Midweek Throwdown - Seeing Stars!

I've got some time today to catch up on some posts and make a few cards so here goes!  This week's Midweek Throwdown at Operation Write Home is called Seeing Stars. 

And as you would guess we are making cards that have stars.  My favorite star cards are for Heroes and children.  Today I'm doing the Hero cards.

Design Bootcamp - Drawing a Blank

I had made this one for the bootcamp but "someone" ran off with my camera and I couldn't get it posted.  This class was discussing white as a design element and not having to cover the whole card with color or pattern.  Giving the eye a resting place as well.

Here are two attempts to use white on purpose in the design.  This second one was going for a simple masculine look.  The gold strips have a nice shimmer to help it make it have a more architectural feel.

OWH MWT - Snow Much Fun

I know I am way behind on my postings.  I got a new job and I'm just running as fast as I can.  the Mid-Week Throwdown had asked for a winter themed card with snow - NOT Christmas.  I love snowflakes so this one was great to make and I made 8 of these!

I have had these beautiful beaded snowflakes for a long time and decided to get them out and use them.  (no hoarding!)  With the cotton lace I thought it just looked warm yet wintery.

ODBD October 2013 - Sentiments

The challenge for this month from Our Daily Bread Designs is to make a card where the sentiment is the focus.  I actually do more of these than I do of images with sentiments.

OWH VCMP Challenge #7

I know I'm getting out of order on the challenges but with the kids card bingo I drew a blank.  I will come back to that one.  Challenge #7 is hosted by Marilyn over at Blessed Creativity and is looking for a fall themed card without being "Thanksgiving" and to use a leaf motif in fall colors.  I also attempted to use OWH sketch #27, although I think I wandered off a bit.  I DID get the leaf in fall purple.....  :)

OWH VCMP Challenge #5

Ok, I have to admit that I thought this one was a bit odd.  BUT, I did try it.  Click here to see the challenge hosted by Donna where she inks up making tape.  Instead of taping my stamping block I taped a square piece of plywood with 2 different sizes of tape.  I found the wood grain to show through which was nice, however, I then had mo-jo block and couldn't think of one thing to do with it.  I will work on that one later.  This was my second try.

I took a piece of cardstock that I had already embossed with a folder and laid IT into the ink.  Now THAT was what I was looking for!  One other note:  I wiped the ink off the tape with a wet paper towel and set it aside for future use since it was on the wood and not on my stamping block.

OWH VCMP Challenge #4

I made this one last night but waited for better light to take the picture this morning.  I enjoyed this challenge hosted by Annette which is to make a "love" card using OWH sketch #29.  I noticed for some odd reason I hadn't used this one yet. I kind of like it........ guess I will be using it more.  The embellishment is from K&Co and I added Dimensional Magic to the center for a bit of glossy texture.

OWH VCMP Challenge #3

This is challenge is called Triple Die Cutting Technique and is hosted by Seongsook.  I had never tried this before since I don't have the rectangle dies.  But I did have these wavy frames so I thought I could give it a go.  I'm glad the instructions were well written.  I only came up one piece short and that was an easy fix.