Thinking of You - Outlawz DT Card

Outlawz Greeting Card Challenge 12-19-11 -Bling It!

I wish my camera (of course it is the camera) had captured the glitter on this card.  In real life it is so pretty.  I am not a big glitter fan and use it infrequently, but I must say I like how this card tured out.  The crystal bead chain that I laced through the bottom is hard to see on the picture but is really stunning in person. Well enough bragging on my own card.  Hop over to OutLawz and enter one of our challenges.  

  The Flourish is  from Cheery Lynn (Made in the USA!!!)

Supplies: Neenah Solar White Linen,  pink dp from my stash, brad and pearls from Want2Scrap, crystal beads from my stash.







Case Study Challenge #67-Kryssi Ng

This is my entry into the Case Study Challenge!  I fell in love with this DP the moment I saw it. I wanted to stay as true to the original sketch as possible, but make my own footprint (so to speak).  This dp was great in this case because allowed me to take the boarder stamping of Kryssi's card  and case it as a background..  This dp is so nice, I have started two other cards using it!  I really enjoy the CS Challenges and I am a big fan of Amy Wanford and Andrea Ewing.  Amy's CAS cards are to die for and Andrea does the most amazing things with die cuts.

Supplies:  Neenah Solar White Linen Cardstock, Paper Trey Inks Clear Card Stock, Recollections All Seasons Paper Pad, Stamped Image: Choyce Stamps; Momento Ink: Rich Cocoa; Card Size: 5 1/4 x 6 3/4

Here is the original Kryssi Ng creation.

Seeds of Kindness

I designed this card using a Digi From Guylou's Inimitability!  I love the image and it went perfectly with the sentiment I wanted to use.  This was an entry in The Outlawz Sketch Challenge.  You can see the sketch here.

Supplies:  Neenah Classic Crest Natural White; Neenah Classic Haviland Blue; Spellbinders Standard Oval, Spellbinders Standard Rectangle; Image: Guylou's Inimitability; Flower Banner and Sentiment: Just Rite Stamps "Garden Fairy Seeds"; Pearls: Zva Creations, DP:Bo Bunny; Inks: Momento Tuxedo Black; Copics

**********Counting Down The Days***********

On December 3rd, Guylou's Inimitability is sponsoring a blog hop to welcome "Yours Truly" as the newest member of  her design team.  There will be opportunites for prizes if you participate the blog hop!

TRANQUILITY

Outlawz Color Challenge: Purple, Green, White

Well, this is the time of year when everyone is running around trying to find that perfect gift!  Something to top the perfect gift of last year!  It seems to me that the person who this day was created to honor, was never harried or rushed.  Never concerned so much about the material things in life, but more the spiritual.  Personally, I think he would like my card!

Supplies: Neenah Solar White Linen CS; Bazzill Basics Purple CS, Astro-Brights Lime Green Text Paper; Image: GinaK Stamps "Falling for You" collection; Sentiment: Kraftin Kimmie Stamps; Die Cut: Memory Box "Meridian Border", Pearls: Zva Creative, Ink: Momento Tuxedo Black, Copics: YG07, V17

HEARTFELT

I am making cards to give to my staff.  If I don't fall behind, I should have them all done by Wednesday.  I posted this card in the Outlawz CAS challenge!

Supplies: Neenah Classic Crest Baronial Ivory CS, Neenah Augusta Green Linen CS; DP: Graphics45 "Once Upon A Springtime Collection";  Ink:  Momento Bamboo Leaves; Sentiment: Just Right Stampers;  Ribbon, Slide, flower, leaves, tape and foam mounts!

KEEP WATCHING THIS SITE!  THERE WILL BE SPECIAL OPPORTUNITIES TO WIN STAMPS AND OTHER CRAFTING SUPPLIES!

CHERISH

Outlawz Color Challenge - Deadline 11/15

Supplies: Bazzill Berry Connection, Neenah Solar White Linen, Neenah Epic Black Linen,  6 by 6 Designer Paper Pad - Vanity Fair; Spellbinders  Fancy Tags Two; Spellbinders Standard Circles, Large, Heidi Snapp Clear stamps; Momento Tuxedo Black ink.

One of the things I love about The Outlawz Challenge Site, is the variety of challenges each week.  When I first returned to stamping and card making last year, The Outlawz was the first, and for a while, the only site I visited.  I was able to learn about the new trends in stamping, construction, and colors.  I discovered all the new tools,etc., simply by participating in all of their challenges: Copics (even though I don't color well) Greetings (forced to to use sentiments, which I usually tried to avoid) CAS (helped me learn to develop better focals for my designs) Sketch (helped me understand construction and focals).  Almost one year to the day that I joined Outlawz, I was invited to join their design team.  It was something I wanted, but never dared to hope for.  If you are a new card designer...Outlawz is the perfect place to learn and grow in an environment of encourgement and fun...You'll love it!! 

Here is the Inspiration and the color swatch - give it a try!

TRASH AND STASH

The Greeting Card Challenge at Outlawz this week is "Recycle Plus A Sentiment"  I made a Trio of Cards.  I always welcome a chance to get rid of Stash and Trash.

The two cards above  were used with scraps from Mauve Sprockets a submission to Mojo Monday!

This card was made from stash and trash remains of Golden Collage.  The background paper is remnant of a large sheet that I stamped to create my collage.  The Ribbon Embellishment is actually a bookmark that can be detached by the receipient!

Thanks for stopping by!  C-YA!

Well, We're Movin' On Up!

Sandi Huggett, Outlawz DT, designed the Boot digi used in design!  Most of the challenge cards utilized a Halloween theme!  My first thought when I saw this digi was, "the old woman who lived in a shoe" and I thought it would make a great card to give for a house warming or home renovation.

Supplies - CS: Neenah Royal Mauve, Bazzill Basics Blue, Colorplan Harvest; DP: ColorBok;Digi: Sandi Huggett http://sandisamples.blogspot.com/ ; Rubber Stamp: House By the Sea - Stamps Happen, Inc., Misc: ribbon, button, twine. 

MY FIRST DESIGN TEAM!

This week I received the biggest surprise of my card making life...I was asked to join the Outlawz design team!  It still seems so unreal!  I ran downstairs jumping up and down and grinning so hard I could hardly tell my husband why I was behaving so oddly!  Then I called my daughter at work.  She was in a meeting, so I had to leave a message  Ten more minutes of celebrating followed and then I remembered that I had to actually accept the invitation so I went back to my studio and accepted, gushingly.

I think I had the same reaction back in August when I was asked to be a Guest Designer at Outlawz...I was shocked.  I knew how good their designers were and  just thinking about having my cards spotlighted along with theirs was a little intimidating.  Now I am on that team..I still don't believe it!   I can't publish my first project as a member of the design team until Monday, but I thought I would show show the cards I created as a Guest Designer.

The Digital Image was drawn by Sandi Huggett, a Design Team Member at Outlawz!  So many talented ladies.  I am on the Greeting Card Challenge Design Team!  I will post our challenges as well as all the other Outlawz challenges here so that you can participate!  C-YA!