613 Ave Creates AG DT option card

I made this card for the anything goes 613 Ave Creates card challenge.  I used a spellbinders 3d embossing folder and brushed black cardstock, I love this stuff!!  Its such luxurius card stock and I feel so fancy using it.  I also used a wax seal with gold tim holtz cardstock and the spellbinders dies.  It is a side folding A2 card.  I will add a panel of 4 x 51/4" white card stock to stamp a sentiment and sign it.  I was so happy with this finished design I will be making more for different occasions and sending them to family and friends!!  I cant wait to see all of the talent that I know shows up for this challenge blog every month and I wish them all the best of luck!!

 

GCFAOS # 3

I love haloween and decided that since our 3rd GCFAOS 3rd Challenge would be one of my last times I could use a halloween design I decided to use my SSS kit to do it.  I just loved this kit, all of the cuteness that was enclosed was amazing and the price is such a bargain for all you get.  I did not use the glossy black paper included but used the spellbinder brushed black cardstock instead.  I love this stuff, It is such a beautiful and high quality cardstock.  If you havent used it I highly recommend it because I think you will love it too.  My 10 year old daughter came in as I was working and asked to color too so she stamped the skull and ghost and colored both and they were so good I used them both and my jack o lantern on the inside...  I did cover up alot of my glitter paper and wish I had not covered that up so much but love the overall look regardless.

 

Beautiful Blossoms challenge

I made this card using honeybee stamps winter watercolor and matching dies.  I also used the re inkers on the baby wipe  method to get the colors mixed, then stamped my floweres in daffodil delight, wild wheat and pumpkin pie inks, the foliage was next and I used old olive and lost lagoon.  After I completed my stamping I used the matching dies to cut each image out and on a 4 1/4 x 11 pc of night of navy cardstock scored at 5 1/2 and then cut all but 1/4 inch off of the front and on a see through panel arranged my front how I wanted and then used press and seal to hold it all together, applied a strong adhesive to hold the individual pieces together and then attached it all as one piece to the top of the night of navy no that 1/4 inch tab.  I used my glimmer to foil the just a note from the essestinal glimmer sentimates also from spellbinders.  I will finish with a sentimate inside with a white piece of white cardstok adhered so I can also write a message.  I will be submitting to the following challenges

Beautiful Blossoms Challenge

 

GCFAOS Challenge 2

I was really unsure what to do for our second Girlz Creative Fun Art of Scrap Challenge so I took some of my favorite stampin up patterned paper and a new die set from the stamp market and threw this project together.  I am very heppy with how it turned out.  

 

Britton, 10 , SSS Entry

My 10 year old daughter, Britton, loves stamping with me so when I found the SSS summer kids challenge I turned my craft room over to her.  I had a bit of a mess to clean up after but you arent really crafting if you arent making a mess!!  I didnt realize she had picked up so many techniques when she has joined me during my crafting sessions so I was more than impressed with what she came up with and the finished product!!  She has been able to draw extremely well as long as I can remember and apparently can give her mother a run for her money with her skills at stamping and ink blending!!   

Submitted to the following challenge:

SSS Kids Summer Vacation Challenge

 

1st Challenge Project!!

Hello, Jill here, and Welcome to my very first project for the very fun Girls Creative Fun Art of Scrap!!

This is such a fun challenge because it is  always going to be anything goes as long as you use patterned paper.  Lets be honest my fellow crafters we all have a ton of beautiful paper we have horded over the years and are afraid to use because we love it and want to hold onto it or we arent quite sure what to do with it.  I am nowhere near the level of the other talented ladies on the team but I hope my projects help to inspire and jumpstart your creativity on how to use them because I know the other excellent projects will!!  Just remember the most important things when entering is create in the way that makes you happy because it will be beautiful every time and most importanly have fun doing it!!

My project for our 1st challenge is so simple, I used some patterned paper from stampin up (retired, name escaping me but I will get it and update), the die set is also from a retired stamp and die set called tricks and treats.  It came with a great die to make these adorable little treat bags that could be used all year to really stretch your crafting supplies and your $$.  I die cut the boo and the tags from glow in the dark paper also retired but had a little left and thought it would add a nice finishing touch.  I also decided to stamp some bats and eeks in memento black ink on pumpkin pie ribbon which matches the main color of the bag.  

I hope you will join us the 25th of every month for this fun challenge because we cannot wait to see your Beautiful creations using up that stash of pretty papers!!

 

 I have been absent from my blog and all of my favorite challenges for a few months now.  I Have been in the process of working on a brand new blog but had to do my research and decide on how I want thing to look and so on.  Its a forever long process it seems like but since I finally actually began designing the site Im hoping to get up and running soon!  

I just recently got some very exciting news and couldnt wait to share it.  I have actually been given an opportunity to be a member of a design team for a challenge that I can already tell alot of us paper crafters will love!!  Are you like me and have collected so many patterned papers over the years you no longer have any space for any new ones?  Would you like to free up some space for some new ones?  You Know you do!!  

If you do then go to the Girlz Creative Fun Art of Scrap challenge that will have its debut challenge August 25th.  Thats literally right around the corner.  Start looking through those beautiful papers and make anything you would like, not just a card, because the other great thing about this challenge is that anything goes as long as you use patterned paper, and who doesnt love creating beautiful things with patterned paper!!

This has been some sunshine in a pretty dreary few months so I feel so blessed to have been chosen to be a part of it.  There are some lovely ladies over there who cant wait to see all of your beautiful creations.  Please join us the 25th of each month for some sunshine of your own!!