Summer Camp

I'm at Summer Card Camp!   And this is the card I made with the first week's color combination.  I'll probably put it in any appropriate challenges, but I don't know what they are yet.
Anything Goes Challenge 44 -The Letter D (downloaded image, digitally tinted)

Birthday Golf

I needed a card for my uncle with a July 5 birthday, so it seemed like his card could go in some red, white and blue challenges.  He enjoys golfing, so I got out the golfer that Jen at The Tiny Blue Butterfly so generously shared with me after she found it on Google (since I couldn't find it after seeing hers!).  Hence a red white and blue hapless golfer:

I'm hoping the ribbon down the side keeps it from being too "image and sentiment on kraft stock" boring, and may add a a white button to the golf ball for that same purpose, if I can find one! I'm offering it to some of the red, white and blue or national flag color challenges: 

OWTC Challenge # 56
Catch the Bug Red White and Blue Challenge
Cupcake Inspirations Challenge # 117
Sentimental Sundays Patriotic Colors Challenge
Craft Us Crazy Red White and Blue Challenge 
Stamp Something Red White and Blue Challenge
Card Makin' Mamas Red White and Blue Challenge.

Birthday Balloon

I needed a birthday card that was kind of masculine, and I was inspired to have a color palette that I knew well:

So I took a favorite image, and combined it with the color palette to get this:

It's appropriate for the following challenges:
Lilypad Inspirational Challenge 3
Make it Monday 43 
The Poodles Parlour Come Fly with Me
Tuesday Throwdown #54 - Masculine Card
Card Cupids - Cards for Boys
Freshly Brewed Challenge #53 - Birthday 

Tuesday Trigger: Lovely as a Lullaby

This week's Moxie Fab World Tuesday Trigger -  Lovely as a Lullaby is indeed a challenge for me.  It's sweet, and it's got soft colors and gentle patterns.  Not quite my style: sweet, soft, gentle and my stuff rarely collide.  So it took some work, which I suspect is the idea.

I had some paper similar to the striped pattern, which I paper pieced onto the heart of Dawn Moore's darling digital elephant.  I echoed the colors in the elephant coloring, and the colors and polka dots in the ribbon behind the image:

It turned out sort of sweet, which is what I was going for, so I consider that it worked, after a fashion.  It was a good exercise in getting out of my regular range.

Golfing birthday

I have an old friend who's a new golfer, with a birthday coming up.  The card theme was pretty clear, and then I saw this CR84FN color challenge:

It's the perfect color challenge as he'd know the card was from me even unsigned with the aqua, since it's such a big part of my life.  I could not resist, and I greatly appreciate that Jen shared her image with me.  The card has also been  submitted to Make it Monday - Anything Goes,  Clear it Out - Keeping it Simple, and Tuesday Throwdown #54, masculine card.

CPS Sketch # 223

This sketch was a challenge for me, because it doesn't have the large open spaces I'm used to. 

 But, armed with one of my favorite images, I made the effort for CPS Card Sketch # 223:

The papers are DCWV Natural Stack, layered onto Crane cream card stock.  The image is one I downloaded, and I've forgotten from where, much to my dismay. So if anyone recognizes the  origin, let me know so I can give proper credit for this gorgeous image.

Colors blocked

This is a card has a  handwritten sentiment as I'm out of printer ink.  The center paper is DCWV Citrus Stack and the triangles are from DCWV Brights Stack.  I'm going to be brave and submit it to a couple of challenges.  The Play Date Cafe Challenge #86, and CAS-ual Fridays CFC # 7, Color Blocks. I'm also putting it in Fab'n'Funky Challenge #79 - Bermuda Triangle, where it seems to fit!

Happy!

The Moxie Fab World Tuesday Trigger is irresistible this week, Rainbow Bright:

So I had to try it, because the rainbow brights are such happy colors, and this is what happened:

 I didn't have card stock in the bright colors of the trigger photo, so I grabbed some paint chips and cut out the flags.  I drew in the flag rope with a black pen and attached the flags with dimensional foam.  Given the colors, "Happy Day" seemed an appropriate sentiment to stamp.  It's a card I hope brings a smile.  The bright colors of paint chips (!)  suggest that it will also work for Easy Craft Projects Challenge # 40, and I'm entering it in My Grafico - Anything Goes,
and also Fab n Funky Challenge #79 - Bermuda Triangle.

WOW!

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Another card

I made this for a friend whose husband refers to her as the princess!  The frog is from our wee backyard pond  (we see them in the summer), and the photo was taken by the house photographer, Mr. FLS.  The papers are DCWV from the naturals and bright collections, and they are affixed to Crane square note card stock. The sentiment I printed on linen paper, glued it to a recipe card and then cut the shape (high tech, isn't it?); it's attached with dimensional foam, though that may not be obvious in the picture. I'd like to enter this in CPS Card Sketch # 222, which used this sketch:
 
And in Peachy Keen Stamps :: Sketch Challenge 54, as well as Crafting for all Seasons CH #3 - Summer and Anything Goes - Here comes Summer Challenge 43.
Wow, only four  challenges at once now - I'm getting saner! 

A card!

Finally, a Father's Day card.  Quite simple, with an image from Digital Two for Tuesday  that I colored with pencils and then copied for a little more depth than just the b/w image on its own.  The sentiment is from Bits N Bobs.  I inked the edges of both in Versamagic gingerbread  and they are stacked on plain white card stock with dimensional foam.   I'm entering it in the Cupcake 146  - Boy, Oh Boy, Oh Boy  challenge and Little Claire's Challenge 9 - cards for men as well as the Thankful Thursday Challenge, Speedy the Cat's Friends Challenge  and Sentimental Sundays for Father's Day.  Not to omit: Ooh-la-la Challenge 82 Father's Day , Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge #138 - a male card and Little Red Wagon Challenge # 85 For Dad. I must be nuts showing my first card ever to this many people. 

Really

Really.  There will be a card posted soon.   In fact the card has been made, but the photo has not, heh.  The card is even going in a challenge (gasp).  Where people can see it and everything.  I hope it doesn't get stage fright.

coming soon (heh)

Ideally, there will be some card tricks coming soon. We'll see how soon "soon" turns out to be.