Another Wild Card

Hi all.

I have one last Wild card to share with you on my trip through the Wild cards I created a few years back.  This card is a trifold type card.

Here is the card when the front of the card is open.

And finally the inside when the second flap is opened.

Stamps: People – Stamp It Aust; Happy Birthday – Hero Arts; Long Birthday Sentiment – Paper Inspiration

Paper: White; Red; DP

Other: Black Ink; Red Ink

Stroll On The Beach!

Hi everyone, thanks for dropping by my blog.

I have another wild card to share with you today, this time using a different template than the ones I shared with you earlier in the week.

All the stamps used on this card are some from Ann-ticipations.

Stamps: All Stamps – Ann-ticipations

Paper: White; Orange

Other: Black Ink; Copics

Golf!

Hi everyone and thanks for dropping by today.

My card today is another using the Weird & Wacky Templates I have been sharing with you lately, this one is the Weird & Wacky Longish Card Template. I created this a few years back for my friend who loves playing golf.



Here is the inside of my card, I stamped the golf ball image around the edge of the card so it can be seen when the card is closed.

Stamps: Golf Bag – PSX; Sentiment – Printblocks; Golf Ball

Paper: White; Blue

Other: Black Ink; Blue Ink; Weird & Wacky Longish Card Template – Amazing Creations

Playing Cards!

Hi everyone,

As you can see I have another wild card to share with you today, this uses the same template I used on the card I posted yesterday. This time round I have a playing card theme.



Here is the view of the inside of my card, the playing card background stamp is stamped around the edge of the card so that it can be seen when the card is closed.



Here is another card. It is basically the same card as the ones above except that this time round I trimmed off the white edge which can be seen when the card is closed, for a slightly different look.

Stamps: Various Playing Card Themed stamps

Paper: White; Black

Other: Black Ink; Weird & Wacky Squarish Card Template – Amazing Creations

Smelling the Salt of the Ocean!

Hi everyone, thanks for dropping by today!

Today I am sharing a card I created some years back with you all. After a bit of thought I have decided not to create a card just to fill a hole in my blog postings … I have already created over 300 cards this year and we are only up to August, so I really don’t need to make a card just for the sake of making a card. I still like to post everyday at this stage so I have decided to go through my files and post cards I made previously which I haven’t posted on my blog before.

My card I have for you is one called a “Wild Card” it was created using a templates which were popular about 10 or so years ago called Wild Card or Weird and Wacky Cards which basically meant a card that was an odd shape. They were lots of fun to make.

For my card that I have for you today I used a beach theme, stamping various images randomly over the front portion of my card as background, with one as the main image. The sentiment is stamped on vellum, torn along the edges and then attached to my card using eyelets.



Here is the inside of my card, the portion where the white waves are showing can be seen from the outside of the card.

Stamps: Various Beach Themed stamps

Paper: White; Navy

Other: Blue Ink;  Weird & Wacky Squarish Card Template – Amazing Creations

Let’s Get Wild!!!!!!

Hi everyone,

It’s challenge time again with my friends over on the CCEE Stampers challenge blog.

This week it is again my turn to host the challenge. So let’s get wild!!!!!! This week we are going to create wild cards …. as in shape! These used to be popular some years back, and I have been revisiting this style of card recently here on my blog … you can see more by clicking on the wild card label under this blog post.

Basically wild card are an odd shape …. Instead of having parallel sides you will have sides that are on an angle.

For my card I decided to pull out one of my many templates I have for these style of cards … this one was designed by a company that is no longer in business. They called theirs Weird & Wacky Card templates.

I used the new MFT Stamps Inspired By Music stamp set to create my card. I also created a rosette at the top of my card using one of MFT’s newest die-namics the 1/4” Rosette Die …. I am loving this die and will be using it over and over for sure. One of the things I love about this die is that just by cutting down the length of your pieces are you have cut out the die you can get rosettes in all different widths to suit your project needs.

Here is the inside of my card. When my card was shut I traced around the front flap and then masked the part of the inside that didn’t show from the outside and then stamped the music notes along the side that did show from the outside.

