tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-75482560786558584152024-03-21T12:28:16.795-07:00Stampin Ldyglfr62Diane Clark-Suttonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05190162570258367783noreply@blogger.comBlogger71125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7548256078655858415.post-61279905730961815992013-10-05T00:08:00.001-07:002013-10-05T00:23:17.128-07:00Operation Write Home World Card Makimg Day Blog Hop 2013<img alt="WCDstart" src="http://operationwritehome.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/WCDstart.jpg" /><br />
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Welcome to the next stop on the OWH World Card Making Day Blog Hop 2013. The theme for this years hop is to make a thank you card using a OWH sketch. I used sketch #187 found <a href="http://operationwritehome.org/sketches/" target="_blank">here</a>. <br />
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All Supplies used are Stampin Up.<br />
Stamps: Wetlands<br />
Cardstock: Crumb Cake, Chocolate Chip, Very Vanilla<br />
Ink: Early Expresso<br />
Misc: Chocolate Chip Satin Ribbon, Well Worn DSP (both retired)<br />
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<b>Click <a href="http://operationwritehome.org/starsandstamps/" target="_blank">here</a> to get back to the masterlist of blog participants.</b>Diane Clark-Suttonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05190162570258367783noreply@blogger.com33tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7548256078655858415.post-42459653919810559492013-09-10T02:12:00.000-07:002013-09-10T02:18:13.110-07:00Crafty Gals Monthly Challenge - September 2013Sorry this is so late. I had do to switch to Goggle Chrome to finally get this to work. This month we are honoring Sharon. I perused her blog and found a card made with one of my favorite Stampin Up! sets, Upsy Daisy. This set makes really great quick cards. Sharon's card can be found <a href="http://sbinga.blogspot.com/2013/01/day-four-of-frosty-kisses.html" target="_blank">here</a>.<br />
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Stamps: Upsy Daisy<br />
Card Stock: Pool Party, Calypso, Whisper White<br />
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Seam Binding: Pool Party<br />
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<br />Diane Clark-Suttonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05190162570258367783noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7548256078655858415.post-66148860217447804092013-07-05T12:25:00.001-07:002013-07-05T12:27:36.535-07:00Crafty Gals Monthly Challenge - July 2013It's the 5th of July so that means it's time for another Crafty Gals Monthly Challenge. This month we are honoring our Crafty Gal, Zella. After perusing her blog, I was inspired by both cards at <a href="http://zturley.blogspot.com/2013/06/inkspirational-24.html" target="_blank">this</a> post. It is one of my favorite masuline Stampin Up! sets, Open Sea. I incorporated parts of both of the cards into mine. I decided to not use a sentiment and send it to Operation Write Home to be used as a general card.<br />
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Stamp Set: Open Sea <br />
Cardstock: Cherry Cobbler, Not Quite Navy, Chocolate Chip, Crumb Cake<br />
Misc: Early Expresso Bakers Twine, Retired DSPDiane Clark-Suttonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05190162570258367783noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7548256078655858415.post-3989191578575690462013-06-26T01:27:00.001-07:002013-06-26T01:27:49.246-07:00Crafty Gals Monthly Challenge - June 2013I am very late in posting my Crafty Gals challenge for June. This month we are CASEing Lela's blog. I chose the card located <a href="http://lelacraftycorner.blogspot.com/2012_07_01_archive.html" target="_blank">here</a> to CASE. I changed the focal image to a square shape instead of round. Please forgive my lateness.<br />
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Cardstock: Daffodil Delight, Pumpkin Pie, Island Indigo, Pool Party<br />
Ink: Island Indigo<br />
Misc: Daffodil Delight Seam Binding, Flat Pearls, Quatrefancy DSP<br />
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<br />Diane Clark-Suttonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05190162570258367783noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7548256078655858415.post-21197368644313805432013-05-24T23:36:00.000-07:002013-07-05T11:23:55.561-07:00OWH Memorial Day Weekend Blog Hop 2013<br />
