Rockin' Birthday Superstar Card

My Favorite Things is having a Card Design Superstar Contest and I decided to pull out my favorite MFT stamp set and the matching Die-namics dies and have some fun designing a card for the challenge. The first time I saw the Die-namics Headphones and the Keep on Rockin' clear stamp set from My Favorite Things, I knew I had to make them my own. They are perfect for cards for teenagers which is the type of cards we have the greatest need for at Send a Smile 4 Kids. I stamped the equalizer with Memento Tangelo, Bahama Blue, Lady Bug and Grape Jelly inks, and the rockin' birthday sentiment in black. I die cut the headphone pieces with chipboard and applied layers of Stampendous embossing powders using Fran's Deep Impressions technique. Here is a closer look at the sparkle and deep embossing on the headphones:

I stamped a purple note from the MFT Rockin' Birthday set and added some gold splats and dots with a small paintbrush and Heidi Swapp's Gold Colorshine spray. I attached the headphones with some good strong two sided tape and then attached the completed card front to a black A2 cardbase.

I am entering this card in the You Could be a Card Design Superstar Contest at My Favorite Things. Wouldn't that be a thrill to win? If you don't try, you can't win, right?

Coffee Deep Impressions Card

I am having so much fun playing with techniques I learned from videos by Fran of Stampendous on U-Tube! Her Deep Impressions technique is my favorite currently, but I also used instant coffee on the background of this card after watching another video on that technique. After the instant coffee spray was dry, I sponged on the lines with distress ink and a stencil and stamped the coffee stains, steam and the perfect sentiment from Crackerbox Palace. Here is a closeup of the dimension and shine of the coffee cup:

Isn't that gorgeous? The embossing powder I used primarily was Aged Copper from Stampendous which is a combo of gold, copper and green/blue. I stamped with an awesome background stamp from Technique Junkies into the molten embossing powder. I finished the card by sprinkling distress ink mixed with water with a small paint brush for the random dots.

I will be teaching this technique at an upcoming local workshop. If interested, email me via the contact feature on the side of the blog.

I am entering this card in the "Take a Stamp" challenge at Craft Stamper Magazine and the Make it Colorful challenge at Simon Says Stamp. 

Cute Fall or Halloween 4 Kids at Send a Smile 4 Kids

It’s Saturday and time for another fun challenge at Send a Smile 4 Kids! This time our challenge is Cute Fall or Halloween 4 Kids! Create and link any cute fall or Halloween card appropriate for a child, and you could win one of our great prizes.

We have three very generous sponsors for this challenge: Bugaboo is giving their winner 7 digis of their choice!  Dollar Graphics Depot is giving their randomly picked winner a $15 gift certificate!  And A Day for Daisies’ winner gets a $12 gift certificate! TEAM S.A.S will also be choosing their favorite cards for our top three and the winners will receive a blog badge and an opportunity to be a guest design team member on a future challenge.

My first card above is a top folding joy fold card featuring "First Flight" from A Day for Daisies. I did a little coloring and sponging and paper pieced their outfits. The "Best Witches" is from Crackerbox Palace and is popped up to the hold the card front in place. Here is a picture of the inside of the joy fold card with another sentiment from Crackerbox Palace: 

My second card features a sweet colored digital image and sentiment from Dollar Graphics Depot called Cutie Bears-Happy Fall. I cut the images out with a couple die cuts and attached to an orange square card.

I am entering the first card in the colorful challenge at Simon Says Stamp and the sentiment challenge at Creative Moments.

Colorful Bisters Birthday Card

I found this Navajo pottery stamp in a rummage sale earlier this year and knew I had to bring it home to make a card for my sister because it reminds me of her second home in Arizona. I created a colorful background with my Bister powders spritzed with a gold spray on watercolor paper. Then I stamped and paper pieced the clay pots with light colored dps. The sentiment from Penny Black was heat embossed on before the Bisters were applied. I love to include the BBCB color on the insides of my cards, and this is how the inside of the card looked with another Penny Black birthday sentiment:

I am entering this card in the colorful challenge at Simon Says Stamp and the sentiment challenge at Creative Moments.

Cookie Monster Flip Card

I borrowed Stampin' Up's flip die from a friend and had to make a Cookie Monster before I returned it. I totally cased the idea from this blogpost, so thanks to Paper Ecstasy for sharing! I embossed the folded  blue card with a new favorite embossing folder from WeR Memory Keepers. I cut his eyes, mouth and cookies with a variety of circle punches and dies. Here is what the inside looks like:

I found the Cookie Monster quote on line and printed it with my Word program. Too cute.

I am entering this card in the "For the Boys" challenge at Deep Ocean and Anything Goes challenge at Sweet Stamps. 

Pumpkin Smiles in Red, Yellow and Orange

The first Wednesday of each month at Repeat Impression’s blog, The House that Stamps Built, is going to be a color challenge. We give you the color inspiration, and you can make a card using those colors to possibly win a great prize of Repeat Impressions rubber! Here is the color palette chosen this month:

Great colors for fall, right? So I made a Halloween card with the new flip stitch die set you can find here and the Pumpkin flip set of stamps. Here are some more pictures showing the pumpkin change as the images are flipped. 

I cut the pumpkins out of orange cardstock pieces and created the pull ribbon piece with one of the square stitched dies from the new set of dies.

I am entering this card in the Anything Goes challenges at 613 Avenue Create and Crafting from the Heart.

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Fall is Bursting with Deep Impressions - Workshop Announcement

I am sharing a card today that I will be teaching in our fall workshops that we recently announced. My friend Jane Luxem and I watched Fran from Stampendous demonstrate the Deep Impressions technique at the summer CHA and immediately knew we had to buy all the supplies, play and design, and then share it with others in a workshop. We are also featuring Color Burst brilliant color crystals, and I shared another card here that will also be taught. Jane took a seminar with Ken Oliver who invented Color Burst and she will be teaching stencil and other Color Burst techniques she learned directly from him. If you are local, be sure to reserve your spot soon as we are limiting the numbers of participants so each person will get one on one instruction and then make your Color Burst and Deep Impressions projects with us.

I am entering this card in the Anything Goes challenges at 613 Avenue Create and Love to Create.

FALL IS BURSTING WITH DEEP IMPRESSIONS

Small Group Workshops-Learn Deep Impression

and Color Burst Techniques

SATURDAY or SUNDAY OCTOBER 17^th or 18th

Jane Luxem’s home 2159 River Forest Ln. Kronenwetter

10:00 a.m. - ?

COST $30

Includes Color Burst and Deep Impression embossing supplies, light lunch, beverages and DOOR PRIZES. You will go home with 4 cards with envelopes, 1 pin, an 8x10 picture frame, large watercolor background piece to use for cards or other projects, and lots of ideas and inspiration.

Deadline to register is October 6th.  Reservations and pre-payment are required.  Space is limited (maximum of 12 per session) so reserve your spot now by emailing Karen using the Contact Feature on the side of the blog.

Hosted by Karen Hasheck and Jane Luxem

Please bring your class kit with adhesives, scissors, etc.