STAMPlorations Monthly Challenge - January

 

I've entered a card challenge!

I'm entering a card challenge for the STAMPlorations January challenge.

I didn't use the optional colors this time.  The card I'm entering in this challenge is one of my Africa "Have a Great Day" cards that uses the STAMPLorations stencil "Prim Pattern" as the background.

I've also entered it into the STAMPlorations Never Ending, Anything Goes Challenge

I'm Back

Hi all - I took a break from making cards, but last weekend my mom was here and we went to the Arlington Scrapbooking and Stamping convention. That got me back in a creative mood. So here is the first of a few cards:

I've had this background stamp from SU for just about ever and never really knew what to do with it. I stamped and colored one and cut it out with Provocraft scissors and put it

on a red card, but didn't send it because I just didn't like it. It had no focus. Then, at the convention, I saw a card made with the stamp as a background with 2 girls

and the sentiment was something like "Friendship survives long distance" and I instantly thought of my bestest friend who lives (and has lived) far away. So, I wrote around the edge - on all four sides - "Long Distance doesn't separate friends..."

Stamp: SU Highways and Byways

Inks: various copics

Scissors: Provocraft

Card: DCWV

Flower card

Card Remake

One of the Splitcoaststampers forums that I occasionally participate in is for Clean and Simple (CAS) Cards and one of the regular weekly challenges is to give a card a makeover. I chose a card I made that I didn't like. I was trying a monochromatic theme, but just didn't like the end result. Here's the original card:

For this Makeover challenge, I colored the leaves with orange and yellow watercolor pencils and used gamsol to blend the colors. I then matted the card on a matching orange/yellow paper. Here is the end result:

I'm much happier with this version and will save it for fall and send it to someone.