Inventor

 

 

Two challenges for this card...

The first: TFJB Challenge: Stamped With Love to use your favorite Tim Holtz stamps. Hard to choose a favorite, but The Inventor 7 is new and had not even been inked yet; I'm sure with my love of masculine cards and gears and such it is sure to be a favorite!

The second: Simon Says Stamp: Make your own background. The inside of the card probably fits this challenge better, since the front of the card is mainly using the stamp as the focal point rather than the background.

These are the stamps used to make the background. Faded Type (also Tim Holtz) is another set purchased recently that I loved but hadn't had a chance to use it much. Love it for the background! The 'Time is a companion' stamp is one of my all time favorites for birthdays, as is the Mini Blueprints.

Thanks for looking!

Seaside Sunset

 This is the first card I made for the current challenge at The Funkie Junkie Boutique Blog, Chillin' in the Heat,to use warm colors or cool colors. I like the way this one turned out using warm colors, but when I tried to re-create it with cool colors, I just couldn't get it right, and changed direction completely (see yesterdays post)! 

So I think I will send this one to my cousin for her birthday to remind her of the fabulous vacation we enjoyed on the Oregon Coast earlier this year, where we saw some gorgeous sunsets from the balcony of our condo. Maybe I'll try it with cool colors again later with the same design!

The 'Breathe' stamp is from Stampendous and is one of my favorites, but I don't have occasion to use it very often. The sea shell stamp is an oldie from Inkadinkado.

Way Cool

 

Last minute entry for the Monday Challenge at Simon Says Stamp, Fun With Stencils. I used this flourish design from Dreamweaver Stencils with some Texture Paste.  This stencil reminds me of crashing waves.  I chose it for a birthday card for a cousin who we were lucky enough to vacation with on the Oregon Coast with a fabulous view of the ocean, which reminds me, I'd better get it in the mail tomorrow!
 

I also had in mind the challenge at The Funkie Junkie Boutique Blog, Chillin'in the Heat...celebrate the end of summer with either a 'hot' design with warm colors or a 'cool' design with cool colors...Way Cool, right? The little tag is a die from Taylored Expressions, stamped with My Story, Everyday Life.

Scotch Irish

 

I've been super busy this past week and have my six year old grandaughter here to entertain so I almost gave up on this one...but when TFJB Challenge said 'Scotch it is', I thought about my mom telling me we were Irish and Scotch Irish...took me a while to figure out how to incorporate the subject into a project, but this is what I ended up with!   Down to the wire once again!

Rossi 2022-Keep moving!

 

Having three sons, only one daughter-in-law, and no sisters, I have the opportunity to make masculine birthday cards much more often than feminine ones. Also, middle son is turning 41 in about 10 days and enjoys riding his Harley in his spare time, so I thought the gauge dial was close to the speedometer/tachometer???  But I set the dial close to 41...his age this year!

 

The current challenge at TFJB Challenge Blog is Moving Parts. This gave me the opportunity to try out some of the goodies I received recently from The Funkie Junkie Boutique for being a random prize winner of the generous gift certificate! These are just a few of the items I chose!

I used the Mini Mechanics 3d Embossing Folder on a piece of black cardstock, added some Metallics Distress Crayons ( I love the Bronze!), created the Gauge Dial with the Gauge Frame, and added a Game Spinner heat embossed with some red embossing powder, and created the Enjoy the Journey tag on Kraft cardstock with Black Soot Distress Ink and some clear embossing powder.

I'm glad my son is coming to visit the day after his birthday so I don't have to send this baby through the mail!

Thanks for looking!

Travel

 This week's theme at Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge , Let's Go On Vacation, was great motivation to create this travel themed thank you card. Our travel agent over the past several years has recently retired and we wanted to send her a thank you/gift card for all of her hard work, she made travel stress free.

I did some paper piecing with a couple of papers from 7 gypsies variety pack 'Lille' as well as some tags from some older stash. I then created the clasp closure using a 1/2" punch and a couple of eyelets and some twine.

The inside was created using the Stampendous Carte Postale stamp along with a cursive Thank You stamp.

 

The back of the card was a last minute addition using a retired Stampin'Up set Sentimental Journey.

Thanks for looking!

Birthday Time

 

 

The current challenge at The Funkie Junkie Boutique Blog is Stencil Mania...use at least three stencils...just in time for a birthday card for my daughter in law.

These are the three stencils I chose. I appreciate these challenges because it forces me to use some of the product that seems to get neglected. I decided to try a technique where you use kraft cardstock and  white ink through the stencil using a blending tool.

I also used the Tim Holtz Framelits w/ Stamps for the butterfly and watercolored it with Aged Mahogany, Fired Brick, and Gathered Twigs Distress Ink.

Thanks for the challenge!