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Welcome to the next stop on the Operation Write Home Memorial Day Blog Hop. The theme for the hop this year is Thank You cards using a sketch. OWH hosts a sketch challenge every Sunday, so I used one of theirs. You can see all the sketches <a href="http://operationwritehome.org/sketches/" target="_blank">here</a>. I used sketch #162. To find a list of all blogs participating in this hop, please visit the OWH Stars and Stamps blog <a href="http://operationwritehome.org/starsandstamps/" target="_blank">here</a>. It contains an InLinkz to each blog. <br />
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Operation Write Home (OWH) is an organization that provides our nation's armed forces stationed overseas with blank handmade greeting cards to write home on as well as "Anyhero" cards of gratitude to encourage them. If you are interested in making cards for this great cause, please visit the Operation Write Home website <a href="http://operationwritehome.org/" target="_blank">here</a>.<br />
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Card Stock: Not Quite Navy, Chocolate Chip, Crumb Cake, Whisper White (SU!)<br />
Stamps: Stamper's Best (Image), Hero Arts (Sentiment)<br />
Ink: Chocolate Chip (SU!)<br />
Misc: DSP - Well Worn (SU!)<br />
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<br />Diane Clark-Suttonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05190162570258367783noreply@blogger.com128tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7548256078655858415.post-87169581326364744632013-05-06T12:23:00.001-07:002013-05-06T14:32:39.691-07:00Crafty Gals Monthly Blog Challenge - May 2013It's time for another Crafty Gals Monthly Challenge. This month we are CASEing Tracie's blog. She uses lots of Cricut and die cuts on her projects. I don’t have a Cricut and have very basic die cut shapes. So I found a card that did not use either but the image was of a little girl in a tea cup. I have a stamp very similar to that one and it does involve one of my favorite things, tea. I love tea and drink it every day. (I think I said this last month too!). The original card is <a href="http://www.thecraftytouch.blogspot.com/2012/12/tea-cup-girl-card.html" target="_blank">here</a>. I had to change my layout and turn it sideways because my image was too big turned the other direction. I also didn’t put the bling where she did because I felt my patterned paper was too busy. I just scattered some flat back pearls around the image. I probably could have used black ones and stuck with original layout more but I didn’t think of until now. May change it later.<br />
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Since I am a SU! hobby demo, I do have some of the sneak preview items from the upcoming catalog. I used a few of the new In-Colors and DSP that will be in the 2013-14 catalog that will be officially released on May 31.<br />
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Stamp: Stamping Bella<br />
Cardstock: Coastal Cabana, Strawberry Slush, Baked Brown Sugar, Whisper White (SU!)<br />
DSP: Quatrefancy Specialty (SU!)<br />
Misc: Gingham Garden Washi Tape and Pearls (SU!), Prisma Colored pencils<br />
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<br />Diane Clark-Suttonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05190162570258367783noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7548256078655858415.post-74243438342225142702013-04-06T10:36:00.000-07:002013-04-06T10:36:10.218-07:00Crafty Gals Monthly Challenge - April 2013It's time for another Crafty Gals Monthly Challenge. This month we are CASEing Barb's blog. I found a tea themed card that inspired me and CASEd it. I love tea and drink it every day. My friends and I try to visit tea rooms in the Southern California area when ever we can. So Barb's tea cup card was just calling my name. I hope I did it justice. The original card is <a href="http://inkingintoretirement.blogspot.com/2013/03/join-me-for-tea-with-cupcakes.html" target="_blank">here</a>.<br />
