Best Dad Ever

Whew!  I managed to finish a Father's Day card for my Dad using the Cute Card Thursday #219 challenge and get it posted before the challenge closed.  We were challenged to use planes, trains, and automobiles.  I don't have any stamps with planes, trains, or automobiles, but I do have some tractor stamps which I figured were pretty close (I hope!).

I find it a bit ironic that I used papers called "Urban Rhapsody" to make a rustic farm card!  I liked the colors in these papers with the tractor image.  The hardest part was cutting the arrow paper to get words that I wanted where I wanted them.  Some of the words (good bye, for one) I didn't want to use and those words seemed to be right next to what I wanted to selectively cut.  The metal tag helped me cover word fragments once I'd cut the strip. 

I tried to color the tractor to look like Dad's Case IH tractor right down to the dirt covered tires.  I hope he likes it!

Supplies used:
Stamps:  SU! "Tractor Time" and sentiment from Verve "Dad's Day"
Ink:  Versafine Onyx Black, Memento Tuxedo Black, Vintage Photo Distress Ink (sponging)
Papers:  white, kraft for base, red, dps from K & Co. "Urban Rhapsody"
Other:  metal frame from JoAnn's, screw brads from Michael's, Tim Holtz distressing tool
Size:  6" square

Thanks for stopping by!
Blessings,
Sarah

Diamond Jubilee

In honor of the Diamond Jubilee celebration, Basic Grey Challenge and Simon Says Stamp Challenge have both selected that theme for their current challenges.  We were challenged to use things such as crowns, royalty, and bling in our creations.

Here's my creation.

I used a very simple layout, as I knew that with the large image, most of the background paper would be covered.  I colored my images using Copics and then cut out Tilda and popped her up on foam tape for more dimension.  The largest flower originally was a white Prima flower.  I dyed it a long time ago and added a bunch of glitter to it.  That flower didn't work on the project I intended to use it on, but I was glad that I had it for this card!  I know that I used one of my SU! pinks to die it, but I don't know the exact color I used. 

Supplies used:
Stamps:  Magnolia
Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black
Papers:  white, green, dps from Basic Grey "Sultry"
Other:  lace from stash, organdy ribbon from stash, Bow Easy, Prima flower, Stickles glitter, Recollections mini roses, Recollections rhinestone flourish/corner, Copics, foam tape

I'm working on using up the last of my Basic Grey "Sultry" paper pad.  There will be more cards coming in the near future!

Thanks for stopping by!
Blessings,
Sarah

Use It Up Group 3

Today I have the details for the last of the cards that I made when using up my K & Co. Brenda Walton "Small Wonders Girl" paper pad.

For my Perk Up card, I used SC306 for the layout.

Supplies for Perk Up card:
Stamps:  Verve "Better With You"
Ink:  Versafine Onyx Black and Memento Tuxedo Black
Papers:  Cream, Bazzill "Foxy," and dps from K & Co. Brenda Walton "Small Wonders Girl"
Other:  Nestabilities circle and petite scalloped circle dies, Copics

For the Happy Birthday card, I had a few strips of varying lengths of dps.  I decided that I could compensate for the length differences by covering the end with an image.  The top corner was then a little bare, so I added a rhinestone flourish.

Supplies used for the Happy Birthday card:
Stamps:  Verve "Birthday Surprise"
Ink: Versafine Onyx Black and Memento Tuxedo Black
Papers: Cream, Bazzill "Foxy," and dps from K & Co. Brenda Walton "Small Wonders Girl"
Other: Nestabilities circle and petite scalloped circle dies, Copics, Recollections rhinestone flourish

I used SC347 for the layout of my next card.  I changed the orientation from vertical to horizontal, but I tried to keep the same proportions.

Supplies used on the Hugs and Smiles card:
Stamps:  Verve "Kind Words"
Ink: Versafine Onyx Black
Papers: Cream, Bazzill "Foxy," and dps from K & Co. Brenda Walton "Small Wonders Girl"
Other: Nestabilities oval and scalloped oval dies, ivory ribbon from stash, Bow Easy, button from stash, thin twine

For the You Are Such A Joy To Me card, I made a frame using dps and cream paper for the mats.

