Autumn leaves

Hello. Playing in the 500th Freshly Made Sketch challenge today. 

On the main panel in the background I used the leaf stencil from Echo Park Paper and embossed it onto the paper. It's kind of hard to see in the photo, but in real life, it adds a bit more dimension.

The leaf dies are from Simon Says Stamp. I blended some distress ink onto bristol paper then cut them out. I went back and added some black ink directly onto the die and ran them through my die cut machine to give the veins a bit more POP.  Sentiment is from Raisin Boat stamps (sadly no longer around).  The moss green cardstock is from Paper Pizazz. 

As most of you know who follow my blog, I generally play along with Freshly Made Sketch challenges. I was even honored to be a guest designer once. So, I'm super excited for the big #500 and the companies who have generously donated prizes.  Thanks for the awesome sketches and the inspiration from all of the design team over the last decade!

Thanks,

Have a wonderful day

Hello. Playing in the Sunday Stamps sketch challenge today.

I picked up this red rubber stamp at a stamp show years ago. I colored it with TomBow markers and then spritzed it with water to get a watercolor effect. 

Purple and green cardstock is from paper pizazz. Sentiment is from The Ton.  Added self adhesive pearls from Kaiser craft to the centers of the flowers.   

Have a great weekend.

Birthday balloons

Hello. Playing in the Freshly Made Sketch challenge today.

Balloon dies are from Elizabeth Crafts. I cut them out of white cardstock and then blended on some Distress Oxide colors.  Birthday sentiment is from Papertrey, Ink.  Confetti discs are from Pretty Pink Posh, which I decided to add a few just for fun. Background paper is from Paper Pizazz.  Dark Navy cardstock is used as the base for this card and the layers.

Adding this into the Simon Says Stamp challenge of layer it up, as well.


Thanks for stopping in, have a wonderful day!

Ornament

Hi everyone! Here is my take on two challenges today. I really liked the photo inspiration over at Capture the Moment and decided to pair it with this weeks awesome sketch challenge over at FMS.

I mixed a few dies up to create this.

The ornament and bow hanger are from Memory Box. I used some turquoise and silver foiled cardstock from DCWV to cut both layers out.

The top of the ornament is a piece that really goes with a Christmas light bulb. I thought it needed a ornament top holder and decided to be a bit innovative and make one.

The silver like sequins are actually cut out using a berry die that went with a pine bough.

It was a little difficult taking a picture of this in order to get the shine to stand out on the metallic cardstock, so I did the best I could.

Sentiment is from the PTI botanical 3 set.

I hope you all in the States have a wonderful and safe Thanksgiving with family and friends. I am thankful for all you, who take the time out to comment on the cards that I have made throughout this year.

It's the most wonderful

Hello! Whipped this one up to go along with the weeks Mojo Monday Sketch!

Mitten and sentiment stamps are from Verve. I stamped the mittens in Versafine ink and heat embossed using clear embossing powder. Then colored with the R29 Copic marker. I stamped the snowflakes onto the mittens using white craft ink and a small snowflake stamp from my Christmas stamp stash.

Added some tiny black and white pearls from Recollections to the center of the snowflake and next to the sentiment to add some interest.

Designer paper is from Paper Pizazz that I have had in my stash forever! Went with a black border as I couldn't find any darker red that went with the colors in the dp. I added the black circle border at the last minute, and I'm glad I did. It just ties everything together!

Thanks for stopping by!

-Laurie

Fusion #7, CFC130

Hello everyone! Here's my take on three challenges today.

Sketch is from the Fusion #7 challenge.

Designer paper is from the Pintery 6 x 6 paper pad from Hobby Lobby. I stamped the dress form from TAC directly onto the dp and then later came back and added a bit of shading with a Copic marker, being very careful not smudge the black ink.

I used two shades of Retro cardstock from Paper Pizazz to layer the black designer paper, the oval and to make the buttons. I used the plain button die from Papertrey, Ink. I added some DMC black floss to tie little bows onto them. This took me as long to do as it did the whole darn card!