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Diane Clark-Suttonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05190162570258367783noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7548256078655858415.post-57264508839787637592013-03-07T16:30:00.001-08:002013-03-07T16:30:55.408-08:00Crafty Gals Monthly Challenge - March 2013It's time for another Crafty Gals Monthly Challenge. This month we are CASEing Carolina. She has lost her mojo but hopefully we can inspire her to create more awesome projects. I very losely based my card on the card <a href="http://cardolinascrapolina.blogspot.com/2012/04/for-christine.html" target="_blank">here</a>. I did not do it justice but I tried. Since my card is not square, I had less real estate to work with and had to make adjustments accordingly. Since my image already contained a sentiment, I did not include the banner and instead added flat-back pearls that I colored with my SU! Midnight Muse marker.<br />
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Stamp: Just Thinking (SU!)<br />
Cardstock: Midnight Muse, Gumball Green, Very Vanilla<br />
Ink: Wild Wasabi<br />
DSP: Print Poetry<br />
Misc: Flat-back pearls colored with Midnight Muse marker<br />
<br />Diane Clark-Suttonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05190162570258367783noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7548256078655858415.post-72978166737585660322013-02-06T16:20:00.000-08:002013-02-06T16:20:44.992-08:00Crafty Gals Monthly Challenge - February 2013It time for another Crafty Gals Blog Group Monthly Challenge. This month our challenge is:<br />
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I found a birthday card that I really liked although it is not related to nature. The orignal can be found here: <a href="http://creativeplayischeaperthantherapy.blogspot.com/2012/03/happy-birthday.html">http://creativeplayischeaperthantherapy.blogspot.com/2012/03/happy-birthday.html</a>.<br />
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Here is my version. I made a few modifications to it including but not limited to where the ribbon was placed. I really like that layout and will probably use it again. Thanks for stopping by.<br />
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Stamps: Creat a Cupcake<br />
Cardstock: Tempting Turquoise, Wisteria Wonder, Cherry Cobbler, Basic Black, Whisper White<br />
DSP: Brights Stack<br />
Ink: Basic Black, Certainly Celery, Cherry Cobbler<br />
Ribbon: Turquoise (retired)Diane Clark-Suttonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05190162570258367783noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7548256078655858415.post-75681123193171580052013-01-07T14:41:00.000-08:002013-01-07T14:42:07.681-08:00Crafty Gals Monthly Challenge - January 2013<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">
This month our challenge was "Anything Goes". I decided to post my card from Round 5 of the Unidentified Image swap on Splitcoaststampers since I hadn't done it yet. Jeanette sent us several copies of this image and we had made 4 cards and send them to her. Isn't he a cutie.</div>
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Diane Clark-Suttonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05190162570258367783noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7548256078655858415.post-55901101866229866382012-12-05T16:16:00.001-08:002012-12-05T16:19:34.035-08:00Crafty Gals Monthly Challenge - December 2012It is time for this month's Crafty Gals Blog Group Challenge. We did not have an official hostess this month. We did something a little different this month. Here is this month's challenge:<br />
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Find a project from the month of March on their blog and CASE it. Don't list who you visited on your Dec. 5th blog post. We have to guess. This will also be kind of like a scavenger hunt. We'll want to go look at the original "artwork" you CASED so we'll be visiting March blog posts of our GALS!!!!"<br />
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I used the same layout and colors as the card that I CASED but I changed the theme to Christmas. Happy hunting. <br />
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Stamps: Stamping Bella (image), Stamin Up! (sentiment) Cardstock: Night of Navy, Whisper White Ink: Cherry Cobbler Misc: SU! Nautical Expedition and Deck the Hall DSP (both retired), PearlsDiane Clark-Suttonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05190162570258367783noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7548256078655858415.post-6336546461459282162012-11-08T10:46:00.000-08:002012-11-08T10:46:08.865-08:00Crafty Gals Monthly ChallengeI am late posting my challange card this month. Jackie is hostess for the month and here is the challenge that issued to us:<br />
