Christmas 24: Challenge #2 - Anything Goes!

Hello, friends! I am SO excited to be sharing that I am on the Design Team for the *NEWEST* holiday card challenge, Christmas 24! If you follow along, you will have 24 cards made before the Christmas holiday each year! Challenges are biweekly on the 1st and 15th of the month, and this month's challenge are ANYTHING GOES.  ALSO, we are holding a DT Call! Thank you to everyone who joined us for the first ever challenge--we loved all of your gorgeous holiday creations!

Here is my creation for the 2nd challenge this month.

I created the focal panel for this card in Photoshop using cleaned-up vintage digital images and a sentiment I created. I added texture with various brushes. I then matted the focal panel with black cardstock and added it to a kraft card base. I chose not to add any bling so that the angel is the main focus of the card.

I very much love this simple, yet elegant holiday card, and I hope you do, too! I would love for you to tell me your thoughts in the comments below!

Thank you so much for stopping by today, friends! Please come join us at Christmas 24, and don't forget to leave some love with the other members of this fabulous team! Until next time, HUGS and happy stamping!

Christmas 24: Challenge #1 - Anything Goes!

Hello, friends! I am SO excited to be sharing that I am on the Design Team for the *NEWEST* holiday card challenge, Christmas 24! If you follow along, you will have 24 cards made before the Christmas holiday each year! Challenges are biweekly on the 1st and 15th of the month, and this month's challenge are ANYTHING GOES.  ALSO, we are holding a DT Call!

Here is my creation for the 1st challenge this month.

I created the focal panel for this card in Photoshop using cleaned-up vintage digital images and a sentiment I created. I added texture with various brushes. I then added the focal panel with gold glitter paper and added it to a black card base. A smattering of gold glitter accents and rounded corners finished this card.

I very much love this non-traditional holiday card, and I hope you do, too! I would love for you to tell me your thoughts in the comments below!

Thank you so much for stopping by today, friends! Please come join us at Christmas 24, and don't forget to leave some love with the other members of this fabulous team! Until next time, HUGS and happy stamping!

*NEW* Challenge: The Rainbow Card Challenge DT Call!

Hello, friends, and welcome! I am SO excited to announce that I am launching new challenge in January called The Rainbow Card Challenge! I hope to inspire AND be inspired by you!

I am looking to have some crafty friends join me and the very lovely and talented Jacqueline Mantle in the endeavor. Are you interested? Take a peek at all the details!

Here is the commitment you will be making if you are chosen to be a Design Team Member:

1. Make one creation (preferably a card) each month with the assigned color(s).
2. Post the card to your blog (linked back to the challenge) and to the appropriate post here on The Rainbow Card Challenge blog.
3. Comment on your assigned entries each month.
4. Check in to our DT Facebook Page at least weekly for any updates that may be posted there.

That's it! We're trying to keep this easy and low key, something FUN and inspiring for all involved! So, how do you apply? Here's what we're looking for:

1. Link a monochromatic creation below.
2. In your post, please describe your style of crafting and why you would like to be a member of our team.
3. Link back to THIS POST at The Rainbow Card Challenge and include the DT call header above so others can find the call.

Here is a monochromatic inspiration board, in case you're needing it!

I cannot wait to see all the gorgeous creations we know you have up your sleeves! This call will run from today, Nov. 1st, 2018, until Dec. 1st, 2018 at noon Central Time. If you have any questions regarding this call, please email me at onastampageATgmailDOTcom. Happy crafting, friends!

DT Call--Inkspirational Challenge!

***This is a sticky post that will stay at the top of my blog until November 30, 2012. 

 Please scroll down for more crafty posts!*** 

UPDATE AS OF NOVEMBER 1, 2012: The lovely Ellen Parker has agreed to by my right hand gal in this venture and will be helping me choose the DT.  If you'd like to, please visit her fabulous blog and leave some love!  Happy stamping, friends!

Hi!  As many of you know, I am a little insane.  I LOVE being busy and I LOVE crafting.  I am on a number of DTs and I also own a challenge and co-own another challenge...yeah.  I LOVE it!!!  Well, I'm now COMPLETELY insane!

Anyway, the challenge is called Inkspirational.  Do you get it?  You know, we use ink to create...and it'll be a challenge of weekly inspirations  of different types...get it?  I thought it was clever.  Please don't tell me I was wrong.  I will cry. ;) Week one will be a color challenge, week two a photo inspiration, week three a CASE challenge, week four a sketch challenge, and all week fives will be anything inkspirational goes!  Sound fun?!  I hope so!!!

