World Card Making Day!

SCS is having a fun World Card Making Day with lots of sponsors and prizes! Check it out here!

World Card Making Day
Sponsor for Challenge A - Unity

"The owner of Unity Stamp Co., Angela, is what you'd call a Quote Freak!! She is crazy for quotes of all kind, she's always posting them on Facebook and her blog and making stamps with quotes in them...........
So for this challenge, in honor of Angela and Unity Stamp Co. I want you to make a card that uses a "QUOTE" or saying of some kind as the focal image on the front of your card!!"

Stamps: August KOM 09
Paper: white, close to cocoa, rich razzleberry, pale plum, SU designer paper
Ink: Palette burnt umber, SU chocolate chip marker
Accessories: paper piercer, piercing template (SU mat stack), spiral clip, white taffeta ribbon, $1 printed ribbon, SU Top Note die cuts, EK Success flower punch, Studio G glitter glue, dimensionals, distressing tool
Technique: distressing, faux stitching
Wish RAK: SU Top Note die cuts

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Monday's and Tuesday's Favorites

Lots of fun things to see in the gallery on Monday and Tuesday! Some of these ladies uploaded more than one card. If you have time, you may want to check out their galleries.

Please note: Sometimes, I am not able to notify everyone that has been linked because of time limitations. But I will continue to post my faves.


MONDAY

lisahenke (CAS)
kmahany (CAS)
knightrone
sparklegirl
stamperjen0
ilinacrouse
stampinat6213
papierbleu (CAS)
alimarbles (CAS)
ltecler (CAS)
amrucci
inglishrea (CAS)


TUESDAY

debdeb
StampingQueenJAR (CAS)
okcapitolgirl
justbehappy
Cre8tivemom2002
mrstam (CAS)
whats_her_name
pinkhedgehog
MilwaukeeMommy
jessjean
girlydecou


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World Card Making Day!

SCS is having a fun World Card Making Day with lots of sponsors and prizes! Check it out here!

World Card Making day!
Sponsor for Challenge C -
Stamping Bella

"Emily, owner of Stamping Bella, is definitely a girl who wants to have fun! To celebrate her spirit and the spirit of Stamping Bella, I am challenging you to show me what you and your girlfriends do to have some fun! For an extra bit of flair, throw in some some 1980's-ish colors and/or DP! Please use the keyword WCMD09C when uploading your cards and come back and post them here, too, so everyone can see what you've made. Also leave a quick note sharing what you like to do when you want to have some fun!"

I chose Bookwormabella because after stamping, my favorite thing to do for fun is to read! I also thought it would be perfect because the shirt looks "belted" and the jeans remind me of "tuck & roll". LOL! I didn't have a plan when I started with the exception of an oval for the large image (and because I just felt a desire to do something else besides a rectangle), and the bright 80s colors. The brocade blue mat is sponged with brocade blue using a twisting motion of the wrist to add a bit of texture. I chose to use a suntan skin tone, which I hardly ever use, because I was obsessed with trying to get a tan when I was a teenager. AND because I don't remember being worried about skin cancer back then. Too bad, too. I've had skin cancer and I continue to get check-ups and moles removed every 6 months.

Stamps: Bookwormabella (Stamping Bella), sentiment (High Hopes)
Paper: black, brocade blue, melon mambo, white
Ink: black, SU markers: black & brocade blue, Copic markers: E47 dark brown, E13 light suntan, E33 sand, E31 brick beige, B23 Phthalo blue, B32 pale blue, B00 frost blue, G24 willow, YG23 new leaf, RV21 light pink, RV10 pale pink, RV17 deep magenta
Accessories: spiral clip, ribbon, CM custom cutting system, SU Top Note die cuts, SU large oval & modern label punches
Techniques: doodling, sponging
Wish RAK: SU Top Note die cuts, Bella image

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Sunday's Favorites

Lots of fun things to see in the gallery on Friday! Some of these ladies uploaded more than one card. If you have time, you may want to check out their galleries.

Please note: Sometimes, I am not able to notify everyone that has been linked because of time limitations. But I will continue to post my faves.


wunderwood
lvogt
Lumbkin
stampersandee
stamperjen0 (CAS)
croppixie
lisahenke
TreasureOiler
LaLatty (CAS)
juliemlacey (CAS)
bbcrazy
stamper-c
LateBlossom (CAS)
stampertammy
stampingpam
basementstamper
JoBear2 (CAS)
NCSUnikki
calgirl
markie's mom

Added later after viewing the cards uploaded at the very end of Sunday

jbracht (CAS)
CAKath (CAS)


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Happy Day for Clean & Simple

CAS34: Color Challenge: shades of pink, green, blue & (chocolate optional)

It was soooo fun to take a break from autumn and Christmas colors! I just had to make 2 cards for this challenge: one elegant and one cutsie. The cutsie one is in the next post.

