Add a button challenge

Hi All!

Time for another Eureka! Stamps Challenge.

This week the theme is
"Add A Button"

All the particulars for the challenge can be found at

The Eureka! Stamps Blog

I have used

"Best Ice Cream" (#20201) from
Eureka! Stamps

Summertime is ice cream time, so I made this

simple card with an ice cream theme and 

used buttons as the ice cream.

I scored some kraft card stock

cut it into cone shapes and sanded it a bit.

I simply adhered the button onto the cone with ATG tape

then used the same to stick it to the card.

A card like this would be cute for an invitation

to a party.  Ice cream is always fun.

Thanks for stopping by today,

come again soon.

Until next time, Happy Crafting!

Swimming Challenge

Hello!  I hope your summer is going great!

What says summer more than swimming?

And that is exactly what our theme is this week on 

The Eureka! Stamps Blog.

For my swimming themed card, I have used

"Bubbles Background" (#58101) and

"Flying Girl Holder" (#21701) from

Eureka! Stamps

I stamped the Bubbles Background onto white card stock

and cut the top along one of the "waves"

I used the Flying Girl Holder to create a girl diving into the water.

Below is what the image actually looks like.

As you can see, I modified it a bit.

I masked off the girls dress and stamped the rest onto white card stock.

I then used a black pen to draw in her bathing suit.

I colored and fussy cut the girl and posed her as a diver

on the card with foam tape.

I think this would be an adorable invitation to a pool party.

Too bad I don't have a pool, eh?

I love to find different ways to use my stamps, to stretch my supplies and

create something a little different than what was intended.

Thanks for coming by today,

I hope you have learned something and been inspired.

I also hope you'll join in the fun of our 

swimming challenge this week.

All the particulars about the challenge are on the 

Eureka! Stamps Blog.

Until next time, Happy Crafting!

Monochromatic Challenge

Today I have 2 cards to show you.

The challenge for this week on the 

Eureka! Stamps Blog is 

"Monochromatic"

For my cards I used

"Sunflowers" (#35808) and

"Happy Birthday" (#36314) from 

Biblical Impressions

sister company to Eureka! Stamps.

For both cards I used the same technique.

First I stamped the Sunflowers image onto water color paper

with VersaMark ink.

I then covered it with white embossing powder

and used my heat gun to melt the powder.

Using masking tape, I taped my paper down to a

cutting mat, this helps prevent warping from the water.

It also makes it easier to move the paper to different angles.

I wet the paper with a good amount of water

then used water color crayons and  a wet paint brush to 'drop' 

the color onto the card.

The embossed areas will resist the color.

I used the lightest of colors first and covered most of the image

with a light wash of color.

Then I went back with some darker colors to add more color

to the flowers.

I continued this until I was happy with the results.

For the sentiment on the purple card

I embossed the Happy Birthday with the same technique

on white card stock.

I used the water color crayons and a water brush once again to color the paper.

This was not water color paper and it takes the color much differently.

If the paper becomes too wet, it will begin to crumble, so you must be careful.

I just applied the color to the area around the sentiment, let it dry and cut it to size.

The sentiment for this 2nd card was stamped with 

a coordinating color of ink onto the same paper used for the card front.

Although I am usually more partial to purple than orange,

in this case I like the orange card better than the purple.

Which do you prefer?

I hope you have been inspired in some way, thanks for stopping by.

Please check out the particulars of our challenge on the 

Eureka! Stamps Blog 

and join in the fun.

Until next time, Happy Crafting!

Sports Challenge

Hello all!

Today we have a new challenge on 

The Eureka! Stamps Blog

Our challenge this week is 

"Sports"

I chose to use

"Father and Son Bear" (#6104) from 

Eureka! Stamps 

as well as 

"Field Grass Left" (#38901) from 

Biblical Impressions sister company to Eureka! Stamps.

This is a one layer card, so I used some masking 

to make it.

I stamped the Father and Son Bear image onto 

the card base as well as scrap paper.

I colored he image on the card with 

colored pencils and used Gamsol

to blend and smooth the colors.

I fussy cut the image on scrap paper and used it 

to mask the colored image.

I used a cloud mask and Distress Inks to color the sky

and Distress Inks and the Field Grass image to create the ground.

I hope you will check out the particulars for the challenge at the

Eureka! Stamps Blog

and join in the fun of our challenge.

The Eureka! Stamps Store 

has lots of great images that would be work well for this challenge

so stop by and have a look.

Until next time, Happy Crafting!

Vacation Challenge

The Eureka! Stamps Challenge this week is

"Vacation"

what better to use than something 'beachy'?

I used 

"Shell Background" (#58102) from 

Eureka! Stamps

for my card.

I stamped the image onto white card stock and 

colored the sand part with water color crayons.

I stamped it again and colored the shells then fussy cut

many of them. 

