Paper Smooches Design Team Blog Hop

It's Pep Rally Week on the Paper Smooches Blog.

Kim and the DT will be sharing fun and fabulous projects using the

two new stamps and ten new dies from the September release,
available from 8pm Pacific Time August 31st.

CREATIVE INSPIRATION

CRAFTY TEMPTATION

AND the chance to WIN one of FOUR $25 Paper Smooches gift certificates too!!!

AWESOME!!!

Head on over to the Paper Smooches Blog and get hopping now,
GOOD LUCK :)

  

CAS Birthday card

I have finally got some burlap ribbon and thoroughly enjoyed making this CAS birthday card ... I think this is the start of a new addiction.

  

The card is 5x7" made with American Crafts textured cardstock.
The "happy" is from Winnie & Walter In A Word: Happy Cutaway, the "birthday" is from the Sizzix Stephanie Barnard Regal Stand-Ups Framelits Card Die Set.
The flowers and leaves are Fiskars squeeze and lever punches with AC textured cardstock.
Because the front was quite heavy with the burlap panel at the top, I layered some co-ordinating cardstock inside and it is much more stable now.

  

                   I have entered my card in the following creative challenges                          

 The team at the Freshly Made Sketches blog are celebrating their
200th challenge this week and I am thrilled to be playing along with the
Freshly Made Sketches 200

Don't forget to head on over to the Freshly Made Sketches Blog,

join the celebrations and have the chance to win too :)
Entries close noon, Monday 25th Aug PDT

I'm also entering my card with the

Crafty Gals Corner Challenge #33 Anything Goes

Come on over and join the creative fun with the Crafty Gals.

Entries close noon, Tuesday 25th August CST

There are two randomly selected prizes and you also have

the chance to be selected by the DT as one of the Top 3.

... I think I NEED to add another flower, so that it has an odd number and wondered whether one down on the bottom RHS of the burlap panel would "balance" everything.

I have placed one on the card to see what it looks like and would appreciate your feedback - what do you think, adhere it there, adhere it in a different position or not add it, sticking with the original design?

Looking forward to hearing what you think :)

50 & fabulous

I love to make special cards to celebrate milestone birthdays for family and friends.
This month it is time to celebrate a fabulous 50th.

The glitter sheet is from American Crafts, as are the Thickers (the "50" is DIY Shoebox, the ampersand DIY Rockabye & the "fabulous" Amy Tangerine Scene) and the WOW silver glitter I coated them all with so that the silver matched perfectly.  The embossed panel is the large Peacock Fans embossing folder from Couture Creations and this time I included a sheet of vellum inside the folder with the cardstock (Canson) so that I had a crisp texture without any cracking or tearing when I put it through my Big Shot.  Instead of foam dots, I popped the layers with foam sheets adhered in place with Helmar 450 Quick Dry, the liquid adhesive allows me to get the layers aligned perfectly and it is great for securing the embossed and glittery textures firmly in place too.  Note to self - get some thinner foam sheets, these are a bit too thick, especially when there are four layers!  Needless to say, this card is a little too chunky and heavy to be posted, so we're looking forward to hand delivering some sparkle to the birthday girl.
Dimensions:
card base 5x7, glitter panel 4 3/4 x 6 3/4, embossed panel 4 1/2 x 6 1/2
sentiment - glitter panel 4 1/2 x 1, white panel 4 1/2 x 1 1/4
alpha - glitter panel 2 x 2 1/4, white panel 1 3/4 x 2
foam panels - 1/8" inset from the panels they're popping

                        I have entered my card in the following creative challenges                          

The team at the Freshly Made Sketches blog are celebrating their
200th challenge this week and I am thrilled to be playing along with the
Freshly Made Sketches 200

Don't forget to head on over to the Freshly Made Sketches Blog,

join the celebrations and have the chance to win too :)
Entries close noon, Monday 25th Aug PDT

I'm also entering my card with the

Crafty Gals Corner Challenge #33 Anything Goes

Come on over and join the creative fun with the Crafty Gals.

Entries close noon, Tuesday 25th August CST

There are two randomly selected prizes and you also have

the chance to be selected by the DT as one of the Top 3.

... I always struggle deciding how to photograph my cards,
here is another shot, I think it shows the texture and sparkle better
... what do you think?

Lil' Inker Designs - Monthly Meetup Challenge

It's time for the
AUGUST
Lil' Inker Designs
 Monthly Meetup Challenge

 

 

 

FULL details on THIS post on the Lil' Inker Designs Blog.

Entries close 11.30pm EST 18th August
( 1.30pm AEST 19th August )

Looking forward to getting creative with my LID stamps & dies :)

FIRST Pop Up Challenge ... with Kathy Racoosin

 

Kathy Racoosin

from

The Daily Marker

will be hosting her

 

FIRST Pop Up Challenge

 

August 14th - 17th
FOUR days of FUN, videos and prizes!!!

 

It's only a few days to wait, so join me in getting ready to play along.

LINES - it's all about lines!!!

Check out the Pre-Pop-Up Challenge Post with details & videos.

Check out Day One of the Pop Up Challenge with more details, cards and a video.

Check out Day Two of the Pop Up Challenge with details about die cut and stitched lines.

Third 30 Day Coloring Challenge

Kathy Racoosin

from The Daily Marker

has just announced that she will be hosting her

3rd 30 Day Coloring Challenge in October
EXCITING TIMES AHEAD

 

I will post more details closer to the start,

so that we can all get organised to do a little colouring every day

and challenge ourselves to stretch our creative limits.