ODBD Miss You

It's been awhile since I've done a card for this challenge, but I'm doing my best to Finish Strong for Operation Write Home. The June ODBD challenge is to make a miss you card. For this one, I used some scraps of striped paper for the stars along with basic black and white. The bling is Triveni and in two different sizes. The sentiment is Hot Off the Press stamped in VersaMark Onyx Black. I CASE'd this card idea from here.

Winter Birthday Card

I made this card yesterday and am squeezing it in right at the deadline! The October ODBD challenge is to make a non-Christmas card with snowflakes. It also fits the Mid-Month Throwdown of making a winter birthday card.

I started with a cool Embossalicious folder that has all of that pretty embossing in one folder. How cool is that?! I gently rubbed a Powder Puff Lemonade ink pad over the snowflakes and punched out a snowflake to let the blue shine through. The sentiment is Gina K with some Triveni bling added. 

Birthday Wishes to you!

The May ODBD challenge is to make a card using embossing. I started with some grey DCWV paper that had a rather rough texture, kind of like sand paper but not quite as harsh. Using the Cuttlebug Diamond Plate embossing folder, I dry embossed it then dragged my Powder Puff Coconut ink across it to make the emobssing stand out better. The sentiment is from Stamps of Life and stamped with SU Pacific Point on a Cuttlebug die cut and the ribbon is from my stash. Those brads are Recollections and started out silver, but I wanted them to stand out more so I colored them with a black Sharpie.

An Insect For You

Over at the Operation Write Home blog, the April ODBD challenge is INSECTS. Bugs? Yuck! But then I remembered this cute pin I made and decided to join in. All of the design papers are from a SU 12x12 pad. I used a Fiskars sentiment stamped in VersaFine Onyx Black. Those brads are American Crafts and the googlie eyes are from my stash.

Circles of Thanks

Lots of circles for you today on a thank you card which fit perfectly with the March ODBD challenge over at OWH and The Paper Players challenge as well. I started with this idea. A Cuttlebug folder makes the background and Spellbinders dies with Simple Stories papers make the circles. Finishing it off, a Paper Smooches sentiment edged in black.

Somebunny needs a hug

Oh my, this card was fun to make. I've never been a fan of paper piecing, but this one was fun. I have several of these My Favorite Things Flopsey sets and this one is perfect for a few challenges this week. 

The patterned papers are all Stampin' Up. Both stamps are from My Favorite Things and stamped with VersaFine Onyx Black. I added some baker's twine to repeat the stripes. The other papers are black and white card stock. Oh, and kraft paper for the bunny.

This card fits the January ODBD Challenge: Stripes over at Operation Write Home (three different colors of striped paper). It also works for A Blog Named Hero Challenge #35 to use One & Four (I used four patterned papers and a one word sentiment). Last, but not least, it works the the CAS-ual Fridays CFC125: In A Word (hugs).

Masculine Hey There

The inspiration for this card came from Pinterest. It also came from the desire to make some masculine cards and use up some of the s.e.i. papers I've had for awhile. The brown, silver and orange are card stock. I stamped the Hero Arts image in SU Pumpkin Pie and cut the circle with Nesties. The Paper Smooches sentiment is stamped in VersaFine Onyx Black. Both the image and sentiment are popped up.

This card fits perfectly with Cards in Envy Manly Challenge and OWH ODBD Wheels challenge.

August Our Daily Bread Designs Challenge

This is my take on the August ODBD challenge. This month the challenge is to use brown, green and pink. I used Fresh Ink Chocolate, Memento Cottage Ivy and Distress Ink Spun Sugar inks. The brown and pink card stock is from my stash. The white is more of an ivory and is Darice pearl white. The Recollections bling is brown but picks up the colors of the card when you movie it. For the circles, I used SU Circle Circus and the sentiment is DeNami. I really like these colors together.

 

Enjoy your weekend!

 

 

Heartfelt Thanks

My card today covers two challenges: April's ODBD OWH challenge which is "Things that Fly" and Cards in Envy challenge "Things with Wings."

The clouds were done with two separate Fiskars punches and the circle is a SU punch. The sentiment is Inkadinkado and the image is DeNami. It's colored with watercolor pencils.

