Sunday, October 18, 2009

FOUR Challenges!

OK - here we go! Today was a busy day for me, I created cards for 4 different challenges AND finished a card order for a friend (3 bridal shower, 3 wedding, and 4 Christmas cards - will share those later in the week).

The first card is the one I created for the Greeting Farm's "Farm Fresh Sans Frills" challenge. The challenge was to use no frills on your card, to keep it as un-girly and un-frilly as possible. Here is what I came up with, using The Wild Sprouts Hugh image, Stampin' Up! cardstocks and inks in Chocolate Chip, Pumpkin Pie, Old Olive, and Whisper White:


Next, this one is for the Robyn's Fetish Challenge Blog, it was a theme challenge creating a Halloween card using 2 patterned papers and no ribbon. I used the Robyn's Fetish adorable bat image along with Stampin' Up! designer series background papers and black glitter for his wings:

Next, and this one actually turned out to be my favorite, is the card I made for the Crazy 4 Challenges blog sketch challenge, using CC Designs Sugarplums Halloween image Olivia the witch, Stampin' Up! cardstock and brads, Ruby Red glitter for her shoes and a large yellow circle cut from Yoyo Yellow cardstock for the moon. This card is not standard size, it's about 5.5 x 5.5 square. I went and saw the Wizard of Oz play at the Hanover Theater in Worcester, Massachusetts the other night and it was simply breath-taking. It was so much more incredible than the movie. So that was my inspiration for this card - this is the Wicked Witch of the East before Dorothy's house came crashing down on her and her ruby red slippers. :o)

This is the inside of the card:

And last - for the Sugar Bowl Tiets' Sketch Challenge, I used Sugar Nellies Maggie the Christmas Fairy as my image. Supplies are Stampin' Up! Dazzling Diamonds glitter, papers and inks in Taken with Teal, Ruby Red, Whisper White, and Basic Black. Brads in Ruby Red, assorted star eyelets in teal. I thought this sketch was going to be difficult, but it came out prettier than I thought. I did have to make my card be bigger than standard-size on this one, too, though, it's about 5.5 x 5.5:

Hope you enjoy! Stay warm - it's been S*N*O*W*I*N*G all day here in Massachusetts! Ridiculous, if you ask me - but Mother Nature did not ask. She does not care. LOL It was a great excuse to spend the day in my craft room making cards, though, so I really am not complaining! Peace.

Friday, October 16, 2009

I love the Greeting Farm!!!

I simply adore the Greeting Farm images, and every time I think I have a favorite they come out with something new that I like even more! That was the case with this one - first they came out with the Hope and Grace Peace girl, then Hippie Anya - and now 80's Anya. These 3 images are my all-time favorites, because they remind me of ME! LOL Here are 2 of the cards I created yesterday with this adorable little girl:

Don't you just expect her to bust out singing, "What a feeling, bein's believin' (never knew it said that - always thought it was "please believe it" - learn something new every day!)
I can't have it all, now I'm dancin' for my life
Take your passion, and make it happen
Pictures come alive, you can dance right through your life...."
hee hee
Peace!

Wednesday, October 14, 2009

More Christmas cards...

Real quick as I am off to work now - here are some more of the Christmas cards I made the other day:





Peace!

Tuesday, October 13, 2009

2nd post of the day! Tuesday Morning Sketch Challenge

I love doing sketch challenges and this week I am working on my Christmas cards. I decided to combine those two things for the Tuesday Morning Sketches challenge this week. I used this digital snowman image by Raggedy Scrappin, along with Stampin' Up! inks, cardstock, and Designer Series background paper. I used a square punch and cut them in half for the triangles:


Then just because I was having fun with this image and these colors, I made another one without following the sketch, and I added black glitter for his buttons:
My friend Linda came over and stamped with me all morning, which was such a nice change from card-making all alone! We made cards, ate lunch, and chatted for hours. I will post more of my creations tomorrow. Peace.

It's never too early to start thinking about Christmas...

Yup, I'm starting to get orders for Christmas cards - which is funny because I'll make everyone else's and then be scrambling at the last minute to make my own! hee hee Here are just a few of what I've done so far, this first one is my favorite. I used Stamping Bella's Kissie Face and cut out a piece of mistletoe by Stampin' Up! - I thought it was quite a clever way to turn this into a Christmas card:




More later - my friend Linda is coming over to stamp with me today, and I plan to spend the majority of the day making Christmas cards. I love to do challenges because they give me so much inspiration... but today I vow to work more on Christmas cards than challenges! hee hee Peace.

Monday, October 12, 2009

More Halloween Cards

I just love making Halloween cards. Here I used CC Designs digi image from the Sugarplums Halloween set along with Stampin' Up! papers, inks, glitter, brads, and oval punches (same paper, inks, etc. on all of my cards).


For the next two, I used Witchy Girl digital image by Whimsie Doodles, I LOVE this image!!!! For the first card, I stamped Witchy Girl on white paper - I had cut a black circle out for another card, and decided to use the reverse circle on this one, so I layered the black over the white. I used Stampin' Write markers and Stampin' Pastels to color her in, sticking with a black, red, and white theme:
This one uses Pumpkin Pie and Basic Black for the main colors:
Christmas cards to come tomorrow!!! Peace.

Sunday, October 11, 2009

TGF Sketch Challenge and Anya as... me!

The Anyone for Anya blog's challenge last week was "You're Anya" - you basically had to make a card with an Anya that represents you. I combined this with The Greeting Farm's sketch challenge, and here is what I came up with:

I used Hippie Anya - papers and inks by Stampin' Up! Peace charms by Stamping Bella.

And then just cuz I was having fun turning Anyas into zombies.... hee hee.... here is Rockstar Anya all zombied out for Halloween:
Enjoying my long weekend - will be back with more cards later. Peace.