Hello

It's me again with another card using two challenges this time.  The first is a color challenge (I have always had a hard time with these, but am going to do more of them this year) from Color Throwdown (it is so springy and I love those colors).  The sketch challenge is from Cardabilities and I haven't participated in their challenges since I was on the design team (I know I should have my hand slapped) but am going to do more of those as well this year.

This was a fun card to put together because I am typically making birthday, thank you or thinking of you cards, but wanted to try a different sentiment.  I found an image in my scraps that I had stamped a few years back but never used and I love Faith in Nature by Stampin Up, so that's what I used.  I distressed the base of it and then placed a cut out flower on the top but didn't distress it so it would stand out a little more.  

I did something new to me with the hello die cut sentiment; I took the colors and put them on a piece of scrap paper and then cut it out giving it that ombre' look (LOVE IT).  I also cut out the sentiment three times and stacked them on top of each other, with the colored sentiment on top to give it that raised look.

Well, I'm going to create more, but I'm not going to upload anything else until tomorrow :)

See you then

Supplies:

cardstock:  SU whisper white, SU wisteria wonder; SU daffodil delight
patterned paper:  SU watercolor wonder
ink:  SU wisteria wonder; SU daffodil delight; SU crisp cantaloupe; SU coastal cabana
stamps:  SU gorgeous grunge; SU faith in nature
dies:  SU hello you; SU chalk talk; MFT blueprints 13; SU labels
accessories:  SU dimensionals; 3M micropore tape; ranger multi medium adhesive; Tim Holtz distresser; Provo Craft cuttlebug

Happy Birthday for MFT card challenge sketch

Happy Saturday and boy am I glad it's here :)  I have loads to do today and they all include fun, fun, fun :)

I worked on several more cards this week and used the new MFT sketch for one of them. I have a friend at work who is celebrating her birthday tomorrow, but since I won't be in the office on Monday, had to give it to her yesterday, but she wasn't there so it worked out great.

Here is the sketch for this week

and this is my happy birthday card using this wonderful sketch:

I am really having a great time learning new techniques and getting more familiar with them.  On this one, I heat embossed the flowers and took ink to the background paper, which has the small stamped flowers already embossed on them, to bring them out a little more.  I used silver wink of stella on the happy die cut and it looks dark in this photo, but IRL it wasn't that dark.  This was a lot of fun to make !!

I hope you all have a great weekend.

Janet

supplies:
cardstock:  SU tempting turquoise; SU whisper white
patterned paper:  SU irresistibly yours
ink:  SU tempting turquoise
stamps:  SU crazy about you; SU butterfly basics
die cuts:  SU butterflies; MFT happy birthday; MFT first place
accessories:  EKSuccess border punch; silver wink of stella; clear wink of stella; SU rhinestones; Avery Elle sequins; Kooltak adhesive; SU dimensionals; fun foam; judikins iridescent embossing powder; versamark ink

3x3 monogram cards

Happy Sunday everyone

It's been a cold and dreary day here in SC and from what I understand, it's going to continue all week; so what better way to spend the day than to create, right?  I can't agree more.  While cleaning, I came across some card kits I had made for my craft class at work so I worked on getting them all tidied up and ready to go for the new ones coming up, but during that time, I came across some note cards I had started for a friend's 8 year old daughter a year or so ago (I'm so bad for starting a project and not finishing - that's my goal this year - finish what you start) and wanted to get them done. These took me a lot longer than I had thought, but am so glad with how them came out. The ones with the butterflies did get some wink-of-stella put on them after I took these pictures, so they are now glittery.

Now, off the go start on a few challenges that came out today.  I hope you enjoy your evening.

