Thanks for Serving Card

"and those who serve !"

A quick Thank You For Serving Our Country card

I made for my cousin and her soon to be husband.

They both recently finished their stint with the US Navy.

The stamp image is colored with water based markers.

It was made by Stampin' Up! years ago to help raise funds

for the victims of 9-11.

The star embossing folder was from Cuttlebug.

Thanks for looking =)

Dragon 1st Birthday Card

A birthday card I made for a cousin that is turning one.

Dragon image is an oldie from Stampin' Up!, water colored and embellished with glitter.

The textured background was made with an old Fiskars texture plate.

Thanks for looking =)

Gone To The Birds Digi Kit

Gone To The Birds is a new set of Bits N' pieces digi kits by

JMC Designs and now available at

Scraps-N-Pieces.com. 

See more design team inspiration at

jensenmotleycrewdesigns.blogspot.com

I'm entering the scrapbook page into the Digitally Sweet Challenge, scrapbook pages, this month.

Each portion of the kit will be on sale for $1.00 through September 7th, 2016.

Bluebird of Hope Card

Time for a new challenge at 

House of Cards Challenge Blog !

This month we ask you to use a bird

and / or the colors in the image below on your card.

Share your cards with us by the end of the month.

I used both the colors and a bird on my card.

NOTE: there is such a huge difference between

the display of colors on my desktop monitor and

 laptop monitor, that the colors on my card nay seem off.

I never know which color palette is the right one to use ;)

My card has a top fold in the center. 

The base started as a 7" by 4.25"

piece of card stock.  Fold it in half
to create a 3 1/2"tall by 4 1/4"wide card.

Attach a stamped image panel along the fold,
adjust to fit in an invitation size (A2) envelope.

The image was stamped on watercolor paper

with Stazon black ink.

I water colored the image with a water pen

and ink from my classic ink pads.

I added a touch of diamond Stickles

to the flower tops for fun.

It reminds me of dew glimmering in the
early morning sun.

A border punch was used along one side of 

the blush pink card stock mat under the image.

The blue/gray card stock layer was run through an embossing folder.

I adhered a piece of twill ribbon between the image and card front.

A metal tag is attached with a pop dot/dimensional

on top of the twill. A small piece of jewelry making

twine is tied in a knot at the top of the metal tag.

I created and printed my own sentiment

onto Vanilla card stock, cut to fit then ran it through

an edge/border embossing folder twice.

It was mounted to the same blue gray

card stock as I used on the front.

NOTE: I changed the original card I designed for this challenge

to make it a birthday card to give to my Mom.

The metal tag on the front says "Wish"

Thanks for looking =) 

Be sure to visit the rest of the design team blogs for more inspiring projects !
Remember , our challenge is monthly so you have until
September 30th to share your creation with us.

Cohenna | Donna | Em | Heather | Jane | Judy 

Karen | Katarina | Katy | Leslie | Linda | Merethe

Michele | Mynn | Paula | Rocky | Rosi | Ruza

Shawna | Shirley | Steph | Sue N. | Susan | Tina | Toni

I'm entering my card into the following challenges:
Retro Rubber Challenge - Critters RRCB46- my stamp is from 1998!
Though The Craft Room Door Anything Goes
Crafting By Designs Anything Goes
Sunny Day Crafting Ch # 12 Anything Goes

Stamped Clock

The anything goes project I am happy to share with you for this months challenge at

the Love To Craft Challenge Blog is a clock that I stamped the face on to

coordinate with the Waverly window valances in my kitchen!

It is a make your own clock kit (Traditions Studio).
I was lucky enough to find it at a yard sale several years ago.

I spray painted it black (it was white).
I also spray painted the second hand black (it was red).

I cut a piece of chipboard to fit behind the Very Vanilla
card stock that I stamped. I did this to make the card stock
sturdier. I wasn't sure if it might get warped over time.
There are gaps in the molded plastic clock back that
may affect the card stock.

