Pink rose

Hi everyone. Playing in the Just Us Girls word challenge today, which is Birthday.

The rose is a die from Memory Box. I used distress ink to color the leaves and popped them back into the cut out. Colored another piece of cardstock with pink inks and taped it on the back. Happy Birthday sentiment is from Winne & Walter.

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Hello

Hi everyone. It's time for another challenge over at Just Us Girls. This week is trend week and we are looking for Multi-step stamping.

Flower layering stamps are from WPlus9 and the hello sentiment is from Winnie & Walter.

I used Fresh pigment inks in Spun Sugar, pink lemonade and butter for each flower. Outline stamped in Versafine, as is the sentiment. I dusted off my small scalloped border die and used it to frame the pink panel in the back ground.

Surely everyone now has perfected this technique with all the really cool stamps that are now available. Why not whip something up and join us this week?
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One layer masculine birthday card

Hi everyone! Joining in on the challenge over at Less is More for their one layer challenge of leaves.

Sentiment stamps are from Winnie and Walter.

Fern is from the former Angle Company. I stamped it repeatedly in Mojito fresh ink onto oatmeal cardstock  from Wplus9.

Kept it clean and simple to uses as a masculine birthday card.

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Knight and princess valentine

Hi everyone. Here is the card I made for my DH for Valentine's Day.

The stamp is from Stamping Bella and I colored them with Copic markers.

I kept this very clean and simple for two reasons. 1) Guys don't like a bunch of stuff on their cards. 2) This cute couple should be show cased just as they are!

I mounted this on a black card base with a simple "love"  valentine sentiment from  Winnie and Walter.

Hope everyone has a wonderful Valentine's Day!

Adding this into the Romance Challenge over at CASology.

Gold on white

Hi everyone! Less is More is celebrating 5 years and the theme this time around is white on white and a bit of metallic accents are acceptable. Here is what I did with it.

Flowers and dies are from Simon Says Stamps. I stamped them in versamark then heat embossed in Hero Arts gold embossing powder.

Sentiment is from Winnie & Walter and also heat embossed in gold.

I had added the leaves that were just cut out of white cardstock but it just didn't look all that good. Finally decided to cover them in versamark and heat emboss them in gold. The stuck them in between the blossoms.

Adding this into the Addicted to CAS code word Bloom challenge too.

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Celebrate

Hello! I've been making cards for the plethora of World Card Making Day challenges that is happening all over blogsville today.  Here is one for CAS(e) this sketch and winnie & walter.

Celebrate sentiment is from Papertrey, Ink and stamped in versamark then heat embossed using gold embossing powder.

The confetti stamp is from savvy stamps. I also stamped it in versamark and heat embossed with gold.

Added it onto a layer of gold metallic cardstock then attached it to a black card base.
  
I like this sketch as it allows for so many CAS possibilities. Winnie & Walter's challenge was to use gold/metallic.


More to come in a later post. Thanks for stopping by!




 

Happy Anniversary

Hi everyone! I found myself wanting to make a clean and simple card today and went with the sketch over at Clean and simple stamping. You can see it here.

Flowers and dies are from Avery Elle. Sentiment is from Winnie & Walter. The houndstooth background stamp is from My Favorite Things. Fresh ink in limeade used on it and MFT colorbox colors in gumdrop green and wild cherry used on the flowers and leaves.  Copic marker in G43 used on the white satin ribbon.

It's bright and festive in real life and I really like how this turned out! Thanks for stopping by!

Hello

Hi everyone! Here is my take on this weeks Less is More challenge. We are to use yellow and green this time around. Flowers anyone?

Dies and flowers stamps are from Avery Elle called Petals and Stems. I used Fresh Ink from Impress Rubber Stamps in Mojito Green and Chamomile to stamp the flowers and leaves and then cut them out using the coordinating dies. 

The banner die is also from Avery Elle called just a note. I cut two and then popped them up using tiny foam squares along the corners and cut to fit using a craft knife.

The "hello" sentiment is from Winnie & Walter and is stamped in the same Mojito green.

That's it, kept it pretty clean and simple. Thanks for stopping by!

Love you mixed media canvas

Hi everyone! Playing around with a 8.5 x 11 canvas and ended up with this mixed media tribute to love.

I started with some newsprint designer paper and a bit of mod podge. After it dried, I added a layer of molding paste. To get the texture, I used the Ranger texture tool. I really like that there are several to choose from on the ring and had fun playing around with them.

Once the molding paste dried I added some color using Faded Jeans and Pickled Raspberry spray stain. I blotted it off here and there to dilute the colors a bit.

The heart cut outs are done using the shakers die from PTI. I cut them out of thin chipboard and painted them. Once dry I stamped the word Love from Winnie and Walter and then heat embossed it.

Roses are from Kaisercraft that I glued on. Leaf dies are from Memory Box and Elizabeth craft designs.

Lastly, I tucked a swirl behind the solid heart and added the silver dragonfly.

I think this is my favorite piece of mixed media so far! Thanks for stopping by and Happy Valentines Day!

ETA: linking this up to the Great Impressions love, love, love challenge.

Hello daffodils

Hello! Showing off a new stamp I just bought from Technique Tuesday using this weeks Freshly Made Sketch. I did alter the sketch just a bit to work with the stamp.

The daffodil is Technique Tuesday Greenhouse Society stamp for January. I really like it because it's just the right size to work with. I stamped it in MFT hybrid black ink and then used Copic's to color.

The leaf back ground is done using peeled paint distress ink and gesso. You basically cover the stamp with distress ink then add a light layer of gesso and stamp. Love the effect.

Hello stamp is from Winnie and Walter and is stamped on some pastel green vellum. I did heat emboss it using clear embossing powder. Cut it out using the stitched fishtail banners from MFT. The Daffodil's are cut out using the rectangle stitched die from Lil' Inkers.  Green cardstock is embossed using the lattice folder.

I know some of you are still under heavy snow, but here we are seeing signs of spring and my daffodils and tulips are starting to peak through the ground. Spring is right around the corner! Thanks for stopping by!

love you

Hi everyone! I just got back from a business trip and wouldn't you know it, I came down with the crud that is currently being passed around! Haven't felt like doing much but sleeping this gunk off! However, did manage to get a clean and simple card made up using this weeks sketch from Freshly Made Sketches.

Also paired it with the current Wednesday challenge over at Simon Say Stamp, have a heart.

Red cardstock is from Lasting Impressions. I paired it with the nice red and white polka dot designer paper from Bazzill. As I'm typing this I see that the Y of the you cut off one of the white polka dots and it's driving me nuts! I should have added an additional one to even things out.

The "love" is a stamp from Winnie and Walter. I ended up heat embossing this with clear embossing powder to give it a little texture. The "You," tag and heart dies are all from Simon Says Stamp.   

Added some different sized black pearls in the lower left hand corner to balance things out.

That's it for now! Back to the Kleenex box and sofa!  Thanks for stopping by!
ETA: adding this to Word Art Wednesday.