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Sunday, November 29, 2009

Creative Duo--Challenge

Hi everyone! Hope you all had a wonderful holiday week. Mine was super busy and I still haven't recuperated all the way. I need a vacation from my vacation. I want to say thank you to all who played in our last challenge. Hopefully you all will find inspiration this week. It was so much fun to see every one's creations. OK so for the details:

This challenge is about using two different designer papers on your project. I wanted to go a little easier on you guys if your week was as crazy as mine.

I used two different stamp sets for my project: Let it Snow and Holiday Sentiments. This is my take on the easel card that have been out there. I used a 12x12 size of Kraft paper. This is the front of the card when it is all folded together. I used 2 different glittery design papers that I have been hoarding from my minds eye.

This is the card completely open. I used one of the design papers to paper piece the tree. I thought it looked like ornaments.

This is my version of the easel fold. here it just sits open. This was really easy to make.

OK now for the fun stuff! We want you to play along! Get some inspiration and show us your creativity!!! Of course their are rules. You must be a Creative Clear Stamps follower (super easy! In the side bar click follow) And of course you will have a chance to shine. Post your creation using the mr. widget below. You don't have to use Creative Clear Stamps but of course it is always a bonus if you do! You have until Sunday Night 12/06/09 at 8pm cst (9pm eastern, 6pm pacific). The prize each week will be a "CCS Challenge Winner" Badge to display on your blog and a personal discount code of 10% off your next CCS store purchase.Make sure you use CCS9 when you post your creation on splitcoast! Don't forget to display your winning badge so you can be in the running for a guest designer spot!

Crafty Sentiments Challenge

Hi all! hope you had a fabulous week. Here in America we celebrated Thanksgiving and oh my has it been busy. So for my post I am telling you what the challenge is but my sample will be added on tomorrow.....hopefully my craft room will fix itself cause right now it is in shambles!!!!

This weeks challenge is to use 2 different design papers on your project. Hope you enjoy playing along. you have until 12/5/09 to submit your project to the papercraft group here

ETA: Ok so I was actually able to get in my stamp room and stamp...WOO HOO! I used some new design paper that I have been hoarding cause it is way too pretty to use! The first thing I wanted to do was use flocking the minute I saw this image. Can't wait to see what you do with the challenge!

Sunday, November 22, 2009

Creative Thanks~Challenge


Hi everyone! Hope you all had a wonderful week. I want to say thank you to all who played in our last challenge. Hopefully you all will find inspiration this week. It was so much fun to see every one's creations. OK so for the details:

This challenge is about being thankful. With Thanksgiving here in the US this Thursday I thought it would be appropriate to be thankful for our crafting stuff. So the challenge is: What tool or embellishment are you MOST thankful for and that will be the predominant focus of your card. (Paper cutter, any type of adhesive, and any type of paper do not count) If you elect to be thankful to ribbon you may only use ribbon (no brads, baubles, glitter, etc.) but you may use any and all tools you would like. If you elect to be thankful to your cuttlebug you may ONLY use your cuttle bug (No big bite, no punches, no other accessories that can be used with any other tools) but you may use all the embellishments you would like. Make sure to put down what tool/embellishment you are using and why you are most thankful for it! Whew hope that wasn't too confusing :)

I used An Extra Little Blessing for my project. I thought it would be appropriate for the holiday this week. I used the pillow box die to make a place card for the place setting for Thanksgiving. I have this pretty fall colored ribbon wrapped around the pillow box. I am most thankful for my cuttlebug cause it allows me to do and try so many things and it is so easy to use. It is also the "first" major tool purchase I made for myself when I first started stamping so I have a very big soft spot for my lil bug.

Here are the little slips of paper I made for everyone to write down the things they are most grateful for. I thought as a family this would be nice to have everyone write them down and put them in the pillow box. We will pass the box around and randomly draw one to read and share as a family.

