July Card Chain Challenge Reveal

Reveal Time for the Card Chain Challenge

When the challenge is announced, I'm always wondering what option I will go with and rarely is it the color palette or sketch option. I haven't used my embossing folders for awhile and so that became the first product I searched for.  I did make a sky recently and couldn't find this folder for the life of me. It was right where it was supposed to be, so I grabbed it before it escaped again.

Why don't you join us?  Sign up here, 
but be sure to mail your homemade card!

I went for dry embossing and friendship.

Front of shadow card with the cloud embossed background

Close up - hard to see that second level which is a table & empty chairs

Back of shadow card - since you have to die cut a piece out of the front, I just used the cut piece as a place to write a small message and color stamped girl.

Supplies:
My Favorite Things Shadow Box Die-namics
Scrappy Tails Flower Shop Stamp - sentiment & flower lady on card back
Scrappy Tails Coffee Shop Stamps & dies - man & woman at table

Scrappy Tails J'adores Valentines Day Card Kit - lamp post & table & chairs in back of the main table

Elizabeth Craft Designs Cloud embossing folder

Distress ink Broken China
Waffle Flower Shader 1+ Double ended brushes

Copic markers

Vagabond die cut machine

A Box Card and a House for Scrappy Tails

It's Monday and time to wake up and craft! 
I not only made one card, but two cards.  This post is picture heavy!

A little bit of glitter can go a long way.  I made a box card with one die set and filled it to the brim with some of the goodies from just one other Scrappy Tails set.
I love this box card die.

A glimpse from the left side

A glimpse from the right side

Close up of front of box

Second card is a HOUSE, yes a house!

Front of house folded to go in an envelope

Side and front of house with gold glittering lit lamp post.

Back and other side of house two golden glittery lit lamp posts.

A little table and cupcake rack inside.

Supplies Both cards:
Copic markers
Vagabond die cut machine
Stickles Glitter

Supplies Card #1

Scrappy Tails A7 Decorative Pop Up Box Craft Die

Scrappy Tails German Winter Village Coordinating Craft Die

Scrappy Tails

Stickles Diamond glitter

Supplies: Card #2

Scrappy Tails A7 Storefront Pop Up Card Metal Craft Die

Scrappy Tails A7 Flower Shop Add On Metal Craft Die

Scrappy Tails A7 Storefront - Coffee Shop Add On Metal Craft Die

Stickles Gold Glitter

I'm entering the following challenges:

Christmas Cards All Year Long Different themes - all Xmas 5/5

Merry Little Christmas Challenge (always Anything Christmas Goes) 4 of 8

The 12 months of Christmas challenge - "Anything Goes" 

NBUS (Never-Before-Used-Schtuff)  The HOUSE

Peace on Earth Xmas "Anything Goes"

Be sure to visit Die Cut Divas challenge to add glitter.

Find a Little Time for a Day of the Month challenge

Just a reminder to join the Day of the Month Card Club challenge. 
It is National U.S. Postage Stamp Day.  

You can do this, because I did.  My first card was totally different from the card below, which utilizes the Postage Collage die and some different fun stamps. So take out those postage type dies and have some fun and join the challenge.

Supplies:
Waffle Flower Postage Collage Die
Scrappy Tails Santa's Workshop stamps & coordinating dies (Happy Holidays)

My Favorite Things Price Tag ($10 & $15)
My Favorite Things Stuffed Santa stamps & dies no longer available  

Altenew  Dynamic Duo Snowy Delight & add-on die bundle (Wishes, Kisses & snowman)

Copic markers
Aleene's True Snow

Scrap paper from another project
Vagabond die cut machine

I'm entering the following challenges:
Polkadoodle's Craft Challenge "Anything Goes"
Gem of a Challenge - "Anything Goes"                       
Classic Design - ATG 

Love To Scrap Challenge (always Anything Goes) 3/8 #168

A Perfect Time to Craft - Anything Goes Unlimited #7-2024

Christmas Cards All Year Long all Xmas

The 12 months of Christmas challenge - "Anything Goes"  Kat Scrappiness Christmas in July challenge * Die cuts, Stamps, snow & mainly red & green

Unicorn Not Square

 

Old Dies But Never Used Die

 Yes, indeed, I've had this die for years, but never used it. I really played around with the trees, using them under the cover die cut and over it too.  I mixed old and new, enjoying the mix of the new car with the old dies.

