Stampin UP March sketch challenge

It's that time again. I am off to club night tonight. Charlene likes to send out a sketch challenge each month and this month our challenge comes from
The happy stampers weekly blog hop.

Here is my take on the card sketch challenge

I didn't clean my desk after making the birthday cards (oops) so I just continued to use what I had out and created this card. I am in love with that wild flower! I know I previously called it a flowering branch but either way it's a keeper! so pretty.

Have a great weekend everyone!
Donna

Feb stamp club Sketch Challenge

We will be having our club night this week and Charlene has sent out an interesting sketch.
This month's sketch comes from her favorite place Freshly Made Sketches #272

and here is my take on it

My plan is to keep using what I have and I have had these papers for a long time. You will probably see me use them a few more times. 

Have a great week ! 

Donna

HAPPY NEW YEAR! 2017

I noticed that it has been awhile since my last post...

I have been making cards! I had joined up with a Birthday club and have a few of those photos to share. I just need to find them and get them ready to post. I also have cards that I had made for our Stampin Up club card challenge that I will post as soon as I can.

I just finished and mailed off the January birthday cards :)

Here they are. We usually have only 3 to make each month but this month there were 4. I decided that I want to work harder on using what I already have.

I have had this paper pad for a long time and wanted to start using it. I Love how these cards turned out. I want to make more! I don't know why but they remind me of patchwork quilts!

  

And here is our January 2017 Stampin up card sketch challenge
This month our sketch challenge comes from Freshly Made Sketches #269

Here is my take on the Sketch

I just love this jar of love set! and I am planning to use it for next months Birthday cards :) 

That is all for today. I am planning to make another post in the near future. Stay warm and take care everyone

Donna

May Stamp club projects... a little late

May Stamp club projects.

Yes I am finally getting time to post these beauties.

Here is project #1
Autism Matters Blog Hop

Case'd  from Stamp with Amy K

This turned out to be such a lovely card. Love the colour combinations.

Project #2
Workshop Card #6
This one was case'd from Polka Dots And Paper

This card is really neat. I love how the front of the card is like a flap.

Project #3 and our last one for this term
Mediterranean Achievers Blog Wedding Dreams

Case'd with a twist from Jan' Stamping Creations

A very nice card to make. Very unique.

Thank you once again Charlene for such wonderful projects, finding new techniques to teach us, and for all the little tips and tricks that you come up with!
Thank you and looking forward to another term with you

Donna

April stamp club projects

Wow! what a wonderful evening it was. We made some awesome projects last month.
Links will be posted once I receive them :)


Here is project #1
Rose Wonder/Rose Gardern

Case'd with video from The Creativity Cave - Dena Rekow
This new rose thinlit die sure does make a beautiful card!

Project #2
Inlaid Pop-up Butterfly

This idea came from Michelle Mills
What a fun way to use washi tape!

Project #3
Butterfly Vellum View Card

I love vellum cardstock! and this card turned out stunning using vellum and a clever way to add a butterfly!
I took 3 photos of the card so you could see the front center and back.
Here is the link to where this was case'd from My Creative Corner

Thanks Charlene for sharing some great projects with us.

April stamp club sketch challenge

Its April and we have another sketch challenge. This sketch comes from Freshly Made Sketches #231
Ooooh I liked this sketch!

Here is my take on it. I don't know why but the show called "The Jetsons" was in my head when I was creating this card.

So excited, tomorrow is our club night and I am curious to see what we will be creating :)
Have a great weekend !
Donna

March stamp club projects

Oh what lovely projects these turned out to be.

Here is our first project

Balloon builder punch CASE’d from Constantly Stamping

I just LOVE the look of this card! that falling snow embossing folder works year round!
I will post the link at a later date :)

Our second project
Slider cards are so fun! and are fun to make!

 Slider card CASE’d (with video) from Dawn's Stamping Thoughts

again I will post a link at a later date :)


Our third and last fun card
You can never have to many gift card holders. And I love how this one looks.

CASE’d (with video) from Dawn's Stamping Thoughts  birthday gift card holder

I will post the link at a later date.

