Card Patterns Sketch 171

I was having so much fun with my color palate this week that I decided to use it to make this week's take on the current Card Pattern's sketch.

This is the sketch this week:

And this is my take on it:)

Now, you may notice that I didn't do a very good job in editing my fotos...again...but I'm still not able to use my photoshop:(

I have to find some time to call Dell support again so they can "fix" the stuff that wasn't broken until after they "fixed" what was originally broken, lol.

Supplies:

Patterned Paper:  Teresa Collins
Cardstock:  Bazzill Basics
Stamps:  My Favorite Things
Glitter:  Stickles
Diecut:  Spellbinders

A Little Color Inspiration with Card Patterns on top:)

So, I'm really lovin' this new venture of mine, working with color inspiration...and this week is no different.  I've been craving rainbow sherbert this week, so I thought I'd surf the web for some pics of sherbert (less calories this way, right?)

Here is what I found:

Isn't this just YUMMY lookin'?  This is just the PERFECT color inspiration for me this week...and a PERFECT way for me to continue my quest to experiment with my oh so yummy distress markers!

This is where I started here, at my very dear friend Teresa Jaye's blog.  She was using a technique she learned from a tutorial by Jennifer McGuire here and I just HAD to try it myself.

The challenge was to find a stamp in my stash that would work for this type of technique...and voila, I found a "screen" stamp by Unity Stamps.  After stamping on white paper using a distress embossing ink pad and white distress powder, I started by choosing a few of my favorite distress markers and just randomly colored in each square.  Once this was completed, I misted my paper with a bit of water mixed with perfect pearls in copper.  I just love the way it turned out.  (Now, I should have taken a foto BEFORE I made my card) but alas, I did not do this, so my sample is what I have left after finishing my card.

Next, I dropped in on one of my favorite sketch blogs, Card Patterns, and used this sketch for additional inspiration.

So let's review:

• I started with my color inspiration - Rainbow Sherbert
• Added a new distress marker technique by Jennifer McGuire which I found at Teresa Jaye's blog
• I visited Card Patterns for a sketch
• ...and created the masterpiece below!

I have to say, this is one of my favorites of my recent cards.  I just have to tell you how much I LOVE all the inspiration I find on the web these days!  Here are a few more fotos of this gorgeous card:

When it came to the inside of this card, I wanted the water color effect to fade into the background, leaving more room to write a personal message.  To do this, I just colored my stamp and then stamped off my project before stamping back onto it without re-inking the stamp.

Supplies:

Patterned Paper: Making Memories - Simply Fabulous (2005); DCWV Posies Glitter Print...(not sure of year)

Cardstock: Bazzill Basics

Watercolor paper

Stamps: Studio 490 "It's more flower art"; MFT Friendship set

Distress Markers: (with flower stamp)spiced marmalade, shabby shutters, worn lipstick, dried marigold, (for "screen project) in addition to those already listed, milled lavender, faded jeans, mustard seed, fired brick, peeled paint.

Distress Ink: spiced marmalade

From my stash: ribbon, rhinestones

Card Patterns Sketch 167

Happy Memorial Day to all my crafty blogger friends! 

Please remember all the men and women that have and are defending our country today:)

I'm sitting here in my crafting room today, full of inspiration with the help of Card Patterns, of course.

I was inspired by sketch 167 to make a card using some of my "old" stash of papers and some of my "new" My Favorite Things and Technique Tuesday stamps.

First let me share this week's Card Pattern's sketch:

Isn't this a great sketch?

Here is my take on it:

I just LOVE these stamps and the paper I found in my stash is just PERFECT for a Father's Day card:)

enJOY:)

Card Patterns Sketch 160...and another class at EA?

Happy Easter to all of my blogging buddies!

