I'm a fan of you

Hi everyone! Here's a fun card that I made with some $1 stamps from Studio G.

I stamped the fan in Versafine ink and heat embossed using clear embossing powder, then colored it with C00, C1 and C3. In the center of the fan is a white pearl I colored with C3 - a fun added touch! Kind of reminds me of those old fans that had the controls in the center.

I used some designer paper from Provo Craft to cut the fishtail banners and then bent them a bit to form a wave blowing in the breeze of the fan, before adhering them behind the fan panel. Gray cardstock is from American Crafts.

I think I'll enter this into the Simon Says Stamp anything goes challenge this week! Thanks for stopping by!

Be creative

Hi everyone! Happy Memorial Day! I had a few minutes to play around with this weeks Mojo Monday sketch and here is what I came up with! It's a real quick CAS one!

Sentiment stamps are from Simon Says Stamp and the bee is from the former Angel Company. I stamped the bee onto vellum and heat embossed it using clear embossing powder, then colored the yellow on the opposite side. It's attached with a mini glue dot.

Hexagon embossing folder from Sizzix used on the sugar cookie cardstock from Bazzill. Black and white gingham ribbon used to hide the seam. Fishtail die is from My Favorite Things. I put a bit of a bend in the fishtail but it's hard to see in the photo.

Thanks for stopping by!

PTI Blog Hop - Anniversary wishes

Hi everyone! I was inspired by one of the many photo's that were posted for this month's PTI blog hop and got to work. Here's the colors that inspired me.

 This is what I did with it.

Stamps are from the Botanical Silhouettes Anniversary stamp set. I stamped the stems in Wild Wasabi from SU and the blooms in Canary ink from Colorbox. I then decided to highlight the flowers using Y38, Y02 and the colorless blender from Copic. I also added some small dots ramdomly around the flowers using a .05 Multiliner pen. Click on the picture for a closer look!

Sentiment is from the PTI set Celebrations. Cardstock used was Spring Moss, lemon tart, black and white all from PTI.

The embossing folder is the lattice folder from Sizzix and lastly tiny black pearls from Kaisercraft used in the corners.

Thanks for dropping by and I'd love to hear your feedback!

Cute as a button

Hi all! Here's another card using this weeks sketch challenge over at Freshly made sketches.

I kept it very CAS. Stamps are from Papertrey, Ink called Button Boutique. I stamped the button in Versamark and then heat embossed using clear embossing powder onto the black cardstock. 

The buttons are chipboard covered with designer paper from the Reflections line at Michaels. Tied some black cording through the eyelets and then popped them up using foam tape. Lime green cardstock is from Bazzill smoothie line.

Thanks for stopping by!

FBW #241 - Butterfly

Hi everyone, since I'm on vacation this week I've had plenty of opportunities to be creative and participate in some sketch challenges.  This is for Flutter by Wednesday's sketch challenge this week. 

Butterfly is an old Stampin Up! stamp that I love to pull out periodically. I stamped it in Versafine then heat embossed withe clear embossing powder. I used Copic markers in Y13, Y17, Y35, Y38 and R17 to color it. Decided to do a bit of fussy cutting and then popped it up using foam tape. The green leaves in the back ground are done using Wild Wasabi ink and PTI's turning a new leaf stamp set.

Designer paper is Bazzill Swiss dots and lasting impressions. Kaisercraft yellow pearls added per the sketch.

Thanks for dropping by!

The deconstructed sketch #101

Hi everyone! This sketch really caught my eye and I decided to give it a go and to use some bold colors for a change!

Designer paper is from Kaisercraft's lilac avenue collection that comes in a 6 x 6 pad.  Sentiment is from Verve. I used the fishtail dies from My Favorite Things and then layered (hand cut) it with black cardstock. Black rhinestones from Kaisercraft added to the bottom right hand corner to finish it off. Card measures 5 x 5.

Thanks for stopping by!

Mojo 294 - flowers

Hello everyone! Here's this weeks Mojo Monday sketch results. I struggled a lot with this one. Clearly my mojo needed some waking up!

Stamps are from Verve. I stamped the flower in Versamark and used some light yellow chalk from Pebbles to highlight it. Designer paper is from Provo craft that I've had forever in my stash. I added the darker yellow lattice border at the last minute. I almost left it off, but since the sketch called for some sort of border here I added it back in.

Spring moss grosgrain ribbon is from RABOM and I colored some white pearls yellow using a Copic Marker. Green and yellow cardstock is from Bazzill.

Thanks for stopping by!