Clearly Dollar Stamps July Guest designer entry...

OK though I do not personally own any Clear Dollar Stamps I think they are really fabulous and this is no way an oxymoron! I just cannot keep up with all the rockin product I come across...sigh. Anyhow I thought perhaps I could win some freebies by taking a chance for the July Guest Designer Spot you never know!



So here is the great sketch that ClearlyiStamp has created, you can flip and rotate and substitute shapes and embellish to your liking however they want the paneling and such to stay pretty consistent.



I wanted to create something that really expressed me as a person: Obsessive Compulsive! Masking is a great way to stamp so I did an entire 12 x 12 sheet of card stock, I've only done this one other time on white card stock so I thought I'd try color this time. I thought I'd introduce some white via a gel pen.



I also utilized some liquid applique, my Cuttle Bug folders and Spellbinders die cuts plus my handy dandy scissors to create this card. After adding a few brads and some glitter this card felt "finished". Well I'm off to submit this and best wishes to the rest of you who are entering! Beth aka BR-T


Supplies:
All Stamps and brads:Close to My Heart
Bluish Card Stock Archivers Brand
Green Card Stocks Close to My Heart
Acetate recyled from a CuttleBug Folder package
White Stazon
Glitter unknown
Small circles Spellbinders Dies
Swirls CuttleBug Folder

chocolate and orange...

TandaStamps Teasers # 104 wants cards with chocolate and orange and quite a while back I did something similar to this card with some fun modifications...

Gift challenges...

I'm calling this post as such because these are gifts I gave Saturday evening for a family friend.


Truly Scrumptious sketch #10 is terrific it also has the twist of using up stuff you forgot you had, I took this as an opportunity to go back into the abyss and use scraps, my goal is to longer have a scrap bag...



The Secret Saturday Crafter Challenge blog wants pretty packaging. I made some sour cherry jam on Friday and it is so good! I felt I could part with a jar as a gift but I didn't just want to give her a jar. I placed the jam in a cellophane bag cut some strips of Tulip card stock and stamped and cut out some floral images and placed these in the bag to dress it up. I labeled the bag with the contents using the same patterned paper as the above card to tie it all together.

3 buttons, 2 designer papers and 1 ribbon...

I am so pumped I was able to another card today! I happened upon a new Challenge site and I got my card ready and realized you needed to use the stamps they were endorsing, oh well I made another card anyhow! BR-T

Unscripted # 12

Good Morning all and Happy Saturday to you! I have exciting news for you, I am now nationally recognized as an Emergency Medical Technician, how cool is that! This all started when my husband and I realized there was a need for volunteer EMTS in our town especially women. We thought lets do it but about halfway through the course I was like this is nuts, I am just a volunteer what was I thinking wanted to quit and all that negative stuff! Well thankfully I got past the hump and I am quite proud of my husband and I!



I love this new Unscripted Sketch it's open to anything you can possibly imagine or create blindly which is my method of choice...



This card was created because I happened upon some old stash that I won at Scrap booking retreat it had a lot o die cuts which I rarely work with but I decided I was going to force myself to use these babies up. I started off using a base of coordinating patterned paper and layered with a neutral card stock after stamping it with flourishes and simple sentiments. I really like the die cut that was a twig this was my favorite and initially I had the three charms dangling down hanging from the hemp, I liked this look but something inside told me to rotate so I did. I used a corner rounder on all the corners of the layered center piece and stamped the sentiment. I added a few brads and the last parenthesis from the die cuts and sanded the edges and inked others. I used pop up strips for dimension and well, that's just about it...

I hope you can stop by and join the fun! Have a awesome day! BR-T

thanks for your kindness...

Dawn from Dawn's Craft Place sent be this kind gesture a while back ans life got in the way well not anymore! Thanks so much Dawn!




Sandra from Sandra's Cards & Scraps I love her blog its in Dutch however, she has installed the handy dandy translator to help us out. Of course no words are necessary here work is awesome go check her out!



Pat from Clever Crafting gave me this lovely award, which she totally deserves and I am thrilled she thought of me...thanks you guys!

Technically I am supposed to pass these onto 10-15 different individuals however my typing skills really couldn't be any lesser so I am giving these away to anyone who stops by you can pick and choose or take them all. Seriously we are so unique and wonderful why not! BR-T

Vacation was so fun, yet it's great to be home....

All I can say is I had a blast at Lake Okoboji, I jet skied so much my muscles ache it was so awesome! I rarely got on the computer and posted nothing because I forgot the appropriate usb cable for my camera so this is why my Unscripted Sketch