Supplies:
Brass and Bliss (used to be Rubbernecker) Evergreen Tree die cuts
Brass and Bliss (used to be Rubbernecker) Tree Panel #3 die
Impression Obsession dies Birch Trees - little birds
Scrappy Tails Christmas Postcard and Tag Stamp & die cut (car & sentiment)
Copic markers
Wink of Stella on Trees and on outside border which doesn't photograph at all 

Red Glitter paper

Pinkpaislee Merry & Bright "Wish List" paper (patterned paper under the die cuts

Vagabond die cut machine

I'm entering this card into the following challenges:
Christmas Kickstart Challenge #88 

Love To Scrap Challenge #168 (always Anything Goes) 4/8

Love to Craft Challenge #81 1/8 Christmas Cards All Year Long all Xmas Anything Goes 4/5

Merry Little Christmas Challenge (always Anything Christmas Goes) 3/8

Peace on Earth Xmas "Always Christmas (Love those patterned papers NBUS #64 Never Before Used Schtuff - Cover die

Back with a Craft Roulette Card

 We've Got Parameters!
I was able to play along with Craft Roulette this weekend.

Project: Dutch Door (house has a Dutch door)
Colors: Gnomes (mostly browns)
Element : Movie (The Aristocats by Walt Disney)
Building Blocks (lines across the wood building)

Another Christmas card with an easel card.  It really is so easy to make this pop up easel card and I've made some really different (I don't want to say strange) houses since I bought this fantastic die. I've paired the Poppy Stamps house with some new stamps and I must say, I find it so much fun to look at it.  

Card standing up (full view) 

Close up of the House

Even closer

Closest shot - you can really see the blocks of wood here on the 2nd floor

I really do love this

Supplies:
Poppy Stamps Winter House Pop Up Easel Set Craft Die
Scrappy Tails Winter Village (stamps out of stock & matching dies
My Favorite Things BB Sittin' Pretty Stamps and matching dies (plant)
My Favorite Things Winter Kittens stamps and matching dies
Glitter Paper for roof
Copic markers
Patterned paper - wood look
Vagabond die cut machine
I think the sentiment is from Elizabeth Craft Designs

I'm entering the following challenges:
Lost Coast Portal To Creativity #187
Christmas Cards All Year Long Different themes - all Xmas Merry Little Christmas Challenge (always Anything Christmas Goes) 3 of 8 The 12 months of Christmas challenge - "Anything Goes" 
NBUS (Never-Before-Used-Schtuff) Kittens stamps & dies #64
Kat Scrappiness Christmas in July challenge Die cuts, Stamps, add snow.
Peace on Earth Xmas "Always Christmas & patterned paper #67

June Card Chain Challenge Reveal

 First, the picture, then the parameters!

I think these flowers say "Summer", a Theme option with a "Thinking of You" Friendship option. I decided I wanted to go with summer as it's already been 104 degrees, Fahrenheit here.  We know for sure that summer has arrived in California.  

We'd love to have you join the group.

Supplies:

An old stamp
Enamel Dot

I'm entering the following challenges:
Polkadoodle's Craft Challenge "Anything Goes"
Gem of a Challenge - "Anything Goes"                       
Classic Design - ATG 

Love To Scrap Challenge (always Anything Goes) 1of8 #168

A Perfect Time to Craft - Anything Goes UNLimited #7-2024

Crafts Galore Encore - "Anything goes"

Welcome To a Scrappy Tails Card

Welcome to a Scrappy Tails house card.  I love the two Christmas sets of Santa's Workshop and German Winter Village because they can really complement each other.   last card this month using Scrappy Tails products and I have really enjoyed these products.  Be sure to enter the Die Cut Divas' challenge to add glitter.

