Enjoy the small moments

Hi everyone! Here is my take on the color challenge of Autumn's Bounty over at Less is More.

Sentiment is from Mama Elephant. Stitched rectangle dies are from Lil' Inker Designs.

For the leaf - I used the die from PTI that goes with the leaf prints stamp set to cut out a piece of white cardstock.  I colored it with Copic's and then used distress inks to darken the edges. Then I stamped the veins into the leaf to finish it off.

Distress inks used on the white sentiment panel to get more autumn color onto the card.

The leaves are starting to turn here, but they haven't hit their peak as of yet. I'd give it a couple more weeks. Thanks for stopping by!

ETA: Also adding this into the Repeat Impressions DCC924 ~ Fall challenge.

Hot air balloons

Hi everyone! Here is my take on this weeks clean and simple sketch. I so turned it up side down and changed up where the sentiment is placed. Why? Because we can and it also went better with the SSS challenge of transport it!

Stamps are from Papertrey, Ink

I used the curved border die from Paper Smooches to create the ground.  The puffy clouds are stamped in the lightest blue ink I had and then heat embossed using clear embossing powder. They kind of came out grey, but it works.

Ink used to create the balloons are: Palette starry night, wild cherry by colorbox and chamomile by Fresh Ink.

Below is the sketch I started with and changed up a bit.

Thanks for stopping by!

Little green monster

OK, it's a two post day for me! The first card I had sitting waiting to post, this one I just completed.

I followed this weeks Freshly Made Sketch and went with a Halloween theme.

The little green monster is from Paper Smooches. He's colored with Copic markers and then cut out using the circle stitches die from Lil' Inkers. Since the stitched die is a little larger than nesties, it allowed me to add a tiny green layer in between the black.

The Boo! sentiment is an old one from the former Angel Company. Designer paper is from K&Company. Pretty Pink Posh border scalloped border die used on the lime green cardstock.

Thanks for stopping by!

Clean and simple birthday

Hi everyone! I can't believe October is here already! I love fall and can't wait to get out this weekend to take in the beautiful colors of all the trees.

Here is a one layer card done for the clean and simple sketch seen below.

I've saved a few acetate sheets that come with clear stamp sets over the years to reuse at one point. Finally used one to cut out different size circles to make another stencil. Fresh Ink, Colorbox and Palette Inks are used with a dauber to sponge on the circles. Oh, and to get the smaller circles, I just used the eraser on the end of a pencil.  The black dots are a stamp from PTI that I found in one of the many sets I have. The sentiment is also from PTI.

This was a pretty quick clean and simple card to throw together. I like that you can mix up the colors to suit whatever gender or theme you need.

That's all for now! Thanks for stopping by!

Snowmen fall

Hi everyone! I really liked the possibilities in the Sweet Sunday Sketch this time around. Here is what I did with it!

This sketch just said shaker card to me. I got out several sizes of circle nestabilities and cut out the base, the acetate and the outline.

Using one of the snowflakes from the Snowflake Medley from PTI, I stamped it in light blue and then used some peacock embossing powder from Judikins to give them some sparkle. Which of course you can't see in the picture. The snow in between the acetate and the white base is Epsom salt.

Sentiment and the tiny snowflake are from the former There She Goes snowman sentiment mini set.

Navy cardstock is from Bazzill and the designer paper is from K&Company.

Have a great day and thanks for stopping by!

Live well

Hi everyone! Here is my take on Less is More's recipe challenge of mostly words.

I came across this old set from Printworks that I've had forever in my stamps while looking for something else. I pulled it out intending to give it some love (out of sight, out of mind) again. I thought it would work beautifully for the mostly words challenge.

The heart is included in the set and I stamped it in wild cherry colorbox ink. The dots on top of the hearts are part of the stamp and were red, but decided to cover them with a black pearl to go with the dots in the sentiment.

Since there is a lot of white space on this, I decided to add a red outside layer so that it stood out a bit more. Pure poppy cardstock is from PTI.

That's it for today!

Sunflower thank you

Hi everyone! Here is my take on several challenges today. I started off with this weeks Freshly Made Sketch #155 and then added from there!


Sunflower stamp is a very old one from the former Angel Co.

It's stamped in Versafine and heat embossed with clear embossing powder, then colored with Copic's. The tag die is from PTI as is the thank you sentiment.

Butterfly die is from Memory Box and popped up on the card using a very tiny bit of foam tape. Designer paper is from Provo Craft.

Challenges:
Freshly Made Sketch #155
CASology - flutter
Fusion Card Challenge - Sunflowers
Simon Say Stamps - Anything goes
Tag you're it! 


Thanks for stopping by!