SENTIMENTAL SUNDAYS CHALLENGE


Challenge #87–Dry Embossing


The Die Cuts challenge last week was a huge success.  Sentimental Sundays had some gorgeous entries, not only by the Design Team but the entrants were outstanding.  Each time I comment on the cards I am amazed at how many techniques I learn, the number of stamps that people are able to work with, in different and unique ways and how people are now making their own embellishments, such as flowers and tags, rather than buying pre-made ones.

The people who did not have die cut machines managed still to enter the challenge using wonderful punches and putting them together in ways that were stunning.  Thank you to all of you for giving me the pleasure of seeing and learning from your work!.

For this week, DRY EMBOSSING is the challenge.  That means using IMPRESSIONS FOLDERS, or your scoring board or a stylus to make unique designs in your paper.  Sentimental Sunday's wants to see how you can design your paper without INK, without heating tools and without any powders or Versamark Type Sticking agents.   

  Be sure to go back to SENTIMENTAL SUNDAYS BLOG on Tuesday to see who the lucky winners of last weeks challenge are!

This weeks sponsor is:
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If you want to see Heather’s Etsy Shop, then click here, and check out all of her fabulous digi stamp characters.  They are just as adorable as this popular one above that most of us - Designers - used for our Inspiration cards over at SENTIMENTAL SUNDAYS CHALLENGE BLOG.

This weeks winner will receive 3 images from Digi Stamp Characters!

CHALLENGE RULES:
This weeks challenge is:  “Dry Embossing” (plus DON'T FORGET a sentiment)

here is my take on Heather's Digi Image







 This flower was fun!  I took pink paper and punched the edge with a Martha punch and then scored with a SU scor pad 1/4" apart and then folded back and forth over and over.  At the end I glued the pieces together.  Then I pushed the middle onto the table and used a hot gun to hold the middle together.  I mounted it all onto a 1" punched circle of the same color and, of course, as you can see added the bling.



 I used the same Martha punch and color to enhance the top of the card.  The ribbon was simply a twirl, glue, twirl, glue.  The corner is a Martha Emboss Corner.  The Beige is a SU impressions folder that I inked with Tim's Vintage Ink.



 The FRIENDS sticker is from Bo Bunny's new line.  The embossed fleurs are a SU metal emboss/cut folder.  I love these - they work SO well.  The piece of lime green you see running  vertically is an emboss from my cuttlebug.  It is a border impressions folder from Cricut.



 I trimmed my little Heather Ellis darling with the same paper as the fleur and top enhance.  I gave her pockets and a neck thingi (I don't know what they are called.)  And of course, I colored her with my beloved Copics.  The paper you see in the background is from the same new Bo Bunny set.



A better look at the paper (hmmm, why did my ink just go red - crazy puter's!) Maybe to match the bling, her hair pin and the mail post "you've got mail!"






I hope you enjoyed today's post.



LUV Samara


Challenges Entered
if my card applies
One stop Craft Challenge
The Shabby Tearoom
Splendiferous Creations
Do you Stack Up?
Lollipop Crafts
Double Dutch
Crazy 4 Challenges


DELIGHTFUL CHALLENGES




Valentine's Anything But a Card


You are not required to use a Digital Delights Image
to join in on the fun
but if you do you can enter TWICE.


To enter twice, use your card Link for your 1st entry.

For your second entry, use your blog address and add 2nd entry after your name.

RULE!
DON'T FORGET TO USE THE CHALLENGE THEME!!!






Whiff of Joy is our sponsor this week and the details will be coming soon.

I hope you enjoy my take on VINTAGE!

All of my images are from the Digital Delights Store.




























FOREVER FRIENDS


Fortnightly challenge - More than one fold


Welcome to THE FOREVER FRIENDS CHALLENGE BLOG FORTNIGHT CHALLENGE.  This week, the challenge is:

SENTIMENTAL SUNDAYS



Challenge #86- Die Cuts

This week's challenge is:

Die Cuts

AND PLEASE DON'T USE PUNCHES AS A REPLACEMENT FOR YOU DIE CUT! They will not be allowed into this challenge.


AND OF COURSE A SENTIMENT! 


