Paper craft project no. 484: Be the game changer

Been a while since I made something just for the fun of entering a few challenges. Found a little time this morning. DH is on baby duty and took the Kat to town to do some shopping and also so I could get some sleep (been up since yesterday afternoon). Needed to relax for a few minutes so I decided to make this one layer card. Been itching to ink up the new Trendy Butterflies 2 set I designed. I colored the large butterfly with yellow, orange, and red BIC markers and then stamped the sentiment from Noteworthy 2. 

I get a bit philosophical when I'm sleep deprived and I think the sentiment goes rather well with that bright, colorful butterfly. You know...in a world full of butterflies (or you can insert whatever noun you want here), be the butterfly that shakes things up, the butterfly that's different from all the rest, the butterfly that dances (or flutters) to its own rhythm, the butterfly that doesn't merely follow the rules of the games but adds something interesting to the game...k, I think I better stop and go to bed :o)

Anyway, I had a few challenges in mind when I was creating this:

• Less Is More #314 - use 3 adjacent colors (mine's yellow, orange, and red); and happy 6th birthday to the good LIM folk!
• Addicted to Stamps and More #227 - Make your mark (I used BIC markers)
• Craft Stamper Take It Make It - Anything Goes Stamping Challenge

Thanks for stopping by! Don't forget to smile :o)

Paper craft project no. 323: You're an awesome friend one layer card

Hello! Here's a CAS one layer card I made using a fun stenciling technique. I used a stencil I designed plus drywall tape :o) You'll find my step-by-step photo tutorial for this card over at the STAMPlorations blog.

My card also serves as a reminder card for the current challenge over at The Mixed Media Card Challenge, where this month's theme is "new" (I made this card for a new friend). In addition to stamps and inks, I used a stencil, drywall tape, and watercolor brush markers so the card meets the basic definition of a mixed media card as explained here. Hope you can play with us -- there's still over a week left to play!

Linking up my card to these fun challenges:

1. Virginia's View Challenge #11 - Clean Slate
2. Less is More #206 - One Layer Cards, New Beginnings (this card is going to a new friend!)
3. Addicted to Stamps and More #127 - Make Your Mark (I used a watercolor brush pen and sponges)
4. Just Us Girls #275 - Trend Week: Stencil

Thanks so much for stopping by!

~Shery

Supplies: Stamps - Sugar Rush, Bold Sentiments: Hashtag Authentic from STAMPlorations; Inks/Paints - Jet Black Archival ink, Broken China, Faded Jeans, Chipped Sapphire, Peeled Paint, and Pine Needlies Distress inks from Ranger, Akashiya Sai Japanese watercolor brush pen; Stencil - Bold Florals from ARTplorations ; Paper - 100# classic white premium heavy weight cardstock from Paper and More; Other - drywall tape, painter's tape, corner rounder punch

Paper craft project no. 318: Fa la la la la la la la la one layer card

Over at Time Out Challenges, we're doing the Inspired by Words challenge for the next two weeks. This time around, it's "Christmas is Love with All the Trimmings." The challenge is pretty easy: create a project inspired by that line. Take a word or two or a few, and then create! Done making Christmas cards for the year? You can just go with "love" and create a Valentine's day card. Really, it's up to you how you'll be inspired by the phrase. We have one of my absolute favorite cardmakers, Shirley of shirley-bee's stamping stuff, guest designing with us! I hope you can stop by the blog, check out the awesome cards my teammates made, and play along!

To make my card, I inked up my brush stroke stamp and stamped the widest part of the tree. For the next one, I covered both sides with post-it notes before stamping again, and then I repeated that until I got to the top part of the tree. I inked the same stamp with brown ink to create the trunk. For my "star", I took mustard seed Distress paint and simply made a big dot then dragged a palette knife to create the "rays". I stamped the sentiment in black ink. I spattered a bit of fired brick Distress ink to finish the card. This was an easy, quick, and fun one layer card to make!

Linking up my card to these fun challenges:

1. Addicted to Stamps & More #126 - Anything Goes with an Optional Twist (I skipped the twist, but I'm hoping I can get another card in with it before the challenge closes!)
2. CASology #126 - Snow (the white areas on my brush stroke Christmas tree look like snow)
3. Deep Ocean Challenge #93 - Christmas is all around
4. Tuesday Throwdown #225 - Christmas
5. Cards in Envy - Christmas Carols (mine's Deck the Halls -- I bet you won't be able to look at my card without singing the fa-la-la -- and yes, I stamped the right number of "la-la" in there LOL!)
6. Simon Says Wednesday - Winter Inspiration (I went with the snowy forest in the top left)

 

Thanks for stopping by!

~Shery

Supplies: Stamps - Vignette: Celebrate Artsy, Joyful from STAMPlorations; Inks/Paints - Sage and Sparrow Mix'd Media Chox from Clearsnap; Jet Black Archival, Fired Brick Distress Ink, and Mustard Seed Distress Paint from Ranger; Paper - 100# Classic White Premium Heavy Weight Cardstock from Paper and More