1) The winner of my blog candy is AnitaRex! Chosen randomly and scientifically--no small job considering how many comments I've received. Thank you, all of you so much! I'm honored that you read me.
2) I'm heartened to know that my mess isn't extraordinary as well, I had no idea how relieved I would feel.
3)Kraft Week has arrived! Susan Rahaila's blog, Simplicity, is perfection. She and I have teamed up for a week of kraft love, after I double dog dared her to use more kraft. We even have a giveaway, woot. I'll post details below.
Rustic Dude Kraft is the challenge Susan and I set for ourselves for today. Feel free to play along. The only rule (because rules complicate things) is kraft cardstock. Susan and I both distressed just the top edge of our paper, I like coincidences--and you know it took a stiff drink and a blindfold for Susan to distress something. I'm so proud of her!
stamps: PTI vintage picnic sentiments, All Night Media woodgrain background
cardstock: PTI kraft, rustic cream, pure poppy
patterned paper: October Afternoon Report Card
ink: Hero Arts Hero Hues Latte chalk ink, PTI dark chocolate, PTI tea dye duo in chamomile & chai
tools: Nestabilities petite ovals, PTI small scallop border, We R Memory Keepers Corner Chomper
accessories: ecru crochet cotton
******GIVEAWAY DETAILS
Susan and I will choose one random commenter for the week to receive our prize. What is the prize? Well, it's a Crop-o-Dile II BIG BITE and a $25 gift certificate to Papertrey Ink! I want to win our prize...Susan? Do I qualify?
To enter, comment on at least one of the Kraft Week posts (one comment per post, of course). Susan will post five times, and so will I. That gives you ten entries for the drawing if you comment on all the Kraft Week posts. The more posts you comment on, the more chances to win!
107 comments:
LOVE IT! Way to get patriotic with mostly Kraft! As I commented on Susan's blog, you two are gonna kill me this week. Such goodness!
hehehehe - you "double dog dared her" ... good for you!!! What fun!! I love this card!! I too giggled at the coincidences, especially when she talked about adding a splash of color like red or blue to her card design .. and then I come over here and see red and blue. I really like the sentiment focal point and the fiber treatment! Can't wait to see what you ladies have cooked up for tomorrow. Oh, and you'll never guess what I have sitting on my desk as we speak ... a few pieces of kraft that I've been playing around with ... might just have to play along with this fun challenge :-)
Adorable! I love this card. Thaks for the chance to win. :)
I'm glad I found you through Susan. Wow!! Your work is stunning!!!
Great krafty card! This would be great for the cards my group makes for the military.
Mary Dawn, this is a great card! I love the colors you paired with kraft! That blue is great, nice challenge, I hardly ever use kraft!
I also found you through Susan and am so glad I did. Beautiful work!
I also found you through Susan and am really looking forward to some cool kraft inspiration. I love the woodgrain background on your card - prefect. Hev:)
That's a fun card! I'm looking forward to this week.
What a great card! I really need to get me one of those woodgrain stamps. So beautiful, especially with the kraft paper. :0)
Wow! I must be on a lucky streak! Yay! thank you! Looking forward to this week and seeing your krafty goodness! What a great idea!
Love the color combo. The wood grain looks so real.
Donna H.
2realtors@cox.net
What an awesome card! I found your blog through Susan and I'm glad I did! This is going to be a fun week!
Fabulous card! Can't wait to see what this week brings from both you and Susan. Thanks for the chance of a great prize.
This card is great. I've been wanting to try and use kraft, well with this week seeing what you ladies come up with i think that i will have to go to the store and get me some kraft! Thanks for the chance to win!
Kraft paper is great! Can't wait to see all your creations
It warms my heart to see a card made for a person protecting us! Lovely details, and your competition looks like fun!
I like how the red and blue pop on the kraft!
Ooh, lovely woodgrain effect. All looks very natural... I like it :) Rustic chic, hehe. x
Great card. I love the woodgrain kraft with the red and blue. Who would have ever guessed it could still be such a patriotic card?
What a great manly card!! Love that PTI background.
Patriotic using kraft, blue and red instead of white - now why didn't I think of that??? What a great (and simple!!) card - thanks for sharing.
A whole week of masculine cards.....how about that double-dare next?
Your double-dare now makes it worthwhile to order a package of PTI kraft. I've been awaiting enough inspiration to do that.
LOVE your card. Thanks.
great card! i love love the Kraft paper!
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juli
I'm coming over here for the first time from Susan's blog! Your card is fabulous!! I love the bright blue and red against the kraft and that woodgrain background is to die for.
what a great patriotic card. Love the wood grain on the brown and the layout is amazing.
Awesome card, love the rustick look!
LOVE it! I adore patriotic but rarely think of Kraft....thanks for sharing!
Another great guy card! How did you get Susan to distress?
Diane M
I am excited to see the rest of the week's cards. I love this Rustic Dude card. The colors work so well and have resulted in a wonderful man card
So you double dog dared Susan .....
Can't wait to see what you both come up with.
Love the woodgrain effect on your card, great colour combination too.
I, like many others found you through Susan ... love your work.
Can't wait to see what you Girls comes up with! This is a really cute card!!
I think you've done something very difficult here - you've made a card that's both very masculine and very pretty! Great job!
Gorgeous! LOVE the woodgrain.
Kraft makes me happy and I love how you mixed in woodgrain and patriotic colors!
Andrea McCulley
prayalways421@yahoo.com
This is so simple yet so stunning!!! Just wonderful!!!
