Seize the Birthday #220

 

I'm popping in real quick to share a card I made for the

Seize the Birthday 

challenge where the theme is stripes.

Without further ado....

I started by heat embossing vertical stripes in white onto a panel of white cardstock after which I ink blended some Distress Oxides to create the background.  The center portion is a vertical criss-cross die cut rectangle stacked three high set against another panel of blue.  The white/blue sentiment die cut is set horizontally over the top.  

Supplies:

MFT - Candy Stripes background stamp

Spellbinders - So Many Sentiments die set

Spellbinders - Kaleidoscope Plaid die set

Continue to stay safe and healthy my friends.   _____________________________________________________________________________

Thank you for visiting my little crevice of the crafty blogosphere.  Your time, comments and friendship are much appreciated.  

Happy Crafting!

Jules 

CAS Colours and Sketches #432

It's time for our first August sketch over at the CAS Colours and Sketches challenge blog.  Loads of possibilities with this one.   

As always, feel free to flip and/or rotate the sketch to fit your design.

Here is where the sketch led me.

I initially had lots of ideas but I couldn't get four images to fit onto an A2 sized card.  After multiple attempts it dawned on me to make a mini slim line.  Duh!  This one is very straightforward.  My finished card measures 3.5" x 6.25" which is the size I prefer.  (Love these mini slim line envelopes from Taylored Expressions.)

I began by stamping my four circles in alternating colors and then stamped the swirls over top in black.  I stamped the greeting as per the sketch and added a sliver of b/w diagonal striped patterned paper on each side before popping the card front onto a white card base.  

I invite you to visit our blog and hope to see your card in our gallery!

Supplies:

Simon Says Stamp - Favorite Flower stamp set

Simon Says Stamp - Big Words Thanks stamp set

MFT - black and white paper pad

Continue to stay safe and healthy my friends.   _____________________________________________________________________________

Thank you for visiting my little crevice of the crafty blogosphere.  Your time, comments and friendship are much appreciated.  

Happy Crafting!

Jules 

Happy Little Stampers - August Anything Goes With Dies

 

It's a new month and time for another round of Happy Little Stampers Anything Goes with Dies challenge.  You know the drill.  If you use a die in any form or fashion it qualifies for our gallery.  

I really wanted to use these Band-Aid dies but didn't want to go with the traditional brownish/beige color.  Why not shades of blue?

I die cut the Band-aids from grey cardstock and then searched my stash for an appropriate sized circle.  I die cut the circle from some cheap watercolor paper and used the negative space as a mask to ink blend my three circles.  While I had the ink out I also colored in some white cardstock which I then used to die cut the center squares of the bandages.  I stamped the sentiment in a crisp black pigment ink and then adhered the bandages directly to the circles.  I decided it needed a bit more sumthin' sumthin' so I die cut some simple hearts from white cardstock to use as an embellishment.

I invite you to link your die cut cards to our gallery this month!

Supplies:

MFT - Band-Aid dies

MFT - Circle Stax die 

MFT - Get Well Soon stamp set

Martha Stewart - heart punch

Continue to stay safe and healthy my friends.   _____________________________________________________________________________

Thank you for visiting my little crevice of the crafty blogosphere.  Your time, comments and friendship are much appreciated.  

Happy Crafting!

Jules 

Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers # 191

 

We have a fun new challenge up over at the Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers. 

F is for F Words. 

I know where your mind just went but take a close look at Lee's awesome graphic and you'll see there are lots of fun options for this challenge.  

We have provided you with a plethora of F words for your consideration.

I would be remiss if I let F Words go by without a flamingo.

In addition to my flamingo I wanted to incorporate an F Word into my sentiment. I went with the G rated version for something a bit different.  

I used lots of patterned papers for my card.  The leaves, flamingo and striped background are all from 6x6 paper pads.  I stamped and heat embossed the sentiment in gold and added some little dots with a sparkly gelly roll pen.  I also edged the striped panel with a gold paint pen to give it a bit of definition.  All in all, a very simple card to make.

Come stop by our blog to see more inspiration from The Sisters and our Reigning Queen Beverly.

Supplies:

My Minds Eye - On Trend paper pack

Paper Issues - Snarky stamp set

Waffle Flower Crafts - Greenery dies

Simon Says Stamp - Flamingo die

Continue to stay safe and healthy my friends.   _____________________________________________________________________________

Thank you for visiting my little crevice of the crafty blogosphere.  Your time, comments and friendship are much appreciated.  

