This is for Sketch #3 of the August 2023 Card Sketch Challenge at Scapbook.com. The original sketch is FMS570. I flipped it upside down and used R2D2 instead of the circle. This was for a customer order that wanted Star Wars theme for a boy turning 21. He liked it and so did I! My husband drew/made the digital stamp of R2D2 in photoshop so know I can use him whenever I want and in any size.
I need to be better about posting my cards so I might as well start with the Mother’s Day cards I made for this year. I haven’t been posting because I haven’t had time to list all the supplies that go with them. But I’m going to try to post them and add to the supplies as I have time. If there is something I used you want to know more about just ask me in the comments and I’ll let you know.
So this was for all the cowboy/Texan mom’s out there! I made a card with this image years ago called Cowgirl Flowers but decided to make a new version this year for some new customers that wanted this theme for their Mother’s Day card.
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Cardstock: Bazzill
Digital Stamp: Home on the Range and Bouquet Daisy (Daydream Designs - store closed). Printed on a Epson ET-8500 color printer
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I have several mom's that like birds so I had a couple of those.
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So I have been exposed to Covid-19 a lot lately and I finally tested positive for it. So while I rest I hope to get caught up on a few things and one of them being my blog. As you can tell it has been neglected for awhile now with barely any post. I have created but just didn’t have time to create and blog. So I’m hoping in these 10 days off the Lord will allow me to be well enough to do a few things on the to-do list.
So one of my nephews had a birthday in September and I just couldn't create the right card for him. And then weeks turned into months and the poor boy never got a card or his present. Which I was just going to give him money because time was getting away from me. But I really didn't want to do that because even though I was late I wanted to make sure he knew he was special and loved. His mom had told me he is into Australia right now and he loves to learn about new things. Well, I went to Beccy's Place Blog and saw a brand new stamp released this month and it was perfect!! It is called Limited Edition and it is a platypus!! The creative juices flowed and I even got out the Distress Oxide inks my friend Karen taught me how to use last year. I made the background (Salvaged patina and peacock feathers) by starting with lighter and going darker. Then I spritzed it with water. Then I used Blueprint sketch Distress Oxide ink on paper and cut the 10 out of it. I printed the bubbles from the digital stamp directly on my background piece. I love how it turned out!! I went with a 7 1/4 x 3 3/4 card as it was the perfect size for the platypus swimming to the number 10!! (It uses a 7 1/2 x 4 envelope that I had to special order).
This card also inspired me to find books to go with it. So I find a cool book that comes in a series called Platypus Police Squad and I got him the first book - The Frog who Croaked. Which is double awesome because it is about a platypus and a cop (his dad is a police officer!) I also got him a book on the animals in Australia (A is for Australian Animals) and a book on Australia (A is for Australia)
I hope to turn this design into some Hello Cards instead of the 10 being on there. We will see what happens and I'll post if I get them made!!
CHALLENGES:
1) Beccy's Challenges - January - Create a card or paper-craft project using any Beccy's Place image, upload a photo of it to your blog or other hosted site, and submit a direct link. The challenge runs from now until midnight on the 31st of January 2022 (AEST).
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Digital Image: Limited Edition @ Beccy's Place
Distress Oxide Inks: Ranger Tim Holtz (Salvaged patina, Peacock feathers, Blueprint sketch)
Cardstock: Bazzill (Mediterranean, Pinecone)
Water paper for inking: Neenah paper
Accents/Tools: pop dots, Epson inkjet printer
No Ifs, Ands, or Butts about it… Have a Happy Birthday!
Since 2013 I have been making Basset and Beagle cards for one of my co-workers to give to his mom, girlfriend and aunt. So his mom’s birthday is Feb 4th and Aunt’s birthdays is Feb 5th. So I found these adorable “butt” portraits of dogs and paired with this saying I came up with these birthday cards! Aunt is beagle owner and mom is Basset!! Which then gave me an idea for Valentine’s card for his girlfriend so stay tuned for that one!!
So I had a lady contact me and asked if I could make simple or mini cards for her to send to her nieces and nephews (ages 4-12) to brighten their day! Of course! I love happy mail and that is why I host the Happy Mail Challenge. Ro (Rolbricht) makes mini cards and I always thought I wanted to do that too! So I bought envelopes a long time ago. I never got around to making them until now! So thank you Ro for the inspiration. Here is my first go at mini cards.
