A Handful of Creative Cards!

Had fun making my second card as a Design Team member at Penny's Paper Crafty Challenge Blog using a set of digi is named "Funny Elves" from Maria Mendel Illustrations. (If you want your own copy of this cute trio, the set is available right now for 40% off- just $1.77- at www.etsy.com/shop/MMedelIllustrations) I found the striking chalkboard print paper atJoAnne'ss. The little imp on the front of the card is mounted atop a penny slider, so he spins happily as he moves down the card. I found easy instructions here-newtonsnookblog.com/2013/10/penny-slider-card-tutorial.html. (I provided a close-up pic so you can see the curved path that he follows. ) Meanwhile, his two friends frame a sentiment on the inside of the card. (This wonderful sentiment is a freebie from TLC Creations. You can find it here- desiref.blogspot.com/2017/11/atg-with-create-with-tlc-challenge-no16.html) Stop by pennyschallenges.blogspot.com to be inspired by the cards made by other DTs and learn how you can win free digi images from this week's sponsors.

 

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Doing Life- Create with TLC Challenge #22                                   (desiref.blogspot.co.za)

Happy Little Stamper- Mixed Media-Words                                 (happylittlestampers.blogspot.com)

Crafty Hazelnut’s Christmas Challenge- #397 Anything Goes (craftyhazelnutschristmaschallenge.blogspot.co.uk)

Happy Little Stamper- Christmas-Anything Goes (Sequins)  (happylittlestampers.blogspot.com)

I learned how to make an "Impossible Card" a while ago (video here- maymaymadeit.com/blogs/news/the-impossible-card-in-multiple-sizes) and knew that I needed to use to showcase this handsome owl from Beccy's Place. He is from a set named, "You're a Hoot" that Beccy Muir generously provided to me during my few months as one of her Guest Designers. (I am just in month two of three, so I'll be sharing more makes with Beccy's amazing images in the future weeks.)  I colored the owl with Spectrum Noir markers and white gel pen and added a few hand cut leaves to the fun sentiments that came with the digi set. Isn't the end result… well.. a hoot?!

 

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Crafty Hazelnut’s Patterned Paper Challenge                               (craftyhazelnutspatternedpaper.blogspot.com)

Another card made using an image and sentiment from a Beccy's Place digi set named "Bonsai." I kept this card pretty simple, coloring the image with Spectrum Noir markers and white gel pen, and mounting the image on rich gold imprinted, Asian themed paper from a 12x12 pad. A strip of red velvet ribbon taped to a strip of metallic gold paper adds a bit more texture and glimmer.

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Beccy’s Place Challenge- Aug                   (beccysplace.blogspot.com)

My final card for this post is actually two cards! I absolutely love the intriguing stamping opportunity called "Twofer Card Challenge." The goal of this fun challenge is to use the exact same stamps or dies to make two cards with distinctly different designs for two different occasions. This month the challenge was even more challenging than usual because the theme is "Geometric Shapes." I opted for squares and came up with two VERY different cards. 
Here are details- For the Halloween Card, I used a stencil and Exacto knife to cut six squares out of the front of an A2 sized kraft brown card. I printed off the wonderful Frankenstein image and sentiments (all are freebies from davelowe.blogspot.com/2015/10/4th-day-of-halloween-monster-warnings.html) Frankie is pre-colored in grey tones, so I added green chalk, white gel pen highlights, and silver detailing to the bolts and metallic bands.  

For the second card, I used a Close to My Heart set to stamp two butterflies (on white scrap) and two flowers (on yellow vellum scrap) and set them aside. I made a pinwheel flower base using four of the kraft brown squares that I had cut from the first card, plus cut squares yellow dotted squares cut from an upcycled McD's coffee cup (instructions here- owhstarsandstamps.org/2011/04/tutorial-pinwheel-ii.html) . The sentiment is a freebie from maxammadestudio.com/2018/02/making-vintage-card-and-sentiment.html

After assembling the card, I used a fine-tip Sharpie black marker to draw small lines to represent the butterfly's path. I'm entering the butterfly card into the current Butterfly Challenge where the colors and themes revolve around the letter F. My card includes two colors- Ferrari Red and French Blue, and two themes- flowers and more than one fold. (The card is a gatefold.)   I love the beautiful two sided scrabook paper , so made sure you got to see both sides by creating a gate fold card. On the front, you see the distressed denim and on the inside the quilted denim, plus the other butterfly and a sentiment from QKR Stamps. (You can find it here - www.stamponit.net)

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Twofer Card Challenge #8 Geometric                    (twofercardchallenge.blogspot.com)

Butterfly Challenge- #105 Letter F                         (butterflyspotchallenge.blogspot.co.uk)

Di’s Digi Stamps- 2 or more patterned papers     (disdigidesignschallenge.blogspot.co.uk)