Welcome back Friends & Followers! I DID IT! I finished ALL 42 DTGD Challenges before the deadline - WOO HOO! Never done this before, it feels GREAT and I have a nice collection of cards for my stash as well - SWEET! Enough babbling - let's get to the cards! The first one combined 2 challenges and uses images from Holiday Baskets by Melanie Muenchinger of Gina K. Designs:
(Please click on the photo for clearer resolution if necessary). The background was created using the polished stone technique for Stamp TV's Chat & Challenge to use the polished stone technique - never done it before, it calls for metallic reinkers, which I do not own, so I used Yoyo Yellow, Summer Sun and Pumpkin Pie instead. Since they had a fall feel to them I combined them with some sunflowers stamped on summer sun cardstock and cut out by hand (ouch) and popped up above the basket which is embossed with Brownie EP by Zing! directly onto the glossy cardstock base. I added some Cinnamon Stickles to the centers of the sunflowers for some extra sparkle and pizzazz. In addition, I have entered this card in the following additional challenges:
My second, and final DTGD creation, doesn't have any stamping or embossing at all - just adhesive - check it out:
The 'joy' is die cut from WPlus9 Designs' 'Season Sentiments' die set which was run through my Xyron (do you have one of these things? If not - you gotta get one! They have three sizes for every crafter and you can use a half off coupon from Michaels the next time they come around - Easy way to apply loose glitter without messy glues!) on both sides - one side I sprinkled red glitter over, the other was peeled off and adhered to the card. Then I attached a snowflake rhinestone cluster to the center of the 'o'. Easy peasy lemon squeezy right? I am entering this card into the following additional challenges as well:
Thanks so much for sharing my DTGD journey with me and joining in the celebration that I finished them all! WOO HOO!
~ Crafty Math Chick
Hello Friends & Followers! So nice to have you back again to see more of my cards created for the Dare to Get Dirty Challenges on SCS. Since the deadline is this evening, they will all be finished before midnight. My first card allowed me to use my new-ish 'Glimpse Inside' set from Taylored Expressions along with all the CUTE coordinating dies like the arched window and the window accessories (and I got to COLOR - WOO HOO!)
(Please click on the photo for clearer resolution). I wish I could remember who made that cute red woodgrain paper (Studio Calico perhaps?), I know the paper pieced wallpaper is from that Season's Greetings stack by Echo Park that I have been using so much lately. I added some Queen & Co. brick red pearls as the tree's glass ornaments and add some sprigs using Martha Stewart's punch to the little window box. I do like how this one came out. I am also entering this card in the following additional challenges:
When I saw the patterned paper I used in the second card I have for you in this post I knew it would make a pretty card with Asela Hopkins' 'Pretty as a Peacock' set.
and I love the colors in it (it is really so vibrant IRL - I paired it with Eggplant Envy, Lucky Limeade, and Bermuda Bay) and I know I will be using this color combo again! The sentiment and peacock were heat embossed with black EP and I sort of spotlighted the square with Bermuda bay. I am also entering this card in Crafts and Me's Anything Goes challenge (I think it is just too pretty not to show off).
Alright friends & followers - I have one more DTGD challenge cards post later this evening for you, so I hope you will revisit tonight or tomorrow to see them!
~ Crafty Math Chick
Hello again! I thought since I had a total of four projects to post this evening I would break it into two posts, make it easier to read or something (do you mind posts with a big string of cards? Let me know!). The first is actually a tag rather than a card, using There She Goes Clear Stamps' 'Warmest Wishes' stamp set and coordinating dies and some designer papers from Echo Park's 'Season's Greetings' stack (LOVE that collection!):
(Please click on the photo for clearer resolution). I just love the rustic look of these colors and papers, so I thought the tiny wooden buttons would be the perfect accents for the mittens with a little twine here, little bling there. I am entering this tag in the following additional challenges:
My second card uses Papertrey Ink's Heart-2-heart #6 collection:
I used the rays of sunshine cutting plate by Taylored Expressions' as a template for the sun's rays and sponged some soft sky ink at the edges of the clouds (I am still 'on cloud nine' myself after realizing I have cloud dies in my collection and no longer have to cut them out by hand, YIPPEE!). I am entering this card in the following additional challenges:
Thanks so much for stopping by again this evening! I appreciate you taking the time to view my creations and read my ramblings. Have a wonderful evening!
~ Crafty Math Chick
Hello Again Friends & Followers! The first card I have for your viewing pleasure this evening was created for one of the DTGD Challenges on SCS (yes, just ONE!). I used the adorable little sheep from Taylored Expressions' 'Hello Spring' set, some sun rays cut from TE's ray of sunshine cutting plate, and some clouds (I DO own some cloud dies!!) from Papertrey Ink (heart-2-heart #6 dies to be exact) to make this card:
See? I told you the sheep were wicked cute (Please click on the photo for clearer resolution). I also used a Martha Stewart border punch for the grass and I felt the bottom was incomplete so I added a little green & white twine down there. The sentiment inside says 'I hope brighter skies come your way soon.' I thought that was nice. I am also entering this card in the following challenges:
The second card I have for you in the post should be nice when a more formal thank you is needed:
I really love block greetings like this (even if I don't get the opportunity to color on them) ;)
Thanks so much for stopping by - I have a few more to upload this evening and then a post or two tomorrow since the DTGD challenges wrap up around midnight.