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<strong>November is for Thanksgiving & we all have so many things to be thankful for so my challenge for you this month is to create a project to showcase our Blessings. It can be a card, shadowbox, picture frame, scrabook layout, mini album, etc. Please make whatever your heart desires as long as it features what you are thankful for & I also want you to use a Fall theme for your creations. I can't wait to see all of your wonderful works of art! Have Fun & Happy Stamping!!!!!</strong></div>
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I plan to send this card to Operation Write Home. I am thankful for many things including the health of family. I am also thankful to our Troops who fight for our freedom everyday so I send this to OWH in hopes that one of the Troops will use it.</div>
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Welcome to the Operation Write Home World Card Making Day Blog Hop. For this hop each participant had to use a sketch to make their card and make it holiday or winter themed. To find a list of all blogs participating in this hop, please visit the OWH blog <a href="http://operationwritehome.org/starsandstamps/" target="_blank">here</a>. It contains a InLinkz to each blog. <br />
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For my card I used OWH sketch #137 and new Riley stamp, Snow Globe Riley and Snowman. You can find all the past OWH sketches <a href="http://operationwritehome.org/sketches/" target="_blank">here</a>.</div>
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Misc: Patterned Paper (Unknown source), Snowflake brads, Snowflake embossing folderDiane Clark-Suttonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05190162570258367783noreply@blogger.com58tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7548256078655858415.post-21105834319654200252012-10-05T18:50:00.001-07:002012-10-05T18:50:16.182-07:00Crafty Gals Monthly Challenge - October 2012It's time for the Crafty Gals Blog Group's monthly challenge. This month's hostess is Athina. Here is the challenge that issued to us this month:<br />
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"I challenge you to make a project with no squares or rectangles (not even the base of a card or scrapbook layout). Since we have already stepped outside the box, lets take another step. Try a technique that you have not tried before. It is always fun to learn something new and expand our creativity. Have fun with it! I can't wait to see what you create!"<br />
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This challenge was definitely outside of the box for me. It took me sometime to come up with an idea but after searching the internet, I found some cute cards that were shaped like cupcakes. So I present my version of the cupcake card.<br />
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DSP: Ice Cream Parlor (SU! Retired)<br />
Misc: Striped Embossing Folder (SU!), Large Circle and Scalloped Circle Nestibilities, Stickles.<br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><br /></span><span style="color: blue;">"I absolutely love creative punch art! (Have you seen my Pinterest Punch Art Board?) I know not everyone loves punch art, but I do. I also know that a lot of us don’t have many punches. Therefore I’m not going to make this challenge too difficult.</span><br />
<span style="color: blue;"><br /></span><span style="color: blue;">The Simple Plan: Make a card using a punch somewhere on it. Easy Peasy!</span><br />
<span style="color: blue;"><br /></span><span style="color: blue;">The Advanced Plan: Make a card where you use punches to make something they were not originally intended for. For example: Use oval punches to make a frog, use circle punches to make a snowman, use the stocking punch to make a stick horse, use a heart punch to make a Christmas tree, use a variety of punches to make a chef or witch or elephant, etc."</span><br />
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Stamps: Warmest Regards (Retired SU!)<br />
Cardstock: Tempting Turquoise, Pacific Point, Real Red, Pumpin Pie, Basic Black, Whisper White (SU!)<br />
Ink: Versafine Black<br />
DSP: Summer Picnic (Retired SU!)Diane Clark-Suttonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05190162570258367783noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7548256078655858415.post-13288960623839704072012-08-29T23:56:00.000-07:002012-08-29T23:56:12.087-07:00SCS August Birthday RAK CardI am a member of the SCS Birthday RAK group. I make 4-6 cards each month and send them for other member's birthdays. Here is the card I made for all my assigned August birthday girls.<br />
