No Squares Allowed

Hello everyone, it's time already for a new theme at Allsorts challenge and Lorraine's turn to host. She would like to see "Anything but square" for her theme but it is an optional theme so all of your new creations are welcome and will be entered into the prize drawing! By the way the next two challenges will run for two weeks to cover some of the busy summer season so there is plenty of time for everyone to join in!

When I was working on this card I thought the optional theme was "shaped cards" so I made a Teepee shaped card, it still is "anything but a square" but I might have gone an easier route had I known the correct theme :) However I'm happy I tried this card fold to step out of my comfort zone a bit, as it's super easy to do and I love how it turned out. 

The stamp above is Penny Black's Poppy Field, I used it a few weeks ago but found this image already colored in my box of extras and decided it would make a cute card front for this teepee card. 

Sharing several pictures in today's post to show each side.

The patterned paper is from my stash. Border die cut and butterflies are also from my box of extras. Sentiments are from Penny Black (the large sentiment below) and Stampers Anonymous (small sentiment above). 

The teepee card folds completely flat so it can be mailed. A small velcro dot is used for standing it up, so it opens and closes easily. The only issue I saw was that the corners it's standing on are bending easily, maybe they need some sort of re-inforcement, but I haven't thought of anything yet. 

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You can find the tutorial for this card shape HERE. As mentioned it's super easy to do. 

Below is a photo of the prizes for this fortnight (since there are only 2 challenges ending in August (including this one) we will have a separate prize bundle for each fortnight. This fortnight it's a wonderful Christmas bundle from Craft Stash, it will be split between 3 winners which will be announed at the end of August. 

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I plan on linking up with Penny Black Saturday challenge.

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Summer Blues with Brushos and a Boat

It's time already for a new theme at Allsorts challenge and Mervi's turn to host this week. Her optional theme is ......... Summer Blues but as always all of your new crafty makes are welcome for the "Anything Goes" option so come join us for your chance to win or to be selected as one of Mervi's top 5. 

Here is what I made:

I knew I wanted to make something boat themed and my thrift store finds  (boat and bon voyage stamps) were my inspiration. I found them quite a while ago for maybe 50 cents each (what a great find!!) but this is my first time using them. 

The background was done with blue Brusho powder sprinkled onto a background that I had spritzed with water. After the background was dry, I stamped the boat and ship's wheel (wheel from a retired Whimsy stamp set) and Bon Voyage. A tile stencil was then used to fill in some empty spaces here and there. "Oh Happy Days" and "Summer Lovin'" are from another retired Whimsy Stamp set (Summer Letter Seals). Something else was needed I thought, so I added one of Tim Holtz sentiment stickers from a Quotations set. I inked and distressed the edges, layered onto white card stock, then onto a turquoise card base. 

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Another view below..

As a reminder our prizes this month come from from Oakwood, Sizzix, AALL and Create and Craft Stash and winners will be selected from each weekly challenge, then all announced on the last Friday of the month. Hope you'll join us for your chance to win!

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Girly Seventeen

It's Saturday again and that means it's time for a new theme at Allsorts challenge. Brenda is hosting this week and she created a wonderful mood board for your inspiration. It's an optional theme with Anything Goes as the other option so hopefully you'll join in with us for your chance to be entered into the prize drawing or to be selected as a top pick.

The mood board is below and I was inspired by the pretty dress in the top corner to use this image and by the shades of pink. Plus I thought it would make a perfect birthday card for my baby girl who recently turned 17! Time really does fly!!

The stamp is Penny Black's Patisserie, perfect for feminine cards. I colored her with Stampin Up and Distress inks and added a dotted stencil design to the background. A retired stitched die from Whimsy Stamps was used to cut it out. 

On the right side of the card I used a birthday background stamp from My Favorite Things. The heart die is by Penny Black, I used some natural jute twine behind the 17 which I generated on the computer. I do have a number stamp set but found them to be too large so I used the computer instead. Sentiment is from the Penny Black set Sprinkles and Smiles.

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Another look below....

As a reminder, our prizes this month come from  Oakwood, Sizzix, AALL and Create and Craft Stash. Winners are selected from the weekly entries and announced on the last Friday of the month. Hope you'll join in with us for your chance to win!

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I plan on linking up with Penny Black Saturday challenge.

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Allsorts Challenge: Embossing Folders

It's time for a new challenge already at Allsorts and Liz is hosting this week with her optional theme of Embossing Folders. Hope you'll join us for your chance to win. We have prizes from Oakwood, Sizzix, AALL and Create and Craft Stash so don't miss your chance!! As mentioned it's an optional theme so all of your new creations are welcome. 

I used the Penny Black stamp Dancing Daisies although they look like Black Eyed Susans to me and therefore I tried to ink up the stamp in the colors of those flowers. It's an older stamp so I don't have a link but Penny Black does have many other beautiful floral cling stamps. The stamping platform always comes in handy when using these brushstroke stamps as I get to add layers of colors. Maybe I added a bit too much Rusty Hinge here but my distress markers are barely working anymore so I had to use a full sized ink pad instead. I thought about investing in a full set of mini distress ink pads now that the markers are no longer available and those would be easier to control than a full size ink pad. 

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Sentiment is from the Penny Black set Blooming Sentiments. I layered the image/sentiment panel onto some mustard colored cardstock (a retired Stampin Up color) and added green jute twine by May Arts. I've had this argyle style embossing folder for a long time probably from Cuttlebug. I'm not too creative with my embossing folders so I simply used the folder with white card stock and layered the image panel onto it for a CAS style card.

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I'd like to share my card with these challenges:

• Penny Black Saturday - use PB stamps
• Stamping Sensations - Summer Flowers
• We Love Stamping - Fabulous Florals
• Krafty Chicks - use stamps
• Through the Purple Haze - AG
• Tic Tac Toe Challenge (I chose Layers, CAS and Stamping)