A long weekend and some catch up for the finale of Summer Card Camp!

A photo of the highlight of our trip, first...

Dan is a pretty good sport. I should have gotten a photo of him at the other fantastic place we visited (Creations Galore in Green Bay)... in his words, "That was my favorite crafting store, ever." They had a TV and a chair set up in a special area in their store... just for him.

So, now the catch up from the final days of Summer Card Camp 2...

Week 3, Day 4: Shabby Chic (layers)?

Materials
Paper: Misc. Bazzill cardstock, Neenah - Solar white
Stamps/Inks: TH Distress Ink - Brushed Corduroy and Dusty Concord, Fresh Ink - French Lavender, HA Shadow Ink - Grape Juice, PTI - Delightful Dahlia Additions
Misc.: Seam binding from Verve, twine from May Arts, enamel dots



Week 3, Day 5: Subtle Misting and a New Color Combination (Browns and Green)

Is it too early for Christmas cards? This is featuring my little find from the Door County Rubber Stamps and Scrapbooking store. 

Materials
Paper: Kraft, Neenah - Solar White, misc. Bazzill cardstock
Stamps/Inks: Memento - Rich Cocoa, Summer Sky, and Cottage Ivy, TH Distress Ink - Antique Linen Door County Rubber Stamps - Surprise!, PTI - Winter Hills
Misc.: Copic markers, Mister Huey's Mist - Blizzard, twine from The Twinery, stardust stickles, prismacolor pencils and gamsol

Summer Card Camp 2: Week 3 Day2

Here's today's theme - die cuts and embossing!

I tried die cutting with some dry embossing (with one of this week's three sketches).

Materials
Paper: Elizabeth Crafts Shimmer Sheetz, Neenah - Solar white, misc. Bazzill cardstock
Stamps/Inks: Memento - Rich Cocoa, Hero Arts - Essential Messages
Cutting/Embossing: Cuttlebug embossing folders (misc.), MFT Die-Namics - Flower Medley
Misc.: Dimensional adhesive, liquid pearls

Summer Card Camp 2: Week 3 Day 1

We're on our last week of Summer Card Camp 2.

A couple of really neat techniques today (and of course new sketches and a new color combination)...


1. Sketch/One Layer Banners

I didn't really have anything that would work for the rotated stamping, and I tried it with limited success using Belinda's Borders - mostly just added a little interest to the stamped background on the star.

Materials
Paper: Watercolor paper, misc. Bazzill cardstock
Stamps/Inks: Versafine - Vintage Sepia, TH Distress Inks - Salty Ocean, Tumbled Glass, Brushed Corduroy, Dusty Concord, and Shaded Lilac, Fresh Ink - Birch, Colorbox - Frost White, Paper Smooches - Streamers and Sentiment Sampler; Lawn Fawn - Belinda's Borders
Cutting/Embossing: Lawn Cuts - Puffy Stars, ranger superfine clear embossing powder
Misc.: Dimensional adhesive, Rock Candy Stickles, May Arts twine

Summer Card 2: Camp Week 2 Day 5 and DeNami Addict challenge

Another day of Summer Card Camp 2 - so grateful that the weather is finally cooling off over here! And Happy 2nd Birthday, DeNami Addict!

I decided to try some ink carving on some of the petals and leaves (and a different color combination - grey, yellow, purple, white, green).

Materials
Paper: Neenah - Solar White
Stamps/Inks: HA Shadow Ink - Butter Bar, Green Hills, Wet Cement, and Raspberry Jam, DeNami - Solid Flower Accents Set, Neat and Tangled - Across the Card
Misc.: Dimensional Adhesive, Liquid Pearls

Summer Card Camp 2: Week 2 Day 3

Decided to go back and try the plaid stamping and one of this week's sketches...

Materials:
Paper: Neenah - Solar white
Stamps/Inks: Memento - Bahama Blue, Versamark, HA - Shadow Inks - Field Greens and Green Hills, TH Distress Inks - Peeled Paint, Salty Ocean, Peacock Feathers, Tumbled Glass, Neat and Tangled - On the Strip 2 and Party Dots, Paper Smooches - A Little Lovin and Sentiment Sampler
Cutting/Embossing: Memory Box - Small Circle Burst, Judikins white opaque embossing powder
Misc.: Dimensional adhesive, Zig wink of stella gold and clear glitter pens, copic markers

Summer Card Camp 2: Week 2 Day 4

Today's challenge is tricky: use the weekly colors and make a non-holiday card with holiday products!

The perfect pearls are pretty subtle and hard to photograph. I used a snow background stamp and used part of a sentiment that said, "Celebrating the Greatest Gift of All."

Materials
Paper: Misc. Bazzill cardstock, Neenah - Solar White
Stamps/Inks: Versamark, Hero Arts -Snow Dots and Greatest Gift, Memento - Rich Cocoa and Teal Zeal, Paper Smooches - Word Up
Misc.:  Perfect Pearls - Turquoise, AMuse Studio - Ribbon

Summer Card Camp 2: Week 2/Day 2

I really enjoyed today's examples with heat embossing (and this week's color combination)...

