Time to Emboss

The current Stamping in Time challenge at Our Daily Bread Designs is to use embossing (dry and/or heat) in our project.  I knew I wanted to use the Coredinations paper I just bought last weekend, so this was the perfect challenge to try something new!

I used Andrea's VLV sketch for week 2 as the basis of my layout.

My Coredinations paper dictated the color scheme since it was brown with pink exposed once embossed and sanded.  I used a Cuttlebug embossing folder with a clock theme as I thought it related well to the verse.  The oval sentiment is attached using foam tape as that crocheted trim is surprisingly thick!

You can see the sanded embossed detail a bit better along with some pretty flowers in this closeup.

Supplies: 
Stamps:  ODBD "Time"
Papers:  White, dark brown (for mat), Coredinations cardstock in "Hazelnut"
Ink:  Versafine Onyx Black, Vintage Photo Distress Ink (sponging)
Other:  Nestie oval die and scalloped oval die, pink crocheted trim from The Girls' Paperie "Kitch" market trims, Prima flower, Recollections roses, knitting needle to curl wire ends, foam tape, sponge, sanding block, Cuttlebug embossing folder "Clockworks"

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Blessings!
Sarah

Happy Anniversary!

Today is our 16th wedding anniversary!  Hard to believe it was really that long ago that we were married on a VERY hot and humid August afternoon.

I made a card for my hubby using Amber's sketch for VLV week 1.

I think I managed to make a decent masculine card!  (Notice that there are no ribbons or roses on this card!)  The papers are a wildlife line from Bo Bunny.  I know hubby likes green, so I used the one that is supposed to look like alligator skin (see the gator printed on the paper under the sentiment?) along with some other coordinating papers from this 6 x 6 pad.  A bit of a departure from my usual style, hmm?  :)
 

In the closeup, you can see the tiger in the orange dot of the heart die cut.

Supplies:
Stamps:  Verve "Love Story"
Papers:  kraft for base and mats, dps from Bo Bunny's "Zoology Collection"
Ink:  Versafine Onyx Black
Other:  Nestie heart die

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Blessings!
Sarah

Faith

Hi!  Tonight I'm back to share a card that I made for 5 challenges.  I started with Our Daily Bread Designs Shining the Light Challenge 70 which is a sketch challenge and added ODBD Stamping in Time Challenge 40 to use a doily.  Then I turned to CR84FN for color inspiration, The Shabby Tea Room #73 requires us to use at least 3 dps, and at Papertake Weekly, anything goes! 

Here's my card.  My gray (Bazzill "flintstone") is maybe a little bit too dark, but the only other gray I had was so pale that it almost appeared a pale lavender.

I started with a 6" square white cardstock base and then added a 5 7/8" square green panel on top of it.  I stitched around the edge of that base green panel as well as the individual squares.  The squares are cut at 1 3/4" square which leaves about 1/8" borders.

I was thinking a lot about my Mom as I made this card.  As those of you who regularly read my blog know, she died the day after my birthday back in April due to a pulmonary embolism (blood clot in the lung).  It is still just unbelievable to me that she is gone.  I was using my trusty old Elna sewing machine to do the stitching on this card and agonizing about trying to get the stitching to be exactly straight and uniform.  I remembered Mom's lessons in sewing (she was a home ec teacher for over 30 years) about using the edge of the presser foot to keep the stitches straight and so on.  I'm definitely moving forward in the grieving process, but I just have to remember to have faith.  I just was entirely unprepared to suddenly lose my Mom at age 66.  She would have been 67 in July, and it would have been my parents' 40th wedding anniversary on July 24th.  So those days were harder ones for us.

I used the gray to make a doily with 2 different Shapeabilities dies.  The doily I left as it was, but the other parts layered below were cut apart and layered from the other dies in that set.  Here's a closer look.

