JustRite Guest Designer - Day 3

Welcome back to my third and final day as guest designer for JustRight Stampers. I wanted to come up with something really special for my last day as a guest designer and decided to make a mini photo album/card. I'm going to share the details here, but you'll need to visit the JustRite Inspiration blog to see photos of each section of this mini-album.

A pocket heart was used for the front and a different memory sentiment (from Cherish the Memories and Victorian Nested Frames) was stamped on the back side of each of six tags. The back was a little too white so I stamped a pattern using a stamp from the Kaleidoscope set. The sentiment was then stamped over the background stamping.

The heart die cut on the inside was stamped with a stamp from the Stitched With Love set in Versamark and clear embossed. Another stamp from the same set was layered over the heart.

On the opposite page, I again stamped a Stitched With Love stamp on the background sheet and clear embossed it. A panel with another stamp from the same set was stamped and clear embossed to create a pocket for more photos.

I used a Spellbinders label die to cut two tag style pieces that are tucked into pockets in the front and back of the card. More photos have been affixed to these tags. The card holds a total of four photos. I think this card would make a cherished keepsake to give to a special person.

Products Used:
JustRite Stampers ®: JB-09750 Kaleidoscope Borders and Centers, JB-09215 Cherish the Memories Nested Sentiments, JB-09205 Victorian Nested Frames and Occasions, JB-09730 Stitched with Love Borders and Centers
Dies & Punches: Spellbinders Tag Shape 3, Spellbinders Classic Hearts, Spellbinders Labels 4, Spellbinders Classic Circles, Fiskar’s corner and border punches, Sizzix Branch with Leaves
Paper: Stampin’ Up Always Artichoke and Really Rust, Cosmo Cricket Everafter
Ink: Stampin’ Up Really Rust, Creamy Caramel and Always Artichoke, Versamark, Ranger Faded Burlap distress Ink
Accessories: Prima flowers, lace and ribbon from Jo-Ann’s

That wraps up my three days as guest designer with JustRite Stampers. Thanks again to all the folks at JustRite for the guest designer opportunity and for the wonderful stamp sets they gifted me with.

Many thanks to you for stopping by today! Don't forget, if you have questions, just leave them in the comments section. I'll update my post with the information you are seeking.

Blessings & hugs,

JustRite Guest Designer - Day 2

Hello again, thanks for coming back to check out Day 2 of my guest designer stint on the JustRite Inspirations blog.

I’m not fond of giving purchased gifts (can you say too many picture frames?) but I love to make handmade gifts. Many times I just make a keepsake card for a birthday. I believe the recipient can get many hours of enjoyment out of having something lovely to look at on their desk or kitchen counter. I use stitching on my cards as an added design element which I feel adds interest and texture. To add to the retro look, I have incorporated a good deal of distressing, done both with scissors and sponging. This card is finished off on the inside and also comes tucked inside a special gift box. To tie everything together, the tissue paper has also been stamped with the same stamps as the card. Please shoot over to the JustRite Inspirations blog to see photos of the inside of the card and the gift box.

Products Used:
JustRite Stampers ®: JB-09225 Birthday Sentiments, JB-09745 Hope Borders and Centers, JB-09200 Baroque Nested Frames and Occasions
Dies & Punches: Stanpin’ Up! Scallop Trim Border Punch, Spellbinders Labels 1, Spellbinders Fancy Tags
Paper: Stampin’ Up! Real Red, Garden Green and Bashful Blew, English Garden DP by Marking Memories
Ink: Real Red, Garden Green, Creamy Caramel
Accessories: Ribbon from Stampin’ Up!, buttons from Jo-Ann’s, sewing machine

I'm so happy you stopped by today to see what I made for Day 2. I have something special for you to see tomorrow so be sure to stop by and see what I have created for Day 3. Thank you so much for all your lovely comments!

Blessings & hugs,

Challenges Entered:

Cupcake Craft Challenge - Distressing

City Creafter Challenge Blog - Yum

JustRite Guest Designer - Day 1

Eariler this year, I had the amazing good fortune to win the Caardvark's Lacy Days challenge that was sponsored by JustRite. The prize was totally mind boggling: the entire JustRite release for the months of April and June plus the opportunity to be a JustRite guest designer for three days. My three days (or 15 minutes of fame) are August 2nd through 4th.

To begin, I would like to thank the folks from JustRite Stampers for all the amazing stamp sets I won from the Caardvark’s challenge and for this opportunity to be a guest designer. They were so gracious and accommodating to work with and it has been a truly delightful experience. You can find my samples posted on their blog beginning today.

I designed a fairly simple card to kick off the first day. The frames and sentiment were clear embossed to add a bit of texture which was overlaid on an element punched using Becca Feeken’s very clever “right angle punching”. I added some fancy machine stitching to give it a bit of texture. The very bottom layer was stamped around the border using one of the nested frames stamps. This entailed a bit of masking and inky fingers, but I really like the extra pattern and how it ties in with the stamped frames.

Products List:

JustRite Stampers ®: JB-09200 Baroque Nested Frames and Occasions
Dies & Punches: Martha Stewart Layered Arches corner punch
Paper: Stampin’ Up Very Vanilla and Chocolate Chip, Fancy Pants Baby’s Breath
Ink: Versamark, Chocolate Chip and Creamy Caramel
Accessories: Recollections Silver half pearls, LaPetite button, Clear embossing powder, lace from Jo-Ann’s, sewing machine, craft foam

Thank you so much for visiting with me today and for your lovely comments. If you have any questions, just leave them in the comments section and stop by later to read the update to my post.

