Cats on a Fence - SSDS #38

It is week #38 at Stamp, Scrap and Doodle Saturdays, and we'd like you to show us your easel cards! There are many tutorials out there in blogland, so if you 've never tried them now is the time! Come link up your card and you could win 3 digis of your choice from our wonderful sponsor Digi Stamp Characters!

Heather also gave the dt some digis to play with and I used these adorable cats!

I colored the cats with my copics, and then cut them out. I used the Labels 8 Nestabilities to make the easel card out of black paper, and I also used them to make the mats. The background behind the cats was brayered with Soft Sky and Old Olive ink. I used Wild Wasabi for the bottom mat. I also used the Big Shot to cut the fence with a Sizzix die. I adhered the fence to the green mat and folded the bottom of it so it would hold the easel card in the right position. The cats were adhered last with pop dots so the fence would go under them.

Don't forget to come and join us at SSDS to play along!

I also entered this card into these challenges:

Alphabet Challenge - A is for Animals

Daring Cardmakers - easel card

Cupcake Craft - Don't be square

Creative Inspirations - Easel Cards

Stampin' Royalty - use your punches

C.R.A.F.T. Challenge - Shaped Cards

Flowers, Buttons...and Sewing?

Well everyone, I've gone and done it. I dug out the sewing machine so I could sew a card. I've been putting this off even though I have admired other peoples' sewn creations from afar. Now I'm afraid I'm hooked. This first attempt has a few slipped stitches, but I'm sure with more practice I will be much better at it!

I used a designer paper from Webster's Pages called Your Life Beautiful, confetti cream cardstock, and an olive green strip from my scrap box. I put the "scene" through the Big Shot with the scalloped circle Nestabilities. I then brayered the sky and the ground before stamping the stems and adding the flower buttons. Before I attached the flower scene I did a straight stitch around the dp and a zig-zag stitch to attach the green. All in all, not a bad first try!

I entered this card into the following challenges:

Eat, Sleep, and Stamp - Sketch

Creative Card Crew - vintage

C.R.A.F.T. Challenge - buttons

Flourishes Timeless Tuesday - bought it, use it (just bought the dp on monday couldn't wait to get at it!)

Easter White on White

I don't usually make Easter cards to give out, but I couldn't resist with this little basket! The basket is from a Stampin' Up set called Roosting.

I started by putting a whole bunch of white cardstock through the Big Shot. I used the Cuttlebug embossing folder Swiss Dots, Spellbinders Borderabilities Eyelets, and the Spellbinders Circle and Scallop Nestabilities. I decided to do one extra color, the yellow, to give it a little punch, so I used a yellow ribbon and sponged yellow on the scallop circle. The basket I colored with colored pencils and glitter pens. I also distressed the top and bottom of the Swiss Dots background and the circle with the basket.

This card qualifies for the following challenges:

My Time To Craft - Lovely Lace

Cute Daisy May - Anything Goes

The Pink Elephant - Spring

Your Next Stamp Challenge - Distressing

Crafty Creations - Spots and Dots

Cooking It Up With Katie #11 and DT Call

Hello fellow crafters!

I have decided to go for my first attempt at a design team! Katie, at Cooking it Up With Katie Challenge Blog, is looking for 4-6 crafters to join her as DT's on her biweekly challenge. Check out her site, enter her challenge, then email her with your details and maybe you could be part of the DT!

So the challenge this week was to make something girly, use paper piecing, and use at least 2 designer/patterned papers. Here is my entry:

I can never decide which pictures to use, so I'll just include them all!

The easel card is made with Stampin' UP confetti cream paper. I layered the seafoam designer over the red/pink paisley dp and then added the ribbon and the charm. The girl image is from Stampin' Up set Summer by the Sea. I stamped her on white and colored her with watercolor crayons and a blender pen. The next step was to cut her out and adhere her to the card with pop dots.

I used the Big Shot and Borderabilities die called Eyelets to make the layer on the bottom of the card. The large pearl was added at the bottom to make the easel stay up, and then I continued the pattern of pearls up the paper to make it look like the large one was part of the swirl. Added some more pearls at the top, and then because I thought it needed just a little something extra I used diamond dust in the eyelets of the border paper!

This card also qualifies for these challenges:

Lots To Do Challenge - Use a Machine

Stamp, Scrap & Doodle Challenge Week 28 - Use a Charm

Mmmmm Cupcakes!

Someone had a challenge for pink and brown a few weeks ago, and I had some leftover scraps....don't they just make the great cards?!

This card is 5" x 5", made with chocolate chip paper and some designer paper for the edge. All images are from a Craft Affair clear set called Life is Sweet. I put the cupcakes in the backgound on the brown paper with Versamark ink. The tag was punched with the Big Shot from the Sizzix die Card, Scallop w/Flowers. The "buttons" are stamped from the set and cut by hand and adhe

red with pop dots. I added pink ribbon to the designer paper strip and as a holder for the tag. This is definitely one of my favorite color combinations.

This card qualifies for the following challenges:

Pink Elephant #54- Use Ribbon

Little Red Wagon #16 - Ribbon

Thanks for taking a look at my cards!

Valentine's Easel Card

So this is an easel card. When I saw them on the Splitcoaststampers site, I said no way, that is way to difficult. Turns out it was the fastest, easiest card I have made in a while! Check here for the template.

I was blog hopping for a while yesterday and came across Charisma Cardz Challenges. This week's challenge is white on white. I don't usually make monochromatic cards, but I couldn't resist this one. I figured it was a great time to try out the easel card.

This card also qualifies for the challenge from the Alphabet Challenge Blog - New Technique. Hop on over to these blogs and try your hand at their challenges.

Ok, on to the card! I made the easel out of the white cardstock. More white put through the Big Shot with Cuttlebug Swiss Dots embossing folder. A white strip was also cut out with Spellbinders Borderabilities - Eyelets for the bottom section. The Big Shot was also used for the tag with Sizzix die Tag Set.

The heart stamp was from a Stampin' Up set called Polka Dot Punches. I stamped that on the tag with a light pink ink. Next I made a bow through the hole in the tag and attached that to the paper with the swiss dots with pop dots. Pop dots were also used to adhere that whole sheet to the card. For the lower section I used the Ultimate glue to put on the border and the pearls from Stampin' Up's pretties kit. The last thing was putting some diamond dust glitter in the holes on the border to give it some shine!

Enjoy your stamping!