Thursday, March 20, 2014

Card Drive for Emma, ColourQ, RetroSketches, Lawnscaping, Paper Smooches and Some Homework, too



Hello friends.  I have been busy these past few days playing along with some challenges and doing homework for my online card class.  But, the most important cards I have made this week are for a sweet 7 year old girl named Emma, who is battling Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia.  I came upon Kelly's blog and learned that Kelly is hosting a card drive for Emma.  Please click here to read more about Emma's condition and how you can help by participating in Kelly's card drive for Emma.




I have three cards for Emma so far.  My first card uses Lawn Fawn's Critters in the Burbs stamps and AC Color Crush paper.  I used Smitty's ABC's to personalize the card.




Lots of sparkly and shiny stuff on this card--what young girl can resist a bit of bling--Wink of Stella, Stickles and rhinestones.




I am linking this card up at Lawnscaping #78 and Simon Says Wednesday Glitter it.




My second card for Emma uses my new Paper Smooches Party Pals set.  I paper pieced using Lawn Fawn paper, and personalized the balloon with the Mini Monograms alphabet set.  Lots of Wink of Stella on this card, too, so I am linking to Simon Says Wednesday and Paper Smooches Sparks Anything Goes.





One more card for Emma--this one uses SU Banner Blast, a new set I just got and was eager to link up.  Emma's favorite colors are blue, green and purple, so that is the color scheme I used.  Lots of Wink of Stella on the banners saying 'hi', so I will link up again at Simon Says Wednesday.




I wanted to make some cards for Emma, but you could definitely participate in the card drive by sending a card you already have in your stash.  Just check out the guidelines here before selecting your card.






While I was at spin class this morning, I had two different ideas for cards using this week's RetroSketches sketch and ColourQ colors.

The roses from Rosie Posie are generously coated with Wink of Stella, so I will also link this card up at  Simon Says Wednesday.





I am also counting this card as homework for Day 1 of the online card class, as the banner is an inlaid die cut using SSS Sketchy Banners.




The greeting continues on to the inside of the card.





Here are the two cards together.  They have the same sketch and color scheme, but are so very different.








Homework for Day 3--Optical Illusions:  To make this card, I masked a frame around my card front using post it note tape, and stamped the open area with Background Basics:  Postmarks.  Then, I stamped 'birthday' in the lower right corner and the green bubble 'happy' nearby.  I then stamped more 'happy' bubbles and other colors of polkadots in a well planned out (random) fashion until the card looked done to me.  The sentiments are from Neat & Tangled Everyday Circles and the other dots are from Beautiful Blooms II.  (I had no idea that there were four different sizes of polka dot stamps in the Beautiful Blooms II set--I believe they are there to be flower centers--until I saw this set on Laura Bassen's supply list.)  Just makes me love this flower set even more.  Love stretching my stamps.  I am linking this up at The Card Concept #6 in the category of Clean and Simple. 




Last card--are you tired yet?  Homework for Day 7--Simple Copic Coloring.  This card was so simple to make.  I die cut 'hello' and some stars out of my card base.  Then, took a quarter sheet of vellum and colored overlapping stripes of Copics in rainbow stripes.  I adhered the vellum to the back side of the card front, put a piece of white computer paper on the inside to cover up the vellum, and it was done.




That's it for me today.  I am a bit behind in my class homework, and hope to get caught up over the weekend.



Thanks for Visiting

21 comments :

  1. Wpwy Joyce, these are all so fantastic. I love how you personalized two of the cards for Emma.

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  2. Love all your cards. The first card for Emma is perfect for a 7 year old. I love the layering and the cute paper you used. The personalization of Emma's name is a very nice touch. Love the card with all the masking. So pretty!

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  3. Holy smokes look at all of this fabulous creativity!! These are all amazing Joyce. The card you made for Emma is adorable. Thanks so much for joining us at the ColourQ!

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  4. Terrific cards Joyce - love the paper pieceing on the first two - they have such great personality & will definitley put a smile on Emma's face!

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  5. It's wonder you've had time to eat Joyce with all these gorgeous cards! I'm sure Emma will love the ones you made for her..my favourite is the Lawn Fawn one I think. And the Colour Q ones are pretty and bold..love the way you used the crackle background for the Retro Sketch one! Thanks for playing along with Colour Q!

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  6. WOW!!! Love all of them Joyce!!! They are all terrific :)

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  7. Goodness, Joyce ... what a stunning collection of cards ... and no, I couldn't ever get tired of seeing your wonderful creations! Sweet, sweet cards for Emma ... real spirit lifters ... no doubt she'll love seeing her name on them! Homework ... awesome ... and you're behind?? I'm hoping to get to Day 3 this weekend!! Anita :)

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  8. oh my...so many fabulous and fun cards! thank you for the link to cards for Emma too, she is just too cute. How could resist making cards for her! You have made so many wonderful cards it is too hard to have a favorite in the bunch but your first card is just too cute and I love that you personalized it for Miss Emma...so sweet.

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  9. Gorgeous card! The rose looks beautiful and I LOVE the pattern behind it! Thank you so much for joining us at the Simon Says Wednesday Challenge Blog! :)

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  10. What another great group of cards, Joyce. I especially like the homework ones since I know where you're coming from on those. I am behind on my homework but after seeing some of your cards and a few others I'm getting inspired.

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  11. Reading your blog post and seeing all of your cute and creative projects is always such a treat Joyce. All of your projects are just perfect and so well executed. You have such a kind heart making cards for children like Emma. So thankful that I can call you a friend! :)

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  12. Oh, these are all wonderful, Joyce!

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  13. WOW! Great set of cards, Joyce! Love them all. Great job on your homework, I am far behind.

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  14. Love the way you added Emma's name - lots of wonderful cards.

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  15. What a fabulous selection of cards.
    Caroline xxx

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  16. Wonderful collection of cards! I especially love your sweet cards for Emma. The first little scene is so adorable and adding her name makes it even more special.

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  17. You have a heart of gold! I love the personalized cards for Emma! She's going to flip when she see's her name and knows these were made just for her. Super cute too!

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  18. Joyce, you are mind blowing !! I am curious to know how u manage to bring so much creativity all in one post, For me my mojo goes dead after maximum of two cards LOL . Love them all

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  19. Joyce these are all so amazing. I love the ones you did for sweet Emma and I'm sure she will too. Thanks for playing along with us this week at The Card Concept. (and for the dot order) :)

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  20. My gosh, you've been on some sort of crazy card making roll! The cards you made for Emma are so fun! I just love paper smooches and you can't go wrong using them when sending someone some cheer. The two cards with the same sketch and color scheme are so different, yet both wonderful. It just goes to show you the different looks you can get with the same stuff.

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  21. Just wanted to share with you I am mailing cards for Emma tomorrow. Thank you for posting this card drive on your blog.
    We did not feel the earthquake (a good thing).

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