MM #382 & MFTCC #14 - A True Friend is a Work of Heart

It's fun to combine challenges to see what you can come up with - and I love using my stuff! 

Mojo Monday provided the sketch and MFT had the Color Challenge:

 Here's the card I made: 

Thanks for the challenges!

Products Used:  Stamp - MFT My Favorite Sentiments; Ink - VersaMagic (Pretty Petunia), Memento (Paris Dusk); Cardstock (MFT Grapesicle and other); MME Enamel Dots.

CFTMB #41 - Hoping to Sea You Soon

Last night, I had fun with Cure for the Monday Blues Challenge #41. 

I was inspired to used bright neon colours on black cardstock.  By chance, I came across an unused MFT Sea Life set and thought of blacklight fishtanks and glowing aquatic pieces or fish...that's how this card came to be.

I'm happy to say I was able upload in time.  I almost missed the deadline by going to bed and uploading in the morning.  But the fun was had in the making anyways.  Thanks for the challenge and inspiration.  :) 

Sherri

Products Used:  Ink - Hero Arts (Neon Yellow, Neon Orange, Neon Pink, Unicorn), Memento (Bahama Blue), VersaMagic (Turquoise Gem); Stamp and Companion Die - MFT Sea Life; Gems - Wild Orchid Crafts; Cardstock.

CTD #327 - #love :-)

Wow, what fun colours going on at the Color Throwdown challenge this week!  Just love them!

I was inspired to do a piecework heart using my confetti heart punch and it was a look of fun to put together.  (Plus I have a lot extra which will be great in a shaker card.)  A picture is worth a 1000 words.  So is a crafty project.  I kept this sentiment simple and sweet. Hashtag love (happy face).

Thanks for the fun colour combo again this week!  I actually finished my card early, so if you have time, be sure to drop by TCD and play along.  :)

Sherri Tremblay

Products Used:
Cardstock, Martha Stewart Confetti Heart Punch, Ink - Stampin Up Lovely Lilac, Stamp - Lawn Fawn #Awesome, Quickstik (so easy to use!), Glue pen.

BRI's January Mood Board

Butterfly Reflections, Ink. has an awesome challenge going on right now!  The colours are so fun, so I knew I had to play along.  Here is the January mood board:

I chose this fun pig image and coloured it pale pink.  I added eyelashes (and eyeliner) to the image, as well as stripes to the hat.  To the balloon, I added glass glitter for sparkle.  I used the chevron stamp with gold ink for the background to add some more gold and match the inspiration photo.  I also added a strip of glitter paper in between the white base and the tab.  I added a few sequins to the tab and an additional star to the pig's hand.  Inside, I added the leftover strip of black and the sentiment (Birthday Hogs and Kisses).

Thanks for the fun challenge!!  Be sure to check it out!

 

Products Used:  Simon Says Birthday Farm Animals, Wild Orchid Crafts German Glass Glitter - Gold, We R Memory Keepers Tab Punch, Lawn Fawn Chevron Backdrops, Tsukineko Brilliance Galaxy Gold, Smashbook Pen, Copics (R20; RV09, 10, 11; Y26), Glossy Accents, and Sequins. 

Festive Friday #1

Starting this year, I've decided to start a new Friday segment, entitled ''Festive Friday'', for my Youtube channel, makescrappygoodness.  Each week I will try and make something with a bit of holiday spirit.  If you didn't know it, I am big on Christmas.  So this gives me a chance to celebrate the whole year long, while using my stuff and finishing my cards before the mad rush begins.  

My first card was inspired my the Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge 250, as well as The Color Throwdown's colour challenge this week.  

It was fun to make a card with only white, black, and red.  I actually think these colours would rock for a New Year's card. Here's my card:

Products Used:  Cardstock, MFT Rounded Banner Trio Die-namics, PTI Make-It-Market Tinsel & Tags, Tsukineko Brilliance - Graphite Black, Sequin Trim, and Pearl Pen. 

Click here for the YT video:

Winter Wonderland Curtain Call

A new year, a new challenge...well, one of many, I hope.  But this one is the first for me.

Curtain Call's Inspiration Challenge theme is Winter Wonderland.  Here is the card I made for it:

The full-frontal shot does not do the card justice.  Look at the shimmer up close.

Products used:  Papertrey Ink - The Sweet Life, Lindy's Stamp Gang Magicals - Icy Primrose Gold, Hero Arts - Unicorn Pigment Ink, Tsukineko Brilliance - Graphite Black, VersaMark, Viva Pearl Pen - Ice White.

