Scraptures Wild Card Wednesday - November 27, 2013

Here we are!! The last Wednesday of November! That means it's time for another WILD CARD WEDNESDAY challenge at SCRAPTURES!! I'm on a roll with making cards this month with no stamps (even though the kit comes with a very cool stamp set) so here's the last card for the month featuring "Memorabilia" by Teresa Collins. Again this week the only thing I added were some sequins...I bought 6400 sequins!! I need to use them!!  

I liked last week's card so much I used design paper as the card base again this week. For this week's challenge I'd like you to make a card using design paper as the base AND no stamping!

SUPPLIES:
Memorabilia design paper (Teresa Collins)
Memorabilia borders (Teresa Collins)
Memorabilia die cut accessories (Teresa Collins)
1" circle punch (SU)
Black and gold sequins (Joanns)

Scraptures Wild Card Wednesday - November 20, 2013

Happy Wednesday!!! Time for another Wild Card Wednesday challenge over at SCRAPTURES!! 

There are so many cool papers and accessories in this month's card kit! I tried a few cards using the design paper as a base instead of cardstock. The only thing I added to the card that wasn't in the kit...some sequins...and another card with no stamping! The sentiment is cut out from a piece of the design paper.

 

SUPPLIES:

Memorabilia design paper (Teresa Collins)
Memorabilia borders (Teresa Collins)
Taupe cardstock (Hollo's)
Black and gold sequins (Joanns)
1/2" and 3/4" circle punches (SU)
Corner rounder punch (Creative Memories)

Scraptures Wild Card Wednesday - November 13, 2013

It's Wednesday!! That means it's time for another WILD CARD WEDNESDAY challenge at SCRAPTURES.
 
This week's card is a pretty direct CASE of a card by Tessa Wise. You can see Tessa's original card here: 

http://teresacollinsdesignteam.blogspot.ca/2013/08/memorabilia-cards-by-tessa-wise.html

I loved ALL the elements of this card. I rarely layer design paper together, but I really like the look of it. I didn't have any sequins when I made this card (I have since bought 6400!!! LOL) so I used CTMH Bitty Sparkles coloured black with a sharpie for the little square embellishments. Look at me go....two weeks in a row and I haven't used a stamp on the WCW cards!!!

My challenge for you this week is to find a card online and copy it as closely as you can with what you have on hand. 

SUPPLIES:

Kraft cardstock (Recollections)
Memorabilia borders (Teresa Collins)
Memorabilia design paper "Quatrefoil" & "Snippets" (Teresa Collins)
Memorabilia die cut accessories (Teresa Collins)
CTMH Bitty Sparkles
Black sharpie marker

Scraptures Wild Card Wednesday - November 6, 2013

Time for another Wild Card Wednesday challenge at SCRAPTURES.

I am loving the chalkboard look of the design papers in this month's card kit which features "Memorabilia" by Teresa Collins.This card is pretty simple, just a few distressed layers, no stamping. My challenge for you this week is to make a card with no stamp!!

 SUPPLIES:

Black cardstock (Kaisercraft)
Taupe cardstock (Hollo's)
Memorabilia "Damask" design paper (Teresa Collins)
Memorabilia die cut accessories (Teresa Collins)
Reversible embossing folder (Spellbinders)
Crumb Cake ink (SU)

Scraptures Wild Card Wednesday - October 30, 2013

WOW can you believe it's the last Wednesday of the month already??? Where has the time gone?? Are your little ghosts and goblins ready for Trick or Treating tomorrow night??

Since it's Wednesday, it's time for another Wild Card Wednesday challenge at Scraptures. 

Like my other cards this month, I am creating them to send to Canadian troops overseas...if you'd like to do the same, here's the address one more time:

Any Canadian Forces Member
Op Attention
Kabul
PO Box 5140 Stn Forces
Belleville ON K8N 5W6

 

I had never tried a sunburst card before and thought I would try it out with the papers from the Fancy Pants "Memories Captured" paper pack.

 

 SUPPLIES:

White & blue cardstock (gift from my friend Georgina)

"Memories Captured" paper pack (Fancy Pants)

Operation Write Home stamp set (Hero Arts)

Black grosgrain ribbon (October card kit)

Mini maple leaf punch (Recollections)

 Tuxedo black ink (Memento)

 

 

Scraptures Wild Card Wednesday - October 23, 2013

It's Wednesday, over on Scraptures that means it's time for another Wild Card Wednesday challenge. This month I have been making cards to send to Canadian troops overseas using the "Operation Write Home" stamp set that came in this month's card kit. I think this one is my favourite so far.

