At Joan's Gardens Week #23 Challenge

Create a Oldies but Goodies kind of card.

Use Blue on your card

Use some kind of corner embellishment

Make your card for a friend

 

 

 

Lace and pearls, and fabric flowers make this special gate-card "vintage", These are placed over paper (inside) that is like calico fabrics found in the '40s.  A Paper flower with corduroy center is commercial by C&K.  Border treatment on the gate is an EK Flourish punch.  The leaves are Sizzlits "Little Leaves."  Aquamarine blue paper is by Colorbok and so is the inside vintage print.  The inside of the card sentiment reads "May you always have Walls for the  Wind, a Roof for the Rain, Tea beside the Fire, Laughter to Cheer you, Those you love near you, and all that your heart may desire." the card is created for a friend who just suffered a loss.

Friendship_Week 23 Challenge

Create a Oldies but Goodies kind of card.

Use Blue on your card

Use some kind of corner embellishment

Make your card for a friend

This Gate-fold card is made with  Ribbons and punched trimmed fleur-di-lis, Butterflies are Cheery Lynn Die, and the Friendship greeting is by Paulette at TLCreations. 

Friendships

This card was made from The Sweetest Gift collection (Friendship), by Paulette (Create with TLC) with her "Reading Rendezvous" graphic. It is finished with pencils, blended with Gamsol.  The corners are created from Sizzix, #656537 (Decorative Label Set #4). Sizzix Dies are available at Joan's Gardens Store. Those diecut labels were halved, clipped and then traced with pencil to create corner mounts. The oval blue rhinestones are "petals"  are from a stick on rhinestone set's flower. Best Wishes greeting is an outline sticker from popuptemplates. 
My DGD helped me with this card! 

At Joan's Gardens Challenge Week #23

Create a Oldies but Goodies kind of card.

Use Blue on your card

Use some kind of corner embellishment

Make your card for a friend

At Joan's Gardens Week #23 Challenge

Create a Oldies but Goodies kind of card.

Use Blue on your card

Use some kind of corner embellishment

Make your card for a friend

This adorable vintage graphic was created by Grands9Creations, recolored and diecut with Spellbinders Labels #15. These and other Spellbinder's dies are available At Joan's Gardens. Inside sentiment is the Irish swinging "song." My mother used to say this one when she would swing me as a little girl.  I made this for my childhood friend.

Swinging free, swinging free,
far across the land I see
Swinging high, swinging low
Seeing just how far I go
Swinging low swinging high
I can almost reach the sky.

Pop-Up-Card

Here is a Pop-em-Up Card I made following Nancy Adam's fun tutorial found on p. 55, February 2012 issue of the Papers and Pixels Magazine. The die is a Spellbinders Shapeabilities, Fold and Tuck die #S5-114.  The tag says "Every  Little  Thing is  Gonna Be Fine."

At Joan's Gardens Challenge Week #23

The challenge this week is;

Create a Oldies but Goodies kind of card.

Use Blue on your card

Use some kind of corner embellishment

Make your card for a friend

 

 

 

For this challenge I chose a digital floral frame designed by Jessica at Floppy Latte Designs.  The vintage style frame is colored with pencils.   The frame is cut with the Spellbinders Labels 20 die, and then that is matted with a "Top Note" die cut inked blue mat.  Patterned blue paper is below that.  The corner mounts are cut pieces of the Quinn Flourish by Memory Box, available at At Joan's.  Gardens.

The sentiment is written in Jellyka Cutty Cupcakes font and reads "Once in a while a friend comes along and changes everything."   The inside says:  "That would be YOU!   Thank you, (her name,)"

At Joan's Gardens Week # 22 Challenge

Challenge is a card for a child. 

This is little Bongo the Patriotic Dog, a Digital Stamp that Wendy Hall created at Louby Lou Designs.  The blue cardstock is Core-essentials, Ranger Paper that  is embossed with A Sizzix Embossing Folder.  The little head of the dog is cut away (a second print), and suspended on a spring so it is a bobble heade card for a little fellow for his first Independence day.

At Joan's Garden Week #22 Challenge

Challenge is to create a child's card. We made this little birthday card at a Papers and Pixels Club Card Making afternoon, with the help of our member Nancy Adams who shared projects with us.   This little birthday cupcakes, and cherries card for a child is done with one of Stampin Up's new punches called Build a Cupcake. It is a "z-fold" or "tri-fold" card. 

At Joan's Garden Week #22 Challenge

A Child's Card.

This Have a Ball (on your first time going to the beach) card was inspired by Kaylyn Kepner's shaped cards tutorial in the July/August issue of Paper Crafts Magazine.  The banner is cut with Sizzix Framelets "Bitty Banners.  The beach is sandpaper.  I used Cuttlebug's Swiss Dots Embossing folder on parchment for some of the sections of the beach ball.  The card is machine stitched.

