Christmas in July

Hello. The Paper Players are hosting a Christmas in July challenge and I decided I would play along.

Snowflakes are cut out with a few punches that I have in my drawer. The big one is from EK success and the smaller one is from Martha Stewart.

I used some silver liquid pearls and mixed it with Rangers cornflower blue reinker. Then smooched it on a piece of cardstock and added some white liquid pearls and then mixed it all up.  The color of the snowflakes is what I ended up with, which I think is pretty cool.

Sentiment is from Impress Rubber Stamps and stamped with one of the new mini dye inks from Hero Arts.

Vintage cream and kraft cardstock from PTI used as the card base and main panel up against the teal snowflakes.

Thanks for stopping by!

Hello tag

Hi everyone! The challenge over at Tag you're it! is pretty cool this week and I decided to give it a whirl.

To create the marbled effect on the white cardstock, I took distress inks in spun sugar and victorian velvet and applied them to my craft sheet. Next I applied some rubbing alcohol and let them blend together a bit then smooched the cardstock into it. I let it dry then cut out the tag. I also distressed the edges with more victorian velvet so that it would stand out a bit.

Flowers are punched out using a light yellow and white cardstock. Leaves are also done using a punch. The hello sentiment is from My Favorite Things.

Seam binding is tied onto the top of the tag. 

Off to try a new restaurant for lunch. I've been seeing awesome reviews on FB for it so I thought I see what all the talk is about. Might have to hit Ben Franklin while I'm out. Thanks for stopping by!

PTI November blog hop - mitten

Hi everyone! While surfing around on Pinterest, I found a picture that inspired me and went wonderfully with the theme for this month's PTI blog hop of snow!

Mitten die is from A*Muse Studio and I cut out two pieces of canvas and then stitched them together using red DMC floss. Added a piece of red felt for the top of the mitten and then went to work on the snowflakes.

Using a bit of shimmer cardstock from PTI, I punched out the base snowflake using my large EK Success snowflake punch. I had the mirror layer snowflake in my stash for years that came pre-assembled as an embellishment. I just took it a part and added the small snowflake button (colored with Copic R29).

Added some fir branches (Poppy Stamps) and twigs (Memory Box) and the red berries that I swiped off of some garland that I had.

Added the sentiment from the Signature Christmas stamp set and then finished adding snow using liquid applique and my heat gun.  If I was to do this again, I would use felt for the body of the mitten. The canvas unraveled too much for my liking. 

Thanks for stopping by! I hope everyone has a blessed Thanksgiving with friends and family! Enjoy!

Let's chill

Hey everyone! Whipped this card up this evening to play along with the Paper Smooches Sparks sketch challenge. Here is the link to the blog challenge and sketch.

This is the second card I made for this challenge because the first one was pretty ugly! I like how this one a lot better!

Stamps are of course from Paper Smooches. Mr. Snowman is colored with Copic's. I added some tiny red self adhesive red pearls for his buttons. 

Using the EK Success snowflake punch I punched out one white snowflake and added some distress rock candy glitter to it. The second snowflake used a die and some metallic green cardstock. Both are popped up using foam tape.

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

snow-one else like you

Hello! Here's my take on several challenges today! The sketch is from Freshly Made Sketches #116.

Snowflakes are punched out on white cardstock using the punch from EK Success. I glittered the back one with Ranger distress stickles dry glitter. The red one is heat embossed twice using red embossing powder. Heating it twice gave it the white speckles which I kind of like.

Sentiment is from There She Goes. Label dies are from Papetrey, Ink and the red and white snowflake trendy tape is from Queen & Co. Which is not easy to use, by the way. It's a bit thicker than Washi tape and stuck better.

Here are the challenges that this is going onto:
FMS #116
CAS-ual Friday #123 - let it snow
Cas.ology - snowflake

Thanks for stopping by!

Wishing you

Hey all! Yep, I'm still up north and flying home on Friday. Here's another card that I scheduled to post while away.

This card is inspired by a card off of Pinterest by Manitoba Stamper.

I used my flower punches that I've had forever from EK Success on the white cardstock. I put a piece of light yellow cardstock behind it and then added the pearls for the flower centers.

