Double D Challenges: Something with Pockets

Channeling back to the 70’s with my card, washed out jeans, flower appliques, graduating from high school, Bicentennial celebration of USA is just a beginning of this important decade in my life so I’d thought I would reflect on it with my card today for the “pockets” challenge.

Using Taylored Expressions Burlap background stamp and Shades of Summer stamp and die set for my background, sentiment and shades. My pocket is an American Crafts fabric pocket that I found on clearance some time ago.

This was a fun challenge with a great mood board for inspiration.

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I had some left over paper strips from a challenge and decided to make a few more floating card images. The top card was made using the left over pieces from my original posted floating card. It was quite a project putting dimensional pop dots on all of those little blocks. The stamped image was from a GKD stamp kit Luck & Love. I added a little wink of stella to make the image stems sparkle a little bit.

This card uses the same technique and a Cheery Lynn butterfly die cut in gold and a GKD sentiment stamped and heat embossed in gold embossing powder.

I knew if I didn’t use these extra strips they would be forgotten or ‘accidentally’ thrown away!!!! I did make the mistake of using clear cover cardstock which is very heavy and would not cut completely in my Big Shot. Next time it’s acetate all the way.

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Anything Goes Embossing with a Twist of Think Spring! Can you handle the pressure? Sure can if it means spring is on it’s way. Playing along today with this new challenge to include an embossing folder. I decided on SSS Wild Flowers Field and opted to make the embossed panel colorful I added some, well pretty heavy handed, Nuvo Shimmer Powders in Atlantis Burst and Blue Blitz. I kind of forgot about ‘Less is More!’ so I dabbed on more color in wild dandelion and green apple inks to the flowers and greens. Hmmm….still not enough spring for me so I die cut SSS Etched Layered Daisy duo die and a little color popping up with dimensionals at places under the petals. Sentiment is a GKD sentiment strip. Now I’m ready for Spring.

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Taking inspiration from a recent card by my friend, Johanna and her floating image card, I decided this technique would be perfect for the color challenge with Sunday Stamps. I cut my color strips and layered them on two separate pieces of acetate then die cut with my Spellbinders classic circle dies in two different sizes. Foam strips were used to pop up the acetate circles to make them “float”. After adding a die cut stem and SSS scripty hello die and a few sequins to finish my card today.

The winter blue challenge required us to use at least 3 of the colors in their graphic and a neutral of choice. Great colors and I would wear any of these colors, too.

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Sometimes I just crack myself up! No, seriously, I’m not losing it!! So many years ago when I first started stamping and adding to my stash, the stamp show came to my area and I spend two days looking for some fun stamps. I found this one and unfortunately I forgot who made it but possible Rubbernecker stamps…..maybe and just had to have it. When we would dog sit for our son’s dogs, Hendrix would stop at every pole and tree and of course had to mark his territory. Not sure why because he was only visiting. This card is a favorite memory of that pet. The front panel was die cut using Spellbinder’s classic circle dies which is layered over the card base. My brick wall stenciled on the card base is Picket Fence’s English Brick Wall stencil, grass is from The Cat’s Pajama’s Grass Cut Ups Die, added a flag strip and sentiment from my stash.

I’m not sure who, if anyone, will receive this card but it was fun to make and tickled my funny bone. OK, I’ll let you in on a little secret. When we knew our first grandchild was going to be a boy I made a card with this same image and sent it to our friends. LOL…told you I just crack myself up sometimes!

This card will be entered into The Sisterhood of Crafters – Favorite Pet challenge.

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So you know how you seem to be drawn back into challenges because they always seem to be an extra challenge? Well that’s me and any CAS challenge! The new challenge with AAA Cards is CAS one rectangle of nine + your favorite animal. Hmph!! So I folded a template into 9 equal sections and using Spellbinder’s classic rectangle die cut out the middle rectangle. Using that as my mask, I sponged blues, purples with the colors left on my blending brushes for ink blending that section. All our pets have crossed over the rainbow bridge and it would be very difficult to choose my favorite so instead I went with the pet stamp that would fit in my rectangle. An old Canadian Maple Collections cat stamp was found in my stash which probably came from the dollar section of AC Moore years ago, stamped and colored it in. The added sentiment to me is a perfect cat greeting and is from C.C. Designs Grouchy Pets stamp set.

Fun to make and always a challenge for me to not add more. Just between friends, I believe my favorite pet was our mini-doxie Otis. No more pets according to my hubby!

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There is a new Christmas challenge with the Peace on Earth #10 challenge blog using inspiration from their mood board, I searched for something country themed. I decided on using the Stampendous stamp & die set for my main focus. I stamped a scene background using an older Inkadinkadoo Fine Line Classics red rubber wood mounted stamp and then die cut some layered snow hills with SimonSaysStamp’s layered hills dies. I kind of like how it turned out and always fun to play with the Peace on Earth challenge.

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Green!! A favorite color of mine and the color challenge with the Make The Cards Challenge blog. I stenciled Gina K Designs Layered Hearts stencil in two shades of green and stamped the shamrock and sentiment in black which were part of the GKD Luck & Lovely card kit, layering it on a white Waffle Flowers A2 Lacy Layers die and mounted on green card base. This may be my St. Patrick’s Day go to card this year.

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My card is like a little taste of spring to match our weather the last two days but alas winter returns Thursday night into Friday with a nasty mess of ice! Karen is hosting the February 2022 Monthly Mix Challenge at Gina K Designs and our challenge is to make a Fun Fold card AND create your own stamped patterned paper. I took advantage of Gina’s Deal of the Day Sketched Flowers stamp & die bundle to create my patterned paper and my main image. The sketchy flowers were stamped in GKD’s Ocean Mist, Lovely Lavender and the leaves in Fresh Asparagus. Also included is the word die form Master Layouts 9.

The front smaller card lifts up and the patterned section folds down to create my fun fold. I found this idea on Pinterest. Here’s the inside vies of my fun fold card.

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