Progressive Freebie Challenge: June 2023

Good morning!

A new Progressive Freebie Challenge has started at The Outlawz Challenges located HERE. I am a tad late getting this posted, but there is still plenty of time to play along as the challenge will run for one month ending on June 30, 2023

If you are not playing along and wish to join the rules are very simple:

You need to be a member of The Outlawz Challenge Facebook Fan Page and you will need to send us an email to outlawzprogressivechallenge@gmx.com. We’ll send you the image. All you have to do is enter a card/project made with the image supplied before the challenges closes on the last day of the month and you will automatically get the next image. If for any reason you don’t get your project made and you would like to rejoin us, contact us and we will let you know how to jump back in. And as long as you enter before the end of the month you will get the next one free and you will then get them automatically each month you enter a project.

This month’s we have a stunning image from Sandra to create with!

I opted to stay with a mostly achromatic card of black, shades of gray & white but I did add a bit of gold to the eye to make them stand out a bt

Supplies for 5 x 7 card

• Image printed on Hammermill color copy
• Card candy from my stash
• Dies from Sizzix (Classic circles)
• Embossing folder from Spellbinders (Blistered) & Stampin up! (Subtle)
• Ink from Tsuneko
• Sentiment from Close to My Heart (Short & Sweet Sentiments)

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(Hugs) Cara

Man of the Moment ...

The secret of success chiefly lies in the determination to succeed and the resolve that every repulse, every knock-down he receives in the battle, will only nerve him the more. ~Andrew Carnegie (1835–1919)

Good morning,
Today I am sharing a card I made for my husband to celebrate a personal milestone!

Supplies

• Cardstock from The Paper Studio
• Image & Sentiment from Unity Stamps (The Fan{tache}tic Bearded Man
• Ink from Stampin Up! & Ranger Archival
• Silver card candy from my stash
• Stencil from Stampers Anonymous (TH Speckles)

CHALLENGES ENTERED

SIMON SAYS CHALLENGE

Anything Goes

Entry 68

THE THREE MUSES

Masculine

PENNY'S PAPER CRAFTY CHALLENGE

Anything Goes

Entry 15

CREATIVE INSPIRATIONS CHALLENGE

January, Anything Goes

Entry 186

LOVE TO SCRAP CHALLENGE BLOG

January - Anything Goes #153

Entry 141

Day 24, Phoenix Paper Crafters Create Daily Challenge

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

“When someone tries to trigger you by insulting you or by doing or saying something that irritates you, take a deep breath and switch off your ego.

Remember that if you are easily offended, you are easily manipulated.”

Today is day 24 of the Phoenix Paper Crafters Create Daily Challenge located HERE and today I am sharing a new card I made using salvaged pieces from one I’d made but (Ahem) dropped a black ink pad on.

I ended up tearing the original card to pieces when trying to dismantle but I managed to salvage the bird and the button brad.

There is a touch of a glitter pattern on the bird that has an iridescent look. I was able to dig some glitter cardstock scraps out of my scrap pile that actually works quite well with it.

A new embossed background and a a bit of layering and I have a card that can be used for whatever. I sometimes don’t use sentiments on the front.

Thanks for stopping by!

Cara 

Day 10, Phoenix Paper Crafters Create Daily Challenge

I believe that what we become depends on what our fathers teach us at odd moments, when they aren't trying to teach us. We are formed by little scraps of wisdom.

Umberto Eco

Today is day 10 of the Phoenix Paper Crafters Create Daily Challenge located HERE and I am playing along best I can this month.

I needed to make a birthday card for my Father-in-law so I flipped through my book and pulled out the pieces for card I had started but for some reason never finished.

I did have to find the die and cut out the hands to the clock since it appears that I did not cut those out. Just the gears.

The sentiment was part of larger sentiment but I just masked it off and stamped it out. A burnished brad to attach the hands to the face of the clock and some flicked Silk in silver and licorice for some added interested.

