MFT Wednesday Sketch Challenge 396 and TSOT August Technique Challenge

Hello again,

Two cards in one day!  I am on a roll.  The card I made here is for my daughter who just moved to Minneapolis this week from St. Louis.  Boy, will she be in for a shock come winter!  Good thing she has lived in the north before or she would really be in for it. 

For her card I used the MFT Wednesday Sketch Challenge #396 found HERE.  And also the Try Stampin' on Tuesday August Technique challenge  which is to add dimension to your card without foam tape.  That challenge can be found HERE.

To make may card I started with paper from the CTMH collection called Documented (X7234B).  I love the colors and designs of this collection.  I followed the sketch pretty close.  I only modified it by adding an image.  After adhering my base layer of paper and the awesome antique doors paper strip, I then cut a piece of Eggplant cardstock (CTMH) into a strip and dovetailed the one end.  I then stamped "New Home" in Versamark ink and heat embossed it using white embossing powder (Stampendous!).  I adhered it flat as shown.  For the building I stamped the cute apartment building from the Central Park-Cardmaking stamp and thin cut set (Z4179). I colored it with CTMH Shinhan alcohol markers (BR116, GY235, P282, YR26) and Copic Sketch Marker (Yll).   I also made 2 more cuts with the house die out of chipboard (old cereal box).  I glued the chipboard together and then glued the colored house on the top.  This is my way to add dimension without using foam dots.   The last thin I did was stamp the "congratulations on your" sentiment with second generation Eggplant ink (CTMH).  If you don't know what that means, it is just stamping on a scratch piece of paper first and then stamping on the piece you want - this allows you to get a lighter color of ink.   And that is it.  I hope my daughter likes her card and also can't wait to see her in her new digs.  

Thanks for stopping by,

Janet

SSC184 SKETCH FUN

Hey Y'all,

I have been busy again on the blog.  August is a BIG birthday month in my family so I have lots of cards to make.  I love using blog challenges to help with my mojo.  My nephew is turning 19 this month so I needed a masculine card.  I love this new paper collection from CTMH called Documented.  Some of the main papers are very feminine, but I found enough patterns to make a guy worthy card.  I actually think is one of my faves that I made lately.  Very CAS, but that is more my style anyway.

I used the sketch over at Sunday Stamps Challenge blog which is SSC184.  Here is the sketch:

And this is my take on the sketch.  I pretty much stuck to the design except I rotated my card sideways.  I am showing you a couple of different views of my card since it was cloudy for photos.  I usually prefer to have the card stand up, but the lighting was a little better when I laid it flat.

The only note I want to make is that I die cut the sentiment twice - once in White Daisy and once in Black.  The black is the shadow.

All of my supplies are from CTMH.  Here is the list of what I used:  Documented paper collection (X7234B), Matching cardstock (X7234D), Happy Birthday Thin Cuts (Z3304), and Black & White Dots (Z3314).  

Thanks for stopping by,

Janet