Dies R Us - Planes, Trains and Automobiles

Dear Ones~
Well, it has been quite some time since I have written on this blog. We spent 3 weeks camping on Lake Superior with our fifth wheel.  3 days after we arrived home I headed to Midland for my 55th high school class reunion, and last weekend I spent 3 days with my besties for Girls' Weekend. Whew, finally have time to catch my breath.

Today's offering is for the Dies R Us Challenge.  The challenge is Planes, Trains, and Automobiles. I have no images or dies that are appropriate for these subjects, but I thought a hot air balloon is sort of a plane. So here is my card:

For this card I used dies from Waffle Flower, Elizabeth Craft Designs and Penny Black.

Here are the Ingredients:

GKD Red Velvet, White, Black and Sweet Mango Card

Penny Black Antique Frame Dies

Elizabeth Craft Designs Ribbons and Jewels Dies

Waffle Flower Year Round Words Die for Greeting

SU Carried Away Patterned Paper

SU Lift Me Up Balloon and Cloud Stamps

SU Real Red and Basic Gray Inks

So happy to be back in the blogging world again. I have missed my craft room and the opportunity to be creative. Thanks so much for stopping by, and I so appreciate your lovely comments. They always brighten my day!!!

Hugs~

~judy

Double D - Focus on the Sentiment

Dear Ones~
This time over at Double D we are FOCUSING ON THE SENTIMENT. That means we are to use the sentiment, or greeting, on the front of our card as the focal. Here is the Mood Board provided for our inspiration:

And here is my card:

I recently got this really cool stamp set by Altenew called Pattern Power. It's a multi-step stamping set which, after stamping in different colors, gives you a 3-dimensional looking image. After I stamped the 3-D image I stamped a greeting by Paper Wishes called Artful Affirmations on top of that, and heat embossed with black. I love the result.

 

Here are the Ingredients:

GKD Blue Lagoon Card Stock

GKD Key Lime Card Stock

GKD Black Card Stock

Altenew Pattern Power Stamp Set

GKD Blue Lagoon Ink
GKD Key Lime Ink

GKD Ocean Mist Ink

Paper Wishes Artful Affirmations Stamp
Versamark Ink
GKD Fine Detail Black Embossing Powder

Stash Ribbon
Nuvo Crystal Drops

  If you head on over to the  Double D Challenge Blog and play along, you would win this fabulous die by Pink and Main. And don't forget to check out all the beautiful cards the other designers have created.

 

So that's it for me, thanks for stopping by. I adore your comments, they always make me smile. And don't forget to stop over at Double D, there is always so much inspiration there.

Hugs~

~judy

Mod Squad Challenge - Anything But a Card

Dear Ones~
This week is my turn again to host the Mod Squad Challenge. This week I decided to do ANYTHING BUT A CARD. You can make a box, a tag, an ornament or a bag. Anything but a card.

SPONSOR

Gina’s goal is to continue to offer top quality signature products through her online store Gina K. Designs along with informative and creative crafting videos.Be sure to check out StampTV for a ton of great videos and techniques. They also have weekly challenges. Shop Gina K Designs.

Gina K. has been in the stamping industry since 1998 and started Gina K. Designs in 2007. As the business grew, Gina asked her husband Tom to leave his position as an attorney to join her in the business. Together they built StampTV, their online video website featuring broadcast quality paper crafting videos, galleries, social network for paper crafters and more! Gina now has over 200,000 followers over her various social media networks and video sites from all around the world.

PRIZE

A $20 gift certificate to the Gina K Designs store.

Here's what I came up with:

I decided that I wanted to make some inserts for my phone cover. You can get the clear plastic covers for pretty cheap on Amazon. So I made myself a template by tracing around the cover, and cut out the shapes.
For the poppy insert I used GKD Water Droplets Stencil and sponged with Ocean Mist and Key Lime Inks. Then I stamped the poppies with the GKD Poppy Inspiring Poppies mini stamp set. The Poppies were colored with Copics.  For the purple flower insert I used the GKD stamp set Hugs and Wildflowers by Lisa Hetrick. I made some masks and stamped the flowers in a pleasing arrangement on Bristol paper. These flowers were colored with Zigs. 

Ingredients:

GKD White Card Stock

GKD Water Droplets Stencil

GKD Key Lime & Ocean Mist Inks

GKD Inspiring Poppies Stamp

Copic Markers

Ingredients:
Strathmore Bristol Smooth Card Stock
GKD Hugs & Wildflowers Stamp Set
Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers

Glad you stopped by, and don't forget to head on over to The Mod Squad Challenge and play along. You could win the prize! I can't wait to see your wonderful creations, and I adore your comments!

Hugs~

~judy

Double D - Featured

Dear Ones~
Today over at Double D we are to choose an object from the Mood Board and make it the 'feature' on our card. Here is the Mood Board for your inspiration:

And here is my card:

I was inspired by the bottom left photo with all those cute little alien creatures. They just make me smile. I stamped the GKD background stamp Inspiration Mosaic, the one with with all the rectangle panels, onto a piece of white card stock. Then I stamped those silly creatures in some of the rectangles, fussy cut some patterned paper for others, and in a couple of them I attached some embossed colored card stock.

