Gallery Idol Finals - Adhesive

Wow, what a ride!  I'm humbled to have made it to the final round of Gallery Idol, and I have to say that I have really enjoyed the whole competition this year.  What a great group of ladies, and challenges that really stretched me, especially this last challenge!

This was the hardest round by far.  I was really stumped and tried several different things, all which involved making a huge mess out of my craft space (and myself).

At the end of the day, I ended up with something that I think definitely showcases adhesive, but which is very me as well.  This is a play on a technique that I'm sure you have all seen - stacking die cuts to create extra dimension, especially word die cuts.  I decided instead of using those stacks as the focal point/sentiment, why not create stacks that become the background?

Basically I used adhesive to create little 'bricks' of cardstock.  I pulled out several shades of yellow and gray to create an ombre effect, and went to town with my 3/4" square punch.  I wanted the scene/background to have movement in both color and dimension.  So the bricks are shorter as you get towards the center of the card.  At the tallest corners the squares are stacked 14 deep, at the center, they are only 4 deep, and then there are variations between.  This took a little bit of finessing, since I used cardstock from several different companies with varying thicknesses, I needed to adjust the numbers of layer a bit depending on thickness.



Once the stacks were created I started thinking about the sentiment/image.  I was torn between something really basic because I wanted the background to shine through, but I didn't want anything too simple either.

This Birdie Brown set from My Favorite Things was the answer.  Originally I thought to stamp the entire scene on the squares, but I opted for a hybrid, with the sentiment and cityscape stamped directly on the squares and then the girl stamped on cardstock, colored, and fussy cut.

Here's how I went about stamping the sentiment/cityscape:  I used removable adhesive on a scrap piece of cardstock to adhere the squares in place and then stamped on them.  Then I adhered each of those squares to the corresponding brick in the pattern.



I wanted a more sketchy effect with the girl - to evoke a comic strip feel, so she was stamped in gray ink, and then I went back with a journaling pen to add the lines in, being careful, but not overly careful.  I added just a touch of color with some yellow copics to her cape and star.  

To assemble the card, I adhered each brick to a scrap piece of cardstock.  I also added a little liquid glue between each of the pieces to hold it together a bit more.  The entire panel was then adhered to the card and the girl was adhered with foam adhesive.



Thanks so much for all your votes and kind words and comments throughout the competition.  As I said at the beginning, it's been a blast.  Looking back on my cards I can truly say I love each one and I have none of the regrets I sometimes have about should I have added this or that, or maybe I should have used this color, etc.

Thanks again, and please head over to the Gallery and vote!

Supplies Used
Paper/Cardstock:  Avery Elle - Cream, Silver Fox, Fog, and White Cardstock; PTI - True Black, Harvest Gold and Lemon Twist cardstock; MFT - Steel Grey cardstock; Bazzill - Banana Split cardstock
Stamps:  MFT - Birdie Brown You're Super
Ink:  Versafine; CTMH - Slate
Other:  Tombow - Mono and Multi Mono Adhesive; Copic - Y00, Y13, Y18; American Crafts - 01 and 05 Black Journaling Pens; CTMH - Dimensional Foam Tape

Gallery Idol Round 4 - Border Stamps

Can't believe that I've made it through to the semi-final round of Gallery Idol!  Thanks so much for voting to keep me in for another week!

Another tough challenge this week....border stamps.  Here's the thing about border stamps, I don't have very many and the ones I have I don't use very much, so I really wasn't sure what I was going to do.  After puzzling for a while, I came up with my idea.....using border stamps as a guide for stitching.

I used one of the borders from WPlus9's Fair Isle Backgrounds to create the basic design/guide for the card.  I stamped with a very light ink on Cream cardstock.



I went ahead and stamped the sentiment before all the stitching because I'm a notoriously bad stamper in that I make a lot of mistakes, I tend to leave a lot of smudges and fingerprints, and I didn't want to finish up the whole card and then screw up the sentiment.



Then I started stitching.  I first used my needle to pierce the holes and then stitched using two strands of DMC floss.



This is not for the faint of heart.  It's a lengthy process, but if it's something you want to try here are a few tips:

1) Use the thickest cardstock you can.

2) Use a needle with the smallest head possible....makes threading a bear, but it's easier on the cardstock and I hate seeing big ungainly holes in the cardstock.

