smARTworks - The Years Teach Much

So there is another smART Word Challenge going on over on the blog. This month the inspiration word is:


GRATITUDE


It is a great word for this month, especially if you live in the United States as they move toward their Thanksgiving and are starting to think about all of the things to be thankful for. Here in Canada we have already celebrated Thanksgiving since our growing season is much shorter!!


So, use the word GRATITUDE to inspire you to create a card or other project and drop over to the blog and add your name and link to Mr. Linky. You will be entered for a chance to win a prize. And, if you happen to use smARTwork products on your entry then you also will recieve a smART Buck which can be used to recieve stamps that are not for sale!! So, go ahead and get creating!!!

Supplies: Stamps - sentiment and small leaf from WD54 (smARTworks); Ink-Chocolate Chip, Pumpkin Pie, Really Rust (SU!); Paper - Very Vanilla (SU!), 2 different papers from my scrap bin; other - brads (Making Memories), sewing machine and thread, watercolor brush, corner rounder.

Thanks for dropping in!
Donelda

Daring Cardmakers - Kraft

I don't usually get to play with the Daring Cardmakers challenges but I saw that this weeks challenge was to use Kraft ... and since I love Kraft so much, I decided to play.

I happened to be searching through Vicky's blog (aka Dolly - not sure which is her real name), she's the newest guest designer, and I saw THIS card....wow, how cute is that. I decided I would use it for inspiation for my card.

And, I did not use Kraft cardstock, but rather a Kraft file folder!!! I love the color, it is a bit warmer than the cardstock sold through Stampin' Up!

I created a card base and then stamped on this Fat Cat (All Night Media). Then I used some small stamps from Cats GAlore (Inkakinkado) to create a border on a seperate piece of the kraft file folder. I cut it and added some heavy black lines using a black marker. Next up, a word bubble with my sentiment in it that is hand drawn, stamped, cut out, and adhered to the card with dimensionals. The 'meow' is from the Cats Galore set and the 'happy birthday' are from Birthday Basics (Papertrey Ink).

Finally, I colored in my cat and the little images with my pencil crayons (Prismacolor). I love, love, love coloring on Kraft cardstock!!!!

Now I am anxious to go see what everyone else does with Kraft Cardstock.....off to take a peek!!

Thanks for dropping in!

Donelda

Embellish Magazine Challenge - Take Care Owl

Note: this is 1 of 5 posts tonight!! Please keep scrolling down to see all the work I have done entering different challenges. I was just on a roll and kept going!!!

So the latest challenge over at Embellish Magazine is to create a card using Coral, Brown, Green, and to include owls. There is even a cute template over there for you to use if you don't have an owl stamp or anything like that.

I do, however...have an owl stamp that is...but I didn't use it on my card. Instead, I used this cute little template I made myself a while ago. It is based on these cute little owls that are on a pair of my old summer shoes. I created THIS card with the template a long time ago!!!

The semi-circle behind owly is a piece of white vellum with Polka Dots stamped onto it with white craft ink.

Supplies: Stamps - Autumn Abundance, Polka Dot Basics (Papertrey Ink); Ink - Chocolate Chip, Whisper White Craft (SU!); Paper - River Rock (I think that is green), Chocolate Chip (SU!), no name coral, vellum; Other - Chocolate Chp marker, coluzzle, Swiss Dot Dark Chocolate ribbon (Papertrey Ink), dimensional.

Thanks for dropping in. Remember...scroll down and see all my other challenge cards...this makes five in all....don't stop until you see my red and brown polka dot card....yup, keep going!!

Donelda

Corrosive Challenge #36 - No Cards!!

This is the 4th Post that I have put up tonight. All are posts for challenge cards or projects. Please make sure you scroll down to see my 2 Sketches 4 You card, my Moxie Fab card, and my BasicGrey Ooops card as well!!

So this week, the Corrosive Challenge #36 is to not make a card. Well, that sounds pretty easy right!!

I've had this idea sitting in my head for a while. I saw one a while ago but it was saved to my computer before it crashed and now I have no idea where I saw it. If anyone recognizes this project please leave me a link to the original creator so I can give credit and so that I can see that blog again...I remember it was filled with lovely things!!

So, you are thinking, what's the big deal, it's a round card and doesn't even fit with the challenge.... well think again!!


It isn't a card at all....or at least it isn't a traditional card.

See how it is really an old ribbon spool...that I have altered.