I stamped the leaves in limeade from Fresh Ink and then added the sentiment. Both the leaf stamp and the sentiment are from PTI.

To make mine different from the card on Pinterest I added the butterfly, which is a die from Memory Box.

Sorry that the picture is not up to par, but it was dreary out and my lights were not cooperating! Anyway, thanks for popping in!

With love

 Hi everyone! I've got a really clean and simple card to show you today!

Stamps are from Verve. I inked up the heart in versafine ink and the heat embossed it with clear embossing powder so that I could color it with Copic's. I've gotten where I prefer to do this than use Memento ink any more. I 'm just not happy with the coverage I'm getting from it even after re-inking the pad several times! Anyways.....

I used the stitch border punch and then ran some red bakers twine through the holes. I'm not sure if you can tell in the picture but I added some tiny black pearls to each end of the black cardstock panel. Pure poppy cardstock used as a card base and to layer the circle. Used a bit of foam tape to pop up the heart circle to give it a bit of definition. 

Just a reminder that you don't have to participate in the sketch challenge below to enter for the blog candy I'm giving away.  Just leave a comment and become a follower!

Thanks for stopping in today!

Snowflake

Hello! I'll be sharing a few Christmas cards this week as we get closer to the big day!

This one is a Clean and Simple card. I made of few of these to send out this year as they were quick and easy to make. This is actually a design I cased from a card I saw on Pinterest.

Using kraft cardstock I punched out the snowflake using the EK Success punch. I backed it with pure poppy polka dot designer paper and then layered it onto a base of pure poppy cardstock. Satin ribbon was attached prior to taping it down.

Sentiment is from Papertrey, Ink as is all the ribbon and cardstock.

Thanks for stopping in!

Mojo Monday - Winter Wishes

Hi everyone! I had some time tonight to get busy with this weeks Mojo Monday Sketch. Here it is - I kept it simple and deleted a few things.

Sentiment stamp is from Verve. Designer paper is from Die Cuts With a View - linen closet. I like the non-traditional colors for this winter card. 

Snowflake punch is from EK Success and I punched it out using printer paper, then sprayed with Elmer's spray adhesive and dusted it with glitter. Now that I finally got all the glue off my fingers I can post it!

Thanks for stopping by!

Wishing you

Hi everyone! I had an opportunity to take a few minutes today and play around with this weeks sketch over at SCS. Here's what I came up with.

Stamps are from the Papertrey, Ink set called Wishing you. I stamped the tulips in Studio G white ink and then heat embossed it. It's tucked under that green striped designer paper from HOTP. I found some green card stock in my stash that matched the darker green in the dp and cut out the rectangle using the lattice spellbinders nesties.

Edge punch is from EK success and lastly I added a strip of spring green grosgrain ribbon!

I like the clean lines of this! What do you think?

Masculine Birthday

I went searching in my stash for a masculine birthday card and found that I'm out! Yikes! So, this is what I whipped up real fast to get in the mail.

Tag is made out of a coaster using the Quickutz tag die and a big eyelet from We R Memories is attached to the center. Back ground stamps and the sentiment are from PTI. Stamped the paper backgrounder in Palette burnt umber and then distressed it with vintage photo that was applied with a sponge applicator.

White background is embossed with the plaid embossing folder from Sizzix. The black cardstock is punched using the stitch border punch from EK Success.

Super quick and easy peasy. Our weather here in Washington state feels like early spring! I heard a radio announcer today coin July as "Julebruary" - go figure! So, if your in the middle of a heat wave, please send warm weather our way! Thanks for dropping in and be safe!

Thanks sew much!

Hi everyone! Here's a fun card that I did this past weekend using the Sew Thankful set from The Angel Company.

The sewing machine is stamped in Archival black ink from Ranger - I experimented with so many different black inks to get a good solid impression without having to resort to black embossing powder! I decided to give it an old fashioned look and got out the stipple brush and brushed on some Memento desert sand.

The big button is a from a bunch of chipboard shapes that I've had stashed away. I covered it using the Amberley Grace SWIC paper from TAC and tied a satin ribbon through the button holes. All paper is from the same collection except for the brown cardstock. I used a new stitch punch from EK Success on the left hand side to do the faux stitching. Love that punch!