Janet

Supplies:
Cardstock:  Bazzill white; Bazzill lavender
Patterned paper:  I believe these are from DCWV
Ink:  Color theory lavender soda; Versamark ink
Stamps:  Just-rite curly monogram set
Accessories:  Vellum paper (not sure from where); Ranger distress dustry concord embossing powder; Spellbinders circle die; SU butterfly basic die cut; SU scallop circle punch

I'm a The Paper Players A Cut Above winner :)

Wow, I am so excited because when I was getting ready to start looking through challenges to play along again and when I checked out The Paper Players challenge, realized that LeAnne picked my card from last week's challenge as her choice this week.  I am so honored and thankful.  I am now going to proudly have this badge on my blog.  So excited :)

Now, I'm off to go play :)  Have a great day everyone

Janet

MFT sketch challenge

As you may know by now, the AWESOME Susan Opel is the Creative Ambassador for My Favorite Things and I, for one, am so excited about this, and that is because Susan is so much fun and very colorful J. You can't help but smile/laugh when you talk with her and/or read her posts. With her being a part of MFT, this year is going to be a blast when it comes to the up and coming challenges.  I look forward to each of them.

This is the sketch for the first sketch of 2015 over at My Favorite Things.  

I was going through my paper, as I stated in my last post, to cut them down to 6 x 6 size and came across this paper from Echo Park and said, oh, I love this and can use it for this new sketch.  I don't know anyone who is moving, but I will surely save it until I do.  I work in a law firm that handles real estate matters, so I may just pass this on as a "wouldn't this be a great gift to give your clients when you complete the real estate closing?" Hey, you never know.

This was a fun challenge and can't wait for the next one.

I hope you have a great weekend.

Janet

supplies

cardstock:  SU gumball green; SU summer starfruit; Bazzil marshmallow 

patterned paper:  Echo Park (don't know the exact collection)

ink:  SU gumball green; SU summer starfruit

stamps:  Papertrey Ink Borders & Beams (sentiment); SU Holiday Home

accessories:  MFT Blueprints 12; Spellbinders Label Four; SU Holiday Home; SU dimensionals

Back for Mojo Monday

Happy Monday everyone - oh, what a minute, it's Tuesday J  I went back to work today after being on vacation since the day after Christmas, so it surely feels like a Monday to me.  As I  mentioned before, I had so much fun while on vacation.  We didn't go anywhere, but I got so much done and have been creating a lot since I redesigned and reorganized my craft room to make it so much easier to get around and find things.  I did come to the decision to take my 12 x 12 patterned paper and cut them down to 6 x 6 size because I don't scrapbook that much anymore and when I do, I typically cut the paper down anyway since the main page starts with a solid cardstock color.  I have a goal now to go through each piece of patterned paper and use them this year.  I really believe I'm going to use what I have now and boy, do I have some beautiful paper to use J

Okay, on to today's card.  I, again, relied on a sketch and am so glad I found the one over at Mojo Monday because it was so pretty and knew it would be perfect for the birthday card I wanted to create for a friend.  It was so easy to put this one together, which was great because I had forgotten her birthday is in a few days so I had to get it done tonight in order for it to go out in the mail tomorrow. I just love the added touch of the bow - it's so pretty.

Okay, I'm off.  Patrick starts school tomorrow after being out for Christmas break, so he is getting ready to wind down and we're going to spend some time with him before he heads off to bed.

Have a great one.

Janet

Supplies:

cardstock:  SU whisper white; SimonSaysStamp sea glass
patterned paper:  American Crafts (double sided)
ink:  SimonSaysStamp sea glass
stamps:  Stampendous Happy Messages
accessories:  Lil' Inker quilted die; Lil' Inker stitched mats-rectangle; Lawn Fawn stitched journaling card; SU bermuda bay ribbon; SU stampin diemsionals; fun foam; pretty pink posh aquamarine sequins

One more - The Paper Players and Sunday Stamps

It's me again.  I have been having so much fun today getting back into challenges.  I used The Paper Player "Everything Old is New Again" challenge where you create a project using a recycled or re-purposed item.  Oh, how fun this one was J  I also used the sketch over at Sunday Stamps (this is my first time participating in their challenge and can see I will be back often).

Here is the information on how my card was created using recycle or re-purposed items. When I saw Anne Marie's challenge, thought wow, this is going to be interesting.  The first place I went was Patrick's room because -- well, he's a 15 year old boy so there has to be tons of stuff I could used J I found something that belonged to a Nerf ball contraption he has had forever and decided to use the vinyl ribbon that was attached to a button he no longer needed.  This is where I come up with the color of my card. Secondly, I went into our bathroom and found a sewing kit you get while visiting a hotel. When I pulled out the stuff located in the box, I knew I could use the plastic bag holding the string and buttons that were in it.

