Love to Scrap! Challenge Blog - #36 Anything Goes

Good morning and welcome to another challenge at Love to Scrap! Challenge Blog. For the next 2 weeks we have made it easy for you, because it's Anything Goes!  As always your creations must have a stamp rubber image and/or sentiment on it, no digis this time.

We are being sponsored by Heartfelt Creations.  They have some beautiful stamps! 

The winner of this challenge will receive a $25 gift certificate. 

When I first saw this challenge and knew we could use any rubber stamp we had, I thought I had it pegged.  At the last minute, I changed my mind and total creation.  I decided to go with the stamp by SWALK called Friendship.  I have a gf who has been feeling down and we've been friends for 36+ years.  We don't get to talk much because we live so far away from each other now, but she's like a sister to me.  When coloring the image with my water and regular color pencils, I could remember all the fun we had growing up across the street from each other.   

I wanted an unique card, so I tried my hand at a circle side-step card.  It becomes difficult when cutting out pieces and parts of circles for this card.  I was quite happy to use the die-cuts when I could.  Just some flowers, lace and a metal bracket was added for embellishments.

Here's the back of the card, you can see, it's a complete circle.  I did add a half circle and the back to write a little something to my friend.  

thanks for looking and reading :o)

i would like to enter in the following challenges:

• Fairytale Stampers - #43 Anything Goes
• Glitter n Sparkle - #98 Use Some Metal (best friend metal ribbon slider)
• Ooh La La - #163 Fancy Folds
• The Corrosive Challenge - #206 "B" Unique (blue, brown, brad, blooms)
• The Squirrel and The Fox - #75 Anything Goes
• Whoopsi Daisy - No Square Cards

stamp used: SWALK Friendship

paper used: the Paper Studio Blue & Brown Paisley, Bazzill, MFT Grout Gray, MFT Hot Fudge

die-cuts used: MFT Circle Stax 1 & Stax 2, Sentimental Flourish

embellishments: RRR lace, Making Memories Vintage Metal Combo, Recollections Mini Heart brads, Martha Stewart pearls, Prima flowers

The Male Room - Geometric

It's time for another challenge at The Male Room!  For the next 2 weeks we want to see masculine projects that fit the challenge Geometric. Yup, that would be a fancy word for shapes..lol.  Get out some of those fancy die-cuts and fancy stamps with lots of shapes.

I thought this sentiment was so true of grandpas, just makes you giggle.  I added an eyelet to the banner (I guess you can call it a tag now), so I could add some fiber and burlap thread.  The fiber seems "prickly" to me.

I found this rubber stamp over at Crafter's Companion, called Prickly by SWALK.  (Even though I just got it about a month ago, I can't find that company on their website anymore.)  The image was colored with my water and regular color pencils.  I even versa mark some hexagons from the Unity KOM stamp set.  Some ribbon and brads were added to finish the card.

Here's the inside.  I stamped the cute little hedgehog again and added the prickly fiber inside. I didn't stamp a sentiment inside yet, because I'm trying to decided Father's Day, Grandparents Day or Birthday for the granddads.

thanks for looking and reading :o) 

i would like to enter this card in the following challenges:

• Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge - #187 Anything Goes
• Stampavie & More - #216 Animals
• The Crafter's Cafe  - #73 Anything Goes 

stamps used: S.W.A.L.K. Prickly, Unity KOM (kit of the month) June 2012

paper used: Bazzill, Recollections handmade

die-cuts used: MFT Hexagon Stax, Fishtail Flag Stax

embellishments: Really Reasonable Ribbon, eyelet, the Paper Studio fibers, Recollections brads, burlap thread