I love how this came together! Simple, but masculine.

Supplies

• Repurposed item: card base
• Brad from my stash
• Cardstock from The Paper Studio (base) and Stampin Up!
• Die unknown
• India Ink from Memories
• Sentiment from Stampin Up!

Thanks for stopping by!
Cara

Away in a Manger ...

In the old days, it was not called the Holiday Season; the Christians called it "Christmas" and went to church; the Jews called it "Hanukka" and went to synagogue; the atheists went to parties and drank. People passing each other on the street would say "Merry Christmas!" or "Happy Hanukka!" or (to the atheists) "Look out for the wall!" ~Dave Barry, "Christmas Shopping: A Survivor's Guide"

Good morning!

A new Sunday Song & Rhyme challenge is in process at The Outlawz Challenges. Each week we will give you a theme based on a song or a rhyme along with a bit of the lyrics/lines with which to take inspiration from to create a card/project! You can also look on-line to get more information about the Song/Rhyme.

Our sponsor this month is our very own Anne Fenton with a prize of 3 pre-selected digital stamps

Personal Blog http://annescards4u.blogspot.com

This week’s inspiration comes from a rhyme/song selected by Margaret:

Away in a Manger

Away in a manger, no crib for a bed,

The little Lord Jesus laid down his sweet head.

The stars in the bright sky looked down where he lay,

The little Lord Jesus asleep on the hay.

Here's my 5 x 7 card

Supplies

• Circle Punches from EK Success
• Design Paper from PhotoPlay “O come let us adore Him” and “The Star of Bethlehem”
• Ink from Scrapbook.com
• Rhinestones from Recollections
• Stamps from Unity Stamp Co. “A Child is Born”
• Vellum from EK Success “Pixie Dust”
• Sketch: My Favorite Things MFTWSC58

So, remember to stop by The Outlawz Challenges where a new challenge starts every day of the week!

(Hugs) Cara

  

Dreaming of a White Christmas

Silently, like thoughts that come and go, the snowflakes fall, each one a gem. ~ William Hamilton Gibson

Good morning!

A new Sunday Song & Rhyme challenge is in process at The Outlawz Challenges. Each week we will give you a theme based on a song or a rhyme along with a bit of the lyrics/lines with which to take inspiration from to create a card/project! You can also look on-line to get more information about the Song/Rhyme.

Our sponsor this month is our very own Anne Fenton with a prize of 3 pre-selected digital stamps.

This week’s inspiration comes from a rhyme/song selected by Lynn

Song: I'm dreaming of a white Christmas

I'm dreaming of a white Christmas

Just like the ones I used to know

Where the treetops glisten and children listen

To hear sleigh bells in the snow

I'm dreaming of a white Christmas

Just like the ones I used to know

Where the treetops glisten and children listen

To hear sleigh bells in the snow

I generally struggle with all white cards. I think they look amazing but when I try to make them, I want to start throwing color on them but I do believe I managed to pull this one off. Was so happy with how it turned out I actually made 3 more to add to my Christmas card file.

Supplies (A2 card)

• Card stock from The Paper Studio
• Christmas Elegance embossing folder from Embossalicious!
• Pearls from Recollections
• Stash: Metal tag, Snowflake sequins
• White Eyelash trim from a Collage pack
• White sequin trim from Novtex 

So, remember to stop by The Outlawz Challenges where a new challenge starts every day of the week!

(Hugs) Cara

Anything but Average ...

The truth is maybe we are just average. But the way I see it — families where parents get up every morning and go to jobs that are hard so they can get their kids through school and through life, and struggle to make it all work and manage to do it with dignity and a little humor — well, that's not average. That's extraordinary. ~DeAnn Heline and Eileen Heisler, The Middle, "Average Rules" (S1, E24, original airdate 2010 May 19th), spoken by the character Frankie Heck

Good morning,

Today I am sharing the Father's Day card I made for my Husband of 30plus years.  We have two grown kids and I think between the two of us, we did a pretty good job of raising two decent human beings.

