Take Wing Blog Hop Tomorrow!

For the first time, I'm participating in Club Scrap's monthly blog hop. I'm excited to show a new technique I've learned using Take Wing UM stamps, papers, and stencil. Hope you stop by!

Scrapping with iClassygirl

Last Wednesday I participated for the first time in iClassygirl's online pajama scrapping party.  Each month, she chooses a layout sketch and creates a page using the current Club Scrap kit. This month she used the fabulous Take Wing kit. Here is the sketch she used. (You can find her completed page on her blog.)

I had just purchased some black fabric flowers on clearance at Michaels (love to look through the clearance areas at craft stores!), and I wanted to use them for the flower cluster in the sketch.  I pulled out a picture I've been wanting  to do something with--my in-laws with my youngest daughter. I hope Classygirl doesn't mind that I used a large photo instead of two smaller ones! 

The blue in the two shirts was a perfect match for Club Scrap's Science kit's blue card stock--and one of my daughter's favorite colors! The black card stock is from the Pure & Simple kit. Silver stickers are from a Dazzles sticker sheet from Paper Wishes, and the alpha stickers are from a Creative Memories alpha set I purchased years ago. Again, the fabric flowers were purchase at Michaels with nailheads from my stash.

So, that is my completed page, and I am very happy with it. Such a special picture deserves a beautiful page!

Playing with "Take Wing"

Club Scrap's kit this month is a fun, colorful one called Take Wing. Here's a picture of the CS kit; the Lite kit ships Monday!

Isn't it fun?! Just love the swirls, feathers, leaves, and birds. It even has some flowers, which endears it even more to me. The colors are a glossy white, two shades of green, a red, and the prettiest navy I've ever seen in a paper. In fact, that navy print in the top right of the picture has a silver print on it--probably my most favorite CS paper of all time!

I decided to play with the kit today. I've been making cards a lot lately. I like being able to try new techniques (new to me, anyway) on a smaller scale. 

These are the materials I picked out: both greens and a navy. All of these came from the HPOPs (half pound-of-paper) that CS offers. I like getting this pack so I don't have to cut into my 8.5x11 or 12x12 papers. It comes with various sizes of the kit papers. I also pulled out the navy ribbon from the kit and the "Thank You" stamp from the Greeting UM (unmounted) stamp set. The embossing folder in the back has a feather design. It's from Paper Wishes. I always label my embossing folders so I can find the one I want quickly.

I only wanted to emboss part of the panel--leaving the top smooth for the greeting. I placed the stamp on the paper and adjusted the paper inside the embossing folder. Ran it through my Wizard, and the beautiful feather design appeared.

After stamping the greeting, I adhered the navy ribbon at the top of the embossing. Sliding a smaller piece under that one, I tied a knot, which makes it look like a bow. Love that tip!

Here is the finished card. I die cut some flowers out of some small papers from the HPOPs bag. I really can't make a project without adding flowers of some sort. The dies are from Paper Wishes. The tiny flower in the center is from Club Scrap's Birds of a Feather collection from a few years ago. The green is a great match with the Take Wing kit.

Horsin' Around

My family has horses, so I love to play with any art supplies that have a horse theme. My latest favorite is Club Scrap's Equestrian kit from November 2012. (There are several items still available from that collection! Check 'em out: http://www.clubscrapshop.com/store/c/112-Equestrian.aspx.)

I like using the pre-printed panels (cutaparts) in the Greetings to Go kits to make cards. They often have a greeting and artwork right on them, so they just need a bit of embellishment.

But sometimes I like to do my own stamping, as I did with this card. The wording is so cute. (Not sure what our girls asked for when we ended up with horses--perhaps giraffes!)

My top card uses embellished panels, and the bottom one a manila tag from my stash. Love the running horses stamp. I used Club Scrap sapphire, moss, and earth inks to get the collage effect.

I had to look if the Greetings to Go pack is still available, and it is! Love these fall colors! All Club Scrap's GTG packs come with card bases, panels, and envelopes to make 15 cards plus cutapart panels and embellishments. It's a great deal, and to have cards made with CS's quality cardstock is such a bonus.

Thanks for taking a look at my entry. Hope you have a blessed week!

Fall Card for (another) OWH Challenge

Earlier this week, my wonderful MIL and I were discussing die cutting machines. Mine is the original Spellbinder's Wizard machine. It's not as sophisticated as some of the newer ones, but it works quite well. I recently purchased the Orchard Harvest Tags and Accents dies from Spellbinders--I just love the leaves!! I was trying to describe (over the phone) how embossed the leaves are, but I think I will just show her!

And this card doubles as the challenge to make a fall card at Marilyn's Cards blog for OWH's Labor Day weekend challenge.

For the leaves, I used the copper paper from Club Scrap's Ornamental kit--one of my favorite papers of all time. The papers are from Apothecary, with the yellow panel spritzed with green ink spray. I really like how this card turned out, and I will be including it in my next shipment of cards to Operation Write Home for the troops!

And Another OWH Challenge

Participating in Annette's challenge for the OWH Labor Day blog hop, I used the sketch she chose to create a love card (well, actually I made two!)

First I made the one on the left, embossing the yellow panel (from Club Scrap's Apothecary collection) with a Spellbinder's embossing plate. After putting it all together, I decided to make another card, this time flipping the embossed panel over and running CS Leaf ink over the design. I think the ink really completes the card!