Why, Hello There!

(FWF post is the next post down)

I think that fall is here! Either that, or the weather is just toying with me. If it's here, wow it comes early in Wisconsin! It's 57 degrees here. Nice, huh?
I made this card for the CardPatterns sketch #79, and I'm actually getting it submitted on time for a change!

Supplies Used: Jillibean Soup, Unity Stamp Co., Taylored Expressions, SEI buttons, May Arts Ribbon, Fiskars Border Punch, Bazzil thread If you are having fall weather right now too, I hope you are enjoying it!
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Scene It!

Happy Friday and Friends with Flair. Today I mixed and matched different stamps and used the masking technique to create a fun little scene card.

Stamps Used: House, Tree, and Sentiment (Another Sweet Day), Clothesline (Perfect in Every Way), Bicycle (Following My Heart), Clouds (A Pocket Full Of...) I actually used more stamps for the scene, but then I decided to cut it down to a square 4.5" card. It was good call, because the card was getting a little too busy. I used one of my biggest enemies (the STICKLES) to embellish it and did a little paper piercing on the word "home" with some Jillibean Soup patterned paper. Don't forget to go to the Unity blog to see the other blogs participating in Friends with Flair.Or go to Jennie's blog next!
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New Techniques

Here are the other two cards that I made for VSN (plus a practice card). They were new techniques for me. The first technique was to make a tent-fold card. My first attempt took me a lot longer then 45 minutes. I cut and folded a few things incorrectly, my sewing machine jammed, and so on and so forth. So I had to make a second card to submit. The second one went a lot more smoothly.

This is the one that I submitted.

The other technique that I tried was the Wax Paper Cuttlebug Resist. I had a hard time getting a good photo because of the glossy paper, and it was dark when I took the picture.

I learned how to make these cards by using the Resource page on Splitcoast. TONS of information here!
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Happy First Day of School!

I know in a lot of places, school has already started. However, around here they don't start until this week. I was asked to make a first day of kindergarten card for a grandma to give to her grandchildren (how sweet is that?!). I wasn't quite sure how I wanted to make it, so I looked in the SCS gallery for inspiration. I found this card and loved it. So this is my version of the card. I absolutely love how it turned out!

This card is a lot more detailed then I usually make. I masked the school house and put the little trees behind it. Then I colored and cut out the scene that I created.

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Summertime Foods and Camping

Splitcoast hosted a VSN over the weekend. VSN stands for Virtual Stamp Night (although it's generally a weekend), and challenges are posted every hour for you to play along. The catch is that you only have 45 minutes to finish each card. For somebody like me who is sloooooow, that's a challenge. Here's the first card I made. It was to be inspired by food in the summertime. I love to have barbecue's in the summer, so I made this card.

The second challenge that I did was to be inspired by camping. Well, you should know -- I hate camping. To me, roughing it would be a Holiday Inn. I also don't feel like something that's used as a table during the day should be a bed at night. But I know there are tons of "crazies" out there that enjoy this activity. ;) So here is my card inspired by this crazy thing called camping.

 
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