Tri Fold Shutter Card

I made this Tri Fold Shutter birthday card for an upcoming card swap at Inky Fun Stampers, one of the Yahoo Groups I belong to.  I like the very colourful papers I used and had fun mixing and matching them.  

Once I got the basic card made I added several sentiments, flowers and leaves and a few brads.  Now that I have the card made I need to figure out how to mail it.  I will have to make something to protect the front flowers. 

Thank you for stopping by.  Remember my favourite quote is by Maya Angelou. “You can’t use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have.” Do something creative for yourself today.  

Judy

I would like to enter this card in the following challenges:

Tuesday Throwdown - Birthday Party
Party Time Tuesdays PTT #131 Anything Goes
Through The Craft Room Door - Always Anything Goes 

Make it Monday - always Anything Goes

Enjoy a Cup of Christmas Joy

 

It is a tag challenge at Holly Jolly Christmas Challenges this week.  Use a tag on your card or make a Christmas theme tag.  Bugaboo Digi Stamps is the sponsor this week and one lucky person  will win a great prize.  Hope you will join in.

For my card I used a Bugaboo image called, JJ Ornament 'Tis the Season.  I used the directions on Splitcoaststampers for the double diagonal pocket card and two sentiment digis, one from Arty Pants and the other from Crafty Cats Designs. 

Both tags after I embossed the snowflakes I rubbed on gold rub on paste to highlight them. To one tag I added the fabric snowflakes that I coloured with gold ink and glittered. The second tag I added a little metal angel to give the tag some interest. 

Need inspiration, check out the other design teams creations at Holly Jolly this week.  Thank you for stopping by and do something creative for yourself today.
 

Judy

I would like to enter this card in the following challenges:

Clearly iStamp Challenge – Christmas in July

Polka Doodle Challenge – Christmas in July

Hiding in my Craft Room Challenge – Christmas in July

Totally Gorjuss Challenge – Christmas in July

Card Crafters Circle Challenge – Christmas in July

Clearly iStamp Challenge – Christmas in July

Fairytale Challenge – Christmas in July

Polka Doodle Challenge – Christmas in July

Humourous Birthday Challenge

Humorous birthday is the challenge this week at Come and Get It Challenges and Bugaboo Digital Stamps is the sponsor of this challenge. They are a great source of humorous digital and rubber stamps.  

Bugaboo has a great prize for one luck winner this week. 

I have used one of Bugaboo's images called Frame It -Stella - one more candle. I love the sense of humour of this image.  Hope you will join in this week for this great humorous birthday card challenge at Come and Get It.  

Judy

I would like to enter this card in the following challenges:

Divas By Design Challenge – Anything Goes

Inky Impressions Challenge – Birthdays

Ruby’s Rainbow Challenge – Layer It Up

Bloggers Challenge – They Say It’s Your Birthday

Sister Act Card Challenge – Anything Goes

Frosty the Snowman

Nothing says Christmas to me as a snowman Christmas card and that is the theme at Holly Jolly Christmas Challenges this week. .  This jolly snowman is a digital image from I Brake for Stamps.  I love his smile, so sweet.

The swirl background of this card is a sheer napkin fabric in sliver, I thought it gave the card some interest and sparkle.   I next added a layer pattern paper and a snowflake garlands, then to complete the card I added some white pom poms, pearls and ribbon.  I think he looks very festive.  

Thank you for stopping to take a look and please join us this week for the snowman challenge at Holly Jolly.

Judy  

I would like to enter this card in the following challenges:

Robyn’s Fetish Challenge – Christmas in July
Sweet Stampin Challenge – Christmas in July
Paper Crafting Journey Challenge – Christmas in July
Shelly’s Image Monthly Challenge – Christmas in July

Route 66

My Sherri Crafts challenge this week has the theme of  "Lets Take a Trip" .  Great summer time theme. When I saw the them of the challenge I thought of the Kenny K. digital image I had in my collection.  Thought it would make a good image for this challenge.  

I had this pack of travel papers in my stash that were perfect for this card. The Route 66 sign is a free digital from Vintage Printables. I coloured my image with my Copic Markers and added a few sentiments to complete my card. 

Thank you for stopping by.  Have a creative day.  