First, I punched out the clouds and attached them to the blue. Then I stamped the sentiment and ran the blue through my Cuttlebug. Punching out the circle came next and then I stamped the image directly onto the card base. Coloring it was fun and easy. Using some dimensional adhesive, the blue was then adhered to the card base.

 

Thanks for stopping by!

 

Cherie

Thank You

Here is my first card for the Any Hero card making party I hope to have this year at our local veterans' home. I made six of them. Why six, you may be asking. It's because I had six of those blue buttons! My mom was cleaning out her sewing/crafting/office and gave me tons of buttons. Some of them are still on their cardboard so it will be easy to know how many to make of certain cards lol.

 

This card has my mom all over it. She gave me the button, the paper and was with me when I used my Michaels gift card to buy the Inkadinkado thank you stamp set. The patterned paper is Yankee Doodle by Moxxie and the dark blue is from DeNami embossed with the Cuttlebug Stars folder. I used Recollections embossing powder on the sentiment.

 

 

This card also fits in with the ODBD challenge for the month of January. Happy Monday!

 

Cherie

Hello

The ODBD challenge for June is to make a shaped card. Of course all cards have a shape, but they mean other than a rectangle, but can still fit in an A2 envelope. This isn't the one I made for that challenge, but it was inspired by a post by Yolanda on the OWH Facebook page. I love how this opens. All of the shapes were done with Nesties. The embossing is Divine Swirls and sentiment is DeNami. To make sure the holes would line up properly, I simply lined up the shape that already had a hole on top of one that didn't. That's a brad holding the two sides together so it opens easily. This card is also one I made into a kit for an OWH card making party next weekend.

Do you enjoy making shaped cards?

Cherie

June ODBD challenge

Our Daily Bread Designs have challenged us to make a shaped card this month. To see the specifics, click here. I've seen several different shaped cards made using Nestabilities and I ended up using one of those, too.

I used a scalloped square for my shape and added a second smaller one for the background color. The buttons are made from a Martha Stewart button punch and instead of twine or thread, I used black Pearl Pen for the holes. The sentiment is Studio G and embossed in white.

"Smile...it's the second best thing you can do with your lips." -Unknown

Cherie

March ODBD, MWT, Sketch 112

It's rare that I have a card that meets more than one challenge. But today I have one that meets three of them!

The March ODBD challenge is a tic-tac-toe challenge. I chose to use a digi stamp, layers and embossing. You can find the digi here on Paula's blog. It's one of my favorites for OWH cards. It's colored with Copics and I used a stencil for the heart. The heart has Glossy Accents to make it shiny. The red is embossed with Sizzix Hearts folder. The background is stamped with a Provo Craft stamp I inherited from a dear friend.

Here is where you can find sketch 112 and here is the current MWT which is making a miss you card.

Don't forget March is craft month. It's also been proven that it helps you relax, de-stress and improves relationships. I knew there was a reason I love doing it.

Now go get crafting!

Cherie

Sketch 107, more Mother's Day and ODBD

The new sketch at OWH today is pretty basic and easy to use for a CAS card. It also works nicely for some more Mother's Day cards. Not only that, but it fits the new ODBD challenge. I saw it and immediately knew it needed to be done with some double-sided papers.

The card back is silver and if you look closely you'll notice the black paper has a pattern on it. I added some cute Studio G polka dot ribbon I got from my secret Santa and popped the Fiskars sentiment. I have just enough of the paper left to do two more of these. But they'll have to wait since I'm off to watch the Super Bowl!

Here's the sketch I used:

Enjoy the rest of your weekend!
Cherie

January ODBD Challenge

It's time for another monthy Stars & Stamps blog challenge sponsored by ODBD. The challenge is to use three different patterned papers on a card. At first I thought, no way! But I went through my many piles of paper and discovered three that went well together.

It continues to amaze me how many different papers I have. The brown background paper is from a yard sale at my LSS yesterday, the layering paper is Basic Grey, and the flower pot/swirl paper is Creative Imagination. I added Glossy Accents to the flower on the pot, three layers of ribbon and some Pearl Pen to help make it a little snazzier.

Happy January!
Cherie