And look , there is the message...it unrolls from

the spool!! Cool hey!! I got stuck because I didn't know how I was going to get the strip of paper to stay in place when it is rolled up. I ended up usign a tiny piece of velcro!

So ladies....save your old ribbon spools! When I re-organized all my ribbons onto cardboard I did save the best spools so I can make a whole bunch of these!!!

Enjoy!!

Donelda

Stamps: Made of Snow, Mixed Messages, Guide Lines (all Papertrey Ink); Paper - River Rock, Bravo Burgandy (both Stampin' Up!) and a small scrap of linen green designer paper - for trees; Ink - Old Olive, Chocolate Chip (SU!); Other - old ribbon spool, white computer paper, white embossing powder, Chocolate Chip marker, Coluzzle, corner rounder, sponge.

2 Sketches 4 You - Nov. 28 Sketch and Giga Guide Lines

And look at this, another challenge card -- created, posted, and linked up to the challenge site before the deadline!! This makes 3 posts for this evening (and I'll be keeping them up all day Friday so make sure you SCROLL DOWN for my Moxie Fab Challenge card and my BasicGrey Oooops card!!!).

So this time it was the 2 Sketches 4 You challenge. I could see how my new Giga Guide Lines stamps could work with this layout so I went for it!! I also got the newish Enchanted Evening cardstock from Papertrey Ink just this week so I had to play with it too!!!

Supplies: all supplies are Papertrey Ink unless indicated: Stamps - Giga Guide Lines, Background Basics: Retro; Ink - Enchanted Evening; Paper - Enchanted Evening, Spring Rain, Whisper White (Stampin' Up!); Other - white satin ribbon, gel pen (Signo), dimensionals (SU!).

Just one more to upload....but then you've already seen that post :-) !

Donelda

Plum Crazy - Moxie Fab challenge

So you all know how bad I am at creating cards for challenges but then never getting them actually loaded up and posted to actually enter the challenge!! Well I'm trying to change all that!! Tonight I am loading up 2 posts, so that I can link to 2 challenges!! (hehehe, nope, this is one of 5 posts that I did tonight -- but then if you've gotten this far you've probably seen the 3 posts above this one. Keep scrolling, there is one more post after this one!!! )
This card is a Plum Crazy card created for the Plum Crazy card challenge over at Moxie Fab World. Obviously, we were to use the color of plum on our cards. I don't often use purples so I had to give this challenge a go.

I just received my Giga Guide Lines stamp set from Papertrey Ink and wanted to play!! I love these large images and this one looked like a frilly flower so I decided to stamp it in Plum Pudding and cut it out. I added it's mini match (from Guide Lines Two, also Papertrey Ink) stamped in Lavender Moon and adhered it on top with a dimensional. Then I added some Star Dust Stickles (Ranger) at spots to add some flowery shimmer!! I adhered my flower to a piece of Plum Pudding cardstock (Papertrey Ink) matted with Lavender Moon cardstock (Papertrey Ink) and adhered all this onto a white card base. I added the sentiment (from Damask Designs, also Papertrey Ink) using white embossing powder.

It turned out to be a real Clean and Simple card and certainly Plum Crazy!! I'm off to see all the other plumy offerings!!

Donelda

BasicGrey Challenge - but not really

Okay, here is my second post (wrong again, I was only going to do 2 challenges but I got started and couldn't stop. This is actually the last in a long list of 5 posts for this evening) ...but this is a bit of an oops. You see, when I saw the inspiration picture for the latest BasicGrey challenge I got really excited becuase I love red and brown together. And I remembered that I had stamped out these polka dots in red and brown and not used them for anything. So, I jumped right in and created this card. You can tell I've been watching a lot of Kristina Werner laterly ... there is even white stitching and look, I tried to write my own sentiment.... but my handwriting isn't nearly as great as hers!! Guess I'd better keep practicing.

Now for the oops ... just as I was loading up my photo to this blog post, I realized that there is not a stitch of BasicGrey product on this card!!! Sheesh!!! Can you believe it... obviously it won't qualify. Well, maybe I'll go try another one. I did just pick up some sheets of Indian Summer and it's got lots of red and brown in it!!!

Supplies: Stamps - Remember, Background Basics:Retro (Papertrey Ink); Ink - Pure Poppy (Papertrey Ink), Chocolate chip (SU!); Paper - Whisper White, Chocolate Chip (SU!); Other - white gel pen (Signo), red crochet yarn, corner rounder, dimensional.

