Inspiration Pic

Hi all!  Yesterday I got a Brighton catalog in the mail and was immediately drawn to this large handbag:

I was so inspired, I decided to make a card based on it.  Here’s what I came up with:

I used The Ton’s Large Peony 1 and Fresh Cut Dahlias (sentiment), the Folk Art Medallion set from WMS, and also the Circular Lattice stencil from Prima.  I sponged white pigment ink through the stencil to make a guide for my stamping.  I then stamped 2 different little motifs from the Medallion set to make up the background.

I stamped the peony on watercolor paper and watercolored with Distress Inks (Festive Berries and Black Soot), then cut it out with my ScanNCut2.  I added the sentiment on a fishtail banner, then popped up the peony with foam tape.

This is for SSS Work It Wednesday – Thank you cards and Shopping Our Stash – no patterned paper.  I hope you like it and TFL!

Festive Holiday Wishes

Hi all!  I have a card for a few challenges:

The little elf is from Christmas Spirit and the sentiment is from Jingle Greetings, both from Mama Elephant.  NOTE:  I finished the card then decided I wanted the sentiment gold embossed, but I lost the stamp set!!  I’ve been looking and looking and know it will turn up just when I’m done needing it! lol!

I stamped the elf with Memento ink, colored with Copics, then overstamped with Versafine.  Finally, I cut him out using my ScanNCut2.

This is for the following challenges:

• Retro Sketches – sketch
• Time Out Challenges – Christmas with the optional twist of using pink and/or purple
• SSS Wednesday Challenge – Anything Goes

I hope you like it and TFL!

Season’s Greetings

Hi all!  Today I have a card for the last Paper Smooches SPARKS challenge which is a sketch:

And here’s what I came up with:

I used a few different Paper Smooches sets: Warm Hearts (trees),  Freezy Fellas (snowmen), Winter Groves (bird and present), and Swanky Snowdudes (sentiment).  To get the stitched grid, I first used the largest of the Stitched Rectangle die set, then added in the inner stitch lines with the Stitched Line Die.

All images were stamped in Sno Cone dye ink and watercolored with Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers.  I added in the eyes and mouths, legs on the bird, and arms on the snowmen with a brown Tombow brush marker.  I drew in ground lines with a Zig marker and covered them with white glitter.  Then I masked off the 2 small portions and applied glitter paste through a snow stencil for a sparkly snowfall.

This is also for Winter Wonderland Challenge – Anything Goes (Christmas cards only) and SSS Wednesday Challenge – Anything Goes.  I hope you like it and TFL!

Make Every Moment Count

Hi all!  Today I have a card made for Uniko’s challenge – Geometrics with the optional twist of circles, triangles, or squares.  Here’s what I came up with:

I used a couple of Uniko sets: Today, Tomorrow, Always Extra Time and Background Builders: Round in Circles.  First I stamped the circle border in dark brown hybrid ink diagonally across the front of the white card base, then I cut around it with scissors.  I adhered the brown patterned paper behind the front of the card base and stamped the clock and hands.  Finally I stamped the sentiment.  All stamping was done with the MISTI.

This is also for SSS Wednesday Challenge – Anything Goes.  I hope you like it and TFL!

YNS Challenges

Hi all!  It’s time for new sketch and color challenges over at the YNS Blog.  Here’s the color challenge photo:

And here’s the sketch:

I used the sketch and came up with this:

I used Waddles - Homemade with Love and the Stitched Rectangle die set.  Waddles was stamped with my MISTI and Memento ink, then colored with Copics.  I then used the MISTI to overstamp with Versafine ink.  I added the sentiment with Versafine and colored the hearts with Copics (you can use Copics with Versafine if you don’t color over the lines).  Finally I added a little heart charm and a hemp twine bow.  The papers are from Lawn Fawn.

You can see how some of the other DT members played the challenge at the YNS Blog.  TFL and I hope you’ll play along with us!

Hello Friend

Hi all!  Today I have a card made for the Power Poppy Challenge – Bits and Pieces (use just part of an image).  Here’s what I came up with:

I used just a part of the Sunflower Power image, cropped in Photoshop Elements to make a clear card. I printed it out twice on watercolor paper and watercolored with Distress Inks.  Then I cut out the leaves and part of the flower with a combination of my ScanNCut2 and scissors.  I layered the pieces on top with foam tape.  I added glitter paste through the Falling Stars Stencil to the front of the clear card and adhered my pieces (image on the front and black mat on the back to hide the adhesive)  Finally I added a little tag with a sentiment from Mini Messages and just a bit of watercoloring.

Here’s what the inside looks like:

And here’s an angled shot so you can see the dimension:

This is also for Cute Card Thursday – Sparkles (the stars are glittered).  I hope you like it and TFL!

Warm Wishes

Hi all!  I’ve got a card made with the sketch from CAS(E) this Sketch:

I used my new Mama Elephant sets Twinkle Towns and Jingle Greetings.  I set up all 3 stamps on my MISTI, changing the position of the focal panel and using bumpers so the stamps could go off the edges of the panel.  The panel was cut using the Stitched Rectangle die set from Your Next Stamp.

For the pine needles, I stamped in the lighter green dye ink first, then used a flat paintbrush to add a little of the darker green to the bottoms of the needles and stamped again with the MISTI.  I added the sentiment in red and finished off with a bit of white glitter on the branches to look like snow.

This is also for SSS Monday Challenge – Throwback (I picked the Holiday Cards challenge) and SSS Wednesday Challenge – Anything Goes.  I hope you like it and TFL!