Can You Handle the Pressure - WHEELS

 

 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:

WHEELS

 This is my sample:

Gears are wheels, right?? I LOVE this die set by Tim Holtz called Vault Watch Gears. So much fun to play with. This card is for our son for his birthday. He is an engineer so I think he'll get a kick out of all the gears. The patterned paper is a digital download that I got on Etsy. Sorry, I don't know the name of the artist.

 

The Ingredients:

Recollections Ivory Card Stock

Tim Holtz Copper Metallic Card Stock

Stash Digital Patterned Paper

Tim Holtz Mini Mechanics Embossing Folder

Tim Holtz Vault Watch Gears

Sizzix Happy Birthday Die for Greeting

 

 

 

If you head on over to the Can You Handle the Pressure Blog and play along, you could win this beautiful embossing folder.  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 - HARVEST

Dear Ones~

This time over at Double D the challenge is HARVEST. That time of year is fast approaching, lots of possibilities with this one. Here is the Mood Board for our inspiration:

 

 

This is my sample:

I have become obsessed with collage lately, and all things vintage, so I thought I would try my hand at that look for this card. Lots of ephemera from my stash, I had a great time putting this together.

 

The Ingredients:

GKD Gold and Ivory Card Stock

Recollections Give Thanks Patterned Paper

Altenew Twigtastic Die

Concord and 9th Layering Leaves Die for "Wheat"

Various Stash Ephemera and Labels

 

 

 

 

 

 If you head on over to the  Double D Challenge Blog and play along, you could win this totally ADORABLE gnome stamp set. Isn't it cute? I just love it!!!  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 - Things with Wings

 

 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:

THINGS WITH WINGS

 And here's my card:

I LOVE making these little shadow boxes, and they are not that difficult once you get the hang of it. You can really make it any size, it just takes a little figuring. I also love that little moth in the lower left corner. It's part of a die set that is mostly flowers, and the moth is kind of an afterthought with the whole set, but I think it's do dear. I paper pieced the little angel's dress with some patterned paper.

Here's a close up of the little guy. Kinda hard to see him, but his wings are made of glassine paper.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 The Ingredients:

Graphic 45 Cottage Life Patterned Paper

Recollections Rose Card Stock

SSS Lumen Embossing Folder

GKD Primitive Blessings Stamp Set

Spellbinders Summer Label Motifs Dies (Little Moth)

PTI Bows Galore Bow Die

Computer Generated Greeting

 

 

 

 

If you head on over to the Can You Handle the Pressure Blog and play along, you could win this beautiful embossing folder.  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 - Basket of Posies

 

Dear Ones~

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

 

 

 

Here's what I came up with:

I have had this Market Baskets die set by The Greetery for awhile and it had yet to see the die cutting machine. I thought it was time to fix that. I love this die set, it's so charming and unusual. The Simply Perfect Layered Blooms die set by Spellbinders is really fun because it has a shape at the bottom of each piece to help you fit everything together perfectly.

 

The Ingredients:

 GKD Silver and White Card Stock

Paper Studio Stargazer Patterned Paper

Scrapbook.Com Cools Card Stock

SU Tufted Embossing Folder

Spellbinders Summer Label Motifs Dies

Spellbinders Simply Perfect Layered Blooms Dies

The Greetery Market Baskets Dies

Concord and 9th Bouquet Dies

SU Teeny Tiny Wishes for Greeting

Trinity Stamps Silver Baubles

 

 

If you head on over to the  Double D Challenge Blog and play along, you could win this absolutely wonderful stamp set by Neat and Tangled. 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

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