This card would not scan correctly. The stripes go all the way up through the card and I think look very classy. This card and the next three cards I wanted to keep very simple. They were quick and fun to make.

For split coast stampers, the layout challenge. I really wanted to try something in yellow and black. The stripes just evolved.

For split coast stampers the theme was travel. The background on this is postcards, and I found the saying on the Internet. Very simple card.

This is a close up view of one of the gift-card holders. I'm practicing my watercoloring. . . It is getting better!

This is for the sketch challenge. The polka dots are dry embossed with the cuttlebug, and the tag is punched with a cuttlebug die cut. Cute, egh?

This was a technic challenge. You take a double sided pre-printed paper, and fold it many different ways to get this cool double pocket card. Here is a link to a tutorial:

http://jarfullofjoy.blogspot.com/2008/04/double-pocket-card-tutorial.html

This one I did a "ways to use it" challenge. We were suppossed to use rub-ons, but when I went to rub-on my sentiment I realized it was a sticker and not a rub-on!!

Another split coast stampers challenge. It was a color challenge, the colors were Certainly Celery, Chocolate Chip, and Pretty in Pink. My dogwood tree out front is blooming and looks somewhat like this pink tree :) The background is embossed with the cuttlebug, and the tag was a cuttlebug die cut also.

For split coast sketch challenge . . . . . I am really enjoying these, they inspire me to try different designs and technics I never could have thought of myself.

Just for fun! A springy card, using a cuttlebug embossing folder for the background.

For this weeks color challenge. We needed to use groovy guava, basic grey and Oh Darn! can't remember the name blushing . . . . . a lighter pink color!!

Another for split coast stampers . . . a sketch challenge. The offset oval was the challenge.

A baby card . . . .

Trying different colors . . . just to see what I can come up with.

Flap Cards

On split coast stampers there was a challenge to make "flap cards." I kind of went crazy and made a few of them. This one says "so very sweet."

You can see how the flap works on this one. They used magnets to keep the flap closed. I don't have magnets so I just cut a slit that the flap could attach to and stay down. Works really well.
On all the cards I used my new cuttlebug to dry emoboss the cards!! The embossing is so pretty it could just be all of the design in my opinion.
Inside this one says "Life is a picnic, eat hearty" The bugs belly is raised with crystal effects, a stampin up product.

I did these cards for a color challenge on split coast stampers. The colors were gray, black and pomegranate.

I don't use this stamp set very often at all and wanted to come up with something . . .

February Stamp Club Cards

This is the card we did together for Stamp Club.

"good luck" was the theme.

By LeeAnn

LeeAnn and Roz did an almost identical card

without even consulting each other!!! WEIRD!

By Kiersten