Winter wonderland

Hi everyone. The challenge over at Simon Says Stamp for the Monday challenge is a Winter Wonderland theme and this is what I came up with.

I stamped the snow in the back ground using white ink and the snow back ground stamp from My Favorite Things onto a gray card base. 

Deer and tree dies are from Memory Box and the little red bird is from Impression Obsession.

I had to cut the bird out of red - this scene was just calling for a cardinal up in the branches.

I did spritz this with some frost shimmer spritz from Tsukineko. In real life this looks so wintery.

That's it for now. Thanks for stopping in.

from the gang!

Hi everyone! Here is my take on this weeks Freshly Made Sketch. Also paired it with the SSS let's get sentimental challenge.

Stamps are from Mama Elephant. I stamped the gang in Versafine and then heat embossed it using clear embossing powder. Copic's used to color. I'm looking at this while I'm typing and coming to the conclusion that I need to find a good Copic combo for blonde and red hair. Not liking my choices. Oh well, it is what it is.

Green cardstock is from Bazzill smoothie line and the polka dots are from PTI.  Both the white panel in back and the gang are popped up for dimension using foam tape.

That's it for today! Thanks for popping by! If you have a good combo for red or blonde hair, please leave me a comment.

Thinking of you

Hi everyone! It's been a fabulous week so far. Winning not one, but two prizes off of blog challenges. So fun!  Here is my take on the Fusion challenge.

I went for clean and simple for this one and followed the sketch pretty closely.

Flowers are stamped in Strawberry Fresh Ink, leaves in Mojito green and then cut out using the coordinating dies. They are both from Avery Elle called Petals and Stems.  The sentiment comes in the set as well. I did pop up the smaller flower using foam tape for some dimension.

Fishtail banner used to cut out the mirror silver cardstock that is tucked behind the white panel below. Navy cardstock is from Bazzill.

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

Hang in there

Hi everyone! Came across two items in my "to make into cards" area on my desk and they worked themselves into a pretty cool card - no pun intended.

I made the blue piece a while ago when dropping water into splats was all the rage. Well, they're more dots than splats anyway, so I'll link this up to the Addicted to CAS Dots challenge. 

The girl is a digi stamp from Mo Manning and colored with Copic's. I added a bit of sparkle in the snow falling and wind elements using the clear wink of Stella brush.

Sentiment is an old one from the former Angel Company that I stamped and cut out using a tag die from Paper Smooches. A little bit of red and white baker twin tied into a bow finishes it off.  I chose this sentiment as a message to all of us to "hang in there" during the stressful Holiday season. We don't have to do it all and remember to delegate to your family! They have to learn sometime! right? 

Thanks for stopping by!

Sparkle

Hi everyone! Here is my take on this weeks Freshly Made Sketch. I kept it very clean and simple!

The reason why I named this post "Sparkle" is that this sparkles in real life. The grey weather outside did not let me take a very good picture of this card to do it justice.

I started with some shimmer cardstock from PTI and played around with a navy reinker from Fresh Ink and some rubbing alcohol.  The back ground is a little uneven and wavy in the depth of the colors, which was very hard to pick up in the photo.

Sentiment is from PTI and the snowflakes is from a very very old set from Provo Craft. I stamped both the snowflakes and sentiment in versamark and then heat embossed using white embossing powder. I did this prior to playing around with the reinker and alcohol. Layered this with deep navy cardstock from Bazzill and found a length of silver ribbon in my stash to tie at the top.

Thanks for stopping by! I'm not going to brave the crowds this Holiday weekend, instead I'm going to stay in and try to organize my supplies. I can't find the counters any more! =(

FMS147 - flowers

Hi everyone! Here is my take on this weeks Freshly Made Sketch.

Flower stamp is from the old Wild for You set from the former Angel Company. I used red and green Memento markers to color the stamp and then huffed on it.

I picked up a package of clear buttons from Impress the last time I was in the store. I stamped the flower head, cut it out using a circle punch and then used some glossy accents to adhere the clear button. I didn't punch the holes out and tie a bow because it would have messed up the flower. Green bakers twine was also picked up at Impress.

Tiny pearls added to the center of the flowers and the green cardstock is from Bazzill.

I was tempted to add a sentiment onto this, but resisted. Glad I did. ;-)

Also adding this card to the anything goes challenge over at SSS. 
Also adding this to The Paper Players #207 which is add a button. 

Thanks for stopping by!

Mixed media canvas

Hello! I've been  playing around with some mixed media on canvas and finally got one done that I like.

I should've taken photos as I added the layers and different ways I colored this. Oh well, I was just really playing around anyway.

I started with tearing up some designer paper from The Paper Studio and gluing them down with Mod Podge. Then I added some texture using stencils and modeling paste.

