Protecting Freedom

Good morning. This is another "any hero" card for Operation Write Home. Our granddaughters, 9 and 11 have been visiting from North Carolina. They went home yesterday but they wrote me several "any hero" letters while they were here.

I again used a combo of Authentique Glory patterned paper with images from the Verve American Hero stamp set. I haven't used either of these very much and August for me is all about using my stuff. I used the sketch from the iSpy Sketch challenge blog (ISSC27) for the basic layout which also fits another of my August goals to do more challenges.

Products: Verve stamps, Authentique dp, My Favorite Things Die-namics, PTI buttons, Kaisercraft jewel, Spellbinders Nestabilities, Copic Markers
Copics: R24, R27, B91, B93, B95

I do not have a lot of design team assignments for the remainder of August and since during these dogs days of summer outdoor activities are a struggle I'm concentrating on indoor activities. I'm spending this month doing some challenges, a bit of organizing, using some neglected stamps and paper pads and getting an overdue package ready for Operation Write Home. Now I know you aren't interested in that but it helps to keep me accountable do document goals on my blog. 
 

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All That Scraps Review - School Hansel and Punkin Beatrice

Today is review day on the All That Scraps blog and I am joining other members of the design team in showing you more projects using the August release stamps and dies.

First up is School Hansel; I love his cargo pants! After coloring, I fussy cut him out and then perched him atop a Maya Road wooden mini ruler. The background panel is older Cosmo Cricket patterned paper. To create the image panel I die cut a notebook page and then stamped the image with the pencil from the School Logos set. I masked the pencil and stamped the lines with an old Autumn Leaves journalling stamp. The sentiment is also from the School Logos set which I cut with the Circle Cutters.

Products:  C.C. Designs stamps and Cutters, Cosmo Cricket dp, PTI buttons and die, Maya Road mini ruler, Autumn Leaves stamp, Copic Markers
Skin-E000, E00, E11, R20; Hair-E30, E33, E37, E39; Clothing-W00, E81,YG91, YG93, YG95, W00, W1, W2; Pencil-R00, R01, R02, R05, C1, C3, C5, YR31, YR23, Y35, E30, E31, E33

Next up is a fall card featuring Punkin Beatrice. I placed her in a pumpkin patch created with the Pumpkins Cutters, Spooky Tree and Grass Border Cutters.The sentiment is from the AmyR Halloween Sentiment set and the patterned paper is from the Pink Paislee Phantom collection.

Products: C.C. Designs stamp and Cutters, Pink Paislee and Jillibean Soup dp, Scrapworks clip, Copic Markers
Copics: Skin-E000, E00, E11, R20; Hair-YR30, YR31, Y21, Y26; Clothing-YG91, YG93, YG95, YR23, YR24, YR27, E55, E57, E29

As always,thank you so much for stopping by. Check out the All That Scraps blog for more review projects.



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You Set My Heart A-Flutter (TCP Tuesday 222)

Good morning. Today's card is for TCP Tuesday (TCPTUES222) which is a technique/supply challenge from our hostess, Julie to use washi tape.

Washi tape is definitely on trend but I have to admit that I didn't have any until Julie's gave us the challenge. I found an Etsy shop that allowed you to basically make up your own assortment so now I have a nice variety of colors and patterns. I used two different strips to add some color to the white background panel for my image, and then pleated a border with yet another pattern. The stamp set is The Cat's Pajamas Tweet Hearts and I combined it with the Big Pinking Border CutUps. The sentiment was stamped onto the fishtail banner included in the Easy Rosettes CutUps.

Products: The Cat's Pajamas stamp and CutUps, Lily Bee and Pebbles dp, The Sticker Shop Washi Tape, PTI button, May Arts Twine, Cuttlebug embossing folder, Copic Markers
Copics: Skin-E000, E00, E11, R20; Hair-N1, N3, N5, N7, N9; Clothing-G12, G14, G07, R81, R83, R85, C3, C5, C7, C9; Bird-BG0000, BG10, BG11; Heart-R30, R32, R35

Here are the Details for TCP Tuesday:
1. Each Tuesday we will give you a challenge which will be posted in the TCP forum on SCS first and subsequently on the Dancing in Pajamas blog.
2. You will have until the end of the month to complete the challenge.

3. Add your entry to the Inlinkz Gallery on Alma's blog or upload to the SCS Gallery, using the keyword TCPTUES222 for this week's challenge.

4. TCP stamps are not required for this challenge, but highly recommended.
5. There will be one randomly chosen weekly winner who will win a Gift Voucher for use on The Cat's Pajamas website. The announcement will be made when Alma posts the TCP Tuesday Challenge on her blog.
6. There will be one winner, The Swanky Stamper, announced the 1st of each month. They will win several sets from an upcoming release and get to play along with us at our Pajama Party and Blog Hop.
7. The winner has one week from the day the winner is posted to contact Alma for his/her voucher code.

