Oh Nuts!

Hi everyone! Happy World Card Making Day! Here's another CAS card that can be used for just about anyone.

The acorn die and sentiment stamp is from Lil' Inker Designs. I used cardstock from Hot Off The Press for the body of the acorn and the dark brown back ground. The cardstock for the top of the acorn is from Bazzill.

The designer paper is from Papertrey Ink and I used French Roast ink from A*Muse Studio to sponge around the edges for a distressed look. The same ink was used to stamp the sentiment. Ivory used as the card base. Gold pearls are from Reflections which you can get at Micheal's. Inside the card it says, "I forgot your Birthday."

What are you doing/making for World Card Making Day?

Dry Brushing technique

Hi all. I decided to play along with the Make it Monday challenge over at Capture the Moment. This week they showcased a new (to me) technique called dry brushing. Here's my card.

Yes, I know it's Friday and this is a Make It Monday challenge, but decided to try it anyway! I brushed on white acrylic paint onto light green cardstock from Bazzill very lightly as I was going for the subtle look. Then I stamped on the leaf vine in Palette Fresh Snow, however it just got lost. So, I ended up adding some white embossing powder to it and heat embossed. Now you can see it. :-)

I'm not really sure if I'm satisfied with my choice of green ink for the main image. I was really going for a monochromatic match with the cardstock but in all my choices of green ink, this is the only one that came close.

Spellbinders nesties used for the rectangle and the lacey border and the pearls are from Queen and Co. Decided to pop up the main image with foam tape and make everything stand out with the black cardstock.

Stamps are from the Beyond Basic Borders from PTI. Thanks for stopping in and you can find the technique video of this Make It Monday challenge over at Nicole's blog.

Celebrate distressing

Hi everyone! I decided to participate in the Make it Monday challenge #5 over at Capture the Moment. This week it's all about distressed edges. Here's my card.

Kraft, black and creme card stock were the colors I chose to make this masculine card. Images are stamped in Fresh Snow Palette ink. Both the main and side panels edges were distressed using a pair of scissors.

Black grosgrain ribbon and black self adhesive pearls added to dress up the card a bit. Hopefully its not too fussy for a guy! You know how they don't like ribbon! (wink wink)

All stamps are from Papertrey ink. Leaf stem and sentiment are from the Life set and the swirl is from the Mat Stack 1 collection.

Thanks for stopping by!

Thankful am I

Hello everyone! Here's a card I did for the PTI Make it Monday's challenge. This card features the emboss resist technique.

Stamps are from The Angel Company; Vintage Background and Happly Grateful.

I stamped the background stamp in Palette landscape ink onto the white cardstock. Used an embossing buddy over the stamped image and then using Versamark ink, stamped the leaf print and embossed with clear embossing powder.

Using Palette Landscape and Jardin Moss I sponged around the embossed image using a dauber. I also went around the edges with the Jardin Moss ink.

The corners were rounded on the green carstock (Bazzill) and the image panel using the Zutter corner rounder. Sentiment is stamped in Palette Noir and layered with dark green cardstock (Bazzill). Added the gold self adhesive pearls in the corners after popping up the sentiment panel with foam tape.

Just a clean and simple Thank you card for any occasion! What do you think?

Thanks for stopping by!