The Outlawz Greetings Challenge - Anything Goes

Hello, Crafty Peeps!

This is Anything Goes Week at The Outlawz Monday Greetings Challenge.  I am late posting this project, but wanted to share this adorable image by our new sponsor Art By Miran!  I love these images and they have become very popular in a short period of time.

I am committed to using my scraps and not ending up with boxes  of perfectly good paper that I usually end up throwing away when it becomes too much.  I need to come up with a good system for storing pieces that work together.  I got pretty luck with these two, I think.

I managed to keep the embellishments to a minimum.  I toyed with flowers and bows and pearl flourishes, but they all seemed incongruous.  Decided to just let the delightful image pretty much stand it's own. 

 I use these Tim Holtz tickets so infrequently.  Thought they might be interesting in this design.  Was concern they might overwhelm the design, but they actually added balance.

Simple banner on the inside finishes off the design.

I Feel Ya, Dogg! - Outlawz Greetings Challenge

Image By Robert Jackson

Hello, Cardies!  Well It's Monday and Mondays are always Outlawz Challenges and Tammy's Scrapin Corner Challenges.  This week, I can use one card for both challenges.  Over at the Outlawz, our challenge was to create a greeting card using an animal print, image, or ribbon; I used all three!  I absolutely adore this "Bow Wow" image by Robert Jackson; he is just too cute!  Speaking of cute, my grandson, Joshua, was creating along with Bubbie and I promised him I would feature his card on my blog so, here is Joshua's card using "Bow Wow".  I think he is doing great learning to use his Copic Ciao.

I plan to enter my creation into the following challenges:

Tammy's Scrapin Corner-Anything Goes

Make It Monday-Always Anything Goes

The Squirrel and The Fox-Anything Goes

ATC.s With Attitude- Antything Goes
Totally Gorjuss-Something New (Papers and Stamps)
Bunny Zoe,s Crafts Challenge-24 Anything Goes
Just Keep on Crafting - Anything Goes
Inspire Me Fridays - Anything Goes
Penny's Paper Crafty Challenge - Anything Goes
Tanda's Teasers - Somethiing New (Papers and Stamps)
Stamps & Fun - Anything Goes

Thanks so much for stopping by!  Remember to check out the weekly challenge at Jackson's Digital Expressions!  You can win wonderful Digis from Robert Jackson, Guylou's Inimitability and other wonderful sites!  Tomorrow's Anything Goes Challenge has a special optional twist "Use Anything Tim Holtz."  Can't wait to see your creations!
Big Hugz,
Chana

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

Just For You

This is my non-traditional X-mas tree.  I don't normally do X-mas themed projects, however, This week's Greetings Challenge at Outlawz was "Gift Wrapped" and I wanted to stick with the theme. I could have done a Chanukah card, but I don't believe it giving gifts at Chanukah...makes it seem like X-mas. But I didn't believe in giving gifts at X-mas either.  I don't like the commericialization of  religious holidays.

Supplies:  Neenah Classic Crest - Ivory CS; Lost&Found Two - Sunshine DP, Recollections Printed Scrapbook Papers; Spellbinders Nesties; cArt-Us Embossing Folders; Momento Rich Cocoa Ink; Ribbons, Pearls, Stickles.

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!

The Power of Art

I love this Picasso quote and was quite delighted to find it on a stamp at Michaels.  I plan to submit this card to the Case Study Challenge blog and also post it in the CAS Challenge at The Outlawz.

Supplies:  Neenah Whit Linen CS; Recollections Fashionably Chic Paper Pad; Spellbinders' Labels Twenty-One; Inkadinkado Stamp; Momento Rich Cocoa Ink; Chic Boutique, Self Adhesive Pearls.

Thanks, for stopping by!  C-YA

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!

Just For Fun!

Don't you just love this little Teddy?  He was designed by my Teamie, Guylou!  This card was created for the Outlawz Color Challenge (Rust, Mustard, and Navy).  I had fun with this!

Supplies - CS: Bazzill Basics; DP: Echo Park (Dots & Stripes), Bo Bunny (et cetera Collection); Digi Image: Nounours by Guylou.

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!