From "Wallrus.."

The newest Online Card Class starts this coming Monday:

The Pre-class gallery is open, and participants are encouraged to share their work.

I went looking through my blog posts, and couldn't find this card.  I made it in January for one of my nephew's birthdays.  It features a great stamp set from the now defunct "Freshly Squeezed Stamps." It was kind of a build-a-bear set, with the makings for bears, penguins and walruses (if that's the correct plural!).  I had fun making the walruses different, using only three color families of Copics (coz that's all I had!).

I also included a bookmark with this card:

TTFA!

Happy crafting,

Caroline

Supplies:

Paper Smooches bookmark dies and border dies

Fresh Squeezed Stamps

Copic Markers

Memento Tuxedo Black inkpad

Cardstock and alphbet stamps, CTMH

Flower Soft "snow"

Baker's twine

Card for a Crafty Friend...Dynamic Duos #95

Hey there, crafty friends.

Guess what its doing outside, this fine Spring morning in Ontario?

Snowing fit to beat the band. 

PERFECT day to stay inside and CRAFT.

And we have the perfect recipe for you, here at the Dynamic Duos:

Yep, its Triple Threat week! THREE delicious colours to play with.

This week, I wanted to experiment with some water-colouring effects. LOTS of that out and about on the internet. Did I mention my penance this year for Lent? NO purchasing of craft supplies for the whole 40 days... So, making use of what I have on hand, I first heat-embossed this great subway-art design from Fresh-Squeezed Stamps:

Then I played around with some distress markers and water-colour pencils. 

As I didn't have anything close, my SU friend Hayley gave me some Rich Razzleberry cardstock (WHAT a delicious colour!). It seemed to deserve centre-stage on this card. So I rummaged through my button and bling collection to come up with this final product:

 Further note the cross-stitching along the bottom (more, sadly retired Fresh-squeezed stamps) and the über-cute scissors charm! (Close to my Heart jewelry supplies).

I just love how this turned out, and some crafty friend will be the lucky recipient!

Check out the awesome creations by the Dynamic Duos design team:

 Annette Elliott

Angel Johns

Cindy Brumbaugh

Holly Endress

JoAnn Burnham

Julie Gearinger

Michelle Bala

Sarah Fleming 

Tenia Nelson

Now get your craft on, and meet us at the Dynamic Duos blog-link.We love to see what you create!

Happy crafting,

Caroline

Supplies:

Card-stock: Rich Razzleberry (SU); white Daisy (CTMH); watercolour paper (Ranger)

Ink: Versamark, and Clear Detail embossing powder (SU)

Stamps: Fresh-Squeezed Stamps--Crafty Friend and Friendly Folk

Colour: Ranger Distress markers in Picked Preserves, Evergreen Bough and Victorian Velvet; water-brush

Buttons and bling: Close to my Heart green and pink button collections (retired); purple gems; Craft Queen charms.

Ribbon from the stash

Celebrating...

First up, the first birthday of Fresh Squeezed Stamps!

Ryann and Shannon are challenging their fans to create a NEW birthday card, and link it to their blog, for the chance to win a Sa-weet new stamp set.

As October 4th is my sister's birthday, and as my life has been pretty chaotic lately (moving kids, moving house, packing then unpacking my crafting supplies...) I haven't had the chance to make a card yet, let alone send it to the Netherlands. So, here ya go, Morag, Happy Birthday! You'll see it here, first!

I used the fabulous "On Trend 2013" stamp set, which I was lucky enough to win earlier this year.

I masked off a heart/harvest moon with Eclipse paper, and sponged on a sunset. The sequins in the set made some dandy stars. The water lines were done with Versamark pen. I LOVE that skyline with the subtle little heart...

Not to waste all that ink, I used the mask for the greeting on the inside of the card:

Off to link up to Fresh Squeezed Stamps!

If you'd like to join the Birthday Bash, you have until 6:00 pm Friday to create a birthday card to share.

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Come back tomorrow, October 5th for another milestone:

I'm celebrating the second anniversary of my blog by participating in Operation Write Home's World Card Making Blog Hop. It's going to be STUPENDOUS! And you just might win a little something-something if you leave a nice comment...

Happy Crafting,

Caroline

Supplies Used:

CTMH inks in Sorbet, Pear, Twilight, Outdoor Denim and Black

Versamark Inkpad and pen

Clear embossing powder

Tim Holtz sponging tool

Eclipse printable sheets

Sizzix heart die

Fresh Squeezed Stamps' "On Trend 2013" stamp set