There was a challenge at the Hand Stamped Sentiments blog which was a technique challenge. You were to use the Faux Metal technique. Basically you put Versmark on your cardstock and add either gold or silver embossing powder, heat your paper and while the melted powder is still hot, you pour on more embossing powder and heat again. You do this at least 3 times and when you have heated your last layer you ink…
Yeah, it’s Friday!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Do you all have great plans for the weekend? Our weather is supposed to be great. The weatherman says it will hit 70 this afternoon. I hope so as I have to cut my grass – can you believe I am starting that already! Today’s card was created for 2 challenges. The color challenge at the Colour Q blog had you using Apricot Appeal, Baja Breeze, Cameo Coral, Rich Razzleberry, and white.…
Well we are almost at the end of our week. The weather has been gorgeous here the past few days and it is supposed to continue with Friday and Saturday being absolutely beautiful. I hope you have some plans to get outside and enjoy it. Today’s card was rather interesting to create. I used the color challenge from the Our Creative Corner blog. The colors were green, pink, yellow, and brown. I chose to use…
I try to check deadlines on my challenges but every once in a while I mess up. That is what happened with this card. I was using the color challenge for the Pals Paper Arts blog. They wanted you to use Certainly Celery, Garden Green, and Kraft. I thought these colors would be good for trees so I pulled out my Lovely As A Tree set. I stamped the trees in Certainly Celery and it…
Happy St. Patrick’s Day! I have a birthday card to share with you today. I made it for the challenge at Late Night Stampers yahoo group. You were to create a birthday card. There were no other specifications so I decided to use the sketch challenge on Tracy’s Eat Sleep Stamp blog. When I looked at her sketch I saw the oval and didn’t want to go the usual route and cut a rectangle and…
Today’s card is a little out of the ordinary for me. I wanted to use the color challenge at the Color Dare blog where you were to use Certainly Celery, Chocolate Chip, and Tempting Turquoise. When I went looking in my catalog I realized I had not used the Asian Artistry set in a while so it was the one I grabbed. I combined it with the sketch challenge at the Techno Stamper blog. I…