The heart in the stamp set fits perfectly the die from the Stacking Hearts Die-namics set … so I cut out my die first. Inked up my stamp and turned it over so the stamped side is facing up and then carefully placed my heart over the stamp so it lined up perfectly.

Don’t forget to check out the CCEE Stampers blog (goes live 12 AM EST) to see the rest of the creations the CCEE Stampers created this week. You can also see more details of their creations on their individual blogs:

• Tosh
• Charlene
• Cindy
• Joanne
• Shirley

Stamps: Inspired By Music – MFT Stamps

Paper: White; Burgundy; Pink; Vellum

Die-namics: 1/4” Rosette Die; Stacking Hearts Die – MFT Stamps

Other: Black Ink; Brilliance Crimson Copper Ink; Aged Mahogany Distress Ink; Tattered Rose Distress Ink; Weird & Wacky Card Template – Amazing Creations; Circle Punch; Word Window Punch; Music Button; Burgundy Eyelets

A Wild Christmas Card!

Hi everyone,

My card today is another of the cards I made at the shoebox swap at the end of October. This Christmas ornament set was very popular, I think 4 of the 7 cards that we had to make on the day used this set. It is a set I like, so that is a good thing!

The style of this card is what we used to call “wild” due to the strange shape of the card. I used to make them a lot about 10 years back and have a few different templates for them somewhere in my supplies. I love the fun shape of this and have already used the idea for another card I made and posted earlier in the month. This card was designed by my friend Helen!

Here is the inside of the card!

Hope you all are enjoying your weekend :)

Happy Birthday Jennifer!

Hi everyone,

Today we are Celebrating …. It’s Jennifer Greco’s birthday and the Paper Pretties Design team have all come out to wish her a very happy day! Have a Happy Birthday Jennifer!!!!!!!!

Of course what better way to celebrate than a Birthday Blog Hop Prettie Girl style! As we can't get together to celebrate in person the next best thing is a virtual birthday party! The hop starts on the Paper Pretties Blog, so hop on over there if you didn’t start from there!

It’s also Wednesday which means it’s time for another Pretties Wednesday Challenge over on the Paper Pretties Blog. This week the challenge is embossing.

Today the Paper Pretties Design Team are featuring the new Everyday Sentiments stamp set that will be released along with 6 other stamp sets this coming Friday 12th November.

For my card I decided to create a wild card using my Cricut Wild Card cartridge. It is hard to tell by my photos but the base card is purple, it looks navy in the photos I know … I hate when the colors don’t look true.

For the embossing part of the challenge I added stripes of pink card that I embossed using a cuttlebug embossing folder to the bottom of my card.

Want to play along with us:

How to Enter: If you would like to play along with us, all you have to do is create a card/project using the above challenge and upload it to your blog and/or to your SCS Gallery using the keyword PWC127.

Don’t forget to include link to your card on the Paper Pretties Blog, so everyone can see it too. You don’t have to use Paper Pretties stamps to play, but of course if you have them we would love to see you use them. One random participant will receive a Paper Pretties Stamps set … seeing the Paper Pretties Blog for more details.

Join us for our release Blog Hop this Friday 5AM EST 12th November, starting on the Paper Pretties Blog.

New Release Stamps available in the Paper Pretties Boutique from 7AM EST Friday 12th November.

Don’t forget to check out the Paper Pretties Blog to see who else is previewing the new stamps today.

Here is the order of the hop in case you get lost along the way:

• Paper Pretties Blog
• ARTish
• Cindy Haffner
• Frances Byrne (you are here!)
• Jackie Rakoski
• Jana Weaver
• Jane Matsumoto
• Jessica George
• Pam Varnell
• Wendy Hoff
• Heather Lee-Reppen
• Jennifer Greco (the birthday girl!!!!!!!!!!!!)

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you enjoy the party festivities so far. Now it is time to continue on our birthday blog hop and visit the blog of Jackie Rakoski. Don’t forget to wish Jennifer a Happy Birthday when you reach her blog.

Stamps: Everyday Sentiments – Paper Pretties

Paper: White; Pink; Purple; DP

Other: Black Ink; Purple Ink; Rhinestones; Wild Card Cartridge; Cricut; Cuttlebug Embossing Folder