Thursday, July 7, 2011

Sunset Surfer

Hello! Today I have a new Studio 313 release to show you called 'Sunset Surfer'. It comes in both black and white or color: I chose the colorized version because I didn't think I could possibly color this image that well. My layout is by I Love Sketches, and all the paper is from DCWV 'The Summer Stack'. The sentiment is actually cut out from a sheet of that paper also. Be sure to check out the McMahon Five Designs Blog to see the rest of this week's new releases. And while your at it, check out my fellow Design Team Members Blogs as well. They are listed in my sidebar.

Have a great day! Amy

Wednesday, July 6, 2011

Simple Sports Cards

Anyone that knows me well knows I hate sports, and anything associated with sports, however, I have a lot of men (and little men) in my life who love sports, so every now and then I have to 'suffer' and create sports cards. Here are my three sports cards:

The first one is for a little boy who loves to play soccer (what little boy doesn't?) This card actually has a bit of sparkle in real life because after I stamped it I went over everything with a black Spica pen. I bought these stamps on clearance at JoAnn's Fabrics and Crafts. They are by 'The Paper Co. Studio'. I decorated the inside of the card too: What a quick and easy card; no coloring involved and no embellishments!


My second card uses images from Stampin Up! "Just Football' and 'Sporting' and paper from DCWV 'The Guy Stack'. The sketch is by Midnight Madness (MMSC101).



And my last card uses paper from the same DCWV stack, but the images are from The Paper Co. Studio and the sketch is from Splitcoaststampers. All the sports images in the card above and below were stamped, cut out, and mounted on dimensionals.





I hope I was able to give you some quick and easy ideas for making sports cards for those men in your life.


Have a great day! Amy






Tuesday, July 5, 2011

Digital Tuesday Challenge: 'Bling it Up!'



Hello and welcome to another Digital Tuesday Challenge. This week's challenge is 'Bling it Up!'. Simply make a card or project that has some 'bling on it' and be sure to include at least one digital element. We have a new sponsor to our challenge, but they are not new to me since I'm on their very first design team. Our sponsor this week is Paper Fashions!

Paper Fashions gave the design team some 'Button Cards' to play with. I decided to make a Friendship card using the 'Button Card' as my base. I added a stamped image (the spool) and another stamped sentiment on the bottom of the card. The stamped images are from the TPC Studio set 'Sewing' sold at JoAnn's Fabrics and Crafts. I stamped the spool image on Kraft paper, cut it out, wrapped pink floss around it, then popped it up on dimensionals. My 'bling' is the heart pin & beads, and all the pretty buttons. If you'd like to play along with us this week, simply click on the Digital Tuesday Challenge Blinkie in my sidebar and it will take you directly to the Challenge Site with further instructions.

Have a great day! Amy