Cardz 4 Guyz #376

I made this card for a Design Team challenge that was changed but it works great for the Summer Holiday challenge at Cardz 4 Guyz.  

All the images and sentiments are from Ellen Hutson's Bear Ware.  The grill, basket and sun were colored with Altenew artist markers. The bear was cut from Kraft and his aviator glasses from holographic paper. The background was masked and colored with Distress Inks.  

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AAA Cards #146

Yes, you see that right.  I'm a guest at AAA Cards for their newest challenge.

You know I went with the twist, right?  

This one layer card took less than 10 minutes to make with my Summer Fenceline Stamps from PTI and a NBUS sentiment from STAMPlorations.  I love all the wonderful sentiments in Shery's Beach Vibes.  You'll be seeing a lot more of them.

Whether you use the twist or not, we'd love to see your clean and simple 'made in minutes' cards in the gallery. For inspiration be sure to check out the wonderful cards the Design Team has made.

Just Us Girls #499 - Word Week

It's time for another Word Week at Just Us Girls 

and the word chosen by Carol is

For me, summer is time spent at the lake.  Even though the water is usually cold, the laid back atmosphere and the gathering of family and friends is so refreshing.

While I don't wear them (I can't stand the thing between my toes) I love the look of flip flops.  Especially when they are as colorful as these. I stamped the flowers from MFT, colored them with Zigs, and cut them with a PS die.  I used actual sand paper for the sand and inked the sky and lake with Distress Ink.  The sentiment is a NBUS one from STAMPlorations.

Our guest designer Emma and the rest of the Design Team would like to see what represents summer to you.  Want to see what it means to them?  Head on over to the blog, see the wonderful cards they have made and then make one of your own.  You may be our next Chic of the Week.

Twofer Card Challenge #15

I know there are more animals than bears in the zoo and I have a few but I couldn't figure out how to do two cards for two occasions that are necessary for the Twofer Card Challenge.  So bears it is.

And I mean the bear from EBE with all his accouterments.   

Up first is summer bear.

This one is cut from Desert Storm and shaded with PolyChromos.  All the other images are colored with Distress Inks including the background.  His sunglasses have some Pearl Pen on them for shine. 

Next is Halloween bear.

I couldn't help but dress him up as Elphaba and print out the sentiment on my computer.  I don't know why the color is off and the card looks askew but you'll have to take it as it is.

This is such a fun challenge and if you haven't tried it, you should.  Here is the prompt for this challenge

and here are the guidelines.

Thanks for dropping by.  Have a great day!

Addicted to CAS #115

NOTE:  If you saw this before it was because I scheduled it on the wrong date.

Ceal is the host for Addicted to CAS and she chose the word 'Summer'.

This time I had to resort to a digital image for my card but I love it!

Making s'mores is the epitome of summer to me.  A campfire, roasted marshmallows, a box of graham crackers and wonderful chocolate bars. Yummy yummy come down to my tummy.  Distress Inks were used to color my image and the sentiment is computer generated.

The rest of the Design Team have summer cards waiting to inspire you.  The winner of this challenge will get a $15 gift certificate from Create a Smile.

We hope to see you in the gallery.

Just Us Girls #350

It's Word Week at Just Us Girls and Maria has chosen an appropriate word.

That's right. Summer.  This leaves it wide open for your interpretation.  I don't have any specific summer stamps so I had to get creative.

I considered using the glasses from MFT but couldn't decide on a good way to display them until I thought of the word 'shades'.  Then the whole card took shape.  I inked up the background with Distress Ink and tore a piece of Neenah Desert Storm for the sand.  The sentiment uses Altenew's Calligraphy and W & W's Big Bold Fun.  The umbrella is another MFT die with my own added pole and the glasses have vellum colored with Zigs for the lenses.  I don't know who'd I ever send this to but it was fun making it.

What will you make for the challenge?  There are so many summer stamp sets available that you can let your imagination run wild.  Enter your card in the gallery and you may be our next Chic of the Week which would also make you eligible to be a guest designer in September.  Need more inspiration?  The design team has plenty waiting for you.

I'm looking forward to seeing your summer creations.