Lunagirl's "Flappers" Challengeuall

Lunagirl Moonbeams have just started their challenge "Flappers".  This is my card of inspiration.  I love this little image and the color which will pop on any card.  The numbers down the side is  Washi tape.  I chose the numbers as you usually count out the beats when beginning to learn to dance. The background is a page from a book.  The sentiment is by Stampin' Up.

Lunagirl Goes Botanical

Lunagirl Moonbeams are going botanical this week as they create items for the theme "Fruits and Flowers". This is such an easy theme and the Design Team would love to see what you can create with this theme.  Below is my piece of inspiration.

My card uses one of the beautiful Lunagirl floral images.  I printed it three times and then cut two of the images apart and put them on back of the first image with dimensionals so the flower would have a 3D effect.  A couple of the leaves were done the same way.  The sentiment is by Stampin' Up.

Sweet as Honey

Lunagirl is having a challenge "Honey Bee" and I forgot to post my original sample so I am going to post the one for last week and the one for the second week of her challenge now.

This is a two-page spread journal page using images from Lunagirl.  Below are some close-ups of the journal pages

The Lunagirl Honey Bee challenge is in its second week and  this is a card I made for this week.

The jar of honey is a Stampin'  Up stamp and the bee a Lunagirl image.  The bee is on a dimensional and sits up from the front on the card.  Both backgrounds were made using stencils and acrylic paint.

Christmas Greetings in Layers

Here is another greeting card for the Christmas season.  This one has a number of layers.  I used  two Stampin' Up images into one on ther top circle.  I was able to use a number of designer paper scraps.  The corners are enhanced with Cheery Lynn Designs corner dies.  This card uses beige and red tones instead of the traditional red and green.

I am entering this in Christmas Challenges with Sketches and Cheery Lynn Designs' "Tis the Season" challenge.

Snowman on Layers

Here is a card I made for Christmas Challenges with Sketches using the sketch they provided.  I have really been getting into this site as it give me an opportunity to use my scraps and gives me a new way of giving dimension to my cards.

I have used my all-time favorite snowman stamp.  I have used it so much; it is one made by Hero Arts.  The greeting is by Stampin'  Up.

I hope you like my card.  All the layers really give the card body.

Going Patriotic

I made a number of cards recently that were patriotic.  Here is one of them using an image from Just Some Lines. The image is actually made up of two digitals from JSL.  The digitals are Ester waving a flag and a fence.  I  printed the fence on a white oval that would fit inside the diecut.  Next I cut out the girl and placed her on the fence.  Coloring was done with Copic markers.  Then I placed the oval inside the diecut which is  a Cheery Lynn die carried by Classy Cards and Such.    The background is made from two pieces of patriotic-looking designer paper.  The greeting is by Stampin' Up.

The second card is very simple with no image, just paper and three shinny stars.  I separated the two pieces of paper with a trim also cut from a Cheery Lynn die.

Square Card

It is not very often that I make a square card, but the Naautical Wheeler Doily die that I used on the front is slightly larger than a regular 4 1/4 x 5 1/2 card so a 6 inch square gate card is in order.  I used a base of light yellow and accented with orange and aqua.  My aqua cardstock was not a bright aqua so it appears as blue here.  I made a gate card and the flap that opens the card was made with orange and aqua mat behind the Cheery Lynn diecut in orange,  I used only the outter ring and placed my sentiment in the middle.

Inside the card I used an aqua and an orange Spellbinders Scallop Oval with the sentiment on it and in the corner I placed the Victorian Romance Flourish.   Isn't this beautiful?  On each of the side flaps is a strip of Anatasia Lace border,  All dies are Cheery Lynn I bought from Classy Cards and Such,.    They carry all the Cheery Lynn dies.    All sentiments are from Stampin' Up.  The color scheme of yellow,  orange and aqua were used for the color challenge at Ckassy Cards and Such.  All the dies make a very elegant sympathy card.

Just Some Lines' Challenge

Just Some Lines is having a "Just Black and White" challenge and this is my inspiration for it.  I really like this little doggie image and he was so easy to work with for the challenge.  I have a stash of black and white paper and I used a sheet of it and the striped black and white is a digital which I printed.  The sentiment is by Stampin' Up.  As an added element I used two small buttons I had just pulled off a shirt before I threw it away.

Turquoise, Purple and Black

I made this card today for the Gingersnap Creations challenge. Turqoise, Purple and Black.  However, before I could post, company dropped by and I didn't get it posted in time.  Oh well, that is the breaks of the game when one waits until the last day to enter a challenge. 

In any case, I wanted to show my combination of colors.  I am fairly please with the way it turned out.  I made an easel card using a Stampin' Up medallion stamp as the focal point.  I decided to turn the Spellbinder dye sideways instead of up and down like I usually see it.  It gives it an Asian feel.

I made the easel card into a birthday card for a friend.  I hope she likes it.

With Sympathy

This is a card I made for a close friend who lost someone in her family this past week.  I hope she likes it and that it shows I care.  If of all I embossed the designer paper which was the background mat.  I highlighted it with cranberry ink.  Next I wrapped the mat with a piece of lace which was punched from white cardstock.

I then stamped my sentiment which is by Stampin' Up and then cut it out with a Spellbinders die.  I cut a second mat using the same die, but a little larger.  Finally I layered flowers on top of each other giving the flower spray dimension.  There are approximately 3 layers for each flower.   Finally a little bow was added to the flower stem.   The second picture was a little difficult to take to show the layers.  I found it hard to click the camera with one hand and hold the card with the other without moving.  It is like patting your head and rubbing your stomach at the same time.

I hope she likes it.

I am also submitting this card to Let's Ink It  Up who is having a Design Call.

One Day Left for Circles

Hello everyone.  You have one day left to join the challenge  "Going Around in Circles."  If you have not submitted an entry to the challenge yet, I hope you will do so.  Create with TLC is offering a great prize, a gift certificate.   So pull out your punches or stamps and make some circles.

This is a quick card which uses a few circles in  a single-layer card. The stamped images are by Stanpin Up.

Trick or Treat

Bring on the treats; I'm ready for Halloweem!  I decided to use my grunge flower in a ittle different way.  I am using mine as an emblem to hold the rubbon, or in this case raffia..   I made a party cone (to hold my candy).  Would you believe I had almost every color of tissue paper except fall colors or I used an napkin to act as my tissue paper this time.

I have taken a number of pictures so you can see the flower as well as the cone as a whole  It is decorated with pumpkins,leaf and a little glitter on the stars and  a message which reads "May Your Halloween Be Full of Smiles".

Most of the stamps are by Stampin' Up.  Coloring was down with Copic Markers.  The grunge was distressed before I put it together as a  flower.

I think I will hang this on my front doo Halloweenr and see if hubby will supply candy corn.

Scraplings-Second Pair

Once you get started making Scraplings it is hard to quit.  The nice thing about it is that they use those small pieces of cardstock.  The one on the left uses Stampin' Up's small flower stamp while the one on the right uses a stamp from Scrolls Work.