Based on sketch

Our challenge this week was taken from a card by Sherry, in the ink-stains gallery. I've made a few attempts below...

Inspire

I got this beautiful stamp from Paper Artsy a little bit ago. I just adore her.

Little beauty

This is the card I was working on and used the leftovers for the DCM card. Like that one, you can't see the gold webbing sprayed on the background or the gold on the dyed flowers. I think the webbing adds so much flavor to the card. I tied the scrappers floss so there were some knots in it and not so plain.

DCM Dare - Twins

This week's Daring Card Makers' dare is "Multiple births!" Check out their site!

This is only a 3x3 card and a feeble attempt at the dare, but while I was making another card and had left over bits, I figured what the heck. It's very non-traditional, but I have no one to send it to anyway. lol

The background paper is Basic Grey, but I sprayed it with gold webbing to give it texture and bit of gold sheen. The black is scrapper's floss. The stamps are $1 Michael's stamps that I hadn't ever used.

Arch Challenge & new technique

Ink-stains challenge this week was a gothic arch. I was fully prepared to skip it, when Kim referred me to Ethel's blog to check out her latest challenge. It was there I reminded of the masking tape technique that I'd always wanted to try. I've never done any decoupage type stuff, but I did have a sheet of fairies Diane sent me long ago,(Thanks, Diane!) so I gave it a shot.

Love...still

Friendship

Made this card while visiting with Vanilla, for the first time today. T'was fun, but I really need to pack better when playing outside the house. How people do those crops, I have no idea. Oh, if I had only brought this...oh, wish I had brought this...awww, forgot that.
The colors are a bit off so I may try to take a pic tomorrow.

DCM Dare - How Random!

This week's Daring Card Makers' dare is "How Random!" Check out their site!

Well...Man O' Man!! was that a challenge! I thought I'd list many things I don't use at all or rarely, but I did add rubber stamps to the list because, I umm...need them. lol Of course, Dh did not choose that number and I was left with:
Glitter
Stickers
Flowers
Brads
Fibers

I almost said, "Oh, forget that!!!" lol All things I'd hope he'd not pick, he did. I even thought, well, no one will know stamps weren't picked, but I got a case of the guilts. Luckily, I had unopened MM stickers that were double-sided to stick glitter to, so I could kill two stinky birds with one stone. And the fiber, well, it's not a fiber, more of a tinsel thread, but it was in my fiber drawer, so it was fair game. The photo is wonky, but the scanner refused to show the glitter color and mirror cardstock.
Anyway, this was quite a lesson in "if you don't use it, get rid of it" because it will come back to haunt you! LOL

Sketch Challenge

These two cards were done for a weekly challenge. They are based on this sketch by Di Hickman. Click on her name to go to her blog.
The Asian card looks like it has silver accents, but they are actually shiny gold. My scanner seems to have a sense of humor.

Sketch Challenge

We all had to make a card using a pre-made layout sketch. This is mine. I borrowed Kim's stamps and I adore this woman! She's just simply beautiful! Thanks, Kim... Miss you already!!

DCM Dare - Friendship - Call NOW!

This week's Daring Card Makers' dare is 'All Things Media':

It's around us no matter which way we turn, and all designed to get our attention. Ads designed by graphic designers who know all the tricks & techniques to draw our eyes to the product in question. You only have to glance at a Newspaper quickly to read headings with 'Shock' titles & 'Clever' puns all designed to make you want to read what the article is all about!

Friendship is by SU, photo stamp by Stampsmith, and call me stamp is by unknown. The 'call now for your free sample' is computer generated.

The colors are off as this has no pink, only darker peaches and browns, but...

This one I have to give 100% credit to Miss Gillian. Her sewing inspired me to open my new machine and play! (can you believe I actually opened it?!) I also stamped on the flower. This is a brilliant idea I wouldn't have thought of myself!

Thanks, Gil. You touch more lives and minds than you could imagine, between your kindness and talent! Bless your cotton socks! ;)

Still stuck on Love...

The heart is made of crumpled cardstock stained in coffee and the background is a pretty, aged rose vellum, but I don't know who makes it. Love stamp by Heidi Swapp. (I just noticed I forgot to cut the ribbon ends shorter before I scanned. ooops. lol)

Just starting to play with my Stamping Bella stamps. This is grumpabella. Since I sure can be a grump, we have a lot in common.

I still do..

I've finally taken the plunge and tried to meet a dare set out by Daring Card Makers. I usually say I should try it, but either run out of time or plain chicken out. I'm not sure it's quite up to the challenge layed out, but it was my attempt.
The dare for this week is:

A Really Romantic Scrapbook Layout - but on a card!
Scrapbookers are challenged to downsize your usual a 12x12 LO onto a teenyweeny one - maximum of 6x6, which can be sent safely through the mail. Cardmakers - you're used to working on a small space, and you know all about the ribbons, brads and other bits and bobs - but can you take on board all the other little touches that are used on a scrapbook page - the titles, the journalling, the photographs etc?

Why I have such a need for shiny and sparkle is beyond me, but I cater to the need. The base card is actually cream, but it appears white in the pic.

Love this vellum with bikes on it! You can't see the thin layer of silver mirror paper, but it's there. Needed some chrome!

RAK HIM!

Hi fellow card-makers!

I read this and had to pass it on:

There is a 7yr old boy in Ontario Canada, Shane Bernier, who has a special request. He is 7 yrs old with Leukemia. His wish for his 8th birthday, on May 30th, is to receive birthday cards from all over the world.

One card can make a difference!

http://www.1053kissfm.com/station_info/cartersandraboyle.jsp

SHANE BERNIER
C/O KISS FM
2001 Thurston Dr.
Ottawa ON, K1G6C9
Canada

Love is in the air...

Simple is as simple does, I guess. I keep falling into my one-stamp card rut, but darn it they are faster!
I am trying to use a lot of my patterned paper stash. I keep collecting and not using it. The same for embellishments. Must stop that!

This cupid is a Stampsmith cutie.