Supplies used on the You Are Such A Joy To Me card:
Stamps:  Verve "Great Friend" for flowers and Verve "Kind Words" for sentiment
Ink:  Versafine Onyx Black
Papers:  Cream and dps from K & Co. Brenda Walton "Small Wonders Girl"
Other:  Ivory ribbon from stash, Bow Easy, Recollections mini rose

I hope you enjoyed seeing my parade of cards.  It was truly satisfying to use up this paper pad!  I'm almost done using up a Basic Grey "Sultry" paper pad, and I will be posting the last cards I've made with those papers soon.

Thanks for stopping by!
Blessings,
Sarah

Use It Up Group 2

Here's the next group of cards with the supply details.  This is my second post for today, so if you want to see the details for the first group, scroll down to the previous post.

This first one looks a bit wonky once I cropped it, but I had to angle it a bit so that the rhinestone flourishes didn't have so much glare on them.  Unfortunately, when I angled it, the sentiment is also harder to read, "Birthday Wishes."  For the layout, I just took two of the coordinating dps and made a layered frame.

Supplies for Birthday Wishes card:
Stamps:  Circle frame from Verve "Thankful Accents" and sentiment from Verve "Wishful Elegance"
Ink:  Versafinx Onyx Black and SU! "Pretty in Pink"
Papers:  Cream, Bazzill "Foxy," and dp from K & Co. Brenda Walton "Small Wonders Girl"
Other: Recollections rhinestone flourishes, Nestabilities circle and petite scalloped circle dies
Card size: A2

My next card used SC311 for the layout.  I had some pieces of paper that weren't quite big enough to cover an entire A2 card base, but I didn't want to cut them up very much so that I could use up my papers faster!

The rhinestone flourish is much brighter in real life.  Again, I had to angle the card to cut down on the sparkle to take the picture.

Supplies for Wishing You All the Best Card: 
Stamps:  Verve "Kind Words" sentiment and Verve "Great Friend" flower
Ink: Versafine Onyx Black
Paper: Cream, Bazzill "Foxy," and dp from K & Co. Brenda Walton "Small Wonders Girl"
Other: Recollections rhinestone flourish
Card size: A2

Now for my two personal favorite cards......

For the You're So Sweet card, I had a strip green floral dp that I just loved and didn't want to toss.  So I used a cuttlebug embossing folder to make the top piece, added my little strip at the bottom, and covered the seam with a MS border punch. 

Here's a closeup of the sentiment and little hearts.

Supplies for You're So Sweet card:
Stamps:  Verve "Thankful Accents" sentiment and hearts
Ink: Versafine Onyx Black and SU "Pretty in Pink"
Paper: Cream, Bazill "Foxy," and dp from K & Co. Brenda Walton "Small Wonders Girl"
Other: Recollections mini roses, MS vintage floral border punch, Nestabilities circle and petite scalloped circle dies, cuttlebug embossing folder
Card size: A2

I had a wider strip of my other favorite green paper from this pad, so I tried using a similar layout to the You're So Sweet card to use it up.

Supplies for the Irish Proverb card:
Stamps:  Verve "Blessings"
Ink: Versafine Onyx Black
Paper: Cream, green, and dp from K & Co. Brenda Walton "Small Wonders Girl"
Other: Recollections rhinestones, Recollections flowers, pink organdy ribbon from stash, Bow Easy, MS vintage floral border punch
Card size: A2

Thanks for stopping by!
Blessings,
Sarah

Use it Up group 1

Here's the first group of individual card pictures from the groups I shared last night.

I used SC306 for the layout.  I had a small strip of the polka dot paper, and I just made a quick mat for it using a MS border punch.

