Virginia's View challenge and Make it Monday #154

Since I've been playing around with watercolors for a week, I decided to play in the first Virginia's View challenge and since the card is sort of one layer (it's flat), I'm linking this up to Papertrey Ink's Make It Monday #154.

I could not capture the glittery accents on this card in a normal shot, so I included a close up of one of the leaves.  Like Erin Lincoln did in the MIM video, I stamped the sentiment and then embossed over it with clear embossing powder.

I used my watercolors to ink up my stamp--I had to do this a few times to get vibrant color--then smudged it after it dried a bit before I added some glitter with my Wink of Stella glitter brush.  I used regular, white cardstock and this technique worked well.

 

Speaking of watercolors...I use a cheap, $5 set of watercolors I found at Michael's and an old brush I've had forever.  I do have a couple of inexpensive watercolor brushes that are smaller.  You don't need expensive supplies to watercolor is my point.  I do have watercolor paper and like to use the thickest I can find.

 

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

Baby boy card

Baby cards are few and far between for me.  So few, in fact, that I don't have a baby stamp set--if I do have one, I don't remember it. Most of my friends had kids back when I purchased cards.

I needed a baby boy card that didn't require me to purchase a stamp, so I turned to Pinterest, of course!  I saw several of these cute little dresser cards so I chose to make one. 

I used 2 cut files from the silhouette store for the baby sleeper and the hanger.  The card itself is super easy to make using a nestability to cut out the bottom portion of the card and simply cutting strips of cardstock for the drawers and subtly rounding the corners--I used a 1/4" corner rounder on my Crop-o-dile corner chomper. The top of the dresser is simply a strip of cardstock scored in the middle and folded over the top. I had to gold emboss some clear gems for the drawer knobs. 

 

Super easy project but it looks so impressive.

 

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

Papertrey Ink's Make it Monday # 153

I love the water color look but it's so hard for me to do...I'm 100% sure I'm overthinking the process.    I gave it a go for this week's Make it Monday  to water color a background and heat emboss a sentiment. 

 

 Please forgive the less than stellar photo, my lighting is terrible this evening.

I wanted to add more detail to this card but the background turned out so pretty I didn't want to take away from it.  This is the 3rd panel I water colored...the first 2 are hideous. LOL

 

Thanks for dropping by my poor, neglected blog!

Another CAS-ual Christmas card

I used essentially the same layout on this card as I did on this one, but went with a more rustic look by changing up the pattern paper.  This would be an easy card to mass produce for Christmas.

Have a great day!

Supplies:

The pattern paper is from Santa's List from Teresa Collins.  The star on the tree is one of the snowflake dies from Spellbinder's.  The Christmas tree is a die from Papertrey Ink.  Stamp set is Christmas Carols from CAS-ual Fridays Stamps.

Simple thanks

I've had this card hanging around the craft room for months and don't think I ever posted it.  If I did, well consider this an encore presentation. :)

 The sentiment is from a Hero Arts stamp set that was in a Studio Calico monthly card kit. Pattern paper is Amy Tangerine.

Have a great day!

CFC 108: Material Girl

 This week's challenge is to use material (fabric, canvas, felt, etc.) on your CAS project!

I pulled out some beautiful felt my friend, Alyssa, sent me to make this cozy couch--oh how I would love to curl up on it right now!  Only in my dreams could I actually own a white couch--I'm way too messy!

This weeks sponsor is Ellen Hutson!

Check out the challenge blog for more inspiration--you won't be disappointed!

Remember, keep it clean and simple!

CFC 104: Banners & Flags

This is a fun challenge! I love banners and flags!

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I knew right away I wanted to use the Bountiful Banners stamp set from Papertrey Ink.  I also have been eager to use one of the Mister Huey's sprays I bought last month ...um, they take some practice. :)

 

 

I used ink from Hero Arts in Butter Bar and Pale Tomato--I ordered a few pads from Ellen Hutson last month for Mother's Day--a little gift to myself. :)

 

Ellen Hutson happens to be our sponsor this week!

 

 

I am looking forward to seeing how everyone rocks banners & flags this week. 

 

 Remember, keep it clean and simple!

Festive Birthday

This card is a CASE of a card Danielle Flanders made for Papertrey Ink.  I added some twine and a little more pattern paper to it. 

 

 

Thanks for stopping by!

 

 

 

Stamps: Papertrey Ink: Wonderful Words: Birthday and Birthday Style

Pattern Paper: American Crafts

Cardstock: White, Soft Stone (PTI)

Twine from The Twinery

Ink:  Pool Party, Barely Banana(SU!), Soft Apricot, Butter Bar (Hero Arts), Pure Poppy (PTI)

 

 

CFC 89: Love Song



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CFC89: With the Grammys coming up in a few days, we thought it would be fun to have a song inspired challenge. Choose a song you love, then create a CAS project that is inspired by it!

My card was inspired by Gym Class Heroes/Adam Levine's song, not sure of the exact song title and I may not have the lyrics exactly right but it was my muse for this card.  No stamping on this one, I created it in Photoshop Elements.

Thinking of giving this to my hubby but I'm worried  it's not manly enough...it does have a bow on it!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Big, bright birthday wish

 

It's September so I should be in autumn mode, but I'm loving these juicy colors!

 

Supplies:  Simply Chartreuse, Raspberry Fizz, Orange Zest and White cardstock (Papertrey Ink).  Stamp set is Big & Bold Wishes (Papertrey Ink), Ink is Pallette Noir Black and Memento Rose Bud.  Pattern Paper is American Crafts Margarita

Pocket full of flowers

My inspiration for this card came from the uber-talented Erin Lincoln.  When I saw her card it was just the idea I needed to use up some of my pretty Making Memories flowers and since I've been sick, the mojo has been non-existent.  I went with a white pocket because 1) I love white and 2) I kept thinking of my daughter's white pants with pink stitching and resisted the urge to do a blue denim pocket.  The green flowers came from here and I cut  the petals of a solid green flower to make the leaves. 