Judy

I would like to enter this card in the following challenges:

Sugar Creek Hollow  - Wheels
Great Impressions - Anything Goes
Allsorts -Transport
Wags 'n Whiskers - Summer Fun

Collage Challenge - About Time

My turn to pick the challenge this week and on of my favourite type of cards  is collage thus this week is a collage challenge at Come and Get It Challenges.  The idea of the challenge is to create a card that uses three or more images or stamps. 

I got carried away and used 13 rubber stamps and two stencils to create my card. I first stenciled the background with acrylic paint then added my time related rubber stamps and two Tim Holtz rubber stamps .  Once I completed my layout I added Diamond Glaze to a couple of the images and used a white gell pen to outline the word time.  

Thank you for stopping by today and I hope you will join us this week for the collage challenge at Come and Get It Challenges.  

Judy 

I would like to enter my card in the following challenges:

One Stop Craft -Make your own Background 
Colour Me Creative Challenge - Anything Goes 
4 Crafty Chicks - Let's Here it for the Boys
Sister Act Card Challenge - Anything Goes 
Brown Sugar – Anything goes
Sugar Bowl - Anything Goes

Distressed Stains

I made this Steampunk card for a card swap  at Technique Junkies and I just mailed it off to my partner.  This was a fun technique (June/July issue) where you add three colours of Distress Stains to an embossing folder and then add wet paper and emboss.  I love how the stains react to the water and the card stock.  It is such as soft looking background.  

The rubber stamp is by Stampendous and the wheel clogs at by Tim Holtz. 

Thank you for stopping by to take a look.

Judy

I would like to enter this card in the following challenges:

4 Crafty Chicks -  Let's Here it for the Boys 
Squigglefly -  Embossing
Lady Anne's Stamp Challenge -  - Anything goes
 Incy Wincy Designs - Things with Wings
Rhedd & Rosie's Challenge Blog -  Anything goes

Home for the Holidays

My turn at Holly Jolly Christmas Challenges this week to chose the theme of this challenge and I thought it would fun to do a Christmas card with an outdoor theme. 

The stamp I used for this challenge is an old stamp from my collection by Stamps Happen, Inc. called "There's no place like home for the holidays".    I added colour to my image with my Copic Markers, glitter pen and white gell pen.  For the snow effect I used Flower Soft then added some red pearls to finish off the card.  

Thank you for stopping by today.  Hope you will join us at Holly Jolly this week.  Stop by our blog and see all of the beautiful cards by created by the design team to inspire you.

Judy

 

Merry Monday Monthly Challenge – Anything Goes Christmas

My Craft Spot Challenge - #104 Christmas in July

Always Something Creative Challenge - #57 Christmas in July

Sketch Time at Come and Get it

This weeks challenge at Come and Get It Challenges is a sketch chosen by Julie one of the design team members.  Here is the sketch I made my card from:

For my card I used an Alcohol Ink background and added some die cut flowers and an paper punch ribbon.  I next added a sentiment by A Muse Artstamps  and some pale yellow pearls and my card was complete. 

Thank you for stopping to take a look and I hope you will join us at Come and Get.  

Judy

Creative Corner - Anything Goes 
Sister Act Card Challenge - Anything Goes

Inspire Me Fridays– Anything Goes!

Double Pocket Card with Tags

Front

Back

Front with Tag

Back with Tag

I made this Double Pocket Card for an upcoming swap that I have joined.   From my stash I used a very colourful paper for the out side of my card.  I found this video for this card on Pinterest, you can find the directions for the card here. I had fun decorating the card with several die cuts, punches and rubber stamps from my stash along with lots of bling.  Hope my card swap partner enjoys the card.

Thank you for stopping to take a look.  Hope you have a creative day.  

Judy

I would like to ent3er this card in the following challenges:

Colour Me Creative Challenge -Anything Goes
Totally Papercrafts - All of a Flutter (Things with Wings)
Word Play Saturday - Birthdays

Creative Corner - Anything Goes 
Sister Act Card Challenge - Anything Goes

Crafty Ribbons - Anything goes with ribbon
Lili's Little Fairies - Happy Birthday 
Inspire Me Fridays– Anything Goes!

Card with Mix Media Background

I made this simple card for a upcoming card swap I joined that required that we use a paper clip on the card.  I used some of the background paper that I created with my gelli plate in greens, yellow and blue.  The Tim Holtz stamp was also stamped papers that I had made playing with some mix media products. 

I coloured my ribbon some inks so that it marched the card and found some buttons in my stash to complete the card.  

