moxie fab world challenge: background paper

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After watching a video by Shannon Tidwell, Two Peas 213 in 2013, I wanted to try machine stitching to give a textured background. [Just a little side note. I won a sewing contest when I was in junior high school. I made a really cute tunic dress using a turquoise plaid fabric. Each seam had the pattern perfectly lined up. So, even knowing I can sew, I often wonder, “Why I am so hesitant to stitch on a paper project?”]

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The adorable arrow stamp from the Studio Calico Woodbrooke Road kit  was a must use for this card. I stitched a grid then embossed the arrow image to create the background paper.  

The colors were from the final CR84FN challenge. I missed the challenge, but wanted to use the colors to pay homage to Mona and her DT for giving us two years of a great challenge blog. It didn’t hurt that the colors worked for what I had in mind for the design. (Just being honest here.) And do you see the thin frames of aqua paper? Those are the remains from an October Afternoon label sticker sheet. That idea is courtesy of Anna-Maria Wolniak. Love it.

In addition to being for my sister-in-law, this card is for the Moxie Fab World Make Your Own Background Paper Challenge. I had fun making this one.

nancy

cr84fn20: just wanted to say

Usually, the cards I’ve seen created from Hero Art’s Silhouette Grass and PTI’s Life sets have spoken to me. The projects tend to have a very welcoming feel to them. When I saw the challenge colors for CR84FN20, the silhouette cards made with those sets came to mind. Since I do not own either, I looked through what I do own to see if anything would work. Four sets of testing later, I came upon a stamp from a fall set that was a good substitute.

My mom has been sending out a large number of thank you cards lately and I’ve been trying to make some for her stash. So, in addition to the color parameters, the card needed to be fairly simple and require no extra postage to mail. I think it will meet with her approval.

nancy

supplies:

paper:  vintage cream c/s (PTI); Nana’s Nursery (DCWV)

stamps:  Autumn Harvest (TPC Studio); Thank You Sayings (Hero Arts)

ink:  wisteria and lavender chalk (Clearsnap)

extras:  tanzanite crystals (Jolee’s)

cr84fn11: hugs & kisses

I’ve been following the CR84FN Color Challenge for a few weeks and decided to play along with an actual card, rather than just in my head.

This week’s color combination reminded me of an idea that I had wanted to try. The first attempt was okay, but I knew that something was missing. (I took the card apart before photographing it, so you will not be seeing it. Believe me when I say that your world won’t come to an end.) Then I remembered this photograph from the same collection as this week’s CR84FN challenge.

Now, I knew what was missing – gingham. As I started to reassemble my card, a phrase from a Donny and Marie song popped into my head. For those of you of a certain age, do you recall the Donny & Marie show? Well, I wanted to be Marie, except for the giving up caffeine part, and as an ode to her, here is my card, entitled “a little bit country.”

Perhaps next week, I might try to channel my inner rocker.

njm

supplies:

paper: Farm Fresh (October Afternoon); tea-stained c/s and tags

stamps:  Hugs and Kisses (TPC Studio); Simple Valentine (PTI)

ink:  Terra Cotta, Chestnut Roan (Clearsnap)

extras: floss #839 (DMC)