So, the whole thing boils down to this--I need a DT!  I am looking for 5(ish) fabulous ladies (or gents!) looking to join my team and commit to a year long stint!  Are YOU interested?!  I sure hope so!  Keep reading...I'll tell you how to "try out"!

In order to be considered for the Inkspirational DT you must:

1. Make ONE card or project for each of the four challenge presented below.
2. Link your creations to this post under the correct challenge linky by November 30, 2012.
3. Have an email for contacting you available on your blog.  OR, email me at onastampage@yahoo.com and let me know you're interested and DO have an email.
4. Be willing and able to make 4-5 cards each month and have them done in advance so that post can be scheduled ahead of time.
5. Be willing to host one month at the end of 2013 and be in charge of choosing the challenges, getting the information to me one month in advance, and write posts for each of your challenges.
6. Be reliable, dependable, etc., or be willing to let me know ASAP if something comes up and you cannot participate in a challenge or set of challenges (that is TOTALLY fine).
7. Be excited about crafting, passionate about what you do, and be able to get along with other.


There you have it!  Now, let's get to the four challenges!  Please follow the following challenges as closely as possible and have fun!  Make sure you enter ALL FOUR of the challenges--they don't have to be all at the same time!  Feel free to take the full 2 months to create!  Please only link one creation for each challenge or else I will have to disqualify you.  Good luck and happy stampink! ;)

MMM Design Team Call / Simons Says BUTTONS!

Well, I have to say that I am a bit nervous about this post. Well, maybe a lot nervous! One of my absolute favorite challenge blogs, Make My Monday, has sent out a Deezine Team Call! I would absolutely L-O-V-E to be on the Deezine Team! All of the challenges are fabulous--I have been challenged to branch out of my comfort zone and have found some absolutely fabulous ideas from the other participants, including the current Deezine Team. Everyone is so very nice and friendly and I just would love to join in the fun in a different role! It would be such an honor to be chosen--it would make my day, week, month, year, life! ;D

The theme for the DT call challenge is to create a card or a project based on the theme "Celebration." Wow. Very broad. At first I thought about making a card for my niece who will be 3 this month. I made it, loved it, but thought it wasn't good enough. I'll post it later...

So, I was in a bad way. I was so worried that I wouldn't figure out what to make! And then, like a ray of lightning from heaven, it hit me. MY WEDDING ANNIVERSARY is in NOVEMBER. And I love my husband so. He is my everything! He is my reason for celebrating every day! And so, I decided to create a card for my wedding anniversary for my husband.

Now, on to the card. I used a stamp set from Technique Tuesday called "In a Word-Love". I purchased this stamp set a l-o-n-g time ago...I cannot even remember when. I think it's probably retired by now.

Anywho...here's the card~Celebration of Love~

What do you think? I took a lot of time to make sure that it turned out exactly how I imagined it. I used gold ink and gold embossing powder for the sentiment.

Here's a closer look~

I added the flowers with button centers to compliment all the colors of the framing panels of cardstock. I also wanted to offset the gold sentiment on the other side of the card with something else gold. I chose gold elastic cording.

Take a closer look~

I love glitter (Really?! You hadn't noticed?! ;D) and so I had to have it somewhere on the card. I embossed the River Rock panel with a dry embossing folder and then turned it over and filled in the recessed portions with Dazzling Diamonds glitter.

See it better here~

Well, I couldn't just stop there. There's an inside to every card! So, I decorated the inside with more gold embossing.

Here's the inside panel~

And a close up of the inside sentiment~

Yes, it says "You are my angel." My husband truly is an angel sent from heaven to save me in so many ways. I feel so incredibly blessed to be married to him--he is my heart and soul. I love him so! Happy anniversary, darling! I can't wait to see what eternity brings!

So, what are your reactions? What are your thoughts? I am happy with it. I wish I could be ecstatic with it, but I am seriously too nervous. I hope it's acceptable!

Thank you for stopping by and taking a look--I really appreciate all of you who choose to spend time here on my blog! I hope that you come and join us at Make My Monday each week for another fabulous challenge! I am the Guest Design Team Member for November and we have a fantastic challenge theme for the month! See you there! Happy crafting!!!

***I am also submitting this card into the Simon Says Stamp: Buttons Challenge.***