Color Throwdown Card for a Kid

Non-traditional colors for a Color Throwdown child's Christmas card:  turquoise, orange, gray/silver.   I chose the perennial favorite "Snowy" from Penny Black, paper pieced the hat and scarf and layered it on turquoise and metallic silver cardstock.  Turquoise dots accent the piece, with "Joy" from Penny Black.  A Wink of Stella adds some glitter to the orange pieces, although it isn't evident in the photo. 

My First "Two-fer" Challenge

                                      

This is my very first card made to meet TWO challenges at once.  To be honest, it's all because of the flower.  I stamped it on paper that I thought would work with Color Throwdown 543, but just couldn't create what I wanted.  Then I decided to work on the Double D Challenge of "frames," and discovered that I could combine the two challenges!   The flower is a large Hero Arts cling stamp, which I stamped on patterned paper and then paper-pieced for some pattern variety and dimension. The frames are Wacky Stitched Rectangles from Cottage Cutz and the sentiment on gray is from Wordsworth.  The blue card front was dry embossed.

Less is More with Piecing and Button Brad

Where have I been for 10 days?  I'm not sure that even I know!   I do know that it's been hot for a month...every day above 92 degrees with a couple of 100's in there...and 10 more days of the same in the forecast.  Hot times in July and August aren't unusual in NE Oregon, but the length of these hot spells is.  We're "saved" by low humidity, though.

Although I've cleaned enough of my craft room that I can once again work in it easily, I just haven't been in there.  Today, I have four challenges that I intend to work on, and the first is the latest Less is More challenge.

We'd like to see paper piercing, brads, eyelets, sewing, etc.

I chose the Hero Arts "Many Petals" image for paper piecing; the brad looks like a cute little yellow button. Each time I complete a LIM challenge, I have to ask myself if it's CAS enough; more than once, I haven't posted because I realized it didn't meet the CAS standards.  This time, I looked at other posts and moved the big flower from the center of the card to open up more white space. I hope it works!

Less is More with Paper Piecing

Less is More Week 248 is featuring paper piecing this week.  As I dug through my hundreds and hundreds of stamps, I realized that I don't have many "open" designs, but I found this great dress image...one I have no identity for because it was a piece of rubber in a grab bag.  Although it looks a bit lavender on my monitor, it's really a pale blue.  "Happy" is a die from Simon Says Stamp.

Paper Piecing and Layers

There's something especially enjoyable about paper piecing...turning a line image into a fun patterned piece. The flower is Hero Arts' "Many Petals" transformed by pretty papers from a 6x6 pad of Bazzill Basics patterned paper and multiple layers for dimension. Dry embossing and Liquid Pearls serve as accents, and an old sentiment from Hero Arts finishes the card.  

Using Designer Paper in a CAS Way

For Less is More this week, the challenge is to use designer paper in a clean and simple card.  For my card, I chose my favorite Stampers Anonymous image, stamped it on a piece of designer paper and paper-pieced the butterfly with a piece from Maja Design's "Walking in the Forest" paper pad--soft blue background with tiny autumn leaves.   I added a piece of Washi tape in complementary colors.

Click Your Steampunk Heels!

I have so many rubber stamps, but that doesn't stop me from buying more.  This great Stampendous image was too fun to pass up.  Gears and buckles and clock faces.....perfect for paper-piecing.  The image was stamped on a background created with Distress Stains; the paper-pieced areas were painted with Glossy Accents.

Pattern Play Day #2 -- Part 2

Paper piecing with patterned paper is another Day 2 technique.  I enjoy doing it, but don't seem to have many stamps that work well with it.  I chose a new poppy image from Penny Black's Blooming Garden clear set and some heavy patterned paper that I really can't see myself using on cards, except in this instance.  The paper's designs are all glittered.    The sentiment is a Penny Black wood-mount called "special treasures."

Still in a blue mood???

Until I prepared this card for the post, I didn't realize that it was the third card in the same basic color combination.    Totally unintentional!   I enjoy using this big Hero Arts flower for paper piecing.  All of the papers  are from the 6x6 pad "Paris & Co" by My Mind's Eye. (The next card will be a different color combo!)

Wednesday Stamper ---Turquoise and Red

This card is quite different from what I see on challenge blogs, but the idea came to me late at night. I have two giant shoe stamps and this one worked well with paper piecing for the turquoise. The shoes glisten with new Rock Candy Distress Stickles and turquoise jewels. See the other turquoise and red creations at Wednesday Stamper. (The card looks pink in the photo, but it's red.)