OHDBCGA: Graduation Gift Card

Hi All,

We are celebrating another Hump Day giveaway over at the InStyle Stamps blog!  This month's theme is Graduation..as that may have approached for some of you that are in school, or that have kids in school.  Head on over to the ISS  blog to see what the entire DT have done, and to submit your own creation to win an amazing prize!

Here is mine:

I made a gift card holder using an 8" x 8" piece of Rockabilly Specialty DSP from SU.  I found the tutorial on Cambria's blog HERE.  It was pretty easy to fold up, especially using my Scor-Pal.  I just added some black ribbon around it to keep it shut.

What better gift to give a brand new grad than an Apple gift card?!?!  If you want to, you can fit a little note opposite the gift card - I just put a white piece of paper there.

I printed Jessica off onto PTI White CS, coloured her in with Copics, and cut her out with rectangle Nesties.  She pretty much covered up the entire front panel!

I hope you're able to play along with us over at InStyle Stamps this month!

Hope you enjoyed, and thanks for stopping by!

Over the Hump Day Blog Candy Giveaway: Father's Day

Hi All,

Welcome to another Hump Day Blog Candy Giveaway by InStyle Stamps!  Our theme for this month is Father's Day, and everyone is making a card or project for a father or father-figure.  I find that most people have trouble making cards for the man or boy in their life, so this is everyone's chance to crank out those male cards!  This month's prize: any 4 digital images from April's or May's releases!!! That is an awesome prize.

I decided to use "Richard" who is going to make an appearance at an upcoming release by ISS.

My card base is Ballet Blue.  That was followed by Basic Black, and Basic Gray, topped off with Brilliant Blue, which was embossed with my Argyle Cuttlebug folder.  I wrapped a piece of Soft Suede polka dot ribbon around that base layer.
Then, I chopped a rectangle of Whisper White, and Basic Black.  On the white piece, I sponged some Bashful Blue, Ballet Blue, and Brilliant Blue inks to make a gradiated colour.  Then, I embossed the white piece with the Argyle embossing folder. 
I cut a faux prize ribbon out of Marigold Morning CS, using a couple of strips and my 1 3/4" Circle Punch.  I stamped the father sentiment in Versamark on that, and embossed with black EP.  I added some self-adhesive nail heads along the tails of the ribbon too.

I printed Richard onto PTI White CS, coloured him with Copics, cut him out, and mounted him on the rectangle panel with Dimensionals.

Hop over to the ISS blog to see what the whole DT have done and to submit YOUR Father's Day creation to win 4 digis. 
Hope you enjoyed, and thanks for stopping by!

OHDBCGA: Mother's Day

Hi All,

It's time for this month's Over the Hump Day Blog Candy Giveaway! Head on over to the InStyle Stamps blog to see all the DT creations!  This month's theme is Mother's Day, so we are all making Motherly-type creations.

For my creation, I used Jasmine - she's so cute!

My card base is Almost Amethyst.  Next is a layer of Basic Gray, then Basic Black, and Whisper White.  I scored the Whisper White piece with my Scor-Pal, and added Opal White Liquid Pearls in between the diamonds.

Jasmine was printed onto PTI White CS, coloured with Copics, and cut out with Long Rectangle Nesties.  I added a Basic Black rectangle, and an Almost Amethyst scallop rectangle.
The sentiment is from Verve, and was stamped in Elegant Eggplant onto PTI White CS.  I also stamped a flower in Almost Amethyst ink on that panel, and cut it out with my Key Tag Punch.

Hope you enjoyed, and thanks for stopping by!  Make a Mother's Day project and submit it on the ISS blog for a chance to win some fab blog candy!

Over Hump Day Blog Candy Give Away: Greens and Yellows

Hi All,

Thanks for joining me today. I have a card to share with you, participating in the OHDBCGA for this month (3rd Saturday of every month) .  I have used the Bunny Car image by InStyle Stamps in honour of Easter (once again)!
The challenge this month is to use green an yellow...

OK, so I was thinking St. Patrick's Day, right?  Well how about I really challenge myself, and NOT do a St. Patrick's Day card?  So, here it is...

I started out with a Whisper White card base.  There is a large rectangle panel with some bright green CS (from Michael's), and a Whisper White piece embossed with my Cuttlebug Houndstooth embossing folder.  I added some paper piercing around that, and some Certainly Celery Poly Twill ribbon around the bottom of that panel.

For the main panel, it is the same green CS, then a Whisper White piece.  The top piece is So Saffron, sponged with So Saffron ink, then Certainly Celery ink, then Glorious Green ink for a gradiated effect.  After the sponging, I embossed that layer with the houndstooth folder, and added paper piercing around the edges. 

I printed the image onto Neenah Solar White CS, coloured it with my Copics, and cut it out.  I also added some Yellow Shimmerz to the stripes and some Atyou Spica Glitter Pen to the middles of the flowers for some shine and sparkle.

That bunny looks like he's having a pretty great time in that egg car - I can feel the wind in his ears!

Hope you enjoyed, and thanks for stopping by!

InStyle Stamps Blog Candy Challenge

Hi All,

If you hop on over to this post on the InStyle Stamps blog, you can participate in their Over The Hump Blog Candy Give-Away.  All you have to do is make a card with a St. Patrick's Day theme (shamrocks or greens, etc), post it on your blog or online gallery, and add the direct link into the Mr. Linky.  You can use images from any company and be eligible.

The prize? They are giving away a $25 gift certificate to the InStyle Stamps store! Now that money will go a LOOOOOONG way, especially if you are shopping for digital images!

Have fun!