~ Crafty Math Chick
Hello Friends & Followers! I'm back with more for you! I have three cards for you in this post and (GASP!) NONE of them involve coloring (I KNOW! and I LOVE to color!!) First, a card that fulfilled 4 of the DTGD challenges over on SCS that uses WPlus9 Design's Love Birds stamp set and coordinating dies:
(Please click on the photo for clearer resolution). I created the pink heart background using Papertrey Ink's Background Basics: Hearts set. I am entering this card in the following additional challenges:
My second card only met the requirements of one DTGD challenge, but I really like it just the same:
I used Papertrey Ink's Frog Hop stamp set and coordinating dies and kept it simple with just Lucky Limeade and Garden Green cardstock & inks. I think this will make a nice birthday card for one of my numerous nephews! I am also entering this card in the following additional challenges as well:
This brings me to the last of the three cards I have for you today - this one satisfied FIVE DTGD challenges (I think that is a record for me... not sure though...). It uses the cute little bunny from There She Goes Clear Stamps' 'Good Times' set and some more DP from MME's Sunshine stack (I think that stack is becoming one of my favorites, I am going to be sad when it is all used up!):
Do you have any idea how difficult it was for me NOT to color this bunny? LOL! I need to learn that sepia coloring technique where you are shading with lots of shades of brown - that would have looked nice on this card. I aged the Very Vanilla cardstock with some Memento Rich Cocoa, Crumb Cake and Close to Cocoa inks and sponged some on the ivory lace I used too. That paper& ribbon flower accent could not have been possible without the use of glubers (which I actually got in this cool Cosmo Cricket paper kit I saw at Tuesday Morning, which I had originally purchased because I loved the stamp set in it, LOL!) This card actually is not very 'me' at all - lots of challenges that aren't my style, but that is why they call them'challenges' right? I am also entering this card in the following additional challenges:
Thanks again for stopping by - I will have more for you to see tomorrow, so you all come back now, 'y hear? ;)~ Crafty Math Chick
Good Morning Friends & Followers! I hope you have a fun weekend planned. Here are some more projects I created for the DTGD challenges on SCS. The first is a little Ghirardelli treat box (tutorial can be found here on SCS - they are WICKED easy to make and recipients have always loved them) that satisfied the requirements of two DTGD challenges:
(please click on the photo for clearer resolution). Experience has taught me that the easiest way to keep the flap of the box closed is to find some cute image, label or tag (I used one from Stampin' Up's retired 'Cute & Curly' set along with their curly label punch) and pop it up with foam tape and then thread a piece of twine or ribbon through the space and tie it on top - festive no? This cute little guy hold 3 Ghirardelli chocolate squares in flavors of your choosing - YUM! I am also entering this Ghirardellia chocolate box into Moxie Fab World's Holiday Food & Treat Wrap Challenge (they allow entries posted within 4 weeks).
The next card satisfied the requirements of three DTGD challenges on SCS:
(the inside says 'the more you have, the harder it is to find your keys - LOL!) I had fun paper piecing the purses from Skipping Stones Design's Birthday Purses set and used a CB 'Houndstooth' EF for a patterned background. Not sure I love the colors on this one - I had pictured it coming out a LOT differently in my head... but it satisfies the requirements of the following additional challenges as well:
Thanks for looking - should have more for you to see later today (have to make some serious progress on the remaining DTGD challenges - there are 42 total and I have only completed 20 of them so far, EEK!) Wish me luck!
~ Crafty Math Chick
Hello Friends & Followers! I cannot tell you how good it feels be to crafting again! I made three cards and one treat box today, but I just don't have the energy to post them all, so I will post two tonight and two tomorrow, along with whatever else I create then. Here is a card I made which satisfied four different DTGD challenges at SCS with Cocoa's Christmas and A Cocoa Kind of Christmas:
(please click on the photo for clearer resolution) I had so much fun coloring little Cocoa mouse, though separating the snowflake bling (it came packages on a long chain I had to separate with a craft knife)... not so much. I am also entering this card in the following additional challenges:
- Stamp and Create July Challenge - Christmas in July,
- Jellypark Friends Friday Challenge - Christmas in July,
- Totally Papercrafts Challenge - Inspired by a Song (when I was considering the layout of this card and saw the sentiment I ended up using, I kept hearing 'We wish you a Merry Christmas, and a Happy New Year, good tidings we bring to you and your kin...' ... you have that song in your head now too, don't you?),
- MilkCoffee Challenge - Show off those coloring skills,
- Whimsical Designs Challenge - use a bug or an animal (I'm pretty sure little Cocoa Mouse counts),
- Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes (why not right?), and
- Crafts and Me - Anything Goes.
And this is my other SNSS card that I made today using Love from Rhubarb and this week's SNSS Sweet Stop sketch 221:
I colored him red because it reminds me of my first teddy bear that I had since I was little that used to sit on my dresser, it was red and I loved how unique it was. I know it doesn't show up well in the picture, but I used some Studio G glitter glue (which is just as nice as Stickles if anyone was curious, and might even come out in a finer line...) on his wings to make them sparkly - it's really pretty, sort of a red holographic glitter. I am also entering this card in the following additional challenges:
Thanks so much for stopping by to see my creations and read my ramblings. Have a great night! I will be back tomorrow with more!
~ Crafty Math Chick
