Scor-Pal More Than One Score Challenge - Summer Fun

There's a challenge over on the Scor-Pal Blog called "More Than One Score."  This month the theme is Summer Fun.  I pulled out an old stamp set by Inkadinkadoo called Coastal/Maritime for my card.  As I live in Florida, a lot of the "summer fun" is related to the beach and the ocean.  For my "more than one score" part of the challenge, I made a wiper card.

Here are the basic directions for the base of my card:

Two strips of cardstock 4 1/4" x 8 1/2"
One strip of cardstock 1 1/2" x 3"
Scor-Pal
Scor-Tape

Score one of the 4 1/4" x 8 1/2" strips at 1 1/2" and 3".
Score the second strip the same.

Fold both strips as shown.

Place the 1 1/2" x 3" strip as shown, with the right-hand corner at the one-inch mark.  Score diagonally at 1".

Place a small piece of Scor-Tape at the score line.

Place the small strip in the left-hand small section so that the diagonal score line is just below the top of the card.

Place Scor-Tape on the small outside section of both strips, as shown.

Adhere the two panels as shown, with the small "wiper" strip at the top left.

When the card is closed, the "wiper" will fold down in between the two sections.

You can now complete your card as desired.



Here is my finished card.

And here it is when you pull the two ends -- the sun pops up!

Thanks for stopping by my blog today.  If you've never made a wiper card before, I hope you'll give it a try.

Inspiration Challenge -- Lots of Birds

Anne (itsapassion) filled in for Stef for today's SCS Inspiration Challenge, bringing us a great Etsy website. There were a lot of different birds -- and other things from nature -- from which to choose. I made two cards this morning.

As I was looking through the Etsy store, I came across this Snowy Owl print at 1:00 am and knew immediately what I wanted to do. I stamped Inkadinkadoo's owl in Tempting Turquoise and cut it out with a Labels Nine Nestabilities die, sponging around the edges before removing the die. I didn't want to take away from the owl with too many embellishments, so I just matted in black and added some ribbon.

Stamps: Winter Birds by Inkadinkadoo, Label Accents by Scent With Love
Paper: GP White, Tempting Turquoise
Ink: Tempting Turquoise, Versafine Black Onyx
Accessories: Spellbinders Labels Nine, Clear ep, Sponge dauber, Ribbon
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I came back this morning to find something else to use for inspiration. Many of the prints on the site used birds and postcards, so my card was drawn from several of them, Bird No. 32 in particular. I used Copic markers on the bird and the fern, and sponged the butterfly and the postage stamps.

Stamps: RubberStampede Fern Postcard, Mark's Finest Paper's Speedy the Cat's Friends, savvystamps small happy birthday curly

Paper: Pumpkin Pie, Chocolate Chip, Basic Black

Ink: Palette Burnt Umber, Cognac, Orangerie

Accessories: Sizzix daisy die, Copic markers, Sponge daubers
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The Inspiration Challenge is my favorite of the week because there are so many directions to take from the original point.

Stampin'B Challenge #44 - Wiper Card

Tomorrow is my niece and her husband’s wedding anniversary, so I used today’s Stampin’B challenge to make an anniversary card for them. NancyRuth wanted us to make a wiper card – which I’ve done only once before -- so I had to look up the SCS tutorial to refresh my memory.

I think this little House Mouse stamp is so very cute and perfect for an anniversary. You can’t really get a whole lot on a wiper card, so I just used a Flourishes’ rose, stamped off once, to balance out the HM image and stamped the Happy Anniversary sentiment over top of the rose. I found an appropriate small sentiment to put on the wiper part in a set of Scent with Love Label Accents stamps. The flourish down the side is from Inkadinkadoo. Fortunately, I had bought this Martha Stewart heart border punch not too long ago.

NancyRuth, you stretched my designing skills, but I think the card turned out okay. Thanks for the push!

Stamps - HM Wreath Love by Stampabilities, I Love Roses and Flourished Words by Flourishes, Fancy Accents by Scent With Love, Ornate Flourish by Inkadinkadoo
Paper - SU Ruby Red, GP White
Ink - Palette Noir Black and Moulin Rouge
Accessories - Copic markers, MS border punch, Paper piercer, Sponge dauber

Stampin'B's Challenge #22 - Shades of Brown

Vicky’s challenge to make a card using Chocolate Chip, Close to Cocoa, Creamy Caramel, and any neutral came at the right time for me. My older son’s birthday was coming up, and I needed to make a birthday card for him. I chose the larger grandfather clock from Gina K. Designs’ set A Special Father for my main image.