Thanks for stopping by.  

Judy

I would like to enter this card in the following challenges:

Creative Corner - Anything Goes
Inspire Me Fridays– Anything Goes!

Sister Act Card Challenge - Anything Goes
Charisma Cardz - No designer paper

Sugar Bowl -  Anything Goes

 

Tic Tac Toe at Holly Jolly Christmas Challenges

I hope this week you will join for for a simple Tic Tack Toe at Holly Jolly Christmas Challenge.  Here is my card (brads, die cuts and glitter)

Here is the Tic Tac Toe board. 

Fred, She Said Designs is our sponsor this week and Fred has a wonderful prize for one lucky winner. 

I used a digital image from Fred, She Said called Emma the Caroler. Along with the image I used the following products: Copics, die cuts,  fabric snowflakes, brads, glitter, ribbon and flower soft.

All of us ( the Design Team) had different takes on this one, and I am sure you all will, too!  Hop over to the Holly Jolly Christmas Challenge Blog and see the beautiful creations of the rest of the design team.  

Judy

Colour: Certainly Celery, Baja Breeze and So Saffron.

This week at  Come and Get It Challenges it is a colour challenge and the colours are Certainly Celery, Baja Breeze and So Saffron.   Don't the colours sound so interesting. 

We have a sponsor this week, Fred, She Said Designs and they are offering a great prize for one luck winner.

For my card I used an image from Fred, She Said Designs called,  Emma and the Cake.  I embossed and layered papers in the challenge's colours and then added a sentiment. I think she makes such a great image for a little girl's birthday card.  


Come and join in this week's challenge.  Just create your card and enter it here.  Thank you  for stopping by and have a very creative day.

Judy

I would like to enter this card in the following challenges:

Craft Room Challenge – Yellow and Blue make Green

Inspire Me Fridays– Anything Goes!
Sister Act Card Challenge - Anything Goes 

Sugar Bowl - Anything Goes

Happy Birthday Little Girl

I made this card for an upcoming little girl's birthday.  I just love this cute little Japanese little girl from Fred, She Said designs.  She has such a lovely face.  Her name is  Emma, Smelling the Cherry Blossoms.    

I paper pieced her dress and added lots of layers of paper to create my card. I think this mage is just perfect for a litle girl's birthday and I hope she enjoys the card.  Thanks for looking.  

Judy 

I would like to enter this card in the following challenges:

Scrappers' Delights - diecuts/punches
Inspire Me Fridays– Anything Goes!
Sister Act Card Challenge - Anything Goes 

Sugar Bowl - Anything Goes

Have a Fantastic Day

I made this card for a friend this week using several different techniques. My Fred, She Said Design image of the old truck was printed on dictionary paper and coloured with Copic Markers, then I added Diamond Glaze to the head lights and windows to represent glass. 

The background paper was layered with nylon mess drywall tape from my husbands shop. The tabs are a Stampin Up punch and the sentiment stamp is by  A Muse Artstamps.

Hope you enjoy by card and I hope you have a fantastic day. 

Judy

I would like to enter this card in the following challenges: 

Love to Scrap - Anything Goes
Make it Monday - Aalways Anything Goes
Crafts and Me - Anything Goes 

LEJ Designs Recycle, Upcycle or use Household items (drywall tape)
ABC Challenges - Anything Goes
Artistic Inspirations - Anything Goes

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Christmas Elf

This week at Holly Jolly Christmas Challenges Meighan chose the challenge, make something with something new from your stash of crafting goodies.   It could be a ribbon, image, embellishment etc.

I had purchased a while ago this digital image from McMahon Five digital images and thought it would be fun to create a Christmas card with it.  I coloured the image with my Copic markers, added  the this Christmas tag from a scrapbook left over , ribbon, diamond glaze to give the ornament some dimension and a pom pom to the end of his Christmas toque.

Thank you for stopping by to take a look.  Drop by the Holly Jolly Christmas Challenge site and see the great creations of the rest of the design team have made to inspire you. 

Judy

I would like to enter this card in the following challenges:

Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas - All wrapped up
ABC Challenges - Anything Goes
Artistic Inspirations - Anything Goes
 The Squirrel and the Fox Challenge – Christmas in July
 Through The Craft Room Door - Always Anything Goes
 ABC Challenges -  Anything Goes
 Merry Monday - Anything Christmas Goes