The layout was lifted from a Fun Stamper Journey card map.

Supplies

• Cardstock from The Paper Studio and Stampin Up!
• EF “Foundry” from Sizzix
• Gears are a die set from Sizzix
• Reynolds Wrap aluminum foil
• Silver card candy from my Stash
• Silver Silk from Fun Stampers Journey

Thanks for Stopping by!

(Hugs) Cara

Wishing you enough candles ...

When we honestly ask ourselves which person in our lives mean the most to us, we often find that it is those who, instead of giving advice, solutions, or cures, have chosen rather to share our pain and touch our wounds with a warm and tender hand. The friend who can be silent with us in a moment of despair or confusion, who can stay with us in an hour of grief and bereavement, who can tolerate not knowing, not curing, not healing and face with us the reality of our powerlessness, that is a friend who cares. ~Henri Nouwen

Good afternoon … I am sharing a birthday card I made for a very good friend of my husbands, actually, he is more like a brother to my husband. I don’t get to make many masculine cards so I enjoy the process when the opportunity arises.

I created the element using a metal embellishment that is supposed to look like a smashed bottle cap. I punch out a circle from a scrap of the DP used for the background. Glued it into the bottle cap then filled with Aleen's Paper Glaze. To be honest, I really like that the glaze did not dry perfectly clear and has some imperfections as it makes it work that much better with the overall card.

  

Card Size: 5 x 7

• Card stock (The Paper Studio and Stampin Up!)
• Dies (Sizzix “Classic circles”, “Decorative accents w/flowers” & Stampin Up! "Lattice")
• Design paper (unknown)
• Sentiment (Inkhootz!)
• Bottle top, Silver card candy (Stash)
• Aleen’s Paper Glaze
• India Ink
• Embossing folder (Cricut “Acanthus”)
• Based on the sketch MFTWSC251 

Thanks for stopping by!

(Hugs) Cara

Mr & Mrs.

Love does not consist of gazing at each other, but in looking together in the same direction.

~Antoine de Saint-Exupery

Good morning Everyone!

Today I am sharing a wedding card I made for a young couple starting out on a new Life adventure called Marriage!

Card size is 4.25 x 5.50

Supplies

Card stock from The Paper Studio and Stampin Up!

Sentiment from Stampin Up! (Unknown set)

Pearls from The Paper Studio

Embossing folder "Swiss Dots" from Cuttlebug

Border Punch from Martha Stewart

Tag border stamp and die from "Varsity Champs" by Sizzix

Thanks for stopping by!

(Hugs) Cara

The Outlawz: RAK/Random Acts of Kindness

Thought for the day

Appreciate good people. They are hard to come by.

Kushandwizdom

Good morning! 

Another beautiful day here in Arizona. I almost feel guilty for our weather because of the snow that people are digging out of right now back east. However, my trade off is 115-120 degree Summer days! I do however, hope they see that cold stuff thaw soon! (brrrrr)

Today is the start of a new CAS Challenge week at The Outlawz!

Our challenge this week is to create an RAK or Random Act of Kindness Card.

So I made a "Thanks" card using an absolutely adorable pen-goo-in stamp my daughter sent me from Japan a while back.

(Yes I know penguin is the correct spelling and correct pronunciation is pen-gwens, but I have been calling them pen-goo-ins since I was little) ... anyway....

I think I am going to start stamping him on the back of my cards, using the word bubble for my initials! 

The card is lightly layered. I added the bit of dots around the image and border with a black fine tip pen.

I have someone in mind for this card but that is my little secret!

Card size: A2

SUPPLIES

Card stock from The Paper Studio and Stampin Up!

Black India Ink from Memories

Black Precision Pen from American Crafts

Penguin image - unknown (gift from daughter in Japan)

Sentiment from "Tag Tidbits" by The Angel Company

Thanks for Stopping by!

