Laura's Loft January Challenge: Resist

 

 

 

 

 

 Hi everyone,

Welcome to Laura's Loft January Resist Challenge.  I am honored to be part of this Challenge with the fantastic and talented Inspirational Compadres from Laura's Loft.

The dates for the challenge are January 16 through January 29, 2016.  To enter you will need to upload your Challenge Card to the Inlinkz Linkup Tool found on Laura's Blog.  Great News!!! There will be two (2) winners in the Resist Challenge.  The prizes for the winners are a $25.00 Gift Card to Laura's Loft and a $15.00 Gift Card to Avery Elle.  The winners of the Challenge will be announced on January 31, 2016.

 

 

 

Now on to my card for the Resist Challenge.  

 

   

For this card I cut a piece of 140 # watercolor paper to 5 1/4 " x 4".  I stamped on the butterflies and sentiment with VersaMark ink using the Altenew Bejeweled Stamp Set.  I then added WOW Bright White Superfine Embossing Powder and set it with a heat gun.  I stamped Tim Holtz Mini Distress Kits inks #10(squeezed lemonade), #11 (festive berries), #12(chipped sapphire), and #14 (hickory smoke) to my craft sheet.  I then colored the butterflies and background using a waterbrush. After the paper dried I applied sequins from the Glacial Bliss Sequin Mix. I adhered the watercolor paper to black cardstock and then placed that on a white A2 size card.  I enjoyed making this card, each card turns out differently.   The products I used can be found at Laura's Loft. 

I hope you enjoyed my card.  Please check out the other cards by the Inspirational Compadres at Laura's Loft. 

Laura- http://www.lauralscott.com/llc2/
Deana-http://www.designcreativelybling.com/2016/01/lauras-loft-absolutely-inspiring.html
Jasmine-http://journeywithjasmine.blogspot.com/2016/01/lauras-loft-challenge-resist.html
Emma- http://heartofcraft.blogspot.com/2016/01/challenge-time-with-lauras-loft-resist.html
debbie- http://debbielovestocraft.blogspot.com/2016/01/challenge-inspiration-jan-2016-resist.html
Noe- http://elscrapdecrisynoe.blogspot.com.es/2016/01/lauras-loft-reto-mensual-embossing.html
Lisa - http://royalpumpkinart.blogspot.com/2016/01/resist-new-challenge-with-lauras-loft.html
Dawn - http://dipndotscreations.blogspot.com/2016/01/resist-challenge-at-lauras-loft.html
Valentina - http://valentinascrap.blogspot.com/2016/01/january-challenge-dt-lauras-loft.html
Linda Gorman-  http://dabblesbylinda.blogspot.com/2016/01/lauras-loft-january-challenge-resist.html    YOU ARE HERE
Robbie - http://inkedx2.blogspot.com/search/label/LLChallenge

Thanks for stopping by and have a great scrappy day!!!

Linda

 



 

 

 

Laura's Loft December Challenge: Tic-Tac-Toe

 Hi Everyone,

Today I am participating in Laura's Loft December Challenge.  The Challenge for December is making a card using prompts from the Tic-Tac-Toe Board below. 

 

 

Please join us in our Tic-Tac-Toe Challenge.  The Challenge runs until midnight of January 2, 2016.  And there are two great prizes for the winning cards!!!!

 

Winner



Runner Up

 To be eligible to win these prizes go to Laura's Loft and enter your creations in the Inlinkz.  

 

 

My Take on the Challenge

 

I decided to use the diagonal prompts from top left to bottom right.  My card includes Sequins, Shaker Card, and Die Cutting. 

 

 

To make this card I selected several pieces of decorative paper.  I die cut a circle in both papers to make my shaker card.  I stamped and die cut the penguin from The Greeting Farm "Let It Snow" stamp set and matching die set.  I colored the penguin with markers and glued it to the card.  I used Glacial Bliss Sequin Mix in the shaker with a little snow also on the bottom.  For the embossing element of the card I embossed the blue snowflakes on the front of the card using WOW Nice Ice Blue Embossing Powder.  I love the way the card turned out!

 

I love doing Challenge Cards!  They make you use your creative juices to put your own spin on your card.  There will be a Challenge every month at Laura's Loft so please make sure you check back to join in the fun. 

 

All these great products and much more can be purchased from Laura's Loft.  Laura has a wide variety of all things great for card making and scrapbooking. She even has gift certificates available.  

 

I hope everyone enjoyed my card.  Have a great holiday season!!!

 

HAPPY CARD MAKING AND CREATING !!!

 

 Linda

World Card Making Day Entries with the Stamp of Approval Box

Hi Everyone!

I hope everyone is staying warm.  It is snowing here in Parma, Ohio this morning.  Nothing sticking to the ground but still snowing.  Way toooo early for this!!!!  My post today has cards I made for a Challenge in a group I belong to called StampNation.  When I started the Challenge, I made a challenge for myself to use only items from the Stamp of Approval Box by Catherine Pooler.  Here are the cards:

 USA

 

 CANADA

 

 SWITZERLAND

 

 SCOTLAND

 

 JAPAN

 

 AUSTRALIA

 

 MALAYSIA

 

 FRANCE

 

 GERMANY

 

ISRAEL

 

 

I had a great time making these cards and only using the stamps, dies, and stencil in the Stamp of Approval Box.  If you are interested in either a SOA Box or in StampNation, please check out Catherine Pooler's website.

 

 

Thank you for checking out my blog.  I have some new and exciting things coming up in the near future. I will keep you posted!  If you have any questions or comments, please feel free to contact me at lindahpd@aol.

 

Have a great day and stay warm!!!!!

 

 

Linda