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Guest Designer Rita Holmes A card a Day in the month of May

 

Hello Everyone.  Thanks so much for stopping by Savvy Projects Blog.  It is so nice to be a guest designer here today.   So many people around me are having babies so I am in the baby card mode.  I have designed this baby card using The Angel Company stamp set  Hello Baby.  I just love this set for baby cards.  I stamped the image onto ivory cardstock with the Memento Rich Cocoa stamp pad.  I then colored with a few different mediums.  I used chalks on the giraffe body followed by Prismacolor pencils for the spots on the giraffe.  I then used Copic markers on the diaper and blanket.  After putting the card together I decided to use a flower and button for an embellishment on the front.  Although the colors are not your "normal" baby colors; it is soft and subtle and just makes an inviting card. 

Here is a close up of the coloring I did on the card.  Like I said before i used a few different mediums on the coloring but I think they all blended well together.

 

Here is the sketch we are using this week.  Another Angel has made up tons of sketches and was so gracious to let us use them.

 

I hope you enjoy the card today and try out your own version of the Card Sketch that is used today.  I thank Heather Scott for all the great card sketches that are used this month.  I also want to thank Mischelle at The Angel Company for giving me the chance to share a card with all of you today.

I haven't been keeping up with my blog the way I should but feel free to go and visit and see what is there.  You never know when I will pop in and add some creations there.

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Again thanks to everyone for coming by today and i hope you have a blessed day and get to do some stamping!!!

 

 

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Pot of Gold Card Challenge!

 It’s a Pot of Gold CARD CHALLENGE!

Friday March 25th - Monday March 28th

 Who doesn’t love a good treasure hunt … combine that with a card challenge and watch the rainbow appear! To play along cardmakers MUST use each of the items in the Pot of Gold, on their cards, and then upload them to share!

What’s in the Pot of Gold (Items that have to be on your card):

1. Stitching ~ can be stamped or stitched.
2. A punched item ~ punched with a clever lever or other punching tool.
3. Ribbon!
4. A button AND/OR a bow AND/OR a brad!
5. The color GREEN! (a little or a lot)
6. LAYERS! You must use more than 1 layer of cardstock!

Now let's get started ...

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Retiform Blog Hop!

 

It's one of my favorite days of the month!  Blog Hop Day!  YAHOO!  And this isn't just any ole' blog hop ... this is a TECHNIQUE blog hop!  If you've never tried RETIFORM now is your chance to take a look and play along!

Join us and link your Retiform creation to our blog starting today.  The hop will be open for posts until Sunday February 6th at 11:59pm est.

BLOG CANDY! Oh yeah! What’s a Blog Hop without Blog Candy?! One lucky customer and one lucky Angel will receive Blog Candy - handpicked by Mischelle. The winners will be chosen randomly from those who are participating in our Blog Hop.

Saturday February 5th join us for a chat over in our Paper Crafting Community   Mischelle will join the chat at 9 pm EST (8 pm CST).

Don’t have a blog but would like to showcase your card? Upload it to our TAC™ Paper Crafting Community Gallery on the days of the Blog Hop! We will create an album for the Blog Hop and then put the cards into the album for you. Just label the card with the Blog Hop it belongs to in the tag line.

Now let's get hopping!

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Monday Card Sketch Challenge ~ Random Patterns

 

I have been having a BALL making cards lately and I have a stack of cards to prove it ~ WOWzers right!  It's been so much FUN!  I made this card last night and was so exhausted when I walked into my studio ... I had to prop my eyes open with toothpicks.  HOWEVER ... the toothpicks didn't last long because my energy started to return the more and more excited I got making this card!

This card sketch is a FIRST for me in that ... I was so tired when I started I just grabbed some papers that looked pretty together and started cutting them down to the sizes Heather had in the sketch.  I mean ... we are talking there was NO activity going on in my brain!  I just looked at the sketch and cut. 

Before I knew it I was at the point that I needed to add an image.  WOW!  By the time I got to this point my mind was actively participating and I had ideas flying left and right.  So ... I decided to use a set that I haven't been able to get enough of lately ~ Random Patterns T3026.  This is a set that I am getting ready to feature on Monday January 31st to kick off our YOU Make February Fabulous Promotion.  This set is a Blast From the Past and will only be available from now until February 28th.

I debated using this set because I did a design very similar to this for my post on the 31st.  Oh well!  It just gave my spirit wings to make this!  I LOVE it and hope you do also!

Here is the  Monday Card Sketch  that I used:

 

I used this simple saying on the inside.  LOVE this set!

 
I added lots of pop dots!  The height is FABULOUS!

 

Talk about keep it simple right!  This card was made in less than 15 minutes easy! 

I hope you enjoy and I encourage you to join in the Sketch Challenges ... I am fast becoming addicted!  To see more sketch challenge cards check out our Sketch Challenges on TAC PCC

To see more with this set come back on Monday January 31st and join us as we kick off a February FULL of cards! 

Happy Paper Crafting!

