Squirrely Challenge - Distress Stain Dip

Halloween is over and now it's time to create cards for the Winter holidays. My first offering is a multi-tasked card, as usual. Time also for the monthly Card Sketch over at Club Scrap. This is the sample I created to go along with the sketch. The front of the card was embossed with a Tim Holtz Texture Fade and then highlighted with Spiced Marmalade Distress Ink. I cut a hole using a two inch circle punch to allow the interior panel to be revealed, along with the turkey. ALSO, Nancy has posted a new Squirrely Challenge. This time she asks us to use the Distress Stain Dip technique. The interior panel is glossy cardstock colored using this Technique Junkies technique. The card base, both panels and turkey all use Club Scrap papers from various kits. The turkey was marinated with Distress Stickles in Vintage Photo. Thanks for looking.

In The Middle

Head Squirrel Nancy has posted a challenge for another Technique Junkies technique called In The Middle. If you don't receive their newsletter, you should check it out. It's a great resource. For this challenge, I used a stamp in my stash and paper from a fabulous paper pad from Authentique called Enchanted along with Ranger Distress Inks. I've been making a lot of Halloween cards from these items and loving it. You should also cruise over to Nancy's blog to take a look at her sample as well as links to the other Squirrels. Thanks for looking. 

Embossed Puzzle - Part Deux

Combined with Club Scrap's September/October Card Sketch Challenge. Multi-tasking again. I thought I could use the Squirrely Challenge with those hundreds of Frame in Frame cut-a-parts from Club Scrap. I separated several color sets and then reassembled them using the Technique Junkies Embossed Puzzle technique. This particular one is on a Rhapsody card base using pieces from Stratosphere, Academy and Bistro with a tag from Time and Space. All edges inked with Distress Inks in coordinating colors.

Thanks for looking. If you want to play along at Club Scrap, join us here.

Embossed Puzzle

Took me all month but I'm finally posting Nancy's Squirrely Challenge. Woo hoo. I bought a new embossing folder last week and just had to use it. I love it already and I know it will work well on many oceanside and aquarium layouts on my agenda. From Club Scrap, I used a card base from the Raku kit as well as the stamp image from Castaway. The panel and image panel are Bristol Smooth. Gelatos used to color the frame. Distress ink on the embossing folder. Thanks for looking.

Colorful Silhouettes

Squirrely Nancy challenged us this month to create with the Colorful Silhouettes technique from Technique Junkies Newsletter of August, 2011. With a road trip pressing down on me, I can’t take time to complete a card using the technique, but I did want to demonstrate that I did my homework and created something with the technique. The first photo illustrates the three attempts and the second one is the result I liked best. I will create a card with this panel upon my return. (I promise, Mother Squirrel). I used my Distress Stains (Wild Honey and Peeled Paint) for the very first time. Ditto for the crackle stamp which was actually designed for clay projects. I was encouraged by Nancy to buy it for rubber stamping and it worked like a charm. Thanks, Nancy. The cactus stamp is an oldie but goodie from Stampin’ Up. Thanks for looking.

Happy St. Patrick's Day

I realize my greeting is a little late today but better late than never. Card made with all Club Scrap supplies with the exception of stamps from Stampin' Up. Hope you had a lucky day!

Squirrely Challenge - Layered Masking

This week's Squirrely Challenge from Nancy is Layered Masking from the January/February Technique Junkies newsletter. As has become my routine, I struggled with this one, primarily because I wanted it to have a St. Paddy theme AND (ever the multi-tasker) it had to be monochromatic to fit in with Club Scrap's PSL challenge this week. This is the result. The background image is from Club Scrap's Celtic kit from 2006. The bold stamped images are Stampin' Up. The cardstock and ribbon are all from Club Scrap (Let Me Count The Ways, Dream in Color and Serengeti). Thanks for looking.

Be sure to visit all the Squirrel Girls to see what they have done with this challenge. Many beautiful cards have been created.