CardMaker/Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L Blog Hop

Hello and welcome to a wonderful hop from CardMaker/Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L.  I have to give a huge shout out to Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L for sponsoring the CardMaker team so generously.

Here's my masculine card for today, I think I must have been inspired by Father's Day.  :)

The image is from Kaisercraft 75 cents (photo frames), the background embossing folder is Clockworks from Cuttlebug and the stamp is from PrintWorks-this is one of my favorite happy birthday stamps and I've had it in my collection for ages.  It's dated 1994...yes, it's that old...but they still have it on the PrintWorks website here!!  Amazing.

For my project, I used these Scrapbook Adhesive by 3L products:

 

Now for the good stuff....A prize package!!!  Here's all the 411.

Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L® (http://www.scrapbook-adhesives.com/blog) is sponsoring two Adhesive Prize packages worth $25 each. One winner will be randomly drawn from comments on the Crafty Power Blog, and the other will be randomly drawn from comments on the participating blog posts.  Be sure to comment on each blog for your chances to win. The contest is open from June 19, 8:00 am EST, until June 21, 8:00 am EST. Winners will be announced on the Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L Crafty Power Blog!

Your next stop on the blog hop is:  

Ashley Harris

Thanks for stopping by today, I hope you enjoy the hop as much as we've enjoyed creating with Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L!!

Ivanka

Life is Good

Good Morning.  Quick card today. 

 

This was given to a friend on his 50th birthday.

The navigational compass in the background is a clip art I found in the basic Microsoft program.  The sticker is from Penny Black, generously sent to me by my personal shopper in Wisconsin...Barb!  The sentiment is from SRM stickers.  The rope is from Hemptique (found in Hobby Lobby) and the nautical knot was expertly tied by my husband....he comes in handy sometimes!

Have a wonderful day.
Ivanka

Manly yes...

...but I like it too!

Hi there...just dropping by to share a few quick and easy 'guy' cards.  Those are always hard to do, but this set came together fast with the help of a few of my favorite things...SRM Stickers!

I'm entering this in the Make a Card with a Window challenge, at Moxie Fab World.

Thanks for dropping by,
Ivanka

CardMaker and May Arts Blog Hop

Hello!  Today the CardMaker Blog Team is joining one of my favorite ribbon companies May Arts in a Cardmaker Blog Hop!  I can't wait to see all the great inspiration from the two teams.  Hope you hop along with us!  You should have arrived from the very talented Glenda J. Wyatt's blog.

 

Here's my card, stamping on May Arts ribbon.

 

 

 

I started out by painting watercolor paper with Twinkling H2O's (Cedar Wood), then stamping the world map (Stampendous) in VersaFine (Vintage Sepia) ink.  I adheared the sticker (Penny Black, Vintage Sailing) onto cardstock and set the eyelets.  For the background cardstock (SU Crumb Cake), I misted it with water, scrunched it, then dried it with the heat gun.  I stamped the sentiment (old Inkadinkadoo) onto the May Arts ribbon Using VersaFine (Black Onyx) ink.  I adheared it to the background using Scrapbook Adhesive Crafty Power Tape.  The patterned paper is from Echo Park (Chillingsworth Manor). 

 

And to make this hop even more fun, May Arts Blog is giving away four spools of ribbon, winners choice!  Make sure you comment along the way as you're hopping along.  Good luck!

 





Your next stop on the blog hop is the very talented Gini Williams Cagle. 

 

Here is a list of all the blogs participating today.



• Brooke Smith / Cardmaker Magazine
• Ashley N Newell
• Candy Rosenberg
• Charlene Driggs
• AJ Otto
• Sandy Allnock***
  Christine Okken
• DeeDee Catron
• Emily Lanham
• Erin Thiem
• Glenda J. Wyatt
  Ivanka Lentle--->You are here
• Gini Williams Cagle
• Jen Shears
• Jenifer Cowles
• Jennie Harper
  Melanie Muenchinger
• Monica Edwards***
• Jingle
• Karen Baker
• Lalo IK
• Marie Otake
• Susan Lui
• Vera Yates
• Virginia Fynes

Thanks for joining in for this fun hop and a huge thanks to May Arts for sponsoring this hop!