This week's Sponsor is:






STAMPING WITH THE DRAGON


CHALLENGE 2.....ANYTHING GOES

The last challenge was amazing! Everyone's cards were awesome. It was a joy commenting on the entrants for the challenge. Stamping with the Dragon Challenge blog will be posting the Winners under the Tab found at the top of the page under our header. 


For this Challenge, it is the Theme everyone loves -




And our generous sponsor is


DELIGHTFUL CHALLENGES




This weeks challenge over at Delightful Challenges is

Distressed/Vintage


SENTIMENTAL SUNDAYS



Welcome to Sentimental Sundays Challenge!

Please read the new entry rules.
I've also included a tutorial.
Thanks so much!



Thanks to everyone who played along in last week's "Snow, Blue and/or Glitter" challenge.  There were so many entries...it was exciting as a Design Team member to see all the entries, and how beautiful they were and how original each one was.  We all really enjoyed seeing all your entries! Be sure to stop back at Sentimental Sundays on Tuesday and see who our random winner is and who has been chosen to be in our Top 3!


This week's Sponsor is:

Fred She Said

STAMPING WITH THE DRAGON


THIS IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE CARDS!

It is only fitting that I should write my post in pastel colors as I rarely do pastel cards.  This is one of my RARE ones you are about to see.

It is for STAMPING WITH THE DRAGON.  They do NOT have a challenge this week, but their TWO WEEK CHALLENGE is still open, so please pop over.  This card is for enjoyment only - theirs and mine, and I must say, I LOVED doing this card.  I hope you enjoy it as much as I do.  Of course it is using an image from the DRAGON'S LAIR DESIGNS, SWTD store,  so pop on over there and see what might interest you.  You never know where it might take you...I didn't!

DELIGHTFUL CHALLENGES....

HAS JUST RELEASED THEIR NEW MONTHLY STAMP SET

THE FABULOUS 50's

I was born in 1956 so I didn't experience much of this, but it was so fun using the Fabulous 50's Stamps stamps!  I have seen my parent's pictures and they look just like the stamps do.  Wendy, as usual, has done a fabulous job of illustrating these stamps and putting on the Delightful Challenge with our New Designers, of which I am one.

FOREVER FRIENDS CHALLENGE....


Fortnightly challenge - White on White

Welcome to the new challenge over at Forever Friends Blog. The Challenge is to make a white on white card. It's kind of difficult to create anything with one color so it is a REAL challenge this time!

LEXI'S CREATIONS FIRST CHALLENGE OF THE NEW YEAR!!!



This is my first DT Challenge with Lexi's Creation.  I am very excited about this.  Working with Susan, who runs Lexi's has been a fantastic experience thus far.  I can only imagine it getting better and better.  Not only has she pulled together a fantastic forum for the DT to linger and meet, but she has pulled together a wonderful new Design Team (ahem - personally speaking, since I'm on it too!)  You must pop over to Lexi's Creations FIRST CHALLENGE OF THE NEW YEAR to meet the DT's and see their incredible artistry.  You will be in awe!

SENTIMENTAL SUNDAYS SPENT WITH


MORNING MARGARET - IN A TOASTER

Meet Margaret.  Margaret is one of the many fabulous stamp from Bugaboo Stamps.  Margaret and her Toaster have an intimate relationship, or so it seems to me, which is why I instantly fell in love with her!

She looks grumpy but classy, chic but ragged and just downright "who gives a poop!"

STAMPING WITH THE DRAGON....

A FIRST HAPPY NEW YEAR'S CHALLENGE
AND
FRAMES CHALLENGE



You can pick up your  own design from The Dragon's Lair Designs and give your hand to this fun  HAPPY NEW YEAR'S FRAMES Challenge.  There are many fantastic images and papers at the Store.  Just before the holidays, I could not resist the papers and their fantastic sale and chose almost every single paper design!

SENTIMENTAL SUNDAY'S KICK OFF BLOG HOP!


HAPPY NEW YEAR'S 
&
IF THESE CARDS COULD TALK...(me)


Well, we have a big treat for you today!  Not only is there SURPRISE CANDY AND LOTS OF IT ALL PACKAGED UP FOR YOU BY THE DESIGNERS AND HIDDEN to celebrate the Sentimental Sunday's 2012 New Year's Day Blog Hop and New DT Team - yes CANDY (to qualify you MUST leave a comment and become a follower - just let me know if you are already a follower of mine in your comment,) "YOU" are participating in.....drum roll please....