CAS-UAL Fridays challenge is to use an oval and this sketch just happen to have one!

I'm also entering this into the Simon Says Stamps Wednesday anything goes with buttons challenge.

Okay, Mr. Postman just delivered some new stamps so I'm going to go play some more! Have a great weekend and thanks for stopping by!

Happy St. Patricks Day

Hi everyone! Quick post to say Happy St. Pat's and show off a Saturated Canary digi.

She's colored with Copic's.

I also took the same green marker and colored a piece of white satin ribbon to make the ribbon accents on the side. Grass Green pearls from Queen & Co add a little more bling.

Designer paper is from my scrap pile and I think it's from Paper Pizazz.

Have a great day and I'm off to drink some green beer.

Deepest Sympathy

Hi everyone! This weeks Mojo Monday Sketch got me to dust off my oval nesties to create this:

All stamps from Verve. I made the tall leaf from the Abundant Blessings set into a cattail using Memento and Distress markers.

Designer paper is from The Paper Studio called Antiquity and I used brown cardstock from paper Pizazz to layer everything.

To jazz this up a bit I used the amber rhinestones from Kaisercraft along the left top of the oval. It's different, but I kind of like it! What do you think? Sorry for the dark and slightly tilted photo!

Thanks for stopping in!

Just for you - Mojo Monday #287

Hi everyone! I put this together quickly since I already had the flowers stamped and cut out. It's been sitting in my "To Create With" spot on the side of my desk. So, when I saw this sketch this morning...well you know how it goes!

Stamps are from Verve. I colored the flowers with Memento markers and huffed on it to get the image I wanted.

The green and pink cardstock is from Paper Pizazz. The designer paper is from Making Memories that I've had in my paper stash forever. The green rhinestones and the blush pearls are from Kaisercraft. Lime green satin ribbon is from my stash of endless ribbon. I can't believe how well it matched the green cardstock!

Thanks for stopping by!

Ferns

Hello everyone! This card was completed for the Mojo Monday weekly sketch.

Ferns and the sentiment are from Verve. I stamped the fern in Versamark and embossed them using clear embossing powder. Peeled Paint distress ink from Ranger was sponged over the top.

The back ground paper has ferns throughout it (though you can't really tell) and is from Paper Pizazz. The green square designer paper is from my stash and I think it came from Crafters Workshop. Black cardstock used to layer all the squares and the circle. I started off with the sentiment stamped on white cardstock but it was really bright and I changed it to Ivory.

The small gold pearls are from Micheal's reflection line.

Thanks for stopping by! Can you believe that 2010 is almost gone? Where did this year go? Have a Happy and safe New Year!

Crow Country

Hi everyone!

I played along in the inspiration challenge over at SCS yesterday. The site that you were to visit to be inspired by is The Country Porch. There are some very nice things at this site and a lot to inspire you!

Here's what I chose to make a card around. It's these Curtains in the top left hand corner and you'll see the crow that's right under it that also caught my eye.


The designer paper is from Paper Pizazz called Stripes, Checks and Dots. I took a chipboard button and covered it with the same dp. The star is cut from a Sizzix die and colored with a Copic marker and then dots were added using a white gel pen. Added some black pine branch punches to go with the vine and popped it up on the card. I used hemp twine to make the bow on the button.

The crow stamp is from Plum Purdy and the vine is from SU. I have no idea what set it came from as I purchased the individual stamp off of Ebay years ago.

Nestabilities used to cut out the label and the long rectangle.

I had a lot of fun going country when making this card. It's almost CAS but with the dimensionals on the lower left side I think it makes it stand out a bit. What do you think?

TDS showcase showdown

Hello all - it's Wednesday which means another showcase showdown for TDS!

Here's this weeks card!

Toni (owner of The Digi Shack) included this in the Halloween section of older images that she brought back this year! I just love this mask, which is so New Orleans and Mardi Gras but also works well for Halloween too!

