Can You Handle the Pressure - Stripes/Checks

 

 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:

STRIPES/CHECKS

Here's my card:

I kind of like this design. I cut the strips of patterned paper and then applied them to a black panel, spacing them equally apart. Then I applied it at an angle to the white embossed panel and trimmed. It was fun to mix and match the papers.

 

 

The Ingredients:

GKD White and Black Onyx Card Stock

Honey Bee Summer Stems Patterned Paper

GKD Master Layouts 4

GKD Petite Flourish Embossing Folder

GKD Fabulous Flowers for Greeting

Stash Label and Leafery

 

 

 

 

If you head on over to the Can You Handle the Pressure Blog and play along, you could win this fabulous embossing folder. It's a good one!!!  Don't forget to check out all the beautiful cards the other designers have created while you are there. And 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 - NAUTICAL

 

Dear Ones~

This time over at Double D the challenge is NAUTICAL. Lots of possibilities with this one. Here is the Mood Board for our inspiration:

Here's my card:

I don't have too many supplies that would help create a nautical theme, but I managed to find enough to design this card.  I thought the hemp cord was a good embellishment as it looks like a rope you would use on an anchor or to tie a boat to a slip. That vellum circle adds a whimsical touch, don't you think?

The Ingredients:

GKD White and Kraft Card Stock

Paper Studios Be Bold Be Bright Patterned Paper

Spellbinders Elegant Circles Die for Vellum

SU Sea of Textures Stamp and Die Set

SU Under the Sea Dies

SU Sailing Along and Smooth Sailing Stamps and Dies

Elizabeth Crafts Borders and Trims Dies

Hemp Cord

Trinity Stamps Gold Baubles

 

 

If you head on over to the  Double D Challenge Blog and play along, you could win this totally ADORABLE die set from Cottage Cutz. I just love it!!!  Also, don't forget to check out all the beautiful cards the other designers have created.

 Until next time dear readers, ASPIRE to be INSPIRED. 

Here's celebrating your CREATIVE MUSE!!

~judy

A Cut Above - Starting off With a BANG!

 

 Dear Ones~

There's a new kid on the block!!! It's a new challenge called A CUT ABOVE, and it's all about die cuts.

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.

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:

We are starting this brand new challenge blog off with a BANG, and I hope you will too. This card was so much fun to make. I used a stamp and die set I found on Amazon, and I think it screams 4th of July.

 

 The Ingredients:

GKD Blue Denim Card Stock

GKD Red Hot Card Stock

GKD White Card Stock

Ranger Kaleidoscope Embossing Folder

Amazon 4th of July Stamp & Die Set

Waffle Flower Retro Outline Alpha Die Set

GKD Angel Aura Rhinestones

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 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 - SPORTS

 

 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:

SPORTS

This is my card:

Here I used the fabulous Waffle Flower Postage Collage Die. I sure love playing with this die, so many possibilities. I cut the collage panels with black and with kraft, then embossed the kraft one and fussy cut the individual rectangles. For texture, I also embossed the basketball and football after coloring them with alcohol markers.

 

  The Ingredients: 

GKD White, Black Onyx and Kraft Card Stock

Waffle Flower Postage Collage Die

SU Hammered Metal Embossing Folder

SU Timeworn Type Embossing Folder for Basketball & Football

Sunny Studio Team Player Stamp Set and Companion Dies

Dick Blick Alcohol Markers

 

 

 

 

 

If you head on over to the Can You Handle the Pressure 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 while you are there. I can't wait to see all your wonderful designs!!

 

 

 

AND NOW, SOME BIG NEWS 

There is a new challenge coming up that I am really excited about, and I think you will be too. My dear friend Vicki Robertson is starting up a challenge blog for those of us who love to use dies and all things die cut. The name of the blog is A CUT ABOVE. The first challenge goes live on July 1st. You can check it out HERE. I hope you will play along, there will be a $5 gift card to A Cherry On Top for one lucky winner each month.

