Scor-Pal & Hampton Art Extra

Thanks for stopping by my blog today!  We are nearing the end the of Scor-Pal and Hampton Art Feature Week.  If you haven't seen what the rest of the design team created, be sure to visit the Scor-Pal blog.  While you are there, check out the work of the Hampton Art team!!

I created a modified gate fold card.  I like the simplicity and the uniqueness of making the fold just a bit off center. 

You will want to start with a 5 1/2" by 8 1/2" piece of card stock placed into your Scor-Pal.  Make sure that you have the 8 1/2" side up against the top fence. 

First, score at 2 1/2" and then score again at 6 3/4".

Next, burnish you folds with your Scor-Tool. 

Finally, decorate your off set gate fold card.  I used the Hampton Art set called Home Tweet Home for my sentiment, birds and birdcage.  I also used some Colorbox Archival Dye Ink to stamp and watercolor my images.  I used the colors named Wicked Black, Mudslide, Mermaid and Putty. 

Thanks for stopping by and don't forget to see the two projects on the Scor-Pal blog tomorrow that finish off the Scor-Pal & Hampton Art Feature Week.

Details - Stamps: Home Tweet Home (Hampton Art); Paper: Very Vanilla, Early Espresso, Spice Cake dp, Elegant Soiree dp; Ink: Wicked Black (Hampton Art), Mudslide (Hampton Art), Putty (Hampton Art), Mermaid (Hampton Art); Accessories: Scor-Pal, Scor-Tool, Aqua Painter, Apron Border die, adhesive, corner chomper, square punch. 



 

Scor-Pal and Hampton Art Blog Hop

We have another great week planned for you!!  Starting today, the Scor-Pal Design Team is working in conjunction with the Hampton Art team and their great products.  There will be six full days of fabulous projects and tutorials.  Don't forget to stop by the Scor-Pal blog each day for your daily dose of fun!

Before I go, I'll leave you with a little peak at what you can expect from me!

Have a wonderful day!

Friends and Scrapbooking

Hey there!  Happy Monday and happy Veterans Day to each and every person who has served for our country.  My grandfather is a World War II veteran so I will be calling him and thanking him personally. 

 

If you have been here before, you know that Monday around these parts is time for a new Friends of Speedy TV challenge, number 46.  Today we are all making scrapbook pages.  I am a card maker through and through, but I couldn't back down from a challenge.  I didn't do a traditional 12" x 12" page,but a 6" x 6" page that I thought I could manage. 

 

My scrapbook page revolves around my daughter who wanted to be a witch this Halloween.  I painted her face and thought I was going overboard with the crazy eyebrows until she offered up this pose before we actually headed out for her cousin's house.  In a crazy stroke of good luck, the red eye was extreme, making her look all the more wicked.  She didn't have her broom in this shot, so I stamped, colored and cut out the broom from I'm Going Batty for her page.  The Happy Halloween! sentiment comes from Vroom.  The fancy letters are from Garden Art.  My daughter's name is Raven, so I just turned the "A" from garden upside down to create my "V". 

 

Now don't forget, Mark's Finest Papers offers up a prize for each challenge.  Won't you create a page with us?

 

Please let me know what you think because this is my second scrapbook page in eight years.  Thanks for stopping by!

 

Details - Stamps: Garden Art (MFP), Vroom (MFP), I'm Going Batty (MFP); Paper: Basic Black, Snow Storm Smooth, Recollections Halloween dp; Ink: Tuxedo Black; Accessories: Circle punches, paper snips, Copic Markers, dimensional adhesive, Spellbinders Shapeabilities Spider Web.

Favorites, An Honor

Good Sunday morning!  You know it's been a great stamping weekend when your peers select three of you five VSN cards to end up in the Favorites thread on Splitcoaststampers.  Woohoo!  I'm feeling especially honored as one of my cards made it into both the General Favorites and the CAS Favorites!  Don't hesitate to do some stamping this long weekend.  Even though the VSN challenges went live Friday night, you can play and upload until Monday10PM EST.  That's lot of time left!  This card is the first one I made Friday night for Lisa's Hot Beverage challenge.  Even though these look like teacups, you will have to imagine them filled with coffee as that's my hot beverage of choice. 

