It's all in the Cards - Week 2 of Anything But a Card Challenges - Challenge 13 is "Number 13"

Good Sunday Morning!!! Welcome to week two of the current Anything But a Card Challenge... Challenge number 13 - "The Number 13". Are you ready to CREATE and play along! The other day I needed a note pad and I couldn't find one for the life of me... so I MADE ONE - and plan to make more of these since it was so much fun. This is a matchbook style notepad with about 20 sheets of paper stapled within a wraparound cover. I tied off the base with twine to conceal the staples. Beautiful and easy-peasy.

There's two weeks to play along and link up via inlinkz froggy. Anything But a Card Challenges is a bi-weekly challenge and today, the Design Team showcases NEW projects using a brand-new challenge #13 of "The Number 13". Please click here to head on over to ABAC and see all the fantastic projects shared by the fantastic design team AND submissions by all of you. 

REMEMBER this challenge blog is ANYTHING and EVERYTHING... except for Cards. ATC's aren't greeting cards...so please link up your ATC's!!!

Anything But a Card Challenge 13 {wow 13 challenges so far} - since it's the 13th Challenge we want you to think about superstitions, the number 13, magic, luck, bad luck, good luck etc. That's a broad theme, and just make sure to explain in your post what it is if it's not obvious. You could use black cats, ladders, thirteen of something, 13 in the title of a scrapbook page, etc.

This theme has sent me off on a creating tangent, especially with St. Patrick's Day fast approaching. My project I'm sharing today is a mini matchbook style notepad - the cover a completely inked and stamped collage. I love getting all the toys out and just creating at will. The background is stamped using a large harlequin pattern stamp inked with a Ranger Big and Juicy Rainbow ink pad and misted with water. I created several painted paper backgrounds in a about a 1/2 an hour using this technique {some I varied by misting paper and directly pressing ink pad to wet paper - see another example HERE}.

With this broad theme I was thinking about luck which led to gambling and about the randomness of things "being all in the cards", so to speak. And the girl on the tightrope, she's so risky. The images {about 10 stamps total} all melt together in this wonderful collage of color. I hope you like it and find this inspiring. If you would like to know what stamps any of these are, please leave a comment.

Have Fun and Happy Creating!!!

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Thanks for stopping by!!! I hope you have a wonderful weekend and have some time to create. A reminder... next weekend debuts a new ABAC Challenge. I'm so lucky that I can share my creations with you here. Are you looking for creative playtime and inspiration on Saturdays? Please join me live at 4:00pm EST {1pm PST} in the Daylight Musings room at the Saturday Crafts Fair on Linqto! Join me every Saturday where I share my projects, how-to's, tips, and more. The weekly event starts at 2pm EST with three hours of fun - I hope to see your there.  : ) Sb

Piecing together a Thank-You with Unscripted Sketches #199

Happy Saturday! I'm bringing you today's Sketch-It Saturday with Unscripted Sketches project using this week's sketch #199. This is a quick and easy card that I made using paper scraps and leftovers from a previous card created using Viva Las VegaStamps! and two of my favorite stamps "sunflowers #9918" and "thanks a lot #587".

When stamping and trying out techniques I often have two or more try-out's that are left over...what to do with these??? Make other cards or integrate them into other altered projects. These leftovers go into a box with stuff for collaging. I was rummaging through my magical bin for things to use in another project and my "ONE-TOUCH" rule kicked in when I flipped to these color-coordinated pieces. To see the previous card made using these elements, please click here. All I had to do was trim and tear elements to size, add a little color using my Ranger Distress Markers, tack everything down with Miracle Tape and add some twine and 3D pop dots. I love the combination of the kraft card base with the burnt orange and yellows.

What is Sketch it Saturdays at Unscripted Sketches? Every Saturday morning a new sketch is posted for the week. Flip the sketch, rotate it… create a card, a scrapbook page, a wall hanging, digital, paper, fabric, paint, anything your imagination comes up with! There is no right or wrong way, as long as you are using the Unscripted sketch as the inspiration for your creation! And everyone is invited to join in the fun... and post your creation on their page via inlinkz for all the world to see!

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Thanks for stopping by!!! I hope you have wonderful weekend. Are you looking for creative playtime and inspiration? TODAY I'll be participating in the annual Lake Worth Street Painting Festival but the show still goes on. There are three great hours planned today at the Saturday Crafts Fair on Linqto, including two {2} brand new hostesses! The event starts TODAY at 2pm EST bringing you three hours of fun. 

: ) Sb

My Favorite Stamp this Week...a Snoozin' Flamingo

Happy Tuesday - but today certainly feels like a Monday redux. I worked yesterday and today feels like Monday again and I am so ready for a nap.

I don't know if this just happens to me, or it's for all creative types... some days I just can't decide what I want to make. So I break out all of my Ranger Inks, and get out some blank paper and bring out the piles o' rubber. I admittedly am a rubber hoarder... especially of the VLVS! variety. So last night, I started rifling through all my new stamps from Viva Las VegaStamps! and I want to use them all, and I just can't decide. Then this snoozing flamingo jumped out at me. I got this because my nickname is snoozin' {really - I even have it engraved on my bowling ball}. I can sleep anytime, anywhere in a matter of minutes. After flipping through a few more stamps I arrived at a funny quote to go with my feathered friend.

This project is featured over at the Viva Las Vegastamps! blog today. Please CLICK HERE to see the how-to. Hope you have a creative day! Sb