Crazy 4 Challenges - Favorite Sketch from 2018

It's the final challenge for the Crazy 4 Challenges design team and for me as well as I have decided to step down from the team.  I have chosen sketch C4C439.

Happy Stampin', 
Raquel

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Crazy 4 Challenges - Trees

It's a tree-mendous time of the year with the Crazy 4 Challenges team!  It's time to decorate the Christmas tree...on our cards that is.  The Crazies are creating cards with that feature a tree.  I chose to stamp this little cutie.

Happy Stampin', 
Raquel

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Crazy 4 Challenges - Sketch

It's the third Saturday of the month and that means it's sketch time with Crazy 4 Challenges.

Happy Stampin', 
Raquel

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Snowman Twist Circle

Word Set 3 - Holiday

Crazy 4 Challenges - CAS One Layer Card

November 15th is Use Less Stuff Day.  In its honor the Crazy 4 Challenges team members are making a true one layer CAS card for any theme.  I sponged Pineapple Punch Classic Ink over the Irresistibly Floral DSP and then adhered a die cut to the center.

Happy Stampin', 
Raquel

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Cardstock - Irresistibly Floral DSP
Ink - Pineapple Punch



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Word Set 1 - Greetings

Crazy 4 Challenges - Leaves

During the fall and spring seasons, leaves are all around us.  The Crazy 4 Challenges team are making cards in which the only images are leaves.  I found this patterned paper in my stash, die cut a few leaves, and sentiment.....easy card!

Happy Stampin', 
Raquel

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Flowers and Bee

Crazy 4 Challenges - Black Cat Day

I never knew there was such a thing as Black Cat Day, but my Crazy 4 Challenges team member, Kathleen Adams, says there is.  SO.....we're to make a card with a cat on it or make a Halloween card.  I love Halloween so that's what I chose.

Happy Stampin', 
Raquel

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Crazy 4 Challenges - Sketch

It's the third Saturday of the month and that means it's sketch time with Crazy 4 Challenges.  I was gifted some card bases, envelopes and some stickers from a co-worker of mine......and this is what I created following the sketch!

Happy Stampin', 
Raquel

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Crazy 4 Challenges - Cancer Awareness Day

Today is Cancer Awareness Day.  The Crazy 4 Challenges members are making cards in support for someone who is currently fighting cancer or a card to cheer someone up.  I have stretched the meaning of the theme a little bit to make it a celebration card.  My parents are celebrating 52 years of marriage and if you look hard enough they have survived each other for a really long time.  LOL

I've used Karen Burniston's Spinner Square Pop Up for my card base.  I die cut an opening in the front of the card so the stamped sentiment can be viewed whilst closed.  The "Celebrate" die cut is a framelit from Stampin' Up! called Celebrate You.

When you open the card, you can still see the sentiment and the milestone of 52 years of marriage!  Congrats to my parents!

Happy Stampin', 
Raquel

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Stamps - Petal Palette
Dies - Celebrate You

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Spinner Square Pop Up

Crazy 4 Challenges - World Card Making Day

Today is Wold Card Making Day!  So the Crazy 4 Challenges team members are making cards today.  Shocker I know. LOL  It can be any shape or theme.  I chose to make a fall color schemed card using a bundle from Stampin' Up! called Floral Frames.

Happy Stampin', 
Raquel

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Stamps - Floral Frames Bundle, Hardwood


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Crazy 4 Challenges C4C454 - Fall

We have made it to the end of September and that means it's my final week to be hostess for the Crazy 4 Challenges team.  My final challenge for the team is to make a fall card.  The team will be putting leaves, or trees with beautiful fall colors, or anything that says fall to them.

I started off by embossing a piece of cardstock with the new Tin Tile Dynamic Embossing Folder and sponging some black ink around the edges.  I applied the owl sticker to a piece of Whisper White and used colored pencils to color him in.

I used the Transfer Sheet to apply the negative image of the owl to the inside of my card.

Happy Stampin', 
Raquel

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Other - Tin Tile Dynamic Embossing Folder

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Supplies from Elizabeth Craft Designs
Owl peel off stickers and Transfer Sheet

Crazy 4 Challenges - Birthday Card with Numbers

It's time for a birthday challenge with Crazy 4 Challenges.  I've challenged the team to make a birthday card and put numbers on it.  I admit that I have an ulterior motive for setting this challenge - it's my son Jake turns 12 next week!
So I set forth to search my stash for pattern paper with numbers and got busy creating.  He can climb trees like nobody's business and I used to say he can climb like a monkey.....hence the monkey stamp.

I used Karen Burniston's Katherine Label Pop Up to animate another monkey and the sentiment.  I also added another strip of the numbered patterned paper and made the "12" stand out by adding a star as I did on the front.

When the card opens fully, the sentiment panel and monkey move up to the top of the card!  It's so much fun and I love the up-side-down monkey with the googley eyes.