The object of the Die Cut Diva's challenge is to add glitter.  This card is a larger than normal size for me - 5" X 6 1/2" card.  I bought these at a local craft store years ago and now I needed one for my larger house and it worked out even better than I thought.  I had a slimline star studded pack of paper in different colors and after putting my large colored house on the different colors, I chose a dark green color (it looks aqua here, but it isn't).  I die cut white hills to cover up the bottom of the card.  I must say, even though it's an unusual colored sky, it fits.  I added glitter to the Christmas tree tops and along the die-cut hills.

Supplies:
Scrappy Tails Santa's Workshop (Large House)

Scrappy Tails German Winter Village stamps (out of stock) & dies
Elizabeth Craft Designs Adventure Edges (for the snow hills)

Kat Scrappiness Star Lights Jewel slimline paper - no longer available

Stickles - Yellow & Crystal
Nuvo Crystal Drops Gloss Simply White and Red Berry
Wink of Stella (on the windows)

Copic markers
Aleene's True Snow (I use a toothpick to layer the snow)

Vagabond die cut machine

I'm entering the following challenges:

Christmas Cards All Year Long Different themes - all Xmas

Merry Little Christmas Challenge (always Anything Christmas Goes) 1 of 8

Peace on Earth Xmas "Always Christmas & Anything Goes" #66 The 12 months of Christmas challenge - "Anything Goes" 

Polkadoodle's Craft Challenge "Anything Goes"
Gem of a Challenge - "Anything Goes"                       
Creatalicious  "Anything Goes" NBUS (Never-Before-Used-Schtuff) Large house #64
Kat Scrappiness Christmas in July challenge * Die cuts, Holiday tree (Christmas Tree), Stamps & add snow.

Lots of Dies on this Card

Yet again, I was able to enter Craft Roulette challenge

Project: Holiday (summer holiday)
Colors: Tropics (greens orange, brown)
Element: Wheels (scooter has wheels)
Random: Geometric Shape(s) (scallop, rectangle, circle)

If you look at my list of supplies, you may be wondering how I used the Postage Collage die in this card.  Here's what I did.

1. Cut an 8" by 11 1/2" Copic paper into 4 quarters

2. Center the Postage Collage Die in the center of the quarter paper & tape to paper 

3. Die cut and keep both the outside outline & the regular die cut

4.  Use the outside outline to frame any A2 card

I've had the calendar picture for years and it worked out so well as the background for a tropical holiday card.  I added some palm trees and what's better than a scooter to get around on an island for your summer holidays?

Supplies:
Scrappy Tails Santa's Workshop matching stamps & dies
Waffle Flower: Postage Collage Die
Elizabeth Craft Designs
Old Calendar page
Copic markers
Crystal Drops Copper Penny
Vagabond die cut machine

I'm entering the following challenges

Mix It Up Challenge Blog Anything Goes” w opt twist 4/8

DL. ART "Anything Goes 

A Perfect Time to Craft - Anything Goes (unlimited)

Crafts Galore Encore - "Anything goes" 2/3

Scrapping for Fun Anything Goes 3/4

 

Spin That Wheel!

 Spin That Wheel!

On May 31st, that wheel went round and round at Craft Roulette and the results are:

Project: A2 size card (this is an A2 size card)
Colors: French Cafe (colors of French flag - blue, white, red)
Element: June (riding a scooter, walking a dog)
Random: Polka Dots (Chic lady's shirt)

I really had a lot of fun with this one.  I had just received this set about a week or so before, so this is the first time using it.  I put glossy accents all over the scooter and the chic lady's shoes while I spread Wink of Stella across the sky.  I left the bottom under the Eiffel Tower glitter free. The sentiment says "Paris is always a good idea".

