A Scrapling Just for You

Time for another Friday Mashup, where the heck did the week go?

This weeks challenge is brought to us by Heidi. I have to say, I learned something new with this challenge. Heidi wants us to create a "Scrapling" or a project that uses scraps of ribbon and DSP. I had never heard of a scrapling before so I read Heidi's description, and then watched a video on Youtube(thank you to all the stampers that have the patience to make videos so visual folks like me can learn!). It's a cute little thing, and I could see myself making some of these at Christmas as tags.

I did Mashup the challenge and used scraps of DSP and ribbon on my scrapling. I'm not a fan of pink so this was a good way to use up scraps of pink paper I have laying around, that normally wouldn't get used.

Make sure you head over to The Friday Mashup blog to see the rest of the projects from the rest of the design team. Also, I am REALLY behind on commenting so please be patient with me, I'm not purposely ignoring anyone! Long days at work and having my kids home on summer break means very little computer time right now for me.

A scrapling is a little card, notecard, or tag that you would make out of the scraps that are left from your card stock after making a square card. What do I mean? If you started with an A2 card base, 4-1/4 x 5-1/2", and then cut it down to make a 4-1/4" square card, there would be a 1-1/4 x 4-1/4" base left. That's the starting point for your scrapling. It could also be 1-1/2 x 4-1/4", if you had made a 4 x 4" square card previously. It is lots of fun to decorate this small space!

1. Make a project using " Scraps of Pattern Paper or Ribbons ".
2. Or Make a " Scrapling ".
3. Or "Mash it Up" and create a " Scrapling using Scraps or Pattern Paper or Ribbons. ".

2 Card Tuesday

Managed to get 2 cards done today. Its my last day off of work before switching to days for the summer, and I'll be working 10 hr days so my crafting time is seriously going to disappear the next 2 months. However my friend Holly is bringing back her Sunday Stamps challenge so I wanted to make sure I played along with the first one, which is a color challenge this week.

The color challenge is for the colors Pool Party, Sahara Sand and Wisteria Wonder. I am cool with the first 2 colors but I cannot stand purple, so working that in was a bit hard for me but I did it! Head over to Holly's blog to check out the new challenge!

Supplies used(all supplies SU unless otherwise noted):

Stamps: Up in the Air

Paper: Sahara Sand, Pool Party, Wisteria Wonder, Whisper White

Ink: Wisteria Wonder, Pool Party, Lucky Limeade

Accessories: Whisper White Ribbon, Cuttlebug, Swiss Dots EF, Paper Piercer, Dazzling Details

My 2nd card uses the sketch from this weeks Friday Mashup challenge. I said before I loved it...this is my 3rd card in a week using the sketch! However this one isn't masculine as its going to one of my sons interpreters to thank her for all she did for him in high school.

Supplies used(all supplies SU unless otherwise noted):

Stamps: Take it to Heart

Paper: Pool Party, Calypso Coral, Whisper White, Attic Boutique DSP

Ink: Black StazOn, Calypso Coral, Poppy Parade, Lucky Limeade, Soft Suede, Crumb Cake

Accessories: Big Shot, Framelits Hearts Collection, Calypso Coral Ribbon, Everyday Enchantment Brads, Blender Pen, Dazzling Details, Dimensionals

Memorial Day

Today (and this entire weekend) my family and I have honored and remembered those who have made the ultimate sacrifice for this country in order to keep us free. This weekend is not about BBQ's or welcoming summer to us, its about the men and women who served in our nations military, and who will never be coming home.

I'll be leaving the house in a bit to accompany my friend to Anchorage for a Memorial Day ceremony. My friend is a Gold Star Mom, which means she lost a child to war. He was killed Jan. 7, 2006 in a helicopter crash in Iraq and he is one of the young men being remembered at today's ceremony.. This day is for him, and for all the other fallen heroes. Thank you, and we will never forget.

Yesterday we attended the ceremony at the Alaska Veterans Memorial at Byers Lake with the same friend I'm going to Anchorage with today. The dog tags on these boots are from fallen Alaska warriors. Her son's dog tags are on these boots.