I inked up the stencil with early espresso ink and then rubbed it directly onto the kraft cardstock.
I wanted the card to have a distressed / well travelled look, so I shredded all the edges with scissors and crinkled up the leaves.

SUPPLIES:

Early Espresso cardstock (SU)

Kraft cardstock (Recollections)

Cranberry cardstock (October card kit)

Early Espresso ink (SU)

Operation Write Home stamp set (Hero Arts)

Woodgrain Stencil (Prima)

Maple Leaf punch (Martha Stewart)

Remember, if you want to send a card overseas to show your support of our troops, here's the address again:

Any Canadian Forces Member
Op Attention
Kabul
PO Box 5140 Stn Forces
Belleville ON K8N 5W6

Scraptures Wild Card Wednesday, October 16, 2013

It's Wednesday!! Over on SCRAPTURES that means it's time for another Wild Card Wednesday!! I have loved working with the stamp set and papers in this month's card kit. This one will also be sent to overseas to a member of the Canadian Forces, if you'd like to do the same, here's the address:

 Any Canadian Forces Member
Op Attention
Kabul
PO Box 5140 Stn Forces
Belleville ON K8N 5W6

The house was stamped three times, first time on white, the roof and chimney coloured in, then again on the DP and cut out, the last time again on white, the doors and windows coloured and cut out. I wanted the house to look a bit like a polariod picture, so I layered a piece of blue cardstock on the white with a wider edge at the bottom (the white is 3 x 3.5" the blue is 2.75 x 3 ").

Because the card is going overseas, I added two tiny maple leafs again in the bottom corners with my $1.50 punch from Michael's.

 SUPPLIES:

Blue & white cardstock (gift from my friend Georgina)
Walnut Stain, Weathered Wood & Pumice Stone distress markers (Tim Holtz)
Baja Breeze ink (SU)
Tuxedo Black ink (Memento)
Memories Captured paper pad (Fancy Pants)
Operation Write Home stamp set (Hero Arts)
Maple Leaf punch (Recollections)

Scraptures WCW October 9, 2013

Happy hump day!!! It's Wednesday, time for another WCW challenge on SCRAPTURES.

I made two of these cards to send to troops overseas, here's the address again if you would like to send a card:

Any Canadian Forces Member
Op Attention
Kabul
PO Box 5140 Stn Forces
Belleville ON K8N 5W6

I used gathered twigs distress stain directly on the embossing folder before running it through the cuttlebug to get a better woodgrain look on the kraft paper...I'm pretty happy with how that came out. The little maple leafs are a punch I got at Michael's for $1.50...how could I NOT buy it???

SUPPLIES:

Operation Write Home stamp set CL583 (Hero Arts)
Early Espresso ink (SU)
Cherry Cobbler seam binding ribbon (SU)
Vanilla and kraft cardstock (Recollections)
Cherry Cobbler cardstock (SU)
Woodgrain embossing folder (Sizzix)
Gathered Twigs distress stain (Tim Holtz)
Maple Leaf mini punch (Recollections)
Design paper (SU, retired)

Scraptures WCW October 2, 2013

I am "on deck" for Wild Card Wednesdays this month at SCRAPTURES and since the stamp set in this month's card kit is an "operation write home" set, I thought I would send the cards I make this month to send to Canadian troops overseas for them to send home to their families, friends and loved ones. 

My challenge for you this month is to do the same, send a card to "Any Canadian Forces Member" here's the address you can use to send a card to troops in Afghanistan:

Any Canadian Forces Member
Op Attention
Kabul
PO Box 5140 Stn Forces
Belleville ON K8N 5W6

Here's what I came up with for this week's card:

SUPPLIES:
Memories Captured paper pad (Fancy Pants)
Operation Write Home stamp set CL583 (Hero Arts)
Tuxedo Black ink (Memento)
Cream and cranberry cardstock
Retired design paper (for the kites)(SU)
Cherry Cobbler & Old Olive markers(SU)

Scraptures Finally Friday - Washi Cards

Time for another Finally Friday challenge at SCRAPTURES 

I love washi tape...love it love it love it...I love the bright colours, I love using it to hang stuff on my fridge instead of magnets. I was looking at washi cards on Pinterest and these two caught my eye
 
PINTEREST WASHI CARDS
 
I am NOT very good at CAS (clean and simple) cards, for some reason I feel like every piece of white space has to be filled in...yes I know...I am working on that...HA HA HA 

So here's what I came up with based on the Pinterest cards:
 

 SUPPLIES:

Recollections kraft cardstock (Michaels)
Whisper White cardstock (SU)
Tuxedo black ink (Momento)
Washi tape (ordered through Scraptures)
Healthy Vibes stamp set (Paper Smooches)
Treasures stamp set (CTMH)

Scraptures - Finally Friday - September 20, 2013

It's Friday....that means it's time to hop on over to SCRAPTURES for another Finally Friday challenge!!

