Christmas Cookies for Friday Mashup

This week at The Friday Mashup Amy is our hostess and she wants us to be inspired by Christmas cookies and use dies on our projects.

I grabbed a retired set from SU to create some gingerbread cookies. They come with a matching die set so that made it easy to mash up the challenge this week!

Head on over to The Friday Mashup blog to see what the rest of the DT came up with and then play along with us! This challenge is open for 2 weeks!

Serene Silhouettes for Friday Mashup

Happy Friday! It's time for another Friday Mashup challenge and this week Amy is our hostess. She'd like us to create a Mother's Day project and to use a recycled/upcycled item on it also.

I have zero contact with my own mother so my card is being sent to the woman I consider my step mom. I've known her since I was 12 and her and my dad started dating a few years after my parents divorced. They were engaged to be married when my father was diagnosed with cancer and he passed before they could do anything. It will be 5 yrs this October since my dad passed but she still treats me and my family like one of her own and she has been there for me while I struggled with losing my dad. So yep, this card is for her!

I didn't mash up the challenge because I don't really keep extra stuff around, not anything that appeals to me in card use anyway. Maybe I'm just not creative enough to see what stuff can be used for, I don't know LOL

The sketch is from a recent Freshly Made Sketches challenge, I like they layout.

Make sure to head over to The Friday Mashup blog to see what the rest of the DT did and then play along with us!

• Create a project using a "Recycled or Upcycled Item".
• Create a project for "Mother's Day". 
• or Mash it Up! and create a project for Mother's Day using a Recycled/Upcycled Item". 

Stamps: Serene Silhouettes, Loving Thoughts

Paper: Basic Black, Whisper White, Park Lane DSP, Back to Black DSP, Daffodil Delight DSP

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Daffodil Delight

Accessories: Oval Framelits, Big Shot, sequins from Pretty Pink Posh

Feeling Patriotic for Friday Mashup

Happy Friday! A big thank you to everyone that joined The Friday Mashup  200th celebration! It was fun to see the past challenges everyone chose and to check out all the blogs! Make sure you checked the announcement of winners on The Friday Mashup blog, I know people are excited to see if they won prizes from any of the great sponsors!

We're back with a new mashup and this week it's coming to us from Amy. She's a new member to the DT and this is her first time bringing us a mashup so make sure you stop by and play along!

Amy would like us to use the colors Rich Razzleberry,Pacific Point and Smoky Slate. She would also like to see some type of see through element on our project.

I haven't used the 'For Your Country' set in a while and it's one of my favorites so I thought now would be a good time. My husband and I are both Navy veterans and I thought these colors would be good for a patriotic card since about 95% of our friends are either still in the military or have some other type of military connection.

I used Smoky Slate and the Gorgeous Grunge set to stamp images and splatter on the front of the card, and then I took Pacific Point and added additional splatter (that's the Navy being represented :) ). For the bottom of the card I adhered some Rich Razzleberry DSP and added 2 Smoky Slate candy dots. My see through element is a piece of vellum with the sentiment stamped on it.

Come on by The Friday Mashup and see what the rest of the DT did, and then play along with us!

• Create a project using Rich Razzleberry, Smoky Slate & Pacific Point*". 
• Create a project with a "See-thru element (window, acetate, vellum). 
• or Mash it Up! and create a project "using the colors above and a see thru element". 

Stamps: For Your Country, Gorgeous Grunge

Paper: Smoky Slate, Whisper White, Rich Razzleberry DSP (retired), Vellum

Ink: Smoky Slate, Pacific Point, Black StazOn

Accessories: Smoky Slate Candy Dots

Cake and Colors for Friday Mashup

It's Friday Mashup time again and this week we say goodbye to another DT member, Amy. She is the host of this weeks challenge and I hope you'll come over and play along, and say goodbye to her. You can follow Amy at her blog HERE so you don't have to miss any of her beautiful creations!

Amy has a color challenge for us, plus she also wants to see cake on our project. The colors to use are
Coastal Cabana, Crushed Curry, Smoky Slate & Basic Grey.

This stumped me for a bit but since I needed to make an anniversary card for my aunt and uncles 20th wedding anniversary I grabbed the Love & Laughter set and used the cake from there. I used Smoky Slate and Crushed Curry markers to color the stamp. The Smoky Slate was embossed for one of the panels behind the image and then I used some Coastal Cabana DSP.

With this cake stamp I like more definition so I drew in lines around the cake and added some tiny pearls to the corners.

Make sure you come play along with us at The Friday Mashup and say goodbye to Amy!

1. Create a project with the colors "Coastal Cabana, Crushed Curry, Smoky Slate & Basic Grey."
2. Create a project with a "Cake."
3. Or Mash it Up and create a project "with a Cake using the colors above."

