Recycled

Hi everyone! Happy 4th of July to all my American readers out there! Today's card is for two challenges. I used the Less is More recipe challenge of using something recycled and loosely followed the Freshly Made Sketch for this week.

The recycled item is the blue and white striped ribbon. It came off of a card that was attached to a pair of Docker's pants, that I had saved.

The sweet pea stamp and sentiment is from There She Goes which is no longer in business.

I used Distress markers in Victorian velvet, Fired brick and Tumbled glass to water color the sweet peas. I also used the tumbled glass to color the die cut out in the back ground which is from Savvy stamps.

Added a slight bit of color down the left side of the card base too. The pink layer is watercolor paper that was sponged with Victorian velvet distress ink.

Have a great weekend everyone! It sure will be nice to spend three days off enjoying the Holiday!

Also included this card in this Friday's Mashup FM167.

White and Kraft thanks

Hi everyone! Real quick post today. I made this a couple of days ago using a scrap piece of white cardstock that I had used to cut out another die with. It really like the edge it left and I thought it was pretty cool. So I added it to this card.

I popped it up using some foam tape sot that it stood out a bit. That white polka dot on kraft is actually washi tape. Gasp! I actually used some on a card. I have quite a few rolls that I have never used on a card, thought it was about time.

Daisies are from Simon Says stamp and they are heat embossed with white embossing powder.

Kraft cardstock is also used on the Thanks die cut.

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

Life is better

Hi everyone. Had a chance to make up a card that goes with two challenges today.

Stamps and the dies for the flip flops are from Papertrey, Ink. It only took me two times to get the flip flop stamped on the die cut right. That's a record for me! You have to cut the die first and then stamp on it for this set and I never have any luck getting it close to center.

I used wild cherry ink from MFT to stamp the flip flops. Red hearts were cut from a piece of scrap cardstock from my stash. It's most likely Pure Poppy from PTI. I used kraft cardstock on this thinking it would remind us of sand.

Entering this into CAS-ual Friday's challenge and CAS(e) this sketch. 

It's a rainy day here in Washington, perfect weather for staying in and getting inky. Thanks for stopping by.

Who rescued whom?

Hi everyone. Here is my take on the sketch challenge over at Paper Smooches.

Stamps and dies are all from Paper Smooches.

I stamped the dog in Versafine and then heat embossed him using clear embossing powder. The paw prints are three different sizes in the background panel.

I cut the dog house out of kraft and dark brown cardstock. Stamped the dog bone onto the house and then added the heart.

My fur babies don't use the dog house that we have in our backyard. They are used to their crates and prefer that for some reason.

This card ended up being very CAS and quick to make. Here's the sketch and as you can see I left off the strip on the right side. Ran out of room. Thanks for stopping by.

Polka dot daisy

Hi everyone! It's been a pretty busy week so far and I haven't had a lot of time to stamp, but thought I'd share a card I made last weekend.

Sentiment stamps are from Papertrey, Ink and stamped in Versafine ink. The die is from Spellbinders and I added a bit of yellow ink around the edges to match the daisy and help it stand out a bit from the white card base.

The flower is a die from MFT and I used the polka dot basic's 2 stamps from PTI to stamp the yellow dots over it. Add a black button from American Crafts and then popped it up over leaf cut outs (die from Memory Box) and added a bit of scrappers floss tied in a double bow.

The bottom of the card is also stamped using a smaller polka dot in a lighter shade of yellow. A length of black satin ribbon divides to two spaces up.

I like the way this turned out because its a fresh fun take on a thank you card. What do you think? Thanks for stopping by!

Adding this into SSS Wednesday challenge of Anything goes and showcasing American Crafts.

Take care of yourself

Hi everyone! I just got some new stamps from MFT and was inking them up when I saw the Sweet Sunday Sketch and just had to play along!

The poppy is from the pretty poppies set from My Favorite Things. I used their colorbox wild cherry ink to stamp it and limeade fresh ink for the stem. I did use a Multiliner Copic small brush marker in black to color in the center. 

Sentiment is from Kaisercraft and stamped onto a scrap piece of green cardstock that matched the ink. It's rather bright and stands out a bit, huh? However, I kind of like the pop of color.  Red button is from American Crafts and the bow is made from black scrappers floss.

Red gingham designer paper is from A*Muse and the dies used to cut out the scalloped border and the fishtail banners are all from MFT.

Pure Poppy, white and black cardstock is from Papertrey, Ink.

Here is the sketch.

Thanks for stopping by!

Watercolor flowers

Hi everyone! The theme this week over at Less is More is watercolor. Here is what I made for it.

Flower stamp is from Gina K Designs stamp TV kit called Hello Sunshine. I used Memento markers to color directly on the stamp and then misted it with water to get the watercolor effect. 

The "thanks" is a die cut from the new to me Savvy stamps die that I picked up at Impress. I cut it out of white cardstock then colored it pink using the same Memento marker as the flower. It's a little darker than I like, but it is what it is.

I used the diamond background die from Memory Box to cut out a piece of white cardstock and stuck it behind the main panel. I used a zig glue pen to glue it down with.

That's it for today - back to cleaning and laundry. Thanks for stopping by!