I've been doing quite a bit of crafting but have been neglecting my blog. So I have quite a few projects to share. First here's a card I made using stamp kissing. I haven't done the technique much and honestly don't have too many stamps well suited for it but it was fun to try something new. I made it for the Stamp It! Week challenge at Papercrafts.
Next is my card for the
GCD Studios sketch challenge. My card didn't win but
Grace's LO was amazing. I still haven't applied to their DT call because I must admit I'm a bit intimidated. They have 250 entries so far, but since I love their product and have made so many projects with it already it can't hurt to try.
Next I have two projects from the
SNR weekend crop. The first one was for a color challenge using green, orange, yellow and pink. The GCD Studios Spring All Over line was definitely well suited for this challenge
Next was a bug challenge. You had to include two bugs on your project. I choose two ladybugs from Studio G. The K and Company paper I used I got at a real bargain because it was a 6x6 pad with two sheets missing but it was down to 75 cents instead of $3 so I was happy to buy it. I wish I would have had more time to participate over the weekend because they had so many great challenges so I look forward to future crops there.
Lastly two small toots for me. First the lovely Renee from
Let's Scrap choose me as artist of the week which is very flattering. Also I was in the Top 3 over at the
Pink Elephant Blog. I love their challenge and I was so happy to know they liked my card enough to include it in their top 3. Their blog hop this weekend was great and they shared some fantasic projects.
On the first day of spring it snowed here in Jersey, but I'm still happy to say that its officially spring. I hope everyone will be getting some spring weather soon!
Here's my card for the sketch this week at ICS. The week's sketch was a bit of a challenge. I didn't know what to use for the irregular element in the sketch until I saw the wavy pattern in the Marrakech papers. So I hand cut the pattern and used other Marrakech patterns to finish it off.
Here's my take on the Card Patterns sketch this week. I used the new BG Marrakech line which I love. The chipboard colors wound up a little bit more vibrant than I would have liked. The etsy shop Paper Blooms is the sponsor this week. Leah Cornelius is the owner and she makes beautiful embellished hand crocheted flowers.
Here's my card based on the sketch this week at The Pink Elephant. I love how they have so many different kinds of challenges at one blog. As soon as I saw the call for a textured background to be part of the sketch I knew I would be using the awesome flocked paper from the GCD Studios Spring All Over collection. All the paper and the tag are from GCD. The sticker is Making Memories and the buttons are from a Paperchase pack I got on clearance at Borders. Borders recently had all the clearance Paperchase down to $1 a package so I was able to pick up some funky shaped buttons and brads as well as a few others things. Yesterday was the first time this week I was able to dedicate to scrapping this week but I was very productive and wil be posting quite a few new cards today.
This week at Sketches by Tamara the recipe was to use staples, a star, and 3 different patterned papers. I wanted to make a more boyish card and I thought this challenge would be perfect for that. I also followed sketch 107 from CPS. I love the simplicity and versatility of this week's sketch. I challenged myself to make this card quickly since I think masculine cards usually involve less embellishing. This card probably took about 30 minutes which might be average for some, but was quick for me.
Here's my card for the Caardvarks critter challenge. I've used critters very often in my work lately but I wanted to make a card exclusively for the Caardvarks challenge since I've been combining challenges so often lately. I love this stamp set from Hero Arts. It came with several adorable little birds and cute card sayings so its a great one to reach for when I pull out my stamps. I once again used GCD Studios papers. It's very easy to make a card with the collection packs because the tags and die-cuts at the end of the pack made quick card accents. I love the sprakle in the backgroud paper I used and added some of my own on the tag.