3) Work from the inside of the card out.  This technique is hard on your cardstock, at the same time, once the stitching is complete it actually adds strength/heft to it, so by starting towards the center of your panel where it's the most stable and working out you minimize your chances of bending/tearing.

4) Slow and steady wins the race - you don't want to bend the cardstock or accidentally tear a hole especially when you are stitching in close proximity to another hole or the edge of the cardstock.

5) Use a stamp press.  As I mentioned, I'm not a great stamper technique-wise.  I envy all who can effortlessly stamp in a straight line.  I used a Fiskars stamp press to create this card and even so, needed a few tries to get my borders lined up correctly.



This technique can be as complicated or uncomplicated as you want.  I created starbursts/flowers, but you could just follow the outlines exactly, or even add additional elements that are not part of the border, use more colors, etc.



I hope you love the card, and if you do, please head over to the Gallery Idol page and vote for me (Card #3), I'd love to have a chance to win it all!

Supplies Used
Paper/Cardstock:  Avery Elle - White and Cream cardstock
Stamps:  WPlus9 - Fair Isle Backgrounds; Avery Elle - Oh Happy Day
Ink:  CTMH - Parchment; Versafine
Other:  DMC Embroidery Floss; Fiskars - Stamp Press; American Crafts - This and That Round Foam Dimensional Adhesive

Gallery Idol Round 3 - Stencils

Hey everyone!  I was pretty excited about the challenge for this round of Gallery Idol, if you've followed me for a while, you know that I am a huge stencil fan.

I decided to use Ronda Palazzari's Citygrid stencil for The Crafter's Workshop to create my background.  This is a very simple, but time consuming process.  I laid the stencil over a panel of watercolor paper and then lightly traced around each opening with pencil.  Then I removed the stencil and watercolored each of the spaces.  I actually only used three colors:  Evergreen Bough and Iced Spruce distress ink, and Black ink from CTMH.  Black is tricky as the colors tend to separate in water, so that ended up looking more brown than black, but I actually love the shade that came out.  I ended up with a few dusty blue type spaces and that's when I knew I needed to change/clean out my water.

Here's what the watercolored stencil panel looked like when I was done, you can see that I didn't watercolor evenly, I wanted there to be a graduation in color in each of the spaces.




I thought long and hard about the sentiment, originally leaning towards using a travel theme, but in the end decided that my On the Corner set was too perfect a pairing to pass up.  Sometimes stamped lines seem very stark/hard in comparison, and I wanted to echo the watercoloring/painting in the background, so I ended up compromising.  I stamped the street sign/sentiments in a very light ink, and then traced over the lines with a VERY fine brush and some more of that 'black' ink.




I managed to not take a picture when I was doing it, but here's what it looks like.



To anchor the card, I cut another strip of the watercolor paper and clear embossed the sentiment.  Then I painted that 'black' ink over top until I got the darkness that I wanted.  Finally, the embossing was removed by placing a piece of copy paper over top and ironing it.



Lots of dimension on this one. I popped up the stenciled panel as well as the street sign and sentiment strip.  I love this one and I hope you do too!  And if you do, please head over to the Gallery and vote for me (entry #5), I'd love to get to the next round!

Supplies Used
Paper/Cardstock:  Canson - Watercolor Paper; Avery Elle - Truffle
Stamps:  Neat & Tangled - On the Corner and On the Corner Additions
Ink:  Ranger - Evergreen Bough and Iced Spruce Distress Ink; CTMH - Black and Parchment ink; Versamark
Other:  The Crafter's Workshop - Mini Citygrid Stencil; CTMH - Clear Embossing Powder and Dimensional Foam Tape; American Crafts - This and That Foam Adhesive

Gallery Idol Round 2!

I'm thrilled to have been chosen as one of the Top 20 finalists for this year's Gallery Idol competition.  If you're not familiar with the competition it's like American Idol for cards.  There's a challenge each week that is issued on Friday morning, the contestants have the weekend to create a card that meets the challenge, and then the public gets to vote on them.  Each Friday the field is narrowed by five until the ultimate winner is chosen.

The theme for this round was die cutting, which leaves a lot of room for interpretation.  My card is a die cutting version of spotlight stamping.

I started from the inside and worked out.  First, I created a watercolor sky background using Inktense pencils, and then die cut the pennant shape.  Then I placed the skyline die over the bottom of the pennant and ran it through my machine which leaves the empty negative space.  I had previously cut the skyline in dark gray cardstock.  I adhered some scratch printer paper to the bottom of the pennant, placed the skyline in like a puzzle, added the pennant die over top of that and die cut again to remove the excess skyline portions.  This process was repeated for each of the inlaid elements on the tag.

