House of Cards July - Classic & Elegant

We'd like to thank everyone who's played along with us so far here at House of Cards!  We've got a NEW format--we're now a monthly challenge with style teams posting inspiration weekly!  This week, the Classic & Elegant team is showing off their creations using our monthly challenge prompt.  Please welcome the newest members of the Classic team- Angie from Making Mayhem and  Pat from Created by Pat. Welcome back to the rest of the Classic & Elegant team!!

The challenge for this month is:  

ADD A BOW

(or more than one)

Here's my card for the Challenge.

All products are from the Club Scrap Picnic Kits.

I hope you'll join us for whatever card style you like to create!  Looking forward to seeing you creation. 

Check out our House Rules HERE before linking up!

Click HERE to be taken to the original challenge post to link up!

Happy Crafting!
Donna

OWH Sketch 233

There's a new sketch up at OWH and I haven't done any of the new sketches lately.  Here's my card for Sketch #233.

All products are Close to My Heart from the Balloon Ride kit.  I'll be back in the morning with my 

House of Cards Classic & Elegant card for July "add a bow".

Happy Crafting!
Donna

OWH Virtual Cardmaking Party Challenges 4 5 and 6

I am also enter the last card in the Moxie Fab World Wonder Words Challenge.  

This weekend Operation Write Home is having a Virtual Cardmaking Party (VCMP).  There's 5 challenges scheduled every 2 hours throughout the day on Friday, Saturday and Sunday.  Lots of goodies to be given away if you play along. 

Challenge 4 is on Lori's Kreations blog.  She asked us to make a Red, White & Blue Birthday card.  Here's my card.

Challenge 5 is on the Bunny Scrap Blog.  She asked us to make our own backgrounds with paint or ink.  I used alcohol ink and a technique I learned on Virgina Lu's blog (Yes, Virginia).  

Challenge 6 is on JoAnn Ross' blog (who is a great author also).  She asked us to make two cards, one Christmas and one Winter type card.  

I used my Envelope Punch Board to make these cute little file folders.  I am also entering these file folders in the Moxie Fab World Wonderful Words Challenge.  

Back later!

Happy Crafting!

Donna

OWH Virtual Cardmaking Party Challenge 3

This weekend Operation Write Home is having a Virtual Cardmaking Party (VCMP).  There's 5 challenges scheduled every 2 hours throughout the day on Friday, Saturday and Sunday.  Lots of goodies to be given away if you play along. 

Challenge 3 is on the A2Z Scrapbooking Supplies blog.  They asked us to paper piece a card for children.  Here's my card.

I paper pieced the rainbow and grass and the pink mane & tail on the unicorn.  This is my favorite Lawn Fawn Stamp set because I love unicorns!

Back later with more!

Happy Crafting!

Donna

OWH Virtual Cardmaking Party Challenge 2

This weekend Operation Write Home is having a Virtual Cardmaking Party (VCMP).  There's 5 challenges scheduled every 2 hours throughout the day on Friday, Saturday and Sunday.  Lots of goodies to be given away if you play along. 

The second challenge is on Michelle's blog Caffeine & Stamps.  She asked us to make a Thank You card.  Bonus was to use spray inks.  I opted not to use the spray inks.  Here's my card.

I CASEd this from a Pinterest Post but here's the original card.  The stamp set from Stampin'Up! is "Just Sayin" and has framelits to match it.  The background is a thinlits die "Hexagon Hive."

Back with more later!

Happy Crafting!

Donna

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OWH Virtual Cardmaking Party #1

This weekend Operation Write Home is having a Virtual Cardmaking Party (VCMP).  There's 5 challenges scheduled every 2 hours throughout the day on Friday, Saturday and Sunday.  Lots of goodies to be given away if you play along.

The first challenge is on Sybrina's blog asking us to use an OWH Sketch and make his and her cards.  Here's my take on this challenge.

I used OWH Sketch #122.  The masculine card has a "Rusty Truck" image from Stamper's Best and tire tracks from Tim Holtz Road Trip stamp set.  DSP is the Paper Studio "The Great RockIsland Route."  Feminine card is all Graphic 45 French Country and I flipped the sketch.

Back with more later!

Happy Crafting!

Donna  

Club Scrap Picnic Blog Hop

Welcome to the Club Scrap Picnic Blog Hop.  If you got here from Annette's Page you are in the right place.  If you got here some other way and would like to go back to the beginning of the blog hop go to the Club Scrap Blog here. I subscribe to the Club Scrap Digital Kit, the Art Nouveau Stamp, Club Stamp Kit,  Unmounted Borders and Backgrounds Stamp, and the Embellishment Pack.  The digital kits come at the first of the month so I played with my digital kit first.  I use Panstoria Artisan Software for my digital scrapbooking. This time I used the QDDL (Quick Drop Digital Layouts) along with the digital kit to create my page.  

