEW on my card is that lovely circle die called Picot Petite Circles by Spellbinders. I recently purchased it and had not yet used it. I think it's just so pretty. Lots of die cuts on this card, and I really enjoyed creating it, but not happy it's a sympathy card. And I love that cute little moth, he's one of my favorite dies from Spellbinders Layered Summer Flowers.

 

 

The Ingredients:

GKD White Card Stock

Recollections Pink Card Stock

Spellbinders Mandala Blooms Embossing Folder

Spellbinders Picot Petite Circles Die

Sizzix Layered Summer Flowers

Spellbinders Summer Label Motifs for Moth

Stampin' Up Layered Circles

Stickles

 

 

 

I hope you will jump in and MAKE THE CUT!! This is going to be fun and I can't wait to see what you all 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 from A Cherry On Top.

 

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

Here's celebrating your Creative Muse. 

~judy