House of Cards Blog Hop

Happy December ! 

Today I'm sharing my final card as a Design Team member for

House of Cards Challenge.

This month we have a blog hop with prizes !

I can't believe it's been 2 1/2 years 

since I was invited to be a part of the team !

It is time that I pass my DT position on

to another deserving, creative designer. 

Keep reading for card details,

but first I'll tell you about our blog hop prizes.

Create a card inspired by the above photo

and share it with us at 

House of Cards

by December 15th for a chance to win

one of the following prizes:

MHKDesigns 

 Choice of 3 products

Digistamps4Joy

$10 to use in the store

Imagine That Digistamp

$10 coupon

Beccy's Place

choice of one set of digital stamps.

The three remaining prizes are hidden among the design team

members blogs, so you'll want to leave comments 

at each stop for a chance to win ! 

MY SAMPLE CARD DETAILS:

Images used from 

Deck The Halls by MHKDesigns on Etsy

Whisper White card stock stamped with White craft ink

and the Woodgrain background stamp by Stampin' Up!

I then ran a stylus along the lines of the boards on the image

on top of a scoring board to create the "planks". 

The metal of the stylus reacted with the white craft ink,

a happy accident, so I didn't need to go back over with a 

gray marker ! This is meant to recreate the wall in 

the inspiration photo. 

The image was printed onto kraft and white card stocks

then carefully hand cut with small, sharp scissors. 

I created layers with dimensionals and chip board

scraps. The stocking image was colored with a white

colored pencil then slightly curved to create a bit of 

dimension before adhering with dimesnsionals. 

The tag was printed then punched out with an oval punch.

I sponged vanilla craft ink along the edges then

lightly stamped the itty bitty speckled background stamp

from Stampin' Up! This piece recreates the basket of wood

in the inspiration photo.

I hand cut a star shape from wide "canvas" ribbon

in my crafts stash. I also added a tiny kraft heart.

These elements are inspired by the 

decorations on the Christmas tree in the inspiration photo. 

Thanks for looking
and
Happy Holidays =)

You should have arrived here from Em's blog. 

Your next stop is Jane's blog.

Here are the blogs on our  hop :

House of Cards Challenge Blog

Mynn | Judy |  Chanya13 | Cohenna 
Donna | Em | Heather | Jane

Karen | Katarina | Merethe

Michele | Paula | Rocky | Rosi 

Shawna | Shirley | Sue N. | Susan

House of Cards Challenge November

The challenge this month at 

House of Cards is

holiday and/or the colors in the photo below

I used very similar colors to create a Christmas card -

with a fun pop out Christmas tree inside !

The basic pop out tree pattern was found in the book

Cards That Pop Up, Flip and Slide

by Michael Jacobs.

Most of the supplies used were from Stampin' Up!:

Sahara Sand, Crumb Cake, Garden Green, white card stock

White craft ink

Real Red and Garden Green markers

White embossing powder

stamp set

Stampin' Around wheels

Scallop top tag punch

Bakers twine

Sequins, leftovers from an old craft project

green copy weight paper

star punch

The images from the Stampin' Around wheel 

were heat embossed in white.

I sponged white craft ink along the edges

of the Crumb Cake card front.

Garden Green is sandwiched between this

and the Sahara Sand card base. 

The sentiment stamp was colored with

water based markers and stamped onto

a white tag made with a paper punch.

Bakers twine and sequins for embellishment.

Various views of the tree inside the card.

I made it from copy weight paper

and rubber stamped it with a darker green ink.

Thanks for looking ;)

Be sure to visit the rest of the design team members'

blogs for more inspiring ideas! 

House of Cards Challenge October

House of Cards Challenge

for October is now live ! 

This month we are challenging you to 

create a hand made card using the theme

Halloween and/or colors in the photo below

I made a 

Stand Up Card

altered from basic instructions found in the book

Cards That Pop Up, Flip and Slide

by Michael Jacobs

Decorative papers, Die Cuts With A View

Stamp image, Stampin' Up!

Embellishments from my crafts stash

Folded flat for mailing

Opened, standing up

Side view, folded

Back

Thanks for looking =)

Be sure to visit the rest of the design team members' blogs for more inspiring ideas !

House Of Cards Challenge September

Hello there!

Our challenge to you this month at

House of Cards 

is to use text and/or the colors

from the inspiration photo below.

Back side, opened up and laying flat

I used various old stamp sets from Stampin' Up!

as well as retired ink and card stock colors

(Bravo Burgundy, Apricot Appeal and Barely Banana) 

I added a little bit of Stickles diamond glitter glue,

Crystal Effects and heat embossing with Iridescent Ice

 embossing powder for fun shimmer. 

The card design is not my own.

It is something I saw earlier this year, 

but do not remember whose design

it was or if there is even a name for this type of card. 

