Hello friends! For those that celebrate the July 4th holiday, I hope you had/ having a great weekend! We usually do a cookout and later watch fireworks. It was a bit hot and humid so we didn’t stay outdoors very long and watched a movie instead.
WARNING: PHOTO HEAVY POST!!!!
I think I may have posted about this before, but last year I was introduced to Craft Roulette (a papercraft game show on You Tube) by Chelsea from Inky Stamper when she was a guest on there last year. I quickly became addicted to it and have been playing quite regularly. In fact, this is Chelsea’s third time as a guest on there and I wanted to share what I’ve made for episode #222 that aired on You Tube Friday July 5th, 2024.
The parameters this week are…
- PROJECT – Dutch Door (create a card/project with dutch door)
- COLORS – Gnomes (whatever inspires those colors to you)
- ELEMENT – Movie
- RANDOM – Building Blocks
If you’re interested in playing along, check out the Craft Roulette website on how to enter and watch the episode! You can watch/play along on You Tube with them every Friday evening. (Check what time zone you’re in compared to the Central US time zone used for Craft Roulette live shows.) You have until Sunday evening to play. If you enter the Craft Roulette #222 episode by then, you can also enter your card over at Inky Stamper Inkspiration Group on FB for a chance to win a prize from her as well. So check it out!
I think this one turned out cool using the Inky Stamper Alien stamp set! I have my alien (which is my “movie” element parameter) colored up with pencils and cut out with the die. I stamped the molecule (which is my “building blocks” random parameter in red ink over a piece of Doodlebug graph paper. I sponged the edges of this piece with some grey ink before attaching it to the bottom portion of the card. The sentiment also came from the same stamp set that was white heat embossed over black and cut out with a banner die and popped up with foam squares.
To create the “Dutch Door” card for the project parameter, I just used a black A2 card base and cut the front in half so that only the bottom portion of the card opens up. For the torn hole behind the alien, I used the Lisa Horton Torn Aperture 3D embossing folder and die. I used some silver mirror for the outer edges and black for the back along with a piece of white for the background details. I finished it off with some Pinkfresh Studio Ice clear drops.
Here’s the inside of my Dutch door card. I took a white piece of cardstock for the inside of the card along with the white piece from behind the torn aperture on the front and ink blended a galaxy background with reds, blues, greens, yellows and black which works with the “gnomes colors” for the colors parameter. I sprayed the background with water, let it dry and then I white heat embossed the sentiment from the alien stamp set and then I used silver watercolor to splatter over top of both pieces.
I attached the insert for the aperture back in with the silver frame and attached it to the front bottom portion with half of it sticking up above it. (As you can see in the photo above.) The alien was attached over the aperture with foam squares.
Had a lot of fun making this one and playing along using the parameters!
Obviously, I don’t post the cards I make every week for Craft Roulette on my blog, but I thought I’d share all the creations that I made last year since my very first contribution that I’ve done. I thought I’d save the cards for posting at the end of each year to look back on them. I started in January of last year and only skipped a couple of them. This card today will be my 72nd contribution!
So here’s a gallery of cards that I’ve contributed since I first discovered Craft Roulette in January of 2023 up to December 2023: (I will post the cards for this year in December!)
- If you’re on my website, click on the photos to see enlarged
Wow! That was ALOT of cards! I placed the episode #s on each one for reference on what the parameters would’ve been. So this is what happens when I don’t post!
I have fun trying out the parameters each week and entering. I did win a prize one week from The Paper Insider which was a box of gorgeous papers. They’re all so gorgeous that I seem to be hoarding them and not used any of it!🙄 That will be a goal for one of these weeks for sure!
Hope you’ve been inspired with my post today and maybe I’ll see you over at Craft Roulette sometime! Thanks so much for stopping in today!
Challenges: (For Alien card only!)
- A Place to Start – Anything Goes
- Creative Crafting Uncles – #54 embossing heat/dry (I did both!)
- Crafts Galore Encore – #125 Anything Goes
- Love to Craft – #81 Anything Goes
- Love to Scrap – #168 Anything Goes
WOW! So many great cards!!!
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wow! Serious commitment 72! You go girl. I’m so impressed the different layouts you used for the previous ones. I struggle with that. I do adore the alien on today’s card – he is too fun! Fabulous job my friend!
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Dang, girl! My jaw dropped when I saw all those cards! FABulous job, as always, with every single one of them! The alien is so stinkin’ cute I can’t stand it! Those roulette challenges look really fun but I haven’t had time to participate in any of them. Hopefully one day, lol! You’ve done a great job!
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Wonderful and fun card!!!
I really like the background and the alien coming out of the tear!
Thanks for stopping by A Place To Start !
Bettascrap DT
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Gorgeous background for that brilliant alien. Love it.
I also enjoyed seeing al of those cards. They are fabulous, piece by piece!
You did a great job!
xxx Margreet
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SO now we know what you’re doing when you don’t post cards to your blog! LOL Wow, you’ve been busy creating behind the scenes and each card is new, fun, and exciting while playing along with those challenges. The Alien card is too cute with that great Dutch door opening that I’ve never seen before and it just makes me chuckle with that fun sentiment. So glad you’re keeping yourself busy and it’s time to break into that pretty paper you won! Look at me, I still have an unopened pack of Afternoon Tea designer paper from SU! that I haven’t opened in probably a decade! Why do we hoard pretty papers?? LOL Have a great week ahead.
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WOW! Great galaxy background! When I looked at your card, I thought about some hacking through an illegal portal from the world of aliens into our universe. Very fun card and well done.
hugs,
BożenA
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Fabulous card and Galaxy background love the alien and great sentiment-brilliant embossed die-cut torn aperture,amazing selection of cards love them all especially the fabulous Bee shaker card but all look brilliant.
Carol x
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I love your alien made me do it card Vicki. I think it’s always fun to have a little fantasy art, and aliens are never a boring subject. Thanks for the big smile. And it was fun to see all your other cards too. It’s like a card museum, in a good way. You look like you have as many stamps as I do. It’s quite the addiction, isn’t it? This might be photo heavy but it’s a fun post. I hope you’re having a great weekend. It’s hot here at my house too. hugs-Erika
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your alien card is brilliant,the sentiment an excuse my son’s would have used when they were young
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alien card is so great!
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Love that alien card design and night sky and definitely that cool torn hole opening!
And WHY have you not been posting all these wonderful cards on your blog?
I sure hope you are going to from now on.
Congrats on sticking with a fun challenge for so long that you enjoy. It’s hard these days! lol
XOX
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wowser, what a fantastic selection of cards Vicki all are outstanding and love the cute alien..
Luv CHRISSYxx
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Oh my goodness, that’s a lot of cards! I’m totally in awe and I’m loving all your beautiful designs 😊. It looks like you’ve been busy and the Alien is super fun. Happy and creative wishes! Hugs, Jo x
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It sounds like you had a blast creating your Dutch Door card for Craft Roulette #222! The way you incorporated the alien stamp set, the torn aperture, and the galaxy background is really impressive. The attention to detail, from the colored pencils on the alien to the heat embossed sentiment, shows your dedication to the craft. It’s great to see your enthusiasm for participating in Craft Roulette and how much you’ve enjoyed the challenge over the past year. Keep up the fantastic work!
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Amazing and incredible post, loved seeing each card and apols for being MIA due to illness xx
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Brilliant – that really made me smile Vicki! I’m just catching up on some blog commenting – thanks for joining us at Love to Craft Challenge!
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Thank you friend!
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