I stamped it in Palette Burnt Umber and colored it with Prismacolor and Copic markers. After sponging around the edges with Creamy Caramel, I matted the image in Chocolate Chip. The background was created by stamping a pocket watch image by Inkadinkadoo in Whisper White onto Close to Cocoa cardstock and embossing it. I added the wide satin caramel-colored ribbon and chocolate-colored grosgrain ribbon.

Inside the card is a Target gift card, tucked into a little pocket I created using Close to Cocoa and Very Vanilla – stamped with a greeting and another smaller pocketwatch. That small pocketwatch is actually part of a collage stamp by Inkadinkadoo. I just colored the watch portion with a brown marker and stamped it on the panel.
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* Stamps - A Special Father by Gina K. Designs, larger pocket watch and Collage by Inkadinkadoo, single Happy Birthday sentiment by Hero Arts, longer sentiment - Birthday Basics by PaperTrey Ink

* Paper - Very Vanilla, Close to Cocoa, Chocolate Chip
* Ink - Whisper White, Palette Burnt Umber

* Accessories - White ep, Prismacolor and Copic markers, Ribbon, Stipple brush, Gift card

Big Shot and Halloween

I was visiting my sister this weekend, and we decided to play a little bit with my new Big Shot accessories. She also has a Big Shot, so I didn’t have to cart that along with me on my drive to Southwest Florida.

The cards were cut out with the Sizzix Movers and Shapers die, one with a three-hole insert and the other with a one-hole insert. I “borrowed” the idea for the witch card from my friend, Rosemary. After sponging a big circle lightly with More Mustard ink on the upper right-hand corner of a 4-inch by 4-inch piece of white cs, I punched a circle template with a 1 ¾ inch circle punch. I then sponged inside the circle more firmly – forming the moon. I sponged the rest of the square with Not Quite Navy. The fancy witch is from an Inkadinkadoo Halloween set I bought last year. She is stamped with Versafine Black Onyx, as is the sentiment. The three spiders, from PTI’s Spooky Sweets set were stamped through the small holes onto the inside white piece.

The scarecrow on the other card is from a brand-new Debbie Mumm autumn set, as is the pumpkin on the inside. Both are stamped with Palette Noir Black and then colored with Prismacolor and Copic markers. The DP behind the scarecrow is from a Debbie Mumm DP pad called Harvest and Holiday.

The two candy containers were made from the Sizzix Matchbook XL die from Stampin’ Up. After punching out the centers with SU's curly label punch, I glued some acetate over the openings and put the circle sentiments, both from PTI’s Spooky Sweets set, to one side of the hole so you can see the candy inside.

* Stamps – All Hallows Eve by Inkadinkadoo, Harvest by Debbie Mumm, Spooky Sweets by PaperTreyInk
* Paper – Bazzill Textured Orange, Basic Black, GP White, Debbie Mumm Harvest and Holiday DP
* Ink – Versafine Black Onyx, More Mustard, Not Quite Navy, Palette Noir Black
* Accessories – Big Shot, Sizzix Matchbox XL Die, Sizzix Movers & Shapers XL Die, Sizzix 3-Hole inset, Sizzix One-Hole inset, Prismacolor and Copic markers, Sponge daubers, 1 ¾ inch circle punch, Curly Label punch

Stampin' Bs Challenge #9 - Photos

I am the hostess for this week’s Stampin’Bs DT Challenge. My brother-in-law is an avid photographer, and it was because of some of his photos that I came up with this challenge to use a photograph on our cards. This was such fun that I actually made two cards.

I had to print out several copies of this photo and piece them together to get the scene to the right size. All the stamped images from My Favorite Things’ By The Seashore were colored with Prismacolor or Copic markers and cut out. After coloring a small piece of cardstock using the faux wood technique, I cut out the shape of the dock and assembled my little scene. The sentiment was cut using a label die from Spellbinders and then backed with a piece of ribbon.