It would definitely be easier to build the whole scene at one time and cut the pennant once, but my creative process is not so organized as that.

Once I had the pennant done, I started working on the card base.  I first die cut and inlaid the skyline on the base.  Then I used that to line up the pennant to place the clouds.  This is a little tricky, but you use the grooves to make sure your die is in the right place, and then hold it down on the base part of the card and slide the pennant out and die cut.

The overlapping clouds required an extra die cut on both the pennant and base, but it's worth it.  Incidentally if you have the Lil Inker cloud dies that I used, you might be wondering how I did this because the clouds are actually fully attached.....I have some heavy duty kitchen scissors that I used to cut them apart.

At this point I had most of the card done.  I embossed the sentiment, from my Neat & Tangled Clouds set, on the sentiment piece, and added some rays using a Crafter's Workshop stencil, distress marker and waterbrush, and finished it with a little die cut heart as an accent.



Both the pennant and sentiment panel are popped out with foam tape for some dimension as is the little heart.

Sorry this is so wordy, but it was a bit complicated to put together, so I wanted to make sure to explain as best as possible.

Be sure to check out all the cards in the gallery, this is on talented group and I know you will be wowed, and of course, I'd love it if you would vote for my card!

Supplies Used
Paper/Cardstock:  Avery Elle - White, Fog, and Cherry Cardstock; MFT - Steel Grey cardstock; CTMH - White Daisy Cardstock
Stamps:  Neat & Tangled - Clouds
Ink:  Versamark
Other:  Paper Smooches - Super 2 and Hearts dies; MFT - Die-namics Jumbo Fishtail Banner STAX; Lil Inker Designs - Rainbows and Clouds Die Set; The Crafter's Workshop - Mini Stripes Explosion Stencil; Derwent - Inktense pencils; Ranger - Squeezed Lemonade Distress Marker and Waterbrush; Stampendous - White Embossing Powder; CTMH - Dimensional Foam Tape; Tombow - Stamp Runner; Kuretake - Glue Pen

How R U

I have to say that I was having a really hard time with the washi theme for this year's Gallery Idol first round challenge.  I have lots of washi, but I find that I don't use it much.  

But, I decided that if I could come up with an idea that really got me excited - something unique and different - that I would throw my hat in the ring.  

So here you have that card, my one and only entry into the competition this year.  Whether or not it gets picked up I have to say I love it and I loved the creative process that went into it.

I decided I wanted to piece an image with washi.  I've done this before using the technique I learned here, but sorting through my stamps, I just didn't find one that was speaking to me.  And then I found this pin, and I knew it was going to be the death of me to make a card like that, but I just had to try.

I used the same basic outer shape for the different continents, although I simplified them as I started to sketch in the inner lines.  I tried to simplify those as well since I knew I was going to be piecing with washi and didn't want to have to do a ton of teeny tiny pieces.  Once I had the lines set in pencil (with much erasing and changing) I used a ruler and fine Sharpie to draw them all in.  Then I went to work with a pile of washi and cutting knife.  

Piecing with washi is tricky work, you have to cut through the washi, but you don't want to mess up the paper underneath.  I tried to keep patterns to a minimum, and use smaller ones or some that read more as solids from a distance, and there are plenty of solid washi tapes in there too.  

A very simple sentiment from Altenew finished it off.  

That's all for today.  Tomorrow is release week at Neat & Tangled....if you follow me on FB or Instagram you may have seen some sneaks I've posted....I've got two new sets releasing and I'll be joining in on all the release week fun over there, so please be sure to come back tomorrow to check it all out!

Supplies Used

Paper/Cardstock:  CTMH - White Daisy cardstock; Avery Elle - Mimosa cardstock; PTI - True Black cardstock

Stamps:  Altenew - Label Love

Ink:  Versafine

Other:  A whole lot of washi; CTMH - Cutting Knife; Extra fine Sharpie; Tombow - Stamp Runner

Rock Chalk Baby Blog Hop!

Happy Baby to Be to Erin Schreiner!

The GI12 girls are hosting a baby blog hop for the soon to be mama of two, and WCMD winner!  If you're wondering about the name of the hop it's because she is a big Kansas fan.

