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Tammy's Scrapin' Corner with Challenge #55 - Anything but a Card

 

I decided to make a little note pad cover, using the Pen Pal Mouse from Meljen's

I have a lot of these little golf pencils left over from a previous project from many years ago

They are perfect for this type of project.

 

 

My note pad measures 3-1/2" x 5"

I covered the front on the pad with Aqua cardstock, cut at 3-1/2" x 6, adhere the extra 1" at the back

I used the Cricut - Elegant Edges pg. 37 to cut the <Stamp-s> at 3-1/2" on red cardstock.

Printed and cut my Pen Pal Mouse image into a 3" x 3" square

Colored the image using the following Copic markers:

BG10, C-1, C-5, E02, E31, E33, R00, R20, R22, R27, Y02, Y08, Y17

I created a yellow 1-1/2" square banner and used old letter stickers to spell out NOTES

I also cut a strip of yellow cardstock to hold my pencil

Adhere this strip to the back of the pad and then to the front prior to attaching the image over the top

Finishing touch - added a gingham ribbon and bow

 

We have 3 wonderful sponsors this week

 

Meljen's

 

 

Bugaboo

 

 

SKdigis

 

 

Now make sure to check out the blog for all the creative ideas the Design Team has come up with.

They are very INSPIRATIONAL

Now use your imagination to create Anything but a Card and share it with us this week

I look forward to seeing what you come up with.

 

Catch the Frenzy! - Karen

 

Made Especially for You

This week at Made Especially for You is our week 2 Sketch Challenge.

Create a card inspired by the provide sketch (see below).
Challenge starts Monday - August 13
Ends on Sunday - August 19 at 7:00 p.m. US Central Time

I used the following to create my card:

Base is an A2 card - Lagoon cardstock from CTMH

Designer Paper from Memory Box 6 x 6 paper Viola

Sentiment - Verve "Purely Sentimental"

Flower is a digi image from Marker Pop, I believe.  If I find the link, I'll post it later.

Copic markers

Ink -  Lagoon from CTMH for sponging the edges and Momento Tuxedo black for sentiment

Doodle bug black bakers twine

Butterfly stick pins from Impress

Adhesive pearls

Our wonderful sponsor this week is:

One randomly chosen winner will recieve their choice of  four (4) non-colored images from the store.

To get inspired, check out the Desgin Team inspiration on the blog.

You'll see many different ideas using this sketch.

I hope you plan to play along, we would love to see what you come up with.

Have a great week and Catch the Frenzy! - Karen

You are so SWEET!

Today is my first official post as a Design Team member for Songbird Challenges.

Songbird Challenges is a new challenge blog, specially for card makers with a musical theme.

Every challenge theme will be a song title or lyrics.

My card using the Candy Land Dreams image from Meljen's Designs

Our first challenge will be "Anything Goes"

The Design Team is using images from our wonder Sponsor this week:

Meljen's Designs

Our challenges begin on Monday's, every two weeks beginning August 6, 2012, 9:00 a.m. (BST)

Challenge will end at 8:00 p.m. (BST) on the Friday of the second week.

I sure hope you will be able to join us on the first challenge and many more to come.

I look forward to seeing what you create.

Catch the Frenzy! - Karen

Oh Baby Baby

Another fortnight challenge kicked off June 21 at Southern Girls Challenge

It's all about Baby Projects, and Oh Baby Baby you need to see the inspiration from the Design Team.

Here's my DT card for this challenge, using the Baby Stork image from Meljen's Designs

We have 4 wonderful sponsors this week:

The Paper Shelter

Eiglassing

Meljen's Designs

Artfull Crafts

Mother's Day

This week is my first challenge as a new Design Team member over at Made Especially for You and we have a weekly challenge for you today... Create a Mother's Day card using ribbon.  I used the Tulip Buggies image from our sponsor, Meljen's Designs for my card.

This week our randomly chosen winner will receive four (4) non-colored images of their choice from our sponsor Meljen's Designs.




My card is a 5" x 5-1/2" black card base.  I printed the digi image twice at 4" x 5" on white and colored both in with the following Copic Ciao markers:

G00, G02, G05, YR00, YR02, YR04, RV02, RV04, B00, B23, Y00, Y02, Y06, C-1, C-5

One image is for the card and the other one I used to cut out the bees, tulip, leaves, bird and two small flowers to mount on top on the one for the card.

I cut the scalloped green gingham paper from my Cricut "Just Because" Cards cartridge, page 52 <Truck-s> at 5-1/2" .  The green gingham corner is cut at 2-1/2".  The sentiments are both from Close to My Heart.  I stamped both with Memento Black Tuxedo ink on to tag and a 1-3/4" circle punch.  Layer all paper pieces as shown in the photo, working back to front.

Finishing touches adhesive pearls from Recollection, white polka dotted orange grosgrain ribbon, green safety pin and white gel pen for hi-lights on the tulip and leaves.

Thank you for stopping by today and I hope you have a great week.

Catch the Frenzy!