1 Card - 5 Challenges

Here we are at the beginning of another week already!!  

My Sundays are always peaceful ... 

and for that I am very thankful!!

Today, I am in a "vintage" mood, my favorite style of creating!  And after checking out a few challenges, I have come up with this creation. 

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I have several ways to satisfy my "vintage image needs" and today I have used one of the beauties found over on Art Creations Friday.  (If by chance I forget to attach the link to any of the vintage sites I refer to in my postings, you can always find them on my "Vintage Creations & Links" page ... located under my header).  The designer paper used here is K&Co Ancestry ... I just love that paper pack!  The three border punches are: SU lace ... Fiskars Apron Lace ... and Martha Stewart Arch Lattice.  For the matting I have used Nestabilities Classic & Scallop Ovals as well as the Classic Circles.  The ribbons, brads & charm all came from JoAnn's.

Here are the challenges this card covers:
 Card Patterns Sketch #59 - Basic sketch
Crazy 4 Challenges - 1 ribbon, 2 buttons or brads and the use of 3 different punches
Stamp Something - Stitching (real or faux)
Our Creative Corner - Use Bows
Dare You To Digi Stamp - Metal  (hope this qualifies ... not a "digi image" but is an internet image which I consider digital).

We seem to be off to a very slow start here at the Pavlick house today ... guess I'd better get out of the crafting cave and see what DH has in mind and get this day moving!!  Thanks for stopping by today ... your visits & comments mean so much to me!!

Tomorrow is *Wink *Wink Ink DT day and I have another "cutie" to share with you!  Hope to see you there!!

Midnight Madness, Crafty Secrets and Crazy 4

HAPPY TUESDAY EVERYONE!!! 

WOW ...  I have a lot to share with you today so please bear with me on the long post!  I'll try not to be too long winded!!  First I'd like to share with you the creation I made for the Midnight Madness Sketch Challenge.  As I have said before ... the fact that they now give you the option of TWO sketches (easy & more detail) ... and a SNEAK PEEK ... I can actually give my creation a little more thought and always TRY for the MORE DETAILED version of the sketch. 

Here is what I've come up with today!  I just love these vintage images from Shabby Chic papirskatter and have used one for my creation today.  Here is a listing of items used on my card:
Stamps:  Hero Arts
Papers:  Kraft, Garden Green, WW, SU Groovy Guava dp
Inks:  Versafine black
Accessories:  Detail Clear EP, Target paper doily, Prima flowers, Darice brads, Mrs. Grossman sticker stitches

I would have loved to go MORE ornate on this creation but I just know that the ladies who purchase my cards wouldn't like having to pay the extra postage by doing that (ask me how I know, LOL!)

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For today's Crafty Secrets Forum Challenge over on SCS, Jan is our hostess this week and has asked us to use "sweet little birds" on our creations.  Crafty Secrets has some awesome bird images both in their stamps, booklets, cotton scraps and their post card kits like I have used here.

There wasn't much to making this creation ... the postcard kit does all the work!!  I simply added a little stickles to the birds winks and flower centers as well as Darice satin ribbon & Target half pearls.  Pretty Easy Peasy but very eye appealing!!  Like I said, these CS images are beautiful ... you really should check 'em out!!

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My final card to share with you on this posting is for the Crazy 4 Challenge.  This week they have a sketch challenge for us and an easy one at that.  I had just finished coloring this adorable image by Creations By Penny and thought it would work perfectly.  What do you think???  Ooops, I just realized the sentiment was to be in the bottom right corner ... oh well ... it came with the image and is close enough to qualify I hope!

Isn't this image just too cute!!  The designer paper is by Colorbok and I have used Nestabilities scallop ovals for my matting.  Prismacolor markers were used for coloring and the edges where stippled with SU Old Olive ink.

Hope you have enjoyed my cards this morning.  I will be back in a bit to share some BIRTHDAY fun with you all!  Until then ... have a wonderful day!

Crazy 4 Challenge ...

My second post for today is a creation for the Crazy 4 Challenge (C4C25) which is a sketch challenge this week.  This is a very talented, fun group of ladies and I'm sure they would love for you to stop over and give their challenge blog a try!

I've taken a few liberties on this card but stayed pretty true to the sketch!  Again my images (music & little girl) are from the wonderful new blog I've stumbled upon called Shabby chic papirskatter ... out of Norway.  I just can't get enough of these images so forgive me if you see a few more cards made using them over the next day or so!!