Well, off to try again!! LOL!!

Donelda

smARTworks - Chinese Inchies

If you've been on Susan's blog recently you would
have seen this card posted there. This was a card I created using one of the new inchie stamp sets put out by smARTWorks. and you all know how much I love inchies ~ I couldn't resist getting at least one of their sets!! I would love them all....but one at a time!!

I wanted to create an inchie card that is different that when I usually do with inchies...3 images in a row. So, I decided to use 2 of the more oriental images and add this cool chinese coin in the middle.

I used my Copic markers to color in the images, drew a box around the orange mat, and added the sentiment to the designer paper.

Do you have a favorite layout when you use inchies?? If you have a great one I'd love to see it, I need inspiration.

Thanks for dropping in.
Donelda

Embellish Magazine - Color Challenge

This was the challenge for the Dec. edition of

Embellish Magazine. Unfortunately the deadline was Sept but I just couldn't resist the colors... arn't they great!! I had to create something with them.

I love that curve in the Kraft carrdstock and the whole thing is attached to the Chocolate Chip card base with dimensionals. And I love the clean and simple look even thought it has lots of color!!

Supplies: Stamps - Birdie Fun (smARTworks); Paper - Tempting turquoise, Chocolate Chip, Kraft (Stampin' Up!), Pure Poppy (Papertrey Ink); Ink - Chocolate Chip (SU!); Other - hemp, 1and 1/2" circle punch, dimensionals.

Enjoy your day!! Hope it's TWEET!!!

Donelda

Inspired by Lucy

So one of my favorite new blogs for inspiration is Lucy's! I just can't get enough of her stuff!!

I copied THESE cards (scroll down a bit on the post) but made a few changes. I used cork as my main layer, and instead of real buttons, I used a smARTworks stamp set. Cute hey!!

Supplies: Stamps-Of a Feather (Memory Box), Cute as... (smARTworks), Paper Tray (Papertrey Ink); Ink - Whisper White (Stampin' Up!), Spring Rain, Sweet Blush, Lemon Tart (Papertrey Ink) cork (unknown); Ink - Black (Ranger); Other - Labels Die 1 (Spellbinders), 1" circle punch, Cuttlebug (Provocraft).

Thanks for dropping by!!

Donelda

Vintage - Key

Every once in a while I like to try my hand at vintage stamping. I find it rather difficult and I'm rarely satisfied with the results. This project is "okay" with me and maybe my favorite vintage work I've done yet.

It all stared with that piece of scrap designer paper I had in my stash. I loved it but was not sure what I was going to do with it. Then I thought of this awesome key image by smARTworks and thought it might work. I started out by stamping it onto some vanilla cardstock and coloring it in. Then, I used my linen background stamp and sponged in spots using various distress inks. Next, I added the decorative top and bottom by using pieces of stamps. A little more distressing and a sentiment and the focal image was complete. I adhered it to the card with dimensionals.

Stamps - Lock and Key (smARTworks), Simple Little Things, Guide Lines 2, Wedding Day (Papertrey Ink); Linen background stamp (STampin' Up!); Ink - Walnut Stain, Antique Linen, Tea Dye (Ranger Distress Inks).

I am off to see if I can find some inspiration for vintage cards. Do you know of a blogger that tends to do "vintage" stuff?? If so, I'd love to get a link!! Thanks!!

Donelda

Saturday Spotlight - In So Many Words

This Saturday at Saturday Spotlight with Hidden Potential the challenge is to make a card using sentiments / wording as a main focus. Well, I saw THIS CARD by Shari Carroll a while ago and it was in my "I have to do this" file...so i knew exactly what I was going to do when I saw the challenge!!

The sentiments come from a variety of Papertrey Ink stamp sets. Since they are clear, it makes them easy to use in this way. I simply took all of the sentiments I wanted to use and stuck them strategically to my grid acrylic block. Then I stamped with versamark and used white embossing powder on Kraft cardstock. The edges of the card were sponged with Walnut Stain ink (Ranger). I added a strip of holiday designer paper (Anna Griffin - my favorite holiday

paper) and some ribbon (Michaels). One tiny strip of green cardstock that matches the green ribbon and the card is finished!!

I'm heading over to Saturday Spotlight to see all the other cards. I'm sure there is going to be a lot of inspiration!!

Thanks for dropping in!! Note that this is my third post today ... so make sure you scroll down and see my Loonie Stamper's card and my halloween cards.

Donelda