Monday, September 30, 2013

I {Heart} Card Sketch 36: Cool Dino







Good Morning Crafties!  Today at From the Heart Stamps Sketch Challenge we have another fabulous Sketch created by the super talented Calypso.          



                                                                    <<<Here is Sketch 036!


I used the "Cool Dinosaur" stamp and he comes with some great sentiments too!


Here is the card I made for my nephew Rylen's birthday in October. 


Materials used:

From the Heart Stamps - Cool Dino Digi Stamp
Copics
Echo Park "Here & Now" Designer Paper
Red Cardstock
White Cryogen Cardstock for Dino & Sentiment
Sewing machine for red zig-zag
Stash button & twine

Hope you play along with us.  Remember, EVERYONE who enters will receive $1 to FromTheHeartStamps.com. Use it as a discount, or save them up to earn a free stamp. I’ll have a new sketch for you next week. Linky will close on Sunday at 10PM CST.

Challenges Entering:

Melonheadzfriends - Animal Challenge (Oct. 13)
thanks for peeking!



Sunday, September 29, 2013

4 x 4 Snowman


Here is another cutie 4 x 4 card I made for FatTastic Tuesdays Use a Charm Challenge.   I handmade the bead charm.  The snowman I used very light Gray alcohol markers to try to get shadow on white.  Coloring white is hard, but I like the result! 

Image - 
Stamp is from Cosmo Cricket Jolly Days
paper is also from Cosmo Cricket Jolly Days
Neenah cardstock on snowman
Kraft Cardstock behind snowman
Stash ribbon & handmade charm with glass beads

Challenges entering:

Fat Tastic Tuesday - Challenge #2 "Use a Charm" (Sept. 31)

thanks for peeking!

Saturday, September 28, 2013

{Charming} Owls...


Over at Fat Tastic Tuesday Challenge Blog, the Challenge this week is to use a charm on a 4 x 4 card. Sooooo I thought it would be a great opportunity to dust off the old beads (I used to make bead bracelets).  Wow! Am i out of practice.  It was super hard to loop the chain and attach these beads to the "mom" Charm.  I definitely need to make more charms!

The adorable owl digi is a new release at Handmade Harbour.  There are lots of great stamps there, check it out.  

Materials used:

Image - Handmade Harbour "owl" digi stamp
Paper - Recollections
Coloring - Copics
Charm & ribbon - Stash

Challenges entering:

Fat Tastic Tuesday - Challenge #2 "Use a Charm" (Sept. 31)

Tuesday, September 24, 2013

Self-Portrait....

"Captured Memories" is the sentiment and I am not sure how this turned out a self portrait, but this project had a life of it's own.  I love these Dilly bean images because they are a little quirky.  The Dilly Beans challenge was to use ribbon, and I wanted to try a different route so I punched holes in the card and did "Corset" kind of ribbon tie.  Hope you like it!

This is the layout I used from Sketch N Stash:



You can never have too many tiny clothes pins when you are a carmaker!

Materials used:

Image - Dilly Beans
Polaroid frame - Lawn Fawn
Sentiment - printed from computer
Camera paper - Echo Park "Here & Now" love love love this paper!
Cardstock - Neenah
Coloring - Copics

Challenges entering:

Dilly Beans  - Ribbons Challenge (Sept. 27)
Sketch and Stash Challenge -Challenge 122 Sketch (Oct. 7)
Creative Fingers  - Challenge 3 "Make it Shine" (I added a rhinestone for some sparkle!) (Sept. 26)
Pennys Papercrafty  - Challenge 149 2 types of paper (Sept. 24)
Card Making Mamas - Challenge 74 For the Kids (Sept. 31)
Handmade Harbour - Midweek paper craft party (DT, not eligible for prizes)
Whoopsie Daisy - Ribbons & bows (Sept. 29)

Monday, September 23, 2013

I {Heart} Card Sketches 035


Good Morning crafties!  Well this is my first "unofficial" post as a DT member at From the Heart Stamps.  I say unofficial, because I technically start on October 1 - so I jumped the gun a little.  Shhhhhh......

I had a couple ideas and wanted to use From the Heart Stamps Sketch 035 as the layout.  It's really a fun layout.


I wanted to make a card with a slider component.  I used my Craft Knife to cut the small slider line.  The curves where easier to make with a regular hole punch.  Then I attached 2 pennies with 3-D tape and put one side under the slider and the top side I glued the bunny image to it.  Now bunny can slide back and forth.

Also, I wanted to use a non-Autumn digi and make it look like an Autumn image.  I chose this super cute Spring digi from From The Heart Stamps called Bunny Hello.  As you can see it's kind of a Spring image.

See how Fall/Autumn it looks with different coloring and sentiment! That's what I love about digital images, you can really change it up.




This little bunny slides left and right.  My kids loved playing with it, so it's definitely kid approved.  Give Sketch 035 a try and play along in our challenge From the Heart Stamps Sketch Challenge.  

Materials Used:

Image -From The Heart Stamps Bunny Hello digital image
Coloring - Copics
Slider - 2 pennies; 3-d "dot" tape; Craft knife
Sentiment - I made it on the computer and printed it
Embellishments and paper - Michael's Recollections
Die - Fiskar's grass die

Challenges entering:


Card Makin Mamas - Challenge 74 For Kids (Sept. 30)
Creative Fingers - Make it Shine Challenge 3 (Sept. 27)
Marker Pop - Challenge 31 Fall (Oct. 1)

Created With Love - Challenge 59 Fall Colors (Sept. 28)
Crazy Challenge Blog - Challenge 154 - Colour Challenge (Sept. 29)
Paper Nest Dolls  - Challenge 13 Happy Fall (Sept. 27)
Dis Digi Designs - Fabulous Fall Colors (Sept. 27)
Get Inky Challenge - Challenge 13 Birds, Bees Flowers & Trees (flowers & trees & leaves (Sept. 28)

Thanks for peeking!

Sunday, September 22, 2013

Double Embossing...

Love, love, love this double embossed CAS card.  The retro camera is another goodie from Handmade Harbour.

Materials used:

Image - Handmade Harbour camera
Sentiment - Darice embossing folder
Dots - Sizzix embossing folder
Coloring - copics


Challenges entering:

Incy Wincy  - Color challenge (Sept. 23)
Handmade Harbour - Midweek Paper Craft Party (not eligible for prize, DT)

Merci

This sweet little image made the perfect quick thank you note card!





Materials used:

Image - Penny Black
Copics
Recollections paper
Neenah cardstock

Challenges entering:

Incy Wincy  - Color challenge (Sept. 23)
Card Makin Mamas - Challenge 74 For Kids (Sept. 30)
Creative Fingers - Make it Shine Challenge 3 (Sept. 27)