What a great card! I too have hopped over from Susan's blog, and am looking forward to a week of kraft-y inspiration!
great card!
wonderful simple card! LOVE that woodgrain on kraft! fabulous! Congrats to Anita!!!!! enjoy the goodies!!
Love the card. Would be so excellent for 4th of July!! I love kraft!
What a great card! I love what you did with this! A fun challenge too!
Love the woodgrain. Great guy card.
Great job - I, too am slow to jump on the kraft band wagon, but I have some vintage stamps that I think will work well. Thanks for the inspiration!
Love the card and love kraft paper. You did a great job. Fun look. :)
Oh I LOVE this kraft card!!!!
I found you through Susan...and I LOVE that I get to see 10 kraft cards this week! Woo-hoo! Love Kraft!
I found your blog via Susan (Simplicity). I just love all the things I see on both your blogs. PTI kraft is one of my favorite cardstocks -- I love the heft of all the PTI paper. And I have this woodgrain stamp! I will definitely use your card as inspiration to make something in my own messy craft space. Thank you for sharing your ideas!
Thank you for your creativity and the chance. Kraft is good....
Thanks for the chance to win and your marvelous ideas.
I like your layout and the way the red/blue pop against the kraft.
Love this! I have taken it upon myself (as a challenge, that is) to make something with Kraft as well. I've got some- lots even - but always seem to shy away from it. Time to put my shy in my back pocket and do something not near as Fab as you and Susan :)
Thanks for the inspiration!
Love the kraft! And the woodgrain stamp set.
This is lovely!
Great looking card. I'm looking forward to the week.
love this card!!
thanks,
marty ferraro
congrats to Anita. :)
being an Army brat, i very much appreciate this card. :) i love kraft!
I'll have to go back and thank Susan for our introduction because so far I really like what I see! I have that very same background stamp and I'm going to go use it! Thanks for the motivation :)
I've popped over from Susan's blog...I love Kraft so will be checking in each day for some Kraft inspiration!
Great card! Can't wait to see what else you create ~ wonderful challenge for both of you!
Oh my! This is so gorgeous in it's simplicity. I am so loving the Kraft! I found you from Susan's sight and it was her simplicity that drew me to her. I think I will be loving Kraft. Your card is really great with the wood grain look on the Kraft and the red, white and blue theme. Thanks for sharing. Glad I found you!
Love the card and your website! New to you! I'm looking forward to seeing more.
Jackie
Platte City, MO
Awesome! Patriotic and manly :)
great idea...great card....
Very cool to pull a patriotic color scheme with kraft. Love it.
What a great woodgrain bg stamp! Thanks for sharing!
This is just flippin' adorable!! Everytime I put woodgrain on something I make it run vertical but it looks so good here horizontal. The entire design is great!
I love kraft so I look forward to this week! Adorable card!
What a great card. I am so glad that I found your blog from this partner contest. Your style is amazing!
Love the woodgrain - very dude-like! I love Susan's blog, and now she's expanded my blog-reading horizons by pointing me your way.
Oh! That is awesome. So unobviously patriotic! Well done!
What a cool combination of the woodgrained background and patriotic colors/theme.
Your card is perfect! I love Kraft, thanks for the inspiration.
great card and the woodgrain for background really makes it!
Great use of the woodgrain ~ TFS!
I've always loved red, white and blue with kraft and you truly did the colors proud!
Love that woodgrain! I've never made a patriotic card, but now I'm itching to! :)
Would not have thought red, white and blue could look so great with kraft. What a great challenge! Looking forward to more!
It's fun to see you two girls push each other! We all need a good friend to do that! Love your card, AND your blog - I'm a new follower!
WOW that woodgrain stamp makes it so stunning!
This is a fun challenge. I am looking forward to seeing how you both use kraft.
What a super card! I love how you used the woodgrain stamp. The blue and red really pop beautifully!
I love kraft paper. the wood grain stamp is awesome on it! great job!
The stamp that you used on this card just suites it to a tee! A very nice manly card.
I love kraft, too, but never would have thought of putting these colors with it. Gorgeous!
Kraft is as American as apple pie =) I can't wait to see what you and Susan have made for this week *squeals*
Great masculine card! Love it!
What a splendid card, Mary Dawn! I love the color of "kraft" with the darker red and blue shades...very country looking! :)
This is fabby...so simple yet so effective...xoxo
I like the woodgrain effect. Kraft is one of my favorite colors of cardstock. It's so versatile.
I'm thoroughly enjoying your blog! Check out my kraft card on Feb. 26 post and Susan's comment... Can't wait to see what else you'll be doing with my favorite cardstock.
This is a great masculine, patriotic card! It would be perfect to send to Operation Write Home. Thanks for the inspiration!
I love the woodgrain and colors on this card.
Beautiful colors! Just gorgeous!
Love woodgrain! Fab job on layout!
Love the red white and blue theme! How unique to have a wood grain finish on the background!!
I really like how the woodgrain stamp is used. The card is so bold looking. Great!
Great card! The woodgrain background gives the card a unique feel.
Like this card a lot. Great card for a military person, or for the 4th. Also, like the woodgrain background.
Guy cards are awesome in kraft ~ TFS!
Been looking for a card to write on when I mail cards to Operation Write Home. This will be great for an any hero letter. I always have trouble making a guy card. This is elegant but masculine at the same time.
Nice masculine card! I like it (and I'm not even American!!)
The wood grain background stamp on kraft sure works. This is a wonderful card.
Love the woodgrain background with this card! Very nice.
The colors in this card are beautiful together!
One word....AWESOME! :)
Oh! Love the woodgrain stamp on the kraft! Great colors too!
Great card! Really love the woodgrain and the Kraft paper!
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