TST #77

It's Tuesday again, so it's time for Try Stampin on Tuesday.  Jen has come up with a sketch this week that once again had me seeing many different ideas.  I hope you like what I have come up with.

I wanted to use the oval area on the sketch challenge as a window opening on the card front.  I started by adhering the top two layers together and then with a little bit of elbow great punched out the smaller of the two circles.  Then using the Cherry Cobbler I punched out a small circle and then over that I punched out the larger circle. This became a frame over the opening that I had punched out.

Then using organza ribbon I adhered a strip to the card front and then over that two 1/8" pieces of Cherry Cobbler ribbon.  Using my Dear Hubby's version of a bow maker I created an organza bow and then a smaller one with the 1/8" ribbon.  Fed the smaller bow through the front loop of the organza bow but it just didn't have the look I wanted, so I decided to cut each of the loops at different lengths.  This gave a feathered look to the ribbon.

Topped the bow off with bead embellishments and stamped my greeting.

Ok so now it's your turn.  Create your card, scrapbook page, whatever and post it on the Try Stampin on Tuesday website.  Can't wait to see what your take on this great sketch is.

Thanks for stopping by.

Nancy

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Masculine Monday and Double Challenge

Masculine Monday has been combined today with two different challenges.  One challenge from  I Spy Sketches and the other from The Dynamic Duos. 

I loved the sketch from I Spy as soon as I saw it.  could see so many cards done with this sketch.

I started with a simple female version and then switched it up for the male version. I am posting both versions for you to see.

Either way I hope that you like what I have come up with.

Thanks for stopping by.

Nancy

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Stampin Fun & Friends Countdown...

I hope that everyone is enjoying their summers or winters so far.  Not too hot or cold.  

With al the running around with the kids, and making sure that everyone else is entertained for the summer it's your time now.  We are getting ready for one of the best Stampin Fun and Friends yet.  20 projects in 20 days.  There are even projects there that your kids can join in on the fun.  Click on the link to the right of my blog and sign up now.  Don't miss out on this one.

Come one treat yourself!

MojoMonday meets The Dynamic Duos

So I am a little partial to the colour red, if you look at my blog picture you will see that I have a red accent in the front of my hair.  This red has been with me now for about seven years and was first created by my daughter.  Over the past year at work I have noticed that it is catching on and now several fellow staff members are sporting a red accent in various parts of their hair as well.  So needless to say when I saw this weeks challenge over at The Dynamic Duos I just knew I had to find a sketch challenge to go along with the challenge colours, so enter Mojo Monday. 

I needed a birthday card for a friend and fellow coworker who moved away last year so I thought the sentiment that I used for the card front was very appropriate.

I hope that you like what I have come up with for both of these great challenge sites.

Thanks for dropping by.

Nancy

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Masculine Monday

Hope you all had a great weekend.  Now it's time for Masculine Monday.  Today I have a card for you using the Gently Falling stamp set.  When I first purchased this set I thought of all the different ways I could use it but believe it or not once I got the set I was not as happy with the set and therefore I have not used it until now.

I have created a simple Birthday card using the maple leaf from the set.

I first stamped the outline portion of the stamp and cut it out.  Using it as a template I stamped the middle leaf first and then placed the template over it and stamped the outer leaves next.  This way they were not overlapping onto each other.

Hint:  Once you have made a template for any of your stamps leave it in the case to be used on other projects.  That way you don't have to continue to make a new template each time you need it.

Hope you like what I have come up with.

Nancy

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TST #76 A Primary Birthday

It's Tuesday again, so it's time for Try Stampin on Tuesday.  Jen is back and has a great sketch for us to try this week.  There were so many possibilities when I first saw this sketch and it was hard to choose just one theme to go with.  I hope you like what I have for you.

 

Yes I am calling this a Primary Birthday because I have used only the primary colours of Red, Yellow and Blue.  This was a great challenge as I was able to use up a lot of scraps that I had lying around.  I stamped the Red portion of the embellished area to give a little more definition and then added a simple gem to spruce it up even more.

I hope you like what I have come up with.  Now it's your turn.  I'm sure you have lots of scraps in your piles of papers as well so time to use them up.

Don't forget to check out our other great designers at Try Stampin as well.

Thanks for stoping by.

Nancy

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TST #75

It's Tuesday again, so it's time for Try Stampin on Tuesday.  CherylAnn has come up with a sketch that had me thinking this week.  My that girl makes it hard sometimes.  

You can't get much more girly-girl than with my version of the sketch.  My starting off point was the DSP that was used.  Last week I received an email from Christina at Card Making Magic.  In her blog she had this great collection of Pink DSP that you could download.  You really must stop by her sight and check out what she has.  

I have been wanting to try a lace up ribbon treatment so I took the DSP and punched using the Scallop Border Punch and then adhered it to the card front leaving a little gap between the two piece of paper.  I think I should have left more of a gap, but I wanted a corset effect.  Then with 1/8" ribbon I laced up the DSP and finished it off with a bow at the top.

The corset was stamped and cut out.  under the corset I stamped using the Elizabeth stamp.  I inked up only half of the stamp and stamped it first one way and then reinked it and stamped the opposite way. (clear as mud right!)

Once the stamping was done I adhered the corset using a dimensional to make it stand out.  

Now hope on over and see what the other designers have for you.  I know you won't be disappointed, I know I never am.  

So it's your turn now.  Let's see what you can do with CherylAnn's sketch and don't forget to post it on the Try Stampin website so that I can see what you have come up with.

Hope you have enjoyed what I have created.

Nancy

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