At Joan's Gardens Week # 22 Challenge

The Challenge this week is to create a card for a child. Very quick, and easy--done in five minutes not counting printing!

This card is created with the adorable "Luvyababyboy" bear created by Wendy Hall at Louby Lou Designs. I used grosgrain ribbon threaded through the word-art, and embossed the mat with "Bubbles" embossing folder by Cuttlebug

Please do also see my little Clown card--just so cute! But not done this week...finished the clown five days ago!

I made this greeting with Geo-Dies  2 pattern die, #GD-8, from popuptemplates.com  The grosgrain ribbon and the outer edge of the fold-n-tuck pattern is edged in Stickles (Plaatinum) and the ink is Kaleidoscope blue breezes. Center rhinestones pick up part of the reverse side pattern, and the inside of the card has an edge of that reverse pattern under the greeting.

Get Well Fast Compadre

I made this card for a very dear friend who is recovering from surgery.  The digital stamp is by Floppe Latte Designs.  Front flowers are colored with Copic Markers, and the inside sentiment is colored digitally and used as a background for the sentiment area.  (Not shown) The stacked white decorative edged papers are created with  Spellbinders "Romantic Rectangles" which I left in the die and then sponged the inside of each frame with Distressing inks by Ranger "Old Paper" and "Evergreen Bough."  The second layer of the triple layer cardfront is distressed white cardstock wrapped with a seam-binding ribbon by Wrights. The design for this card was inspired by Linda Duke's  Friendship Card she posted today.

Fold n Tuck

This card was created with the medium and the small diecut from Spellbinders Shapeabilities Fold and Tuck (S5-114).  The two sided paper was from Cosmo Cricket in the Girl Friday (Tuesday) paper collection. The cardfront is coredinations distress collection.  The embossing folder I used was Tim Holtz Sizzix Alterations folder from Texture Fades collection, sanded and inked with Ranger Distressing ink "Forest Moss."   I used one of Tim's Set 1 Embossing Diffusers over the Texture Fade embossing folder to get a flat circle area under the medallion.   The thank you stamp is from Stampin Up, and the tag punch by SU also. Chartreuse rhinestones and chartreuse organza ribbon complete this one.  A small fold and tuck medallion is inside the card beside the sentiment.  

Scalloped edge punch flowers

This card is a scalloped edge top-fold card.  I made the flowers with Punch Bunch petals and inked with Kaleidoscope Desert Heat.  Centers are from the Cheery Lynn Create a Flower die-set.  Leaves are "Leaves and Flourish" a Sizzix die.  The butterfly is a Memory Box die available at At Joan's Gardens.  It is cut from parchment and lightly burnished.  Pearl accents are by Stampin Up.  Sentiment font is Jellyka St. Andrews Queen.  The inside of the card has ribbon adhered to the card back that shows from under the cut-back scalloped edge.

Little Clown

This adorable little clown doll digi-stamp is by Floppy Latte Designs.  Thank you Jessica, he's just adorable!

The paper is a beautiful two sided paper, with the reverse stripes, and zig zag border for trim. It's by PineconePress Papers.  I used  Stampin Up's new Itty Bitty Banners (and matching die) for the sentiments, And Cuttlebug's Dotted Swiss emobssing folders for accent. Bakers twine finishes off the little fellow along with silver pearl buttons. Ovals are Sizzix classic oval dies.

At Joan's Gardens Week #21 Challenge -2

This week the challenge is:

Use pink and white

Use an Embossing Folder

Use a die for an opening on the front of the card. 

Use leaves as accents

 

 

This card had a hard time coming together at first, (nothing seemed to fit!!!) But after it did, I was SO pleased with it.

 

The diecut hole in the the center is under an overlaid die cut (Moroccan Motifs by Spellbinders Shapeabilities.) That diecut is embossed with Sizzix dotted swiss embossing folder, heavily spritzed with Tattered  Angels Pearl Glimmermist. The opening is handcut using a tracing of the next smaller Moroccan Motif die's outer edge.  Below Moroccan Motif is a circle die cut through the patterned paper and the white paper showing the burnished pink cardstock below.  Edges are burnished with Stamin Up Rose Regal.  The letters for the word "thanks" are cut from glitter paper using Sizzix Sizzlits "Many Thanks."   The delicate white outer petals of the flower are diecut from a used dryer cloth spritzed with Tattered Angels Pearl Glimmermist.  That die is Marianne Designs Creatables #LR1056 (At Joan's Gardens Store) The inside petals with a pearl center are punched with a little punch by EK success and embossed with the dotted swiss embossing folder.  Fabric leaves are purchased.