OK now for the fun stuff! We want you to play along! Get some inspiration and show us your creativity!!! Of course their are rules. You must be a Creative Clear Stamps follower (super easy! In the side bar click follow) And of course you will have a chance to shine. Post your creation using the mr. widget below. You don't have to use Creative Clear Stamps but of course it is always a bonus if you do! You have until Sunday Night 11/29/09 at 8pm cst (9pm eastern, 6pm pacific). The prize each week will be a "CCS Challenge Winner" Badge to display on your blog and a personal discount code of 10% off your next CCS store purchase.Make sure you use CCS8 when you post your creation on splitcoast! Don't forget to display your winning badge so you can be in the running for a guest designer spot!





Sunday, November 15, 2009

Creatively Different~Challenge

Hi everyone! Hope you all had a wonderful week. I want to say thank you to all who played in our last challenge. Hopefully you all will find inspiration this week. It was so much fun to see every one's creations. OK so for the details:

This challenge is about thinking outside of the box. Your challenge is to make any size card but an A2 (4.25x5.5). This can be square, long rectangle, circle, or any other size card :)

I used two different sets for this card. I think this snowman is my favorite Christmas image EVER.....yes I said EVER :) I have used him on sooooo many thing so far and I just keep reaching for this set! It is from the Let it Snow Set. The sentiment is from Holiday Sentiments. I was trying to make an elegant Christmas card and it was really hard to get a good photograph.


OK now for the fun stuff! We want you to play along! Get some inspiration and show us your creativity!!! Of course their are rules. You must be a Creative Clear Stamps follower (super easy! In the side bar click follow) And of course you will have a chance to shine. Post your creation using the mr. widget below. You don't have to use Creative Clear Stamps but of course it is always a bonus if you do! You have until Sunday Night 11/22/09 at 8pm cst (9pm eastern, 6pm pacific). The prize each week will be a "CCS Challenge Winner" Badge to display on your blog and a personal discount code of 10% off your next CCS store purchase.Make sure you use CCS7 when you post your creation on splitcoast! Don't forget to display your winning badge so you can be in the running for a guest designer spot!





Saturday, November 14, 2009

Crafty Sentiments Blog Hop!


Crafty Sentiments Presents....


New stamps.


Here are the November release images:


Yasmin:




Lulu:


Daisy:








These are absolutely adorable stamps!
For my card I really wanted to do something different and it has been a long time since I had done a gate fold card so I had to challenge myself a little :) I also wanted to use some new stamps for my sample of on SCS virtual stamp night (I was one of the hostesses!)

I used my scorpal and some glitter designer cardstock that I have had since last Christmas and used some ribbon to close it instead of adhesive or Velcro. I used Winter Wonderland. This set is fabulous! It has a sentiment for JUST about ANYTHING which is something I really need. Plus the quality of these stamps are excellent and really work well with my stampin up ink which some other clear stamps don't (at least in my experience).

Here is the outside of the card:


Here is the inside:



I love the little gems I used....I needed another color other than blue/Teal.....


OK so for the details:


This is a circular blog hop and there is two chances at candy somewhere along the way. You may start on the blog you are on and just continue by clicking on the next name on the blog. The end of the blog hop is when you land back on the blog you started on. You don’t have to hunt for the blog candy! We want you to enjoy the hop so to be eligible for the blog candy you MUST do 2 things. 1) You MUST be a follower of the Crafty Sentiments Blog and 2) You MUST leave a comment on every blog (6 comments total).


Blog Hop ends: Wednesday, November 18th @ 12 noon my time :) (Pacific Standar Time)

The next blog on the hop is:
Suzette


Also, have you had a chance to join our Paper Craft Planet group? If not click here. Starting November 22nd we will have challenges and that will be THE place to be for Crafty Sentiments info.


Thanks for hopping with us! Don't forget to leave your comment!

My Crafty Resume......

Well I designed my resume in the craft world cause in the past year it has grown by a lot! I am so excited to work with the companies I am currently working on and all of the companies I have been affiliated with in the past. I am proud of all I have accomplished and plan on accomplishing way more this next year.

