White on White Card Challenge

Tuesday's card challenge was for a white on white card.  The embossing folder was from Spellbinders. The oval die cut was made using a Sue Wilson die by Creative Expressions. The 3D flowers were made with the Heartfelt Creations Oakberry Lane Blossoms dies and shaped with their shaping mold.

And yes, it is slightly warped from the embossing process. Gluing it to a card base should resolve that issue, at least for the most part.

Heartfelt Creations 3D Flowers

Heartfelt Creations makes beautiful stamps, but among my favorites of theirs are their 3D flower stamps and molds.

Two members of my card group weren't with us when I taught how to make the 3D flowers, so they requested that I teach it again.

Today I made a couple of cards with the Heartfelt Creations flowers.  For this first card, I used Graphic 45 papers, since I have a ton of this one. I found a package of 25 sheets at Tuesday Morning, which makes it ideal for using with my card group.

I used the Oakberry Lane blossom stamps, dies, and molds for these flowers, as well as a die from a past Christmas set for the doily underneath the flowers.

For the next card, I embossed the background with a Sizzix folder, then added a bird cage die cut that is from the Heartfelt Creations Lush Lilacs collection. The die cut looks speckled, but it's actually cut from pearlized black card stock. It just looks speckled in the photo due to the light reflecting from the die cut.

I stamped, colored, and cut the lilac accents, and added a few of the shaped blossoms. Although the card looks warped in the photo, the card base was just a little curved.

I also made another card today, too, but I will wait till Tuesday, Feb. 4th to show it. I volunteered to be the RefuPeas challenge host on the stamping board for that day.

Valentine Card with My Favorite Things Stamps

I bought some new stamps to usher in the New Year, and from a company that I had not ordered from before. I used two sets (BB Saddle Up & Celebrate, and Kissing Booth) to make this cute little Valentine card, which could be used for a gag or sweet Valentine, depending on what you write inside.

I didn't like the plain background, so I made a second version with an embossed background.

I plan to use this version with my card group in February:

The embossed background is a definite improvement. I realize that the colored pencils aren't as nice, but they are easier and less expensive to share. I don't charge anything for the monthly card night, and I provide all supplies. I don't want to have to replace my Copics on a regular basis, though, so I put out colored pencils for everyone to use, not my Copics.

I used a sponge dauber and ink to shade the kissing booth and the little cowboy's chaps & hat on both versions. That kind of coloring is awkward at best, for me, anyway, although it turned out okay.

2020 January Cards

Here we are in January of a brand new year!

We don't get much snow in Texas, or at least we haven't in the 3 years that I've lived here. Back in Virginia sometimes we got a dusting, sometimes a few inches, and once every 3 to 7 years, we got over 2 feet of snow in one storm.

I don't miss the cold and snow, but it is beautiful, and I miss that. So, despite another likely "brown" winter, I decided to make snowmen cards for our upcoming card night.  Here are the 3 cards we are doing, and lower down is an individual photo of each.

All of the stamps that I used are older. The one on the right is/was a stamp by Darcy, and originally it had a "recipe" in the middle that was only for proportions to use of a berry cocoa mix. It was not helpful, since the actual recipe on how to make the berry cocoa mix itself was missing. I carefully cut the middle section of the stamp out. For the blank space in the middle, I used a phrase stamp that came as a freebie with a card making magazine.

The middle card in the above photo is a waterfall card. The stamps are a scene of a snowman melting, each stage on 4 sides of a stamp cube by Art Gone Wild. I bought it years ago and have no idea if it is still available. The paper that I used for the waterfall card background is Frosty Flurries from Little Yellow Bicycle's line Christmas Delight. You can find directions for making a waterfall card on the internet with a Google search.

For the left card I used a stamp that I found on Amazon last year. I used a Cuttlebug snowflake embossing folder for the background, and the swirl was cut with a Spellbinders die (I think). I used Wink of Stella to give shimmer to the snowman and the swirl die cut, and Nuvo drops to give texture to his hat.


Here are individual images of each card:

August Cards

We were on travel the last half of August, soon after I made these two cards for a couple of my grandkids, so I never got them posted till now. I need to make a duplicate of this first card for another grandson, who is a train fanatic.

I made this first card  using mostly dies by Karen Burniston:

I used Gemini dies to create the second card, which was for a granddaughter:

I made the second card using paper piecing techniques, with some Copics to help with coloring certain elements.

Both cards were time consuming, and the kids probably destroyed them unless their moms saved them, but a photo is forever.

Other Cards I Made in October

I made a birthday card for one of my granddaughters this month. I used a set of (new to me) dies from Gemini and used a Silhouette Design Store cutting file to make the frame for it instead of doing it by hand. I also turned parts into a paper piecing to add detail. Here is my granddaughter's birthday card (it took hours to make):

I also made an alternate of the Witch Shoe card, but decided it was too involved to duplicate.  All the cutting files, including the print and cut shoes and papers, are from the Silhouette Design Store:

 

This last one is a CAS (Clean and Simple) card, which I did, hoping it would meet the CARDtober #27 challenge, in case it gets posted, although I don't know if it will fit whatever challenge is posted. If it does work for that, I will move it from this post to that one. The Precious Moments print and cut is from the Silhouette Design Store:

CARDtober Alternative Card Option

For those who have been trying to do every CARDtober challenge, there have been two things making it difficult for some. In the first place, my second and last challenges (interactive card and box card) were more difficult. In the second place, one of the challenges has not yet been posted. The last one is a problem for me, since I will be on the road the rest of October, starting tomorrow.

Grammadee, who is the author and moderator of CARDtober, is allowing me to post an additional challenge as an alternative. This brings the challenges to 32, assuming the missing challenge is still posted late. If it is never posted due to unknown circumstances, then those trying for the 50 point bonus will still be able to reach it.

If you accomplish 31 challenges, you still get that 50 point completion bonus. If the missing challenge is posted and you do all 32, you get an additional 5 points besides whatever points your Alternative CARDtober Challenge card would normally earn.

You can use the Alternate Challenge only once, in place of either the missing challenge OR one of the more difficult challenges.

So I am offering a "Pick Your Challenge" Alternative challenge, where you can choose from one of the following options--just be sure to post a photo of your card, and tell us which of these challenges you did:

Option 1: Make a card for your favorite holiday, whether it is Valentine's, Easter, Christmas, or whatever. It can be totally out of season.

Option 2: Make a card with a stamp/stamp set, die/die set, or product that you have bought in the last year but have never used.

Option 3: Make a birthday card. No restrictions or requirements. Birthday cards are just handy to have ready to send.

Option 4: Fashionista Challenge.  Make a card related to fashion in some way. This is the one I am choosing, and here is my card:

Twist: make at least one duplicate of your Alternate CARDtober challenge card, for an additional point for each duplicate card. I actually made multiples of this one because it was so easy and fun, so I am posting a picture of them all for an extra 7 points, since I made 7 duplicates of the original (for a total of 8 cards).