A Banner Outside the Box

Hello Again!  I decided to sneak in one more card tonight, again working on thinking "outside the box" for Summer Card Camp 2.  I used the third sketch of the week, and again, the color combo, this time leaving out the turquoise.  I really like this sketch as Jennifer McGuire showed us a wonderful twist on a banner card. 

This probably looks like a regular banner card, but the banner is a flap that actually lifts up and is the "card front".  For the sake of a decent photo, I used a bit of non permanent adhesive to hold the flap down. 
I took a little bit from each day this week to make this card.  I was inspired the Jennifer's card from Monday, I was inspired by Tami's  use of a stencil on Tuesday, and I was inspired by the embossing on vellum today.  And my pearl is colored with a sharpie, as the bling was colored with a Copic on Wednesday! 

Thanks so much for stopping by! 

Have a wonderful Friday and a fabulous weekend!

Lee Ann  :)

Supplies used- All Stampin' Up
Stamps-Hello, Lovely
Paper-Naturals White, vellum, retired dsp (orange), Eastern Elegance dsp
Ink-Pink Passion (retired), Versamark
Other-white ep, pearl, Beautiful Wings embosslit, Deco Art stencil (from Home Depot)

10 Minutes???

I have to admit, the thought of a 10 minute card is, well, unthinkable!  But that is what we were asked to do today for my Summer Card Camp.  And, while I was doubtful, knowing how I work, I gave it my best shot.  Sadly, I did not pass the test!  I went 8 minutes over- shhhh!  I also followed another sketch for the week and the color challenge.
 

This is a bit unusual for me.  First of all, it has to be the quickest card I ever made!  Second, the only stamp on this card is the sentiment.  I let the embossing, die cuts and patterned paper do the talking. 

Thanks so much for stopping by and have a blessed day!

Lee Ann  :)

Supplies used -
Stamps-Stampin' Up Express Yourself
Ink-black
Paper- white cs, Midnight Navy cs, Pink Pirhouette cs, Baja Breeze cs, retired dsp
Other-SU Chevron ef, SU Beautiful Wings Embosslit, SU Butterfly punch, SU Polka Dot ef, pearl

Exciting News

Hello All!
I have a CAS card to share with you today, but first I wanted to share some very exciting news.  A dream to be on a design team has become a reality for me.  In November I was asked to be on the SU Creative Crew at Splitcoaststampers.  I thought this was an incredible opportunity and an honor, but then in December I received a call from Lydia, at SCS.  She asked me if I wanted to be a part of the DIRTY DOZEN!
Well, I was in a state of shock!  Me, on the Dirty Dozen with all of those amazingly talented women.  The first few weeks have been a whirlwind of excitement, nerves, and FUN!  Why not head over to www.splitcoaststampers.com and check out the Dirty Dozen Gallery.  The gallery just opened Tuesday and has some fabulous work in it. This month's theme is Dirty Laundry!
The sketch challenge at SCS this week was a fun one, and one that I thought lent it self to a CAS style card.

I have been into bold colors lately, and this card is no exception.  I stamped the sentiment from Trendy Trees onto Sahara Sand and then embossed it with the Woodgrain EF.  I embossed panels of So Saffron and Basic Gray with the Chevron EF and Honeycomb EF.  A zig zag cut piece of Tea for Two dsp is sewn onto the card front.  The card base and butterfly are Poppy Parade.  The butterfly is made using the Beautiful Wings Embosslit. Once I settled on my elements it was an easy peasy card to make.  All the supplies are Stampin' Up. 

Thanks so much for stopping by and have a blessed Friday!

Lee Ann  :)

Musical Sketch to Start the Week

Happy October!  Fall is just rolling right along; it is hard to believe that Halloween is this month and that means that Thanksgiving is right round the corner!   I had "fall on the brain" when I sat down to stamp today; earthy colors came to mind.  This card is for 2 challenges this week, ODBD's challenge to use a musical element on the card.  The sketch is from Retro Sketches.

                                                                     Soulful Chickadee

I just love this little chickadee from ODBD and he has just become a whole lot easier for me to cut out as I finally got the matching die; while I actually like fussy cutting, it is really nice and QUICK to use the die. To make this card I used:

Paper-Creamy Caramel, Cajun Craze, Black, Crumb Cake, Naturals White and Naturals Ivory

Ink-Stazon Black, Cajun Craze, SU reinkers

Stamps-ODBD's You will Find Refuge, SU Music Notes wheel

Other-twill, ODBD chickadee die, aquapainter, dimensionals, wood grain ef, pearls

Thanks so much for visiting my blog and have a blessed week and month of October!

Lee Ann
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It's a good day when you are  crafting enough to have to tack on an edit to your blog post!  This card is for the Featured Stamper challenge at SCS and for the Colour Q challenge this week.  What a gorgeous palette of colors!

My finished card below-

Contemporary Mums

While this card did not come together too easily, I do like the end product.  I started by spritzing Rich Razzleberry onto my Whisper White cardstock.  This panel is layered onto Cajun Craze (I do not have Dusty Durango) which is layered onto a Soft Suede card base.  The stamped flowers are the centers from the Mixed Bunch set.  The butterflies are in Cajun Craze and Pumpkin Pie and are cut from the Beautiful Wings embossit.  The large Pumpkin Pie flower is punched from the Blossom punch and embossed with the polka dot ef.  The next layer of the flower is a Really Rust scallop circle followed by a 1" circle punched from Razzleberry dsp.  The leaves are stamped in Soft Suede on Soft Suede with a Verve stamp (Bloom and Grow) and die cut with its matching die. The sentiment is stamped in Soft Suede. 

Thanks for visiting my blog and have a blessed week!

Lee Ann

Woo Hoo! It's Spring Break!

I am so excited that it is spring break and I anticipate having LOTS of time to craft!  Today I tried out 2 punch art cards.  I CASEd the bunny punch art and redesigned the card itself.  The other, the wreath, I designed myself and made it for the challenge at ColourQ this week. 

I absolutely love greens.  This color challenge was made for me!  I do not have Going Gray, so I had to substitute with an unknown gray from my cardstock stash. 

This card uses Stampin' Up's Little Leaves die and the 4 petal punch from the Itty Bitty Punch Pack punch set.  I have used the greens in the challenge- Stampin' Up Glorious Green, Certainly Celery and Wild Wasabi.  The sentiment is from the Trendy Trees Stampin' Up set.  The bow is white Baker's Twine.  The flower centers are made by coloring with a Daffodil Delight marker and then adding a tiny white pearl to the center. 

 This Easter bunny was made using Stampin' Up's ornament punch, large oval punch, 1/2 inch circle punch, hearts punch, circle from the Itty Bitty Punch Pack, and the tiny circles from the hole punch on the Crop-A-Dile.  The Bunny Body is a 1 3/4 inch scallop circle punch. 
The cardstock used is Calypso Coral and Whisper White and the dsp is from the Sale-a-bration pack from Stampin' Up.  The grass is stamped in Lucky Limeade (Inspired by Nature stamp set) and the butterfly was made with the Beautiful Wings embosslit from Stampin' Up. 

Thanks so much for looking and, as always, your comments are greatly appreciated!