I wanted to do something not too too traditional for this one.

I CASED an idea from Elena, and embossed a gorgeous, and big, doily die from CSS in the corner of the card.  Then I used some distress inks to color/distress the card (it's actually a white base).  The shelf (stamped in second generation) and the giraffe (stamped and colored on cardstock then cut out and adhered) are from Mama Elephant, and the sentiment is Avery Elle.  A little burlap string finished it off.  This was also my first brush with Copic markers and I really liked them!

I had a GREAT time creating this card for Erin because I own absolutely nothing used in the making of this card, and I was in the presence of general awesomeness.  I was so excited to be able to have a 'sleepover' (which Ellie says is wrong because grown-ups are too old for them), and crafty party with a few of my GI buddies Monday-Tuesday.  How fun to meet JJ, Jocelyn, and Tessa in person!  We had a great time, and stayed up way too late, but I was able to get a few things made including this little number.  Oh, and if you were hoping for pictures....sorry!  We were having so much fun we pretty much forgot about that.  I blame the Sparkletinis! 

Your next stop is Nina, or head to Aga's to start at the beginning.  Here's the full list in case you get turned around:

Aga Malyszek http://justmadefrompaper.blogspot.com 
Amy Kolling: http://www.stamp-n-paradise.blogspot.com 
Anita Recksiedler http://craftygrldesigns.blogspot.com 
Cheiron Brandon http://cheironbrandon.typepad.com/ 
Dana Warren: http://www.kraftpaperstamps.blogspot.com/ 
Debbie Marcinkiewicz: http://www.papersweeties.com/category/blog/ 
Elena Roussakis www.justmeprints.blogspot.com 
Heather Campbell http://parkermolly.blogspot.com/ 
Jennifer Rzasa http://ourchangeofart.blogspot.com/ 
Jennifer Ingle: http://justjingle.blogspot.com 
JJ Bolton: http://rgcards.blogspot.com/ 
Jocelyn Olson http://redballooncards.blogspot.com 
Joscelyne Cutchens www.cutchens.com 
Laurie Willison http://soapboxcreations.blogspot.com/ 
Miriam Prantner: www.mprantner.blogspot.com 
Nina Yang: http://waffleflower.com 
Taheerah Atchia: http://littlemisst-papercraft.blogspot.com/ 
Tessa Wise: http://www.craftygrl.blogspot.com 
Wida Yusufi-Miller: http://beachorado.blogspot.com/

Happy Baby and Rock Chalk to Erin!  Make sure you swing by her place and leave her some love! 

Supplies Used
Paper/Cardstock:  Avery Elle - White cardstock
Stamps:  Mama Elephant - Nursery Deco; Avery Elle - Oh Baby!
Ink:  Distress Inks - Vintage Photo, Antique Linen; Mama Elephant - Hazel
Other:  CSS - Doily Die; Copic Markers (sorry, forgot to write down the specific ones - blaming the Sparkletinis again!); May Arts - Red Burlap String; Tombow- Mono Adhesive

Made with Love Blog Hop

Hey everyone!  I'm so excited about today's blog hop!  My Gallery Girl buddies and I are playing along with this month's Paper Crafts Connection Gallery challenge - to make Valentine's cards.  You should have gotten here from Jocelyn's blog, but I have the full hop list below if you need it.

Let me tell you this event has taken off!  There are so many generous sponsors offering FANTASTIC prizes!  There is candy to be won at every single spot, and a grand prize too:  $90 to spend at the Ribbon Carousel (that's an actual Ribbon Carousel folks)!

There are two prizes here at my stop.

This first one is near and dear to my heart.  It's one of the new Hunk Punky albums from Punky Sprouts. 



This is such a fun little album, and I actually have one in the works as we speak.  I'll be sharing it on my blog and over at Punky Sprouts on the 18th, but here's a picture of one in action - the cover of my teammate Erica's Hunk Punky:

The second prize is from another great company - The Twinery! 



One of you lucky folks will get three spools - your choice (look at all these great colors)!  That's a retail value of $60!  



Now, onto my projects.

I made two cards to share today using a new stamp that I carved.  Here's Card #1:
I went a little embossing crazy.  I think I embossed every item on this card!  With the exception of the sentiment, everything is clear embossed. 

For the red hearts I went direct to paper with my ink pad to color the white cardstock, and then direct to paper Versamark and clear embossing.  I used that same technique for the card base (I only embossed the edges, not the whole base).



