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.

OWH VCMP, Day 1

It's time for another Virtual Card Making Party at Operation Write Home! Every few hours a new challenge will be posted so we can all play along. It's so much fun to see everyone's take on so many different challenges.

Challenge 1: Nancy has a sketch for us to use while making a winter/Christmas card. I chose to use some of the 2012 Bazzill Christmas paper I have left over and a piece of green cardstock from my stash. The Stampin' Up! sentiment is stamped with Brilliance Rocket Red, then the whole thing was embossed with the Cuttlebug Snowflakes folder. The green is mounted on some Darice red pearl. I thought it needed a bit more so I added some Studio 18 rhinestones.

 

Challenge 2: Diane has an interesting challenge...make a card using things that use O, W, and H. This one made me think but then I remembered some cards I've seen on Pinterest that would work perfectly. I found a piece of brown scrap paper and used an oval Nestability then embossed it with a Darice folder. The owl is punched from a Stampin' Up! punch as are both parts of the sentiment. I used more scraps for the black "hole" and the blue on the owl and sentiment. Since I love googly eyes, I chose to use them on this card. The sentiment is stamped in Fresh Ink Chocolate and popped with dimensional adhesive. O: owl and oval. W: wood grain background. H: happy birthday.

 

 

Challenge 3: This one is from Seongsook and it's to do a triple stamping card. These are fun and I enjoy using the different stamps and inks to pull it all together. I used Stampin' Up! Whisper White and stamps. The inks are Memento Cottage Ivy, Brilliance Pearlescent Crimson and Encore Metallic Silver. I had all the card stock in my stash. The sentiment is popped on dimensional adhesive.

 

 

Challenge 4: Annette is challenging us to make a love card using OWH sketch 29. The heart paper is Hamby Screen Prints while the rest is all basic card stock. The sentiment is by Little Yellow Bicycle and the brads are American Crafts. I popped the sentiment square for more texture.

 

Challenge 5: This was a fun new technique that I've been wanting try featuring masking tape. I used Tombow markers 636 and 725 then spritzed it with water before stamping on SU Whisper White. That piece is mounted on DeNami grey then on some purple from my stash. The sentiment is Paper Smooches. I had the brads in my embellishment stash. The sentiment is popped with dimensional adhesive.

 

Whew! What a fun day filled with card making and I got all five challenges finished. I hope you've been enjoying the VCMP today.

 

 

 

Go Red for Women's Heart Health!

Today is Go Red for Women's Heart Health Day. You were supposed to wear something red...I chose a sweater but it could be a pin or scarf or anything. Over on OWH's Facebook page, we were challenged to make a card with red to spread awareness. Here's what I came up with:

It's a bit blurry because I'm in a bit of a hurry for a date with hubby and friends tonight. I'll try again tomorrow. I used Nestabilities for the heart and oval. I don't know if you can tell, but this is a shaker card. I forgot how much fun they are to make! The stamp is from Little Yellow Bicycle and everything else was in my stash.

UPDATE: A clearer picture.

Have a great night!
Cherie

OWH Sketch Challenge #102

I managed to squeeze in the sketch challenge for this week before the next one comes out tomorrow. Here's the sketch:

And here's my take on it:

Eeyore is a sticker from Sandylion. The papers are from my stash. The circles were all cut out with Nestabilities.

Happy Saturday!
Cherie

Yikes!

I found these cute conversation balloon cards at Joanns today. Eight for $1, so I bought two sets! They already had the "Yikes!" on them and I thought it would be perfect with an "I miss you" sentiment. Of course, I couldn't find any of that sentiment in my stamps, even though I KNOW I have a couple somewhere. So I improvised and used one of the alphabet sets I have. 

I did four different colors of embossing powder: silver, red, purple and turquoise. Purple and silver are shown here. Then I added some cute Halloween embellishments I had. I also used some plain bling (if there is such a thing lol) on a few of the cards so they don't have to be used for Halloween. Fourteen of these will be going to OWH.

Enjoy your Labor Day tomorrow!

Cherie

Dahlia Fold

Here's my first attempt at doing the dahlia fold for a card. I didn't realize it would turn out to be quite so big, but I like it. I'm not sure I want to attempt doing this with smaller circles. My fingers felt clumsy enough as it was! I found the tutorial for it on the OWH Stars and Stamps blog. They have such a wide variety of amazing tutorials over there.

The patterned paper is Glimpses by SignifyPink. The pink background paper is from my stash and I ran it through my Cuttlebug using the Swiss Dots embossing folder. The sentiment is from the SU! set Wonderful Words rounded with a corner rounder. In the middle is a half round acrylic crystal I found at Craft Warehouse in Yakima a few weeks ago. I got a big bag of about 500 for $4. If you tip your head just right, you can see the black cardstock base.

I'm off to try some smaller circles. Wish me luck!

Cherie