I then adhered them onto the background with foam tape.

It's hard to see the dimension in the picture, sorry about that.

I cut and added a few of the little shells to the bottom corner for 

a little interest.

We seldom vacation at the beach, but I do love it.

Where do you like to vacation?

Why not join in this weeks challenge and create a project

that shows us something about your vacations.

Pop on over to the Eureka! Stamps Blog 

to get all the particulars about the challenge 

then check out the 

Eureka! Stamps Store 

and see what great images they have to choose from.

There is something for everyone!

Thanks for stopping by today.

Until next time, Happy Crafting!

Farm Animal Challenge

Hello stampers and other friends!

Today there is a new challenge from Eureka! Stamps

The theme is
"Farm Animals"

For my project I have used

"Pig in Chocolate" (#1403) from 

Eureka! Stamps 

and the "Happy" from the 

"Happy Birthday" set (#22803) from 

QKR Stampede and 

"Field Grass Left" (#38901) from 

Biblical Impressions
QKR and BI are sister companies of Eureka! Stamps.

I stamped Pig in Chocolate onto a tag with brown ink.

Stamped it again onto scrap paper and fussy cut it for a mask.

After coloring the pig with water color crayons, 

I put the mask over the image and used 

Distress Inks to color the grass and sky.

I used the Field Grass stamp to make the grass 

and tore pieces of hand made paper for the clouds.

I thought Happy Happy Happy

was a perfect sentiment for this little guy.

I hope you like my project and are inspired in some way.

Please see the

Eureka! Stamps Blog 

for further information on the challenge.

Hope you'll play along.

Thanks for stopping by today.

Until next time, Happy Crafting.

Thank you Sunflower card.

This weeks challenge for 

The Eureka! Stamps Challenge is

"Thank You"

You can find all the particulars about the challenge on 

The Eureka! Stamps Blog

For my card I have chosen to use an image from

one of the sister companies of 

Eureka! Stamps.

I have used 

"Sunflowers" (35808) from 

Biblical Impressions

I stamped this beautiful background stamp onto white card stock

and colored it with water color crayons.

I then cut it in half and adhered each piece to brown card stock.

I used my 

Perfect Layers Minis from

Perfect Paper Crafting

to cut perfect mats.

(If you used the code Kristie5% at check out 

you will receive a 5% discount on your order)

The "Thanks" was cut using my Cricut,

I'm sorry, I don't remember which cartridge I used

I believe it was George and Basic Shapes, 

but I'm not positive.

I adhered the flowered panels to a white card base with foam tape.

The "Thanks" was adhered with a double layer of foam tape.

I really love how this card turned out

and I hope you do too.

Now hop on over to 

The Eureka! Stamp Blog

and join in the challenge fun.

And why not check out the 

Eureka! Stamps Store

and the 

Biblical Impressions Store

and see what wonderful images they both have to offer.

I used their unmounted red rubber stamps,

but digital format are also available.

Thanks for stopping by today.

Until next time, Happy Stamping!

Ribbons and Bows Challenge

Hello blog friends!

I took a break from my design team work for a couple months.

Life was just getting too busy and I needed a break from something.

BUT, I'm back and it's time for another 

Eureka! Stamps Challenge

The theme of the challenge is 

"Ribbons and Bows"

I decided to use 2 images from

Eureka! Stamps

"Round Balloon" (#8203) and 

"Heart Balloon" (#5204)

Imagine you open an envelope and take this card out.

You think what the heck is this?

Then you open it out and  SURPRISE!!!!

It's a card in a box!

How fun is that?!?!

For my balloons I stamped the round balloon and heart balloon

images onto the back of some glitter card stock.

I then cut them out.

I made little bows with 'bakers twine' 

and glued them to each balloon as well as

 gluing a piece to hang down as the balloon string.

Each balloon was adhered to a small strip of acetate 

that was used to hold the balloon upright.

I adhered a piece of gold ribbon and a bow around the box area

with ATG tape.

For a greeting, on the back of the box, I added a layer of white card stock,

stamped the balloons onto yellow card stock,

then stamped the "Happy" from the 

"Happy Birthday" set (#22803) from 

QKR Stampede,

which is sister company to 

Eureka! Stamps.

I fussy cut the balloons and adhered them along with 

balloon strings and bows to the back of the card.

If you'd like to learn how to make a card like this, you can find a video at 

Stamp and Scrap with Frenchie

I'm sure there are other videos out there,

but this is where I learned of it and got the pattern.

I hope you have been inspired and will join the 

Ribbon and Bow challenge on the 

Eureka! Stamps Blog

Thanks for stopping by today, 

come again soon.

Until next time, Happy Crafting!

Wedding Card Challenge

This week the challenge on the

Eureka! Stamps Blog

 is wedding.

