Thinking of you

Hello! Welcome to another challenge over at The Flower Challenge blog.  We want you to use gold this month - here is the card I created.

I used copic markers on this Pink Fresh rose image after heat embossing in gold. I also used the coordinating dies to cut it out and pop it up on my card. The sentiment is from Purple Onion Designs and it is also heat embossed with gold.

Here is the cue card for this month’s challenge.

Link up here and thanks for stopping by! 

Holiday stenciling

Hi all. Playing along with the 30 day coloring challenge today. I'm behind a couple of days, I think. But here is my take on the challenge using stencils.

I used the newest stencil from Pretty Pink Posh and distress inks. I did break out my cosmetic brushes to color this. I ended up masking off the circles/berries and coming back and doing them after the leaves. I created the vellum band and heat embossed the season greetings using platinum embossing powder from Hero Arts. The sentiment is from Purple Onion Designs.

CAS Happy Birthday

Hello! Playing in the Addicted to CAS challenge today. Code word is Florals.

Flower stamps are from Purple Onion Designs. I used markers to color these directly onto the stamps and huffed on them to reactivate the ink. Added some black dots for the flower centers and a bit of interest. Sentiment is from Papertrey, Ink, bigger blooms.

Black cardbase and rustic cream cardstock is also from PTI.

Photo challenge #390 Just Us Girls

Hello. It's photo week over at Just Us Girls. This photo has so many possibilities!!

I decided to go with some texture that I picked up from the photo.


Liked the rug design
The tweed couch was pretty cool
Liked the vase - it has texture
Flowers  - add a bit of color

I tried so many times to add some color to the embossing folder by adding ink directly to it once I ran it through my die cutting machine. Inked it up before and after and didn't like any of the results, so I went with adding a bit of yellow (found in the rug) as a back ground layer.

Used Iced Spruce Oxide ink on the linen back ground stamp from Stampin Up! and layered it with black.

Flower stamp is from Purple Onion. I stamped it in colors matching the photo and heat embossed them in clear. Added them onto the top of the vase using foam tape.

That vase came from Papertrey, Ink and I fussy cut it out, ran it through an embossing folder and popped it up on the card.

Ok, that's it for today. Thanks for stopping by.
 

Kindness

Hello. Here is my take on this weeks Freshly Made Sketch.

Stamps are from Purple Onion Designs and I used Memento markers to color directly on them, then activated the ink by huffing on it.

Added a bit of definition to the layers by using a stitched line die. Sentiment is from Hero Arts.

That's it for today - clean and simple, short and sweet.

 See you soon!

Birthday wishes

Hello. Here is my take on this weeks Freshly Made Sketch.

I used stamps from Purple Onion Designs and memento markers to create the scene.

Vertical greeting is from Gina K Designs.

Dug up some pink cardstock to match the memento marker to create the side panels and layer behind main panel. Lastly, added some black dots to the flower centers with a black soot distress marker.

Pretty quick and simple, which was a bonus during my busy day today!















 Thanks for stopping by, see you soon!

Celebrate

Hi everyone. I've been cleaning and organizing the craft room and decided to take a break and create something.

Wine glasses are from Purple Onion Stamps and I paper pieced the gold into the glasses to mimic champagne.

Celebrate die is from Sugar Pea Designs. I was going to cut out the celebrate using gold mirror cardstock. However, when I went into my specialty cardstock drawer I came across this yummy gold sparkly velum and decided to use that instead.

Stitched frame die is from My Favorite Things.

Challenges:
Cas-ual Fridays
CASology
Simon Says Stamps - Anything goes

 I hope everyone has a safe and prosperous New Year!     

Happy Anniversary

Hi everyone! I hope the Holidays were good to everyone! I know they were to me. =) Here is a card I made a while ago but never got around to posting.

The daisy peeking behind the fishtail banner is from Purple Onion Designs. I stamped it in white and then heat embossed it with white powder to get it to stand out. Added three tiny black self adhesive pearls for the center.

Little tag and sentiment is from Papertrey, Ink. Colored the white satin ribbon with a Copic marker to match the designer paper. Which I'm not quite sure who it makes it. Added some black scrappers floss and twirled it around my pick to get it to curl.

Fishtail stitched banner die is from My Favorite Things.

That's all for today. I'm going to try to get back to organizing and cleaning up my craft room. But you know what will happen, I'll find something I forgot I had and then stop to make something. It'll be a slow process.

Anniversary card

Hi everyone! Merry Christmas!!! I've been tinkering around in the craft room while the turkey is the oven and the family is snoozing. I really liked this sketch from Paper Craft Crew Challenge that I saw and clicked on while surfing Pinterest.  It doesn't have any SU products or stamps on it, but the challenge rules state that I can still play along! Yea!

This actually has very limited stamping on it. The sentiment is from the Mixed Messages set from Papertrey, Ink. The flower that is stamped on the half circle is from Purple onion designs. I stamped it in Versamark and then heat embossed it with white detail embossing powder. Tiny black pearls and adhered to the flower center to make it stand out a bit more.

The designer paper is from the Renew collection from Authentique. I used the cool shadow Copic marker to color the white satin ribbon and then used the bow easy to tie it into a tiny bow. That is black scrappers floss behind it twirled up using my piercing tool.

Dies used are from My Favorite Things and the tiny tag is from Paper Smooches. I went with a normal A2 card with the sketch instead of a square.