Another Man-Card for Friday Mashup

As I said in my first post for this weeks Friday Mashup challenge I love masculine cards and I love the sketch Holly has for us this week so this morning I whipped up another card for this challenge. I used another favorite for this card, moose!! Right now moose all over the area are giving birth to their babies and folks have been submitting some awesome shots to our local news stations. I havent seen any little ones in my area, but I sure do enjoy seeing the pics people submit on Facebook!
Anyway, here is my moose card for Fathers Day!

Supplies used(all supplies SU unless otherwise noted):

Stamps: Definitively Decorative Pines, Teeny Tiny Wishes

Paper: Sahara Sand, Chocolate Chip, Naturals White, To The Nines Speciality DSP

Ink: Chocolate Chip

Accessories: Bakers Twine, Modern Label Punch, sponge, dimensionals

Masucline and Sketchy for Friday Mashup

This week for The Friday Mashup Holly is bringing us a great challenge...make a masculine card, create a project using the sketch provided or mash it up and create a masculine project using the sketch.

I was really happy to see this challenge. I'm not a frilly type of girl and I tend to gravitate towards darker colors, colors more associated with guys I guess! Its just easier for me than trying to figure out what to do with softer, more feminine colors.

For this card I mashed it up and used a set that will be retiring in a matter of days...Nature Silhouettes. I've loved this set for a while but only bought it when I found out it was retiring. Nothing like that's procrastinating! It's okay though because if you have been by my blog before you'll know that I use retired sets all the time! If I like it, its going to get used, retired or not :)

I used Woodland Walk DSP to go along with the sketch and image. Talk about perfect for this stamp set! I really like how this came out and I think I'll be giving this card to my hubby for Fathers Day!

Now that you're done checking out my card why don't you head over to The Friday Mashup and see what the rest of the design team has come up and then play along with us!

1. Make a project for " That special Man in your life ".
2. Or Make a project with the " Sketch ".
3. Or "Mash it Up" and create a " Masculine card using the above Sketch ".

Supplies used(all supplies SU unless otherwise noted):

Stamps: Nature Silhouettes, Teeny Tiny Wishes

Paper: Crumb Cake, Chocolate Chip, Naturals White, Woodland Walk DSP

Ink: Garden Green, Chocolate Chip

Accessories: Brads (non SU), Modern Label Punch, sponge

Polka Dots and Trees

Today's card combines 2 challenges...The Paper Players and Freshly Made Sketches. Unfortunately weather and poor lighting conditions created a picture that doesn't really do this card justice...it really is quite pretty in person. *The sun peeked out today(Fri) and so I snapped a better pic and replaced it***yikes, so I just viewed the photo on my desktop and I dont know why its so dark! Not my week for photos I guess! Sorry!**

Supplies used(all supplies SU unless otherwise noted):

Stamps: Lovely As a Tree

Paper: More Mustard, Garden Green, Chocolate Chip, More Mustard DSP, Garden Green DSP

Ink: Garden Green, Chocolate Chip

Accessories: 1 3/8" square punch, 1 1/4" square punch, sponge, dimensionals

Old Fashioned for Merry Monday

I'm playing along with Merry Monday again and this weeks challenge really had me struggling. I've posted before about how much I dislike ovals...I don't know what it is but I have a horrible time trying to get an image in an oval and looking right. Yesterday morning I started this card and by the end of the day I had gotten rid of the original DSP and stamp set I had started with and ended up with something completely different. It may have taken me all day, with my attention being diverted several times throughout the process, but I am quite happy with the end results. I did turn the sketch but stayed true to everything else about it.

Supplies(all supplies SU unless otherwise noted):

Stamps: Christmas Lodge, Teeny Tiny Wishes

Paper: Sahara Sand, Ruby Red, Whisper White

Ink: Crumb Cake, Ruby Red

Accessories: Coluzzle, Modern Label Punch, Scallop Border Punch, Pearls, sponge, dimensionals