Speedy Fox & Friends Challenge #214 Vintage

This week's challenge at Mark's Finest Paper Speedy Fox & Friends is VINTAGE.  Anything Vintage will work for this challenge, so get your stamps out and start stamping!!!

I used Big Boy Toys and Plywood stamp sets to create this card. I have a time piece embossing folder that I used and some old token pieces from a transit line (I used one here). To finish it off I used some decorative brads, some copper wire that I shaped and some twine.  Just have some fun and create a card! There is a prize given out each week.

This is one of my favorite stamp sets because it is so fun to color.   I love old trucks and cars!

One of my favorite places to visit close by is Bodie Historic State Park.  If you ever come to Central California you must visit Yosemite National Park and if you get to the east side of the sierra (just east of Yosemite) go to Bodie.  It was left as it stood in the late 1800's early 1900's after the gold was played out.  People left everything.  Old wagons and even cars out in fields now part of the landscape. Product still on shelves in the general store...furniture still in place...you get the picture.  There is also an old gold mill still there where you can go on a tour (guided by a man dressed in the "time period" and speaking as if he were actually working there at that time) and see  Fascinating!!

North Coast Creations- Ballet

Ballet stamp set by North Coast Creations.
Dies by Spellbinders.  I saw a creation using interlocking die cuts in "Card Maker" magazine.  I wanted something different so I thought I'd give it a try.  It works really well.  The first photo shows the card almost shut tight, the next is almost open and the third is obviously open. 
Pearls adorn this creation from the outside top and bottom to each interlocking die cut.

North Coast-Dancing

The Ballet stamp set from North Coast Creations.  These beautiful ballet shoes are great as the main focal point or for a background...I've used them as both here on this card.
Dies are from Our Daily Bread Designs: Elegant Ovals, Antique Labels, Ornate Borders and Flowers, and Vintage Labels

ODBDSLC204-INSPIRATION PHOTO CHALLENGE

The challenge this week is to make a card inspired by one of these photos.  I chose the Aqua of course.

For this Shining the Light challenge at Our Daily Bread Designs (ODBD), I used the Watering Can stamp and Watering Can die, the Ornate Frames Sentiments, Fancy Foliage dies,  the Quatrefoil Pattern die and the Vintage Flourish Pattern dies.
Other dies by Spellbinder.
To see all the creations in one place or join the challenge, click HERE.  You have until June 1st to join us.  For this challenge you may use any stamps but if you have ODBD stamps we would love to see you use them.  If you participate, you have the chance to win the $15 certificate toward ODBD stamps or to be spotlighted for the Shining the Light Award (The Shining the Light Award is only for those who use ODBD stamps).  We would love to see your creations.

For more inspiration please visit my talented design team sister:

Cheryl Scrivens

Diana Nguyen

DJRants

Elizabeth Whisson

Linda Carson

Robin Clendenning (you are here)

Our Design Team captain, Chris Olsen,  is out with an injury so she will not have a card this week. I will put a link to her blog though in case you might want to go leave her some love!!

Is. 40:6-8  "All flesh is grass, and all its loveliness is like the flower of the field.  The grass withers, the flower fades, because the breath of the Lord blows upon it;  surely people are grass.  The grass withers, the flower fades, but the word of our God stands forever."

June Class-Stamping with Embossing Folders

This is one of three cards I will do in class for June.  We will be doing the "Stamping with Embossing Folder" technique.  If you want to join in the class, call 559 642-6611, The Cat's Meow, or go to her web site at:
www.catsmeowstamps.com.  This class will not be posted on the web site until June 1st but you can call any time. 
The other two cards will feature the technique as a background.

Popped up Flutter Fairy

 Here is a card that has several layers.  Some are popped up and some are just molded and slightly popped with dimensional glue.  Her little front arm and front foot are the highest layers.  Even some of the butterflies on the top above the sentiment are popped up.

This stamp set is from Tiddly Inks.
Dies are from Spellbinders.

