Papercraft Star Challenge 170

Happy Wednesday everyone.  I hope you are all having a good week.  Mine has been so busy I don't know how I get myself into all the extra work I volunteer for.  Here are my cards I made for this week's  Papercraft Star Challenge.  We have a wonderful photo to inspire you this week and we hope you play along.  I'd love to see what inspires you.  Be sure to stop by the Papercraft Star blog to see what our amazing design team has created to further inspire you.

Brrr It's Cold

Hello everyone!  We are back!  After the whole month of November off the Papercraft Star is back to give another fun challenge.  We have a chilly photo to inspire you this week.

Black and White

Brown and White 

Bare Trees

Snow

I was inspired by how cold it must be in the photo.  I also found inspiration in the bare tree.  My children call trees that have lost their leaves "naked trees".

I used a stamp from Raisin Boat, a stamp company where you can "rent' stamp sets and return them for other stamp sets without the obligation to purchase.  I simply shaded the snowman using Copic markers and added a cloudy background.  I created my own patterned paper by stamping snowflakes.  A few beads and doily and my card was finished.  I hope you get a chance to play along with us this week.  Be sure to stop by the Papercraft Star blog to see what our amazing design team had come up with to further inspire you!  

Anitra

Icicle Ornaments

Playing with wire and beads is so much fun!  Here are some simple icicle ornaments I made for a swap i participated in over on Your Paper Pantry ning site.  Using some 16 gauge wire, some wire cutters, round nose pliers, beads, spacer beads and bead caps, I was able to make these adorable ornaments.  Thank you for stopping by and I hope like them.

Supplies:  Wire cutters, round nose pliers, 16 gauge wire, beads, bead caps, spacer beads, head pins and jump ring.  

Papercraft Star 168

Hello everyone!  I hope you are ready for another fun challenge over at the Papercraft Star!  This is our last challenge for the month and we will be taking the month of November off.  Let's make this a fun challenge!  We have a great inspiration photo.

Tags

Postmarks

Stamps

Fleur de lis

Fabric

I took inspiration from the natural colors in the photo.  I just love the natural tones for a Christmas card. I decided I'd better get started on Christmas cards after all the wonderful cards Deanne creates I couldn't resist.

I used an image and sentiment from Verve stamps along with a die cut doily from my friend Laura who is littleluluscraps on youtube.  She was kind enough to cut a variety of them for me.  Thank you Laura Lulu!  I also matted some text paper from prima and added some vintage lace to make my bow.  I finished off my bow with some rusty bells given to me from Teresa.  Thank you Teresa!  I do hope you get a chance to play along this week.  I would love to see how you are inspired by our photo.  Our design team members have more wonderful projects to further inspire you. Be sure to stop by the Papercraft Star blog to check it out!

Hugs,

Anitra 

Papercraft Star Challenge 167

Greetings everyone.  I hope everyone is having a good week.  My son's Halloween costume has come in through the mail, so he was super excited about that.  He's going to be a storm trooper from Star Wars.  It's funny seeing him get all excited about a movie that was made over 30 years ago.  Well on to our challenge this week over at the Papercraft Star.  This week I was drawn to our inspiration photo and the primitive look to it.

Suggestions:

Witch

Broom

Cat

Hat

Checks/Polka dots

For my card I used patterned paper form My Minds Eye paper pad which I picked up at Archivers for about $3!  I know, what a steal!  Sometimes that store suprises me with their sales.  The "witch" flash card is from October Afternoon, and the jar image is from one of my favorite Esty stores called Iralamijashop.  She sells the cutest vintage digital images.  

I kept this card pretty simple and matted each of my patterned papers with black cardstock.  This one come together pretty quickly.  No seam binding this time around.  I think I may try this one again and do some Jinny Newlin inspired stitching around some of the matted pieces.  I can't wait to see how the photo inspires you.  We have seen some really beautiful entries the past few challenges!  Be sure to stop by the Papercraft Star blog to see what our wonderful design team has to further inspire you.  Thank you so much for stopping by.

Hugs,

Anitra

Mixed Media Challenge 10

Greetings everyone.  I hope everyone is having a wonderful week.  This week the Papercraft Star design team gets to play along with the Mona Pendelton's Mixed Media Challenge #10.  This week's color pallet is so stunning it was so much fun to play along using MPD Timeless stamp set and coordinating dies from MFT stamps.

Have you ever shown your creative projects to friends and family and had them say wow "you must have a lot of time on your hands"?  Well I hear this a lot.  It's not that I have so much time on my hands between caring for my two young children running back and forth from dance to therapy to tutoring and swimming lessons.  However those couple of hours when the housework is all done and the kiddos are fast asleep in bed...well that's my time to be creative!

For this project I used bits of burlap, sprays, and masks, along with some embossing power.  For the base I used graph paper and layered different mists.  I just adhered more patterned papers in layers and started to tear some away exposing the different mists and paints.  I added the title "Art the great escape" and outlined with a sketch pen.  

The "Timeless" stamp set and coordinating dies went perfect with my art journal page.  I die cut the gears with some chocolate chip card stock.  I added some flowers and half backed pearls and stamped "Time to Be Creative" to finish of my page.

I hope you get a chance to play along and find your very own time to be creative.  Thank you for stopping by.

Hugs,

Anitra

Papercraft Star Challenge 166

Hello all!  I hope you are all having a wonderful week.  Here in Central Texas we are having some much needed rain!  This week we have a fun challenge for you over at the Papercraft Star.  We have had some amazing entries the past couple of weeks and I'm so looking forward to seeing what everyone has up their sleeve for this photo inspiration.

For my card I took inspiration form the Jack-o-lantern that mischievous kitty is sitting on.  

Using an image I had in my stash from the Etsy store Iralamija, I matched some Authentique patterned papers with it and matted them on black cardstock.  I then added some simple embellishments like the Martha Stewart web punch along with some bling and half back pearls.  Of course a bit of seam binding never hurt any card I've ever made so I added some of that for good measure too.  I hope you are all enjoying playing along with us and please be sure to check our what our super talented design team members have created for you over at the Papercraft Star!

Hugs,

Anitra