Ivanka

Happy Birthday

Hi there,

Today, I'm joining in on this week's challenge at CAS-ual Friday blog (CFC 77) to make a masculine card and also on this week's sketch at CAS(E) this Sketch (#4).

Here's the sketch:

Here's my card for the two challenges.

My new chevron embossing folder is from Sizzix/Hero Arts, the stamps are from Inkadinkadoo and generously sent to me by my friend Barb.  She is my personal shopper in the US!!  The sentiment is from PTI and the gaffer's tape is from 7 gypsies.

Thanks for stopping in today.  Happy Saturday!

Ivanka

Speedy Recovery

Hello again,

Today I'm sharing a really quick card made for my FIL who recently had knee surgery.  I wish I knew the mauf. for the gorgeous black paper, but it's been in my stash for years I have no recollection of where I got it.

The sentiment is computer generated, the scroll is a sticker from SRM and the Washi tape is from Queen and Co.


Thanks so much fro visiting,
Ivanka

Happy Father's Day!

Happy Father's Day to all the dads out there.  

Hope you get to enjoy spending some time today with the special men in your life.

Ivanka

Birthday Cards x2

Quick post today as I'm heading out to run errands and do some yard work while the sun is shining.

I found these sailing images recently while doing a big 'clean' of my studio.  Someone sent them to me, I just wish I could remember who it was.  But I love them and the images are perfect for my Father in Law's card for an upcoming birthday.  The second one will probably be for next year...ahead of the game, I know...it doesn't seem possible.  lol

As I have been lately, I'm keeping it very simple.  Maybe this simpleness is in direct correlation to the craziness of life these days.  Sentiment is from Papertrey Ink.

Hope you're enjoying sunshine where you are.
Ivanka

You Can Do It

This is my last entry for PC Gallery Idol.  I've had fun with the challenge but am definitely not expecting much.  Amy has a breakdown of the Gallery Idol stats here.  Interesting.  So many beautiful cards in the gallery.

Today's card is a masculine encouragement card.  I think this will be perfect for one of our friends embarking on a new adventure...not necessarily of his choosing.

The stamp is from Stampabilities, the sentiment is a rub on from Scenic Route, the wood grain embossing folder is from The Paper Studio.

Thanks so much for taking a peek.
Ivanka

Happy Birthday

Happy Earth Day and Happy Birthday to my wonderful husband!  Almost 25 years of marriage and two wonderful daughters...there are ups and downs...but we are truly blessed...wishing you many, many more.

Here's my card for the occasion....

I used 3 different embossing folders, stamps from Pink Cat Studios (ties) and Papertrey Ink (sentiment), photo turn is from 7 gypsies and brad is from American Crafts..
Today I'm playing along with this week's sketch on CAS-ual Friday blog and the Third Thursday challenge at Crafty Steals Blog, to use brads.

Thanks for dropping by today...Ivanka

Manly yes.....

Hello there,

I dug deep into my stash for today's 'manly' card.  All of these products have been with me for years.  If was fun to discover them again. 

I'm joining in the 5th Anniversary Celebration at CPS.  The sketch is from day 1.  I'm also joining in with the CardMaker Winter Warm Up over at the Swap Board.   The challenge on Friday was to make a card with texture.

Here's my card:

 

I used the argyle embossing folder for the base and Happy Birthday for the side panel.  The patterned paper is from 7 gypsies and the text box is from Graphic 45.  Twill is from Martha Stewart and the metal brad thingy is from Stampin' UP!  Sentiment stamp is from Papertrey Ink.

Thanks so much for stopping by. 

Ivanka

CAS Class-White Cards

The topic of today's class at Clean and Simple Card Making was predominately white cards.  Amazingly, I didn't find this as hard as I thought I would.

Here are my cards...

The background paper is from sei, die cut flowers are from Sizzix cut out of felt, bling is from The Paper Store, sentiment is from Papertrey Ink.

For this card, the tie stamp is Dapper Dan from Pink Card Studio colored with Twinkling H2O's, sentiment is from PTI.

Thanks for stopping by,

Ivanka

Happy Birthday Card

I don't know if you're like me on this, but making cards for guys is not always easy.  Mainly because supplies for making masculine cards are so limited...and most men that I know don't appreciate a handmade card as much as women do.  So I always find it challenging to make one.  I've even been known to *gasp* buy a masculine card on occasion! 