 

 

A,B,C and 1,2,3 for Friday Mashup

Who else is ready for the weekend? I know I am! Here in the States we're headed into a long holiday weekend, Labor Day. My family and I are going to check out the Alaska State Fair, always a fun time! Before I disappear for the weekend though I've got this weeks Friday Mashup to share with everyone.

Amy is bringing the challenge to us this week and its all about a recipe, specifically the A-B-C 1-2-3 one. Not sure what that is? For the letters you use elements that start with A-B-C...it can be colors, the stamp sets or dies you use, get creative! For the 1-2-3 portion you use 1 embellishment, 2 stamp sets and 3 colors.

This is how I chose to use the recipe:

A: Apothecary stamp set
B: Baked Brown Sugar cardstock
C: Cherry Cobbler cardstock

1: Cherry Cobbler ribbon
2: Apothecary Art and Loving Thoughts
3: Baked Brown Sugar, Cherry Cobbler, Garden Green

As you can see I repeated a few elements but I got everything covered!

Make sure you head over to The Friday Mashup to see all the great projects from the other DT members! I always love seeing how everyone interprets the challenges!

1. Create a project with using "A-B-C (use elements on your projects starting with the letters A, B, C). "
2. Create a project using a "1-2-3 card recipe (1 embellishment, 2 Stamp Sets, 3 Colors) ."
3. Or Mash it Up and create a project "A-B-C & a 1,2,3 card recipe. "

Supplies used(all supplies SU unless otherwise noted):

Stamps: Apothecary Art, Loving Thoughts

Paper: Baked Brown Sugar, Cherry Cobbler, Cherry Cobbler DSP, Garden Green DSP, Whisper White

Ink: Black StazOn, Cherry Cobbler, Garden Green

Accessories: Big Shot, Framelits Labels, Paper Piercing Tool, Cherry Cobbler Ribbon, dimensionals, sponge

 

Tic Tac Toe for Friday Mashup

Happy Friday! I hope everyone in the States had a great Independence Day. It rained here in southcentral Alaska but that's ok, we don't get dark enough this time of year to enjoy fireworks anyway!

Amy has a fun challenge this week for us over at The Friday Mashup....a tic tac toe challenge! Choose a line to play along with, and then mash it up by using your favorite stamps or colors on your project!

I used the pearls/ribbon/flowers line, but my card could also fit in the red/butterflies/ribbon line also! For my favorites I used the Pleasant Poppies set. I never gave it a second glance in the catalog last year but seeing projects my fellow DT members have made with the set made me buy it recently and I love it! I also used some favorite colors of mine...Island Indigo, Pear Pizzazz and Poppy Red.

Make sure you head over to The Friday Mashup blog to check out the rest of the great projects from the DT and then play along with us!

1. Create a project using a "line from the grid".
2. Create a project with a "few of your Favorite things ( Stamps & Colors)".
3. Or Mash it Up and create a project using the "Tic Tac Toe grid with a few of your Favorite Things".

Supplies used(all supplies SU unless otherwise noted):

Stamps: Pleasant Poppies, Label Love

Paper: Island Indigo, Pear Pizzazz, Poppy Red(retired), Whisper White

Ink: Black StazOn, Pear Pizzazz, Island Indigo, Poppy Red(retired)

Accessories: Artisan Label Punch, Pear Pizzazz Ribbon, Basic Pearls, Big Shot, Embosslits Beautiful Wings, dimensionals

 

Sketchy Sets for Friday Mashup

This week at The Friday Mashup Amy has a great sketch for us. It's a wonderful way to show off some of your favorite DSP, along with your image! She also wants us to create a set of cards with this sketch and well, I came close! I managed to get 2 cards done, but haven't had time to make anymore. Between work, pre-graduation activities and life in general I haven't had much crafting time this week.

I decided to go with a masculine theme and pulled out some of my favorite DSP that I've been hoarding, Well Worn. I just love these papers! I think I may cry a bit when I run out of it, lol. 

I made a card that can be a general congratulations or also for a graduation, and then I made a birthday card. I really love how they came out and a friend of mine snatched them right up and bought them for her son!

Make sure you head over to The Friday Mashup to see all the other great inspiration from the rest of the design team!

How many other crafters have this problem? Darn Calliope just HAS to check out what I'm doing!

Chalking it up Times Two for Friday Mashup

I'd like to thank everyone who joined us at The Friday Mashup for the 100th Challenge Celebration. It was terrific to see new faces among those who have been faithful players. Everyone did a great job going back and choosing their favorite mashup challenge!

