ho challenge #2 single layer

This week's Ho Challenge http://craftyhoschallenge.blogspot.com/ is to make a single layer card with ribbon and button (s). I just got these Alice in Wonderland stamps from RedEowyn because my son's school is performing the play and I wanted to make the adults in charge thank you cards. Let me know what you think, good enough for the director? I am not sure if I like the coloring on this one. It came out brighter than what I wanted. I do love the wood button and it is the only one I have.

This card fits in with the teapot tuesday challenge here: http://mothermark.blogspot.com/2010/...ht-hed-be.html

Crane cs

SU ribbon

wood button

watercolor pencils and blender

Stazon brown ink

another challenge! CPS155

I remember my friend Joy - aka Daiseyfreak http://daiseyfreak.blogspot.com/ - saying, once you start challenges they become addicting, and since she is an addiction therapist I think she knows of what she speaks! Well just what I needed, another addiction, but wait, this is a good addiction because it helps me use the stash from my craft supply hoarding addiction LOL!

For this card I used SU's French script background on some KandCompany dp also where the dp strip came from, a chicken wire background (cannot remember where I got this). The rooster is from Rustic Rooster an old SU set it is popped up with dimensionals and the sentiment is from Carte Postale, held on with hodgepodge hardware. The twine was in the garage.

I seem to be in a French mood looking at the past few cards I made. I guess because my 6th grader is taking French this marking period and comes home talking about it (not speaking in French though). I think I will give this to one of my daughter's most remarkable and talented teachers, Kate, she gives Abby singing lessons, is her choir teacher and she and her husband bought an old farmhouse they are rebuilding. With all the work they needed to do just to live comfortably in the house they still decided to build a chicken coop and take care of chickens, a 3 year old and a newborn. Makes me tired to just imagine this.

This card was made using the sketch from this challenge:

http://cardpositioningsystems.blogspot.com/

now since I am just jumping on the challenge bandwagon I am not sure I am doing everything I am supposed to do to fulfill the challenge. I am just starting to randomly find challenges that look interesting to me. I found this on the most talented Jeanne Strieff's blog: http://inkypaws.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com/

If I didn't do anything I was supposed to please let me know so I can become a better challenge player!

Thanks so much for looking. I am off to look at the 80 cards posted ahead of mine. Hey it's a snow day I am stuck inside anyway :)

Christmas cards started!!!

I can't believe I have started my Christmas cards in February. I am not late I am early this time. I was so sad I never got cards out to all my friends this year, I decided to join a challenge to make 5 cards a month. I figure that will be about 50 cards, that should be fine. I put some sparkle on this card, you just can't see it in the photo. I also popped up the joy ornament and the merry christmas on the red ornament. I really need to figure out how to take better card photos. I am trying to keep the cards simple and flat, so I don't have to figure out different postage on the different designs I make.

Cruisabella. I used a technique called paper piecing for the car. Simply stamped on white cs then stamped the image on designer paper and cut out the car. Card stock colors used: Sahara Sand, Groovy Guava and dp.

There She Goes stamps. Ruby Red, Pumpkin Pie, Summer Sun, and Old Olive card stock (doesn't look like old olive though)

Image from There She Goes stamps. Using SU's colors - basic grey, amithyst, and bashful blue.