I hope you will join us!

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Humbled by Your Service

Good morning. I hope you are having a nice weekend. We have grandchildren visiting so this post have will to be short and sweet.

This is an "any hero" card featuring a stamp from Verve's American Hero set and patterned papers from the Authentique Glory 6x6 pad. I followed this week's Mojo Monday Sketch (MOJO252) for the basic layout although I converted it to an A2 size.

Products: Verve stamp, Authentique dp, My Favorite Things Die-namics, PTI die, Kaisercraft jewels, Spellbinders Nestabilities


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Happy Birthday (TCP Tuesday 221)

I can't believe it is already August. Is it just me or has the summer just flown by?!

And speaking of summer, the colors in Jen's inspiration challenge for TCP Tuesday (TCPTUES221) reminded me of hot summer days. We've had lots of those around here. So I reached into my scraps bag for some super bright and happy colors and then combined them with The Cat's Pajamas Bear Hugs set.

Products: The Cat's Pajamas stamp and CutUps, Echo Park, Pink Paislee and Creative Imaginations dp, American Crafts ribbon, Ki Memories brads, Cuttlebug Embossing Folder, Copic Markers
Copics: E50, E51, E53, RV00, RV13, RV04, B0000, B000, B01

Here are the Details for TCP Tuesday:
1. Each Tuesday we will give you a challenge which will be posted in the TCP forum on SCS first and subsequently on the Dancing in Pajamas blog.
2. You will have until the end of the month to complete the challenge.

3. Add your entry to the Inlinkz Gallery on Alma's blog or upload to the SCS Gallery, using the keyword TCPTUES221 for this week's challenge.

4. TCP stamps are not required for this challenge, but highly recommended.
5. There will be one randomly chosen weekly winner who will win a Gift Voucher for use on The Cat's Pajamas website. The announcement will be made when Alma posts the TCP Tuesday Challenge on her blog.
6. There will be one winner, The Swanky Stamper, announced the 1st of each month. They will win several sets from an upcoming release and get to play along with us at our Pajama Party and Blog Hop.
7. The winner has one week from the day the winner is posted to contact Alma for his/her voucher code.

I hope you can join us this week.


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Sweet November Preview - Pumpkin Fun

Welcome to day three of  August Sweet November previews. This release is all about Halloween and today's projects feature Pumpkin Fun.

Pumpkin Fun is a set of three stamps featuring various Halloween creatures sitting atop a different jack o' lantern. I created a card with Lucy, combining older patterned papers from The Girl's Paperie and last year's My Mind's Eye. I framed Lucy with a Halloween themed Martha Stewart paper doily onto a tag shape and then added some striped twill. The sentiment is from the also new Amy R Halloween Sentiment set although I parsed it down a bit.

Products: Sweet November stamp, AmyR Halloween Sentiments, The Girls Paperie and My Mind's Eye dp, May Arts twill, Doodlebug button, Copic Markers
Copics: Cat-N1, N3, N5, C9, YG91, YG93, YG95; Jack O' Lantern-YR12, YR14, YR16, YR04, YR12, YR23

This collection will be available for purchase at the All That Scraps store tonight, August 2 at 9 pm CDT.  Amy, the artist behind the Sweet November line has a creative card to share with you and also outlines the details on how to win some blog candy which includes the stamp we are using today. All you have to do is leave comments on our blogs.

You can find many more Sweet November projects including this one over at the All That Scraps blog.



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Sweet November Preview - Gobsmack

Welcome to day two of  August Sweet November previews. We are celebrating Halloween and today's project features Gobsmack.

I pieced together the main panel with columns of  paper from the Pink Paislee Phantom 6x6 collection from last year and then added simple strips across the top and bottom. I wanted a clean and graphic look for this so I just added a couple of bottoms and the sentiment from the Amy R Halloween Sentiment set on a fishtail type banner as my finishing elements.

Products: Sweet November stamp, Pink Paislee dp, PTI buttons, Spellbinders Nestabilities, Copic Markers
Copics: Goblin-W00, E81, C1, C3, C5, R00, R01, R02; Shadows-C00, C1, C3

This collection will be available for purchase at the All That Scraps store Thursday, August 2 at 9 pm CDT. Be sure to also click on over to design team member Marion. Amy, the artist behind the Sweet November line has a creative card to share with you and also outlines the details on how to win some blog candy which includes the stamp we are all using today. All you have to do is leave comments on our blogs.



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