thank you

Hi everyone! I had some time this past weekend to get a little bit inky! Here's a card I made using a past sketch (#108) from deconstructing Jen. 

Stamps are from The Stamps of Life. I had to search and destroy through my ink stash for a purple ink that matched the designer paper. Finally ended up going with Iris from Palette ink to stamp the flowers.

Designer paper is from Kaisercraft and the the solid cardstock is from Bazzill. I ran the green panel through the "lines" embossing folder from The Paper Studio to give it some texture.

Label die is from Verve.  Sorry that the picture is dark, but in real life this is very bright and cheerful!

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Shabby Chic

Hi everyone! I have never tried to do a shabby chic card - you know,  the soft distressed romantic look. I'm more of a clean and simple kind of girl. Well, since Verve Diva Dare is tattered pages this month, I decided to give it a try.

I've got to say that I'm very pleased with how it turned out! Click on the picture to get a better look at the distressing!

Card base is rustic cream cardstock from Papetrey, Ink. I cut another piece and took a pair of scissors to the sides to distress it. The sentiment is from Verve and cut out using their awesome tag die! The soft striped designer paper is from the soft serenity collection from Provo Craft that I got years ago!

The leaves are die cut and then distressed with peel paint distress ink. I also used worn lipstick to dye the seam binding that is attached to the tag. Finally I added a double strand of self adhesive pearls to the bottom to bling it up a bit.

What do you think? I'd love to hear if I did justice to this shabby chic card. Thanks for stopping by!

Happy bee-lated Birthday

Hi everyone! Here is my take on this weeks Freshly Made Sketch!

Stamps are from The Craft's Meow. The little bee is colored with a Copic marker and then I added some glossy accents to his little wings. Hard to see in the photo though!

I cut the tag using the LifeStyle Crafts die which also has the tabs on it too. Then I ran it through the Sizzix hexagon embossing folder. I did stamp the squiggle fly line before I embossed it, then was able to put the bee right where I wanted it! Added a layer of black cardstock and then tied on the bakers twine.

Designer paper is from Provo Craft. I really like how this turned out - clean and simple!

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Mojo #303 - Enjoy

Hello! I like to stamp up a bunch of images, color them and then they sit on my desk until creativity sparks to make a card. That was the case with this one and this weeks Mojo sketch fit it perfectly!

The Dahlia is from Flourishes and colored with Copic's. I think yellow is so challenging to shade with when it comes to Copic's. Anyway.....

Designer paper is from Provo Craft, yellow and green cardstock is from Bazzill. I used the Martha Stewart leaf punch to create the leaves. The flower tag is a die from Papertrey, Ink and so is the string, lastly the fishtail die is from My Favorite Things.

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Many thanks

Hi everyone! Here is a card I did a little bit ago but never got around to posting. 

Designer paper is from the Once upon a time collection from DCWV. Tag is cut from the tiny tags die from PTI and stamped with a saying from The Angel Company that is no longer available.

Flower is cut out and colored with spun sugar distress ink and the leaves are colored with broken glass. Leaf die is from Memory Box. I added a bit of distressing around the edges of the flower to give it a bit of definition. Card base is vintage cream.

That's all for today - thanks for stopping in!

Tall Snowman

Hi everyone! I made some time today to play with some new stamps and used one of them on this weeks Freshly Made Sketch #95.

A little more Christmas in July!

Stamp is from Paper Smooches and is colored with Copic's. I used the long rectangle nesties to cut him out. The designer paper is from K&Company.

The snowflake die is one of the new releases from Memory Box. I cut it out using white cardstock but it didn't really show up all that well on the card. So I got out the faded jeans distress dye and colored it blue. The blue bottom was a very lucky match from American Crafts.

I spritzed it with frost shimmer spritz and decided that I needed a close up picture so that you can sorta make it out. It's better in real life!

That it for today! Thanks for stopping by!

Window

Hi everyone! I've been super busy this past week in anticipation of having new Pergo floors installed downstairs. Never realized how much breakable stuff I had to pack up so we could move furniture.

This is a card I did a while ago but never got around to posting. No stamping involved, just a lot of die cuts!

Window, window box and the fern are from Memory Box. Martha Stewart flower punch used for the flowers and also used the dotted scalloped border punch to make the curtains. Gingham designer paper is from My Minds Eye.

I ran a piece of red cardstock through the TH brick embossing folder and then used black soot distress ink to bring out the bricks. I'm not all that happy with them - I think it should be a bit darker. To make the window shine, I used a piece of acetate behind the die cut.

I'm off to put my downstairs back together and downsize on some furniture! If you want to see a photo of the floors, I uploaded one on Facebook. Thanks for stopping by!