I had a pretty quiet morning and found some time to work on some great cards.  For inspiration, I used the current Card Patterns sketch:)  While this sketch is AWESOME, I found it a bit of a challenge to transform it to a masculine card (which was my other goal today).  In preparation of hopefully teaching another class at Ever After Scrapbooks at the end of May/beginning of June, I wanted to concentrate on masculine cards so we could celebrate the men in our lives.

While I did make 4 cards, I'll give you a sneak peek, using the one I made based on the Card Patterns challenge this week.

Here is the challenge sketch:

And here is my masculine "take" on it:)

For this (and the others that I'll show you later) I used the Graphic 45 Kraft Reflections line.  What I really like about this line is that most of the papers can be used for either feminine OR masculine cards.  I also love the neutral tones that give you the opportunity to add any splash of color you want.

I've had fun playing along with the Card Patterns blog this week and am really happy with my project:)

Supplies:

Patterned Paper:  Graphic 45 Kraft Reflections
Cardstock:  Bazzill Basics
Rhinestones:  Queen & Company Nightfall
Stamp:  From my stash (can't remember brand, sorry)

enJOY:)

A few more cards & Sketches:)

Well, I'm telling you fellow paper crafters...I'm REALLY proud of myself for keeping with the theme this year of usin' my stash!  I've made yet another two cards using the same pp I started with a few weeks ago...gotta use every last scrap, right?

I've joined in on two challenges this week...and made two DIFFERENT cards with the same paper:)  Together, they would make a great gift for someone, now ya know EVERYONE just LOVES homemade cards, right?  How about giving them to friends and family as gifts so THEY can give them out?  Great idea, huh?

Here are the two cards I just made this morning (with the help of two awesome sketches for inspiration):

Now for the sketch challenges:

This one is a very inspirational sketch I found at the Frosted Designs Blog.  I really had fun with this sketch...and my stash:)

Here's my take on the individual card:

and the inside...

And here is the sketch from one of my favorite inspirational sites, the Card Patterns Blog:

And here is my "take on it:)

and the inside:

As always, have a joyous day!

Using my stash...and lovin' it!

I'm off on one of my coveted "banker's holidays" today.  We are having one of those rare "un-sunny" days here in Sunny Southern California, so what a GREAT day to use some of my scrappin' stash to make a few cards.  As usual, the Card Pattern's blog has another amazing sketch this week.

Better yet, this is the kind of sketch that is a frugal scrapper's DREAM!  What a GR8 way to use my stash of all those paper strips I kept thinking I "should just toss in my frugal trash bin"...but just couldn't do it, lol.

I used some of my stash from Kaiser Kraft's Madame Boutique line along with a piece from G45's On the Boardwalk collection.

Adding a few pieces of cardstock (some of which came from my scrap bin) made for some really great cards.  I often choose papers (when I do buy paper) that can be used for feminine AND masculine cards which is what I was able to do here.

First let's take a look at Card Pattern's Sketch 148:

Isn't this sketch just calling out to be used with your scraps?  I just LOVE it!

Since I wanted to make two cards to show that with the same paper, I could make a feminine AND a masculine card, I did just that.  I embellished with some flowers I've had FOREVER, and some of my favorite T!m embellishments, some sproket gears that I've been "hoarding".

I changed my cards to 5 x 5 since I really love this size and LOVE to make my own envelopes out of a sheet of regular letter size copy paper.

As I do on most of my cards, below is the finished inside of the card:

Thanks, Card Patterns, for another GREAT sketch!

Happy Belated Birthday, T!m:)

Being out of the creative "loop" these past few months, I've been re-visiting some of the blogs I just LOVE.  One of them is Studio L3.  Low and behold, I find it's T!m Holtz's birthday yesterday.  So I decide to join in on this week's challenge and make a birthday card for T!m.

Now using my true frugal nature, I am still using ONLY my stash...luckily I have PLENTY of T!m's products I can use to make a card for him.  Better yet, it is actually my oldest son's birthday tomorrow, so while I'm making a card "for T!m", inspired by T!m's products, I will again in true frugal style, give it to my son for his birthday tomorrow.