My card is a pretty simple card and I used the first CAS(E) this Sketch! blog sketch.  Wow, the sketches put out by this team have been really amazing.  So glad I found the blog.

 

 

Thanks for stopping by!  I'm off to check out challenges for today and get some more crafting in before hubby returns from camping!

 

Details - Stamps: Wake Up (Paper Smooches); Paper: Sweet Tooth White; Ink: Tuxedo Black; Accessories: Scor-Pal, Copic Markers, corner chomper.

 

Comfy and Cozy VSN

I just love VSN!  It's a great opportunity for me to explore my stamp stash and just create with whatever strikes my fancy!  This card is the one I created for the kick off challenge of the mini VSN.  Misti challenged crafters to create a card based on a cute photo of a stack of fabrics!  I drew my colors, textures and images from the fabrics.  It was a hoot!  I felt like my card needed a bit more softening and sparkle, so I rounded my corners and added some rhinestones.  I have recently discover the CAS(E) this Sketch! blog, so I used the most current sketch for this card. 

 

Here's a look at the original sketch.  I have my second scallop in there, it's just a bit obscured by my mitten strings!  Thanks for stopping by and have a fabulous weekend.  The sun is shining here and I have just a bit of work to do outside before I'm free to get my craft on!

Details - Stamps: Warm Winter Wishes (Flourishes); Paper:  Sweet Tooth White, Pool Party, Pretty in Pink; Ink: Tuxedo Black, Pool Party; Accessories: Copic Markers, 1/2" circle punch, Copic multiliner, Stripes ef, corner chomper, Recollections rhinestones, paper snips, dimensional adhesive.

 

Using Thanks

I just thought I would drop by with my card from yesterday.  You see, this week I am the hostess for the Ways To Use It challenge.  November is a month for gratitude and thanks and Veteran's Day is just around the corner here.  In Canada, Remembrance Day is coming too (so my Canadian stamping friends told me).  I combined both ideas into my one card and used a sketch from a new sketch blog, CAS(E) this Sketch!  My card is fairly simple with one layer and a four different stamps.  I think it works though.

Just a quickie post today, as there is VSN tonight and I want to get back to stamping!!

 

Thanks for stopping by!

 

Details  - Stamps: A Little Round (Technique Tuesday), Making A Statement (Verve); Paper: Sweet Tooth White; Ink: Basic Gray, Cherry Cobbler, Baja Breeze; Accessories: Corner Chomper.

Anything Goes With Friends

Hello again and welcome to Monday!  I'm here with another Friends of Speedy TV challenge.  This week we are up to challenge number 45 and it is a free for all.  This week, anything goes.  While I was sitting at my desk, I just waited for inspiration to strike.  I thumbed through my wonderful Mark's Finest Paper stamps and New Pines jumped out at me.  Suddenly, I felt a clean and simple Christmas card coming on.  I grabbed a sentiment from the new Poinsettia Blooms set and away I went. 

I stamped my trees first and colored them.  Then I stamped over them again with Versamark and embossed with a glittery embossing powder.  Then I cut out my snowbanks and used the same embossing powder just on the top crust of my snow.  A handful of rhinestones and a stamped sentiment finish off my card! 

Don't forget to play along with this wide open challenge!  You know that Mark's Finest Papers is a generous company and there is a prize up for grabs, specifically the Christmas Bridge stamp set.  

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

Details - Stamps: New Pines (MFP), Poinsettia Blooms (MFP); Paper: Sweet Tooth White, Night of Navy; Ink: Always Artichoke, Tuxedo Black, Versamark; Accessories: paper snips, Iridesdent Ice ep, heat tool, Recollections rhinestones, stampin' dimensionals.