Stampsmith 2nd Challenge

I made the following card for a recent Wedding and as an entry for the 2nd Stampsmith challenge:

The only requirements were to use a Stampsmith rubber stamp and black, white and a third colour of your own choice, so I chose the colours that were used for the wedding decor.  The romantic couple on the moon is one of my favorite Stampsmith images.  I stamped it with Ancient Page ink on glossy cardstock, used my corner rounder tool and then mounted it on a black cardstock cut with the Sizzix Big Shot "BIGZ Top Note" made for Stampin' Up.  I embossed the card with the Cuttlebug "Birds and Swirls" plate, and used a Stampin' Up marker to colour the flowers in the image.  The caption is also a Stampsmith rubber. The ink is "Pink Passion", also from SU.  The pink pearls are from the dollar store, and the ribbon was part of my stash.

Did you notice the Stampsmith badge that I am proudly displaying in my sidebar?  My "Dream with Your Eyes" card for the 1st challenge was one of 3 cards that were featured by the designers last week --- thanks ladies -- that really brightened up my day!

Creative blessings :),

Kathryn

Stampsmith Challenge

Stampsmith has started a new challenge blog: http://thestampsmithchallenge.blogspot.com/   Here is my entry for the challenge --- I believe this is my first card/stamp challenge as well:

The theme of the challenge was "Getting All Dressed Up", so I used one of the stamps from the "Thank Heaven for Little Girls" plate. The little girl is wearing a dress and a charm bracelet and has flowers in her hair. So, I decided to embellish with flowers and hung a yellow metal flower charm on the silver cord -- I didn't secure it so it slides back and forth.  I stamped the caption with Versamark then dye ink and then heat embossed it with clear powder. Last but not least ---- I finally stamped a decent photo image with glossy cardstock and Ancient Page ink in Onyx!!!

Cardstock: Caroussel

Patterned Paper and Flowers: my stash

Crystal embellishments and tag: dollar store

Caption Ink+silver cord: Stampin Up
Image ink: Ancient Page Onyx

September Craft Meetup - Decorated Box

I finally added embellishments to the box I decorated at our last craft meetup:

Louise provided the boxes, brushes and cement, and lead us in the project. We coated the boxes with cement and then cut and adhered the paper, sanded the edges and added embellishments.
Louise's sample had a little cardstock border on the inside to make it fit standard cards exactly. I decided to decorate the inside with paper but leave it open to use as a trinket box.

Cardstock: unknown origin
Pattern paper: "Guardian Angels" Amazing Grace Collection from Flair Designs
Embellishments: paper flowers from a glass jar in my craft room, mini pearls from the dollar store, and the ribbon is recycled/reused.  I embossed the large mauve brad in the center of the large flower with embossing powder (translucent white pearls) to make it shimmer similar to the surrounding mini pearls.  The metal embellishment on the front is from Stampin' Up.
Ink: Baja breeze from Stampin Up (for sponging edges of angel paper)
Adhesive: cement (paper)  and glue dots (flowers and metal)

Thanks to: Louise for the idea and supplies, Julie for hosting and looking amazingly calm every time I dripped cement on your wooden table, and everyone else for your patience -- I was tired and slow that evening.

Looking forward to next time at my place!   Kathryn

Yogini's other Passion

Namaste,

Welcome to my papercraft gallery and blog.  I have finally been convinced to post my "work" online.  I will be adding more cards as soon as I have time to scan and upload them. 

As yoga takes up most of my non-domestic time, I almost considered giving up my papercrafting passion but now my daughter, Katelyn, has moved into my craft room and is using my supplies.  She loves making cards as well as 8x8 scrapbook pages.  I will eventually post some of her creations as well.

Be well :),
Kathryn