So I get out some of my favorite T!m products and tools...my T!m Tonic scissors, my T!m sanding tool, some idea-ology time pieces and spinners, some T!m timepiece stamps, some paint dabbers, and I'm ready to go.

For further inspiration, I visit the Card Patterns Blog and find that this week's sketch is PERFECT for my card.  Although I did follow it "loosely", I was still inspired by the sketch:)

Here is the sketch:

and here is my take on it:

I used some paper I love but have to admit have never used (from my "hoarding" days)...it's Graphic 45 from the On the Boardwalk 8 x 8 paper pack.  As stated above, I used plenty of T!m stuff::

• Barn Door Distress Ink
• Pumice Stone Distress Ink
• Ranger Black Archival Ink
• Idea-ology time pieces
• Idea-ology spinners
• 2 different T!m clock stamps
• Chili Pepper paint dabber
• Snow Cap paint dabber

Hop on over to Studio L3 and check out this week's challenge.  There are lots of amazing projects to see!

enJOY:)

Let's Start 2012 off right...with Card Patterns!

WOW, fellow frugal crafters, it's been a REALLY LONG siesta for this frugal crafter!  Did you ever LOVE a hobby SO MUCH that you lived it, breathed it, and slept it?  And if ANYTHING got in your way...be it work, family or friends, you just got cranky?...well I think that's what happened to me...until July 19th, that is:)

You know, some people get hooked on Facebook, Twitter, etc, but I got way out of whack hooked on my crafting!  So there was no other way to fix this than to do it cold turkey...no goodbyes or anything...just "rip that bandaid off" as I always say.

I've always been one of those people that JUMP with both feet in the air and concentrate on one thing so much that I forget everything else around me!  I have long been the "queen" of tuning things out and getting lost in my own little world...then something happened last summer that made me re-think how I spend my spare time...I won't go into details, and it's all good in the end, but I decided to spend the last 6 months making NEW memories instead of crafting about the old.  It was time well spent, and I am finally ready to get back to the hobby I love best...in moderation:)

When asking what my grandkids would like for Christmas, my daughter says..."Well, Mom...I think they'd love a scrapbook"...and that got me thinking that I need to find a "happy medium" between making memories and preserving them...

So I visited my blog a few days ago and thought, why not start where I ended back on July 19th?...with a sketch from Card Patterns!  I have a few January birthdays coming up, and LOVE to make cards, so here we go...and I had a GREAT time easing back into my mojo mode...enJOY!

 In true frugal fashion, I used nothing but my stash.  One of the things I love to do most is take various manufacturers paper and patterns and put them together in one project.  Card Patterns had a great sketch this week, see here for sketch.

Another thing I love to do is carry my card design to the inside of my card.  This one is kind of simple and that's the way I like it...more room for my personal sentiment:)

Happy New Year everyone!  I hope you are looking forward to a year filled with love, happiness, creativity, and good health:)

Card Patterns Sketch 124

I've been playing along with the Card Pattern sketches over the last month or so and have really enjoyed having the inspiration!  It even inspired me to create a few sketches of my own (see recent posts below).

I've also had lots of fun with cards of different shapes, like the card sketch this week.

Here's the sketch:

And here's my "take" on it:

Now, you know me, I just had to twist and turn it a bit...then alter the sketch a bit before I got my final design in place, lol...hopefully, it still resembles the intended sketch...as "loosely" as it is:)

I played with a Tim Holtz stamp, a Studio 490 stamp, a few buttons, some of my Bo-bunny 6 x 6 paper pack to complete this awesome card.

enJOY!

Card Patterns Blog Entry

I haven't had time to play along with the sketches on the Card Patterns blog recently, so I'm really glad I had time to work on this sketch over the weekend.  I love the way my card turned out!

I used some Teresa Collins pp that I had in my stash.  I really LOVE the way this card turned out.  A bonus was getting a chance to "play" with my nestabilities!

enJOY:)