For this week's Finally Friday I wanted to make a wedding card...but a different kind of wedding card. My cousin is getting married this weekend and he is a thrash-metal-drummer-tattooed kinda fella, so I didn't think the typical hearts and frills wedding card would work for him and his lovely bride-to-be. I wanted to make something kind of steampunk-ish, so this week's Finally Friday is a mish-mash of different things, including the gold bling which were "borrowed" from his sister's wedding in April...shhhhhhhhhh....

SUPPLIES:

Black & kraft cardstock (August card kit)
Design paper - Prima "Craftsman Collection) (August card kit)
Prima Decorative Wood Embellishments (August card kit)
Game spinner (SU)
Washi tape (from a previous card kit)
My Favourite Things "Mini Chicken Wire" stencil (September card kit)
Dylusions chocolate ink spray
Tim Holtz chit chat stickers

Scraptures - WCW - September 11, 2013

Every Wednesday is "WILD CARD WEDNESDAY" over at SCRAPTURES. This month Chelle is working with the September card kit featuring "Well Played" by Bella Carta. You can see her card here on the Scraptures Blog.

Here's my take on Chelle's card, instead of balloons I used circles punched from the chevron DP I had used on another project (you can see that one tomorrow).

SUPPLIES:

White cardstock (gift from my friend Georgina)

Tim Holtz black soot distress ink

Hero Arts "Awesome" stamp set (also from the September 2013 card kit)

Bella Carta "Well Played" chevron DP

 

Scraptures Wild Card Wednesday - December 5

There are so many cool things in this month's card kit from Scraptures...I didn't know where to start!!

I decided to make a twisted easel card and using the design paper that came with the kit...I didn't even have to do any stamping, both the image and the sentiment were cut from the Journalling Cards design paper!

I was also really excited to use the core-dinations cardstock, it comes pre-embossed and you can sand it, tear it...we all know how I love to distress paper, so of course I sanded it for my card.

To make the twisted easel card, I started with a piece of Early Espresso cardstock (11" x 5.5"), scored it in half, and then scored one of the halves diagonally from the centre to the edge.

We got our fist significant snow in Southern Ontario this past week, so I thought it would be fun to take the pictures outside...brrrrr...not sure that was a good idea, don't think you can even see the snow in the background!

Here is the card closed:

And here's what it looks like open:

 What's in it:

Surprisingly, I only used three pieces of paper to make this card, and didn't do any stamping, but as simple as it was, I am really happy with how it came out!

Cardstock - Scarlet (core-dinations) & Early Espresso (Stampin Up)

Design paper - Echo Park - Very Merry Christmas - Journalling Cards

Thanks for lookin!!

Scraptures - Wild Card Wednesday - Oc tober 31, 2012

Here's my last Wild Card Wednesday project for this month using the Cosmo Cricket - 2wenty Thr3e kit. A while ago I had printed out a paper bow tutorial from Aly Dosdall's blog and have been wanting to try it. By the end of the month I am usually down to scraps of design paper, so it worked well for the bow, I had enough to cut out the three pieces for the bow. Here's a link to Aly's tutorial if you want to make a paper bow:

http://alydosdall.blogspot.ca/2012/08/paper-bow-tutorial-and-printable.html
 

What's in it:

Cardstock - Kraft (The Paper Company)
Design Paper - Cosmo Cricket - 2wenty Thr3e - Foxtrot
(the pink / white design is one side / the yellow is the reverse)
Foof-a-La Button
Cosmo Cricket - Odds and Ends Stickers

Thanks for lookin!!

Scraptures Wild Card Wednesday - October 24

I made my very first step card during the last Scraptures online crop...since then they have been my "go to" for something a little different. Even though I follow the instructions EVERY time, I rarely get the scoring and cutting right on the first try.

For centre step cards like this one, I always use this tutorial from Splitcoast Stampers:
http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/resources/tutorials/centerstepcard/
I love all the embellishments (stickers, tags, buttons etc.) that came with this month's card kit...I love things that are all matchy matchy!!

This week's challenge is for you to make a card in a different style than the standard 4.25 x 5.5 inch card.
 

What's in it:
Cardstock - Bazzill Basics (Orange), Tim Holtz Distress "Old Paper"
Design Paper - Cosmo Cricket "2wenty Thr3e" - Oh Happy Day
Sentiment & Embellishments - 2wenty Thr3e Stacked Stickers

Scraptures Wild Card Wednesday - October 17

After punching out all those squares from the first two Wild Card Wednesday cards I had strips of design paper left over that I couldn't bear to recycle. So I decided to make them into banners for this week's card. My challenge for you this week (whether you have this month's card kit or not) is to make a card and use up some scraps that you've been saving for a rainy day.

