ABC Challenge and Sketches by Tamara #45

Over at ABC, the challenge this week is on the letter K, for Keep it Simple! I tried!

At Sketches by Tamara (sbt) they had a recipe by Lori, one of the Recipe Design Team Members. This is what the card needed to qualify for the challenge~

Create a card or layout using the following items:

• ribbon
• patterned paper
• include an image of something that flies

So here is my interpretation of Keeping it Simple and using the above requirements:STUFF I USED:
INK: SU Pixie Pink
STAMPS: MS Butterfly from Glitter Kit
ACCESSORIES: Ribbon, gem, Corner Rounder, Spiral Punch SU, Staples
PAPER: Best Occasions Punch Out Pack

Not a whole lot used on this one. The DP was all one sheet, so only had to cut it to fit the paper, the ribbon I did staple to the DP with a wrinkling look that I found on a Finally Friday video by K Werner Designs. The posted video can be seen HERE. The lady who makes this blog has a different tutorial video every Friday and has many many great cards for inspiration! So go check it out!
If I missed anything, let me know and I will correct that! Thanks for looking.

ScrapSomething and ABC Challenge

I doubled up again and made this little card for the Scrap Something Challenge (Friday) and the ABC Challenge (Wednesday). The first is a sketch and the second is on the letter "G" and so my challenge was Glitter!

Here is the Sketch from Scrap Something: And here is my card:

The glitter in the card can be found in the white strip on the right of paper and the brown layer of paper. That paper is from DCWV The Glitter Stack: premium stack "with glitter!"

The stamped image is from Sarah Kay. I used zig markers to color in the image. The edges were punched with Martha Stewart border punches and with the SU spiral punch. I used nestabilities to cut the center image shape.
I think that my card photo's are getting a little better now that I am using natural sunlight to take the photos! Amazing what a little sun can do!

Sketches By Tamara Recipe #40

The challenge for Sketches by Tamara was a Recipe this time picked by Maria. (Maria is also on my crafty list. Her website is Scraps by M.) Here is the criteria for this recipe:

Create a card or layout using the following items:

• Stars
• Staples
• 3 DIFFERENT patterned papers

I made a similar card in the post before, and really like it, but changed this one up to include the staples so it would qualify for the challenge. Here it is:

I again used a build a blossom from Crafter's Kitchen, though this one has polka dots instead of the designed petals in the last card. I used a dollar store star punch for the stars, I used staples to hold my pink paper to the card. The pink paper was stamped with Think Happy Thoughts SU. The background paper was a background design by the Crafter's Kitchen and then I used the cuttlebug to put a texture on it before inking over the texture with SU Basic Bold ink.

I pretty much repeated the previous post to achieve this card, but they look COMPLETELY different!

BASIC GREY CHALLENGE - TEXTURE

Wowza! This card has it all! I used the Basic Grey Clear Stamps called "Two Scoops/ Swirlie." This is the ONLY BG item I own so if I get a chance to do another challenge, I'm afraid they will see this stamp set again, and again, and again! That is, unless I manage to budget in a new BG item...

The criteria for the Basic Grey Challenge was that I had to use Texture.TEXTURE: I used the cuttlebug to put a background texture on top of my Basic Grey stamp. I then added a second layer of paper that I punched with SU spiral and a Martha Stewart border punch and then added another swirl BG stamp to this layer. I then added 3 layers of a Build a Blossom flower (found at http://crafterskitchen.blogspot.com and is copyrighted by Jak Heath). There are a variety of these flowers and they are so pretty when completed! Oh, and THEN I used a Dollar Tree star punch to punch 3 stars that I layered on top of the 2nd strip of paper that I had added with the punched borders!
I also inked up this card with a black pigment ink and SU inks from the Basic Bold collection: Pink Passion & Tempting Turquoise.
DISCLAIMER: I had a lot of fun with this challenge. I wasn't sure that this would look okay, but it seems to work once I finished adding all that texture!

3 Challenges In One

I decided to try to do multiple challenges in one card, and this is what I came up with!The 1st challenge was from Truly Scrumptious Challenges and the challenge was to follow their sketch.

To be considered in their challenge, I also needed to add an element like a charm, but since I don't have anything like that in my stash, I guess they won't consider my card, but I'm submitting anyway because I am actually very satisfied with this card!

The 2nd challenge was for Cup Cake Craft Challenges which was to use Brown +1 (either pink, blue, or green). I decided to use green as my challenge color. There is blue in the card as well, but I used green for the background paper and the ribbon and in the coloring, so I am saying my +1 was green!

The 3rd and last challenge I am submitting this card for is for ABC Challenge where the challenge was F is for Flower... the flower in the card is small ~ it is in the hat on the little girl.

Supplies

Stamps: Sarah Kay's Precious Moments

Ink: acid free Pigment Ink - black

Paper: Best Occasions - punch out pack

Accessories: SU spiral punch, ribbon, flat eyelets (making memories), cricut circle, gel pen.