Stamp Simply Challenge No. 2 - Wheely Fun!
Hi everyone! Here’s our 2nd challenge – and remember, these challenges will all be to make cards that are simple, don’t take a ton of time, but are still lovely. Quick, easy and simple is the main focus for this challenge. I’ll plan to post one every Friday evening (or earlier, depending on my schedule). Thanks so much to all who played last week — I had so much fun looking at all your cards!!!
Challenge No. 2 - Keyword SSnotime02 (stands for Stamp Simply notimetostamp No. 2) There is no time limit. You can play this challenge and upload your card at Splitcoast and/or your Blog, anytime at all! You can play as many times as you like!!! The point is to keep it simple, quick and have fun!!! Please link back here.
Challenge suggestions:
- Use a Wheel!!! or 2 or 3 or whatever! I LOVE my wheels as they make creating so very quick and easy!!!! Today’s challenge is to have your wheeled image be the primary focus of the card. Your wheeled image may be on the background panel or a main image panel, just try to make it the predominant image when one glances at your card.
- If you don’t have a wheel — that’s OK — you can still play. Just chose a stamp and create what would resemble a wheeled image — either an all over image or an image in a strip — I think you know what I mean — so it looks like you could have done it with a wheel.
- You are permitted to use other stamps as well if you so desire, just don’t hide your wheeled image behind a ton of stuff.
- Use as few pieces of paper as possible. There is no specific limit, but we are just focusing on quick and simple. A card with 15 layers and 1″ thick is not quick and simple!
- You are encouraged to use any tools and any and all embellishments you wish. Tools (punches, piercer, crimper, heat gun, Crop-a-dile, etc.) make life quick and easy, and embellishments add a lot of pizzazz without much effort!
- You are welcome to copy my layout or use your own — the layout doesn’t matter.
- My sample is shown below.
That’s it — create away!!! I hope you “wheely” have fun!!!
Remember when you upload to use the keyword above, followed by a comma. Please come back here to post (as a comment) that you’ve played, provide a link so I can check out your card right away, and give your thoughts on the challenge, ask any questions, or share your own ideas and thoughts on making quick and easy cards!!! I’d LOVE to hear everyone’s ideas — who knows what we might all learn!!! Please check out everyone else’s work and, if you have time, leave some comments!!! Make someone’s day!!! You can find all cards uploaded for this challenge by clicking Gallery Submissions Here.
Some wanting to play said they have never uploaded before. If that’s you and you need help uploading, just go to my Challenge No. 1 and instructions are there.
This is my sample called “Baby a la Carte”. I used one of my favorite wheels, Leaves a la Carte. The edge is done with the Martha Stewart Lace Punch (love that, too). I then punched another piece of pink to set behind the white lace. It just makes it pop a lot more!!! The tag is stamped with the leaf stamp from Carte Postale that matches the wheel, and “baby” is from Noteworthy, an old little set that surely is a keeper! The white tag and white edge of the card are lightly sponged.
I’ve used 3 different ribbons. The wide gingham is from Wal-mart, the narrow gingham is SU, and the knotted satin is from JoAnn’s. I bought that satin (wired) in all the colors they had when our local JoAnns went out of business. The colors were so pretty, but I’ve never really used that ribbon as I just don’t like it. It is unusually stiff, which I didn’t realize when I bought so much of it (but, it was really a deal — LOL)!!! It worked perfectly well for the knotting on this card, so now I have discovered a new use for all this ribbon that I have and don’t like — LOL!!!
That’s about it — thanks much for looking!
- Stamps: Carte Postale, Leaves a la Carte Jumbo Wheel, Noteworthy
- Paper: Pretty in Pink, Whisper White
- Ink: Pretty in Pink, Black Stazon
- Accesories: Ribbon, Small and Large Tag Punches (SU), Lace Punch by Martha Stewart, Eyelet and Brads (SU), Crafter’s Tool Kit, Sponge, Dimensionals and Mini Glue Dots, all by SU
Can’t believe I get to be the first to leave a comment on
this wonderful card. I love the ribbon treatment!
Very pretty card with gorgeous ribbon detail!! Fun challenge– hope to play sometime this weekend!!!
How fun!
Love your card and will most definitely put this challenge on my weekend to do list.