Happy Stampin', 
Raquel

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Katherine Label Pop Up

Word Set 2 - Birthday

Crazy 4 Challenges - Sketch

It's the third Saturday of the month and that means it's a sketch challenge with Crazy 4 Challenges.  I chose the artistic freedom to swap the circle for a square LOL.  I stamped the trio of flowers using the Petal Palette stamp set from Stampin' Up!

Happy Stampin', 
Raquel

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Stamps- Petal Palette


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Crazy 4 Challenges - Grandparents Day

Welcome back to my second week of hosting the Crazy 4 Challenges team!  It's grandparents day this month, so I challenged the team to make a card to show someone you love them or to show appreciation for what they do for you.  I know that my son is truly blessed to have such wonderful grandparents.
I used the interactive stamp and Thinlit set called You Move Me.  When you pull up on the center piece, the hummingbird appears to be fluttering!

Happy Stampin', 
Raquel

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Stamps- You Move Me
Dies- Move Me Thinlits


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Crazy 4 Challenges - Technique

I am hosting the Crazy 4 Challenges this month!  I set the challenge to make a card using any technique.  I thought I would try out the Bokeh technique as a masculine card.

Happy Stampin', 
Raquel

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Stamps- Five for All
Other- Brusho



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Crazy 4 Challenges - Masculine

It's a masculine challenge this week with Crazy 4 Challenges.   I don't know about you but I do find masculine cards more tricky to make.  I chose to use this "Dog Walker" stamp from Riley & Co.  I stamped the image onto Whisper White and colored it in using alcohol markers.  I placed the stitched rectangle die back over the piece of paper and sponged some ink.

Happy Stampin', 
Raquel

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Stamps -Dog Walker from Riley & Co.
Other - alcohol markers


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Word Set 2

Crazy 4 Challenges - Sketch

It's the third Saturday of the month and that means it's a sketch challenge with Crazy 4 Challenges. I used the Floral Frames Bundle from Stampin' Up! to create this "Hello" card.  I stamped the image onto a piece of Whisper White and fussy cut it out.  I stamped and colored the flowers using Blendabilities and then used the Framelit to die cut them.  I also die cut a few leaves for added interest.

Happy Stampin', 
Raquel

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Stamps - Floral Frames Bundle
Other - Blendabilites


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Crazy 4 Challenges - Mountain Climbing Day

In honor of national mountain climbing day, the Crazy 4 Challenges members are putting mountains on our cards.  I kinda cheated in the fact that mine are more like a little rolling hill.  LOL

I used the Foliage Frames Framelits and Starburst punch as a backdrop of the cute hedgehog from Karen Burnison's Winter Animals die set.  I stamped the sentiment from Stampin' Up!'s Hedgehugs stamp set.

Happy Stampin', 
Raquel

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Stamps- Hedgehugs
Dies- Foliage Frame Framelits
Other- Starburst punch



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Nature Edges

Winter Animals

Tiny Accessories 1

Crazy 4 Challenges - Support card

The Crazy 4 Challenges team members are making sympathy, support, or hope cards this week.  I stamped this beautiful flower onto glossy white using StazOn and colored it using Stampin' Write Markers.  I was able to blend very easily because the glossy paper isn't porous.

Happy Stampin', 
Raquel

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Stamps- Birthday Blooms
Cardstock- Glossy White
Other- Stampin' Write Markers, white embossing powder, Embossing Buddy

Dies are from Elizabeth Craft Designs - Stitched Rectangles, Fitted Frames 5 - Lace Circles.


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Crazy 4 Challenges - Shaped Card

The Crazy 4 Challenges team members are making shaped cards this week.  The shape can be anything other than a rectangle, circle or square.  I thought I'd use Karen Burniston's Cupcake Pop Up die to create a cupcake shaped card.  It's so smallishly cute that it could be used as a gift tag as well.

I used the pop up die to trace around a folded card and hand cut the shape out.  I then used the coordinating dies to actually die cut the cupcake shape.  I put double sided adhesive on a piece of Whisper White to die cut the words from Word Set 2 and sponge them with Blueberry Bushel and Call me Clover.

Happy Stampin', 
Raquel

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Cupcake Pop Up

Word Set 2

Crazy 4 Challenges - Window

The Crazy 4 Challenges team members are being inspired by windows this week.  We are to use an actual cut out window in front of a card, acetate see through window or even a clear card, shaker, images of building or cars with windows.  I went with a cut out window using Karen Burniston's Snowman Circle Twist die.

 I used the 2nd largest circle to die cut the circle opening on the front.  To line it up exactly where I needed it to be, I placed the circle in the card and placed the circle die with the cut side up and ran it through my Big Shot.  I used Word Set 2 to create the curved sentiment.

I found this stamp in my stash - I had forgotten I even had it.

Happy Stampin', 
Raquel

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Snowman Circle Twist

Word Set 2