Washi Wishes!

The merry year is born
Like the bright berry from the naked thorn.

- Hartley Coleridge -

Happy New Year my Crafty Peeps!

I hope that 2015 is starting off awesomely for you all. 

I will admit though that I am looking forward to getting back into some semblance of a routine after the hustle and bustle of the Holidays! To much unhealthy food and sleeping in late is taking it's toll on me!

I do try to not make New Year Resolutions, at least not unrealistic ones like being a size 8 by summer or learning a new language by October! The main reason is simply because I wind up feeling guilty and disappointed if I don't meet the expectations I set for myself.

So I set small goals, like getting up a little earlier than normal to re-start my work out program which always seems to go into hibernation during the Holidays! Weight loss and being fit is just a side benefit at this point.

Making better food choices - in this case, it's back to an almost Paleo diet for my husband and myself. We did it once before and felt amazing ... not sure why we stopped to be honest.

This year is also going to have decluttering added (in small bites) to the mix. Since we are talking about downsizing might as well start now and get rid of the stuff that I am so tired of dusting!

I hope, that whatever good and healthy path you choose that you are successful!

Today is another Clean and Simple Challenge at The Outlawz!

Such a popular craft item these days, Washi tape is used on everything from cards to cell phone covers!  Our challenge for you this week is to use Washi Tape on your card or project. Just keep it CAS!

Here is my card! Interesting enough though, Washi tape is not something that I have embraced. Not sure why. In fact, the only reason why I have the tape used here is that I purchased it while in Jaen thinking I would use on a Christmas card (which never happened!)

Supplies:

Card Stock from The Paper Studio

Sentiment from Stampin Up! (Set unknown)

Washi tape was purchased in Japan - mfgr unknown

DP from my scrap bin

India Ink from Memories

Do come play along with us!

(Hugs)

Cara

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The Outlawz: Dreaming of a White Christmas

At Christmas, all roads lead home.  ~Marjorie Holmes

Good morning ...

We are only a few weeks away from the Christmas. I'm so excited! 

I just love the Holiday Season!!!

This week our challenge is to create white on white cards or projects... can only use black or brown for the sentiment.

Sounds easy right?

Not for me - LOL - I kept wanting to add color somewhere - anywhere - on the card!

But I managed to control myself and here is my card!

Size is A2

Supplies:

Card stock; The Paper Studio

Sentiment: Hampton Arts

Embossing Folder: "Country Flourish" Sizzix

Ribbon & Snowflake - My Stash

Black India Ink: Memories

Tag you're it!

God gave you a gift of 86,400 seconds today. Have you used one to say "thank you?" ~William A. Ward

Good morning!

Today is the start of a new clean and simple challenge over at the Outlawz Challenge Blog.

This week Lynn is asking us to create a card or project featuring a die-cut, hand-drawn or stamped tag.  Our project could be a tag as well.  Any shaped tag is acceptable.  Just Remember keep it CAS!

My card for the challenge this week!

Size A2

SUPPLIES

Card stock - Stampin Up!

Image from "Swirls" - Autumn Leaves

Pearls - The Paper Studio

Sentiment - Onyx Expressions

The Outlawz Clean & Simple Challenge: Shades of Gray

Awake, thou wintry earth - Fling off thy sadness!

Fair vernal flowers, laugh forth Your ancient gladness!

Thomas Blackburn, "An Easter Hymn"

Good Sunday morning to one and all! 

I hope all things are well for you!

Today is the start of the weekly Clean and Simple Challenge at the Outlawz.

The Challenge is Shades of Gray and one neutral!

Come check it out!

My Card

I have had this adorable little elephant dude for a while and I thought this
challenge was a sign that I needed to use him!
I used two shades of gray for him and added him to the card with pop dots.
The heart looked so --- well, plain, so I used a fine tip marker to add the faux stitching.
Much better thank you!

