Lighthouse Challenge

It is great spending the day doing what you love- so here is another card, another post.  I look forward to Our Daily Bread Design challenges every Saturday, and today was no exception.  Today's challenge #95 is to CASE another crafter that we admire.  Well, frankly, I admire all of the designers/team members at ODBD.  So, this is a challenge picking out who to CASE!  I am sure I will CASE more than one before the week is over!  Also, over at Stampin Sisters in Christ, the challenge this week is to show who you are/our stamping style.  I have been avoiding the challenge as I couldn't really figure out my style.  Then as I looked through the ODBD designers' blogs and galleries and realized what I was drawn to from the beginning.  I love that a card does not need an image- a scripture verse can say so much more than any beautifully colored image.  Not that I don't like images (LOL!) but I always go back to scripture surrounded by beautiful papers and ribbons.  Sorry for the long windedness-

I chose to CASE Betty Wright.  Cardstock is basic gray and whisper white from SU.  Yellow cs is unknown.  The dp is Echo Park.  Spellbinders are used as well as Sizzix and CB embossing folders.  2 different types of yellow ribbon are used.  The scripture (well, it isn't really scripture, but about faith) is, of course, Our Daily Bread Designs- Full of Grace- Light, and the background image is also ODBD-Keep My Lamp Burning.  The image is stamped in Bordering Blue from SU.  The small compass on the bow is from an old SU set.  Adhesive rhinestones are from Recollections.  Oh, and the sentiment is stamped in basic gray and then embossed in clear ep.
Thanks so much for stopping by and as always your comments and constructive criticism are always appreciated!

An Out of This World Birthday

I tweaked this card from an earlier one I did this week for Operation Write Home.  Once I got the layout down I decided to "amp it up" a bit.  I really liked this stamp set, Little Boys Toys from Sweet N Sassy Stamps, when I spotted it, knowing it would be great for paper piecing.

The card base is SU Night of Navy; the edge is cut with an SU edgelit and embossed with their new embosslit.  The other 3 edges of the card are scored with the Simply Scored from SU.  I improved my clouds from the first card, making them whispy and ethereal, rather than "day time" fluffy.  After all, this is space!  They are lightly inked around the edges.  The moon is Barely Banana and embossed with a CB ef.  The edges are sponged with So Saffron.

The spacecraft is scrap dp and parts of it are layered on pop dots.  This makes such a difference from the original flat, single layer card. 
Thanks for stopping by!  As always, your comments and constructive criticisms are welcome and appreciated.

Back again, this time with the latest challenge from the OWH blog skip.  The challenge is to make a Clean and Simple (or CAS) card.  I took my inspiration from Sheila on the blog skip.   This CAS technique is to cut mulitples of a single die or punch and glue the layers together, creating what I call a faux chipboard piece. 

 In this case, I cut 2 flourishes in white followed by the top layer in Very Vanilla.  For the "flower", or Spellbinder scalloped circle die, I cut 5 in white and the top layer in Very Vanilla.  The edges of the card are scored. The sentiment is stamped in an old SU stamp from All Year Cheer.
I love this technique- it is easy and fun, albeit time-intensive.  Using this technique gives you a great monochromatic card.


Thanks for stopping by!  As usual comments are greatly appreciated!

OWH Midweek Throwdown

Where is the time going??  My son is back at college and into the spring semester, it is February (can you believe it??) and it is already Wednesday- 2 more days 'til the weekend.  Woo Hoo!!  If it is Wednesday it is time for the Midweek Throwdown over at Operation Write Home.  This week's challenge is to use die cuts and/or punches on a card.

Although I really love the shabby chic look, it is definitely not my style.  I decided to give it a try anyway on this challenge.  The card base is Pretty in Pink (SU).  The dp is ??? The beautiful stamp, Elizabeth (SU),  is stamped in Crumb Cake (SU) on Whisper White.  The image is colored with Pretty in Pink and Mellow Moss ink.  It is cut out with an oval Spellbinder and sponged around the distressed edges with Pretty in Pink.  The Flourish die (Cheery Lynn Fancy Flourish from Our Daily Bread Designs) is in Whisper White (SU).  The flowers are punched with a MS punch and Recollections pearls are used as flower centers.  A bit of lace and a small spray of pearls finishes this card off. 
So what do you think?  Does this pass as the "Shabby Chic" style?  Thanks so much for your opinions and suggestions and for stopping by.  Happy Stamping!

Operation Mars

A few days back, a picture was posted on the OWH facebook page of 3 children holding OWH cards that they had received from a parent overseas. Great picture, no doubt, and it definitely tugged at the heartstrings.  What it made me realize is how few (if any) cards I have made that are geared towards children.  So, tonight I worked on making OWH sketch challenge 106 kid friendly. 
And yes, once again I have strayed some from the original sketch.  But hey, its for the children, right?! LOL.

As you can see, I have rotated the sketch.  The stamp is a new one that I inked up for the first time from Sweet N Sassy stamps.  I paper pieced this space ship.  The card base is SU Night of Navy and the moon is Barely Banana embossed with a cuttlebug e.f.  The card edge was cut with the new edgelits and embossed with the new matching embosslits from SU.  

The only thing I wish I could change on this card is the sentiment- I really wish I had one that said "You are out of this world!"  

Thanks for stopping by!