Using mostly distress inks, dyes and paints and a few spray inks here and there, I added color where ever I wanted. 

Added a few die cut flowers, stems and swirls and then decided to add a few words as a title. the Dream and believe are made using Memory Box alpha's that I cut out of black cardstock. The "You" is a stand alone die that I think is from SSS. The ampersand is from PTI.
 
To finish things off, I added a butterfly cut out (Memory Box) and a corner guard embellishment from t!m holtz. 

There are no rules with Mixed Media and for a person like me that is a huge challenge. I tend to like things clean and simple, especially in card making, so this is kind of fun to let my creativity just fly.

I just bought a new journal and I'm going to try do some art journaling. Wish me luck in between making cards of actually getting one done.

I'd appreciate any feedback! Thanks!





 

Papertrey March Blog Hop Challenge - Red Baron

Hi everyone! Here's my take on this month's Papertrey, Ink blog hop.

It's high gloss or in my case heat embossing to get that shine!

I got out the Fly Away stamp set and inked up the plane with wild cherry colorbox ink from My Favorite Things. Added some clear embossing powder and heat set it.

I stamped the sentiment and banner then colored in the outline using a red memento marker.

So, in order to get the shine on the clouds I first die cut a few out using the cloud dies from PTI. Using a Versamark ink pad I covered the entire die cut with ink and then using UTEE heat embossed them - three times!  I popped them up on the card base with foam tape to give them some dimension.

To create the sky, I used my Picasso stencil, summer sky ink from Memento and a sponge dauber. I used one of the long rectangle nesties to cut and emboss and Bazzill smoothies cardstock in navy and pure poppy cardstock used to layer the scene.

This was such a fun card to create - thanks for stopping by!

Wherever you go

Hi everyone! What an exciting day yesterday! The talented and very sweet Darnell over at Djkardkreations CASED one of my past cards and posted a whole story about it on her blog. Thanks Darnell, and if you haven't seen her work/blog hop on over and take a look here. If you are a new  new subscriber and/or follower, thank you as well!

OK, on to my card for today. I was a little intrigued by this weeks CAS-ual Friday's challenge.

The challenge was to create a  farewell card that is long and NOT a traditional A2 card.

So this is what I came up with. This ended up measuring 4 x 8.5 and will fit into a legal sized envelope.  Vintage cream cardstock used as the card base and the main panel. Stamps are from Flourishes. I stamped them in Versafine and then clear heat embossed them so that I could color with Copic markers.

Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful weekend! 

Thank you - Mojo #298

Hi again! I think I'm in a summer mood - might be because the sun just came out (it's 3:00 PM) and it's supposed to be nice this weekend! Anyway, here's my take on Mojo Monday's #298 sketch .

Watermelon stamp is an old one I got from Wildflower stamps ages ago. It's a clear stamp so I was able to line up the rind, fruit and seed really easily. I used Fresh Ink from Impress in Limeade and Pink Lemonade and then stamped the seeds in Versafine. The Thank You sentiment is from Verve.

Pink designer paper is from Lasting Memories. Lime green cardstock is from Bazzill and I used the pennant trim die from Verve for the right hand side.

Scrappers floss was used to tie the white stain ribbon together before adding the bow. I decided to twirl the ends with my piercing tool instead of just cutting them off. Bow was created using the Bow Easy.

I'm also entering this card into the Summer Fruits challenge over at Simon Says Stamp!

Have a great weekend!

FMS#90 - Bright orange poppies

Hi all! Here's my take on this weeks Freshly Made Sketch #90. Get your sunglasses out, this one is bright!

Stamp is from The Cat's Meow (link to site in post below). I stamped it in Versafine and heat embossed with clear embossing powder. Copic markers in Y35, Y38 and G21, G24 used to color.

The tangerine designer paper is from PTI and the lime green is from Bazzill. The button was airbrushed using Y38 and then I added the polka dots using Rangers white enamel.  At the last minute I decided to add the paper piercing along the outside of the green panel for some interest.

Have a great weekend and thanks for stopping by!

CASe this sketch - Happy Birthday

Hi everyone! Here's a quick, clean and simple card I completed for CTS#30. 

Stamp is from Papertrey, Ink. I stamped it using Versafine ink - which gave me some wonderful coverage!

Designer paper for the fishtail banners is from Lasting Impressions and the lime green cardstock is from Bazzill Smoothies.

I popped up a white panel behind the sentiment using some foam squares and then decided at the last minute that I need a bit "more" - tiny black pearls go well in the corners.

I took this picture with my work camera and had to fuss with it a bit in PSE in order to get it bright enough - however it still kind of looks dark and shadowy. My battery for my normal card taking camera was dead! Think I might need to buy a back up battery!

Thanks for stopping by!