Midnight Madness Challenge #126

Here is my card for the Midnight Madness Challenge this week.  The background is stamped with green pigment ink and then some chalk was added to it.  I cut a shape out the middle of a piece of scrap cardstock and used both pieces to make a sort of mask. 

Make It Monday #59

How often have you thought you just had to have a book and rarely use it. Well this card came from one of those books. The book is called Interactive Cards and is made by Annie's Attic.  It is a hinged card and I love the idea.  All the paper used is from Paper Temptress.  The base of the card is 4 1/4 x 5 1/2 and is Cryogen White. The image is also cut from the Cryogen White. The bottom piece is 4 1/4 x 3/1/4 and is the beautful Violet Mica/ Metallic. The gigham stamp is from the Impression Obsession Cover-a-Card Background stamp series. Also used the small Dots from the same line to do the dots on the top piece. I love these stamps because when you have a beautiful cardstock base I can make all sorts of background paper to match whatever project I am doing. The top dotted piece measures 4 1/4 x 2 1/2. The decorative border is a Martha Stewart punch and I used White Crepe Ruche for a little texture. The bottom piece is only glued to the base at the bottom and about 2 inches up each side. The top piece actually slides under decorative border that was attached to the bottom piece. The brad is attached to the side through all 4 layers. The image I used is from Lockhart Stamp Company. I love coloring these images because they are small and give a nice pop to your card. 

Party Time Tuesday #37---Tags

Here is a tag I made for the challenge at Party Time Tuesday.  I saw a stamp at the stamp store that was two willow branches and a spider web.  I decided to use the Stampscapes Large Leafless Limbs and a spider web and spider by Inkadinkado.  I really love the web and the tiny little spider stamp.

MMSC #125

Here is my card for the Midnight Madness Sketch Challenge.  All the paper for this card came from Paper Temptress.  The paper I used is Neenah Supersmooth Ivory and the wonderful dark pink is Azalea Stardreams Mica/Metallic.  The stamp is a new set that I bought.  It looks like Hero and Sizzix have teamed up.  The stamp is from Hero and you get an embossing folder that matches the set perfectly.  I used a technique from the new Technique Junkies newsletter called Gelato Direct to do the stamping.  I just bought some gelatos to try.  Mine are metallic and did wonderful on this stamp.  They have a little sheen to them that I tried to show in the first  picture.  Also the first picture shows the wonderful sheen in the Azalea cardstock. 

Also a little hint.  I hate to use this beautiful cardstock as a behind layer, but it really set things off.  Beings the big pieces was going to be a layer, I cute the small squares out of it to use as the other layers.  That way I didn't waste that whole big background piece.

Make it Monday #58

This is my card for the Make it Monday card challenge.  I made this card for one of the swaps in my Yahoo group.  This card uses a new anywhere punch from Martha Stewart.  I made the bow with a new bowmaker called Brilliant Bowmaker. 

Midnight Madness Sketch Challenge #124

Here is my card for the Midnight Madness Sketch Challenge this week.  Thanksgiving is coming up and I made this card for a swap.  I have not idea who makes this stamp as it was an unmounted stamp that was blog candy that I won.  I never really liked the stamp because I never could get a nice image.  Since then I have found that that problem can be solved with a good stamp positioner.  I stamped it in several colors until I got the look I wanted.  I colored the fruit with colored pencils and added the color to the flag with chalk

This card was chosen as one of remarkable cards of the week.  I am so excited

Make it Monday #57

Thought I would post a Christmas card for the Make it Mondfay Challenge this week.  I made this card for the local stamp shop as a sample.  I thought the colors I picked would be a little more traditional looking, but liked what I ended up with