I cut my card stock front two inches wide

then added another two inch wide piece at the bottom.

They are attached together with the vertical panel.

I could have put a piece of acetate between,

but was afraid it would get staticy and attract dust

(cat hair!).

Thanks for looking :) 

Be sure to visit the 

House of Cards 

Design Team members's blogs
to see more inspiring ideas !

 Chanya13 | Cohenna | Donna | Em | Heather 
Jane | Judy | Karen | Katarina | Merethe

Michele | Mynn | Paula | Rocky | Rosi 

Shawna | Shirley | Sue N. | Susan 

House of Cards Challenge August

This months challenge at 

House of Cards

is to use flowers and/or the colors

in the inspiration photo below.

The card I created to share with you 

for this challenge uses both.

It is a larger sized card to accommodate the 

round frame rubber stamp image.

Various paper flowers, paper punches, twine,

organdy ribbon and rhinestones to create a 

pretty cluster on the frame. 

Medical supply gauze as an embellishment ?!

I love the dimension this embossing folder creates !

We R Memory Keepers Next Level Embossing Folder, Bouquet.

It is a 6x6 folder, making it easier to create larger projects.

I bought it from Amazon earlier this year.

Thanks for looking =) 

Be sure to visit the rest of the design team members blogs

to see their wonderful cards for the current challenge.

 Chanya13 | Cohenna | Donna | Em | Heather 
Jane | Judy | Karen | Katarina | Merethe

Michele | Mynn | Paula | Rocky | Rosi 

Shawna | Shirley | Sue N. | Susan 

House Of Cards Challenge July

The current challenge at 

House of Cards

is to use stripes and/or the colors

in the inspiration photo below:

I used use similar colors, 

with an added pop of black, on my card.

The flower was created from crepe paper banner !

You know, the long rolls of lightweight colored paper

 bought at party supply stores.

I free hand cut petals and leaves then

applied a tiny dab of liquid glue (too much and

the paper falls apart, it is so thin) to hold them in place.

Double stick tape would work better.

I chose a rhinestone for the center of this flower,

but decorative brads, buttons, etc would look nice, too. 

The sentiment was stamped and heat embossed white

on black card stock then trimmed. 

It created a faux embossed lettering tape.

I cut small pieces of chipboard to attach them

to then glued them to the card front.

This gave the word strips a bit of dimension.

Thanks for looking =)

Be sure to visit the rest of the design team members' blogs

for more inspiring card ideas !

Chanya13 | Cohenna | Donna | Em | Heather | Jane | Judy 

Karen | Katarina | Merethe

Michele | Mynn | Paula | Rocky | Rosi 

Shawna | Shirley | Sue N. | Susan 

House of Cards Blog Hop

Hello ! 

 We've come to the end of another term at House of Cards.

 Unfortunately, we are saying a fond farewell to some of our DT members.

To say goodbye and thank you, we're celebrating with a blog hop

and Design Team call! 

The hop will run from June 1st 6:00 AM CST through June 15th Noon CST.

Make sure you leave a comment at each person's blog along the way because the prizes are hidden. We'll be doing random drawings from the blogs where they are hiding! After you're done, make a card using the inspiration photo above to share with us at House of Cards for another chance to win!

Here are our fabulous sponsors:

MHK Designs

Prize: Any three products of your choice!

All Dressed Up

Prize: 2 Images

Digi Stamps 4 Joy

Prize: $10 to use in store

Scrap n' Dippity

Prize $10 Gift Certificate to use in store

My card details:

Image from Digi Stamps 4 Joy

Meirenyu

Colored with colored pencils.

White acrylic craft paint and 

glitter nail polish for accents.

Bermuda Bay and Tangerine Tango card stock.

Crushed Curry polka dot ribbon.

Thanks for looking =)

 You should have arrived here from Em's blog.

Your next stop is Jane's blog.

Here's your hop order in case you get lost along the way

 House of Cards Challenge Blog

House Of Cards May Challenge

We have a fun color palette (and/or use sequins)

this month at the House of Cards Challenge blog:

Once again, depending on the computer I use to look at the inspiration photo,

my colors are not quite right on my finished project :(

I do not have sequins, so I used a rhinestone

to dot the "I" on the word friend.

This was a simple card made from preprinted decorative paper

layered over a dark brown base.

I added a die cut (Cuttlebug) sentiment and rhinestone.

It's a mail friendly card, too, not requiring extra postage.

Here are several more quick cards I made from scraps and pieces of designer papers
 that I used to make a couple of other projects with. They made up a gift set. 

They'll be posted here on my blog the 5th (I love how this recovered mini scrapbook turned out!)
and 15th (recovered/decorated paper mache frame) as other design team projects.
Check out the digital versions of these papers that I made
used on a digital scrapbook page I also posted today !

Thanks for looking =) 

Be sure to visit the rest of the design team

members blogs for more inspiring cards: