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!

Walk in the woods

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

The tree and sentiment are from Technique Tuesday. I used Hero Arts Field green on the tree's and used a distress marker for the ground and trunks.

Plaid back ground stamp is from Carta Bella. Fresh pigment ink in Mojito used on kraft cardstock.

Added a bit of twine to the right side to add a bit of interest to this masculine card.

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Repeat Impressions - Designers Choice Challenge

Hi everyone! We have a challenge going on over at Repeat Impressions, The House that Stamps Built called designer choice. Deonna has challenged us to use two or more stamps this week. Here is what I did with it.

I used Distress markers to color up the collage woods stamp and then lightly spritzed it with water. I got lucky on the first try and it came out pretty clear.

I used the wood embossing folder from Tim Holtz to emboss the kraft cardstock and the fishtail banners from My Favorite Things to highlight the main image and sentiment. The sentiment is 3109 on the RI site.

My DH saw this card and immediately said he wanted it because of how masculine outdoorsy it was. Go figure?

That's it for today. Don't forget to play in the challenge for a chance to win a gift certificate to Repeat Impressions.

And now it’s your turn!

We hope you will create a card that has a focus on the DCC theme, ‘Use 2 or more stamps', and enter it in our challenge at The House that Stamps Built!  Remember, your creation does not have to be made with Repeat Impressions stamps, but if you would like to include our designs we would love to see them! 

Check out the rest of the Rock Star's creations below.

Heather

Patti

Joy

Cheri

Kathy

Shirley

Deonna

Also adding this into the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge of Father's Day/For a guy.
ETA: Adding this into the following challenges.
Word Art Wednesday
www.wordartwednesday.blogspot.com
CropStop
www.cropstop.com/blog
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Serenity

Hi everyone! Here is my take on The Less is More color challenge of using earth tones.

The main panel is done using distress inks, water and a acrylic block on water color paper.

I randomly stamped distress ink pads onto the acrylic block, spritzed with water and dragged the paper through. Then I used a linen background stamp with distress ink in pumice stone while the paper was still wet. This produced a mottled effect that I thought was pretty cool. I used my heat gun to dry it before stamping the leaf stems.

Leaf stamp is from PTI called turning a new leaf. I colored directly onto the stamp with distress markers and then spritzed them with water to continue with the watercolor effect.

The french script stamp is from Inkadinkado and is stamped twice (overlapping a little) in white and then heat embossed in fine detail white.

To finish this off, I layered it onto dark green cardstock and added a yellow organza ribbon, the attached it to an ivory card base. The title of this post came about while looking at the finished card, it just seamed calm and peaceful to me. What do you think?

Recycled

Hi everyone! Happy 4th of July to all my American readers out there! Today's card is for two challenges. I used the Less is More recipe challenge of using something recycled and loosely followed the Freshly Made Sketch for this week.

The recycled item is the blue and white striped ribbon. It came off of a card that was attached to a pair of Docker's pants, that I had saved.

The sweet pea stamp and sentiment is from There She Goes which is no longer in business.

I used Distress markers in Victorian velvet, Fired brick and Tumbled glass to water color the sweet peas. I also used the tumbled glass to color the die cut out in the back ground which is from Savvy stamps.

Added a slight bit of color down the left side of the card base too. The pink layer is watercolor paper that was sponged with Victorian velvet distress ink.

Have a great weekend everyone! It sure will be nice to spend three days off enjoying the Holiday!

Also included this card in this Friday's Mashup FM167.

LIM #172 theme - flowers

Hi everyone! Up with the birds on this fine Sunday and had a chance to whip up a card for this weeks flower theme challenge over at Less is more.

Flower stamp is a two step set from Rubberneckers. I used distress markers and spritzed with water to get the water color effect. Sentiment is from Verve.

I just picked up this wonderful burlap border die from Cherry Lynn Designs. It reminds me more of magic mesh than burlap though. I cut it out of white cardstock and then used scattered straw distress dye to color it. To get it to stick I used dry adhesive called wacky tack from K&Company. I think I'll try using a glue stick next time so that it will adhere better. 

Well, I'm off to hop around some blogs to see what everyone else has been creating. Have a creative day and thanks for stopping in!

ETA: Just saw that the Paper Players have a CAS flower challenge as well - so added this to it.

Mojo344 - Birthday wishes

Hi everyone! Here is my card for this weeks Mojo Monday #344. I'm also playing in the Verve Diva Dare which is to have petals and wings on your card.