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Diane Clark-Suttonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05190162570258367783noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7548256078655858415.post-44672373891557294662012-08-07T01:58:00.001-07:002012-08-07T01:58:29.544-07:00Crafty Gals Monthly Challenge - August 2012It's time for the monthly Crafty Gals challenge. Carolina was our hostess this month. Here is the challange that issued to us this month:<br />
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"Two of my son's are having birthdays this next months. Since we didn't do any b-day cards I challenge you all to do one using an animal character and four shapes of any sort somewhere in the card plus colours red and blue. Is this too much to ask???. Good luck."<br />
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Below is the card that I created for the challenge. Hopefully it is a card that kids would like to receive. I know that my three year-old loves giraffes. She thinks they are all named Melman like the giraffe in the Madagascar movies.<br />
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Stamps: In the Wild, Teeny Tiny Wishes (SU!)<br />
Cardstock: SU! Cherry Cobbler, Pacific Point, Crumb Cake, Whisper White<br />
Ink: Early Espresso, Cherry Cobbler<br />
Misc: Stars embossing folder, Oval and Scalloped Oval punches, Rhinestones<br />
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I received a tutorial from LeeAnn Greff called Seamless Tiers that I thought would go great with this challenge using the SU! Bells & Boughs stamp set. Enjoy.<br />
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So for this month's challenge I used one of my House Mouse stamps. Everytime I see this stamp, I think of hot weather and summer. Love those cute mice laying on those ice cubes. I colored the image with Prismas and baby oil.<br />
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Stamps: House Mouse<br />
Cardstock: Certainly Celery, Regal Rose, Old Olive, Whisper White<br />
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Misc: Old Olive DSP, Divine Swirls embossing folder<br />
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Stamps Sets: Hero Arts, All the Time<br />
Cardstock: SU! Crumb Cake, Chocolate Chip, Midnight Muse<br />
Ink: Chocolate Chip<br />
Misc: Half Pearls, Scalloped Border Punch<br />
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Thanks for visiting my blog. Please go back to the <a href="http://operationwritehome.org/bloghop2" target="_blank">OWH blog</a> , for the full list of blogs on this hop.Diane Clark-Suttonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05190162570258367783noreply@blogger.com68tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7548256078655858415.post-20708420320099880642012-05-19T06:53:00.001-07:002012-05-19T07:18:18.455-07:00VC_ROCKS Blog Hop #1 of 2012Today VC_ROCKS is having its first blog hop of 2012. The theme is Art from the Heart. Each project should have at least one heart on it. VC_ROCKS is a yahoo group made up of Stampin Up demos and non-demos to celebrate the release of the new Stampin Up catalog and to have a virtual convention (vc) experience. We have swaps, challenges, RAKs, games, contests, chats, Make and Takes, online classes, blog hops and more. We are only active from mid-April until mid-August and only take new members until the end of May. If you want more info, please visit the VC_ROCK blog at <a href="http://www.vcrocks.blogspot.com/">http://www.vcrocks.blogspot.com/</a>. <br />
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You may have arrived here from Elizabeth's blog at <a href="http://elizabethsstamproom.blogspot.com/">http://elizabethsstamproom.blogspot.com/</a>. If you didn't and want to start from the begining, please start at <a href="http://www.vcrocks.blogspot.com/">http://www.vcrocks.blogspot.com/</a>.<br />
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My card was inspired by the Twisted Tuesdays challenge (<a href="http://twistedtuesdaychallenges.blogspot.com/">http://twistedtuesdaychallenges.blogspot.com/</a>) this week. The challenge was to chain items together on your project, so I chained some hearts together to meet the blog hop theme. I did not make my card long (which was the twist), so I did not completely follow the challenge.<br />