Supplies for Wishing You All the Best card:
Stamps:  Verve "Great Friend" for flower (cut out and popped up using foam tape) and sentiment from Verve "Kind Words"
Ink:  Versafine Onyx Black
Paper:  Cream, Bazzill "Foxy" and dp from K & Co. Brenda Walton "Small Wonders Girl"
Other:  MS Vintage Floral border punch, ivory organdy ribbon from stash, Bow Easy, Nestabilities circle and petite scalloped circle dies, Recollections pearl flourish
Card size:  A2

I used the same layout for the next two cards and just changed the sentiment and the accents.  I had a bunch of thin strips from trimming full sheets that were just too big to throw away.  SC343 was the perfect layout for using up my strips.

The birthday card uses rhinestones to accent the flower's center and the feel better soon card has pearls for the accent.  For both cards, I stamped flowers in 2 sizes, trimmed them down by hand, and then mounted the smaller flower on foam tape to give it a little more dimension.  I also cut the petals apart a little bit and slightly turned the edges up for additional dimmension. 

Supplies for Birthday Wishes card:
Stamps:  Verve "Great Friend" for flowers, sentiment from Verve "Wishful Elegance"
Ink: Versafine Onyx Black
Paper: Cream, Bazzill "Foxy" and dp from K & Co. Brenda Walton "Small Wonders Girl"
Other:  Recollections rhinestones
Card size:  A2

Supplies for Feel Better Soon card:
Stamps:  Verve "Great Friend" for flowers, sentiment from Verve "Feel Better Soon" plain jane stamp
Ink: Versafine Onyx Black
Paper: Cream, Bazzill "Foxy" and dp from K & Co. Brenda Walton "Small Wonders Girl"
Other: Recollections pearls
Card size: A2
Thanks for stopping by!
Blessings,
Sarah

I Did It!

Well, I did it!  I managed to use up an ENTIRE paper pad.  I love the various paper pads and have collected (ahem!) quite a stack of them.  I decided that I was going to use up one of them, and I managed to do it. 

I had a variety of paper sizes.  Some sheets were 4" x 6" and others were various scraps which were anything from an inch to half sheets.  I started with some VLV and Sketch Challenge layouts from Splitcoaststampers, and I just made a whole bunch of card bases that were focused on just getting the dps on to the card bases.  Since I was just making "generic" layouts at this point, the most challenging part was to go back and find sentiments that fit the character of the paper and the orientation and spacing of the layouts.  I used some layouts several times, and other layouts just once again based on what I had available. 

These cards will all be going to my mother-in-law for Christmas.  For the past few years, I've been giving her a big box of assorted occasion cards, and she really likes it, so I will continue to make cards for her.

I'll start with the "group photos" and then I will post the individual cards including the supplies used over 2 maybe 3 other posts as I think it will just be too long for one post with the various layout pictures included.

I shared the two cards on the right (perk up and beautiful kindness) last week, but they were also made with this dp, so I included them again in this group photo.

Here's what I had left at the end of my "use it up!" campaign.  For reference, the white paper is 12" square.  I was OK with tossing ALL of these little bits.  :)

Thanks for stopping by!
Blessings,
Sarah

Beautiful Day

I made a card for The Shabby Tea Room's Color Me Pretty Challenge.  We were supposed to use pink, blue, white/cream, flowers, and a fabric element such as ribbon.  I also combined this challenge with the Oldie But Goodie Challenge which is Anything Goes.

Here's the pretty inspiration photo from TSTR.  What a lovely setting!

For my card, I went with soft blue and pink with cream, a flower, and a wired blue ribbon as the fabric element.  I'd tossed that bow aside when making a different project, and it was just perfect for today.

To make the scalloped border, I used a MS straight border punch and cut apart the repeats.  I covered the seams with the little pearls. 

Here's a closeup of the bow and flower.

Supplies:
Stamps:  Verve "Beautiful Kindness"
Ink:  Versafine Onyx Black
Papers:  cream, dps from K & Co. Brenda Walton "Small Wonders Girl"
Other:  Recollections flower, organdy wired ribbon from stash, Bow Easy, MS vintage floral border punch, Recollections pearls

Thanks for stopping by!
Blessings,
Sarah