* Stamps - By the Seashore from My Favorite Things
* Paper - Georgia Pacific White, More Mustard

* Ink - Palette Noir Black, Whisper White, Close to Cocoa

* Accessories - Photographs, Label Trio, Ribbon, Prismacolor/Copic markers, Silver cord

Bob loves to photograph birds. This lady cardinal is another of his photos. I cropped a much larger shot of her so that she was about the only thing left in the photo. To add a little dimension to the photo, I went over all the branches with some glaze pens. After cutting out a large square in the brown card base with a Nestabilities die, I glued the photo to the inside of the card to line up through the cut-out portion. I then cut a “frame” using two square Nestabilities. The corners are Cuttlebug Vintage Corner dies. As you probably know, cardinals fly in pairs, so I had to have her “mate” close by. He’s actually from Inkadinkadoo’s Bird Assortment, but the sentiment is from My Sentiments Exactly’s Little Birdie.

* Stamps – Bird Assortment from Inkadinkadoo

* Paper – Textured Chocolate Chip, So Saffron, Ruby Red, Georgia Pacific White
* Ink – Palette Noir Black
* Accessories – Prismacolor/Copic markers, Cuttlebug and Vintage Corners die, Nestabilities, The Stencil Company Glazed Dimensions

This is the inside.

Stamps – On Your Birthday

Paper – Ruby Red, Georgia Pacific White

Ink – Palette Noir Black

Accessories – Photograph, Nestabilities, The Stencil Company Glazed Dimensions

Today's Featured Stamper Challenge

It's about time that Rox71 was chosen as the Featured Stamper on SCS. She hosts the Sketch Challenge every Wednesday and is a marvelous stamper. Here are the two cards I CASEd from her gallery.

I chose this card as the first card to CASE today. Because Rox hosts the Sketch Challenge each week, I kept her sketch, as well as the colors. Changes are:

* Different stamp
* Embossed the card base
* Used a scallop nestie to mat the main image
* Eliminated the brads and ribbons, but added three small flowers

This card also qualifies for this week's Stampin'B challenge to use flowers -- http://stampinbsdesignteam.blogspot.com/

* Stamp - DIY Topiaries by Flourishes
* Paper - Georgia Pacific White, SU Real Red, Real Red DSP
* Ink - Palette Noir Black
* Accessories - Nestabilities, Copic/Prismacolor markers, Silk Flowers

I had to do a second card. I actually combined two of her cards this time. This one and this one. The sketches were similar, and I combined the butterflies from the Dots card with the shape of the squares in the Flowers and Hearts one. My images are all from an Inkadinkadoo set of butterflies/birds inchies.

* Stamp - Butterflies & Birds Inchies by Inkadinkado
* Paper - Georgia Pacific White, SU Basic Black, So Saffron, Brocade Blue, Pixie Pink, Perfect Plum, White embossed card base
* Ink - Palette Noir Black
* Accessories - Copic/Prismacolor markers, Marvy Daisy punches, MS Butterfly punches

Stampin' Out Alzheimers

I've been participating in the Stampin' Out Alzheimers challenges this week. My mom has been diagnosed with possible Alzheimers, so I had another reason (besides loving to stamp) to participate. Here are a couple of the cards I've made.

The challenge for this card was to use buttons. This PaperTreyInk set is called Guidelines and has many different patterns you can stamp within the gridlines to create a quilt-like pattern. I thought the sentiment from My Sentiments Exactly was a perfect match.

This card was made for Paper Makeup Stamps' "Any Winged Thing" challenge. I don't have any PMS stamps, so I had to "wing" it with one of the fairies in the Beautiful Fairies set from Inkadinkadoo. I had used another fairy from this set in SCS's Featured Stamper challenge a couple weeks ago. The card base and mat pieces are Sage Shadow, which I think is a very pretty shade of green. I found the sentiment stamp at StampFest last year. It's from Custer's Last Stamp.

Today's Featured Stamper Challenge

After looking through today's Featured Stamper's (DbDoodle a/k/a Debbie) gallery I chose this card to CASE -- http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/gallery/photo/1224164?cat=500&ppuser=88674

I liked the whimsical look of Debbie's card, so I chose another whimsical image -- a fairy -- and used the same layout. Because the DP was a little bright, I put a piece of vellum over it to tone it down. Other changes I made are:* Instead of the small scallop flowers, I used various sizes of daisy punches* Different colors (except the red) -- I broke open my last pack of Blue Bayou.* Various coloring media: markers, pencils, gel pens

Have a great day!

Lois