Out with the old...and in with some new!!

...and in with the new!!   Yes, that's what I'm up to again today -- still working on my craft room and slowly making it much more neat and organized.    Two big bags of recycle paper, cardboard and older scraps all went off the our recycle center this morning!!  Yippee!!

   I also spent more time being creative today, but am in one of the lack of mojo periods, where I'm not overly loving my cards and having a hard time coming up with fun ideas that I love.   I'm even lost of some of the new challenges that I typically play in and can't seem to think of a good idea or what I want to try and create.
 
    On the upside I did make a couple of new card and my the couple were made using up some of my older papers and scraps.  I started with the card that I didn't like at all yesterday, remember this one?

   I took it all apart tossed the papers and started all over with a pretty basic rust card base.  I then picked out a few pre-cut shapes and two hearts from my "scrap" die cut pile and added them along with a 'old' sticker I came across this morning.  In the end, I think this card has a more updated look and I like it better!!  How about you?

  My next card as inspired by another of the sketches in this month's Hero Arts Challenge.  I wanted to make  a least one more card for the second part of the challenge which is ongoing now.   I have also admire many of the cards in the Hero Flickr Gallery and that inspired me to create my card based on the sketch from the lower right below.

Card Recipe

Patterned Paper - My Minds Eye - Sweetness

Assorted Scrap Paper - Stash

My Favorite Things - Heart a Plenty Die

Sentiment by Hero - CL272 All Occasion Messages

White Neenah Cardstock

Assorted Sizzix Embossing Folders

Memento Tuxedo Black Ink

  And also using some of the same papers, I created a second card which was inspired by a new challenge over at Crafting my Design, in their new "Taken From Pinterest" challenge, which is really fun.   Being that so many of use now love Pinterest the CBD gals have started this new challenge, where a random picture will be used as our inspiration for a new project.   This is the photo we had this week, which at first I almost passed on, thinking WOW...this is one hard challenge!!

Note:   This is the "Loggia of Raphael" in the Hermitage Museum in Russia.  

It is a copy of the work in the Vatican.

   But, that's when I had the idea to also head over to  Pinterest to find some ideas and I went there and typed in the world "Circle"s, as that my main focus from the inspirational image.  Happily, I found all kinds of wonderful ideas and quickly started my card.   Gotta love Pinterest for new card ideas and so much more. I chose a fun card that was originally created by a designer named Lindsay, which you'll find HERE!   I love it and re-created my own version to use up the scraps left over from my first card.  I've also noticed there are many 'circle' based cards that I've been drawn to lately and I think they all look awesome!  I just noticed that  Lindsay used the same sentiment on her circle card that I used on my heart card above?  Hum?  I wonder if that was in the back of my mind, when I was choosing my sentiment for the card above?

   Card Recipe

Patterned Paper - My Minds Eye - Sweetness

Assorted Scraps/Papers - Stash

Stampin' Up - Circle Punches - Variety of Sizes

White Card Base / Stash

Sentiment - Close to My Heart

Ranger Distress Marker - Worn Lipstick

    And now I have my final card of the day, which is one that was created for the new "Numbers" challenge being hosted at The Cameo Spotlight, which is a new challenge that I'm enjoying.   This is only their second week and it's open to all, but you need to use a Silhouette SD or Cameo to create your card, more details can be found HERE!!   The best part of me, is that it gives me lots of great new ideas and helps me to try new things with my Cameo as I did for this card.  

   I was stumped a bit with "Numbers" and really wanted to make sure my card was different, so I tried to think of words that can use made up of numbers and letters and that's when I was reminded me of "Sk8er" which my son Brian used often, when he was younger.   He's been a avid skateboarder for years and I think one of his very old AOL nicknames had "Sk8er" in it!!   I created that part using a font I had on file, called - Ad Lib.  I then needed to come up with some type of skateboard image and count not really find anything I liked in the store.  That had me off to search Google Images, which is where I found this simple "coloring page" of a little black and white skateboarder, which is exactly what I had wanted.

   I imported it into my Library and then created a simple "Print and Cut" design.  For my Sentiment, I typed it myself using the "Ad Lib" font which I already had on my computer.  I printed everything first on white cardstock and then my Copics to color in the "Sk8er" sentiment.   I was able to weld my letters to make them all on easy cut, but then did not know how to color each letter separately, so I chose to print it all on white cardstock and then colored it with my Copics!  There is still a lot I need to learn, as you can tell!  

  Once I had everything cut and colored I simple added it all to a red card along with some red and white polka dotted ribbon, both from my stash.  I think it's pretty cute and look forward to seeing all the other wonderful projects that are added to the challenge!   These gals are super talented and can do so much with their Cameo, making it a very inspiring group!!  I'm off now to upload this over at the blog!

   Have a wonderful Saturday and as always -- hope you find time to CREATE!!