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.

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Yellow flower bunch

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When I saw the week three Viva La Verve sketch over at SCS, I knew I had to play around with it. Think lots of designer paper!

The flower stamp is from the set Wild for You from The Angel Co. I used distress markers to color directly on the stamp and then huffed on it. The center of the flowers are blinged out with a tiny self adhesive pearls from Kaisercraft.

The designer paper is from and old 6 x 6 pack from Making Memories. Blue cardstock is from American Crafts. White satin ribbon is used for the string.

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Birthday Poppies

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Happy Friday the 13th! Here's a card that took a few days in the making due to me not knowing what I really wanted to do for the back ground. Trial and error later.....

The poppy stamp is from Gina K Designs Hello sunshine stamp TV kit. I colored the stamp with a marker and misted it with water to create a water color effect. Sentiment stamp is from Papertrey, Ink.

The lighter blue in the back ground was done using a piece of copy paper, ranger distress ink in Stormy Sky and white acrylic paint. I cut the copy paper to size and used the ink pad to swipe across the paper to get an even coverage. Let dry and then I mixed up some white acrylic paint with water and gave it a white wash. I did this same technique using vellum but it kept curling, hence the days in the making comment.

Designer paper and red cardstock is from PTI. I used one of the half and half dies also from PTI to cut the red cs.

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Buttons and Ribbon Challenge

Hi there! We have a buttons and ribbon challenge going on over at Victorine Originals.

Here is what I came up with.

Sentiment is from Victorine Originals. I've had these cupcake buttons in my stash and decided that it would be a fun focal point for this card and challenge.

I tied on a bit of scrappers floss to the green one after I colored it green with a Copic marker that matched the "frosting" on the cupcake.

Pink satin and organdy ribbon used for the challenge. Bow tied with the bow easy.

Thanks for stopping by! Don't forget to join us in the challenge for a chance to win free stamps! Here is the link!

Mojo 248 - Wishing

Hi everyone! Had a few minutes to play around with this weeks Mojo Monday sketch this morning.  Here's what I came up with.

Stamps are from the Verve set Kind Words. I used Marvy markers to color directly on the stamp and then spritzed with water to get the water color effect. A little dot of liquid pearls in lemon yellow used for the flower centers.

Blue and white cardstock is from Papertrey. Ink and the gingham designer paper is from A*Muse and was bought at my local stamp store before they went private. Yellow cs is from Bazzill. Pearls are from Queen & Co.

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Black and white

Hi everyone! The sun is out and the temperature outside is starting to feel like summer! WooHoo! Here is one of the last cards I made using the new Hello Sunshine Stamp TV kit from Gina K.

The flower is stamped in Colorbox White pigment ink onto black cardstock. I used a die from Memory box to create the white scalloped border and glued it onto the flower panel.

The black and white gingham paper was purchased at my local stamp store. I cut it so that you can see the white cardstock I used for the base of the card.  White satin ribbon used to create the bow, which was made using the Bow Easy.

I love the classic look of this card! What do you think?

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Celebrate

Hi everyone! Happy Independence Day! Here's a CAS card to celebrate the holiday!

Stamps are from Papertrey, Ink as is the banner die I used to cut out the linen triangles.

Ranger distress dyes were used to color the linen in fired brick and faded jeans. I doubled them up for a bit of dimension and added some bling across the top, using rhinestones from Kaisercraft.

Designer paper is also from PTI.

I hope you all have a happy and safe 4th of July!