But recently a co-worker asked me to make a card for the guy in her life and here is the card I made.  It actually wasn't too hard to create...lots of texture, black and brown!

Embossing Plate:  Sizzix
Suede Paper:  Karen Foster
Stamp:  Inkadinkadoo
Rub on dots:  Chatterbox
Brads:  Hot Off the Press
Twill Tape:  Martha Stewart

The good thing?  I got to use some supplies that have been in my stash forever.  I'm entering this into this week's challenge at Less is More, to use polka dots on your card.

Thanks for dropping in today.  Hope you're having a wonderful weekend so far.

Ivanka

Oldie Monday

Here it Monday again and it's time to dig into my stash and give some love to those long forgotten products. This one was easy, I got to use my last few PSX rose stickers.  Love these, but once they're gone, that will be it since PSX is no longer around.  This was for a co-worker...I made a coordinating envelope as well.

Patterned paper:  My Mind's Eye (Wild Aspagarus)

Sentiment sticker:  SRM, Fancy Sticker Sentiments, Birthday, Fancy Sticker Sentiments, Birthday

Embossing plate:  Sizzix

Ribbon:  Making Memories

Bobby Pin:  Junkitz

Flower:  Unknown

Here's one of the harder ones for me to make...a masculine card.  When I found this great image from The Graphics Fairy though, it wan't nearly as hard as I thought it would be.  Isn't that a great image, it would be perfect for a Father's day card.

I'm linking this up to Brag Monday on the Graphics Fairly blog.

Patterned paper:  Around the Block

Embossing Plate:  Sizzix

Twill Tape:  Martha Stewart

Sticker Sentiment:  SRM, We've Got Your Sticker, Happy

Label Punch:  EK Success

Brads:  Hot Off the Press

Well, I've managed to use a bit of my stash today, I'll keep at it...thanks for coming by to have a look.

Ivanka

Hello...

Holy cow, the days are flying by. We're well into summer, wish it could last forever. Not much creativity happening during these hot days. I'd rather be out in the pool, enjoying the girls while they still want to spend time with me! :)

I did get to play with CAS-ual Fridays this week. The challenge is to make a 'manly' card using kraft paper.

I started off with this one:

But I wasn't sure it was masculine enough...

So I made another one...

Both really simple...seems to be my speed these days.

The tree stamp is from Hampton Arts, Happy Birthday sticker is from SRM, newsprint paper is from SU, polka dot is from Echo Park. The tag punch out in the second card is old from 3 Bugs in a Rug, brad is really old from Foof-a-La, stamp sentiment is from Studio G.

Thanks so much for dropping by. hope you're having a wonderful summer.

Oldie Moldie Monday

My friend Barb and I came up with a challenge for ourselves to try and use long forgotten papers and supplies. And Oldie Moldie Monday was born. Barb has been very good about posting an OMM card each week but sad to say, I've been neglecting my stash in favour of 'new' papers.

So this morning I dug deep, right into the bottom of my scraps box and came up with these 7 gypsies papers from many, many years ago. I still love them, they are so perfect for masculine cards. Finding them was like running into an old friend. lol

My card today is based on this week's sketch at Card Positioning Systems and the Get Sticky challenge at Wee Memories.

The twill tape is from Martha Stewart, decorative label punch and brads are from Stampin' UP, stickers (happy) is from Jenny Bowlin, (birthday) is from SRM. Embossing folder is from Cuttlebug.

Thanks for stopping by today and taking a little trip down Memory Lane with me. I hope your Monday has been a good one.
Ivanka

Oldie Moldie Monday, A Sketch and Prizes!

Welcome to Oldie Moldie Monday!

My friend Barb and I are joining Operation Write Home this week. They have a wonderful card challenge site on their blog Stars and Stamps and each Sunday they post a sketch challenge. This is a wonderful organization that sends handmade cards to our deployed troops, so they can in turn send them home to friends and family. Barb has been playing along with their challenges and has made an impressive 50 cards which she recently sent off to OWH so they can send them to the troops.

We hope you play along. Here are the details of the challenge:

• Using your long lost supplies, make a masculine and a feminine card based on the sketch
• Upload it to our Oldie Moldie Monday Flickr Gallery
• Come back to our blogs next Monday (May 10th) to see if you are one of our winners. Barb and I are each offering a prize.