Speedy Fox & Friends #213-Magic Masking Tape

Today's challenge is to use the masking tape technique.  That is to pick up your ink with masking tape and lay it on your project to transfer the ink.  For my card, I masked off my image and laid color down for a background.  I used Lime Green Brilliance at the bottom and Sky Blue Brilliance for the top part.  The blue is hard to see but it is there.  you can use it to lay down color and stamp on top of it too like a silhouette stamp.
I used the Bearded Iris stamp set for today's challenge.
To join the challenge you can click HERE.  There is a prize given out each week and as before, I will give a prize out to a random commenter.  Please leave an email address on your comment so that I can contact you about an address to send your stamp set to.

Color challenge at SplitCoastStampers

This is a card I did for SplitCoastStampers (SCS) for the color challenge.  I couldn't help but think of flowers for these colors and I just happened to dye some seam binding the other day that turned out, well what you see, kind of a cantaloupe color.  The image is from Power Poppy.  It is a digital image that I downloaded and then printed on cardstock.  I used Copics to color and the dies are from Spellbinders.  To find this challenge and others like it, go to: http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/index.php this link is for the HOME page where you can find daily challenges.
To find my gallery page with hundreds of card samples, go HERE.

ODBDSLC203-SKETCH

This week's Shining the Light challenge at Our Daily Bread Designs (ODBD), is the sketch challenge. This is the sketch:

I have used ODBD paper from their Rustic Beauty pack. Also a stamp from the Scripture collection 13 that I die cut with Vintage Labels.  I used a border from Beautiful Borders and some leaves from Fancy Foliage.  Just adding some ribbon and a pre-made butterfly finished off my card!! I let the beautiful paper do the shining this week!

To see all the creations in one place or join the challenge, click HERE.  You have until May 20th to join us.  For this challenge you use any stamp but if you have any ODBD stamps we would love to see you use them.  If you participate, you have a chance to win the $15 certificate toward ODBD stamps or to be spotlighted for the Shining the Light Award (The Shining the Light Award is only for those who use ODBD stamps). We would love to see your creations.

For more inspiration please visit my talented design team sisters:

Cheryl Scrivens

Chris Olsen

Diana Nguyen

DJ Rants

Elizabeth Whisson

Linda Carson

"But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as by the Spirit of the Lord." II Cor. 3:18

Speedy Fox & Friends #212-No Designer Paper

Isn't this little guy cute!! Love tree frogs! 

Well today's challenge is to use no designer paper so I made my own background paper with a butterfly stamp (from the Bearded Iris set) and an embossing folder that looks like the bumps on a frog.  I used VersaMark ink with the butterfly so it just made the paper darker instead of changing the color.  I added a gray panel with a white die cut on top (looks something like a trellis and you know tree frogs are often found climbing on things!)

To join this NO DESIGNER PAPER challenge, click HERE.

Prizes are given out each week.

Stamp sets from Mark's Finest Paper (MFP): May Release, Tree Frogs and Bearded Iris.
This week I have a prize to give out as well...I will chose a random comment number to send a stamp set to.  So, when you leave your comment, please leave an email address as well so that I can contact the winner to get an address for shipping.  Prize stamp set is also from Mark's Finest Paper (one of the new release sets).

North Coast Dancing

These stamps are from the Ballet set!!! Such a pretty set.
The card is a center step card.  Here are the basic directions:
Cut 8 1/2 X 5 1/2 piece of white cardstock.  Cut horizontally starting at 1" from bottom and 1 3/8" from side, a 5 inch long slit..do this to the other side as well.  Score between the slits at 1", 1 1/2", 3", 4 1/4" and 6".  Score outside the slits at 4 1/4 (see card, folded in half on the outer edges). Fold the inside scores accordion style (see card).  Now decorate.
I added heart shaped pearl halves and a shear bow to finish off my card.
See stamp set below.
This next card is my "Glamping" card, as in glamorous camping RV style.

This card is folded in thirds and tops of both sides are shaped to match design.

This new release is called  Happy Camper.  I did use a stamp from the "all occasion" set at ODBD as well for the inside.

