Bon Voyage

Hey everyone. Playing in a few challenges today.

I started off with the sketch over at Always Playing With Paper.  Just Us Girls challenge is a word week and the word is "travel" and lastly, The Paper Players wants a circle this time around.

Stamps are from Hero Arts - it was one of their monthly kits a while back. The map at the bottom is actually an old stamp from Darice, not HA.

I did a bit of die cut inlay (ala' Jennifer McGuire) with the small dies that came in the kit.

Circle stitched die is from Lil Inkers and the black is a nestie. 

That's it for now - thanks for stopping in.

The plane

Hi all. I've been playing around with the masculine inspiration m challenge over at Always Playing with Papers. I think it took me longer to take the darn picture(s) than actually make the card.  You know how hard it is to pick up anything metallic when photographing it. So, I ended up taking several to share what the card really looks like, it's kind of shiny.

All stamps are from Papertrey, Ink. but from three different sets.  I played off of the star on the tail end of the plane to add some additional die cuts and elements.

The plane, stars and birthday sentiment are heat embossed using silver embossing powder. Which you can see a bit better in the second picture.

Using the blueprints #18 from My Favorite Things, I cut out of several different stars using silver mirror cardstock. I used a few circle nesties to create the thin round layer to set the star in.

As you can see in the last photo, I added a few stars inside the card since they were extra, and helps to finish it off.

That's it for today. Thanks for stopping by!

Birthday balloon

Hi everyone! Here's my take on this weeks Freshly Made Sketch and I even paired it this week with a color challenge from Always playing with paper. Gasp! So out of my comfort zone. It took a while for me to make this as I wasn't all that happy with the balloon.

It just looked plain Jane to me, so I added the banners across it. That die is from Memory Box.

The balloon, bow, tie and birthday are all from My Favorite Things blueprints.  The Happy is from Technique Tuesday. I wanted the smaller font that Technique Tuesday has than what was included in the original blueprint collection.

I just realized that I didn't stamp one thing on this card. That has got to be a first for me.

Gotta get back to figuring out a card for the DH's birthday that is right around the corner. I've got a good idea for one but have to play around a bit.  Thanks for stopping in.

Business

Hi everyone. I saw this sketch over at Always Playing with Paper and decided to give it a whirl.

Stamps are from the new My Favorite Things release. I colored all the icons with Copic markers, then cut them out using square and rectangle stitch dies, which also happen to be from MFT.

The grid paper is layered in dark brown and I used square foam tape to pop up business/office supplies.

I think this turned out to be a fun masculine card. Thanks for stopping in.