Here's the sketch:

And here's my feminine card. The stamp is from Impression Obsession stamped on Daisy D's paper that I've been hoarding. The ribbon is from Offray, sentiment stamp is from Papertrey Ink, border punch is from Fiskars, the embossing folder is from Cuttlebug.

And here's my masculine card. The stamp is from Rubberstamp Ave, paper is from Basic Grey, ribbon is from Martha Stewart and sentiment is from Papertrey Ink again.

Check out the Stars and Stripes Blog for all kinds of inspiration, information about their organization and an address where to send your cards. I'm working on a Canadian address that we can send to and hope to have that before the end of the week.

So that's it...hope you have a happy Monday and get some time to dig into your pile of older supplies and come and play with us.

Ivanka

Rainy Monday...

Wasn't there a Carpenter's song like that? About rainy days and Mondays? Yes, I'm that old....

Rainy Mondays are ok sometimes, they let me not feel guilty about hiding in my room and putzing about.

So, I checked out the challenge on 365 Cards Blog this morning. It's Movie Monday and today's movie is Alice in Wonderland, not necessarily just the movie, but anything that inspires you from the theme. That was never one of my favorite stories, but then thinking about it and doing a bit of research, I came across this image of a tea cup that I fell in love with.

The image came from The Graphics Fairy. It's a fabulous site for all kinds of images that are great for card making. The best part of this site? It's an Angel Company, so you are free to use the images on your cards and the images are great quality.

I used Basic Grey, Nook and Pantry paper, Colorbok border, May Arts twine and Papertrey Ink sentiment.

And since it's Oldie Moldie Monday, I'm sharing a card where I've used supplies that I've been lovingly hoarding over the past several years. The card stock is from Prism Papers embossed with Cuttlebug HB folder, the patterned paper is from Basic Grey (Motifica-one of my faves), tree stamp is from Serendipity Stamps, sentiment is from Papertrey Ink and the photo turn is from Stampin Up.

If you'd like to join Barb and I in our Oldie Modie Monday challenge, we've set up a Flickr group where we will admire your cards in all of their oldieness! We may have a prize from time to time.
Thanks for dropping by...Ivanka

CPS Sketch 148

I always seem to hibernate in January. Just looking outside makes me cold. So I'm just so happy to have my new studio for me to hide in this year. I turn the space heater on and I feel toasty warm and never want to leave.

Yesterday was a wonderful day to come across CPS sketch for this week. The cards just kept coming. I kept the design pretty simple, got to use lots of paper and finally got around to using the 7 Gypsies gaffer tape I've been hoarding all these years.

Here I used the Cuttlebug Argyle embossing folder, Martha Stewart adhesive ribbon and stamp is from Pink Cat Studio.

Don't know who makes this paper, I won it from one of the challenges on Caardvarks a few years ago. It is really unique and I automatically got a vision of a masculine card when I found it again yesterday. Metal plate is from $ store.

Same paper and here I used the gaffer tape from 7 Gypsies and ribbon from Lil Davis, rub on sentiment is from Deja Views.

Stickers are from Scenic Route.

For Christmas, I got a whole whack of paper from Costco and this was one of those sheets (1,000 more to go!! LOL) I really like this yellow, although yellow is not usually one of my favorite colors. Stamp is from Stampabilities colored with Twinkling H2O's. Ribbon is from May Arts and sentiment is from Melissa Francis.

More Gaffer tape and the trim is from Making Memories.

So I guess that's it for now. Maybe winter is not all that bad, as long as I don't have to leave the house!!

Happy Friday,

Ivanka

Oldie Moldie Monday

This week, I dug into my Basic Grey stash and dug up some old papers I'd been hoarding. These papers are perfect for masculine cards but I had the hardest time coming up with a design. It just wasn't coming. I did end up making 2 cards, basic in design, but they do the job.


The letters are from American Crafts. They're self adhesive foam and fun to work with. Ribbon from my stash.

Sentiment stamp here is from Printworks. The embossed paper is an old piece of cardstock that I've had from Lasting Impressions. Feels good to use it up.

Happy Monday everyone!