May ODBD Challenge - Embossing

The ODBD Challenge for this month is Embossing.  I always love how dry embossing looks so fancy and adds so much texture to a card.  It is an awesome way to help get those scraps of DP used up as well.

OWH Red Friday Blog Hop

Operation Write Home is having a Red Friday Blog Hop to help inspire card makers' creativity when most folks are preoccupied with Christmas holiday events.  This is a great blog hop in that the theme is Love and it is held during a time that is typically slow for cards arriving at OWH.

I made one with the sentiment and one without so that it can be used for any occasion.  These cards were inspired by a card I saw on Pinterest.  It isn't CASE'd but it got the mo-jo started.  Thanks OWH, all the sponsors and contributors! 

ODBD November Challenge - Hearts

Today started with the leftovers of yesterday's weird wet snowstorm still falling lightly from the sky.  Heavy wet snow caused a blackout today.  So card making was way better than sitting in silence waiting and wondering.  This card was made for the ODBD Challenge which calls for at least one heart on the card.  The paper is TPC Studio and the flowers and butterfly are wet look embossed.  I just added the velvet ribbon, hearts and bow.  Great paper!  I'm going to make some more because this was a 12x12 and they will all look different since this is not a repeating pattern on the paper.  It should be fun.  Oh, and yes the power came back on after about 3 hours.  :)

ODBD Challenge - Snowflakes Non-Christmas

This month the ODBD Challenge is to make a snowflake card that is not Christmas.  I have packed up a lot of my supplies already but had these lovely snowflake stickers still out.  The 3 panels were leftovers from some previous cards so this worked out well since the Christmas/Winter paper has already been packed.  The snowflake border is a sticker border and the sentiment is slightly popped.

Red, Black and White Love

It is a cold and drizzly day..... bummer........ but, over on Seongsook's Stampers FB page there was a challenge to make a card using red, black and white and I decided to give it a try.  The red background paper is shimmer paper so it was a bit hard to photograph.  The hearts are all dry embossed and popped.  OWH always needs Love cards for our Heroes.  :)

Love you - Thank you!

Oh, it seems like forever since I posted anything.  I got a bit down with all the struggles that seem to have no end.  But!  I did manage to get some cutting and pasting done.  I also did some cutting and painting but that is for another post. 

Here are my Love You and Thank You cards for this week.  There are several of both themes.....

 

 and this last one is trying to be different.  Maybe it is a bit odd........ hm?

OWH - Lovin'

This morning's card share is a pair.  The background paper has ALL the words shiny embossed!  OH-Aahh!  I'm working on making nice layered embellishments that are not thick.  With all the scoring on the petals it looks thicker but they really lay quite flat.

OWH - Love cards

This morning I've got a few Love cards to post.  The photo won't show it but the black panels are made with chalkboard paper for some added textural interest.

Cleaning out the basket

Here are a few I made when cleaning out the basket. 

 

 

It is surprising that these bits can make interesting cards.

 

 

These two were made with a free digi sentiment from Create with TLC.

 

 

That dark purple ribbon is velvet.  And now on to cleaning up a bit more!

OWH Love Cards

I'm posting love cards this morning.  I was up at 6am listening to more rain...... rain that has not stopped for the past 5 days.  The town may flood again this year and I am swamped in. 

There is so much mud and water flowing out here that even if it stopped right now I still couldn't drive out for a few days. 

I was going for masculine with this set.  The small squares are like bits of marble.....and the letter cuts were done on the Cricut.

These were also the ongoing attempt to use up left overs of all kinds, paper, embellishment, pre-cut items.....  Off to get a cup of coffee and survey the new lakes that have formed and to check all hatches for any signs of leaking....   Praying for a break.

Cindy-Style Scrap Cards!

I have been inspired by Cindy R. to make some strippy scrap cards.  These are two that are going in the next box to OWH. 

And since it is a yucky, cold, rainy day I might as well do something positive for our Heroes!  Getting that box filled!

Girly Birthday, Manly Birthday and some Love in between!

Shopping only in my own stuff I made these 3.  The first was made with left over paper and some not quite all used up K&Co. borders and embellishments.

 

This one being a little more arsty with the DP insert cut with the Cricut.

 

 

And the masculine card used some fabulous deep embossed sports paper that someone sent to me a few years back.  The swiss dots were embossed into this slick charcoal colored leftover.

OWH Sunday Sketch #187

This isn't the sketch for this week.  Sketch 187 is just one I hadn't done yet so I thought I would give it a go.  I remember thinking this was going to be hard and then in a matter of minutes I had the papers picked out (from my pre-cut and scrap basket) and off it went!  I will have to keep this one in mind for future scrap wrangling!

MWT - General Love Cards

The Midweek Throwdown for this week is general love themed cards. 

 

Sandy is getting the Valentine themed cards ready for shipping out and some general Love cards would round out those boxes nicely. 

 

So here are a few!

OWH Sketch #202

Ha! Got one done on time!  Probably due to it being really cold outside and sitting at my table doing some online Christmas shopping.  My laptop sits on my craft table so cutting and cruising can be done at the same time.  The digi is one offered for free from Paula and the yellow is super smooth handmade paper.

OWH Sketch #185

This is Sketch #185 from Operation Write Home's Stars and Stamps blog.  They have over 200 sketches listed and they are all very user friendly.  I have not tried them all, YET.  However, I do love them for a good mo-jo jump start.  The DP for this card is really yummy in that all the words are glossy embossed and the sentiment is slightly popped.  The flower dry embossing was a RAK from a long time ago..... wish I knew where to get THAT folder!  More Love for the next OWH box as I had enough of the RAK to make 4 of these.

A Little More Pink Love

This morning it is a little more pink love on the agenda.  The 2 cards were made from scrap DP and the "Love" sentiment was cut on the Cricut.

Pink Love

I don't really do too many cards that actually says "Valentine" on them because OWH has a better use for Love You themed cards.  Come to think if it a don't do much in pink either, LOL!  I made a stack of these and they headed off to OWH last week.

OWH Sketch 193

This is from OWH Sketch 193.  I haven't had time to take many of the challenges lately but hope to change that soon.  With the next holiday coming up on the schedule being Valentine's Day, I made 8 of these.

OWH Design Bootcamp - How Does It Feel?

This one is for the OWH Design Bootcamp.  The subject was about using texture both visual and tactile.  My texture is the black scroll design along the bottom.  It is a velvet sticker.  The sentiment is from Create with TLC.