All stamp images used were from Stampin' Up! 

and are long ago retired:
DD Cottage Rose
DD Wild Rose
Flannel Plaid background
Sanded background

Various classic inks from Stampin' Up! were used

to stamp the images onto Very Vanilla card stock.

I created masks for several of the images so I could
stamp over them, creating depth.

The numbers were cut from black card stock with a Cricut Create machine

and the Library Font cartridge.

Above is a photo that shows what I came up with to try
to get them glued into place evenly:
grid paper with rulers as straight edges!

As for the application of adhesive and what type:
I used toothpicks to carefully apply small amounts
of clear drying liquid glue.

I added tiny yellow rhinestones in the centers of the small flowers.


Assemble, put in batteries, set the correct time
and it's working great ! 

Thanks for looking :)  

Be sure to visit the rest of the design teams creations at

Love To Craft Challenge Blog !

I'm entering my clock into the following challenges:
Crafting By Designs Anything Goes September Challenge
Through The Craft Room Door Anything Goes
Sunny Day Crafting Anything Goes Ch12

Baby Boy1st Birthday Card

This 5 x 7 card was fun to put together for the first birthday

of the son of my cousin !

Each image (Baby Firsts by Stampin' Up!, retired)

is stamped on water color paper, trimmed

and water colored with ink from my ink pads.

I added Stickles to the bubbles on the bathtub image.

The papers used to layer are from an old

Die Cuts With A View paper stack.

Thanks for looking =) 

Get Well Soon Card

I had fun water coloring this image -

I believe it is the first time I've used it !

It's an oldie from Stampin' Up!,

I think the set is called Mice Messages.

Patterned papers are from an old

Die Cuts With A View paper stack.

Flowers punched from patterned paper,

layered and attached with a mini brad.

Scrap of organdy ribbon and green

card stock leaf  to finish it.

I used a gingham stampin' wheel

and Daffodil Yellow ink to stamp a border

on the inside of the card as well as on the

envelope (I didn't take photos). 

Thanks for looking =) 

Sympathy Card

A pretty quick to put together sympathy card. It's mail friendly, too, not requiring extra postage.

I love this old Roses In Winter stamp set from Stampin' Up! : it doesn't require precise lining up up the three image layers ! I stamped roses and leaves then cut them out and glued them to a card front.


Techniques:
Masking of the large rose on the envelope and inside of the card to stamp over with the leaves so it looks like they are behind the rose.

A touch of shimmery marker on the yellow flower centers and along the petals.

A simple scored rectangle on the front

Thanks for looking =)

Congrats, Grandparents Card

This is a really old card front sample that I still had in my stash !
Most were recycled and donated to Operation Write Home, but since baby cards
weren't needed, I had no other use for this one. That is until recently when a couple
we've known for many years became grandparents for the first time to a
precious baby girl ! I added the stamped sentiment and paper punches,
stamped the inside and a matching envelope. It's certainly not my best card,
but I was glad to be able to finally use it !

Thanks for looking =)

Cozy Christmas Card

What a cozy color combo challenge at 

52 Christmas Card Throwdown this week:

kraft, black and red; no other colors. 

I used Kraft, Cherry Cobbler and Black card stocks.

Black ink for the stamp. 

I debated on whether or not

I should sponge ink along the edges of the kraft card base. 

I decided to go for it ;) 

The black strip was run through a Swiss Dots embossing folder.

 I tore the bottom edge off of the Cherry Cobbler strip. 

It was then run through a Square Lattice embossing folder.

I originally was not going to emboss that piece,

 then decided to after the edge was torn off.

I punched a heart from Cherry Cobbler and stamped just the word "heart"

on it, attaching it to the card front with a dimensional.

The plaid ribbon started as black and white.

I ran it across a light brown ink pad

 to make the white more of a kraft color. 

Thanks for looking :) 

EDITED 8/26/2016

Honorable Mention at 52 CCT !