Crazy 4 Challenges C4C304 – Sketch

Birthday, Brownie the Cow, Cards, Challenges, Crazy 4 Challenges, Rectangular Pull Card
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 Time for another challenge with Crazy 4 Challenges group!  This time it’s a sketch – one of my favorite type of challenges.  Here’s the sketch.
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And here’s my card –

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Good ol’ Brownie the Cow on a Pop It Ups Rectangular Pull Card!  He’s celebrating !  The background stamp is Stampin UP’s Hardwood.  Love the barbed wire – it’s the Pop It Ups Western Edges.

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The party’s gotten out of control and Brownie’s having a good time!  His costume is from the Pop It Ups Props 1 and 2.  The stamps are Karen Burniston’s  Farm Greetings and the balloons are from the Spiral Pull Card.  Check out the other cards for this challenge – and play along!  Hugs, Fran

Karen Burniston Design Challenge Day Two

Cards, Challenges, Christmas, Gift Card Holder, Sleigh Gift Card
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Let’s Celebrate!  I used the Sleigh Gift Card die flat on the front of the soon-to-be-released Gift Card Holder Acordion die.  The beautiful frame fits as one piece on the front.  The sleigh is done in Stampin Up’s Silver Foil and Red Glimmer paper.  It really shines.

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The inside holds a gift card!  The tabs to hold the card are built in so there’s no guess work involved.  I love to give gift cards!  Pop over to Karen’s Facebook page to see the rest of the designs for this month.  Hugs, Fran

Karen Burniston September Challenge Day One

Cards, Challenges, Halloween, Haunt Ya Later, Holiday Mini, Katie Label Accordion
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This month’s Karen Burniston’s Design Challenge is Celebrate – with Frame Edges! I chose the Katie Label Accordion Album with the matching Katie Stars Frame Edges – and it’s a shaker card!  This “too cute to be scary” vampire is from the Haunt Ya Later set in the Holiday Mini.  He’s surrounded by Black Glimmer paper stars – the same stars from the frame – sequins, and some long glitter.  (I”m not really sure what to call it!)  The vampire is colored with Copics. I used the retired SU bat punch with more Glimmer paper and a BIG jewel!

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The colors are a bit muted in the pictures because of the glare from the window sheet on the shaker.  The purple is Elegant Eggplant.  I love how the space on the Katie Label die accommodates so many things!  Check out Karen’s Facebook Page to see the rest of the team’s designs!  Hugs, Fran

Crazy 4 Challenges C4C303 – Grandparent’s Day

Bloom WIth Hope, Cards, Challenges, Oval Accordion
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It’s challenge time with Crazies!  This week the challenge is to create a card to celebrate Grandparents Day. I used Karen Burniston’s Oval Accordion, Saturated Canary’s Hair image and Stampin Up’s Bloom With Hope sentiment and English Garden Designer Series paper.

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The image was colored with Copics and the Happy Grandparents Day was computer generated.  Make sure to check out the other cards for this challenge!  Hugs, Fran

Haunt Ya Later

Halloween, Haunt Ya Later, Holiday Mini, Special Projects, Uncategorized
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A spooky treat!  This candy bar pull up is certainly looking more “cute” than “spook!”  The Mummy is the easiest design to make – strips of card stock, sponge the edges, start layering!   I stamped the sentiment from Haunt Ya Later and added to the front, added some 1″ eyes and little gogglie things – and it’s ready to scare and share 🙂

The Rubber Stamping and Scrapping Garage sale is this Friday and Saturday!  If you’re in Lexington, Ky you need to come check it out!

Hugs, Fran

Kind Koala

Cards, Challenges, Creative Circle, Kind Koala
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I forgot to add these photos to this post!  These are the close ups of the cards in the backpack.  I used Kind Koala, colored them with Copics – changing the color and buttons on the flowers for each one.  The paper in the Schoolhouse DSP.

Happy Labor Day!  I hope you’re not laboring – but enjoying the time with family and friends 🙂  Hugs, Fran

All Ye Faithful

All Ye Faithful, Big Shot Ornament Thinlit Die, Cards, Christmas, Holiday Mini
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This is a new set in the Holiday Mini called All Ye Faithful.  I saw several cards using the image in a an ornament – all beautiful – and using this piece of vellum from the  Winter Wonderland Designer Vellum Stack.   Using Night of Navy, I made things a bit more “stream line” since we will be doing this card in the September Stamp and Stack.  Hugs, Fran

Crazy 4 Challenges C4C302

All Season Tree, Brownie the Cow, Cards, Challenges, Cocoa the Horse, Crazy 4 Challenges, Lots of Pops, Stamp Sets, Wetlands, William the Goat
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I’ve been asked to be the guest designer with the “Crazies” over at Crazy 4 Challenges this month!  The first challenge is to make a card showing how you’re going to celebrate Labor Day.  I will be spending time at our farm having a bonfire – and that means s’mores!  I thought I make a card for my niece who won’t be able to join us.

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I used Karen Burniston’s Brownie the Cow (we raised black angus!) and Agatha Edges on the front with a SU sentiment from Wetlands.  The leaves are from Karen’s All Season Tree.

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And here’s the inside – Lots of Pops with a computer generated sentiment.

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The logs are from the Pop It Ups Fence Pop Stand and the flames are Cocoa the Horse’s mane and tail and Wiliam the Goat’s goat-tee!

So that’s where I’ll be – sitting with the cows making s’mores!

Check out all the other Crazy’s designs for this challenge and play along!  Hugs, Fran

Creative Circle September Blog Hop and Giveaway

Cards, Challenges, Creative Circle, Uncategorized
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Welcome to the Creative Circle September Blog Hop!  This month we are using the Backpack #2 pattern.  You will have a chance to win this pattern at the end of this post.

It’s a fun, easy pattern that holds 3 cards with envelopes.  I chose to use the Schoolhouse Designer Series paper and Kind Koala stamp set. The cards are the same design in different colors.  They were so much fun to color 🙂

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The backpack is large enough to be used for more things than cards.  It could easily hold a gift – and be decorated to suit your recipient!

Creative Circle September 2015 front

 

I put a gift card size pocket on the back –

Creative Circle September 2015 back

 

And now for your chance to win this month’s pattern!  My question is – What is your favorite Fall color combination?  Comment below for a chance to win.  Winners will be announced on September 20th.

 

Check out the other designs on this hop for some great inspiration and more chances to win!

 

Sandy   http://www.thescrapnstampshop.blogspot.com

Fran      http://www.fransabad.com  (You are here!)

Liz        http://www.lizhollowaydesign.blogspot.ca

Barb     http://www.beelinestamping.com