 

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Isn't this image adorable!!  And I just LOVED the sketch layout!  My pink background designer papers are by Daisy D's and the cardstock used are Stampin' Up Whisper White, Very Vanilla and Old Olive.  I have used Ranger Vintage Photo distress ink for my distressing and Prima flowers/Stampendous Diamond Dots for embellishment.  A touch of faux stitching with a copper glitter pen helped to add more vintage flair!  My sentiment comes from the Crafty Secrets/Clear Art Stamps Mini Memories stamp set and was stamped on Very Vanilla cardstock using Versafine Sepia ink.

Thanks so much for stopping by today and I hope you are having a wonderful weekend!  

The Play Date Cafe, Crazy 4 Challenge and Birthday Creations

I hope you all had a wonderful Valentine's Day!!  We did take the time to go out for lunch at Pad Tai but then came home so Mark could get off his feet!  We are so thrilled to get the good news Friday that he remains Cancer Free ... then on Saturday, he broke his toe!  Never a dull moment, LOL!!!

This evening I'd like to share a couple of creations with you I made today ... one for a couple of challenges and  the others are more birthday cards for my Mom & her friends!

This first creation is to satisfy the color request over at The Play Date Cafe Challenge (PDCC16) using Red, Lavendar & Silver and the Crazy4 Challenge (C4C24) to use the color RED.  I know it's difficult to see but the photo corners are silver metallic and I've also used silver brads.  The image is from the Graphic45 "Domestic Goddess" 12x12 paper pack. (click image for a larger view)

The sentiment on this card stamped in black on the red sparkle cardstock then clear embossed reads:  "Take it easy ... rest and relax ... the day belongs to You".  Quite the contrast in comparison to the scene created on this lovely designer paper.

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While visiting one of my favorite stamping stores ... The Stamp Pad in Zoar, Ohio, I noticed this lovely two sided, pink pattern/white, 8 1/2 x 11 cardstock and thought it would be perfect for Birthday, Easter or Baby Girl creations.  Of course since my Mom & her lady friends are always requesting Birthday cards, I thought I would start with that request.  I've also used it to embellish the envelope on the first creation & make the actual envelope on the second.

 

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June Knaack (owner/operator of The Stamp Pad) was also showing us  this new technique and sent me the link  ... which I have provided for you here.   It is called the "Out of Bounds with Nestabilities" technique and I will certainly be using it again.  I have used my Prismacolor markers for my coloring and the Nestabilities Labels 9 die.

This second creation was a lot of fun to make!  I have had this image in my "vintage" stash for a long time but only recently did I find this PERFECT sentiment stamp to go with it!!!  I stamped the image with Versafine Black onto white cardstock then embossed with Detail Clear EP.  I used my Rose Prismacolor marker for coloring then die cut with the Nestabilities Decal Rectangle and sponged with Pink Pirouette before removing it from the die.  The pink satin ribbon is Offray and the bow was created using the Bow Easy.  Fiskar decal scissors were used to border the sentiment & match in with the main image.  The addition of a couple Prima flowers added for embellishment and Viola!  Another beauty ready for Mom!!!  I think the Redhat ladies will really appreciate this one!  LOL!!

The envelope was created using another piece of this lovely cardstock and the new Martha Stewart Score Board w/envelope guide.  I purchased this Score Board from my friend Joan at Joan's Garden's.  Check out the link for instruction on how to use this wonderful tool.

Well ... it's past my bedtime so I'd better call it a night!!  Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope you like my creations!  I made a few other little goodies that maybe I can share with you tomorrow!  Wishing you a wonderful upcoming week filled with good health & fun!!

Valentine for Jon-Boy

While covering a few challenges tonight, I made a mistake and used an older idea from the one site which was to make a "masculine" valentine card ... well, that idea has past and they've moved onto a sketch challenge now, but that was the basis for my creation tonight.  Hopefully my grandson (Jonathan) isn't viewing my blog ... because I intend to sent this to him, teehee!!

