2S4Y challenge

One more card for a challenge, I seem to be on a roll! New supplies and a long vacation from stamping have totally re-energized me! I can talk, eat and drink stamping! :D. Since I got my guide lines two set, whenever I see a sketch all I want to do is try to fit that stamp set into the sketch. So here’s another take using this stamp set. It is for the 2S4Y Challenge 30. I worked a really long time on this card, initially there was no embossing and no brads; but the way the card looked didn’t make my happy. So in came the brads and quite some time was spent on deciding whether golden would be better or copper. Sometimes all that glitters is not better, so copper was the popular choice. Still something seemed missing and my eyes were stealing a glance at the cuttlebug folder and hence the big shot started rolling. Alls well that ends well – I’m happy with the card now! :)

 

• Stamps: PTI Guide Lines Two, Inkadinkado sentiment, Martha Stewart Alphabets for the brackets
• Paper: DCWV and Bazzill
• Versacolor Orange and Fresh Green, copper brads. scallop scissor, nestabilities, white gel pen, cuttlebug embossing folder.

Another challenge…

No posts for two months and now two in a day :). Wanted to post this as a separate one so that I could link it in the challenge. This is for Friday Sketchers 60. This uses another new item that I bought yesterday – Sizziz Garden Delight alphabet dies!!! They were on sale at Michaels for $10 (originally $150). I’d gone there to buy just an acrylic block but my DH pointed out that there were some Sizzix items on sale and I thought I might just look at them – I’ve never bought any dies except nestabilities. When I saw these alphabet thingies I couldn’t resist and bought two of them – the Funky brush and this one. I’d long wanted ONE such alphabet die set but since they were so expensive, they never went up my wish list. Long story short – here’s the card :). Simply love the dies and the way the card turned out!! It looks much better than I thought it would.

• Stamp: None
• Paper: Bazzill, DCWV and patterned paper from K & Co.
• Sizzix Garden Delight alphabet set, ribbon, prismacolor pencils, white gel pen, piercing needle, pop dots.

Pink, Yellow and Green

Yes its been a long time since I posted anything – my family was here! We’d lots of fun and I learnt a couple of things from my mom like stitching and crochet –mainly so that I could crochet those little flowers for cards :). Will post their photos soon. Now that everybody’s gone, I’m back to my crafting frenzy. Here’s a card I made with my new (and first) PTI stamps “Guide Lines Two”. Its for the Stamp Something challenge “Pink, Yellow and Green”.

I’m not too experienced with stamping using colored ink so I had no idea how yellow would look on pink CS. I guess there’s always a first time. Did you notice the little butterfly charm?!?!? I got a packet of 6 for 20 cents or so :D.

• Stamp: PTI Guide Lines Two
• Paper: Bazzill
• Inks: Versacolor canary yellow and fresh green
• Ribbon, charm, pop dots

Dress Card – NO STAMPS!

I was inspired by this dress card on SCS. I wanted to try the same design as well as a different one that came to my mind, primarily because this is the kind of dress I used to my friend’s daughter in and she would look soooo cute! So I thought the card would be too and it does, not as cute as her though :). I was finally able to use a ribbon that I’d kept from a packaging – that’s the one at the waist. It was double the width that I needed, so I simply folded it :).

DCWV paper, satin ribbon, Stickles Stardust, Crop-a-dile, Scallop scissors.

Finally…

…I was able to make a masculine card to my satisfaction. I hope it does look masculine to others too :). It also fits in with the Something yellow, blue and green challenge at Stamp Something.

I created the background paper using some ol’ forgotten foam stamps that I had and which I thought I would never be able to use :). Can you believe it – this is the first time I’ve used Versamark?!?! I’ve been stamping for over a year now and had never used Versamark ?!?! Which world was I in :-?. Then I created the sentiment using another set which I didn’t have any hopes of being money-well-spent; it does have a weird “r”, almost looks like a “z”.

• Stamps: SU! Angler, CTMH amore lowercase, Summer cuties
• Paper: DCWV
• Prismacolor pencils, OMS, brads, clear EP, heat gun, versamark

Ismaki Challenge

The moment I saw this week’s sketch at Ismaki, I knew I wanted to make a card on the sletch – it is so beautiful and different! Totally fell in love with it.

The sketch:

The card:

I liked the way it came out and did you see what I did with the leaves of the palm trees?!?!? Instead of popping the leaves exactly on the image, I interleaved it to give a richer foliage.

• Stamps:  Riley
• Paper: DCWV and Bazzill
• VersaColor Orange ink, prismacolor pencils, OMS, Stickles stardust, Nestabilities, Crochet thread, crop-a-dile

Butterfly stamp sets

Yeah I know I haven’t posted a creation in a long time and in this post too there won’t be one. For one I haven’t been making too many things, I did make 4 cards in last 2 weeks but couldn’t take a photo of them as all of them had to be posted in a haste. Hopefully I should get back in full swing soon.

Lately I’ve been so fascinated with butterfly stamps that I decided to hunt one for myself; but there is such a mind-boggling variety that I haven’t been able to make up my mind. Since I’d spent so much time and energy looking around that I thought I should post my findings to enable those who have a similar dilemma :)

Here are all the sets.

Hero Arts Designer Butterfly Clear Stamp Set  - $15

 

Stampendous Perfectly Clear Butterfly stamp set - $15

Stampendous Perfectly Clear Butterfly stamp set - $15

CHF Vintage Butterflies - $15

Gel-a-tins Butterflies are free $22

Gel-a-tins Butterfly Love $14

PTI Butterfly  Kisses - $22

CTMH Butterfly Wings - $23

TAC Butterfly Swirls - $20

 

Phew! What do you think of that lineup?!?!? Which is your favorite – whether or not its listed here?