FS145 Narley Christmas

Congratulations Dawn (Treasure Oiler) on being our Featured Stamper this week at Splitcoast!

Here's the card I cased of Dawn's:

Surf's Up


And here's my card:

Things I changed: 
*The theme of the card.
*Paper and colors.
*Embellishments.
*Stamp set.

Things I kept the same:
*The basic sketch.
*The surfboards.

Recipe:
Supplies:  Provo Craft paper, SU CS, Do the Hula stamp set from SU (retired), punches, dimensional stickers, styrofoam, creamy caramel re-inker.

The sentiment is printed on the computer.  I paper pieced the surfboards and created a wreath with SU punches.  The snowflakes are created using a starfish punch and eyelets. 

To make the sand:  I rubbed two pieces of styrofoam together to "grate" it and then colored with SU re-inker.  I added a little glitter for sparkle, then glued it to the card.

It was really fun making a non-traditional Christmas card.  Hope you like it.

I'll be back with the winners of yesterday's OWH Blog Hop in a few minutes.

Til then,

Operation Write Home Veteran's Day Blog Hop

Today's the day for the OWH Veteran's Day Blog Hop.  If you are not familiar with OWH, it is a charitable site designed to provide cards for soldiers to send to their families, as well as cards of support and thanks to our heroes.  Please click on the link below for more information.  I have recently become involved with OWH and now have my son involved through his school as well.  It's a great way to give back.

 A total of 77 bloggers are participating today and there are tons of creations, blogs and prizes.  So let's get started...

Here is my "Any Hero" card designed to honor the sacrifices that soldiers and their families make for us on a daily basis:

Recipe:  The base is SU Chocolate Chip.  The main image is a poppy (Bloomin' Beautiful).  I chose this because whenever I donate to the Veteran's Administration, they always give me a poppy to wear in my buttonhole ("Buddy" Poppy).  I colored the main image with Prisma pencils and Gamsol.  The image is then layered on Whisper White and Rose Red.  I created the lettering using my JustRite stamps painted with a little bleach.

The second card I created is a Valentine a soldier can send home to his sweetie:

Recipe:  I have been playing around with the Sweet Center's stamps from SU.  They are so versatile.  Here you can see that you don't need to necessarily use the Sweet Center's cup in your design.  In this example, I paper pieced the balloon and basket and accessorized using ribbon, stitching and buttons.  The clouds are sponged over a scalloped circle punched Post-It.  If you would like to see more Sweet Centers Ideas and tutorials, please refer to my archive.

Now for some blog candy! 

Just leave a comment on this blog for a chance to win a goody bag full of wonderful things to create cards for our heroes.  Winner to be announced in tomorrow's post. 

Now back to the hop:

If you started here, please click here to go to the beginning of the hop at the OWH site.  While there, check out this fantastic organization:  Operation Write Home Veteran's Day Blog Hop

For the next blog, please click here to go to:  My Craft Central and visit Tammy and her wonderful creations. Wait til you see her cute fur baby.

Til Next Time,

SC254 Hedgie and the Snowman

This happy little hedgie is for the Sketch Challenge over at Splitcoast.  I colored with Prisma pencils and Gamsol, then added some stamped snowflakes using white Craft ink, embossed, and then sponged with Bashful Blue.  To preserve the color intensity of the pencils, I sprayed the surface with a matte sealer.  Hope you like it!

I'll be back later with more Sweet Centers ideas.  Stay tuned!

Operation Write Home Blog Hop

I will be participating in the OWH Veteran's Day Blog Hop on Saturday (11/14).  I originally thought it was being held yesterday (read the directions Wendy).  Sorry for the confusion. 

Anyway, check back on Saturday for my tribute to the troops and my first ever blog candy!


More later,

More Sweet Centers

I still have Sweet Centers ideas on my brain.  Here's a little ladybug card I created for a friend who will be having surgery on Friday.  I'm including it in a gift basket.  Can you guess the theme?

Here's the recipe:  Green Galore card base, red DSP was a scrap I had left over from Summer Picnic, but any red patterned paper will do.  The red piece is cut to 5 x 4 inches and the bottom two corners were punched with the Ticket corner punch.  I used my 1-3/4 punch for the whole for the cup.  The ladybug's head was punched with a 1-1/4" punch and then I slipped it into the 1-3/4-inch punch to make the curve.  The stripe on the ladbug's back and the antenae were just a scraps I trimmed.  The small circles were made using a hand-held 1/4" punch.  I also used a strip of Whisper White at the top after punching with the scallop punch and piercing.

Til next time,

Ways To Use It - Noel Tag

Three posts in a day, that's a record for me!!!!

I noticed the Ways To Use It challenge over at SCS is to use stickers.  I have tons of stickers.  I keep giving them to the kids to use for projects, sealing envelopes with them, etc., but still, I have an entire drawer full of stickers.  I think I spent an entire decade collecting.  I even wanted to visit Mrs. Grossman's factory to see how the stickers were produced.  I loved stickers!!!!!

Now, not so much.  But, I have to say, I do love these dimensional, glittery stickers I found in my drawer.  I don't know the brand, as the packaging was long ago discarded, but these are fun stickers.  I used my Cricut to cut a large tag, covered it with Provo Craft paper and all kinds of fun things, like buttons and glitter, a CM snowflake diecut that had been altered. You can really go wild with embellishments on these fun tags.  Anyway, this is what I came up with.  Hope you like it.  I think I'm going to make an even larger one to hang on a door knob this holiday season.  What fun!  Hope you check out the challenge and have a great day!

Til Next time,

Sassy Lady Birthday Card

Hi again,

My friend, Eileen, has a birthday this week and I wanted to send her a card that would make her laugh.  I think this sassy lady will do the trick.  I made sure she had lots of bling! 

I've had this stamp for quite awhile and just love adding all the 3-D embellishments that make her so fun. 

RECIPE:  I stamped the lady twice on WC paper, painted with re-inkers and a small brush.  After she was dry, I cut her out and started laying on the glitz.  I poked three holes and pulled through the fiber around her neck.  I added glitter for her earrings and Crystal Effects to make her lips shiny.  I cut out the flower on her hat and her sunglasses and popped them up.  I also added some black glitter and gel pen to make the glasses really sparkle.  I used Nestabilities to cut my mats and make the lady appear as if she was popping out of the frame.  I didn't have any brightly colored feathers, otherwise I would have added those to the plummage on her hat.

This was such a fun card to make.  I wish I could see Eileen's face when she opens it. 

  Happy Birthday Eileen!!!

Til Next Time,