Materials
Paper: Misc. Bazzill cardstock, Archivers watercolor paper, kraft cardstock
Stamps/Inks: Versamark, Fresh Ink - Steel Blue and Pool, HA Shadow Ink - Soft Pool and Field Greens, Versafine - Vintage Sepia, Just Rite Clear - Large Fancy Sentiments, PTI - Sweet Life and Turning a New Leaf
Cutting/Embossing: Ranger superfine clear embossing powder
Misc.: Twine from The Twinery, dimensional adhesive, bundled sage distress marker, prismacolor pencils

Summer Card Camp 2 - Day 5!

Day 5  --- 1/3 of the way through class!

Materials

Paper: Neenah - Solar White, misc. Bazzill cardstock, Vellum

Stamps/Inks: HA Shadow Inks - Soft Cantaloupe, Butter Bar, Mint Julep, Bubble Gum; Versamark, Clear and Simple Stamps - Flower Buds, Verve - Treasured Words

Cutting/Embossing: Ranger superfine silver embossing powder

Misc: Sequins from Neat and Tangled,

Not as much in the cardmaking front, because I have almost finished my sweater.  Stay tuned for photos later this week (A - don't be appalled --- I just needed a break from knitting any more puerperium).

Hero Arts 90 Minute Scramble

Hero Arts 90 Minute Scramble time!

Your All-Star challenge will be a --- TRIPLE PLAY OF TRENDS ---

1. Create a project with a PHOTO FRAME (a “polaroid”) to capture the highlights.

If you have a photo frame stamp, die, or punch, please feel free to use it. If you don’t have one though, creating a frame is as simple as cutting a square with a punch, die or craft knife and then trimming a rectangle frame around the square window. Or simpler yet, is to mount a square onto a rectangle mat. Other ideas might include masking a square area or using a square stamp before trimming to include a frame. You could even draw a frame with a marker and a straight edge. Feel free to include more than one frame in your design.

2. SLANT at least one element on your project.

In other words, tip, spin, or rotate some or all of your design so that it “slides” across your project on an angle.

3. And finally, embellish your project with at least one METALLIC element.

Think gold or silver, like a championship trophy. Metallic elements might include embossing powder, ink, Perfect Pearls, glitter, sequins, brads, eyelets, ribbon, buttons, staples, paper clips, foil, etc. Feel free to include more than one metallic element on your project.

Here's mine...

Materials
Paper: Neenah - Solar white
Stamps/Inks: Memento - Tuxedo Black and Cottage Ivy, TH Distress Ink - Antique Linen and Black Soot, HA Shadow ink - Soft Granite, Hero Arts - CL662 - New Baby , Lawn Fawn - Say Cheese
Misc.: Copic markers, prismacolor pencils and gamsol, memento marker, metallic brad, Zig wink of stella clear glitter brush, ribbon from Michael's, dimensional adhesive

And, yet another puerperium...

Summer Card Camp 2: 10 Minute Card Challenge

Yesterday's challenge was tricky! Put together a cad in 10 minutes...

I had 2:02 left on the clock after completing it.

Materials:
Paper: Neenah - Solar White, misc Bazzill cardstock
Stamps/Inks: Memento - Tuxedo Black and Teal Zeal, Hero Arts - Wish Big Candles
Misc.: Copic markers, Zig Wink of Stella clear glitter brush, twine from The Twinery, dimensional adhesive


And another little puerperium. I finished all of these (yes, there is at least one more) while the in-laws were in town.

Yarn: Plymouth Encore Worsted
Needles: Size 6
Pattern: Puerperium

Summer Card Camp Day 2

Same color scheme, but tried the watercolor technique using Hero Art's Brush Strokes and a Paper Smooches sentiment set. 

Materials:
Paper: Watercolor paper, misc. Bazzill cardstock
Stamps/Inks: Hero Arts Brush Strokes, Paper Smooches - Word Salad, Versafine - Onyx Black
Embossing: Ranger superfine clear embossing powder
Misc.: TH Distress Paints, enamel dots

Lawnscaping Sketch Challenge #61

Here's this week's challenge over at The Lawnscaping Challenge Blog...

I also combined it with the colors for this week for Summer Card Camp, 2!
 
Here's mine:

Materials
Paper: Neenah - Solar white, misc. Bazzill cardstock,
Stamps/Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black, TH Distress Ink - Tumbled Glass and Salty Ocean, Lawn Fawn - Plus One, HA Shadow Ink - Butter Bar, Hero Arts Background Stamp - Swiss Dots Polka Dots Background, Versamark
Cutting/Embossing: Spellbinder's Nestabilities - Standard and Scalloped Circles, Lil' Inker Designs - Small Sunshine and Rainbow and Cloud die, Zing white opaque embossing powder
Misc.: Copic markers, zig wink of stella clear glitter pen, dimensional adhesive, Inky Antics cloud stencil, white gel pen

And a puerperium in Encore worsted for an accompanying shower gift for a little girl.