Thank you again Charlene for bringing such wonderful projects to our club night :)

March stamp club card sketch challenge

Here we go, our card sketch challenge comes from Freshly Made Sketches 223

 My take on the sketch

I saw those two strips of paper laying in my scrap paper stash and I thought to myself that they would be perfect for my card. I had used the stamp set Tape It with the colours Coastal Cabana and Cameo Coral. I really wanted to stick with those two colours for the card.

Using Coastal Cabana ink and a stamp from the Gorgeous grunge stamp set, I stamped onto a piece of Coastal Cabana cardstock to create my background.  I needed a flower so I grabbed my flowershop stamp set and stamped out my flower using Cameo Coral.

There you have it. I love these colours and really enjoyed working with this sketch.

Have a great evening
Donna

February 2016 stamp club projects

Here are the  3 projects that we made at our last stamp club.

I don't have the links to the projects yet, but when I get them I will link them to the post :)

project #1
Here I am showing the front and inside of this very cute card. This looks difficult but it really was easy to put together. Love how it turned out.

As promised the links have been added :)

   This project was CASE'd from Where the Rubber Hits the Road

Project #2
This is a really neat little card. It measures 4 1/2 x 4 1/2.  Love the corrugated paper. I did not realize that it comes in both kraft and white!  Clean and simple  :)

and this project was CASE'd from Stamp with Brian

Project #3
So fun! a box card!

and this is the back of the box card.

And our last link.  

This project was CASE'd from Debbie's Designs 

And that my friends, are the 3 projects that we made. Thank you Charlene for another FUN class !

February stamp club sketch challenge 2016

Good Morning!

First I will start off with the link to the sketch challenge. It comes from Freshly Made Sketches # 221

Last month I finally ordered the woodgrain background stamp,  I have been wanting this stamp for awhile. Well I finally have it, and I really wanted to use it on this months sketch challenge. The ink I used was early espresso then stamped onto crumbcake cardstock. As you can see I cut the stamped image up to look like fence boards. I love how this card turned out.

I placed the fence boards a bit crooked just to help it give that "aged" look. It isn't showing up very good in the photo but I used the wink of stella on the word happy.



and here is the inside

Now I am ready for our stamp club  this thursday.

Have a great day!
Donna

January Stamp club 2016 what we made...

Hello my friends,

We made some wonderful cards at our stampclub in January that I would love to share with you.

Our first project was CASE'd from  Angela Lorenz Botanical sneak peek

I just LOVE this new stamp and die set, and of course the papers are gorgeous :)



Our second project was CASE'd from Flowerbug's Inkspot Party wishes fun fold card

Oh this was a fun one to make. I love gift card holder style cards and this is one I know that I will make again.

The idea for our third project came from Stamping to share Blomin' heart inlaid die cut

What a fancy heart die! very pretty. You can't see it very well but the white paper has some glimmer to it, very nice.



There you have it. All three projects from January. Thanks Charlene!!

Have a great long weekend everyone!
Donna

Stampin UP January 2016

I'm back! lol
Just getting ready to go to my next stamp club and wanted to quickly share the sketch challenge that was offered to us. This month the sketch comes from Stampin' Celebration SC109
here is my take on it

Here is a list of the items I used to make this card
Inks: are from Stampin Up : Sahara Sand, Coastal Cabana, and Calypso Coral
Stamp sets used are from Stampin Up: Gorgeous Grunge, Tape it, Secret garden stamp & die, and the leaf die from Flower Flair set.

I used a waterbrush and Calypso Coral to "paint" the flower. I then edged with the wink of stella.

I will be back soon to share what we made at our stamp club group. Until then take care and have a great weekend!
Donna

November Stamp Club

Here we go

As usual I will start off with the sketch challenge
Our sketch challenge comes from Freshly Made Sketches  sketch # 208
here is what I created

I used some craft foam and the Stampin up hello thinlit to cut the word out. I liked the texture that it gave the card.


As of today I don't have the links to link up to the projects so as soon as I get them I will share them with you

Here is our first,  project #1

Love this new ornament die from Stampin Up. And this embossing folder called falling snow is snow much fun :)

Project #2
Oh this card is just so lovely!!
Looks difficult to make but it really is quite easy and fun!