The challenges this card does fit are as follows:
Crazy4 - Valentine Card
Stamp, Scrap & Doodle Saturday - Valentine card with a twist - NO red
LOVE Something Challenge - love is the theme

The items used for this card are:

Stamps:  Valentine set from Target, The Rubber Cafe
Papers:  Whisper White, Graphic 45 dp, Colorbok dp
Inks:  Versafine Black
Accessories:  Nestabilities classic & scallop hearts ... Labels 9,  Stampendous Diamond Dots, Creative Memories fine tip black marker for Faux Stitching

Thanks so much for taking a peek!  Please stop back tomorrow for my Crafty Secrets Challenge  & Midnight Madness creations.  Hope to see you then!

Rosie D's, Crazy4 and Stamp, Scrap & Doodle Saturday

Now here are three FUN-TIME challenges!! Over at Rosie D's blog, this week's challenge is a sketch and the sponsor is none other than my friend Teri Sherman (Delicious Doodles). If you haven't seen any of Teri's digis ... you MUST jump right on over and take a look!! So for my card I decided to use one of Teri's digital images ... isn't this flower pretty!!!

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The other two challenges covered with this creation are the Crazy4 Challenge (C4C21) - Pretty in Pink and the Stamp, Scrap & Doodle Saturday Challenge - Spring.

Here are the deets on my card:

Stamps: The Stamp Pad Co. (sentiment)
Paper: Whisper White, Mellow Moss, Daisy D's designer paper
Inks: Versafine black, Pink Pirouette
Accessories: Glitz Tiara Stickles, Nestabilities classic ovals, sponge, Spellbinder Floral Accents Shapeabilities, Making Memories brads, ZIG Photo Markers

Thanks for stopping by! Is it cold where you are today??? Boy it sure is here in Ohio ... and I hear it's going to get colder as the week goes on ... brrrrrr!!

It's All About the BLUES ...

It's difficult during these winter months not to come down with a case of "the blues" but never fear ... Spring is right around the corner! Well, at least I am hanging on to that thought!! And if you can't PLAY OUTSIDE ... you may as well PLAY IN YOUR CRAFTROOM!!!


My creation today covers various challenges and a few of those challenges were looking for you to use the color "blue". The items used on this card are as follows:

Papers: Blue Bayou, SU Blue Bayou designer paper, Garden Green, Whisper White
Inks: Blue Bayou, Ranger Vintage Photo
Accessories: Image from The Lady's Closet, white paper doily, Basic Grey Opalite half pearls, Basic Grey pearled brad, JoAnn's Clear Iris String Pears, Prima flowers, Creative Memories corner rounder, distresser, sponge, Martha Stewart branch punch

And the challenges it covers are:

Simon Says Challenge Blog - Shabby Chic

Stamp Something - Blue & White

The Play Date Cafe (PDCC12) - Shades of Blue

Our Creative Corner - Blue & Green

Crazy 4 Challenge (C4C20) - Sketch

Stamp, Scrap & Doodle Saturday - Girly

WOW ... I think that's the most challenges I've ever put together on one card! You ladies who do this all the time must be "rubbing off " on me!! LOL!! Plus the fact that I'm suffering from bicep tendinitis/arthritis in both arms/shoulders right now and crafting/typing is a bit painful ... guess my brain said, "put them all together and get back to resting those shoulders"! So that's what I've done!

Hope you find inspiration from this creation and thanks so much for stopping by today! Have a great weekend everyone!!!

Birthday Challenges ...

Good Morning All!!

Today I am your hostess for the Crafty Secrets Forum Challenge over on SCS and since I have several birthday's coming up this month ... that was my choice for this weeks challenge idea. I've been wanting to play with these Crafty Secrets Vintage Postcard Kits and finally took that opportunity today! The other kits I have are Christmas (guess I've missed that boat, LOL) so I decided to use the beautiful Best Buds kit. This is SO MUCH PRETTIER in real life!!!! (You should be able to click on the picture to enlarge).


How much fun is it that the Crazy 4 Challenge and Stamp, Scrap & Doodle Challenge this week are also Celebration/Birthday ... so my creation fits these two challenges as well. I've used the sketch from the CCEE Stampers Blog Challenge this week for my layout although I did take the liberty of flipping it in order to accommodate my image. Below is a listing of products used for this creation:

Stamps: Impression Obsession
Papers: Garden Green, Old Olive, SU Real Red dp
Inks: Versafine black
Accessories: Kaiser half pearls, pink Stickles Crafty Secrets Best Buds Vintage Postcard Kit

Thanks for stopping by today and I hope you've enjoyed my creation. The challenges I have used today are all great FUN ... feel free to click the links I have provided with their names and play along!