Category: cardmaking

Furry Cat CASE

I absolutely fell in love with the Simon Says “Furry Cat and Box” stamp set when I saw it used on a card by Laura Bassen. I’d already used the set on a different “Happy Birthday” card but wanted to give Laura’s card a try, so I CASE-ed it, twice!

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Laura used a solid cardstock with Copic-colored cats. As I’m in the process of using up some of my patterned paper, (I have a lot!), I paper pieced the cats from patterned paper and used a patterned paper background. Laura’s card was cleverly created, something I grew to appreciate as I made mine.

 

Pinspired Challenge #8

Welcome! It’s time for another Pinspired Challenge. The photo is for you to interpret anyway you want. Be inspired by the colors, the style, the theme – it’s up to you!

This challenge is sponsored by Timeless Twine who are offering the winner a $10 gift certificate to their online store.

For my card, I drew from the texture of the cake, the colors of green/tan/white, and the themes of spring and love. It’s rare for me to make a card without a lot of stamping, however, I did stamp the hearts using the woodgrain circle in the “My Happy” stamp set before die-cutting them.

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Now, it’s your turn. Head on over to the Pinspired Challenges blog to see the creations from the rest of the “Pin Heads” and find out the details for playing along. Three runner ups will be chosen and win a “Pin Pal” badge for their blog. A winner, who will also be chosen by the “Pin Heads,” will win a “Pin Perfect” badge for their blog along with the prize from Timeless Twine. We can’t wait to see your creations!

For Someone Special

I picked up another Basic Grey Paper Cottage stamp set from Ellen Hutson’s this past week during their “Spring Cleaning” event- I already have several sets from the collection. I’ve got a lot of possibilities swirling around my head! For this card, I wanted to pair pink and green, a color combination that shouts spring to me.

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After stamping the background stamp, I realized that the green could easily over power the other elements, so cut the background down and paired it with dry-embossed cardstock.

Hope your week is off to a terrific start!

Cute Stuff

For the past several days, I’ve been in the process of decluttering my scrapbooking supplies as part of Simple Scrapper’s “Stash Bash”. I bought the 12″ x 12″ Basic Grey “PB&J” collection, including papers, stickers and dimensional embellishments, to scrap a page last summer. I knew I still wanted to use the supplies, so I decided to use one of the patterned papers on a card. It’s been awhile since I’ve used scrap paper (rather than 6″ x 6″ papers) on a card, although that’s what I did all the time when I first started cardmaking because I didn’t know about 6″ x 6″ pads!

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Initially I thought I’d use the backside of this print for the left-hand side, but I just wasn’t getting it to work. I “neutralized” the card with some dry embossed kraft cardstock.