Blessings & hugs,

Challenges Entered:

Paper Sundaes - Stitching

Fun With Die Cuts

Good moring friends! I'm so happy you stopped by this morning to check out my sample for the Creative Card Crew challenge. This week, Jen is our hostess and she has challenged us to use die cuts on our creations. We all love our dies and die cutting machines, don't we? So this should be a fun challenge for everyone and I'm looking forward to seeing what you all can do.

Our sponsor this week is Simon Says Stamp and they have offered a generous prize - a $20 gift certificate. So that should be a great incentive for you to join in our To Die For challenge!

My sample was made using one of the JustRite stamps I won earlier this spring. I'm not sure why I ended up with so much red in this card, but I really like it. I started with the K&Co. DP and since the one paper had some red in it, I decided on red for my die cut and everything got out of hand from there. I was working on it on the 4th of July so maybe I had red on the brain or maybe because it rained here in Miami all of the holiday weekend I felt the need to brighten things up. Red is my favorite color so when my mojo headed in that direction, I just let it run wild.

All the layers in the center medallion were cut with various Spellbinder dies. I'm not going to name them all here, but if you can't identify one, let me know and I'll do an update at the bottom of this post. The flowers are from Prima, the buttons from Foo-fa-la and the clip is from the SU Hodge Podge Hardware. I bought the gorgeous red crinkle ribbon on Etsy. That's about it - nothing tough or involved on this one. Just a lot of cool die cuts!

Please be sure to stop by the Creative Card Crew blog to check out the wonderful samples from the rest of the team. And sometime over the next two weeks, I'll be looking for your To Die For card linked to the challenge!

As always, thanks for stopping by and for all the lovely comments.

Blessings & hugs,

Challenges Entered:

Little Red Wagon - Use Nestabilities

No Flowers for Mom

Good morning and Happy Saturday to you! Here's my DT sample for the Our Creative Corner this week. That's right - no flowers for Mom ): Our challenge is to make a Mother's Day card with NO FLOWERS!! Caps and double exclamation points because I already had a card made and when I went to upload it to the challenge blog, I realized that the challenge called for no flowers so I had to go back to square one.

Do you know how hard it is to erradicate flowers from cardmaking? Well, at least for me it's difficult! Don't laugh - you'll see if you choose to take this challenge. You'll have to scour your paper sash for flowerless paper, hunt through your stamp stacks for stamps with not a petal in sight and embellishments? Heavens, how do we make a card without flower embellies? Thank heavens for buttons and bows!

Hey, guess what? I won first place again this week at JustRite Inspirations! Awesome, huh? It's a $50 gift certificate for JustRite products. This stamp is from their April release which I won for my first dogwood card about a month ago (won the entire April release - woohoo!!). You do have to use a JustRite stamp to enter their challenges. This stamp worked perfectly for the no flowers challenge. The set is Kaleidoscope Centers and Borders and I tried to carry the kaleidoscope feeling outward with the Spellbinders die cut mats. The card layout is from the challenge sketch at JustRite Inspirations.

This is a pretty straightforward card. The coloring was done with Copics. Numerous Spellbinders dies were used. All edges were distressed and sponged with Tim Holtz Antique Linen distress ink. The sentiment "for Mom" was done on my computer.

Thanks so much for stopping by today. The DT's samples this week over at the OCC are totally AWESOME. What a great group of artists we have over there! I am so proud to be part of that team. So be sure to stop by and get inspired. Stop by their blogs and leave them some love too!

Have a great weekend!

Blessings & hugs,

Challenges:

JustRite Friday - Sketch

Quixotic Challenge - That's so distressing

Dogwood Revisited

Another wonderful challenge this week at Our Creative Corner by our April host Dana Grothaus - Blooming Blossoms - a challenge that fits perfectly into this time of the year. I titled my post Dogwood Revisited because I won this dogwood stamp as a result of another dogwood card I entered into a recent Caardvark's challenge. The sponsor was JustRite stamps and this card came in first place. I am still so excited because I won the entire JustRite release for the month of April plus a spot as a guest designer. So here is the very first card I have ever made with a JustRite stamp. The image was so quick and easy to color. I LOVE how their stamps have the interchangeable frame around them and they fit perfectly into the Nestabilities die cuts.

Update to Post: I didn't have time to complete the inside of the card before the OCC DT card was due. However, I decided the card was perfect for a Mother's Day card and completed the inside with Mother's Day sentiments. Here's a look at the inside panels.




Card Details: SU Pink Pirouette and Wild Wasabi, digital DP, all edges sponged with Antique Linen distress ink, image colored with Copics, lots of stitching, paper piercing, distressing, etc. If there is anything specific you are dying to know, let me know in the comments or email.

The rest of the OCC team has some awesome samples for your inspiration. Hope you will also swing by their blogs and let them know how much you enjoy their work!

Thanks so much for stopping by. Wishing you a wonderful weekend!

Blessings & hugs,



Challenges:
Secret Crafter - Distressing
Clearly Inspired - All Tied Up
Crafty Catz - Use Stitching
Daring Cardmakers - Die Cut Crazy
Sew Many Challenges - Anything Goes
Belli Challenge - Die Cut Shapes
Little Red Wagon - Use Ruffles
Tellen's Place - Use Ink Distressing

JustRite Friday Challenge - May Day or Mother's Day

Paper Cutz - Mother's Day

Pixie Cottage - Mother's Day and/or Sketch

Gingersnaps Creations - Botanical