Prize Information:

Two winners will be randomly chosen from the comments left on the designers blogs to receive a $10 gift certificate good towards the purchase of NCC stamps just for commenting on our Design Team cards! You have until May 17, 2014 at 10:00PM EDT to leave a comment on each of our designers blog posts.  Our 2 random winners will be announced here on the blog on May 18, 2014, be sure to check back to see if you have won!

Please visit our other designers and leave your comments for a chance to win:

Julie

Lori

Lisa

Dawn

Sandee

Amber

Sabrina
Robin...you are here.

ODBDSLC202-FLOWER RECIPE

FLOWERS RECIPE

F=FLOWERS, L=LACE, O=OCTAGON, W=WEATHERED WOOD, E=EMBOSSING, R=RIBBON, S=SEWING

ODBD STAMPS USED: Fuschia, God Loves You, Key to Heaven

ODBD DIES USED: Fancy Foliage, Daisy Chain Background (for embossing), Angel Wings (the keys).

ODBD PAPER COLLECTION: Rustic Beauty

Well, you probably guessed it...the challenge for this week is to use 4 letters (or more) in the word Flower.

F could be floral, fiber, etc., L could be lace, lattice, lavender...you get the picture.

To join the challenge go to Our Daily Bread Designs (ODBD) Shining the Light Challenge HERE.  You can see all the creations from our designers there as well.  To get more information from each designer about their individual card, and to get more inspiration, click on each name below.

Cheryl Scrivens

Chris Olsen

Diana Nguyen

DJ Rants

Elizabeth Whisson

Linda Carson

You have until May 18th to join us.  For this challenge you use any stamp but if you have any ODBD stamps we would love to see you use them.  If you participate, you have the chance to win the $15 certificate toward ODBD stamps or to be spotlighted for the Shining the Light Award (The Shining the Light Award is only for those who use ODBD stamps).  We would love to see your creations.
"And I will give you the keys to the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth, will be loosed in heaven."  Matt. 16:19

Speedy Fox & Friends Challenge #211- Use a Punch

Hi friends, This is a new set from MFP called Tiger Lily.  Part of the May release.
The challenge this week is to use a punch.  Today my butterflies have been punched.  I added rhinestones to them.  On the Tiger Lily I added yellow Stickles to the Stamen and some Bisque Liquid Pearls to the Stigma.
Please come and join the challenge Here.  There are a kazillion cards you can make with a punch and there is a prize awarded!!!
Have a fantastic Mother's Day tomorrow!!!

ODBDSLC201-WING IT

ODBD stamps used: Holy Angels, Flourish Label Borders

ODBD dies used: Vintage Flourish Pattern, Ornamental Crosses, Vintage Labels

Other dies by Spellbinder.

I added Rhinestone wings and corners and a pink bow to complete my card.

For Shining the Light Challenge at Our Daily Bread Designs (ODBD) the theme this week is wing-it.

If you haven't seen the new May release you should go to the on-line store and take a look, HERE!!

To see all the creations in one place or join the challenge, click HERE.  You have until May 11 to join us.  For this challenge you may use any stamps but if you have any ODBD stamps we would love to see you use them.  If you participate, you have a chance to win the $15 certificate toward ODBD stamps or to be spotlighted for the Shining the Light Award (Shining the Light Award is only for those who use ODBD stamps).  We would love to see your creations.

For more inspiration please visit my DT sisters:

Cheryl Scrivens

Chris Olsen

Diana Nguyen

DJ Rants

Elizabeth Whisson

Linda Carson

"But those who wait on the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles, they shall run and not be weary, they shall walk and not faint". Is. 40:31

Speedy Fox & Friends challenge #210-Flowers

The stamps I used today are from MFP-Amarylis and MFP- Hum along. 

This challenge is easy to join as it is called flowers.  I know that everyone has a flower stamp, right?

This is the Amarylis, it comes in a wide variety of colors and some multi-colored, some with stripes down the center (like mine) and some solid.  I looked them up on the web...lots of pictures.

I added some yellow Stickles to the stamen.  These flowers are very bright and bold but that is just the way I like them...lots of bold color!

Join in the fun HERE.