Double D - Designer Paper

Hello! (said with attitude) Double D has a challenge to use Designer Paper.  Who doesn't have a ton that sits in a box just waiting to find a place to play?  I know I do and pulled out a pack from 2012 to make this card.

I found a card on Pinterest that gives the dimensions for making a card using patterned paper.  In reading the post at Crafting Daily Dose, I realized she had CASEd a card of mine from 2014.  LOL   I'm not sure where my original design came from.   This one is on Gina K Ivory cardstock, embossed with a WeRMemory Keepers folder, with a sentiment from Hero Arts. 

Thanks for dropping by.  I'm busy getting packed up for our summer in Michigan.  It's difficult to know what crafting supplies to take.  It will definitely make me think outside the box if I want to enter any challenges. 

If you would like to subscribe by email,

please fill out the subscription form in the upper right sidebar.

It is also important to add  Bobby.bitsandpieces at gmail dot com to your contact list 

so Google recognizes the address and delivers the updates.

You may also unsubscribe using the same form. 

Freshly Made Sketches #686

I wasn't sure I was going to make a card for Freshly Made Sketches until an idea came to me in the middle of the night. 

I had been looking through patterned paper for another challenge and saw this forest one from Honey Bee.  It makes a great background for Honey Bee's Heart Hugs bear.  The frame is actually really dark green and not black like it looks in the photo and is cut with HB's Deckle Edge and embossed with SSS Tall Pines.  Mr. Bear is sending greetings with a stamp from SSS.   

Thanks for dropping by.

If you would like to subscribe by email,

please fill out the subscription form in the upper right sidebar.

It is also important to add  Bobby.bitsandpieces at gmail dot com to your contact list 

so Google recognizes the address and delivers the updates.

You may also unsubscribe using the same form. 

Just Us Girls #775 - Mood Board Week

Our host Carol M has chosen a very colorful mood board for us this week at Just Us Girls.

I remembered a circle trio shaker window that I got a long time ago from MFT and knew it would be a great way to use the inspiration photo.

I also have the plastic inserts so I cut two rows of three, framed the cuts with silver (part of the die set) and put some ancient sequins inside.  The inserts make shaker cards easy because you don't have to build up walls.  The sentiment is from Hero Arts.  

There are many things you can do with the mood board but if you need inspiration be sure and check out what the Design Team and our guest Rosemary have made.

If you would like to subscribe by email,

please fill out the subscription form in the upper right sidebar.

It is also important to add  Bobby.bitsandpieces at gmail dot com to your contact list 

so Google recognizes the address and delivers the updates.

You may also unsubscribe using the same form. 

The Flower Challenge #102 - Reminder

You still have time to make a card and my team mates and I have more inspiration for you at The Flower Challenge.

My last card featured stripes so I went with spots for this one.

The flowers are from Altenew's Watercolor Garden, colored with Distress Sprays that have been manipulated on watercolor paper.  The polka dot paper is an oldie from my stash and the sentiment is BetterPress.  

I hope to see your card in the gallery.

If you would like to subscribe by email,

please fill out the subscription form in the upper right sidebar.

It is also important to add  Bobby.bitsandpieces at gmail dot com to your contact list 

so Google recognizes the address and delivers the updates.

You may also unsubscribe using the same form. 

Christmas Kickstart #98

This month's challenge at Christmas Kickstart is "Winter Warmers", as picked by Jo's elf, Becca.  There are lots of ways to go with this theme and this is what I chose to do.

Those cute little owls from MFT are wearing their winter warmers.  They are stamped on Bristol and colored with Zigs.  To add to the knitted warm weather wear theme, I stenciled the knit background with a PTI stencil in Salvaged Patina, then surrounded it with a frame from Waffle Flower.  A sentiment from the same set was stamped on the snow bank.  

Why make one card when you can make two?  

On this one the owls are gray and their scarf and hat are in navy and dark red.  The background is patterned paper stamped with another sentiment from the set.

Thanks for dropping by.

 

If you would like to subscribe by email,

please fill out the subscription form in the upper right sidebar.

It is also important to add  Bobby.bitsandpieces at gmail dot com to your contact list 

so Google recognizes the address and delivers the updates.

You may also unsubscribe using the same form. 

Cardz 4 Guyz #371

I took advantage of the Cardz 4 Guyz challenge "Body of Water" to make another card with Spellbinders/WPlus9 Guiding Light dies. 

I thought it would be fun to make a brick lighthouse so I embossed some PTI Terra Cotta Tile with Altenew's Brick Wall folder, adding some Distress Ink in the creases and along the edge.   A couple of grays pounced with Hickory Smoke make up the rock and Tumbled Glass and Salty Ocean were used for the background.   The sentiment is from PFS.

Thanks for dropping by.  

If you would like to subscribe by email,

please fill out the subscription form in the upper right sidebar.

It is also important to add  Bobby.bitsandpieces at gmail dot com to your contact list 

so Google recognizes the address and delivers the updates.

You may also unsubscribe using the same form.