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Thursday, February 29, 2024

Card 4 using gifted images: Happy Anniversary (2of2)

Good morning,

Today I am sharing card #4 that I made with the gift of pre-printed Dutch images from Marianne Designs I received from my friend.


Sketches by Me CCBC32

 
Supplies:
  • Image from Marianne Designs
  • Cardstock from The Paper Studio (Base), Stampin Up! and my scrap bin.
  • Dies from Sizzix (Classic Circles), Make It! (Scrolled Circles) & Reasonable Craft Dies (Tiny Scallop Circles)
  • Embossing folder from Creative Expressions (Heart to Heart)
  • Ink from Stampin up!
  • Sentiment from Halo Rubber Stamps
  • Sketch by Me CCBC32
  • Stash: Tiny Heart Stickers
Thanks for stopping by and Happy Crafting!
(Hugs) Cara

Wednesday, February 28, 2024

Card 3 using gifted images: Happy Anniversary (1of2)

Good morning,

Today I am sharing card #3 that I made with the gift of pre-printed Dutch images from Marianne Designs I received from my friend.


Supplies:
  • Image from Marianne Designs
  • Cardstock from The Paper Studio (Base), Stampin Up! and my scrap bin.
  • Embossing folder from Creative Expressions (Heart to Heart)
  • Ink from Stampin up!
  • Sentiment from Stampin Up! (Teeny Tiny Wishes)
  • Stash: Rhinestones
Thanks for stopping by and Happy Crafting!
(Hugs) Cara

Tuesday, February 27, 2024

Card 2 using gifted images: Happy Hellos

Good morning,

Today I am sharing card #2 that I made with the gift of pre-printed Dutch images from Marianne Designs I received from my friend.


Sketch by Me CCBC10


Supplies:
  • Image from Marianne Designs
  • Cardstock from The Paper Studio (Base), Stampin Up! and my scrap bin.
  • Dies from Sizzix (Classic Circles) & Unknown (Lacy Circles)
  • Embossing folders from Stampin Up! (Square Lattice 7 Subtle)
  • Ink from VersaFine Clair (Tsukineko)
  • Sentiment from Unity Stamps grab bag
  • Sketch by Me CCBC10
  • Stash: Rhinestones
Thanks for stopping by and Happy Crafting!
(Hugs) Cara

Monday, February 26, 2024

Card 1 using gifted images: Just a note

Good morning,

In a box of amazing things from my friend Sandra I received a package of pre-printed Dutch images from Marianne Designs. I placed them in my project basket and now that I am working on the clearing it out, I pulled them out and made six 5 x 7 cards which I am going to share over the next week or so.


Supplie:
  • Image from Marianne Designs
  • Cardstock from The Paper Studio (Base), Stampin Up! and my scrap bin.
  • Design Paper from Unity Stamps (Rainbow Alcohol Ink)
  • Die from Reasonable Craft Dies (Tiny Scallop Circles)
  • Embossing folder from Cuttlebug (Acanthus Border)
  • Ink from VersaFine Clair (Tsukineko)
  • Nuvo Drops
  • Sentiment from Unity Stamps grab bag
Thanks for stopping by and Happy Crafting!
(Hugs) Cara

Friday, February 9, 2024

Bird of freedom ...

Good morning,
Many changes taking place in my life these days and I’m trying to manage each one the best I can …

One of those changes involved a rather fast and furious move to the other side of the valley I live in and that means I have to downsize my crafting stuff that just got tossed into boxes and moved.

I’ve been working on it little by little and I have made great strides but I still have more that needs to be attended to.

Anyway, I have a box of half-finished projects that I have now started to deal with and one of them was this ornament bird kit from Darcies that I have had so long I absolutely can not remember where I got it from. Which makes sense as the kit was released in late 2010 I believe.

It is a 3-D type ornament that uses wood and acrylic shapes and creates a bit of a shaker window on either side.

But I love and decided to finish it. I used some positive, confirming sentiments I had from Unity Stamps because I feel like this bird represents me right now.
 
Supplies
  • Acrylic Ornament, free bird from Darcie’s
  • Design paper from Close to My Heart (Scrap piece)
  • Embossing folder from Spellbinders (Music)
  • Ink from Tsukineko (Versafine clair), Stampin Up! & Ranger Distress Ink
  • Seed beads & twine from my stash
  • Sentiments from Unity Stamps

Thanks for stopping by!
Hugs, Cara

Wednesday, February 7, 2024

Do you like sketches?

Good morning!
We have a new sketch challenge at The Outlawz Challenges located HERE.

The sketch we are using this month is one of mine … Not only do I like using them I also enjoy making them and you can find them under the tab up top my blog.



Supplies: 5 x 7 card

Cardstock from The Paper Studio (base) & Stampin Up!
Design Paper from Pebbles (Family ties)
Dies from Gina Marie Designs (Nested Pierced Fancy Labels) & Simon Says Stamp (Eyelet Borders)
Embossing folder from Cuttlebug (Swiss Dots)
Ink from Scrapbook.com
Sequins from Close to My Heart
Sketch Used: Sketches by Cara CCBC27
Stamps from Close to My Heart (Hillside Cottage)

Thanks for stopping by and don’t forget to check out the main blog located HERE to see the other challenges!

(Hugs) Cara

THIS CARD WAS ENTERED INTO THE FOLLOWING CHALLENGES



Tuesday, February 6, 2024

Monochromatic kind of day ...

Good morning!
A new Color Challenge has started at The Outlawz Challenges. You can check it out HERE

Our challenge this month is monochromatic.
I always find working with monochromatic colros to be very interesting. Sometimes I'm good with the overall way it turns out and others I struggle to not had other colors to add more interest so its a gamble when I ply with one color family.

I generally don't use design paper, sticking with solid cardstock and inks but I'm working on using my DP and I have a bunch of Stampin Up! In color papers that I've had forever that makes it super easy to create monochromatic projects with interest.

Here I created a masculine sunburst card using design paper in the color mellow moss from Stampin Up!

However, I feel that I could have made my strips a bit wider because I think this looks a bit more busy than I wanted but over all I'm not unhappy with it given that I don't do this card technique often.


Supplies (5 x 7)
  • Cardstock from The Paper Studio
  • Design paper from Stampin Up!
  • Die is unbranded
  • Sequins from my Stash
  • Stamps from Stampin Up! (Antique Auto) & (Teeny Tiny Wishes)
Thanks for stopping by and don’t forget to stop by The Outlawz Challenges for more challenges and Inspiration! https://outlawzchallenges.blogspot.com/