Card 1 (blue penguin) – inside “have a great day”
Card 2 (dino) – inside “Keep being Roar-Some!”
Card 3 (panda) – inside “You’re Pantastic!
Jan Inspirational Card Challenge – In honor of National Hugging Day make a card and send it to make someone’s day (a “hug” in the mail!)
SUPPLIES: Scraps!! I had to find stuff in my scrap drawer and I did it!! Cardstock: Bazzill
Kris @ Imagine That Digistamp started the Progressive Challenge back up. What that means is she posted an image this month and if you make a project with it and link it to the challenge then you will get December’s Image FREE!
This is a Bugaboo Digital Stamp called Escape Key. I got permission from Jodie (shop owner) to remove the original saying and replace it with this one. My husband is awesome and can Photoshop so he replaced the saying and digitally colored the image. I cut out the colored image matted it and stuck it on the card base. This fits into the Bonus Category of the Scrapbook.com October Inspirational Card Challenge – humor/sarcastic.
SUPPLIES: Cardstock: Bazzill (Raven, Bazzill Green) Digital Stamp: Escape Key @ Bugaboo Stamps Colored – Photoshop (colored by husband)
Trying to figure out why my post keeping getting messed up. So here is another attempt. Anyone else having trouble with wordpress in where it makes your images long and distorted?
I had a request from a lady who wanted a birthday card for her niece that was in her 20’s. One of the things she liked was raccoons so I decided this image from Gerda Steiner was perfect. The lady requested “be happy” on the sign.
April Inspirational Card Challenge – Theme – Birthday
SUPPLIES: Digital Image: Racoon Digital Stamp – Gerda Steiner Stamps. Cardstock: Bazzill (parakeet, brown, starmist, african daisy) Metal Dies: Spellbinders (Suns and clouds), Joy crafts (clouds), io dies (tiny flowers) Accents/tools: Nuvo drops (Ivory seashell), pop dots Colors: digital stamp colored in Photoshop by my husband.
I then decided this would be the perfect card to send to a nursing home in Texas asking for cards during the quarantine.
The guys at work told me to take a day off since it has been a stressful month. They told me to make cards or something. Well that night I saw a post where a retirement/nursing home in Texas wanted cards sent to the residents. So I told them I made this so they all they had to sign it!! What was funny was that I didn’t bring in right away and they even asked me where the card was for the “nursing home!!” They try to be tough but they have soft hearts!!
I just changed the sign to “Sending Happy Thoughts” to make it a thinking of you from Missouri card.
April Inspirational Card Challenge – Theme – Birthday Happy Mail Challenge – sent to a nursing home in TX.
SUPPLIES: Digital Image: Racoon Digital Stamp – Gerda Steiner Stamps. Cardstock: Bazzill (parakeet, brown, starmist, african daisy) Metal Dies: Spellbinders (Suns and clouds), Joy crafts (clouds), io dies (tiny flowers) Accents/tools: Nuvo drops (Ivory seashell), pop dots Colors: digital stamp colored in Photoshop by my husband.
I had two birthday cards to make. One for a pilot and one for a guy who likes to fly remote controlled planes. So I used a digital stamp that I had and cut off one of the birthday messages to make it work for my design. The pilot lives where it is cold so I put snow on the mountains for his and left it off for the one that lives in Florida.
SUPPLIES: Digital Stamp: Airplanes @ Imagine That Digi Stamp Metal Dies: Lawn Fawn (Stitched mountain borders, forest border), Joy Crafts (cloud) Cardstock: Bazzill (Arctic, Hillary, Pinecone) Ink: pre-colored digital stamp printed on Epson XP-440 Accents/Tools: EK Success 1/16 pop dots, scor-tape 1/16, 1/4
I wanted to try this design (see previous airplane birthday card) but with a new die I got. So I made Father’s Day and Happy Birthday banners so it could be used for either! I made it in red and blue. A lady ordered one for her dad and grandpa so I made different colors!
SUPPLIES Red Airplane: Metal Die: IO Dies (Plane with Banner), Lawn Fawn (Stitched Mountains, forest border), Joy Crafts (clouds) Cardstock: Bazzill (Rain Forest, Walnut, Starmist, Bazzill Red)
SUPPLIES Blue Airplane: Metal Die: IO Dies (Plane with Banner), Lawn Fawn (Stitched Mountains, forest border), Joy Crafts (clouds) Cardstock: Bazzill (Rain Forest, Walnut, Starmist, Arctic)
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