Featured Stamper Challenge

I made this card for last week's Featured Stamper Challenge on Splitcoaststampers. When I saw Stamp_momma's card, I knew I really wanted to use the new 'Just Buzzin By' set by Stampin Up! However, I hadn't received it yet. So I had to wait till it arrived in the mail. And when I finally got it, I quickly worked on my card.

You can see Lori's original card here: http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/gallery/photo/1128572?cat=500+ppuser=4981 I changed the stamp set, colors, and eliminated the acetate and added the Cuttlebug Embossing Folder instead.

My card stock colors are white, Pumpkin Pie, and black, however, if I had to do the card over again, I would use more of a yellow card stock like So Saffron. The image is colored with copics and the bees are cut out and mounted up on dimensionals.

Have a great day! Amy

A Inspired Scrap book Page

One of my favorite challenges on Splitcoaststampers is the Inspiration Challenge. Every week they show you some pictures of regular items and you are asked to create a card/project based on the piece. I just love how seeing a picture of something other than a card, inspires me to create something based on that picture! This week, they showed pictures of Lang Calenders. The second I saw the picture of the crayons and children, I thought of a scrap book page. I ultimately want to make a complete scrap book that would be solely focused on a child's grammar school years. So this will be one of the pages in the book. When, and if, I ever finish the book, I'll be sure to post it! LOL!

To make my page, I started with an 8 1/2 by 11 piece of "Taken With Teal" card stock. I put a smaller piece of black card stock over that and hand wrote the title with a white gel pen. The crayons are stamped images from the retired Stampin Up! set 'Golden Rule Day'. I cut them out and pasted them to the page. The rest of the page is designer paper from DCWV 'The Grade School Stack'. The sub-title is hand written on a piece of 'Naturals Ivory' card stock and sponged with 'More Mustard'. I cut a black piece of Card Stock to fit a 4 x 6 photo, and I placed another piece of "Naturals Ivory" Card Stock behind it.

Have a wonderful day! Amy

A Couple of Challenge Cards

Well, now that I'm a 'working woman' I won't be able to post everyday like I have been. I really enjoyed my first full day of work yesterday, but, it was quite the work-out! We spent the whole day unloading big heavy boxes and reloading them or moving them to another location as we began setting up the new store. My legs and arms were really feeling it by the end of the day! But the good news is that I lost 2lbs in one day! That's a rarity for me! LOL!

So for today's post I'm going to show you a couple of cards I made about a week ago. The first card I made for a design contest I entered where they wanted you to make a card using mostly die cuts. I used the Cuttlebug Cut and Emboss Flower Die for the large flower. I sponged the edges with 'More Mustard' ink and the flower center with 'Close to Cocoa' ink. The tag is also a Cuttlebug die, and I hand-cut the stem. The Bee is a Sizzix Die. The background is stamped in 'Brocade Blue' with the retired Stampin Up! Background Stamp 'Stitched'. The Card stock Colors are Brocade Blue, White, So Saffron, black, and Wild Wasabi.




The second card I made was for a sketch challenge on Splitcoaststampers. This was probably one of the more difficult sketches they have had in a while. Because I didn't see much room for an actual image, I used a die cut by Cuttlebug in place of a stamped image, and lots of patterned paper from "The Pet Stack' by DCVW. The sentiment is from the retired Stampin Up! set 'So Very'. I sponged the kitty with 'Chocolate Chip' ink. Other card stock colors used are: Wild Wasabi, Close to Cocoa, Chocolate Chip, Brocade Blue, and Naturals Ivory.

Have a wonderful day! I'm back at work tomorrow, hopefully we can start unpacking the 'goodies' and loading them on the shelves! Yippee!