Mommiedom

There are two great tutorials for Faux tiling which can be found here:

Splitcoast

The Write Stuff

Both are great resources in creating Faux tile and I have made plenty of cards using these techniques. On Technique Twist, the catch is to try something different and have a twist on it. So I thought that the Stampin Up Honeycomb Textured Embossing folder  actually seemed like tile and the more I thought about it as like a version of fun subway tile.

So I embossed some Very Vanilla paper and wrapped the card with some linen ribbon. I than stamped on the Little Sailboats from Greetings From Set from SU! in Midnight Muse. I than took the Sending Love stamp from the same set and stamped that in Real Red and punched it out using the 7/8 scallop punch.

So my twist on it is using the embossing folder as tiles. I felt the honeycomb lent it self well to the idea of tile. To be honest though not sure if I love the card but love the idea of it.

Supplies used (all Stampin Up!):

Honeycomb Embossing Folder
Very Vanilla Card Stock
Pool Party Card Stock
Linen Ribbon
Greetings From Set
Real Red and Midnight Muse Ink

Looking forward to becoming part of the Technique Twist Design team in 2014. My first project will published on January 4 for the Design Team!!!

I have to say My Pumpkin Challenge is one of my new favorites.  Jessica and her team are doing great things over there and I highly suggest checking them out.

This month was hard because we had a great My Paper Pumpkin kit because it wasn't the usual card but a great notepad set and I loved the stamps but I admit to finding it different to see other uses for it. So of course that was the challenge this month, to do something different with it.

I actually did a Pinterest search to see what others were doing, looking for inspiration for the project. I wanted to do it to stretch myself and especially since I haven't been doing that many challenges of late because I am working on other crafts.

This was the best of both worlds project. I had found a fun pin about a Nice/Naughty board for the Elf on the Shelf. I had thought about doing it but than I decided I didn't really want to hold the kids to it and have anxiety build up about it so I passed on that idea but with that sprung another idea.

Here is a list of all the awesome blogs that have card challenges.


Clean and Simple

Sketch Frenzy

retro sketches

Mojo Challenges

Crazy 4 Challenges

Create with Connie and Mary

ColourQ

Try Stampin on Tuesday

Unscripted Sketches

Hand Stamped Sentiments

Tuesday Morning Sketches

Stampin Celebration

Technique Twist

My Pumpkin Challenge