Happy in pink

Hi everyone! Just a quick post to show case some new stamps and dies on a clean and simple card.

The big Happy and the birthday sentiments are stamps from Mama Elephant. I got the Happy word die to go with this too! Can't wait to use it.

The fishtail dies are from My Favorite Things. The white one is from the latest blueprints set and the other is the smallest stitched die, which happened to work pretty good as a layer beneath the white one.

Flower stamp is from Purple Onion Designs. It's stamped in Sugar and Pink Lemonade Fresh Ink from Impress Rubber Stamps.

I made the pink flower centers and the black dot by baking pony beads in the oven. I have so many colors to play with now.

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

Stencil texture

Hi everyone! I've been out of town in business meeting the last three days and didn't have time to schedule any posts for when I was gone! Now that I'm home, I wanted to post a card that I created using a stencil from Crafter's Workshop.

The stencil is barbed wire and I used a light molding paste made by Golden to add texture. I picked this up at a local art store but I think you can get it at M's, J's or even Hobby Lobby. I love this brand because it's like using a very light frosting - very fluffy and easy to work with.

I let it dry for about 15 minutes and then dusted it with Perfect Pearls. I've also used other mediums to color the white molding paste with wonderful results. Once I go the color where I wanted it I fussy cut around the edges and then attached it to a card base.

Flowers are from Oriental Trading Co. and I die cut the leaves out using dies from Memory Box. Brads are white but colored with a Copic marker to make them a light yellow. Sentiment is from Purple Onion Designs.

Well, it's Superbowl weekend and us Washingtonians are getting jazzed up to root on the Seahawks! Wish us luck! Go Hawks!

Wishing you all the best

Greetings all! I made this card a while ago and it's been sitting in my "to post" folder. Thought it was about time I showed it.

Flower stamps are from Papertrey, Ink and I colored just the center with Copic's. Sentiment is from Purple Onion stamps. I really love the font they used on it, looks just like someone's great handwriting.

Kraft cardstock and designer paper is also from PTI. Added a bit of twine on the right side for some interest and done! The sentiment panel is popped up with foam tape.

Thanks for stopping by!

Hi everyone! I hope this finds you all being crafty or looking for inspiration to become so!  I stamped the main image a while ago and it sat on my work space just waiting for me to make up my mind how I wanted to use it.

This is what I ended up with! Flower stamp is from Gina K Designs and the sentiment is from Purple Onion.

The flowers are colored on the stamp and then misted with water to create the watercolor effect. I used Memento summer sky blue ink to sponge around them. To create the layer on top of the circle I just used the two closest nestie circles and cut out the thin distance between them.

Border die is Tessatina from Memory Box. I added some self adhesive pearls to the center of the die cut out to match the flower centers. I used Wacky Tac from KandCompany to adhere to border and the circle layer.

Gingham bow is created using the Bow Easy.

Thanks for stopping by!

Wishing you

Hello everyone! Decided to try and create a masculine card today. This is what I came up with. I got a lot of use out of my cuttlebug and dies on this card!

Leaf branches are stamped in Palette Jardin Moss onto ivory cardstock. It appears that I'm fond of the color green as I have a boat load of Bazzill cardstock in many shades! Used a few of them here!

Designer paper has been sitting in my scraps file for a while and I have no idea who made it. Grosgrain ribbon in spring green from Ribbons and Bows Oh My used to hide the seam. This color of ribbon is my go to ribbon when ever I need green.

The self adhesive pearls were added at the last minute to add some interest.

Thanks for dropping by - I think this card can be used for a guy or a girl easily! Don't you?




Supplies:
Stamps - Gina K Designs - Hello Sunshine
Sentiment stamp - Purple Onion - Wine shop
Self Adhesive Pearls - Queen & Co.
Cardstock - Ivory from PTI, Greens are from Bazzill
Ribbon - RABOM
Spellbinders labels and long rectangle
PTI edger die

Great Birthday

Hello everyone! I'm off in the woods camping right now! I hope to have lots of good pictures to share with everyone when I return.

The cranberry back ground is created using vellum, versamark, clear embossing powder and cranberry alcohol ink.

I stamped the solid flower randomly all over the vellum using versamark and clear embossing powder was applied. The cranberry alcohol ink was applied with the adapter and softened a bit with the blending solution. Next I took my iron (no steam) and removed the clear embossing powder.

The same solid flower is stamped in spun sugar distress ink, then I stamped the sentiment over the top. The lattice embossing folder was used on the white cardstock and I added some cranberry satin ribbon to hide the seam. Bow tied with the bow easy.

Thanks for stopping by!




Supplies:
Flower stamp - PTI - pretty peonies
Sentiment stamp - Purple Onion  - wine shop
Vellum and white cardstock - PTI
Spellbinders circle nestabilities
Ranger Distress ink in spun sugar and Archival ink in jet black

Mojo 253 - Hi there!

Happy Tuesday! Here's my take on Mojo Monday #253.

 I struggled finding the right designer paper to work with this one! Nothing was working right!

Wine glass stamp is from Purple Onion and colored with Copic markers. The sentiment is from the Wordy Bird stamp set from Verve.

I ended up going with paper from Hot Off The Press and changing the bow to the top. Black rhinestones are from Kaisercraft.

Rustic white cardstock from PTI was used in front of the black card base. Spellbinders circle nesties used to cut out the wine glass and add the layers all around.

Thanks for stopping by! I'd enjoy hearing/reading what you think of this one!