All stamps are from Verve. Flowers are colored with Copic markers and then I used the picket fence white distress marker to go over the centers to brighten it up. I like the effect it gave the flowers.

Yes, my butterfly stands out a bit and it's also colored with copics. I fussy cut it out and then added the antena back on using craft wire.

Designer paper is from Fancy Pants and I used some cording to make the flag pole. White and black cardstock is from PTI.

Thanks for stopping by!

Papertrey September Blog Hop Challenge - Wreaths x2

Hi everyone! I had a little time and decided to make a card for this month's PTI blog hop, wreaths. In fact, I made two! Had a bit of inspiration on the first card below.

I used one of the new Poppy stamps die to create the wreath. I first cut a circle inside a circle with a circle nestie and then cut the leaves off and glued them onto the circle. I added a few pieces of foam tape on the back to give it a bit of dimension. The berries are made with a hole punch. I colored a length of white satin mini ribbon with a Copic red marker for the bow. Added the sentiment from PTI and then popped it up on a rustic cream card base.

This second card was actually the first one I made, but thought it was a little too blah!

I used the Wreath for all season stamp set from PTI and stamped the grape vine wreath and the sentiment in Versafine Vintage Sepia ink. The berries were added by hand using the fired brick distress marker.

Lastly, I added a few lines of embossing along the perimeter and then popped it onto a brown card base. Definitely clean and simple!

Which one do you like best?

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!

Texture

Hello and all the best! Here is a card that came about because of a challenge a while ago about texture.The handmade paper, jute and linen used was my "texture."

The hand made paper is something I picked up in a scrap booking store about 5 years ago and  I've been hoarding it ever since. I layered it with brown card stock to bring out the dark twine in the center. Jute is used to tie on the charm and sentiment tag.

I cut the small heart out of linen and colored it with a teal copic marker. Then I white washed it using the picket fence distress marker. The sentiment tag is also cut out of linen and distressed using vintage photo distress ink. That cool safety pin is another thing that I've been saving for a long time too!

Thanks for stopping by!




Supplies:
Linen
Die from PTI for the heart and tag
Jute
Kraft cardstock
Latice border punch from MS crafts
Ivory cardstock
Stamps - PTI
Teal cardstock - Hot Off The Press

Fall card

Hi everyone! Long time no post! My day job has been very hectic lately!  I used the weekly sketch from My Favorite Things for this card.

I colored the stamp using distress markers and then spritzed with water to get this blended water color look. When choosing the papers for the back ground I first wanted to go with yellows and orange, but nothing seem to grab me. Ended up going with greens (always a staple with me) and things worked a lot better. So, this actually is an "early" fall card. Hehe!




Supplies:
Leaf branch stamp is from Memory Box and the sentiment is from Papertrey, Ink.
Distress markers
Designer paper - DCWV
Green cardstock - Bazzill
Beige cardstock - HOTP
Gold buttons - American Crafts
Sentiment is cut out with a die from Verve

Cased

Hi everyone! I cased this card off of a picture on Pinterest. Changed up the stamps and added a sentiment panel, but used the same color combo. You can find the original card from Kitty here.

Background stamp is from The Angel Company and is stamped in Peeled paint distress ink. The leaf stamp is from K&Company called lotus floral stamps and stamped in Forest Moss distress ink. the flower stamp is from Inkadinkado and I used worn lipstick distress marker and misted with watercolor to get the effects.

Sentiment stamp is from Papertrey, Ink. Small self adhesive gold pearls from Reflections were added to both ends of the panel.

Pink Cardstock is from Hot Off The Press and the green is from Gina K Designs. I used antique linen to sponge around the perimeter of the white panel.

Thanks for stopping by! Have a great weekend!

Get well soon

Decided to play around with week 2 Viva La Verve sketch over at SCS. Here's what I came up with.

Flower stamp is from Verve and water colored onto WC paper using distress markers and lots of water. I did use Versamark ink and clear embossing powder to heat "set" the flowers before colroing and spritzing with water.  Designer paper is from DCWV and the kraft packing paper is something that I recycled which I love the texture of. This whole card is a lesson in textures. 

The yellow back ground is done using a embossing plate from PTI and then dusting with wild honey distress ink with a sweeper brush to get the color I wanted. Sentiment stamp is from Kaisercraft.

Thanks for stopping by!