I heart 2 stamp has a Sketch For You To Try (SFYTT) challenge. Just found out about it today, from Sandy Allnock's blog. I used this sketch, with the Outlawz color opulence challenge hosted by Guylou Beland, and a Gina K Designs sentiment stamp for the StampTV October Release Party Challenge. Put the two background strips thru the Big Shot in the Cuttlebug Swiss Dots embossing folder.
The StampTV Oldies but Goodies challenge for this week is to use at least two of these colors: black, purple, orange, and green. I already did one card, but this week's Operation Write Home sketch challenge #142 just called for another try with those colors.
The hearts are stamped in VersaMark, using a stamp from the Framed Friends set, which also provided the sentiment. I used a Nestabilities lable die, and tied some purple raffia on it. Then, when the card was almost done, I got a bit of black marker on the front. I was going around the edges of the black cardstock, since it has a white core. I had just been thinking how it is so much safer to do this with the backside facing the hand holding the marker, but the next edge I held the face side toward the marker hand and it skipped on me. Lesson learned! So, to hide the bits of black marker on the front, I added a purple raffia heart, to go with the sentiment.
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.
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.
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.
The StampTV Oldies but Goodies challenge for this week is to use at least two of these colors: black, purple, orange, and green. I already did one card, but this week's Operation Write Home sketch challenge #142 just called for another try with those colors.
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.
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.
