Try That Thursda -Folded Pocket Card

I wasn't able to participate in last week's challenge - but this is the card I did for this week.  Beth and I chose the "folded Pocket Card" from the new CD by Technique Junkies car "Fancy Folds and Motions".
I chose papers from Club Scrap's "Lotus Pond" kit and made my tulips by cutting out oval shapes and trimming.  My greeting stamp was borrowed from a good friend :)  Thanks Paula

I hope you enjoy and I look forward to see your cards :)  Check out Beth's Blog for details on entering the challenge and purchasing the cd.

Have a great weekend.  I'm one of the coordinators of our Easter dinner in our community.  We started out with about 40 people showing an interest in still being here for the dinner (We live in a 55+ community in AZ) and it's blossomed to about 75 or so.  I'll be posting pics of the place cards we made and the cute little Easter treats for each place at dinner later.

Updating with some recent cards

I thought I might update my blog.  On a personal note.....We are enjoying some great "Spring Weather" here in Arizona.  I have been trying to get a few things done at home and after finally getting some energy back after my bout with pneumonia I found that I was in a creative mode. 

The first card uses a Bunny Stamp and Easter greeting from Firecracker Designs, and the Eggs are from Michael Strong.  Corner punch from Martha Stewart and paper from Club Scrap and stash

 

The 2nd cards is one I did using a Technique Junkie chalk technique for the background, papers and greeting from Club Scrap.  Flower Stamp and Butterflies from Michael Strong, paper flower from stash and border punch from Martha Stewart.

 This 3rd card that I did for Michael Strong uses a background made with the Brick Wall Embossing folder from Tim Holtz and the "Flower Pot" stamp from Michael Strong with the "Mother-in-Law" tongue leaves from a tutorial found on Michael Strong's Blog page.

 If you are a Michael Strong fan, you can find his blog and you can find information on the yahoo group here.

This last card is one I did for a "Masculine Themed" swap I did for another Online Paper Crafting group that I belong to.  It uses papers from Club Scrap, the Car and Greeting stamp from Tim Holtz
and another "Depth of Field" Background from Technique Junkies.

I hope  you've enjoyed seeing what I've been "playing" with.  If you would like to get involved in a fun PaperCrafting Online group check out http://paohome.paperartistsonline.com/ and tell them I sent you :)
It's a fun place to learn and share some great artistic techniques for cards, scrapbooks and altered book projects. 

Thanks for stopping by.
Diana

Try That Thursday - Scored Diamonds

Well, for a change I'm on time with this week's challange with Beth Norman for the Technique Junkies "Try That Thursday Technique" - this week we chose the "Scored Diamonds" technique.  This technique is found on the new Dies & Embossing CD and also the April 2010 issue of Technique Junkies.

I used all Club Scrap papers and a flower stamp from Michael Strong.  The Greeting is from Club Scrap, the button and fiber is from my stash

Thanks for stopping by and don't forget to send your entry to the Technique Junkies group.  You can check out Beth's blog for her entry and information about the challenge.

Try That Thursday - Watercolor over White

I seem to be running late the past couple of weeks......the weather is great and a lot going on and I finally got some time to play this week.  The tech from Technique Junkies was to do the Watercolor over White from the Bonus Section of the 2006 CD.


For my cards, I used papers and images from Club Scrap.  I hope you enjoy :)

I hope you all had an opportunity to participate in the challenge and have checked out Beth's card on her blog.   We will both be back This Thursday with a new challenge and believe it or not - my card is done :)

thanks for stopping

Lavenders Blue Cards

I'm late in posting, but I did finally get a couple of cards posted for Kim at  Lavenders Blue Cards and Crafting website.  She has designed some digi pages and I printed and did what we call "Hybrid" cards - combination of digi and paper cards.

I hope you'll check out her site and see what she's got going.......and join in on the fun :)

I also did a couple of these as total digi cards....

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Thanks for stopping by today......more to come soon :)

Try That Technique Thursday

I was late in getting this week's challenge posted.......due to matters of life interfering with my crafting.  Seriously, we had friends visiting and between friends, physical therapy and Dr appts, I just didn't get the card done in time. 

The challenge technique was the Twinkling Watercolor tech from the June 08 newsletter.  If you aren't a member of Technique Junkies, you can check this website for details in joining - it's well worth the few $$ it cost per year.

My card was made using all stamps and papers from Club Scrap, as I also entered it in our PSL card challenge for the week.  I hope you enjoy

 

Beth Norman and I have been challenging each other to this techniques for many months.  I hope you check out her entry.   If you are a member of Technique Junkies, please send in your entry to Techniquejunkies@yahoogroups.com email addy.

Thanks and I will look forward to seeing you the next time around 

Try That Technique Thursday

This week Beth and I challenged each other to the Double Bugging technique....This technique can be found on Technique Junkies  new Emboss & Die CD that is available for purchase here

I used papers from Club Scrap, the stamper image is also from Club Scrap and the Ribbon is from my stash.

 Don't forget to check out Beth's Springy card here and we hope you join in the challenge.