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Stamps: I {Heart} Hearts, Take it to Heart, Warm Regards</div>
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To comtinue to the next blog, please visit Nancy at <a href="http://www.fancynancykay.blogspot.com/">http://www.fancynancykay.blogspot.com/</a>.</div>
<br />Diane Clark-Suttonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05190162570258367783noreply@blogger.com24tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7548256078655858415.post-66498694577044308292012-05-07T13:09:00.002-07:002012-05-07T13:11:55.128-07:00Crafty Gals Monthly Challenge for May 2012I must apologize to the rest of the Crafty Gals for being two days late posting my challenge card. Tracie was our hostess this month and here is the challenge that gave us:<br />
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<strong><span style="font-size: medium;">"Celebrating Those Who Love Us"</span></strong>This month's theme celebrates those who have sacrificed so much to help us become the people we are today. This could be mothers, fathers, friends, Jesus, or anyone you'd like to celebrate! On your project, include the following:<br />
1. At least 3 layers<br />
2. At least 2 embellishments<br />
3. At least 1 sentiment<br />
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Well this challenge was very emotional for me. I initially thought I would just do a birthday card for my husband since his birthday is May 5, the day the challenge was due. But I decided that did not really fit the theme. The person who sacrified the most and helped make me the person I am today was my mother. She passed away last February from Pancreatic cancer so May is a very difficult month for me these days since both Mother's Day and my birthday are both in May. When we were cleaning out her stuff, I found some images using her favorite Stampin Up set, Terrific Tulips, that she had already stamped. She was planning to use them to complete some Operation Write Home cards. So I took her already stamped image and completed a card following this month's challenge. I will complete the rest of the cards later and send them all to OWH, as she had originally planned. I hope you enjoy my card.<br />
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Stamps: SU! Terrific Tulips, Sincere Salutations<br />
Cardstock: Certainly Celery, Regal Rose, Melon Mambo, Basic Black, Whisper White<br />
Ink: Old Olive, Regal Rose, Rose Red<br />
Embellishments: May Arts ribbon, Pearls colored black with a sharpie<br />
<br />Diane Clark-Suttonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05190162570258367783noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7548256078655858415.post-56278633196569776922012-04-04T22:35:00.005-07:002012-04-04T23:01:53.496-07:00Crafty Gals Blog Group Monthly Challange for April 2012It's the fifth of the month, so that means another Crafty Gals Monthly Challenge. I am very excited to be the host for this month. Here is the challenge that I issued to the group:<br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><strong>"April Showers bring May Flowers"</strong></div><br /><div align="center"><br /></div><em>"Since April is supposed to be a rainy month in most of the country, I thought we would try a "water" challenge. My challenge to you is to incorporate water in some way on your card. It can be rain, puddles, ocean, sea, beach, lake, bathtub or anything else you can think of. In addition to the water, I want you to use ribbon, brads and patterned paper on your card. I can't wait to see your creations and I hope you all enjoy this month's challenge."</em><br /><br />One of my favorite current Stampin Up! sets is Open Sea, so I had to use that set for this month's challenge. The Designer Series Paper, Nautical Expedition, that I used is retired but was released at the same time as the Open Sea set and coordinates perfectly with it.