Sunday, November 8, 2009

Creative Color~Challenge

Winner of CCS5 Creative Buttons using random.org was #1 Patti.
Email: creative-vision@hotmail.com to claim your badge and shopping code


Hi everyone! Hope you all had a wonderful week. I want to say thank you to all who played in our last challenge. Hopefully you all will find inspiration this week. It was so much fun to see every one's creations. OK so for the details:

This challenge is a COLOR Challenge. The colors to use are Ruby Red, Kraft and Creamy Caramel. Use colors that match as close as possible if you do not have the exact colors.

I used two different sets for this card. For the LOVE on the background I used Pattern Alphabet and Numbers. I have been seeing so many other ladies on the DT use the stamps to create backgrounds and I have never done this so since this is supposed to be a challenge I challenged myself with trying this. It was so much fun to try! I used The Fairytale for the main focus on the card. Hope you can find some fun inspiration with this!


OK now for the fun stuff! We want you to play along! Get some inspiration and show us your creativity!!! Of course their are rules. You must be a Creative Clear Stamps follower (super easy! In the side bar click follow) And of course you will have a chance to shine. Post your creation using the mr. widget below. You don't have to use Creative Clear Stamps but of course it is always a bonus if you do! You have until Sunday Night 11/15/09 at 8pm cst (9pm eastern, 6pm pacific). The prize each week will be a "CCS Challenge Winner" Badge to display on your blog and a personal discount code of 10% off your next CCS store purchase.Make sure you use CCS6 when you post your creation on splitcoast! Don't forget to display your winning badge so you can be in the running for a guest designer spot!



Thursday, November 5, 2009

the grinch is sleeping.....

hmmmm I wonder what that means? You might want to check out Creative Clear Blog details found here

Sunday, November 1, 2009

CCS Challenge and a Tutorial

Hi everyone! Hope you all had a wonderful week. I want to say thank you to all who played in our last challenge. We had a few more players! Yea that makes me sooooo happy! Hopefully you all will find inspiration this week. It was so much fun to see every one's creations. OK so for the details:

This challenge is ALL about Something clear.
This could be acetate, clear buttons, clear baubles......maybe even clear embossing powder. Just keep it clear! Let your creativity flow! For my sample I am also going to show a tutorial for a quick and easy shaker card.
  • Gather your materials. For this project I used:
    Sage Shadow Card Base
    5 1/8 x 3 7/8 Bashful Blue Base
    5 x 3 3/4 Design Paper
    Glitter (I used Martha Stewart glitter flakes)
    3M Mounting tape on a roll
    Acetate or other clear sheet.

Let it Snow Stamp Set was used

  • Use adhesive to put your design paper to your 2nd base.
  • Use 1 3/8 Punch to cut through your main base.
  • Adhere acetate sheet to back so the clear sheet will now create a window.
  • Stamp your image and color if needed.
  • Put 3M tape all around image.
  • Pour glitter into the middle of all the mounting tape (on top of your image)
  • Lay the base with the clear window sheet over your image and push down so there will be no cracks for the glitter to escape.
  • Place mounting tape or pop up dots around the rest of the base and adhere to your card base.
  • Ta Da You're done! Now decorate as you please

    Tip: If you are planning on stamping your sentiment directly onto the base with the window….Stamp that before you place mounting tape on it. Also, if your like me and horrible at having neat mounting tape application, use a paper glue like zip dry and fill the cracks. It really works and it dries super fast.

OK now for the fun stuff! We want you to play along! Get some inspiration and show us your creativity!!! Of course their are rules. You must be a Creative Clear Stamps follower (super easy! In the side bar on the CCS blog click follow) And of course you will have a chance to shine. Post your creation using the mr. widget below. You don't have to use Creative Clear Stamps but of course it is always a bonus if you do! You have until Sunday Night 11/08/09 at 8pm cst (9pm eastern, 6pm pacific). The prize each week will be a "CCS Challenge Winner" Badge to display on your blog and a personal discount code of 10% off your next CCS store purchase.Make sure you use CCS5 when you post your creation on splitcoast! Don't forget to display your winning badge so you can be in the running for a guest designer spot!

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