CASE Study #141

by DJ on May 21, 2013

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With my son graduating in a few weeks, family coming in from out of town, and my daughter leaving for Mexico a few day later I am not getting alot of stamping done.  Right now, I am trying to finish up Kendall’s school album so it can be displayed at his graduation party, so most of my time is being spent on that.  But for my own sanity I am trying to get in alittle stamping therapy just so that I can make it through the next month.

My card to today was made for the CASE Study challenge….we are CASEing Maile Belles. ( CASE stands for….coppy and share everything) I loved her card and was excited to “copy and share” her work. For my card I used the Honeycomb embossing folder and layered designer paper on top….yes I hand cut them out!!  Grrrr!!  I was so excited when I saw a new Hexagon punch in the new Stampin Up Catalog but was very disappointed when I realized it is larger and won’t fit the inside of the Honeycomb folder.  I sure hope they come out with a punch that will fit this folder!!  Back to my card….the black sentiment was cut out using my Cricuit.  and then to finish it off I added a bow of black hemp.

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Retro Sketches Challenge #63

by DJ on May 17, 2013

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Today I am playing along with the Retro Sketches challenge…..I enjoyed this sketch!!  Right away when I saw the sketch I knew I wanted to pull out some  printed window sheet that I had stashed away.  Back some time ago I got this whole pack of 12 x 12 window sheet that had all kinds of arrows printed on them…..perfect for this sketch!!  I stamped the bike from Stampin Up’s Moving Forward set …..added flowers to the basket, attached my arrow, added a brad to the wheel, stamped a sentiment from the same stamp set, and finished it off with some black rhinestones.

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Verve’s Diva Dare for May

May 16, 2013
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  Today I made my card for the Verve Diva Dare challenge…..we were to use stars and stripes!!  I don’t have the cute little Shining Star stamp set from Verve but I do have this Twinkle Twinkle stamp from them….so I knew right away it was the stamp for this card.  As for fulfilling the stripes part [...]

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CASE Study #140

May 14, 2013
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Here is my card for this week’s CASE Study….our “muse” is Maile Belles.  Just in case you don’t remember what the CASE Study is all about hop on over to their blog and read all the details, but my quick explaination is this….we get to use Maile Belles as our inspiration and CASE her work….what does [...]

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Freshly Made Sketches #84

May 6, 2013
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Today I am playing along with two challenges….the Freshly Made Sketches challenge and the Creative Crew challenge to use bling.  I love these embossing folders from Stampin Up….they add such detail and elegance to a card….and they are perfect for adding a little bling!!  This card ended up being very time consuming….hand cut flowers, tiny little [...]

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Unscripted Sketch Challenge #208

May 3, 2013
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The card I made today is for the Unscripted Sketch challenge.  I used washi tape to create the lines that this sketch called for.  My card ended up being really simple….some designer paper, a bit of crocheted lace, washi tape and some basic stamping.

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Deconstucted Sketch No. 99

May 2, 2013
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Here is my card for Jen’s Deconstucted Sketch challenge.  I really liked this sketch and love how my cards turned out.  My color combo is Stampin Up’s Basic Black, Island Indigo, and Whisper White.  The chipboard boot is from the $1 bin at Michaels….I added some black accents to it…classy…don’t you think!?!

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RetroSketch Challenge…#61 along with the CAS-ual Fridays Challenge…#99

May 1, 2013
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My card today is for two challenges….the RetroSketch challenge and the CAS-ual Fridays challenge (which was to make it a birthday card).  I am still working at replenishing my male birthday card stash and these two challenges seemed perfect for another masculine card. The color combo for this card is Stampin Up’s…Cajun Craze, Early Espresso, [...]

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CASE Study DT Challenge

April 30, 2013
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I decided to enter the DT challenge for CASE Study.  For our entry we were to find our own “muse”….you know….. that person out there who inspires you!!  Well, from the very beginning our my stampin and sharing online (which started out at Splitcoast Stampers), I have loved the work of Birgit…..her cards always catch [...]

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CAS(E) this Sketch…#25

April 30, 2013
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Today I am playing along with the CAS(E) this Sketch challenge.  Another fun sketch from this great group of ladies!!  I am afraid though that I got alittle wrapped up in my card and it ended up not being very much a CAS card!!  Maybe if I would have left of the embossing and the [...]

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