Stamps: August KTOM '09 (Unity)
Paper: white, close to cocoa, regal rose
Ink: Palette burnt umber, SU ballet blue & garden green markers, Copic markers (R34 dark pink & B00 frost blue)
Accessories: taffeta ribbon, dimensionals

Clean & Simple

Garden Buggy/Penny Black (Received through WishRAK!)

Today's CAS34: Color Challenge: shades of pink, green, blue & (chocolate optional)

It was soooo fun to take a break from autumn and Christmas colors!

Stamps: Garden Buggy (Penny Black)
Paper: white, pink pirouette, regal rose, gable green
Ink: black, Copic markers: E35 chamois, R34 dark pink, RV10 pale pink, B00 frost blue, YG11 mignonette
Accessories: circle punches, SU scallop circle & scallop edge punches, Offray ribbon, dimensionals

This card measures 4.25 square. I use 4.5 A Muse envelopes.


Baby Buttercup/Stamping Bella

I was so excited about using springy/summery colors, that I went through my photo program to see if there were any cards I hadn't uploaded from last spring. This is from a CAS challenge last month to use things that sparkle. There are Stickles at the tips of each petal and 3 dots on the bottom right of the top panel.

Stamps: Baby Buttercup (Stamping Bella), sentiment (Gina K's Tag Lines)
Paper: white, so saffron
Ink: black, Copic markers
Accessories: ribbon, Stickles


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WEEK 2 - Unity BACHELOR Bro CHALLENGE!

This is my submission for Broman's 2nd challenge. There's actually a light coat of glitter on the paper pieced apple, too. Too bad it doesn't show up in the photo. It's showing up too well on the colored apples.

Unity's Bachelor Bro Challenge Week 2:
*Use something SHINY - or GLITTERY
*One piece of PATTERNED PAPER
*2 Buttons
*must include Unity Stamps

Unity Stamps: apples - September KTOM '09, sentiment - July KTOM '09
Paper: white, real red, real red dsp, black
Ink: black, real red marker, Copic markers: R27 lipstick red, G07 Nile green, E47 dark brown
Accessories: buttons, gingham ribbon, dazzling diamonds, SU scallop edge punch, paper piercer, template (SU mat stack)
Techniques: faux stitching, paper piecing

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Have A Jolly Holiday!

Lady Santa Buggy

SCS Inspiration Challenge: The Pajama Squid
I chose this lunchbox with the ladybug on the leaf as my inspiration.

DRS Designs Stamps: Santa Buggy (F1027), Santa Hat (B022), Silhouette Holly (F002), Easy Dot BG (H628), sentiment (B364)
Paper: real red, white, black
Ink: black, real red, garden green
Accessories: red paper clip, ribbons, dimensionals, SU word window punch, jumbo brad


The Best Time of the Year

This is a card that I uploaded on the DRS Designs blog last week and forgot to upload it here. I just love the Cutie Pie kids! They're adorable! I think Cutie Pie Christmas Helpers image is my favorite of the newly released images because my favorite Christmas memories as a child are of decorating the Christmas tree.

The Simple Joys of Christmas greeting is the first part of a larger greeting. The remainder of the greeting is stamped inside the card and reads, "warm your heart, fill your home, and last a lifetime."

I used Copic markers to color the image. The faux stitching was made using a paper piercer, template, and a ballet blue marker. The edge punch is actually a corner punch. It's actually very easy to line up! Then to finish it off, I added some red gingham ribbon.

DRS Stamps: Cutie Pie Christmas Helpers (M1141), Simple Joys of Christmas greeting (F957)
Paper: ballet blue, white
Ink: black, ballet blue, Copic markers
Accessoires: ribbon, paper piercer, piercing template (SU mat stack), Martha Stewart corber punch (used as a border punch)
Techniques: faux stitching


Have A Holly Jolly Holiday

SCS Inspiration Challenge: The Pajama Squid
I haven't had the chance to use my new gingerbread stamp yet, so I chose this gingerbread hair clip as my inspiration.

DRS Stamps: Gingerbread Man (E040), Lots of Lines (H366), Have A Holly Jolly Holiday sentiment (D480)
Paper: white, chocolate chip, close to cocoa, creamy caramel, real red
Ink: Palette burnt umber, chocolate chip, close to cocoa, Copic markers
Accessories: ribbon, brads, dimensionals, Marvy scallop oval punch, CM custom cutting system, SU wide oval punch