with all my love!

Hi everyone! Here is my take on this weeks Freshly Made Sketch which is also paired with this weeks Wednesday Challenge of have a heart over at Simon Says Stamp.

I turned the sketch sideways and made the main panel a bit bigger to accommodate the stamp I used.

Stamp is an oldie but a goody from
Great Impressions. I stamped it in versafine ink, heat embossed using clear and then colored it using Copic's.

Sentiment is from Technique Tuesday and the fishtail banner dies are from My Favorite Things. Kept this very clean and simple for use as a masculine card.

Also adding this into the color challenge over at Repeat impressions, too.

ETA: I'm adding this into The Friday Mashup! as well.

Thanks for stopping by!

Hang in there

Hi all! Here is my card using two challenges today. They worked really well together, so it was easy to combine them.

At Less is more it is lucky dip week and they want us to create something "down under" in honor of guest designer Kylie who is from Australia.

At the Friday Mashup they want us to use a monkey or zoo animal. Well, I dug through all my stamps and finally found the set I was looking for from the former Angel Company called Wild Animals.

The sentiment is also from TAC but from another set entirely, but it goes very well with this. I did fussy cut the monkey out as he is originally on a tag.

Leaves colored with Copic markers using G93 and G99. Monkey is done using E30, E31, E35 and E37. I also cut up some foam tape and adhered it to the back so that I could pop him up.

ETA: entering this into SSS anything goes Wednesday challenge.
ETA: entering this into the Crazy 4 Challenges down under challenge.

That is it for today. Thanks for dropping in!

Happy New Year

Hello everyone! I hope that all your Christmas wishes for crafy things came through! Here is my take a few challenges today.

Picture is not one of my best as it's early morning and kind of dreary out and PSE couldn't lighten it up any more than this. Kept this clean and simple and in real life it is very sparkly.

Happy is a die that is cut out of black cardstock that is backed with Stick it! adhesive.

The gold glitter band is done using two sided sticky back tape and glitter.

New year sentiment is from WPlus9 and the silver stickers are those peel off stickers that were all the rage a couple of years ago. I have tons of them in my stash.


Well, that is all for today. This will be entered into the following challenges:
Simon Says Stamp - Make it sparkle
The Friday Mashup - ring in the new year
Sunday Stamps - sketch

I hope each and everyone one of you have a very Merry Christmas. Thanks for stopping in and know that I truly appreciate all of you who take the time to comment, it means a lot!

Thanks

Hello - wow, two posts in one day. Multi-tasking is a wonderful thing sometimes.  Here's my take on The Friday Mashup this week.

I changed things up a bit and departed from my usual clean and simple stamping style. In other words, there is a lot of designer paper on this one and no stamping. It's from Papetrey, Ink and it's out of there fall collection that they had a while ago.

Acorn is a die from Lil' Inker Designs. I cut it from basic white cardstock and then added some distress inks.  It's popped up on top of the stitched circle using foam tape.

The "thanks" die is cut out three times and layered one on top of each other for some added dimension. I used the Stick it! adhesive to make this easy peasy.

Card base and circles are rustic white cardstock from PTI.

Thanks for looking and would really enjoy hearing some feedback on my departure from CAS.

Silhouette sympathy card

Hi everyone! I combined a few challenges today with this sympathy card. It's another sympathy card for the Just Us Girls word challenge.

Flower silhouette and sentiment are from My Favorite Things. The Dragonfly is from Impression Obsession that I've surgically altered.

I used jewel toned water colors to create the back ground based upon the Less Is More color challenge.  The Friday Mashup! also wanted some color in the back ground to go with a silhouette. Done on both accounts.

I added three black rhinestones below the sentiment to add a bit of interest and dimension. The panel is cut out with the largest stitched rectangle die from MFT. I ended up layering it in black so that it would stand out a bit more on the white card base. It's also popped up with foam tape.

That's it for today. Off to finish the Cinderella chores. Thanks for stopping by!

Fall birthday card

Hi everyone! Here is a card I put together following the sketch challenge over at The Paper Players. This also works for the Friday Mashup! and Sugarpea Designs falling for you challenge. Whew!

Pumpkin/crow stamp is from Plum Purdy and colored with Copic's. I did heat set this with clear embossing powder prior to coloring.

Black and white gingham designer paper is from A*Muse Studio. I also paired it with the stitched scalloped border die from Pretty Pink Posh.

I made the frame using larger sizes of rectangle nesties so that it would just a bit different. I started with a white one and switched to black as it stood out more and framed the main image well.

Button from American Crafts and paired it with some waxed twine tied into a triple bow. All cardstock is from PTI.

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

Binoculars

Hi all! Just saw the challenge posted at the Friday Mashup and had to play along. I went with the hunting theme.

I've had this stamp from AI for a number of years and I think I've only used it twice. It also comes with a back stamp that shows a gun and his fabulous backside. (giggling)

I just crack up every time I see him because he reminds me of so many men I know.

Colored with Copic's and also added some glossy accents to the binoculars. Ran a piece of kraft cardstock through the wood grain embossing folder from Sizzix and then highlight it with some kraft dye ink from PTI.

I sorta combined the two colors of wild wasabi and Marine into the teal of his plaid shirt. But got the espresso in, no problem.

Thanks for stopping by!

Stencilling

Hi everyone. Less is More and The Friday Mashup are hosting challenges that have to do with stencilling. Here is what I came up with!

The stencil is from Penny Black and I used pan pastels to color it in. Yellow and red are combined to get the bright orange color for the poppies.

Stitched border is done using a Lil Inker Designs die and the "hello" sentiment is from MFT. I die cut the stitches first then placed the stencil over the cardstock and went to town. This is a one layer card and has lots of white space.  This second one, is a bit different.

I used a Memory box die and created my own stencils with a bit of left over acetate. Then I got out some modeling paste and slopped it on some watercolor paper.  Once dried I added color using water color paints. I did stamp the sentiments from Simon Says Stamps prior to adding the blue. I love the texture on this one but it's not my favorite, so I created the top one while I was at it.

ETA: adding this into the AAA Cards challenge of paste and/or stencils.

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

Good things....

Hi everyone! I had an opportunity to play around with a few challenges last night. Verve has a eat me, drink me inspiration challenge that was the basis for the start of my card.

All stamps and dies are from Verve.

Cupcakes are colored with Copic's and the middle one is popped up using a foam square.

To get the ombre effect on the cardstock I got out my air compressor and airbrushed with a Ciao marker. Which means that I had to manipulate it a bit with some foam squares to get it to fit into the air gun.

Stitched dies are from My Favorite Things and the stitched banner die (black cardstock) is from Simon Says Stamp.

This card is for the following challenges:
Verve Eat me, Drink me June challenge
Simon Says Stamp - make it masculine
The Friday Mashup - ombre