And our last, project #3

LOVE the look of this stand up card. I added a battery operated tealight to give the fire a warm glow.

Just gorgeous.

That is all and as I mentioned earlier, I will link up the projects so that credit will be given and the directions will be available on how to make these wonderful cards.

Have a great weekend!

Donna

Oct 2015 Stampin up Club

Here we go! October's stamp club projects

First off,  I would like to start with our sketch challenge Freshly Made Sketches 207
here is how mine turned out

Project #1
Timeless Elegance DSP
CASE'd  (with video) from Stamp & Scrap with Frenchie

This was an easy card to make and the results are beautiful! The size of this card is the note size so it is a bit smaller than the usual A4 card.

Project #2
Festive Fireplace with Stockings
CASE'd from Stamp With Amy K

Another fun card that came together fairly easy. The white embossing sure helps with the colouring :)

Project #3
Watercolour Salt Technique
CASE'd (with video) from Stampin' On The Fly
This technique was a ton of fun. I think it turned out great! I really like EVERYTHING about this card.

There you go another month done and another one coming right up!

Talk to you soon!
Donna

Stampin Up Club Sept 2015

Yes I am in for another round!! Love going to Charlene's and learning new techniques and getting great ideas along with a lot of visiting and laughter.

Here is Project #1
Embossing and  Shading with Colour
CASE'd (with video) from Deb Valder

Looks difficult but was very easy and fun to do. Loved how this turned out.

Project #2
Direct Inking on Embossing Folder
CASE'd (with video) from Stamp & Scrap with Frenchie

This was another fun card to make. Love this new embossing folder.

Project #3
Brayere Resist
CASE'd (with video) from Stamp with Tami

OH this was fun to make! love how it turned out.

And our sketch challenge for this month comes from Freshly Made Sketches 195
here is my take on it

September was a fun month for cards and now I can hardly wait to share the October projects with you.

I will be back soon!
Donna

Stampin up stamp club Feb - June

I am finally getting to the cards that I have seriously neglected to post. I deeply apologize  for not posting sooner.

Here is the first group of projects from Feb

Our first project for this month is Case' d (with a video) from Deb Valder How to make your thinlits dies 3-D

Our 2nd project is the Flower Patch bundle. This  idea, Case'd (with a video) comes from Stamping to Share

The 3rd and last one for this month inspired by Card Creations by Beth Fun Foam Shaker Card

Projects from March
Our 1st project idea comes from NancyFerbShares.com  Irresistibly Yours Magic

Our 2nd project Designer Vellum CASE"Ed (with video) comes from Stamping to Share

Our 3rd project for this month is weekly deals and a gift card holder. This idea came from Buckeye Inklings

 Projects from April
Our first project is the Folded Corner Card  CASE'd from Flowerbug's Inkspot 

The second project is the Work Of Art Background CASE'd (with video) from Stamping Madly
Quick and easy handmade card .

Our third project is the Faux 3-Panel Card CASE'd from Too Cool Stamping Wetlands Masculine Birthday Tryptic Card

Projects from May

Project #1 is the Washi Sheets Hearts Collage CASE'd from Too Cool Stamping

Project #2  Peek-a-boo Card  CASE'd (with a video) from Stamping & Scrapbooking 

Project #3 Reflection Technique CASE'd from Flowerbug's Inkspot 

and our sketch challenge  came from Mojo Monday 237 here is my take on the sketch

Projects from June

Project #1 Congrats with 3-D Balloons CASE'd from RunningwScissorsStamper  FM169Confetti Party

Project #2 Step Panel Card CASE'd (with video) from Dawn's Stamping Thoughts 

Project #3 Congratulations Banner Card CASE'd (with video) from Dawn's Stamping Thoughts

and our June sketch challenge came from Freshly made sketch 188  and here is my card

WOW looking back at all our creations we made over these past few months were a ton of FUN!! so glad I can look back and see them all lots of ideas and techniques!
I will be posting our sept class really soon.

Hope you all enjoy what you see I know I did :)
Donna