 

What's in it:
Cardstock - Bazzill Basics, Silver / Grey & Orange
Design Paper - Cosmo Cricket "2wenty Thr3e" - Flashbulbs, Foxtrot, Oh Happy Day & Paperback
Ribbon - American Crafts Premium Ribbon
Sentiment - 2wenty Thr3e stickers
Punches - Modern Label & Word Window (SU)
Paper Piercer - SU

Scraptures Wild Card Wednesday October 10

So...like Christa...I seem to be on a square "kick" with this months kit. For this week's Wild Card Wednesday card I used more of the 1" squares I had cut from the design paper for last week's card and punched some from the cardstock in this month's kit...I attached all the squares to a scrap piece of paper then ran the whole thing through the Cuttlebug for an inlaid embossed look. Then I added three rows of tissue tape (which now I wish I had done before I embossed the squares...I will try that next time), heat embossed the stamp on the tag, added buttons and voila...

What's in it:

Cardstock - Bazzill Basics (orange, silver/grey), Recollections Kraft, Tim Holtz "Old Paper"
Design Paper - Cosmo Cricket "2wenty Thr3e" (Flashbulbs, Foxtrot, Oh Happy Day, Paperback)
Tim Holtz Tissue Tape
Tim Holtz Journalling Tickets
Foof-a-La Buttons
Inkadoo "Art Stamp Numbers" stamp set
Black embossing powder
Versamark ink
Square Lattice Embossing Folder (SU)

Thanks for lookin!!

Scraptures Wild Card Wednesday - October 3

I am super excited to be working on the Wild Card Wednesday challenges for Scraptures for the month of October. The October card kit features Cosmo Cricket "2wenty Thr3e" design papers and embellishments.

I started off this week's challenge making a quilt card, but it kind of morphed into something else. I started with a 6x6 card base and a piece of scrap 5x5.
I punched 1x1 squares out of the design paper and adhered to the scrap 5x5 piece.
Then I thought it needed something else, so I added the twine in a weave pattern.
The sentiment is cut from a piece of the design paper.
 
My challenge to you this week is to make a card using lots of squares, be it a quilt or something else.

What's in it:
Card base - Recollections Kraft
Squares - Cosmo Cricket "2wenty Thr3e" patterned papers - Flashbulbs / Foxtrot / Oh Happy Day / Paperback
Sentiment - cut from Cosmo Cricket "2wenty Thr3e" patterned paper - Photo Booth
Charcoal Twine

Thanks for lookin!!

Scraptures Wild Card Wednesday - Sept 12

This week over on Scraptures, Chelle's Wild Card Wednesday challenge was to use burlap and wood tickets that came in the September card kit.

The burlap turned out to be really fun to work with. I cut it to the size I wanted (5x5) then frayed the edges by pulling a few of the edge pieces off. Ever the frugal crafter, I used those pulled pieces on the ends of the wood tickets.

To make the flower, I punched 4 pieces from design paper using the Blossom punch, spritzed them with water and crinkled them up. I added a dimensional between each layer to give the flower some depth.

What's in it:

From the Scraptures September 2012 card kit:

Cardstock - Bazzill Basics - Sweet Heart

Burlap Fabric Page by Canvas Corp.

Design Paper - Kaiser Craft "Gypsy Sisters" - Rosa

DYNA Satin Burgundy Ribbon

Prima Wood Tickets

Recollections Washi Tape

Other supplies:

Paper piercer & template (SU)

Blossom Punch (SU)

Baja Breeze button (SU)

Thanks for lookin!!

Scraptures Wild Card Wednesday - Sept 5

Look at me!! I made a card with no ink and no stamps!!! Who'da thunk it???
Christa and Chelle posted a fun Wild Card Wednesday challenge last week over on Scraptures. The challenge was to use a sketch and the September card kit.
I am loving the colours and patterns of the Kaiser Craft "Gypsy Sisters" pattern paper in this month's kit.

Here's the sketch:

And here's my take on it:

What's in it:

From the Scraptures September 2012 Card Kit:

 Design Paper - Kaiser Craft "Gypsy Sisters" - Rosa

Cardstock - Bazzill Basics - Evening Surf

Corrugated Cardboard

DYNA Satin Burgundy Ribbon

 Other supplies:

Punches - Large oval & pennant (SU)

Mini safety pins

Craft Work Cards Ocassion Sentiments

 Thanks for lookin!!