My second card is also for the Paper Sweeties' February Challenge.  Another one of the Gallery Girls, Debbie Marcinkiewicz, who wasn't able to participate in the hop this time around, is the owner of Paper Sweeties' stamps.  They have a sketch challenge every month, and they are also gearing up for their February release, so please go check them out!



More embossing here, although not as much.  The hearts on either side are white (which looks kind of off-white) embossed on vellum, the center one is identical to the one on the first card. 



The hearts are hung from the diecut doily.  I didn't cut the doily, just folded it over the back side of the card, and I added a little bit of dimensional foam tape underneath it so that it's adhered, but doesn't lay flat.  The sentiment actually combines two sentiments from Paper Sweeties' Occasions set:  "Hello Baby!"  and  "Sweet Treats". 



That's all from me.  Hope you are having a great time on the hop, remember to leave comments all along the way because each comment qualifies you for the prize(s) at that particular stop, and you never know where that Grand Prize might be lurking!  You have until February 21st to leave comments. 

Your next stop is Anita, but here's the whole list in case you get turned around:

Taheerah Atchia
JJ Bolton
Joscelyne Cutchens
Jennifer Ingle
Amy Kolling 
Agnieszka Malyszek
Wida Miller
Jocelyn Olson
Miriam Prantner 
Anita Recksiedler
Elena Roussakis
Jennifer Rzasa
Erin Lee Schreiner
Dana Warren
Laurie Willison
Tessa Wise
Nina Yang

Finally a huge thanks to ALL the amazing sponsors who stepped up to make this hop even more fun for everyone! 

Avery Elle | BasicGrey | Becky Oehlers stamps | Bossy Joscie | CAS-ual Fridays Stamps | Fresh Squeezed Stamps | Gel-a-tins | Great Impressions Stamps | I {Heart} Papers | Lil' Inkers Designs | Mama Elephant | Neat & Tangled Stamps | Punky Sprouts | Ribbon Carousel | Simon Says Stamp | SRM Stickers | Sweet and Sassy Stamps | Sweet Stamp Shop | The Crafter's Companion | The Craft’s Meow | The Twinery | Timeless Twine | Unity | Uniko Stamps | Viva Las VegaStamps

Supplies Used
Card 1
Paper/Cardstock:  CTMH - black and White Daisy Cardstock; Reflections - Vellum
Stamps:  Handcarved heart stamp; CTMH - Whoooo Loves You
Ink:  Ranger - Festive Berries Distress Ink, Versamark
Other: CTMH - Clear and Black Embossing Powder, Dimensional foam tape; Helmar-Black Zapdots; Tombow - Mono Adhesive and Vellum adhesive

Card 2
Paper/Cardstock:  Core'dinations - Vintage collection Cardstock; CTMH - Black, Colonial White and White Daisy Cardstock; Recollections - Vellum
Stamps:  Paper Sweeties - Occasions Sentiment set; Handcarved heart stamp
Ink: Ranger - Festive Berries Distress Ink; Versamark
Other: Lifestyle Crafts - Nice Doily Die; Trendy Twine - Peppermint Stick; CTMH - Dimensional Foam Tape, Clear and White embossing powders; Tombow - Mono Adhesive

Shaping Up Blog Hop and Giveaways

Welcome! I was one of the Top 20 girls in the Paper Crafts Magazine Gallery Idol 2012 Contest. One of the other girls, Laurie, created a Facebook group for us to meet and chat. http://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gif

We had so much fun and wanted to do something together to say thank you to Paper Crafts Magazine and the craft community for supporting us during the competition. We know many of you are participating in the Paper Crafts July Gallery Challenge, so we put together this blog hop to provide each other, and you, with some inspiration. You should have arrived here from Jocelyn's site.

Each of us is also offering up a little giveaway. Here's what you can win from me:



All you need to do is leave a comment.

AND if you are participating in PC's challenge too, please leave a link to your card below. We'd love to be able to come by and take a look! (Please only link up cards created after July 9th - you only need to link up on one blog, we'll all be able to see the cards, and some of the girls are offering some extra giveaways to linker uppers.)

So here's my card. The PC challenge was to create a summer themed shaped card. Nothing says summer to me more than Slurpees!



