Autumn CAS one layer birthday card

Hello! It's one layer time over at Less Is More and our theme this week was autumn colors. Here is what I did with it, twice.

Stamp is called Birch Branch Print from Memory Box. I colored it with the following Zig Kuretake real brush markers.

002 Carmine Red
052 Bright Yellow
050 Yellow
072 Beige

I colored directly onto the stamp then spritzed it with water. Absolutely love these markers!

Birthday sentiment is from Papertrey, Ink.  Not sure which version I prefer, what is your favorite?

Holiday cheer

Hi everyone! I just got these dies and stamps in the mail from Paper Smooches and had to play with them using the challenge over at Simon Says Stamps. The want a clean and simple Christmas card and this fits the bill.

I used some Stick it! adhesive on the back of silver foil cardstock when cutting these out. Sponged on the ink colors using a finger dauber and then stamped the sentiment, which is also from Paper Smooches.

I initially used a piece of post it note tape to mask the bulb, but it left a line that I wasn't liking. Went back and added more ink and the now I'm not too happy with the green and red bulbs. Isn't it funny how picky we can be with our own work?

OK, at this point it is what it is. Thanks for stopping by!

Eeek! Little dracula

Hello! The Paper Players is having a theme challenge and this time around it's Halloween. Here is what I did with it.

This is a digi stamp from Sassy Cheryl that I've had for a bit. I just love this little guy and he is so fun to color.

Below you will find the Copic markers I used to color him. I have a mixture of Ciao and sketch markers. The blue is 93,95, and 97. The red is lipstick red. I used Gina K's 80# cardstock this time around instead of the X-press it blending paper.

Designer paper is from DCWV. I used the blue print die set #21 to cut it out and add the pin dots. I found the torn piece of red cardstock sitting next to my cutter and used that behind the main image. Fishtail banner used to cut the green which matched his shirt. The Eeek! stamp is an old one from the former Angel Company.

I also dug out my deckled nesties for this one.

That's it for today. Thanks for stopping by!

Silhouette sympathy card

Hi everyone! I combined a few challenges today with this sympathy card. It's another sympathy card for the Just Us Girls word challenge.

Flower silhouette and sentiment are from My Favorite Things. The Dragonfly is from Impression Obsession that I've surgically altered.

I used jewel toned water colors to create the back ground based upon the Less Is More color challenge.  The Friday Mashup! also wanted some color in the back ground to go with a silhouette. Done on both accounts.

I added three black rhinestones below the sentiment to add a bit of interest and dimension. The panel is cut out with the largest stitched rectangle die from MFT. I ended up layering it in black so that it would stand out a bit more on the white card base. It's also popped up with foam tape.

That's it for today. Off to finish the Cinderella chores. Thanks for stopping by!

With Sympathy

Hello again! Here is my take on the word challenge of sympathy going on over at Just Us Girls.

Poppy stamp is from My Favorite Things. I stamped them with archival ink and then water colored them using gelato's. Water color paper is from Tim Holtz.

The sympathy sentiment is also from another stamp set from My Favorite Things. Rectangle stitch die used to cut out the main image and the sentiment panel, which is also from MFT.

The sentiment panel is popped up using small square foam tape. I wanted to give it a bit of dimension since I pretty much kept this clean and simple.

That's it for now. See you again soon!

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!




 

Get well wishes

Hello! Here is my take on this weeks Freshly Made Sketch!

I just got the new fall leaves dies from My Favorite Things in the mail and had to play with them. I used distress inks to create the fall colors.

Sentiment is from Papertrey, Ink. I did use different sizes of thickness in the foam tape to pop up these leaves with. I really like the embossing of the veins in the leaves that these dies provide. Gives it a more realistic look.

Distress inks used:
Vintage photo, scattered straw, spiced marmalade and festive berries.

Kept this very clean and simple which I think would work really well for a masculine card.

Ok, that's it for now. Thanks for stopping by. 

Also entering this into:
WIW September Anything Goes Challenge
Fusion card challenge - falling leaves
Simon Says Stamps - Anything goes challenge