Wednesday's Challenge - ATSDTC11

Good Morning! Every Wednesday on the All That Scraps website, Jen posts a new challenge for everyone. This week's challenge is to use buttons. There are so many of us that collect buttons because they are pretty colors, fun shapes, just cool little embellishments. Well, now is your chance to use some of those pretty little things!

For this card I used 3 different CC Designs sets: Lucky from Love Ya' Much, LuLu from Love Ya' Lots, and Monkey from Monkey Love. I colored them with copics and punched them into circles, then used nestabilities to make the scalloped circles behind them. I don't know the patterened paper company because I had already cut the info off of it (it was a scrap). the corners are using my EK Success corner punch, the ribbon is American Crafts, the 'friends' font is Rockstar from Quickutz and the tape is from Dymo, oh and the buttons are from Foof-a-la.

Another fun challenge.

You can see more of the design team's takes on this challenge and add your own, here: http://www.allthatscraps.com/phptopro/showgallery.php?cat=537.

Christine also has the new cuttlebug embossing folders, you can check them out here: http://www.allthatscraps.com/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=246_671. I can't wait to get some of these!! :)

Our quote for the day: "Greatness is not found in possessions, power, position, or prestige. It is discovered in goodness, humility, service, and character. "

- William Arthur Ward

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Sara's Sketch

Well to begin with, I might just have to get my daughter Sara to start her own blog :) Actually I love that we share this hobby/obsession and I love to see what she creates and learn from her. I also love sharing her creations with you. My sister saw one of the cards Sara made for me and said she would really like a card from her. Sara made her a bookmark probably 6 or so years ago and Sissy still has it :) So Sara took on that challenge. I told her about Jen del Muro's new sketch and printed it for her and this is what she made with it!



I love what she came up with. She loves bright colors and sparkles. She started with some provocraft patterned papers and one of my new Stamping Bella stamps. This one is Eloise Greengrass. Sara used prismacolor pencils and mineral spirits to color the image and glitter pens to outline everything. My sister won't see this until we see her I don't think, so hopefully it will be a surprise. Sara added prima flowers and dew drops (I think she likes the dew drops as much as I do :) Anyway, I'm sure I will be casing her coloring of Eloise, I just love it!

Our quote for the day: "Whenever you see darkness, there is extraordinary opportunity for the light to burn brighter. " — Bono

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Hang In There Sketch Challenge

Good afternoon! Late again, but this time I have a good reason. Hubby and I went out this morning to a small town about 30 minutes away to see a hot air balloon gathering/competition. It was sooooooooo cool! There were probably about 75 - 100 balloons there and they had a little competition where they had 3 events. One of the events was to drop a beanbag type thing as close to this 'ring' that was about, oh I don't know 30 or 40 feet in diameter, as they could. Well many of these balloons were flying right over our heads. It was way cool! My hubby is designing a website for his photographs and when he gets those posted on it, I will link it to my blog. I'll let you know when.

On to today's card. I made this card for Jen's Sketch for you to Try: Here is a picture of the sketch:

Jen del Muro posts these sketches pretty often and I love doing them. Sara (my daughter) used Jen's most current sketch to make a card yesterday. I'll post that one tomorrow. If you haven't tried them, here is Jen's blog: http://www.iheart2stamp.com/.

Now to the details: I wanted to use my new Bella stamps, so I did :) Both the image and the sentiment are from Stamping Bella. The papers are from My Mind's Eye, the flowers are from Imaginisce, the flower center brad is from SEI, the ribbon and the polka dotted brads are from Hobby Lobby. I colored the image with prismacolor pencils and mineral spirits and then added some Spica glitter pen. I used scalloped scissors to cut the decorative edge around the image. That's it, fun card to make and it all started with the sketch :)

Our quote for the day: "We become what we think about all day long." — Ralph Waldo Emerson

(That doesn't mean I'm going to become a stamp does it? :)

Have a great day and if you haven't checked out the post below this one, please do so. All That Scraps is asking for your opinion on what products they should carry as they are increasing their inventory. You have a chance to win a $25 gift certificate to the store :)

