Clear Cardstock Box

I am back with a quick and easy project for Cutting Cafe. All of my stamping stuff is upstairs and I hadn't quite maneuvered stairs with my walking boot, so took a few weeks off. I still have the boot (hopefully ONE more week to go!!), but I'm slowly learning stairs and don't feel like I'm going to fall down them and break something.

This week the design team has a fun challenge using clear cardstock that Regina is now selling in her new store. It comes 8.5" x 11" or 12" x 12". I wasn't sure what to create at first and then thought it would be fun to create a box for the hand crocheted dish cloths I make to give as gifts.

I used the medium box of Cutting Cafe's 3 Nesting Boxes Cutting Files. I think I could have used the large as I had to scrunch them up a bit to fit.

The pretty floral cardstock is Bright Bouquet by Darcie's.

Regina has made a youtube video showcasing several projects using the clear cardstock. You can see it HERE.

Be sure to visit the Cutting Cafe Blog on the 7th and 21st of every month to see the design team's projects in which you can leave a comment to be entered into a drawing to win 3 FREE sets of your choice from the online store.

OWH Memorial Day Blog Hop

The blog hop starts here: Operation Write Home. You will be able to see all the blogs of individuals and companies that are playing along. There will be tons of inspiration as well as tutorials and give-a-ways.

The challenge was to create a thank you card and to use one of OWH's sketches. I chose their bonus sketch #10 to create this card.

 

I used Tombow's Mono Adhesive Permanent to adhere the pieces and doodled around the stamped image with a permanent pen.

Inky Antics at CHA

Here is the Inky Antics and Darcie's booth at CHA. Because of the death of Bruce's g'ma, this was the first time in several years that I didn't have anything at CHA. Thank you Michelle, Jovi and others for pinch hitting for me!

Now for some Darcie goodness:

I just love all the new little monsters!

Dirty Challenge

Each month the current and alumni Dirty Girls from SCS have a challenge. It's been a long time since I've been able to play. This month's theme was Bird's and/or Bees with a challenge of no using border punches. You can see what the other girl's created here.

I combined this challenge with Maria's Scrap Pile Challenge here. She also issued the challenge to use a stamp that had not been used yet and to follow a sketch she designed.

I used the bird cage from a Darcie stamp set that I had only inked the birds from. The bird is punched (from scraps) from my NE blogger friend Pam (thanks Pam!). She punched me a gazzillion of these! It's so much fun going thru the envies she sent of different colors. The bird fits perfectly in this cage.

I embossed the cage with colored ink and clear embossing powder. The vintage paper (inspired by all the vintage cards Pam has been showcasing on her blog) is by K & Company.