The challenge closes on Jan. 10, 8 am.  Be sure to drop by the website to check out the beautiful cards by all the participants.

Sugar and Spice Challenge #8 - Christmas in July

So…guess what??  This time around Sugar and Spice is doing an almost month-long challenge with a big Christmas giveaway on July 25th.  (Because it's a Christmas in July theme, of course!)  

Here is the project I came created for the challenge.  I am going to try and do as many projects as I can, so consider this Day One (not sure if I can do 25, but I'll try…)  

I altered a notepad in non-traditional colours and it looks super cute.  :)  

Process Video 

(YT:  makescrappygoodness)

Be sure to head on over to Sugar and Spice to join the challenge!  

Supplies Used:  (coming soon)

PS Toot Toot Beep Beep

My second card for the Designer Drafts challenge on Paper Smooches Sparks using the inlaid stamping technique with the Spiffy Scooters stamp and Spiffy Icons die.  After die cutting my Basic Grey paper, I stamped within the area and paper pieced/coloured my scooter.  I layered a yellow polkadot paper vertically behind.  I also used the tiny star to do some stamping down the bottom.  By double stamping, it almost looks like I used two different inks.  But it's just the one - Memento Summer Sky.  My favorite part about this card is the popped cloud with Toot. Toot. Beep. Beep. on it.  :)  It just wouldn't be the same without it!

Using my leftover diecut piece, I created on last card.  I paired it with an oldie but goodie, MFT You Move Me, which has lots of coordinating sentiments to use in combination with Paper Smooches Spiffy Scooters, as well as the handy tire mark used below.

PS - Just Roll With It

Here's my first card using Spiffy Scooters by Paper Smooches.  This is for the Designer Drafts challenge.  Here's the sketch:  

I love this set.  It was so much fun putting together.  I used plain light grey and dark grey from my scraps, as well as some Basic Grey paper to paper piece the scooter.  I blinged the lights and mirrors with MME Record ''All Things Chalk'', Doodlebug Mini Pearls Spring Assortment, and some rhinestones.  I did my sentiment below the scooter with some clouds on both sides.  I layered a vellum polkadot piece from Daiso underneath.   Drop by papersmoochessparks.blogspot.com to join in the challenge!  

OneHappyCraftyChick's Clean & Simple Challenge

Hi, everyone!  Sherri here to share my card for Carol's CAS (Clean and Simple) card challenge.  She said that it should be able to fit into a regular envelope and be able to go through the machine…but I am not sure whether this qualifies for the simple and clean part…  Does it count if you do stamping, watercolouring and Magical Micas??  It wasn't that hard.  I guess it was simple then.  Okay, maybe yes!!  (Feel free to comment below.)

Here it is…

In honour of my American friends, here is a card just for you (cuz I couldn't care less…Canada Day is July 1st).

No haters.   I really do love my American friends!!

Carol is a rockin crafter who uploads daily and also vlogs her life.  Be sure to sub to her channel!

Oh, and don't forget to click on this link to be taken to the Sugar and Spice Crafty Challenge, which is Patriotic and is open to Canadians and Americans, as well as anyone using their nation's colours!

Supplies:
PTI Friendship Jar Summer Fillers, Memento Lady Bug and Danube Blue, Faber-Castell Watercolour Pencils, LSG Creme Brûlée Magical Mica Powder.

Sugar and Spice Crafty Challenge #7 - Patriotic

''True Patriot Love''…a section taken from my national anthem, O Canada.  I have made my cards today for the new Sugar and Spice Patriotic Challenge with this in mind.  Only a few cards, simple and sweet, as an expression of my nation's love.

The first incorporates some maple brads, sent from my mom, as an emblem of the national flag, the Maple Leaf.  I added some odd gemstones and pearls to represent the Canadian peoples' uniqueness and sparkle.   And using an alphabet set, I individually stamped out the letter's of our anthem's name.  

The second card using a Mimi Inuit (eskimo is taboo) and seal pup.  I paired it with a cute Studio G stamp that reads 'this way to Canada' along with an arrow pointing north.  Call this a stereotype, perhaps what our less-educated neighbours to the north imagine (I have heard some crazy stuff first-hand!)  We do not live in igloos, nor do we have snow year-round - in fact, we have four distinct seasons.  So this Mimi, indeed, is a friend of mine…and my neighbour of the north.  She's watercoloured and layered on black along with some corrugated board.  