<br /><br /><br /><br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5727788895718212994" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH95fQgUHyFCqZx0mSyA-xbEeRGHBcmSsAzkc0OOplmzKFLpq9TuedA2yLTAy24yja6UynN33NcTJ2uu4MW_dhpM8VCSsV9euIZwfc777mEknKJnmO-Dpfyy8gBVAEzEjdhcBYq_72wxg8/s400/100_3600.JPG" />The base of the card is Cherry Cobbler. I layered it with a piece of Crumb Cake stamped with Not Quite Navy. The DSP is layered onto Not Quite Navy. I stamped the ship on Very Vanilla (even though it looks like Whisper White in the photo!) and layered it onto to Not Quite Navy. I wanted to use the ribbon in a more masculine way, so I just wrapped it around the card stock and did not make a bow. I used some blue brads to finish off the card. If you would like to see the other Crafty Gals' creations for this month, please visit their blogs. There are links to all their blogs along the right side of this page. Thanks for visiting.Diane Clark-Suttonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05190162570258367783noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7548256078655858415.post-48070256019652334152012-03-22T13:30:00.006-07:002012-03-22T13:43:08.745-07:00Pengiuns in Springtime<img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5722824019100902962" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGAGUdmpqAXxgRdn90vDCbwTgBlfP5AFGDndammxlkv0MCZ2ZuQULJ_TJlSUkEWABaIQU2rhXXbrzOjdreiP8anfp5TgEjVWgzqVmi-_NtyU70uIf32DExcOMBrUfE-Z75lFt4qOm5Pqyg/s400/100_3599.JPG" />This is a card I had to do for my Stamperscorner Yahoo Group COTM. The theme was penguins. So even though Spring has sprung and it is almost 70 degrees in Los Angeles today, I present you with pengiuns. I used this weeks Splitcoaststampers sketch of the week, SC377. I turned it sideways and used a stamp from Cat's Pajamas. The card base is Marina Mist cardstock. I used some patterned paper from my mile high stash for the two horizontal panels. I'm not sure who makes it but they are layered on top of Night of Navy cardstock. I also used my polka dot embossing folder and Nestibilities and half pearls to finish the card. I colored the hat, scarfs and sled with my Prismas and baby oil. I hope you enjoy the card and thanks for visiting.Diane Clark-Suttonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05190162570258367783noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7548256078655858415.post-57413882184174485292012-03-05T13:27:00.009-08:002012-03-05T15:16:55.710-08:00Crafty Gals March Monthly ChallengeIt's that time again for the Crafty Gals Blog Group's Monthly Challenge. Our fearless leader, Melina, is the hostess this month and she issued the following challenge:<br /><br /><span style="color:#33cc00;">"NOT LUCK......BLESSINGS!"</span><br /><span style="color:#33cc00;">Okay, so this month we celebrate St. Patty's day. Well, some of us do. I never have gotten into it that much even though I have some Irish blood in me. I guess my thing is I don't believe in luck. I believe in blessings. So, I love saying "Have a blessed day" when I'm out and about on St. Patty's Day! LOL!So, my challenge for you is to create a project whatever you'd like, a card, scrap page, 3D item, etc....using these things:</span><br /><span style="color:#33cc00;">1. 2 different shades of green.</span><br /><span style="color:#33cc00;">2. Make the sentiment a "blessings" or "thankfulness" theme.</span><br /><span style="color:#33cc00;">3. A Nature element somewhere on your creation. Examples: plant, sun, flower, grass, etc image and/or use patterned paper with plants, grass etc.....Any Natural element you can think of on your project. </span><br /><span style="color:#33cc00;">I want you to really go "green" on this challenge!</span> <img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5716538097442791778" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhasins4TfSYKjaXxdxvWVcWH7Gk6-wvn5a2aZafdD1TYswHzdtChs8TQtCKINxnrloLMAZ9nN6V_EWvayvCo4N7Jc_Jquywi-MjlPGyp1WkUbv9r0OzRb05PYKaj_UvWcKtY5XhfChJbUi/s400/100_3474.JPG" /><span style="color:#000000;">So for this challenge I used one of my favorite retired SU! stamp sets, Terrific Tulips. I love two-step stamps when I don't want to color. I used this weeks OWH sketch, #111, that is posted on their <a href="http://www.owhstarsandstripes.org/">http://</a><a href="http://www.owhstarsandstamps.org/">www.owhstarsandstamps.org</a><a href="http://www.owhstarsandstripes.org/">/</a> website. I stamped the flowers in Melon Mambo and Regal Rose and the stems with Old Olive and Certainly Celery. I embossed a layer of Certainly Celery cardstock with the Textile Cuttlebug embossing folder and layered that onto a piece of white cardstock. I used Old Olive card stock to layered the image panel and the banners. I also used SU! DSP on the banners. The "Thank You" sentiment is from the SU! Upsy Daisy set. I used my Old Olive marker to only ink the part of the stamp that I wanted. Thank you for looking!</span>Diane Clark-Suttonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05190162570258367783noreply@blogger.com20