School's Out for the Summer!

This week's Nacho Average Challenge is a sketch . . .

The first thing that came to mind was children running down a hill.  I didn't have any stamps or digis of the subject matter so I went in search of photos and illustrations.  I found this great free wallpaper that just fit the bill.  I added the title, did some design work,  printed it and added it to a card base.

Blue Skies & Smooth Sailing Challenge

I decided to give card challenges another try.  This time a challenge over on Fusion caught my eye!

The beach colors are among my favorite combinations.  I decided to fuse the two options and this is the result . . .

 

I substituted blue fence boards which I sandpapered for a worn look for the two boards with the anchor and then used the three elements of the sketch to finalize the design.

Thanks for looking!

Top Nacho #142

Woot! Woot!

I just won the first card challenge I've ever entered!!! http://nachoaveragechallenges.blogspot.com/

Here's the announcement...

Top Nacho #142

Hello Stampers!  Thanks to everyone who participated in our Nacho Challenge #142!

Congrats to Cardophile for being our Top Nacho with this beautiful card!

 

 

 I'm stoked!!!

NAC #142

I'm trying my hand at card challenges.  I made this card for the Nacho Average Challenge Blog #142.

The idea is to make a card using these colors...

Unfortunately I didn't have any of them nor any that even came close!  The only solution I could come up with was to sample the colors using Pictaculous which is a web-based color generator.  I needed the RGB color numbers.  I opened Microsoft Word and drew three box shapes and colored each with the numbers and then printed it out on cardstock.  Of course the print out colors differed from the picture above but they were the same.  Even the picture I took of the final product varied...kinda drove me up the wall!!!

This is what my word document looked like...

Thanks for taking a look!

Flowery Card Sketch

My Card Crafts group is having a sketch swap for July.

I decided to go with blue and white and try out my new Martha Stewart punch.

I began by creating the "hello" using Microsoft Word and then trimmed it down and punched the edges with Martha Stewart's "Doily" edger.  I attached it to the blue cardstock with glue stick.


Next I tackled the flower by cutting a long strip of photo paper and edge punching it with my new Martha Stewart deep edge punch " Garden Trellis".  I recently had found a video for making flowers using border punches and wanted to see if I could make this one work.  I'm pleased with the result!  Of course I had to make my own changes, lol.  I attached the flower with a brad.


The butterflies were punched with Tonic's "Butterfly Multi-detail".  I detached the butterfly from the paper by snipping the top and bottom of the body.  I glued these on only by the body and folded the wings upwards.


I decided the ribbon would have been too much so I chose to leave it off.

Independence Day

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Freedom

Well, tomorrow is Independence Day in the States.  In honor of our freedom I made another 4th of July card.

Again I used a graphic from one of my e-mails and the same paper as I used in the Summer Fun card.  Easy...but effective!

4th of July

Decided to make my sister a 4th of July celebration card.  I had seen some napkins and a few doodads I liked in Hobby Lobby and gathered them up for a cardmaking session.

I've always been fascinated by shaker cards but had never made one.  I decided that this was the perfect time to try one out!  Most of the online directions showed you how to make your own box but I've been saving plastic packaging covers for quite some time hoping to use them for just this purpose.  Out of 40+ sites with tutorials I found one that addressed this idea but oddly enough it wasn't for a shaker so I had to make my own adjustments.

I was going to attach the napkin piece as I did in a previous post but changed my mind.  I tried to separate the three layers but only was able to remove one layer so I decided to glue stick it to the front of the card.  This worked great until I handled the card for a while and I noticed that the top layer was coming loose at the corners.  Wouldn't you know it...it wouldn't come off when I wanted it to, LOL!!!  So...I slipped some glue under the edges and things were fine.  The glue stick worked fine so if you use it make sure you really have removed two layers!!!

I finished up the front with the doodads I got at Hobby Lobby and I used confetti red, white and blue stars for the shaker. The three stars are part of a garland and I attached it with brads.  I used double stick tape to attach "July 4th" to the shaker.

I carried to theme to the inside, added a verse and used some of the napkin scraps to make faux photo corners.

We Have a Winner, No Wait...We Have Two Winners!!!

Well, wouldn't you know it...my friend couldn't decide between two of the wonderful entries!  I decided to declare a tie!

And the winners are...

Carole

Paula

Congratulations!!!!!

Fun, Fun, Fun

Until your daddy takes the T-bird away!  Now that song brings back memories!!!

Here's an easy card I made with a cute summer theme.  I got the picture off a piece of e-mail stationery.  I took the main picture and the border picture and grouped them together using Microsoft Word!  Printed out on glossy photo paper and backed and attached to a card base...how could it be any easier!

How About a Birthday RAK

After receiving so many lovely birthday cards from people in my card groups I decided to return the gesture.  I got a new punch from Martha Stewart and used it to create the first of my RAK's (random acts of kindness).  It's for someone in one of my card groups but I'm not telling who...lol!

This punch is one of the deep cutting punches.  This time I did the punching on the front opening and then trimmed the card to size.  I added some punched stars and then lined the inside with a white insert.  Pretty cool...I love this punch!

She Sells Sea Shells

Here's my version of "By the Sea" pg 46 of CardMaker July 2010 issue.

I embossed the left side of a turquoise rectangle with Cuttlebug's embossing folder called "traffic jam".  I took an emery nail file and lightly sanded the ridges and then glued that piece to the card base.  Next I made three different cuts with "Labels Two" Nestabilities from Spellbinders.  Two were on the green and turquoise cardstock pieces and the last was the smallest size which I used on the seashell picture.  Before adhering the label pieces I cut two pieces of matching ribbons and tied them around the card's front piece, tied a knot and trimmed the ends.

Up Up in the Air

This lovely swap (or mingle as we call it in the Iris Folder's Group) comes from Marilyn who lives in Canada!  I love the cloud paper for the background.

Birthday Wishes 7

This great birthday card came from Misty in West Virginia!!!

Challenge Card 7

Here's an entry that uses a totally different technique!  This clever card was made by Paula from Iowa.

Contest Entry 6

Here's a beauty from Dianne in Australia!  I love the colors!

Contest Entry 5

Oh happy day...another entry!!!  This beauty comes from Carol in Arizona!

Thank you for your entry Carol!

8 Days Remain

My first contest ends on June 30th...8 more days to get you cards finished!  Here are the wonderful cards I have already...

I sure hope you won't miss your chance to win this adorable stamp!

 

Summer's Here

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Thank You Friend

My good friend Linda took me to lunch on my birthday!  We went to the new Olive Garden in town and had delicious food!  We spent three hours shooting the breeze and catching up.  I made her a Thank You card with one of her favorite characters on it.

That's right...it's Tigger!  The pattern was made by one of the girls in my Iris Folding group.  Isn't it cute!!!  I added a sticker sentiment and sticker flowers to the front of the card base after attaching stripes in the Tigger colors.  On the inside I wrote a personal note.