My third card mostly incorporates the colours of red and white.  I wanted to do something impartial. :)  It was a lot of fun stamping with hexagons.  I made the sentiment 'Happy Days' and tied on a piece of sheer ribbon.  

Since I took footage of the process making all three cards, I'll edit my video and upload to the makescrappygoodness channel and link here once done.  :)

I am so very curious to see what all the other participants are coming up with…it was so much fun thinking about cards to represent my home country!  It really makes me want to go home for a visit!!  Wish I could celebrate July 1st together with friends and family!  

Click here to be taken to the challenge post and see what others have created for this theme.  

Happy Canada Day!

(And Fourth of July too (^_~)!)

Sherri

Supplies:

Oh Canada - Cardstock (Simon Says, Other); Bling (Hero Arts Earth Mixed Accents, Kaiser Basics); Stamp (MFT Mini Banner Day Alphabet); Ink (Memento Tuxedo Black).

This Way to Canada - Cardstock (Simon Says, Other); Corrugated Board; Stamp (Mimi's Winter Friends, Studio G); Ink (Memento Tuxedo Black and Ladybug); Watercolour Pencils (Faber-Castell 130, 132, 154, 177, 179, 182, 187, 199, 219). 

Happy Days - Cardstock (Simon Says, Other); Stamp (PTI Happy Hexagons Mini Stamp Set); Ink (Memento Ladybug); Ribbon.   

   

Sugar and Spice Crafty Challenge #5 - Mixed Patterns!

Hi, scrappers!  It's time for the challenge to start again.  This week's challenge was chosen by our design member, Mariko, who wanted us to try using different patterns together.  I thought this is a fun, potentially tricky, but really  not hard task…don't be deterred by it.  At first I was like, what am I gonna do.  During my time off, I have been doing a lot of pinning and I saw a few 12x12 LO sketches that would be great for using different patterns.  So today's project uses a sketch from PageMaps.  (That is totally okay to use your own sketch, don't forget.)  And although I like doing my own LOs…sometimes it's just fun/easy to try out someone's ideas and adapt them to your own.  Plus I kinda like to think that is what the sketch was created for…otherwise it would feel sad not being used.  Enough said…  here is the sketch:

And here is my LO.  I used all products from the Pink Paislee Hello Sunshine collection - paper, ephemera, and chipboard stickers.  I loved everything.

I turned the layout on its side and chose to add a sun where the circle is and include cluster of flowers with a nice die-cut sun.

In the rectangle opposite the photo, I also chose to add a sentiment square for my title, and layered a couple of border strips and added some hearts along with another flower.

Here is the main section.  You can see my use of different patterns together.

While I was creating this LO, I saw some pretty red flowers and I thought of a selfie I took this past winter that would be perfect.  

Here are some more pics:  

So, I was happy this challenge inspired me to do another layout!  I love how they both turned out!  

Be sure to swing on by Sugar and Spice and check out the other member's projects, challenge details, as well as entries!  Thanks so much for checking my post out!

Dreamer

I just got a small haul in from Butterfly Reflections Ink and I had to use the new Pink Paislee Hello Sunshine stamp/die set.  It's awesome the die is included with the stamp set and I love how there is a space built right in on the front.  :)


For my card, I followed the sketch for the Freshly Made Sketches challenge.  It's fairly simple and allows you to display beautiful pattern paper.

I am using paper from the Pink Paislee Hello Sunshine 6x6 Paper Pad.  I diecut two full umbrellas and two umbrella tops from different papers.  Then I trimmed the pole parts and adhered them to the bases.  I only used one on my card, so I put the extra one in the back on my stamp package for  future use.  I rounded the corners using my WRMK Corner Chomper and stamped my sentiment using VersaFine Crimson Red.  Love this card!  Thanks for the challenge!

Hello Butterflies

Simon Monday Challenge is Winged Things.  And butterfly cards are always nice to see!  I have been seeing so many lately and especially in this style, so I thought I would try it out.  I chose to use the colours in the Color Throwdown Challenge this week:  gray, green, and pink.

I picked the colours Staz On Cloudy Sky, Stampin Up Pear Pizzazz, and Hero Arts Neon Pink.  It was a nice combination.  This stamp comes from the Inkadinkado Patterned Bugs set and is just a single stamp.  I cut it up to be able to stamp in different colours more easily.  The sentiment comes from the Pink Paislee Hello Sunshine Stamp Set.  Thanks for the inspiration!