OCS CHALLENGE BOY/MEN

Hey all!!! I am back from my trip to my Mom’s and starting up some cards again.  Joy went with me and boy did we have fun. This was her first road trip, and after I found out she gets car sick, I was able to give her some medicine and all was well again!

I took the Tim Holtz Creative Chemistry 101 class and learned so much! I took it because I am trying to make cards with lots of texture, color, and depth but not much dimension.  You all know I make almost all of my cards for Operation Write Home* so I need to make them as flat as possible.  This card is not going to them, however it is going to a Soldier; my Son!  His unit made it through Red Phase into White Phase in Basic Combat Training (BCT) and I wanted to congratulate him with a masculine card.

The base is MME DSP, but the rest is my design using Tim Holtz Distress products, Stamper’s Best, Stampendous! and Hampton Art stamps, buttons, twine, and eyelets. 

The Stampendous! Postal stamp was first stamped on white card stock using Adirondack’s Rock Candy Acrylic Paint Dabber.  Then the Wrinkle Free Distress technique was used with Distress Stains to add the color.  After I dried the paper, I used Distress Ink pads and added similar colors with a blending tool. The Hampton Arts numbers stamp was inked with Fired Brick Distress Ink and stamped onto the paper.  I added Perfect Pearls in Bronze over the numbers and sprayed with water to get the color to “run” out from under the Perfect Pearls.  The gears stamp is from Stamper’s Best and was stamped on some gold toned MME DSP.  I also distressed it with Distress Ink and a blending tool.  The sentiment was stamped with Stazon black. Three buttons, three eyelets and some twine complete the panel.  Attach it to the base and attach base to card.

NOW FOR THE CHALLENGES:

I also made this card for:

One Crazy Stamper’s April Challenge: OCS BOYS/MEN

Mynnette’s Spread the L-O-V-E challenge since this will be sent to my son.

*Operation Write Home: Supporting our nation's armed forces by sending blank handmade greeting cards to write home on, as well as cards of gratitude to encourage them.

Thank you so much for stopping by! I am always so happy to see that you have been to my blog. Please leave comments so I know you were here! PLEASE HELP ME GROW! If you are not a follower yet, would you please click follow?

hugs,

STAMPS

• Stamper’s Best, Stampendous! and Hampton Art

PAPER – Recollections card stock, MME DSP

TOOLS

• Heat tool
• Blending tool
• Crop-a-dile

INK – Tim Holtz Distress Inks and Stains, Adirondack Acrylic Paint Dabber, Stazon, Perfect Pearls

ACCESSORIES

Buttons

Eyelets

Twine

VIVA LA VERVE WEEK 4 CAS

Hello again sweeties and a big welcome to my two newest followers: Donna Nuce and Kim Hughes! I hope you aren’t tired of looking at cards yet.  This one is a CAS card for the Viva la Verve March week 4 sketch challenge.  I know, this isn’t really CAS, but I just had to make it this way.

I was fortunate enough to win some Zva Creative products in one of their blog hops.  I had a chance to use one of the flourishes on this card. The blue was a perfect match for the blue roses! 

The papers are just white card stock that is distressed with Tim Holtz Distress Inks and cut using a Spellbinders Label Eighteen and a Martha Stewart double border punch.  The technique is from his Creative Chemistry 101 class. The pretty sentiment and flourishes are from Inspired by Stamping’s All Year Wishes II set. I used Liquid Pearls in the center of the flowers.

These roses are from one of my new toys! Quilled Creations has new quilling dies for several different types of flowers, and they work with my Big Shot. These roses are made using the Blooming Roses dies. There are 3 sizes and all are perfect for cards. The leaves are included on the smallest rose die.

NOW FOR THE CHALLENGES:

**Viva la Verve! March Week 4 {3/23/12}**

I also made this card for:
Mynnette’s Spread the L-O-V-E challenge since this will be sent to our troops and will make it’s way home to a friend or loved one.

Thank you so much for stopping by! I am always so happy to see that you have been to my blog. Please leave comments so I know you were here! PLEASE HELP ME GROW! If you are not a follower yet, would you please click follow?
hugs,


STAMPS

• Inspired by Stamping’s All Year Wishes II set

PAPER – Recollections

TOOLS

• Big Shot
• Spellbinder Labels Eighteen
• Martha Stewart double border punch
• Quilled Creations Blooming Roses

INK – Stazon

ACCESSORIES

• Zva Creative flourish
• Liquid Pearls

TIM HOLTZ CREATIVE CHEMISTRY 101 DAY 3

Hi girlies! Wow, I am having a blast with the Tim Holtz Creative Chemistry Class.  I just love Distress Inks, Stains, etc and he is doing a fantastic job explaining when to use the different inks.

Since my cards tend to have layers and bulk, I wanted to take this class to see if I can learn ways to add depth and dimension without bulk. I also think it will give me lots of ideas for masculine cards since I think Tim’s dark colors make a great palette for male oriented cards. LOL with that said, my first card is not masculine at all.

I don’t have any tags; I decided that was something I didn’t have to buy to play, so today, I have a card for you using his Stamping with Reflections Technique.

Over at Operation Write Home* the MWTD challenge is to make cards using the colors yellow and green for our heroes to send home to their family and friends. So with some Craftwell card stock, Tim Holtz embossing folder, stamps and Distress Inks I came up with this.

Hero Arts butterfly stamps and Judy Kins Whispy Bamboo stamp make up the image.

 

Prima flowers, specialty ribbon and lace finish up the card. So, very little bulk but lots of texture and dimension. What do you think?

NOW FOR THE CHALLENGES:

OWH Stars and Stamps Color Challenge

RRR Challenge #44 - Spring with Ribbon Theme

SCS TLC369 ~ Crop It! ~

SCS F4A109 Three or More

I also made this card for:

Mynnette’s Spread the L-O-V-E challenge since this will be sent to our troops and will make it’s way home to a friend or loved one.

*Operation Write Home: Supporting our nation's armed forces by sending blank handmade greeting cards to write home on, as well as cards of gratitude to encourage them.

Thank you so much for stopping by! I am always so happy to see that you have been to my blog. Please leave comments so I know you were here! PLEASE HELP ME GROW! If you are not a follower yet, would you please click follow?

hugs,

STAMPS

• Hero Arts
• Judi Kins

PAPER – Craftwell card stock

TOOLS

• Big Shot
• Tim Holtz Fancy & Floral Frames Set

INK – Tim Holtz Distress Inks

ACCESSORIES

Wright’s specialty Ribbon

Lace

Prima Flowers