Supplies:

Scrappy Tails J'adore (Paris Besties) stamps & die bundle
Copic markers

Blue cardstock
Hero Hues Enamel Dots - clear
Altenew enamel dots Essential Black and White (stars & hearts)
Vagabond die cut machine

Another Challenge With Craft Roulette

After I found a stamp set that I wanted to use, everything seemed to come together.  I had been stuck on the charm category.  Below, you can see the categories we had to work with, not too bad at all, right?

Project: A2 Card - this is an A2 sized card
Colors: Baseball Game - Jersey colors, ground, sky
Element: Number(s) - on the round stamp, bottom left

Random: Charm(s) - made up the charm from paper lined with gold pen 

In spite of all the images, I think it turned out pretty simple.  One of my favorite dies right now is the Postage Collage die and I love pairing it with some of the Scrappy Tails stamps.  I received the stamp & die set on Wednesday and this is the first time using these cute Winter stamps.  The tag was die cut 3 times, once with the stamped image and twice with just the die.  I layered them and am using this for my charm.  Tracing the tag makes it looks like a charm, which is the closest I came to having a charm on hand.  After coloring, I used some Aleene's True Snow to give some dimension.  

Supplies:
Waffle Flower Postage Collage Die Postage Collage Die
Scrappy Tails Postcard and Tag Stamp & die bundle
Waffle Flower Shader 1+ double endedShader 1+ double ended brush
Copic markers
Distress Oxide Ink Antique Linen
Gold pen
Vagabond die cut machine 

I'm entering the following challenges:
NBUSNBUS #62 
Merry Little Christmas Challenge (always Anything Christmas Goes) #56 Peace on Earth Xmas "Always Christmas & Anything Goes" #64 The 12 months of Christmas challenge - "Anything goesAnything goes" #110 no elves

April's Card Chain Challenge Reveal

Enjoy exchanging Cards across the world and give yourself a little challenge.

See what choices we had to make our cards and where to find the Card Chain Challenge here!

 

I chose a pop-up card, of course.  I've made Christmas houses, haunted houses and now I think I've a young couple's house or else someone who likes a lot of dots. I cut the two people in the windows from a Scrappy Tails Coffee Shop stamped die-cut (the couple sitting at the table).  

I laid the layers out so I could take a before and after picture.  I thought I needed to put something in the windows, but looking at this photo, I think I may have been wrong.  Oh well, too late now.

I do like this too.  I usually don't add a different color door, but I thought this house needed it.  I just cut the door out with the die and hand cut down one side of the door where it hinges.  The blue cardstock is the same in the before and after photos.  The first photo didn't catch the full light.  The picture below shows how light this cardstock is and it's gorgeous. Yes, I do like this house too.  Sigh.  LOL

Supplies:
Poppy Stamps Winter House Pop-Up Easel Set Craft Die
Scrappy Tails Flower Shop stamps & dies - only one flower 
Scrappy Tails Coffee Shop stamps and dies - most of the items in the windows
Copic markers

Vagabond die cut machine

Paper in stash

I'm entering the following challenges:

Love to Craft Challenge ‘ “Always Anything Goes”

Mix It Up Challenge Blog "Anything Goes” no opt twist with this one

SheepSki Deisngs  "Anything Goes"

Let's Craft and Create  Baby Blue

March Card Chain Challenge Reveal

Card Chain Challenge

I hopped on making this card right away because I had the perfect die to use for "Postal" 
I've been trying out my new Postage Collage die lately, so I almost didn't read past "postal", but I think I've combined Friendship with postal and maybe went a little "postal" 

I kept this on my desk for several days because I just really loved the
Spring colors so much.  

