Too Late for Mojo, but Right on Time for StampTV

This card follows the sketch posted on Mojo Mondays, #262, but I didn't make it on time.  However, the challenge to make the focal point just a sentiment is from StampTV's October Release Party.  The color scheme and the pearls came from the October Opulence  challenge at Outlawz.  The Believe in Yourself stamp is from Gina K Designs - it is a Duo with a butterfly.

Circles for Our Daily Bread

Our Daily Bread does a monthly challenge for Operation Write Home - for every 25 cards submitted, they pay to ship one box of cards to our Heros overseas - up to two boxes.  The OWH Sketch #141 is just what was needed. Both of these cards use Hero Arts stamps, but they are really ancient.


The Nestabilities Heart Circles die, cut in half, made two cards.  I had a plain white card background, and it was way too plain.  So I pulled off the layers, and stamped in Spun Sugar Distressed Ink using an Irish Blessing script background stamp.

I posted these first without the purple mat under the floral print paper, but just had to repost them once I added the mat.  Much improved.

StampTV Oldies but Goodies Challenge #9

The StampTV Oldies but Goodies challenge is to use at least two of these colors:  black, orange, purple, green, so I used them all.  The owl and sentiment are from Gina K Designs "Framed Friends" set.  The owl is paper-pieced - originally intended for the Cute Card Thursday challenge, but I didn't get it finished and posted in time.

Another try at the StampTV Challenge

I used the Viva le Verve sketch #3 for October, and made another card for the StampTV Mix-it-Up Monday challenge:  Make a winter card with three layers or more and add some flourishes. I hope flourishes on the background paper count.  This one also works for the latest Cute Card TCute Card Thursday challenge - Got Glitter!  The swirl-y flourishes on the background were made with a Stampin'Up! Jumbo roller, are embossed with a clear/iridescent powder, and it sparkles really well.  

StampTV STV12MON41 & JUGS 158

Here's another shot at the JUGS challenge to do the emboss resist technique. I'm also entering it in the StampTV Mix-it-up-Monday challenge to make a winter-themed card having three or more layers, and with a flourish.  I don't have any flourish stamps, so I printed a digital one, mounted it on medium blue, and used the exact-o knife to 'open up' the flourish ends.   
The stamps used are the snowflake from Light of the Season, and the sentiment from Merry & Bright.  The embossing is in clear iridescent powder, and the ink used for the resist is from the Blue Breeze Kalidacolor rainbow pad.