 

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

Here's celebrating your CREATIVE MUSE.

judy

Double D - REACH FOR THE STARS

Dear Ones~

We are seeing STARS this time over at Double D. Here is the Mood Board for our inspiration:

 

 This is what I came up with:

Oh my STARS, this was a hard one for me. I just don't have a lot of star stuff. But I spied a very old paper pack by DCWV called The Stardust Stack. BINGO!!! I used a few things on this card that I found in my stash and I have no idea where they came from. The white and gold panel is stenciled with Lunar Paste in Slippery When Wet, but I don't know the stencil name. Those gold rings are a die that I found with some other stuff and I have no clue where that came from either. I do know it's from Stampin' Up.

The Ingredients:

SU Merry Merlot Card Stock

GKD White Card Stock

DCWV The Stardust Stack Patterned Paper

Quick Kutz Star Nesting Dies

SU Teeny Tiny Wishes

Slippery When Wet Lunar Paste

Stash Circle Dies and Star Stencil

Stash Baubles

 

 

If you head on over to the  Double D Challenge Blog and play along, you could win this fabulous stencil set. I would love to win that!!!  Also, don't forget to check out all the beautiful cards the other designers have created.

 

 

 

AND NOW, SOME BIG NEWS 

There is a new challenge coming up that I am really excited about, and I think you will be too. My dear friend Vicki Robertson is starting up a challenge blog for those of us who love to use dies and all things die cut. The name of the blog is A CUT ABOVE. The first challenge goes live on July 1st. You can check it out HERE. I hope you will play along, there will be a $5 gift card to A Cherry On Top for one lucky winner each month.

 

Until next time dear readers, aspire to be inspired. 

Here's celebrating your Creative Muse!!

~judy

Can You Handle the Pressure - BEACH

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:

BEACH

 Here's my card:

This is an old wood mount stamp that I purchased from Michael's many years ago. I think it's so dear. I watercolored her with Mission Gold and Zigs. The shell is watercolored with Zigs. I'm very rusty with watercoloring and I need more practice. I thought yellow would be a fun color to go with for beach time.

 

 

 

 

  The Ingredients:

GKD White and Dandelion Card Stock

Mission Gold Watercolors

Zig Clean Color Brush Markers

Stamps Happen Collecting Seashells Stamp

Altenew Dotty Circles Embossing Folder

Honey Bee Sea Shells Stamp Set

Honey Bee Lovely Layers Seashore Die Set

 

 

If you head on over to the Can You Handle the Pressure 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 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 - PICK THREE

Dear Ones~

We have a fun new challenge over at Double D. It's called PICK THREE.  It's June, and that brings thoughts of weddings. For the challenge we can choose three from something OLD, something NEW, something BORROWED,  and/or something BLUE. Example: it can be an old stamp, die, paper etc, or new of the same, or something borrowed from another crafter and/or something blue, just have fun with it! I chose something OLD, something NEW and something BLUE. Here is the Mood Board for our inspiration:

 

 

This is my sample:

I really enjoyed making this card. I used a very old GKD stamp by Melanie Muenchinger called Inspiration Mosaic and stamped it on some old patterned paper. I used several new stamps in the various squares using the masking technique, so fun to do. That bee stamp and the die cuts are new as well.

The Ingredients:

 GKD White and Turquoise Sea Card Stock - Something BLUE

GKD Black Onyx Ink

GKD Turquoise Sea Ink

GKD Inspiration Mosaic - Something OLD

PS Floral Farmhouse Patterned Paper - OLD

Elizabeth Crafts Love & Roses Stamp Set - Something NEW

Elizabeth Crafts Travel & Postage Stamp Set - Something NEW

Spellbinders Simply Perfect Layered Blooms Die Set

Trinity Stamps Silver Baubles

Stickles

 

If you head on over to the  Double D Challenge Blog and play along, you could win this beautiful paper pack. What a wonderful prize!!!  Also, don't forget to check out all the beautiful cards the other designers have created.

 

Until next time dear readers, aspire to be inspired. 

Here's celebrating your Creative Muse!!

~judy