At Joan's Gardens Challenge Week #21

The Challenge this week is:
Use pink and white

Use an Embossing Folder

Use a die for an opening on the front of the card. 

Use leaves as accents

 I used Marianne's Designables # DSO912 embossing and die cutting folder that I got at Joan's Gardens store.  It is very very lightly burnished with Pretty in Pink ink by Stampin up. The die cut center is double cut stacked ovals (Spellbinders) cutting through to pink cardfront, but overlaid with embossed (dotted swiss) frame.  The Thank You sentiment is a Stampin Up stamp, and it is behind an acrylic overlay tied down with white grosgrain ribbon and leaves from the Stampin up Punch "Bird Builder."  I get my roses from I Am Roses. 

Corner pearl accents are from Stampin Up.  The perfect flat bow is made with the custom designed bow maker available exclusively at Papers and Pixels store

Magnolia by Floppy Latte Designs

 

This lovely Magnolia digital stamp was created by Jessica at Floppy Latte Designs  The shapes are cut with Spellbinders Large Classic Ovals dies edged with matching copic pens and clear star Jelly Roll gel pen accents on the very edges. The elegant flower is colored with Copics.  Happy Birthday Stamp is from Stampin Up "Elementary Elegance" stamp set. Double organza ribbon and rhinestones finish the front of the card  Ribbon threaded through matching light green cardstock heads the inside sentiment area--it's just a strip of punched and ribbon-threaded paper using a  Fiskars 3/8" ribbon punch for the holes., Floppy Latte Designs is a regular contributor to the Papers and Pixels Magazine published monthly on the 15th of the month.

At Joan's Garden Challenge Week #20

Use a Bird Theme
Use a branch and leaves
Use Blue on your card
Use a frame

 For this challenge card, I used Spellbinder's Labels Twenty in a fold-over shape card, the Stacked frames surround sentiment from Musical Notes Labels Twenty by Just Rite Stamp.  "Music washes away from the Soul the dust of Everyday Life." The Bird and branch and leaves are a Stampin UP punch called Bird Builder.   It has coordinating stamps, but I didn't use them.  The embossing on the cardfront and the blue striped paper layer is Sheet Music from the Holly Swirls and Sheet Music Set embossing folders by Sizzix.  Satin Ribbon and rhinestones finish off this card which will become a get well card on the inside verse area.  I may add a matching blue tiny bow at the top of the word music...thinking about that!

Parchment and Linen

This Labels 20 Die by Spellbinders, and leaf and flourish.  The flowers are created with Paper Shapers punch, and I used gold liquid pearls for this. The cardfront is embossed with A2 Intricate Swirl embossing folder.  The papers (by Southworth) are interesting here.  The cardbase is made from ivory parchment and the flowers which are spritzed with coffee glimmer mist are made with ivory linen paper.

Orange Lush

This orange birthday card for a friend  has organza ribbon edging, and accents, tulle, and punched flowers using 2 different triple doily punches by Stampin Up (retired). The flourish is from the edges of a leaf and flourish die and the background is embossed and sanded "core'dinations " paper by Tim Holtz (Ranger) Distress canvas texture collection.  I used A2 Intricate Swirl Embossing folder by Paper Studios. It is a 5x5 card.

At Joan's Gardens Challenge Week #20

The Challenge this week is to:

Use a Bird Theme
Use a branch and leaves
Use Blue on your card
Use a frame

 This card uses a (part of a) frame created by Snickerdoodle Designs by Karen, in her digital scrapbooking kit "Outside My Window."  Below the frame is a stamped flower (by Tin Can Mail) with florettes punched glittered and shaped. The scalloped circle (Lifestyle Crafts dies)  below  that is tucked into the intricate cutouts from the Cheery Lynn Doily Dies (Sophia's Heart) Available at At Joan's Gardens. All is stacked up over pale blue embossed cardfront.  The  Ribbons are 1" white satin with white Wright's Hem tape over that, accended with more flowerette punches and rhinestones.  The hummingbird is a foil sticker that is cut out and mounted pop ups.

At Joan's Gardens Challenge Week #20

Use a Bird Theme
Use a branch and leaves
Use Blue on your card
Use a frame

This pale blue card uses rhinestone flourishes, the Macarena Corner flourish by Memory Box, (available at Joan's Gardens),  white flowers created with a Paper Shapers Punch, scored border, using an EK border flourish punch. The branch and leaf are from Just right stamps and coordinating die. The tiny frame around the Happy Birthday tag is a punched rectangle, and the bird is a rhinestone hummingbird pin that I pressed through the card.  My sister collects hummingbirds and so that's my first card for the Week 20 Challenge.