Size A2

Supplies:

Card stock from American Crafts (Card base), Stampin up! and Bazzill

Elephant die from Cuttlebug

Sentiment from The Angel Company "Squiggly Lady Bugs"

Hearts die from Spellbinders

THANKS FOR STOPPING BY!

Outlawz Clean & Simple Challenge: Black & White

What can you do to promote world peace?

Go home and love your family.”

Mother Teresa

(1910-1997)

Good morning Peeps!

I hope you had a lovely weekend.

My husband & I have decided we would like to be totally debt free and spent our weekend going through our finances using a program developed by Dave Ramsey. Very doable and we are looking forward to the journey toward financial peace! A very positive way to start the week!

Here is a card I made for The Outlawz Clean & Simple Challenge.

A new one starts today and the theme is Black and White! 

Plenty of time for you to come join us HERE!

SUPPLIES:

Card Size: A2

Cardstock - Stampin Up!

"Dots" Ef - Stampin Up!

Fabric Flower - "On Trend" from Crate Paper

Sentiment - Studio G!

Rhinestone - The Paper Studio

Remember ...

Good morning!

Time for a new Clean and Simple Challenge at the Outlaws Challenges.

This week, our challenge is to remember or celebrate a loved on that has passed away , with a card or project CAS Style!

I didn't want to make a card for just one person. I've too many precious family members gone from my life that I wanted to remember so here is my card.

SUPPLIES:  Paper Temptress (Card stock), Sizzix Die (Leaves), Darice (Damask EF), Stampin Up! (Sentiment), Stash (Bling)

HUGS

Cara

Birthday for Dakota

Good evening ... This card is for my son who will be turning 24 in a couple of days.

I used a card I saw on Pinterist for the layout.

SUPPLIES: Card stock & Sentiment (Stampin Up!), Design paper & silver bling (Stash)

THIS CARD WAS ENTERED INTO THE FOLLOWING CHALLENGES: Please click in the link and visit these sites for more great submissions!
The Outlawz Greeting Card Challenge - Sept 30th, to Oct 6th - Anything goes
Twisted Thursday Challenge - Oct 3rd to Oct 9th - Masculine

The Outlawz Clean and Simple Challenge: Time

Good morning! The Outlawz Clean and Simple Challenge has been posted.
The challenge this week is to include a timepiece on your card or project, 'Time to celebrate", "Time flies" etc.

This is my first Official posting to the CAS challenge as a DT member!

Supplies:

Card stock & sentiment from Stampin Up!

Image: Pocket watch from Yvonne Albrighton Designs

I stamped the image and the dragged it across the paper to give the illusion of "time flying"

Come on! Click HERE and join in the fun. If you are not already a member, sign up. Its free and you can't beat the scenery!

Birthday Elephant Never forgets!

Good evening ... I am trying to get caught up on my challenges!

So here is another card.

This one is for one of my nephews

This one is for the following challenges:

The Outlawz Clean and Simple Challenge - CAS080413 Birthdays

CASology - Week 56 Desserts

With the exception of the ink and corner punch (EK Success) all supplies are from Stampin Up!

Thanks for Looking!

Cara

Clipper Ship Fathers Day

***EDIT 6-2-13*** SplitCoastStampers has a forum for people to submit their weekly favorites. For the week ending 6-8-13 Mothers Daughter added my card as one of her all time weekly favorites - I was nicely surprised and appreciative!

5-11-13 Paper ala Mode
Ok then ... the challenge is to use a boat!

This will be a card for one of my father-in-laws... Since I make the cards, My husband gets to pick who gets what! fair is fair right? lol

Products from Stampin Up! are The clipper ship stamp from Ships Ahoy, the black & the brown card stock and the word window.

The DP is called Romantic Stripes from Bo Bunny Press

The sentiment is from The Angel Company
The brads and the cardstock the ship & sentiment are on came from my stash.

I kinda - somewhat- sorta followed - used a sketch from Card Patterns