Chipboard Adventure #4

When I started making this card I had a different image of how it was going to turn out. I wanted to use the stars and their negative image that I punched out from the frame that I used on my monkey card (see Chipboard Adventure #1). I wanted to used them in the layout that I have, but nothing else is the same.

I pulled out the red dotted paper from Summer Picnic. I pulled out Night of Navy for the base of the card (even though it looks black in the picture). The card base measures 4 x 8.5.

I knew I needed to tie in the navy so I inked up the negative image of the stars in Night of Navy craft ink and used my clear embossing powder to give it the shine. For the stars I used my Barely Banana craft ink and embossed those too. I put the stars back into the negative image.

I backed the star squares and the designer series paper in Whisper White. I did not like the way the red looked against the navy so I pulled in Barely Banana card stock that I paper pierced with my Crafters Tool Kit.

Not that you can see it, but I stamped the small star from In the Stars in Navy all over the Night of Navy card stock. I also used the phrase from the In the Stars stamp set inked up in Navy Classic Ink.

The card is nothing like I pictured, but will make a good "congratulations" card, maybe for a graduation.

Beate's Weekend Sketch Challenge #39

I am taking a break from the chipboard. I made this card last Friday. For my inspiration I used Beate's Sketch Challenge. I love her sketches and her card ideas (you will have to check out her site.)

My main theme for this past weekend was to use product that I have not touched in a long time. I started looking at my stamp sets and this is what I pulled out. We received this set at convention a few years ago and I do not think I have used it too much since right after then.

Here is the recipe for the card:

Stamp Sets: Heartfelt Thanks and En Francais
Card Stock: Blue Bayou, River Rock, Soft Sky, Very Vanilla and Chocolate Chip
Inks: Soft Sky, Blue Bayou, and Old Olive Classic Inks
Accessories: Chocolate Wide Grosgrain Ribbon

Chipboard Adventure #3

Here is another chipboard card for you.

I needed a birthday card for a "boy" (like yesterday). This one was put together rather quickly Sunday night so I could get it in the mail yesterday.

The Chipboard is from the OnBoard Simon Upper Collection. I used my Not Quite Navy Craft ink to color the star chipboard. I set that aside to dry.

I used my In the Stars Stamp set from the Ocassions Mini for the main image. I stamped this in Pumpkin Pie Classic Ink and punced it out with the Large Star Punch. I adhered the Pumpkin Star to the Chipboard with Stampin' Dimensionals.

The base of the card is standard card size (4 1/4 x 5 1/2) in Not Quite Navy. The next layer is Pumkin Pie, just an 1/8 of an inch smaller than the Not Quite Navy. The Olive striped paper is from Summer Picnic Designer Series Paper (also from the Ocassions Mini Catalog). The white at the top of the cars is actually Confetti White.

I added the Striped Pumpkin Pie Grosgrain Ribbon layered with Black Grosgrain to break up the Olive and the Confetti. If you look closely at the chipboard star you will see I added some black dots (with a fine tip sharpie) to add more black to the card. In the end I put three black brads along the bottom of the card.

All in all the card took me under 10 minutes to pull together. Most of the time was waiting for the chipboard to dry enough for me to pick it up and play with it.

Chipboard Adventure #2

In my last post I mentioned how chipboard was my fetish this past weekend. Here is another one for you.

The chipboard is from the On Board Blossoms and Basics. I inked it up with my Rose Red Craft Ink. I left it to dry on my desk as we ate dinner.

The base of the card is 4 1/4 x 4 1/4 in So Saffron. I then grabbed for the Prints Pack Designer Series Paper. I pulled th Wild Wasabi paper for the next layer. I cut this at 4 x 4. I decided something needed to be put between the Wasabi and the Saffron so I added a layer of Whisper White an 1/8 of an inch larger than the Wasabi.

The only stamping I did on this was the "sweet" in the middle of the flower. I used the Everyday Flexible Phrases for "sweet". I punched this out with the 1/2 circle punch. I placed my word circle on a Build a Brad which I placed in the middle of the chipboard with my Crop-a-Dile. To secure the flower to the card I used Stampin' Dimensionals.

I added three Vintage Brads also. Plus, if you look closer I paper pierced around the edge of the Wild Wasabi.

Chipboard Adventure Begins Today

This weekend I actually was able to spend a few hours in my craft room (not all at one time unfortunataly). I did get a few cards stamped. For some reason I had to pull out the chipboard this weekend. Over the next couple of days I will share my chipboard creations. Enjoy!!

Here is one of my favorites from the weekend. First off, it is a small card (one of my favorites at the moment) measuring 3 x 3. Secondly, it has a monkey on it. I had forgotten that Zoofari had a monkey in it until I made myself use sets that have not been touched in months. So I pulled out Zoofari and went to work.

I made a card before this one that used chipboard so it was still sitting on my desk. One of the pieces of chipboard was a long piece that had three frames. I cut off one of the frames and decided to use that to "frame" the monkey. To color the frame I used my Vanilla Craft Pad and inked the whole thing up. I used my clear embossing powder so I could use the frame right away (plus it added a shine). The heart is also a piece of chipboard that I used Ruby Red Craft Ink on (no embossing on the heart).

Here is the recipe for the card:

Stamp Sets: Zoofari and Canvas Background
Card Stock: Old Olive, Close to Cocoa and Very Vanilla.
Inks: Basic Brown, Vanilla and Ruby Red Craft Ink
Accessories: Chipboard, Crafterstool Kit, Clear Embossing Powder, Heat Gun, Pastels (Gasp...I know I have not used these in a LONG time. They actually still look brand new).

Club Cards

One more post for today and then I need to try and get some school work done (if I can with all the crying). Here are the cards from my last club. I seem to have had a theme with the background paper, Aqua Painters and Dimensionals. I guess I get into a groove with product and use it a lot. Last month we seemed to emboss on every card. I always use Dimensionals (as Jean would point out....and my husband because I seem to drag the backings me and drop them all over the house).

If you want a close up of any of the cards let me know and I will get one posted.

Tuesday - Some Pun Fun

Two posts from me today and maybe another one on the way. I have a child here that has been crying for the past two hours at the top of his lungs. I cannot get him settled down and I need to do something to distract me from it. I have called his parents and left messages, but so far no luck. Please wish me luck so that I make it the rest of the day without having a breakdown!!

Anyhow....here is a card that I made a few weeks ago. It is from the Pun Fun set. This was a set that made it on my first order from the current catalog. I love the images and the words that go with them. Another two in one set for me. Out of all the images I fell in love with the rocket first. Maybe because I have boys and there are way to many flower sets that scream out "girl".


I did not make this for any particular occassion, I was just playing around with new things. The background paper is where I started. I pulled this thinking I would use the new Old Olive Poly Twill Ribon too, but I could not figure out where to put it once I had everything laid out.

I will not bore you with any more details, here is the recipe for the card:

Stamp Set: Pun Fun
Card Stock: Pumpkin Pie, Bashful Blue, Basic Black and Whisper White.
Inks: Black Staz On, Bashful Blue, Pumpkin Pie and Old Olive.
Accessories: Stampin' Sponge (to add depth to the stars), Small Star Punch, Black Brads, Aqua Painter and Stampin' Dimensionals.

Thanks for looking!!!