January 9, 2012

Newspaper Heart… For a Cat?

By Yvonne

  • Featured Stamp – “Newspaper Heart” by Hero Arts
  • Patterned cardstock – BoBunny (Violet Dot and Blush Dot)
  • Sentiment stamp – “Be My V” by Penny Black
  • Crystal stickers – Mark Richards Enterprise, Inc.
  • Solid cardstock – Bazzill and WorldWin
  • Ribbon – May Arts

I made this card at the request of Lisa, the owner of Stampin’ Cat Studio. It will be one of many cards featured in the store showcasing new products at the open house there (called “What’s New, Pussycat?”). I used white embossing powder on white cardstock. I rubbed four different colors of Colorbox Chalk Ink over the image, blending the colors together. Then I trimmed it and mounted it on cardstock, popping it up with dimensional adhesive over a color-blocked background. Super simple, but lots of texture. And the star of our show is none other than Moonlight! I think this may be her debut here! Thanks for stopping by.

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January 7, 2012

Mojo Monday Sketch #222

By Yvonne

  • Stamp – Hero Arts “Live Life” clear set
  • Patterned papers – BoBunny “Enchanted” collection
  • Die cut – Spellbinders Nestabilities “Standard Circles Large”
  • Cardstock – Bazzill and Worldwin
  • Crystal stickers – Mark Richards Enterprises

I used the current sketch, #222, at Mojo Monday as my inspiration for this card. I combined teal and purple for an interesting color pallette. I’ve used three different patterned papers, all from the BoBunny “Enchanted” collection. These are all black and white, so the teal and purple brighten the card up considerably. Thanks for stopping by.

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January 6, 2012

OWH – Wonderful Tulips

By Yvonne

  • Stamps – Hero Arts “Newspaper Tulips” and Layers of Color Artstamps “Flutterescent” set (Wonderful)
  • Die cut – Spellbinder’s Shapeabilities “Ribbon Banners”
  • Patterned paper – American Crafts “a la Carte: Balsamic”
  • Cardstock – Bazzill and BoBunny “Passion Fruit Flourish”

This is a card I made with a new Hero Arts stamp that I got recently. Our challenge at Stars and Stamps was to make an “any occasion” card with something new. This is a simple card that shows off the image of the stamp. Thanks for the visit!

 

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January 4, 2012

Origami Butterfly – OWH Tutorial

By Yvonne

  • Stamp – Printworks “Thank You”
  • Border punch – EK Success “Abstract Flower Edger”
  • Ribbon – Heidi Grace
  • Pearl – KaiserCraft
  • Origami paper – Imported by Aitoh
  • Cardstock – Bazzill

I made this butterfly following a Origami Butterfly Tutorial I would highly recommend on Operation Write Home Stars and Stamps. As many of you may be aware, I’m a bit challenged by folding and often have to turn to my 13-year old son to help me out, as he is an Origami master! However, I’m very proud to report that I was able to fold this little guy all by myself! Added some faux stitching for good measure. Thanks for stopping by.

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January 2, 2012

White-on-White Sympathy Card

By Yvonne

  • Stamp – from Flourishes “Orchids” set
  • Die cut – Spellbinders Nestabilities “Labels Twenty”
  • Embossing folder – Cuttlebug “Kassie’s Brocade”
  • Cardstock – Bazzill and Wausau Bright White Cover
  • Trim – Basic Grey

This card is mostly layers of white with a little accent of light blue and the image is stamped in black ink. I edged the white die cut with pale blue chalk ink. I kept it simple and have a sympathy sentiment inside. This card is for a coworker who just lost his grandmother. Thank you for visiting.

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January 2, 2012

CDAC Progressive Challenge #9

By Yvonne

  • Image – Crafter’s Digital Art Center Challenge #9 – Digistamps 4 Joy
  • Die cuts – Spellbinders Nestabilities “Labels Two”
  • Cardstock – BoBunny and Bazzill
  • Ribbon – Offray “Innercircle Green”
  • Embellishment – K&Company “Glad Tidings Words”

I made this card based on the December Sketch at Cardmaking Friends, using one of the Crafter’s Digital Art Center #9 images. This image is by Digistamps 4 Joy.

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January 1, 2012

OWH – Sketch #102

By Yvonne

  • Patterned paper – Background: Basic Grey “Scarlett’s Letter” (from a 6″ X 6″ pad); strips are from BoBunny papers that I had left over from other cards and didn’t even need to re-cut!
  • Flowers – Prima “Artful Collage Flowers”
  • Button – My Mind’s Eye

This is my first card of 2012. I used the current sketch from OWH Stars and Stamps: Sketch #102. It is nice to start off the year with a fun sketch to play with. Wishing you a very happy 2012!

