Nasturtiums

Hi everyone! I've had this stamp from Flourishes for a while now and really haven't used it all the much. I got this stamp because it reminded me of the my grandmother. She always had nasturtiums growing in her flower garden and they got huge! I wish I had her green thumb.

I stamped this is Versafine and then heat embossed with clear embossing powder. I find that this combination allows me to get the best detail out of some stamps that you wouldn't get using memento ink.

Colored with Copic's using G21, G24 and G28 on the leaves and Y35, Y38 and R17 on the flowers.

Orange and white cardstock from PTI and the green designer paper is from Memory Box. This card ended up being a 5 x 5 square due to the large stamp.

Thanks for stopping by!

Just a little something

Hello! I'm off to Alaska on business and have scheduled some posts while I'm gone. First up is this beauty from Stamping Bella. Uptown girl Paisley has a prezzie.

Isn't she adorable? I stamped her in Versafine and then used
clear embossing powder and heat set.

Coloring some of these skinny areas with Copic's was a challenge. I find that my Ciao markers do better in smaller areas that the sketch. I just wish that they came in as many colors as the sketch do. Anybody else feel that way?

I kept this clean and simple - it just seemed to call for it.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great week!

Pastel Bunny

Hi everyone! Played around with this weeks Saturday Sketch #304 and this is what came from it.

After taking the picture and cropping it in PSE, I realized that the darn ribbon doesn't really match the blue I layered the bunny with! I did however use the same Copic marker that I colored the body of the bunny with though. Hence the title to this post.

Bunny is a digi from pickled potpourri and the vertical stamp is from Savvy stamps. I didn't have an Easter stamp that worked with this sketch so ended up using one of my old standbys.

Pink designer paper is from my scrap pile and I used some natural twine to make the bow that I adhered to that pink button.

Off to attend an awards ceremony. Have a fantastic weekend!

FMS130 - Yea!

Hi everyone! Here's my take on this week Freshly Made Sketch. I also combined it with Simon Says Stamp's Wednesday challenge, which is Happy Birthday.

This is a digi stamp from Sassy Cheryl and colored with Copics.

Designer paper is from Authentique's Glory 6 x 6 paper pack. Gray blue cardstock is from American Crafts.

The star is chipboard that I covered with designer paper, distressed and stamped the sentiment on. The sentiment is from PTI.

Colored the white satin ribbon with B97 and used B99 to color the white tiny pearls. The middle one isn't as dark as the other two - dang it! Oh well.

Have a wonderful creative weekend and thanks for stopping by!

Hello there

Hi everyone! Well, it's April - glad to have March behind me and this month is looking to be a busy one as well!

Thought I'd share a spring like card to get us in the mood for fresh flowers and better weather! I'm about done with all the rain we've had lately!

Stamps are from Simon Says Stamps. I used the tag die from Papertrey, Ink and stamped the daisies up side down in white craft ink. I did also use white embossing powder to heat emboss them to make it stand out.

Since the tag has dot embossing all around it I added the same around the white panel. Fishtail banner from MFT and cut out of pine cardstock. Button is from American Crafts (I wish they still made these) and white twine is used to tie the bow.

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

LIM - round and round

Hi everyone! I gave the round and round challenge over at Less is More a whirl and this is what I came up with.

I was actually inspired by the quilt that I found on Pinterest seen below. I didn't CASE it 100% but it gave me some ideas on where to start.

Using circle nesties I cut out different sized circles using shades of purple cardstock from Bazzill. To adhere them onto the card base I used K&Company wacky tack.

Flowers are cut from a die from PTI, I also used a Holly die from Sizzix to make the centers of the flowers white. Then I added yellow candy dots from Reflections to it to finish it off. I used a shade purple at first but didn't like the contrast so went with the yellow.

The Hello is from Simon Says Stamp and it was part of a larger saying. I decided to part ways with the other words with a pair of sharp scissors.

Well, that's it for now. Off to clean house and do laundry but hope to get creative in between.

Thanks for stopping by!

FMS129 - Thinking of you

Hello! I wanted to share my take on this weeks Freshly Made Sketch #129.

The green dot designer paper is from Lasting Impressions. To get the yellow dots on the white panel I used a backgrounder stamp from Stamp Camp and light yellow ink from Studio G. Then I stamped the sentiment from Simon Says Stamps.

The flower is created using one of the tag dies from SSS, which I cut out of light yellow cardstock. The four petals are popped up using foam tape. White twine is woven through the holes and then tied into a bow.

I kept this very clean and simple with a touch of bright spring colors due to the ugly gray clouds outside my window right now! Ugh!

I sure hope mother nature decides to give us a few more sun breaks this weekend so that they can do a better job of search and rescue in Oso. As you have probably seen all over the news, they are still digging out from that huge landslide in Snohomish County WA. My thoughts are prayers go out to everyone involved in that mishap.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great weekend!