When my Club Stamp kit arrived I created this card from the cute stamps and paper in the kit.

The embellishment kit came with this great lettuce-like ribbon so I used it for the hamburger. I used diamond stickles for the sesame seeds on the hamburger.  I heat embossed the lemonade glass with clear EP to give it a sparkle.  I used black soot stickles for the watermelon seeds and orange marmalade stickles for the cheese on the hamburger.  The pink satin ribbon from the embellishment kit grounds the hamburger.  The sentiment was printed from the digital kit.

Thanks for joining us on the hop!   If you want to go back to the beginning of the blog hop go to the Club Scrap Creates blog here.  

Happy Crafting!

Donna

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NBUS Challenge

One of the funniest blogs on the block is djkardkreations by Darnell J Knauss.  If you are not reading her blog you should be just for the sheer entertainment!  She's hosting a NBUS (Never Before Used Stuff) challenge to celebrate 500 followers.  Here's my entry into the challenge.

So I had these two vintage style stamps from Stampin'Up for a while now and this was the perfect time to use them.  The background stamp was a stamp wheel called Shop Around (retired).  I am not enamored with stamp wheels so I unmounted it and used it on a stamp block.  The telephone and sentiment are from the Timeless Talk Stamp Set.  It also has a cute vintage record player and bicycle.  I also used NBUS Really Reasonable Ribbon on the card too.  

I hope you take the time to visit Darnell's blog and join in her NBUS Challenge #1.

Happy Crafting!

Donna

Any Hero Cards at Bandimere Speedway

This last Saturday was the Women's Expo at Bandimere Speedway.  I was invited to set up a table and ask people to sign Any Hero Cards for Operation Write Home.  I was thrilled that 75 cards were filled out in appreciation of our Troops.  They are being mailed off today to Operation Write Home to be included in the box of blank cards for the Troops to write home on.  Here are examples of the cards I made for people to sign.

Stamps:  Stamper's Best and Club Scrap (Both retired)

Camouflage Duck Tape

Stamp:  K Anderson (retired)

Really Reasonable Ribbon 

Brads from Michaels

Digital File from OWH

Sketch from Airbornewife's Stamping Spot

Paper Creative Memories (retired)

Digital File OWH

Brads from Michaels

Stamps:  Hero Arts OWH Fundraiser

CASEd from Sandy Allnock

Tim Holtz "On The Edge Stars Die"

Stamps:  Hero Arts OWH Fundraiser

Stamps:  Paper Smooches

CASEd from Paper Smooches

Stamps:  Hero Arts OWH Fundraiser

CASEd from Sandy Allnock

75 Cards with love for our troops inside, on the way to Operation Write Home.

Happy Crafting!

Donna 

House of Cards June Blog Hop and Challenge

Hi, all!  It's time for an end of the term blog hop over at House of Cards and we have a super fun challenge AND tons of great prize opportunities for those of you who join in the fun!!! :)  You should have arrived here from Anita's Blog.  If you haven't, please start all the way back at the House of Cards hop post and follow the list found in the body of the hop post!

Here's our photo inspiration~

Here are our fabulous sponsors~

Eclectic Anthology
Prize: $50 gift voucher to the shop.

Inspired By Stamping
Prize: $15 gift voucher to the shop.

Paper Sweeties
Prize: $20 gift voucher to the shop.

 

STAMPlorations
Prize: 5 stamps sets--your choice--from the shop.

Stitchy Bear
Prize: $10 gift voucher to the shop.

Here's my first card highlighting one of our sponsors Inspired By Stamping (IBS).

When I saw the wire basket in the photo I thought of a new Chicken Wire Die from TCW that I had.  That led me to thinking about chickens and from there to French Country.  (I know weird train of thought!)  I used the IBS French Country stamp set to make the diamond background DSP, the chicken and the corners are from the same set.  I used the IBS Fancy Circles set for my sentiment (I love the font in this set!).  The other DP is G45 French Country.  Really Reasonable Ribbon completes the look.  

My second card highlights another sponsor Eclectic Anthology.

This card is more of a CAS style than my usual Classic and Elegant style.  I started with an Eclectic Anthology Vintage Background Paper and added a Antique Scientific Wildflower Illustration of a poppy to it.  I colored the poppy using my Panstorian Artisan Software and then printed it and layered it on colored cardstock.  The Thank You Sentiment is Cuttlebug. 

So there you have it -- one CAS Card and one Classic and Elegant Card.  That's how we roll at the House of Cards Challenge blogs.  

Now get to hoppin'!  Your next stop is Judy's Blog!  If you get lost along the way, you can always head back to the original blog hop post--and don't forget to link up a project at the House of Cards blog after completing the hop for an extra chance to win a mystery prize from one of our fabulous sponsors, too!

Happy Crafting!

Donna

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