 

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December 30, 2011

My Top 10 Cards of 2011

By Yvonne

I went through my posts from 2011 and chose my favorite ten cards from this year. This was not an easy feat–and I’d probably pick more favorites if I had half a chance! Most of these cards were shipped to Operation Write Home and they show a number of different techniques and designs. So here goes!

#10 – Space Monkey

Just a fun kid’s card. Having a space monkey is pretty perfect–this is something I would have made for my son when he was younger. It was fun to use predominately the BoBunny patterned papers to put this together with the help of a card sketch.

#9 – Simple Blue Butterfly

Another very simple card. I used an eye-catching die cut butterfly from Paper House Productions to steal the show on this one. I love the striking velvet ric-rac that runs across it. This was inspired by OWH Sketch #61.

#8 – Chipmunk Alert

Furry rodents are tops in my book! So this was a no brainer! I actually won a blue ribbon for this card at the Oregon State Fair, so it can’t be all bad! It features the Magenta stamp “Chipmunk Collage,” which is incredibly cute. The card sketch (#109) this was based on came from Card Patterns.

#7 – Hot Air Balloon

This has been a very popular card at OWH. I used a great stamp set from Verve Stamps. This card was created using OWH Sketch #76. It could be used for any kind of occasion with this sentiment. I colored the balloon with Copic markers to match the papers. Just a fun card.

#6 – Dancing Mouse

This was an unusual sketch for me because of all the round elements (it is Clean and Simple Sketch #148), so it was kind of a stretch for me. I love the mouse stamp from Kodomo. This card could be used for any occasion.

#5 – Valentine’s Day

This was the first Valentine that I made for Operation Write Home this year. I used the OWH Sketch #93 and was able to put together different scraps of paper for the final design. That is always a good thing!

#4 – Folded Christmas Tree

This was a great Origami exercise for me. I claim to be folding-impaired, but luckily my son helps me out when I need it! Jan at Operation Write Home offered a superior tutorial on how to create the tree, which helped me big time!

#3 – One of Many Penguin Christmas Cards

This penguin Christmas card was one I made for an OWH Christmas card challenge. I got to use one of my Cat’s Pajamas clear stamp sets, which is always a pleasure!

#2 – Magic Rabbit

This card features another Cat’s Pajamas stamp set. I made four of these for my son’s mentors at his magic group. I used Clean and Simple sketch #167.

#1 – Eiffel Tower

I made this card using the 99th sketch at Operation Write Home. It had several dimensions with different elements popped-up with double-sided tape for some visual interest. I also layered stamping instead of using patterned paper and used Ranger Distress inks at the edges of the layers.

Thanks for visiting and reviewing my year with me. It has been a good year for cards! I think I sent over 100 to Operation Write Home this year, which was my very small contribution to the over 1 million cards shipped to the troops via OWH. We’ll see what this year brings!

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December 28, 2011

OWH Banner Sketch Challenge

By Yvonne

  • Patterned papers – Basic Grey, BoBunny
  • Cardstock – Bazzill and BoBunny
  • Stamp – Pink Paislee “Soiree” set
  • Die cut – Spellbinders Shapeabilities “Fancy Tags”
  • Corner punch – Marvy Uchida

So this is a pretty loose interpretation of the current sketch (#101) at Operation Write Home. So I’ll call it a banner card and leave it at that! Cutting out my banner was a great way to use little scraps that I just couldn’t throw out. I had lots of patterns going on in these papers, but they all worked together. The banner and sentiment are popped up for some dimension, and the edges of the light cardstock is edged with chalk ink. Thanks for stopping by.

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December 27, 2011

Get Sentimental – OWH Challenge

By Yvonne

  • Stamps – Verve “American Hero” set
  • Die cut – Spellbinder’s Nestabilities “Lacey Squares”
  • Patterned paper – American Crafts “Campy Trails: Elk Creek Trail”
  • Ribbon – American Crafts “Lemon”
  • Cardstock – Worldwin and Bazzill

This card sort of fell together. I had all of the pieces and just put them together in sort of a patriotic design. I made this for the current December ODBD Challenge at Operation Write Home. The challenge is to use the sentiment as the main focal point of the card. Since I don’t even include sentiments on the outsides of some of my cards, this WAS a challenge! Thanks for the visit and I’ll see you soon.

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