Stripes and strips

When I saw that the challenge was stripes on the Through the Purple Haze Challenge today, I decided this card I had made for the Ways to Use challenge using a herringbone technique as my background for this card. I used Unity stamps and did a little paper piecing as well. You can find the Through the Purple Haze challenge here. http://throughthepurplehazechallenges.blogspot.co.uk/

In the pink challenge-Special occasion

Actually, I used this card for two challenges today. One was for the Ways to use challenge on Splitcoaststampers, and the other was for the In The Pink Challenge to use pink on a celebration card. This is a birthday card, and balloons are always a sign of a celebration. Could be for anniversary as well. The stamps are from Unity stamps. I made the background out of all my pink scraps to make a herringbone pattern for the background.

CCEE Fairies

This week is Frances' last challenge for June, and with June 24th being Fairy Day, she asked us to use a fairy.  I used this stamp that has been in my collection for awhile and I have never used it. I colored it with copic markers, and used design papers for the background of the card.  So, find your favorite fairy stamp and join in the fun this week with CCEEStampers. Post your card over at CCEEStampers and if you post your card on SCS please use the keyword CCEE1726.

Check over at the CCEEStampers blog site to see all of the team's cute fairies they have shared.

Power Poppy's Power and Spark June challenge

Just doing one more card for the Power and Spark challenge this month on Power Poppy.'s blog. .
Working with digitals is so fun on the computer layering and overlapping this is so much easier than all the masking you have to do when stamping. I actually printed this twice, once on the kraft and once on the ivory. I cut the quote out from the ivory and placed it over where it was on the kraft. I used a white galaxy pen for the white and to lighten the flowers on the kraft paper before I colored it with my copic markers. I sponged the edges with walnut stain distress ink.

SOS309

What a wonderful sketch this was on Splitcoaststampers challenge today. I am also doing this for this week's Shopping Our Stash challenge of Summer Fun. Loved this paper and pretty colors for summer, and who doesn't love those fun summer beverages with the added slices of fruit and the little umbrellas.
This cute stamp is from Unity Stamps. I have lots of friends with summer birthdays, so I made this card for my birthday stash. I made use of desgn paper scraps left on my paper cutting table, and even found that vellum in the mix. That paper punch reminds me of a fan to keep cool with over the hot summer too.

You can find the SOS challenge here  and the Sketch Challenge for SCS here.

So whatever your plans for the summer: stay cool, have fun, and be safe!!

CC EE1725

Hi everyone,

It's Frances here with our new  challenge for you all this week.

Yesterday was World Music Day; Music Day and Make Music Day .... so let's include something music related on our cards this week.

If you would like to play along, don't forget to come back here and post a link to your card on the Mr Linky over at the CCEEStampers blogsite that can be found here. Check out the team's cards while you are there. 

For my card, I used a stamp from Layers of Color. I also used an embossing folder that I inked with amber fossil oxide distressed ink. The pretty design paper I found in my stash of hoarded paper. Loved the little gold spots on it. I added some punched butterflies with pearled bodies. 

My three challenge card

I have been having such fun with my Oxide Distress inks. This time I used them on a piece of design paper that looked like ledger paper. I did some subtle stamping of a smaller image with butterflies from Unity with these same ODIs, then added the scripture (from Sweet and Sassy stamps) and the diecut butterfly and image from ODBD. I added the diecut leaves and punched flowers as my final embellishment. I went over the butterfly wings with a sparkle pen, although it doesn't show up so well in the photo. I am using this in the following challenges this week:
The Mustard Seed Faith challenge - to use birds, butterflies, or Natural scene
Simon Says challenge - to used patterned papers either printed or handstamped
Mod Squad Challenge - use many colors.

I created this background paper on a piece of design paper, and liked the way it turned out. After the stamping and colors were done, I glued it to a light blue card base.