Happy Crafting!

Jules 

Color Hues #23

 

Today's card was inspired by the current color duo over at the Color Hues challenge blog.  It's all about pinks and yellows this time around. 

I had a new set of sentiment strips that I wanted to use 

so I basically built my card around this one.  

Yes, let's make pour decisions.  :-)

I started with the background die which I cut three times, once each in white, pink and yellow.  I did a die cut inlay to alternate the colors but chose to use white where the sentiment would be.  I stamped and colored the rose' and popped it up onto the panel with several layers of cardstock.  The sentiment is part of a set of preprinted sheets.  I used a die to cut it out and adhered it below the rose'.  I adhered the panel to a white card base and added in lots of pretty pink and yellow pearls. 

That's it for me today!  I have book club tonight and will most likely make a few pour decisions.   LOL!

Supplies:

Reverse Confetti - Big Stripes Cover Panel die

Ellen Hutson - Voices in my Head stamp set

Simon Says Stamp/CZ Design - Send Wine reverse sentiment strip set

Trinity Stamps - pearls

Continue to stay safe and healthy my friends.   _____________________________________________________________________________

Thank you for visiting my little crevice of the crafty blogosphere.  Your time, comments and friendship are much appreciated.  

Happy Crafting!

Jules 

Happy Little Stampers - August Christmas Challenge

 

It's time once again for another round of Christmas cards over at the Happy Little Stampers challenge blog where the theme this month is Wonderland.

As many of you know I live on the southeastern coast of Florida just five minutes from the coastline.  Our Christmas Wonderland is sandy, hot and humid.  I considered doing a beachy themed holiday card but decided this was the perfect opportunity to create a wintery scene.  Here's what transpired.

I began with all of the die cutting.  The car was cut from glossy red cardstock, the trees from a pine green cardstock, the gifts from patterned paper and the bows and sentiment from glossy black cardstock.  I dipped the tree branches in embossing ink and heat set them with a white embossing powder to create the look of snow.  I used a bit of twine to tie the tree to the top of the car, added a bit of vellum for the inside of the car windows and grounded the scene with some white glitter cardstock.  The snowfall is actually white gems adhered to the aqua card panel.  

I hope you'll come and join us at the blog!  Any Christmas card qualifies but we love to see folks incorporating our prompts.

Supplies:

Right at Home - Holidays are on the Way die set

MFT - Sloped Hills die

Impression Obsession - Tis (the Season) die

HoneyBee Stamps - white gem stickers

Miscellaneous cardstocks and patterned papers

Continue to stay safe and healthy my friends.   _____________________________________________________________________________

Thank you for visiting my little crevice of the crafty blogosphere.  Your time, comments and friendship are much appreciated.  

Happy Crafting!

Jules 

CAS Colours and Sketches #431

 

August is upon us and this being the first Tuesday of the month, we have a new color challenge for you over at the CAS Colours and Sketches blog.  Bhavya is our host this month and she's chosen this wonderful trio for us to try.

For our color challenges, you must use all of the stated challenge colors. You may also use neutrals 

such as white, ivory, black, brown, grey, or metallics; however, no other colors should be added to 

your card. We use Stampin' Up color names for reference, but you are welcome to use any other 

companies' products as long as you match the challenge colors as closely as possible.

Here's where my creative process led me.

I'm not sure I'd want to eat an ice cream cone in these colors but hey! it's a card and I can make it any color I choose.  :-)

I began by stamping and Copic coloring my cute little image with the challenge colors.  I die cut and stacked the "sweet" in gray cardstock and positioned it so that the hungry little mouse was sitting on the "t".  I then stamped the sub-sentiment down below, cut off a bit of the left side and added a strip of b/w striped paper before popping it up onto a blue card base.  

I invite you to check out our blog and come play along.  I'd love to see your card in our gallery.

Supplies:

Colorado Craft Company - Ice Cream Mini stamp set

Simon Says Stamp - Tiny Words stamp set

PoppyStamps - You Are Sweet die 

MFT - black and white striped paper pad

Continue to stay safe and healthy my friends.   _____________________________________________________________________________

Thank you for visiting my little crevice of the crafty blogosphere.  Your time, comments and friendship are much appreciated.  

Happy Crafting!

Jules