Here are the Ingredients:

GKD Jellybean Green Card

GKD Tranquil Teal Card

GKD White Card

GKD Tranquil Teal Ink

Technique Tuesday Patterned Paper

SU Monstermaniac Stamps

Best Creations Robot Stamp For Greeting

Cuttlebug Tiny Bubbles EF

Ink On 3 Liquid Pixie Dust

Nuvo Crystal Drops 

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

 

So I guess that's it for me today. Happy September! The summer went by so fast, and fall is upon us. School is back in session and we are all hunkering down for another year. Please don't forget to swing over to Double D and check out all the wonderful inspiration there. And thank you for all your sweet comments, they always warm my heart.

Hugs,

~judy 

Double D - Pearls, Gems or Rhinestones

Dear Ones~
This time over at Double D we are sparkling up our creations with PEARLS, GEMS, or RHINESTONES. Here is our Mood Board for your inspiration. Just look at all that sparkle!!!

And here is my card:

I just adore this image. It seems so joyful and carefree. I fussy cut her dress and hat, and added tons of sparkly gems to jazz it up.

Here are the Ingredients:

GKD Tranquil Teal Card

GKD White Card

Recollections Storm Clouds Card

Recollections Blossoms & Bliss Patterned Paper

SU Beautiful You Stamp

SU Amazing You Stamp

GKD Silver Embossing Powder

Allison's Ribbons Die

 

If you head on over to the  Double D Challenge Blog and play along, you could win this fabulous embossing folder. And don't forget to check out all the beautiful cards the other designers have created.

 

Well, guess that's all I got. hope you swing on over to Double D, there is always so much inspiration there. And thanks for all your sweet comments. They always make me smile!!!!

Hugs,

~judy

Mod Squad Challenge - Layer Me Not

Dear Ones~
This week over at The Mod Squad Challenge it's my turn to host. I have chosen to make a one layer card. That means that you can have only the card base on the front of your card, NO LAYERS.

SPONSOR

Gina’s goal is to continue to offer top quality signature products through her online store Gina K. Designs along with informative and creative crafting videos.Be sure to check out StampTV for a ton of great videos and techniques. They also have weekly challenges. Shop Gina K Designs.

Gina K. has been in the stamping industry since 1998 and started Gina K. Designs in 2007. As the business grew, Gina asked her husband Tom to leave his position as an attorney to join her in the business. Together they built StampTV, their online video website featuring broadcast quality paper crafting videos, galleries, social network for paper crafters and more! Gina now has over 200,000 followers over her various social media networks and video sites from all around the world.

PRIZE

A $20 gift certificate to the Gina K Designs store.

Here is my card:

Now you may think that there is more than one layer on this card front. Not so. I die cut the lower edge with a scallop die so that the inside of the card is visible from the outside. This look will be acceptable. For this card I used a Gina K Designs mini stamp set Hello Sunshine. I cut the card base to an A2 size with Skeleton Leaves Card Stock, and die cut the bottom with the Spellbinders Brackets and Borders die. Then I stenciled it with Skeleton Leaves Ink and the GKD Water Droplets Stencil. I stamped the flowers, the dragonfly, and the greeting, right over the stenciling with GKD Jet Black Amalgam Ink and colored them with my Prismacolor Pencils. To finish it off I added some white accents with my white gel pen. For the inside I used the MFT Blueprints 20 zigzag border die, and placed it inside so that it would show at the bottom.

Glad you stopped by, and don't forget to head on over to The Mod Squad Challenge and play along. You could win the prize! I can't wait to see your wonderful creations, and I adore your comments!

Hugs~

~judy

Double D - It's a Jungle Out There

Dear Ones~
Happy Wednesday, and it's AUGUST already. Yikes, where has the summer gone. School will soon be upon us. Today's offering for Double D is a JUNGLE THEME. Here is the Mood Board for your inspiration:

 And here is my take on that board:

This card was made for our daughter for her birthday. She adores giraffes and has a large print of this image on the wall in her living room. I just LOVE this image, it makes me smile. The stamp is from Unity, and has been colored with Distress Markers on watercolor paper.

Here are the Ingredients:

GKD Grass Green and Skeleton Leaves Card Stock

Canson Watercolor Paper

Stampin' Up Garden Lane Patterned Paper

Unity Finally Here Stamp 

Stampin' Up Beautiful You Stamp for Greeting

Penny Black Antique Frame Die

Distress Markers

  If you head on over to the  Double D Challenge Blog and play along, you could win this fabulous Echo Park Patterned Paper pack. And don't forget to check out all the beautiful cards the other designers have created.

So that's it for me, thanks for stopping by. I adore your comments, they always make me smile. And don't forget to stop over at Double D, there is always so much inspiration there.

Hugs~

~judy