It was harder than I thought to execute this card. For the Slurpee cap, I used a page protector, but those are kind of flimsy, so I had to find a way to stiffen it up. I just KNEW that the laminating machine I bought last Christmas would come in handy! The top part of the cap is laminated. The bottom part, that attaches to the cup is a 1/2" strip of the page protector. It's folded in half lengthwise and then sent through my paper crimper. The straw is a piece of Gypsy cardstock wrapped with some purple cellophane wrapping paper.





I'm trying to keep this short as it's a relatively long hop, so if you have any other questions about the card, please ask.

You have until July 29th to leave comments, and winners will be announced July 30th.

Your next stop is Anita, but the full hop order is listed below in case you get turned around:

JJ Bolton
http://rgcards.blogspot.com/

Heather Campbell
http://parkermolly.blogspot.com/

Joscelyne Cutchens
http://www.cutchens.com/

Jennifer Ingle
http://justjingle.blogspot.com/

Amy Kolling
http://stamp-n-paradise.blogspot.com/

Agnieszka Malyszek
http://justmadefrompaper.blogspot.com/

Wida Miller
http://beachorado.blogspot.com/

Jocelyn Olson
http://redballooncards.blogspot.com/

Miriam Prantner
http://mprantner.blogspot.com/

Anita Recksiedler
http://craftygrldesigns.blogspot.com/

Elena Roussakis
http://justmeprints.blogspot.ca/

Erin Lee Schreiner
http://www.erinleecreative.com/

Dana Warren
www.kraftpaperstamps.blogspot.com/

Laurie Willison
http://soapboxcreations.blogspot.com/

Tessa Wise
http://www.craftygrl.blogspot.com/

Nina Yang
http://waffleflower.com/

Supplies Used

Paper/Cardstock: Pink Paislee - Hometown Summer paper; CTMH - White Daisy, Holiday Red, and Gypsy cardstock
Stamps: CTMH - Enjoy Life
Ink: Black, Holiday Red
Other: CTMH - Sponge Dauber, Memory Protector; EP - Season's Greetings Stickers; Paper Crimper; Tombow - Mono Adhesive and Vellum Mono Adhesive; Scotch - Thermal Laminator; Purple Cellophane wrapping paper

Gallery Idol Round Two - You Color My World

It's been a bit of a whirlwind around here. After finding out that this card made it into the Gallery Idol Top 20, in between visiting with out-of-town family, I've been frantically trying to create something for the first challenge. (If you don't know what Gallery Idol is, I'll explain it a bit at the end of this post.)

The theme for this round is 'You Color My World'. I went through several ideas and finally settled on this one. I tend to be rather literal in my challenges, but I didn't want to do that here.



This card includes a TON of piecing. To give you an idea, here's what the stamp itself (from the Unity Ippity line) looks like:



I wanted to create rays and carry that through my card, so I stamped the image on four different pieces of cardstock/paper, and used a pencil to draw in the rays.



I cut out the ones I needed from each and adhered them to the card. The center of the sun, cloud, letters and outside border are also pieced. I also used Zig markers to color in the sun's little loops as well as the hearts on the cloud.





Once I had the center portion complete, I adhered it to the base piece and following the lines of the rays I created on the center image, extended them onto the base.

Some cranberry grosgrain and twine finish the look.

I used lots of different papers/cardstock pieces, so I won't try to name them all. Most is Close to My Heart, but there's also some American Crafts, Creative Memories, Bella Blvd, and My Little Shoebox.

Finally, I just wanted to send a BIG thank you to the folks over at Paper Crafts for letting me be part of this fun competition. I've really enjoyed getting to know the rest of the Top 20, and what a GREAT opportunity!

Please head over to the gallery to view all of the cards and place your vote!

A bit about Gallery Idol:
Paper Crafts Connection runs an American Idol styled competition each year. The first round is an open round where you submit cards to a Flickr group (this year's theme was encouragement). Then a group from PC selects the Top 20. Each week the finalists receive a challenge on Friday morning, and have until Monday morning to create a card.

The public then gets to vote on their favorite card. The field is narrowed by 5 each week, with an overall winner crowned at the end of the month.

Supplies Used
Paper/Cardstock: Various
Stamp: Unity Ippity - You are my sunshine
Ink: CTMH - Archival Black
Other: CTMH - Bonding Memories Adhesive; Cranberry Grosgrain; Tombow Adhesive; Small Dodz Adhesives; EK Success Yellow and Red Zig markers; The Twinery - Lemondrop twine