Supplies:
Waffle Flower Postage Collage Die
Scrappy Tails Store Front Sentiment (part of Complete Flower Shop bundle)
Scrappy Tails Flower Shop stamps & dies (also part of Complete Flower Shop bundle)

Copic markers

Vagabond die cut machine

I'm entering the following challenges:

Mix It Up Challenge Blog Anything Goes” #70 (not doing opt twist)
The Creative Crafters "Anything Goes" 74

Classic Design - ATG with option of 4 legged friends - no friends LOL

Ally's Angels  "Anything Goes"  #80

Love to Craft Challenge ‘ “Always Anything Goes” #79

Beautiful Blossoms Anything Florals Goes  - not doing option

Crafts Galore Encore - "Anything goes"

Another Card Using Craft Roulette Wheel Choices

Yes, I played yet again with what the Wheel threw at us.  The Wheel could have been cruel, but it was kind this week. 

39th submission Project: A2 card and that's what this card is Colors: Ice Cream Store - I could eat the umbrella, especially pistachio ice cream Element: Tasty or Tastes - Pastries & Tea for me Random: Add a Banner - and I did - maybe short but it's there. LOL

Supplies: Waffle Flower Postage Collage Die
Scrappy Tails Coffee Shop stamp & die set Waffle Flower Shader brushes 1+- Double ended (I love these) Distress Oxide ink Fossilized Amber Copic markers Vagabond die cut machine

I'm entering the following challenges:

Creative Moments - "Anything Goes" #256                                     
Gem of a Challenge - "Anything Goes" Wk 6                         
Creatalicious  "Anything Goes" 275 Cardz for Galz   Spring flowers with dies or punches

Birthday Card for February

Craft Roulette 

February 16, 2024 Parameters
Project: 5"X7" card 
Colors: Formal & Informal: 
(Black on wheels & Gem = formal. Girl on bike = informal.)
Element: Warm colors in background
Random: Crisscross - hashmarks on baskets on bike
I cut two sets of the Waffle Flower Postage Collage Die, then cut off the end of one and added it to this 5 X 7 inch card to extend the background. The aquamarine gem in the girls hair was in a bag of gems, no idea what brand they are.
I used the Waffle Flower shader brushes (double ended) and found I really like these for getting into small spaces.  They feel so soft and I love them.
I couldn't post this until I was sure my friend had received it.

35th submission

Supplies:
Scrappy Tails Flower Shop
Sunny Studio - the hearts
Waffle Flower Shader Brush 1 plus - double ended
Birds - not sure what company
Happy Birthday from Linda, DT

Distress inks Antique Linen & I think Scattered Straw
Copic markers
Waffle Flower Hello Friend Sentiments stamps & matching dies
Waffle Flower Postage Collage Die 
Vagabond die cut machine

Go Wild With A Birthday Card For My Granddaughter

I was playing along with the categories from Craft Roulette which were:
Project: Gift Card
Colors Coffee Shop
Element: Go Wild
Random: Add a number(s)

I then thought these categories, plus a new die set I purchased were perfect for my granddaughter's birthday card.  I added a die cut with the sentiment "Happy Birthday" on the back of the card and I did put a gift card in and mailed it off to her.   I think she will find it fun and especially nice for the holidays.

I took three photos and made a collage to show all the elements.

Close up of the number, coffee colors (browns & orange),  and "Wild" parameters.

Close up of those cute chefs

Close up of the brown & black restaurant gift card in back of the last check. (shhhh,  this is not the gift card that finally made it into the slot).

Some Supplies:
Scrappy Tails A7 Decorative Pop Up Box Craft die
My Favorite Things BB Recipe for Happiness stamps and dies
Lawn Fawn Diagonal Gift Card Pocket

Copic markers
Scrap paper

Vagabond die cut machine

I'm entering the following challenges:

Love to Craft Challenge ‘ “Always Anything Goes” #77

Mix It Up Challenge Blog Anything Goes”

DL. ART "Anything Goes"
A Perfect Time to Craft "Anything Goes" #11-2023
NBUS - Never Before Used Schtuff #56