1st Birthday

Hi all!  My cousin is having a party tomorrow to celebrate the first birthday of his son so of course I had to make a card!

I used a really old DCWV stack that I’ve had forever, the Heart Doily die set from YNS, and an old Quickutz die for the number 1.  The sketch is from Unscripted Sketches and the sentiment was done with the Birthday Basics stamp set from PTI.

This is also for Time Out Challenge – birthday with the added twist of a masculine birthday.  I know this card isn’t super macho, but it’s still meant for a male so I hope it counts!  I hope you like it and TFL!

Thanks Ever So Much

Hi all!  Today I have a card for the Mama Elephant Photo Inspiration Challenge.  I was inspired by the colors (white, blue, green and yellow) and the see-through quality of all the bottles:

I cut a shaped card base and a piece of vellum using the biggest die from the Spellbinders Radiant Rectangles.  Next, I stamped flowers and a sentiment from Water Blooms with Versamark and white Hero Arts embossing powder.  I colored the back of the vellum with Copic markers (BG02, Y13, and YG05), making sure to go outside the lines a little so the color would show on the front.  Finally I stitched the vellum panel on and left the threads hanging.  I hope you like it and TFL!

Rainbow Surprise

Hi all! Today I have a post up over at the Your Next Stamp Blog for the continuing mini-series: Getting the Most from Our Dies. I made this card using one of the techniques:

Here's a close, side shot of that focal panel:

I used the sketch from the Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge and stamps from the Kup Topper stamp set. I hope you'll stop by and check out my ideas!

Thank You

Hi all!  I have a card for a couple challenges today:

I used the sketch from CAS(E) this Sketch, the Handwritten Borders stamp set and the Memory Box Distressed Grid stencil.  I sponged Mowed Lawn and Salty Ocean Distress Inks through the stencil then gold embossed the sentiment over top of the grid.  I finished it off with some Studio Calico sequins.

This is also for Virginia's View Challenge – Stencil and Allsorts – No Flowers.  I hope you like it and TFL!

Happy Easter Card

Hi all!  I’m playing along with the YNS Fun Friday Challenge today.  Here’s the new sketch for April:

And the inspiration pic:

 

I used the sketch upside down for my card and took inspiration from the decorated eggs and came up with this:

I stamped the bunny from Smiley Happy Critter Crew Set Three and colored with Prismacolor pencils then fussy cut it out.  The egg shape is an oval Nestabilities that I stamped with a bunch of different A Muse|Studio inks and the Stripes and Stitching clear stamp set.  I made the sentiment from Happy Day Sentiments set and finished it off with some glittery gumdrops: Sparkly White (which I colored yellow with a Copic marker), Sparkly Pink, Sparkly Baby Blue, and Sparkly Lime Green.

This is also for CAS-ual Fridays – Good Egg (CAS project using ovals).  We hope you’ll play along!  All the details can be found at the YNS Challenge Blog.  TFL!

REALLY Exciting News & Make It Monday

Yes, I do know it’s not Monday, but today I’m playing along with Papertrey Ink’s Make It Monday – stamping with watercolor mediums.  Buuuuuut, before I get to that, I want to burst with excitement because of this announcement!!  I wanted to win SOoooooo badly and I finally did this year!!  Yay!!

And now back to our regularly scheduled programming: I was playing with my watercolor crayons and having fun so I decided to make a little video:

 

Here’s the finished card:

 

And my sad attempt to finish the inside (which I almost never do, but really should work on!):

 

I used the Butterfly Dreams stamp set and matching die, the Bitty Dot Basics patterned paper and Sparkly Purple Gumdrops from Your Next Stamp.  The sketch is from the Sweet Sunday sketch challenge and I got my Neocolor II set through Amazon.com.  I hope you like it and TFL!

Bwak Bwak

Hi all!  Today I have a card made using the latest from Retro Sketches:

I don’t know exactly why, but the Bwak Bwak sentiment just cracks me up!!  All stamps are from the Color Me Happy stamp set from A Muse|Studio and the papers are from the Sweet Shoppe paper pad from Lily Bee Design.  I stamped the chick with black Memento ink and colored with Copics.  The bottom heart scallop was done with an old Martha Stewart border punch and the Bold Banner is from Mama Elephant.  I shortened the banner by cutting it into 2 pieces and layering them together – you can barely tell!

One great thing about this card – it’s for any occasion because Bwak Bwak could mean anything!  I hope you like it and TFL!