Mischelle

Supplies Used:  Maggie papers and cardstock, premium white cardstock, sage versamagic and angel pink memento ink, transcendence emboss powder, scallop circle nesties die, pop dots, button, rhinestone, glue dots, t3026 random patterns, ta3238 bless your heart

One Layer Wonder Cards!

 

Over on our TAC Paper Crafting Community  we have a  One Layer Wonders Challenge  happening and I needed to make a card for it!  The rules are simple ~ no layers!  You can add embellishments like buttons, ribbon, eyelets ... but you can only use one layer of cardstock.  Okay ~ so it SOUNDS easy ... however I soon discovered how much of a challenge this was for me!  NO LAYERS!  WOW!

The card above is my first card I did for this challenge and my FAVORITE!  I LOVE it!  {so humble right}.  Well ... this card came so close to being trashed ... it's not even funny!  After I stamped the images and added the stitched line I hated how this card looked.  HATED!  And then Sophie suggested I color it.  Orange to be exact.  So ... I did what she said.  I didn't start liking it until the owl was pretty much colored in.  And then I decided to add some color to WHOO.  I liked it even more!  Next I added white dots and highlights.  And some Glossy Accents.

I set this card aside and returned to it after dinner.  OMGosh!  I LOVED it!  WOW!  I don't know what happened in that hour or so I was gone but that's all it took! 

Below you can really see the Glossy Accents.  I just added them to the eyes and beak.

 

If you look really closely you might be able to see that I colored over the eyes and beak with my brown marker.  And then I highlighted certain parts of WHOO to draw more emphasis to it.  I also colored in the circles on WHOO with my brown marker because after I start something ... I just can't stop!

 
And the inside of the card:

 

Next I wanted to go for a modern, clean looking card.  This is what I came up with:

 

I stamped the images with Tea Leaves VersaMagic and embossed with Transcendence Emboss Powder. Then used my craft knife to cut a couple of slits and then added the ribbon.

 

Next ... I HAD to try a circle card!  I folded my cardstock in half like normal and then ran it through my Spellbinders using my large circle nesties die.  Then I stamped the background image in LuLu Lavender and then used Sweet Plum to stamp my greeting and embossed it with Transcendence Emboss Powder.

I added the ribbon to kind of hide the straight edge of the card but I also liked the soft, feminine touch it added.

 

 

I hope you've enjoyed these One Layer Wonders and consider giving this challenge a try!  We'd LOVE to see what you create!

Happy Paper Crafting!

Mischelle

Supplies Card 1:  Kraft cardstock, burnt umber palette ink, whooo loves ya ta3324, what a hoot t3043, brown marker, prismacolor pencils, white gel pen, glossy accents, odorless mineral spirits

Supplies Card 2:  Premium white cardstock, tea leaves versamagic ink, damask backgrounder t3276, noble notes t3373, white ribbon, transcendence emboss powder, static magic, white ribbon

Supplies Card 3:  Premium white cardstock, circle nesties dies, branches in bloom t3262, joyful notes t3334, lulu lavender and sweet plum memento ink, white ribbon, transcendence emboss powder

Sketch Challenge ~ You Whoo Card

 
 

Here is the card that I did for a Sketch Challenge.  The sketch is below:

When I stamped, colored and Glossy Accented the image I had originally planned on creating a card like this one by Chris Franco:

Isn't that a GREAT card!  I've wanted to make one like it since I first laid eyes on it!

When I saw this sketch challenge come up I thought I'd best use the images I'd already colored.  I often do that actually ~ color in images, let them collect, and then use the image when I need it.  I prefer the coloring and NOT the assembling so this is a GREAT system for me!  {smiles}

 

Here is the inside of my card:

 

And an up close of my image.  I added Glossy Accents to his little eyes and around all of the black stamping.

 

LOVE this set and I hope you've enjoyed checking it out!  You can check out more sketch with this sketch and my supplies are listed below.

Happy Paper Crafting!

Mischelle

 

All supplies are from The Angel Company.  Kraft and DCWV cardstock, muslin, Tuxedo Black Memento Ink, Prismacolor Pencils, Odorless Mineral Spirits, White Ribbon, YG95 Copic Marker, pop dots, sanding block, Glossy Accents

Monday Card Sketch Challenge

 

I was inspired yesterday to participate in Heather Scott's Monday Sketch Challenge and this is the card that I came up with.  I have to say ... I liked it better last night ... and when it was still in my head ... I LOVED it!  LOL!

Here is the sketch:

You can check out more by visiting Heather's Blog and/or our TAC PCC

Happy Paper Crafting!

Mischelle

The supplies I used:  T3412 Modern Mix, white cs, Rose Bud, Angel Pink, Pear Tart, Bamboo Leaves and Summer Sky Memento Inks, various sized acrylic blocks (stamped the blue on the white cs background), pop dots and a black pen.

 

Challenge ~ That's So Groovy!

Check out that rainbow-licious hair!  That's what got our mojo going and we thought it would be fun to see what YOU create using this rainbow-licious card as your inspiration! 

I'll be posting my card later this week and I'm looking forward to seeing what everyone else creates as well!

Click here for all of the details and please play along with us!  That's So Groovy Card Challenge

Happy Paper Crafting!

Mischelle