Wednesday, August 30, 2023

Spiders are insects, right?

 This week the Double Trouble Challenge #146 theme

is Something, Anything, and Everything.

(aka Anything Goes)

 

I whipped up a Halloween card 

to add to my SAS4Kids donation box,


using the current sketch from the

Try Stampin' on Tuesday Challenge #622,

which I am also entering.

 

Using washi tape for the stripes made the card super easy.  The stamps are from CTMH.  The tiny spiders were heat embossed using some Ranger black sparkle ep and then fussy cut. 

DTC #146 "SomeThing, AnyThing, EveryThing" - FRI AUG 28TH - SUN, SEP 3RD 

 

Wishing you a lovely day, without spiders.

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Tuesday, August 29, 2023

Tuesday Morning Sketches Challenge #722

 

Welcome to my blog, where I have
a new card to share with you each week for
 
Tuesday Morning Sketches 
 
Here is the sketch for this week:
 
 
 
 
And here's my card based on the sketch...

I rotated the sketch 90 degrees to the right and made a shaped top fold card base using the CTMH Art Philosophy Cricut cartridge.

The stamps and die cut banner are from SU and the die for the balloon is from ODB.

 

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Tuesday, August 22, 2023

Tuesday Morning Sketches Challenge #721

 

 Welcome to my blog, where I have
a new card to share with you each week for

 
 
Tuesday Morning Sketches 
 
 
Here is the sketch for this week:

 
This piece of leftover paper was on the top of the scrap pile.  
It worked perfectly for this birthday card.
 
 
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Scroll down to see my interactive Godzilla card.   

Saturday, August 19, 2023

Godzilla? Oh my!

 When my hubby went out to mow the lawn on Thursday,  I asked him to ask our neighbor what his son's current interests are so I could make his birthday card.   Jim came in the house a bit later to tell me Brantley likes Legos, Minecraft, Godzilla and his 2 new kittens.

I made a Lego card and a Minecraft card in past years.  Also a Mario Brothers and a Dinosaur Never Ending Card (a big hit!)

This year I tried to make a Godzilla card.

It's actually an alligator stamp from Ai, but it looks lizard-like.



After all that work, I thought I'd share this at the following challenges:

Send a Smile 4 Kids Challenge - Birthday Cards 4 Kids

(I'm on the DT for SAS4K, but wanted to share.)

Can You Handle the Pressure? Embossing Challenge - AG with twist of stripes

Allsorts Challenge Week 741/2 - All Creatures Great and Small (alligator)

AAA Birthday Card Challenge Game #52 - AG

 

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Tuesday, August 15, 2023

Scrappers' GORP

 Instead of what most people consider normal trail mix, often referred to as GORP,  Double Trouble Challenge is encouraging crafters to combine items in their stash to make Scrapper's Gorp and use it on their cards. 

 

 

I was checking on things in my Fall/Halloween stash for another project and decided I had plenty of GORP with which to work right there.   The scrap of pumpkin paper was perfect to start building my card.  Dotted pumpkins, striped pumpkins, solid pumpkins, that works.  

 

From there I just added a bit of diamond patterned paper, according to the sketch supplied by Try It On Tuesday Challenge.  The framed sentiment and spider are old CTMH stamps.  The shaped label is a cut from the CTMH Artiste cartridge.   And I used 2 different embossing folders for double patterns on the background. 

Now I'm going to submit it to:

Double Trouble Challenge #145 

 (see details on the graphic above)

Try It On Tuesday Challenge  #620

Two Old Bats Halloween Challenge-

August AG



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Tuesday Morning Sketches Challenge #720

 

 

 Welcome to my blog, where I have
a new card to share with you each week for

 
Tuesday Morning Sketches 
 Here is the sketch for this week:

 
 
I thought I'd stay close to the sketch and make a card that would be okay for a guy.
 


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Saturday, August 12, 2023

Cupcake Card

 With a lot on my mind right now, I needed a bit of down time this afternoon.  This cute cupcake stamp by STAMPlorations caught my eye and I found a few scraps laying about to make this card.


If someone were to take this card apart, they would find that the purple strip down the right side of the card is pieced together but the ribbon hides the seam.  The pink paper has a hole in it where I die cut something else, but the oval covered it wonderfully.  And the black mat also has an aperture from a previous card.

The cupcake is fussy cut and paper pieced.  The pink frosting has a glittery coating of Wink of Stella.  I curved a straight stamp on the acrylic block before stamping the Happy Birthday, then added fake stitching.  

 

I think I'll submit this to...

STAMPlorations Never-ending Anything Goes Challenge

 

Simon Says Add Some Doodles Challenge

Simon Says Happy Birthday Challenge 

 

 

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