FM158 - Puhleeze

Hi everyone. Here is my take on the Friday Mashup for this week which is....to create Cards for Kids.. Big or Small.

Super girl image is from My Favorite Things. I had a wonderful time coloring her.


Copic's used:
Hair - YR21, YR24, E37
Skin - E51, E53
Clothes - R29, R89, B34, B37, Y13, Y18
Ground - C000, C1, C3

The sentiment is from Paper Smooches. Fishtail banner dies are from My Favorite Things. Cardstock comes from PTI except for the yellow which is from Bazzill.

Kept this very clean and simple so that the main image takes center stage and that cool sentiment pops.

Thanks for stopping by and have a fab weekend!

FMS134 - sending my love

Good morning and Happy May Day. Where did April go? Wow, the days are just moving way too fast. Here is my take on this weeks Freshly Made Sketch. Also entering this into the Anything goes challenge at Simon Says Stamps.

I whipped up this clean and simple version within a few minutes last night. First of all, I had the daisy already cut out from the Memory Box die. The yellow cardstock is from Bazzill that I had in my scrap pile that just needed to be cut into a circle.

Stamped the sentiment from Kaisercraft onto the white panel, added the yellow circle and glued the daisies on using dry adhesive. The black and white polka dot strip is fabric tape from the Reflections collection.

I think this card took me about 10 minutes if that and that's because I stamped the sentiment a couple of times to get it right. ;-)

We are forcasted to have a beautiful sunny day here in the Pacific Northwest so I'm heading out to enjoy it. Thanks for stopping by!

PP193 - Congratulations

Hi all! Here is another sketch that caught my eye over the weekend from The Paperplayers #193.

The poppy stamp is from Gina K Designs. I stamped it in Versamark and then heat embossed it using white detail embossing powder. Then I took a white pigment stamp pad and a water brush and painted on a layer of white. After it dried I came back and colored over it with Prismacolor pencils. I also ended up using a paper stump to blend the colors together a bit. You can see the details in the smaller photo.

Tag die is from PTI and so is the congratulations sentiment. I took the picket fence distress marker and drew around the sentiment banner so that it would stand out a bit more.


Green dot designer paper is from Memory Box and the yellow cardstock is from Hot Off The Press.

Yellow gingham ribbon tied onto the tag is from my ribbon stash. I left off the bling in the top right corner on purpose to keep this a bit more CAS.


 Here is the sketch! Thanks for stopping by!

LIM Sketch #12 - Winter wishes

Hi everyone. Here is my take on the sketch over at Simply Less is More.

The funny thing about this sketch is that it's a wonderful clean and simple sketch that had me pretty stumped yesterday.

I finally had that ah ha moment when I was looking at my image stash area. That's the area where I keep images that I've colored or stamped just waiting to be made into a card. I had this mitten pair colored out in red and cut into a circle tapped onto the drawer and when my eyes finally settled on it, the creative juices started flowing.

The mitten stamp is from Verve. It is stamped in Versafine, heat embossed with clear embossing powder then colored with B34 and B37 Copic markers. I fussy cut them apart and popped them up using foam tape.

The snowflakes and sentiment are from Papertrey, Ink. I stamped the snowflakes in white pigment ink and then heat embossed them using white EP. Next, I sponged on some blue ink and then wiped off the excess on the snowflakes with a paper towel. Dark navy cardstock used to layer the circle.

White scrappers floss used to tie the mittens back together. 

Also entering this into the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge - keep it clean and simple.

Thanks for stopping by! Off to clean house and do laundry. Yuk, I'd rather be stamping!

FMS#133 - Thanks for making my day

Hi everyone! What a busy week! Had to fly to San Diego for three days of meetings and that put a crimp in my creative time! Thank goodness for weekends! Here is my take on this weeks FMS #133.

Sentiment stamp is from My Favorite Things.

Designer paper is from Authentique and I used the newest blueprints 14 dies from MFT to cut out the flower, button and leaves.

Yellow bakers twine used to tie the bow and the card base is vintage cream. I did pop up the square panel with foam tape to give this a bit of dimension. 

That's it for now, off to see what else I can create. Thanks for stopping in!

Just because

Hello! I'm sharing a card I'll be sending to my Administrative assistant as a big thanks for all she does for us.

This turned out to be a clean and simple card using the Phlox dies from Memory Box.

I cut out the petals using lavender and purple cardstock from Bazzill. I highlighted the center of each with a bit of white pigment ink before putting it all together. I cut the leaves out using green cardstock from my scrap pile.

To put this all together I just used a Zig glue pen rather than monomulti glue. I just felt it was a little easier to really adhere the glue right where I wanted to with the pen. I just hope it stays!

Sentiment is an old one from the former Angel Company.

That's it for today - thanks for stopping by!

LIM168 - Party Chick!

Hi everyone! It's theme week over at Less is More and this time it's something that "makes you smile."

This little party chick just makes me do that every time I see her. I think its the way she's standing and the look on her face and paired with the sentiment, it just works!

I stamped this Studio G $1 gem with Versafine ink and then heat embossed using clear embossing powder. Colored with Copic's and I also used a Sharpie white paint pen to add the accent to the balloon.

The border's are created using the notebook border die from MFT. I just used the negative cut out instead. Polka dot paper is from PTI.

ETA: Forgot about entering this into SSS Wednesday challenge - Animal antics.

Thanks for stopping by!