Thirdly, the news print paper was something I have been holding on to for a while now knowing that I would use it one day (I had stamped the pleasant poppies stamp on it over a year ago, but never completed the project I started with, but love this set so much, just couldn't throw it away).  Here is the final card.  I really enjoyed this challenge and it really made me think about how to put this together (it took me over 2 hours to do this, but it was so worth it) so my goal of thinking outside the box this year has begun (thanks Anne Marie J).

I hope you guys have a great afternoon.  I am still going to create, but I'm not going to post anymore today - I have to spread the love out a bit J

Janet

Supplies:

cardstock:  SU calypso coral
patterned paper:  SU newsprint
ink:  SU calypso coral, Staz-on white
stamps:  SU pleasant poppies; SU A dozen thoughts
accessories:  SU chocolate chip, calypso coral, mossy meadow, pear pizzazz and primrose petals markers; EK Success scallop border punch; SU in color sequins; SU stampin dimensionals; sewing kit from hotel kit; coral vinyl ribbon; WeRMemory Keepers corner chompers; Martha Stewart butterfly punch

Sweet Sunday Challenge

Hi all:

I'm back for another card challenge and this one is just not hitting me that well, but someone told me last year that it doesn't matter whether you like it, someone else may love it, so I have to remember that before I trash it.

This is my first try at water-coloring and so far, I'm not liking it, but I know it will take practice and practice I intend to do :)

I used the Sweet Sunday sketch challenge and love the little banner extra at the bottom right.

I'm off to create some more (it's very dreary here so it's going to be a great day to stay in and do loads of creating).

Have a great Sunday

Janet

supplies:

cardstock:  SU Marina Mist, Ranger watercolor paper
patterened paper:  Echo Park Hello Summer
ink:  SU marina mist; SU so saffron
watercolor:  Kuretake Gansai Tambi #40 (lemon yellow) and #61 (cornflower blue)
stamps:  SU lovely little labels; SU express yourself; clearly besotted elegant butterflies
accessories:  SU petite petals punch; SU banner punch; pretty pink posh clear sequins; fun foam; SU stampin dimensionals

My Favorite Things Get Sketchy Challenge

Hey everyone:

I really do hope everyone had a very Merry Christmas and wonderful New Years.  We have been having a relaxing time here in the Bagnall home by taking some time off and doing absolutely whatever we want :)  It has been grand.  I have been cleaning, organizing, labeling and everything in between to get my craft room in shape and geared up for the new year and am now raring to go. 

And what better way to start off than with a challenge :)  Since I am wanting to step out of my box more this year, thought I would start with a sketch challenge because the colors are going to be a little harder for me.  I went in search of a fun challenge and came across Get Sketchy over at MFT and said this would be it.

Jim has a co-worker who has accepted a new job and will be leaving soon, so he asked me to create a "best wishes" card for her.  I like the way the sketch has that angled piece and knew the MFT had the perfect die for that and sure enough, here it is.  I also love these colors together, but when I put everything down, it was bare, so created a floral background.

I also tried my hand again at the heat embossing (I know I'm going to get that down pat one of these days) and used sequins from Pretty Pink Posh (LOVE, LOVE these).

I hope you enjoy.

I have 2 more days to create since I return to work Tuesday, so I am going to be creating some card/note sets tomorrow (hopefully) for a friend from work who got married on January 1st and am looking forward to that.

Have a great one and I'll see you soon.

Janet

supplies:

cardstock - SimonSaysStamps Audrey blue and sea glass
patterned paper - I am not sure of this
ink - SimonSaysStamps sea glass; Avery Elle aquamarine; Versamark ink
stamps - Mama Elephant boutique borders; SU I Like You; SU fabulous phrases
die cuts - MFT blueprint 15; Reverse Confetti class act
miscellaneous - Judikins Iridescent sparkle embossing powder; SU Bermuda bay twine; SC dimensionals; Milwaukee heat gun; Pretty Pink Posh 4mm marshmallow, 4mm aquamarine and 4mm lemon meringue sequins; Ranger multi medium adhesive