Mod Squad Challenge Blog

Mod Squad Challenge is certainly a challenge this week!  That's why they call them challenges.  Go figure! Anyway, Karen was chosen a holiday card but you must use Vellum & Acetate or Clear Plastic Sheets.  Not so easy!  My first attempt was a total mess.  I ended up my wiping off the ink and starting over.  I watch a few you tube videos to get this one completed, but I do like how it turned out.  Next challenge is to photograph it.  It was a bright sunny day today and my reflection showed in three of the four pictures that I took.  I was wearing hot pink and boy did that look weird.  This one was the best.   

 

 

Here is what I used. 

GKD Charcoal Brown ink and  CS

GKD stamp set, Espically for You and Harvest of Wishes

Stazon Buttercream ink

Acetate, distressed Antique Linen ink, copic markers.

Bakers twine,  vellum tag, embossed acorns.  I used the Charcoal brown ink and clear embossing powder. 

There is a panel inside for a greeting that is hidden by the front panel..

 

Not an easy challenge Karen, but once done..... I feel so Creative!  Thanks for the challenge.

 

 

 



Make it Monday #178 and Simon Says Wednesday

Make it Monday is a Back to School card an Easel card.  Such a cute and easy idea.  You can use any die to cut the bottom of an A2 card for the easel shape.  On this card, I used the lattice rectangle for the bottom and the shape on the front.  The front panel is vellum and it is embossed with black.  The flower is from Delightfully Dahlias stamp set, PTI.  Greeting is from Harvest Berries, also PTI.  Wink of Stella on the flower and some black rhinestones to embellish.  I finished with a matching envelope. 

I am also entering this card in STAMPtember® ‘Stamp-It’

 

Busy weekend coming up for me.  I hope you all enjoy yours too!

Really enjoy all of the comments as always!

 

Sparkely Gold Fall Leaves

I have gold glitter all over my craft room!  It must be fall.  I'm not quite ready for the weather, but oh so ready to make fall cards.  The colors are so vibrant, Mother Nature sure knew what she was doing!

I am entering this card in these challenges.
Simon Says Challenge: Boldly go into STAMPtember! 
Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge - Lovely Leaves
STV MIUM Fall-Color on Color Emboss Resist

I used a heavy base CS of Ivory, and embossed the leaves from the Grateful Heart stamp set, with gold glitter embossing powder.  Then sponged the BG with distress inks.  Peeled paint, mustard seed and rusty hinge.  If you are careful and heat the embossing powder well, the glitter does now come off when you wipe the colors off.  It still resists the color, but I did go back and put a little more on where it was needed.  I pasted panels of DP from the Grateful Hearts pattern pack.  The Greeting is a die from Simon Says called Big Thanks.  It has a swirly tail that I cut off, and will use as a flourish inside the card. 
Grateful Heart stamp and papers are from GKD.

I made a matching envelope from the many stacks of scrapbook papers that I have.  In this case there was a flower border that I left on.  I thought it was cute.  The little heart covers up a punch hole. 

A close up of the embossed gold glitter leaves. 

 Thanks for stopping to take a look at my entries in this weeks challenges.  As always, I appreciate your comments. 
 

WILDCARD WEEK #256 at Just Us Girls

WILDCARD  WEEK #256  Anything other than
a 4 1/4 X 5 1/2 sized card! 


I cut out a round card base of Kraft CS with my cameo.  Then added a layer of Melon CS and embossed it with Cuttlebug EF called Cherry Blossom.  More Cameo cutting of maple leaves on Ivory CS.  I used Distress markers on the leaves to make then look like fall.  The colors that I used are, peeled paint, wild honey, and rusty hinge.  I heat embossed the greeting with gold embossing powder, using the greeting from A year of Leaves, my first purchase from GKD.  I only used part of the greeting, something I learned from the last online card class.  The AMAZING is from My Favorite Things, Simply Fabulous Sayings.  The little acorn is from the same GKD stamp set.  Also embossed with gold.  I hope you can see the Wink of Stella that adds a shimmer to the leaves and acorn. 

I am entering this in the JUGS challenge this week.  Still plenty of time for you to enter too.

Thanks for stopping and have a great day. 

 

Sweet Ruby by Gorjuss

I saw Kristina Werner use this stamp several weeks ago, and I loved it.  I quickly when on line and ordered, but I have not had time to sit and color her..... until today.  So no challenges entered, although I could probably find one or two if I tried hard.  Just not into that today. 
I used watercolor paper and stamp Ruby and then colored with distress markers.  After filling in the sky and ground, I stamped the branch from Signs of Spring, by Teresa Momber.  I also used the distress markers on the stamp and spritzed with water.  The card base is from GKD and is called Wine with everything. ( It looks black here) The Hello stamp is from SSS. 

 

 

Of, course, my friend, Donna Phelan
has motivated me to make envelopes
to match and that is what I did here. 
Now, just to finish the inside, and
then it's done. 
This image is so sweet, I am going to try
stamping her without the cat.
Let's see if I can do that. 

Thanks for dropping in today.  I hope your day is wonderful!