We're moving right along and this week Amy is bringing us our 101st challenge.....use the chalkboard technique, use 2 different stamp sets or mash it up and do both of these things! I mashed it up and did both.

I used one of the images from the Friendship Preserves set and used Whisper White Craft ink to stamp it. After it dried I used the Window Frame Framelits to cut it out and I also cut out the next largest sized frame. I sponged both of them with the craft ink to get the look of chalk dust. For my second stamp I used a sentiment from an older retired set called 'Cheery Chat'. I sent this card to a dear friend and really love this sentiment!

Make sure you head over to The Friday Mashup to check out the rest of the great projects from the design team and then play along with us!

1. Make a project using the "Chalkboard Technique".

2. Or Make a project using " 2 or more Stamp Sets".

3. Or "Mash it Up" and create a project using "2 or more Stamp Sets with the Chalkboard Technique".

 

Supplies used(all supplies SU unless otherwise noted):

Stamps: Friendship Preserves, Cheery Chat

Paper: Basic Black, Whisper White, Sycamore Street DSP, Basic Black DSP

Ink: White Craft Ink, Black StazOn, Summer Starfruit

Accessories: Big Shot, Window Frame Framelits, Basic Black Brads, sponge, dimensionals

 

Colors and Patterns for Friday Mashup

This week at The Friday Mashup Amy is bringing us a mashup that's all about color and patterns! She wants us to use different patterns on our project plus at least 3 of the challenge colors. The only color I didn't use was Summer Starfruit. I cannot lie...I do not like that color at all, it just does not work for me. But I included all the other colors! I didn't go crazy though with the patterns...does the embossing on my Island Indigo strip count?

Make sure you head over to The Friday Mashup and play along with us, we'd love to have you!

1. Make a project using "Different Patterns".
2. Or Make a project with the three or more colors from "Summer Starfruit, Tangerine Tango, Island Indigo, Early Espresso and Sahara Sand".
3. Or "Mash it Up" and create a "Patterned Project with the Challenge Colors".

Supplies used(all supplies SU unless otherwise noted):

Stamps: Friendship Preserves

Paper: Sahara Sand, Early Espresso, Island Indigo, Whisper White, International Bazaar DSP

Ink: Tangerine Tango, Sahara Sand, Early Espresso

Accessories: Big Shot, Square Lattice EF, Framelits Window Frames, Festive Paper Piercing Pack, Early Espresso brads, sponge, dimensionals

Sketch and Rosettes for Friday Mashup

It's Friday and time for another Friday Mashup! Does everyone still have sugar hangovers from Halloween? I know I sure do because even though we had a bunch of candy left over I went out on Thursday and got even more candy for 70% off at Target, woot woot! I love munching on chocolate while I craft, what can I say :)

This weeks challenge is brought to us by Amy and she has a sketch for us, and she would also like to see some rosettes on the projects. As you'll see on my card I didn't add a rosette. I didn't have much crafting time this week (aka zero,lol) and when I got going with this sketch I decided I wanted the sentiment across the front instead of a rosette, so sorry Amy!

I hope you'll head over to The Friday Mashup blog and check out the great projects from the rest of the design team, and then play along with us!

1. Make a project "using the Sketch".
2. Or Make a project with "Rosettes".
3. Or "Mash it Up" and create a project with the "Sketch featuring Rosettes".

Supplies used (all supplies SU unless otherwise noted):

Stamps: A Christmas Lodge

Paper: Cherry Cobbler, Early Espresso, Very Vanilla, Festival of Prints DSP

Ink: Early Espresso

Accessories: Brads, dimensionals

 

Pleated Baby Wishes

It's time for another Friday Mashup challenge! This week Amy is bringing us the challenge and it's a fun one! She wants to create a project that uses pleating, create a baby themed project OR mash it up and create a baby project that uses pleating.

I will be the first to admit that I don't particularly do well with projects for babies. Maybe its because my kids are older and I don't deal with anyone on a daily basis that has a baby but I just can never seem to get my creative juices flowing for a project like this.

After some hemming and hawing I finally decided on a neutral baby card that can be given to someone as a congratulations card. I used some retired stamps and DSP to finish the card. The pleating is in the form of some pleated Baja Breeze ribbon.

Make sure to head over to the Friday Mashup blog to see the rest of the cards from the design team, you wont be disappointed!

Supplies used(all supplies SU unless otherwise noted):

Stamps: A Slice of Life(retired), Itty Bitty Banners

Paper: So Saffron, Certainly Celery, Whisper White, Delicate Dots DSP(retired)

Ink: Black StazOn, Certainly Celery, Baja Breeze, Real Red

Accessories: Baja Breeze ribbon, dimensionals