Hambo hoedown 129

Thanks again to Hambo for sending

the free image to play with.

This time we have this wonderful 

SCHOOL DOG and the

challange is to make a school themed

card or project.

Well, this time i made a cards and a project.

Here is the card.I used some background paper

I made my own with my new gelli plate.

Found some cute pictures I had in my

stash to add to the dog image

that I colored with pencil.

Here also a picture of the inside of the card.

I could not throw away the left over paper!

I also came up with this fun door-hanger.

It is the shape of a pencil to hang on your

child's door when he/she is out to school.

I enlarched the dog to fit with the size of the

pencil (4"x 7").

Here you see it when it hangs on the door.

The image of the dog is colored here 

with distressmarkers.

Have a creative day!

Sunday Scrap page: Something new

This week the theme is: "Something New"

at the Weekly Chronicles of Club Scrap.

So something new for me is I have started running 

this week and I intend to keep on doing it.

My DD and my DH help me along this week.

I used :

Club Scrap Hopes papers

and Michael Strongs paisley stamps.

The black chip letters came with the kit.

The strip also and i made it into this banner.

The paisley stamps are stamped in versamark

 and embossed in metalic orange

and decorated with sticky glitter gemstones.

The little ribbons on the side of the

picture also cae with the kit and are fastned

with a staple.

PS.don't forget our Club Scrap Blog hop

on August 28 on the Tribal Kit.

Have a creative day!

Happy Birthday!

I used Club Scrap Hopes paper

and some bits of scrap paper from

a 6x6 block.

Lettering is the Punch and spell alphabeth by

Michael Strong and the hands are dies

from Tim Holtz as well as the stamp

(time traveler) .

The sentiment I found on the internet for 

free here.

Saturday Sketch card: Anniversary

On the Michael Strong yahoogroup

we have a new challenge every month by Mike

himself. This month it is Mike and Carla's 

37th Wedding Anniversary and all of us are

challenged to make them a card by using this sketch:

Here you see the finished card

and envelop. I used:

Mike's  cloisonné hearts

SU! wedding stamp and sentiment

musical notes  - unknown

This is the inside of the card.

If you click on the photo you

can see a larger version and read the

wonderful sentiment.

It is from an old set I already have for a long

time and love to use( Oh, how we danced)

In the bckground i first stamped the large

cloisonné heart in versamark and embossed

it with clear embossing powder. You can

find the stamps HERE.

The smal heart is done with gold embossing

powder and colored with pink distress marker.

Now how did I make the background?

First I stamped the wedding couple in versamark

and embossed it with white embossing powder.

Next I did the same with the the musical notes.

Second I took my craft sheet and  distress stains

(fired brick, tarnished brass and tattered rose).

I did the direct to paper technique and the white

lines resist the stains.

A ribbon and some musical washi tape and the card is finished

ready to be posted by special messenger!

Mike and Carla, I hope the card the card is soon

with you and you have a lovely Wedding Anniversary

and hopefully many more!

Have a creative day!

Hambo challenge 128: Carpenter

Here is my card for the 

Hambo Hoedown challenge

using things a carpenter would use.

We got this wonderful digital stampset of

the carpenter from playing last week.

If you like this image,you can find it HERE.

For my card, I used 2 pieces of real wood

in card size and drilled two holes in it.

With a blender tool and walnut stain distress ink

I colored around the borders of the card.

I found a hammer and nails stamp in my stash

and stamped thes on the background of my card.

For decoration I used some floor plan scrap paper, 

metallic mesh, black brads

and thin wire around the card.

for the inside i also used the messh, some brads,

a piece of silver embossed paper and one of 

the sentiments that came with this set.

Here you see the finished card.

It is held together with some workmen's string.

The carpenter is colored with pensil and the sentiments

are stick with double sided tape to the background.

I found I had a hamer and nail button that I could use. 

Thanks for looking!

Have a creative day!

Sunday Scrap page: Old

Here is my scrap page for today. It is about something old,

for that is the theme of this week at Club Scrap's

Weekly Chronicles.

Why the old clothes?

Well, I have been losing so much weight,I have a

whole set of new clothes and all the old ones go to a 2nd

hand shop so I get some money for new ones.

To make this page I used Club Scrap August Tribal

papers and stamps in combination with Michael Strong's

small circle from the Accent stamp set.

The small circle of Michael Strong fits perfectly

in the Tribal circle stamp. The little silver dots are made with a

viva color pearl pen.

I have used different colors for both stamps,

so you see which one is Club Scrap and 

wich one is Michael Strong.

Have a creative day!

Michael Strong inspiration for Jewish New Year

As the Jewish New Year

Rosh Hashanah 

is around the corner:

5/6th of September

I do have to make some cards.

This year i am inspired by Michael Strong's

new stamp called Hannah's Busy Bee

and you can find it HERE.

Below you see the cards that inspired me.

You may wonder about the new year thing...it is only September?

But the Jewish lunar year is different. It is also not 2013, but the new year

is 5774 and if you are interested, you can find more info

about this jewish holiday HERE.

As for my card:

I added a Jewish wish and some stars of David (SU!)

to my card. The stamp is embossed with gold

on some light blue paper. All papers are Club Scrap.

Little sticky gemstones are added in the middle

of the star of david that you see when arranging the images 

in this way.

Wondering why the bee is for Jewish New Year?

Well he makes the honey that we eat on a sweet apple

to symbolize the hope of a sweet year!

So on these cards I added the number

of the new Jewish new Year.

I have cut them out with a long sizzix

Tim Holtz die.

Have a creative day!