Thanks for stopping by and I'd love to hear what you think of this card!

Thank you

Hey there! This is a card that I completed for this weeks Viva La Verve sketch challenge over on SCS.

Let's start with the top tag first. The sprig stamp is from The Angel Company's deco designs which has been retired. It's stamped in Palette Jardin Moss three different times to create that ghosting technique. It's also popped up on foam tape.

The "Thank you" sentiment is from Verve and the polka dots on the die behind it are from Polka dot basics II from PTI. The circle is popped up with foam tape, too.

All of the green cardstock is from Bazzill and the designer paper is from The Crafter's Workshop. Grosgrain ribbon is called Spring Moss and comes from Ribbons and Bows Oh My. Bow is tied with the Bow Easy and adhered in place with a glue dot. So, what do you think - too much green?

I did get about 5 cards done today, so I feel productive! Now I just have to sit down at the computer and schedule some blog posts! Thanks for stopping by and have creative day!

CAS cards

Hello everyone!

I can't believe that August is here already! Wow, summer is almost gone!

Here are two quick cards I'd like to share with you. This first one is done using TAC stamps.

The green designer paper is from Basic Grey and the blue carstock is from Bazzill. I used a self adhesive pearls from Kaisercraft for the centers of the flowers. The border punch is from EK success. Nothing like a Clean and Simple card to send off to someone to brighten their day!


I really love this bear, full bodied or just his head and you can find him at The Digi Shack! Anyway, colored with Copic's and cut out using the labels 5 die. Kraft, brown cardstock used and the designer paper is from DCWV. I used a Tim Holtz edge die and then sponged some vintage photo distress ink around it. The "hello" is from PTI.

Thanks for dropping by and have a great weekend!

Thinking of you

Hello everyone! Today's inspiration came to me off a commercial, and I cannot remember which store was advertising, but the comforter was just yummy. It was one of those commercials that shows all the great sales going on (it was probably Macy's) - and the only thing that caught my eye was the comforter, and it was only to CASE. Go figure!

It's too bad that this stamp from Deco Designs from TAC is retired. I love that leaf stamp! It is stamped in Memento Bamboo leaves onto olive cardstock. Then stamped in Palette Fresh Snow. The sentiment is from English Everyday Cuties, also from TAC, and stamped in Palette Noir.

On the kraft card base, I used the scor pal and scored two lines at the bottom of the card and then added the olive grosgrain ribbon between. The white border is done using the EK success Deco scallop border punch.

Thanks for stopping by and let me know what you think of this card.

Card Sketch Tuesday #145

Happy Tuesday! Here is sketch #145 ans measures the normal A2 size.

The panels measurements are as follows: Main stamped panel is 2.25 x 5, secondary right panel is 2 x 4.25. All are layered at 1/16th of an inch.

I'm still into my fall color palette and keep coming back to this english rose and olive green.

The flower is done with Marvy Markers in English rose and olive green. After coloring directly on the stamp, I spritzed it with water and then stamped it.

I used one of my nesties labels to stamp the sentiment and sponged the edges with Memento Bamboo Leaves ink. I added a small bit of ribbon on the left side just for grins and giggles. Two self adhesive gold pearls are put in the top and bottom corners on the rigth hand panel.

At the last minute, I decided to add the lacey border on the right side of the main panel. I'm not real sure that I like it, what do you think?

Supplies:
Stamps - CTMH
Marvy Le Plume II markers
Palette True Black ink
White, Olive and Burgandy card stock
Olive grosgrain ribbon
Gold pearls
EK Success border punch

Get well cards

Hey everyone - hope you had a wonderful weekend! My hubby and I went on a road trip on Saturday and we got some awesome pictures! The leaves are really starting to turn and we found snow in the mountains!!!

These were taken over in Wenatchee, which is in Eastern Washington and the mountain range is Stevens Pass.

Anyway, my step mom asked me to make her some generic get well cards that were on the simple side. So thought I'd show you what I came up with. I had to make ten of these!

Most of these stamps you have seen before in previous posts, except the last one above. The stamps are from Image Tree from EK Success.

I will be posting a sketch design later on tonight - stay tuned!