I decided to use

"Heart Chain Border" (#35902)

"Love is in the air!" (#digi24406) from

Eureka! Stamps

The Heart Chain Border was stamped onto

gold velum and embossed with white embossing powder.

I cut the base card and inserted the gold embossed piece into the front of the card.

 This is the inside of the card.

For the sentiment, I used a digital stamp.

I printed it to a piece of paper, then I traced the lettering

with a glue pen then embossed it with gold embossing powder.

It needed a little something and some gold thread worked perfect.

I hope my card has inspired you and that you will join

the Eureka! Stamps Challenge this week.

For all the details hop on over to the

Eureka! Stamps Blog.

 

So glad you stopped by today, I'd love to hear what you think,

so leave me a comment.

 

Until next time, Happy Crafting!

 

Great Outdoors

The Great Outdoors!

This is the theme of the

Eureka! Stamps Challenge

this week. Be sure to check out the particulars on the

Eureka! Stamps Blog.

I decided to use 2 images from

Eureka! Stamps

"Lg Tree" (#15302) and

"Leaf Background" (#26901)

I used VersaFine ink for the background image.

I stamped it onto white card stock,

then stamped it again on another piece of card stock.

The second stamping is what I used on these cards.

I wanted it to be a little more subtle.

I then cut a circle from a piece of very light weight paper.

I laid the paper over the background image

and inked the circle with Distress ink. 

Then I stamped the tree image onto the circle.

This panel was then adhered to a card base

that had been inked with the same

Distress ink colors as the circle.

This second card I used the same technique,

but once I had inked the green circle,

I took away the mask and replace it

with the circle that had been cut out

and inked around the circle with yellow Distress ink.

I wanted to give a kind of bright yellow sunny feel to the background.

My daughter likes the second card better,

but I kind of like the first one.

What do you think?

Leave a comment and let me know.

I hope you have been inspired in some way.

Maybe to try a new technique,

try some inking

or just to participate in the challenge.

 

Thanks for stopping by today, come again soon.

 

Until next time, Happy Crafting!

All White Challenge

Today we have another Eureka! Stamps Challenge.

This weeks theme is

"All White or No Designer Papers"

I love white on white cards,

 but find them very tough to do, so I seldom do them. 

But this time it came together very nicely.

I used "Filigree Background" (#39201) from

Eureka! Stamps.

I stamped the background on white card stock

with Versa Mark ink and

embossed it with white embossing powder.

I wrapped some lovely May Arts ribbon around the panel.

The paper flowers are hand made for this card

and I put little pearls in the centers.

The entire panel was then adhered to a white card base with foam tape.



I know this is an odd angle,

but I wanted to show the embossed background image. 

It's tough to really show the detail with the

white on white embossing. 

 I hope you can see how really lovely this background is.

I hope you have been inspired in some way

and will participate in our challenge on the

 Eureka! Stamps Blog

where you will find all the details about the challenge.

 

Thanks for stopping by today, leave a comment if you will

and come again soon!

 

Until next time, Happy Crafting!

 

Eureka! Stamps Blog Hop with Mystery Winners!!!

 Hello Blog Fans!

Today is the Eureka! Stamps Design Team Blog Hop.

Our team has been hard at work and we are showcasing one of the wonderful images from Eureka! Stamps.

For this hop we have used

"Turkey Dinner" (#10104)

I have also chosen to use

"Happy Thanksgiving" (#10203)

I used digital images, but these are both also available

in unmounted red rubber.

If you have come from Cheryl's blog, you are on the right track,

if you have just happened upon the hop, you may want to go to the beginning at the Eureka! Stamps Blog, so you don't miss a thing.

If at any time, you run into a 'broken' link or get lost, just pop back there where you will find a full line up.

Be sure to leave comments along the way as there will be

 two mystery design team members

who will each be choosing a winner from the comments left on their posts!

These winner will each win our featured Eureka! Stamps digital image.

There will also be a

Grand Prize winner

chosen from the comments left on the last stop,

which is the Eureka! Stamps Blog.

This lucky winner will receive 5 new digital stamps

of their choice from the

 Eureka! Stamps Store.

Now, on to my card!

I colored "Turkey Dinner" with FlexMarkers.

Once I cut the image panel to size,

I added the score lines and inked it with

Distress Ink (Antique Linen)

I used the same process for the inside of the card.

 

Thanks for stopping by today!  Be sure to leave a comment as you never know who that mystery team member might be.

Now you'll want to hop on to see what inspiration

Sarosa

has for you. I'm sure it will be something wonderful!

 

You will have through

Saturday, November 10th to hop along and comment. 

Winners will be announced on

Sunday Novemeber 11th on the Eureka! Stamps Blog.

Be sure to leave comments on all the blogs,

you never know, you may be the winner!

 

Until next time, Happy Crafting!