Sharon, my creation is uploaded over at SCS (not sure how to link it here though…). I hope it counts toward this challenge (I didn’t use any wheels—don’t have any—gasp!!—but this card WAS very different than my usual ’style’–so that part was the challenge for me! Hope you like it!! (I think I typed the keywords in correctly—if not, let me know & I’ll edit it.) I used the stamp set that I won in your blog candy giveaway–what an awesome stamp set—and I LOVE all of those huge envies (I now have enough to last a VERY long time!!!) Thank you SO much for your generosity!! Have a wonderful day! Pam B. (4Hounds)
STUNNING!!!!! LOVE the layout, Martha punch, ribbon, fantastic card Sharon!!
Adorable card, Sharon! Love this challenge because although I love my wheels, I don’t use them enough! Thanks!
Awesome, sweet and looks like a very involved card.(Even though it wasn’t) I love my wheels and don’t use them nearly enough. Will do this challenge sometime today.
Sharon, with your coaching, I’ll hopefully do this right! Here’s a link to my card: http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/gallery/photo/681635?limit=last1
Hope it works! Thanks for the wonderful comment, you truly made my day! You are such a sweetheart! Have a wonderful day! Pam B. (4Hounds)
Another beautiful card Sharon!! As usual, I love everything about it, especially your ribbon treatments, both knotted and for the tag!!! Love the border punch too!! Thanks for getting us to think about wheels, I know I haven’t used mine in FOREVER!!!! Thanks for another fun challenge Sharon.
Here is my card:
http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/gallery/photo/681757?limit=last1
Have a wonderful weekend:)
Thanks for a great challenge, and a challenge it was. I do not own a wheel (gasp), so I looked and looked (took more time than actually making the card did) to find the perfect faux wheel stamp. Here is my card http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/gallery/photo/681934?cat=7174
Now it’s time to clean. (Made a small mess looking for that perfect stamp!)
Great challenge Sharon! I don’t use my wheels as often as I should so this will be just that, a CHALLENGE!!! Thank you ~ this will be fun!
~Lynda
Beautiful baby card, Sharon. The ribbons are so cool. Here’s my card. After what seems like Homecoming for 24/7 the last few days, this is about as simple as you can get. Thanks for the challenge. Here’s mine. http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/gallery/photo/681988?cat=500&ppuser=89981
Oh, this is CUTE!! I love that knotted ribbon!
This is so pretty! I love that detailed edge, and the way you knotted the ribbon! Beautiful! (I’m planning to do the challenge, so hopefully I can come up with something to link here soon. Thanks, Sharon!!)
Thanks for the wonderful challenge Sharon!! Here is mine:
http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/gallery/photo/682096?cat=500&ppuser=114666
Great card, Sharon!
Here’s mine. I should have chosen a different wheel for speed. Oops.
http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/gallery/photo/682105?cat=500&ppuser=37350
***gasp****
Excuse me while I recover …..
This
is
simply
fabulous!!
~Tex
This is such a sweet card! I’m with you on the Noteworthy set - I don’t know what I’d do with it!!
~Angie
Love the challenges Sharon, your card is beautiful! Didn’t have a wheel, but have one on order, used a border stamp. I posted on SCS last night, first chance I’ve had to comment.
Carolyn
Sharon, this is the most beautiful card! I so love all the pink and gingham. This is such a wonderful wheel, too. I love my wheels! I never thought to use this wheel on a baby card, but that just shows great thinking outside the box on your part. Absolutely wonderful!!
This is lovely Sharon, I’m so used to visiting your gallery that I forget you have a blog now
What a sweet card, Sharon! I love the non-traditional stamps for this baby card!
Love your card, Sharon! I had to try this challenge. I don’t use all the wheels I have nearly enough! Here’s my card:
http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/gallery/photo/683576?cat=500&ppuser=2249
This is adorable - amazing what you can do with just a coupleof stamps! Great challenge too. I’ll try to play if I get some time this week.
Great challenge, Sharon, because although I *love* my stamps, I don’t use them nearly enough!
http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/gallery/photo/684297?cat=500&ppuser=71773
Here’s one for now!! Thanks!!
I forgot to add my link a couple of days ago when I was playing. Here you go!! Hope you like it!
http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/gallery/photo/683479?cat=500&ppuser=101918
Here is mine. I did this card Monday, but just uploading today. TFL
http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/gallery/photo/687961?cat=500&ppuser=55879