Supplies:
Stamps:  ODBD "Faith"
Ink:  Versafine Onyx Black
Papers:  white cardstock base, all 3 dps (speckly green, lavender with small print, lilac print) are from K & Co.'s "Watercolor" collection, gray is Bazzill Basics "Flintstone"
Other:  MS butterflies punch, Recollections pearls, sewing machine, Nestabilities circle die, Spellbinders Shapeabilities "Parisian Motifs"

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Blessings!
Sarah

What's Cooking?

I didn't think that I was going to have enough time to finish this card this morning and get it entered by the deadline, but I made it!  I wanted to play along at Just Magnolia and Hanglar Stanglar Challenge 116 What's Cooking?  I'm also playing along with Basic Grey Challenges #49 which is Heather's sketch challenge.  I used Basic Grey's "Nook & Pantry" dps on my card today.

Here's Heather's sketch.

Here's my card.

Materials:
Stamps:  Magnolia
Papers:  white, dark brown for mats and base, dps from Basic Grey "Nook & Pantry"
Other:  Prima flower, Recollections trim, Sizzix die for leaves, Circle Nestabilities, colored with Copics

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Blessings!
Sarah

I'd Pick You

Here's my last VLV card for the July challenges.  When I first saw this sketch by Moe, I thought it would be the easiest one for me this month since it features a HUGE flower!  : )  You know how I love flowers!  However, I got hung up on which dps to use, and it ended up being the slowest card to make.  I finally decided to use more Basic Grey "Lemonade" papers since I had a few scraps that required minimal trimming to fit an A2 card.

Here's the sketch.

My card has a different color palette than I usually use, but I like it.

Materials:
Stamps:  Verve "Dream Big"
Ink:  Versafine Onyx Black
Papers:  Basic Grey "Lemonade"
Other:  Prima flower from "Softees Collection Bonnet," Sizzix die, Nestabilities big scalloped circle die and circle die, sewing machine


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Blessings!
Sarah

Hello!

I'm back to share a card I made for The Shabby Tea Room's challenge, Relax and Enjoy!  Here's the inspiration photo.

From the inspiration photo, I took the colors and the roses and flowers in the towels as the basis of my card.  I followed the VLV sketch for July week 4.  Isn't Laurie's sketch a fun one?

Here's my card.  I used some of my favorite papers, Basic Grey's "Lemonade."  Nothing like relaxing and enjoying a cold glass of lemonade on a hot summer day!

Here's a closeup of the embellishments.  I sewed all around the edge of the card.  The heart is a Nestabilities die with a hand cut mat.   A little pink seam binding, pink rose, and tiny tag cut with a Labels 4 Nesties die finish it off.

Materials:
Stamps:  Verve "Happy Hello"
Ink:  Versafine Onyx Black
Papers:  Basic Grey "Lemonade"
Other:  Nestabilites Heart die and Labels dies, pink seam binding, Recollections rose, knitting needle to curl wire, sewing machine, MFT small scallop die

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Blessings!
Sarah

Sentimental About Paper

Over on the Verve Blog, the July Diva Dare is Sentimental About Paper.  We are challenged to use dps and sentiments only (no images) to make a project.

I decided to use some new paper I'd just gotten called "Uncommon" by Authentique along with one of my favorite sentiments from Verve's "One Person" set. 

My layout is from a recent Mojo Monday sketch, number 199.  I didn't have time to play along that week, but as soon as I saw that sketch I knew it was perfect for this new Prima flower. 

In this next photo, you can see the teeny tiny text on the scallop layer a bit better.

Supplies used:
Stamps:  Verve "One Person"
Paper:  white, black, dps from Authentique "Uncommon" (the pink and the teeny tiny text scallop layer)
Ink:  Versafine Onyx Black, SU! "Rose Red" (sponged)
Other:  MFT small scallop die, Nestabilities circle and scalloped circle die, black satin ribbon from stash, Bow Easy, Prima flower "Innoscence 2"

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Blessings!
Sarah