I colored it in shade of purple with Copic markers and then added some stickles to bling it up! I just got some Enamel accents from Inkssentials that I bought at Micheal's and used the white to add the dots around the outside edges.

The swirl is a die from sizzix and is cut out using some grunge paper. Next I got out the sparmax compressor and Copic's to spray it purple to match the colors in the image. The I took a white paint pen from Sharpie and added in the white dots. A square nestability was used to cut out the main image and it just so happened to fit right in the swirl!

Designer paper is from Paper Pizazz. Stay tuned for a non-Halloween card with an image from TDS next week! I'm getting a bit tired of Halloween cards..........

Thanks for stopping by and live your day to the fullest!

Birthday Wishes

Hello! I just got some new stamps and was playing around a bit....This is what I ended up with. Not sure I'm feeling it, but it is a different color combo.


I stamped the rose vine and rose in Palette fresh snow ink on the kraft cardstock. Then took a dauber and edged it all around. The die is the mat stack 3 die from PTI. I cut out a circle and stamped the image and placed it right in the center.

The rose's in the lower corners are stamped and then embossed with glacier white embossing powder. Designer paper is from Paper Pizazz and the two self adhesive pearls are from kaisercraft.

All stamps are from The Angel Company. The rose and rose vine are from Pretty Posies, and then sentiment is from Thinking of you.

So, what do you think?

Gladiolus

Hey everyone! Here is my creation for the sketch challenge over on SCS today.

This is the August stamp of the month in the Year of flowers from Papertrey, ink. Sentiment is also from PTI (Delightful Dahlia).

Green cardstock is from Bazzill and the pink designer paper is from Paper Pizazz. Circle and rectangle Nestabilities used to cut out the sentiment and the Gladiolus.

Copic markers used:
R81
R82
R85
G21
G24
and the colorless blender. I also used a yellow stardust pen to highlight the centers of the flowers.

Add a bit of paper piercing to the top left corner for a bit of visual interest. So, what do you think? I like how clean and simple it is!

Thanks for stopping by!

TDS Wednesday

Hello all! Here's my latest creation for The Digi Shack, with a new image from Brian Lock.

Bear is colored with Copic markers. The designer paper is from Paper Pizazz and that great sentiment is from Papertrey, Ink. The die is also from PTI!

Gold self adhesive pearls added to make it a bit more interesting!

The image paired with that great sentiment make this a fun masculine card, don't ya think?

Thanks for stopping by!

Art Deco sketch

Hey everyone!

I participated in the sketch challenge over at Splitcoast stampers today (well, late last night) and this is what I came up with!


All stamps are from The Angel Company - Fly Fairy and Vintage Backgrounds.

The fairy lady is stamped in Memento ink twice and colored with Copic markers. I cut her out and glued her to the white panel and then added another layer of wings, which are popped up using foam tape.

Background is stamped in Versamark and embossed with clear embossing powder. I randomly stamped all the collage elements from both stamp sets, which actually came out pretty good!

The cardstock is from Hot Off The Press - paper pizazz. It's their 8 x 8 cardstock for Princess collection that has so many wonderful jewel colored papers in it.

So, what do you think? This is really not my style of stamping, but decided to try something different. I think I like how this turned out.

Have a wonderful day!

All the coffee...

Here's a sneak peak from The Digi Shack that will be available on August 7th.

Image is from Brian Lock and colored with Copic Markers. The sentiment is from The Angel Company!

I used the deckled rectangle nestabilities to cut out both the image and sentiment, then went back and sponged on some vintage photo distress ink with a dauber. I did emboss first and left them both in the die to get he sponged effect.

Kraft cardstock is the base of the card and the designer pink paper is from Paper Pizazz. Blue cardstock is from American Crafts. Of course I had to add some bling - amber colored rhinestones from Kaisercraft! So, what do you think?

Again, TDS will be hosting Digi Day over at SNR on August 7th from 6 -8 PM EST.. By the way, TDS has found a cool new site - CDAC and you can find the link here.

Have a great weekend!