A Chance to Win an All That Scraps Gift Certificate

All That Scraps is growing by leaps and bounds :) Because of the growth, Christine is having to move her business. She also would like to know YOUR opinion on things you would like her to carry because her new space is bigger than her old space. More room = more inventory. You can win a gift certificate by entering your name into the drawing at All That Scraps' blog. Leave a comment on this post -> http://atsblog.typepad.com/ats/2008/07/were-moving-want-a-gift-certificate.html and you will be entered into the drawing. While you're there, look at the pictures of Christine's new space. Very cool!!! That's all for now, I will be back later with a card post :)

Red, White & Blue - but not July 4th :)

Good Morning! Today's card was made for a color challenge. Red, white & blue..........I was nervous at first because I was sure that my card would look like July 4th and I guess it does a little bit, but I'm fine with it. It was fun to try to work with these colors without doing a July 4th card, plus I used one of my new Bella stamps :)

I started with a white card base and added a red cardstock layer that I distressed with my little Heidi Swapp pink pac man distressing tool. I love that little tool! I then added a blue with red polka dots patterned paper layer, again distressed on the edges. Next is a layer of KI Memories lace cardstock. I think these papers are BEAUTIFUL, but this is the first time I've actually used them, I have only been admiring them for a while :) It was really easy to use and I'm sure I'll be getting more colors now :) I stamped my new teacup with flowers stamp from Stampin' Bella and then paper pieced the cups. I colored the flowers with glitter pens and copics and pop dotted that onto the card front. The sentiment stamp is from a Hero Arts clear set. I added dew drops and ribbon and called it done!

Have I told you how much I love challenges......they really get me to think outside my own box :)

Our quote for the day: "Creativity requires the courage to let go of certainties. "
— Erich Fromm

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ATS DT Wednesday Challenge

Good Morning! Today's challenge was a fun one! I was sitting at my craft desk thinking about what I wanted to alter when it came to mind that I'm always looking for a scratch piece of paper to jot something down on. Well, my desk isn't very neat most of the time, so I'm usually moving piles to find something to write on. Thus, this little note holder was imagined :)

I love the Summertime Fun set and everything I used for this is from that set. I colored everything with copic markers, ha ha you thought I was going to say prismacolor pencils and mineral spirits didn't you??? :) I painted the inside and the outside of the holder first to make sure my glue would stick to the surface and then on the inside I painted some Lil Davis glitter glaze to make the water glisten. (You can't see the sparkles from the pictures - sorry.) I used paper from Imaginisce and pop-dotted Lucky, Lulu, and Monkey so they stand out a bit. On the front, I punched the little stamps into circles and then matted them on Doodlebug sugar coated paper. I got the idea of using the little stamps as embellishments from Jen Ofiana. You can check out her amazing ideas here: http://stampinspot.blogspot.com/.

You can see other DT members creations for this challenge here: http://www.allthatscraps.com/phptopro/showgallery.php?cat=537 and you can participate with us too. We would love to see what you come up with :)

Our quote for the day: "The person who removes a mountain begins by carrying away small stones." - Anonymous

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A Birthday Card by Sara :)

Good Morning! Sorry I've been away for what seems like forever to me. We took Sara and 3 of her friends to see the Jonas Brothers in concert last night. They played in Omaha about 2 hours from here, so Cliff and I went out to dinner and walked around the Old Market area while waiting on them. They had so much fun and said the concert was "amazing". They spent the night at our house and are still sleeping, imagine that :)

This card is the one Sara made me for my birthday. I had no idea she was making it. I think it turned out so great! See the little clip on the right hand side? Well the patterned paper wasn't big enough to cover the front of the card that she wanted to use so she cut a strip of it off and then cut the front of the card so it measured the same size as the big piece of the patterned paper. She attached the small strip of patterned paper to the inside back of the card and then stitched the clip onto it positioned so it would hold the card closed! Isn't that the coolest thing? The paper she used is from K&Co, the flower and the Happy Birthday rub-on from Imaginisce, and dew drops. The leaf flourish at the bottom is actually on the paper, but she used a coppery brown color to highlight it. This girl amazes me with the ideas she has. She and Ben both signed the inside and it will be cherished forever!!!

Our quote for the day: "In the sweetness of friendship let there be laughter, for in the dew of little things the heart finds its morning and is refreshed. "
— Kahlil Gibran

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