The pocket was cut with my Silhouette. I took my paper piercer to the dashed lines that made up that little swirly design in the center of the pocket so you could actually see the design.  Pattern paper strip is from American Crafts and the ribbon is from Michael's.

I hope you are inspired to do something involving flowers and if you do get crafty, why not link up your creation for the April showers bring May flowers challenge on the ABC DT challenge blog.  You could win some shopping money to spend in the ABC Toys and Crafts store. 

 

A mix of stuff

I made these bunny place cards for Easter (obviously).  My girls like stuff like this and so do I.  It's fun to make the table all pretty.  I drew the bunny and cut it with my Cricut using Echo Park pattern paper.  The bunny tail is a piece of cotton ball that I just glued on.  I'll put the free bunny shape SVG on my Free templates and tutorials page.

This next set of cards were made on the computer. I used to make cards on the computer years ago  (before I learned how to stamp) because I've got a twisted sense of humor and like to personalize my thinly veiled put downs. LOL    I was just goofing around with some clip art and fonts--I love a good font.  I like graphic cards like this and hope I can get more creative in making them as I learn more and practice.

Thanks for stoppig by and have a wonderful day!

Easter Card

I made this Easter card using an adorable Penny Johnson image by Stampavie. I am a huge fan of white space with bold spots of color so I kept the design very clean and let the bold colored image shine.  I didn't have the exact sentiment I wanted to use so I created one on the computer and printed it directly on my card front.

Link up your Easter Card at the ABC DT Challenge blog for a chance to win! 

My favorite Papertrey project

It's anniversary time over at Papertrey Ink and Nichole has challenged us to pick our favorite Papertrey project from the last year and post it  for a chance to win a ginormous prize pack. 

I chose this card from my many PTI projects from the last year because the design is everything I love in a card... lots of white with splashes of color and a clean design. 

Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful day!

Annie

Supplies:  Flutterby Friend stamp set, pattern paper from October Afternoon, Ribbon from Offray, Circle nestabilities, Copic markers, May Arts twine, Papertrey button.

A berry simple card

I discovered Isabella's Sketchbook, thanks to the enabling of some of my blog group ladies (Linda and Peggy), and fell head over heels for this strawberry plant image.   Luckily, I had the perfect sentiment to go with it from one of my Papertrey Ink sets, Year Round Puns.

 Isabella's Sketchbook is having a challenge on their blog to make a birthday card with one of their images and I entered this one.  Enter yours here.

Thanks for the visit and I hope you have a berry good day!

 

Supplies:  Kraft cardstock, pattern paper and sentiment from Year Round Puns, button from Papertrey Ink.  Image is Strawberry  Plant from Isabella's Sketchbook.  Ribbon is ??.  White cardstock is by Mohawk.

Color Cue Challenge

I wanted to make something for Dawn's current Color Cue challenge and managed to get 2 cards made for it!  I made 2 because I was a bit ashamed to post yet another card with the little car and the rays I'm so obsessed with at the moment. 

I did not have a gray/blue so I went with Bashful Blue, Summer Sunrise and Berry Sorbet ink colors with lots of white.  The layout for the last card came from the new Papercrafts Go To Sketches idea book and it is well worth the $$.  There are some interesting sketches in there!

Thanks for stopping by!  Your comments are very much appreciated!

Supplies:  Stamp sets from PTI: Enjoy the Ride, Dot Spot, Distressed Stripes, Day at the Beach.  You're Dandy from Practicing Creativity, Clouds are from Oliver and Friends by Sassafrass Lass. 

PTI Blog Hop: Tissue

I'm not much on techniques, so I made a simple tissue paper flower using my circle nestabilites and some Happy Birthday tissue for this month's PTI blog hop.  I added a pearl brad to the center and made this elegant birthday card.  I used CPS sketch 164 for the layout.

Thanks for hopping by!  Your comments are much appreciated!

Supplies:  From Papertrey Ink- Sweet blush cardstock, Delightful Dahlia leaf dies, Spring pastel pattern paper, Sentiment from Damask Designs stamp set.  Pink satin ribbon by Offray, tissue paper, pearl brad, versamagic ink in wheat, SU! classic ink in Regal Rose, rectangle nestabilitie for embossing and circle nestie for cutting flower.

Tie Dye Birthday

I was showing my husband and oldest daughter the Enjoy the Ride stamp set last night and they started talking peace signs and tie dye.  Elizabeth mentioned tie dye and I told her she was a genius!  It took me a few tries but I finally got one right !  I simply drew the tie dye pattern with copics on the car and then added a little colorless blender solution with a cotton ball for that tie dye look--kinda of swirly and faded.

I stamped the rays from the set You're Dandy from Practicing Creativity in Enchanted Evening, Lemon Tart and Raspberry Fizz.  The circle behind the car is raspberry fizz but it looks like red in the photo.

Thanks for stopping by!  Have a wonderful day!

Argyle is in the house!

Got my Papertrey Ink order this morning and made this quick and simple card using a sketch from Chapter 6 in the awesome, awesome Go to Sketches special issue from Papercrafts.    I stayed true to the sketch and used stitching in lieu of another panel.  Ok, so I didn't line up the stamp so well.  I'm blaming it on the Lemon Tart ink--it was hard to see through the acrylic block!

Thanks for dropping by! 

Supplies:  All from Papertrey Ink unless otherwise noted...Kraft and white cardstock, pure poppy button, lemon tart pigment ink, sentiment from Enjoy the Ridge, A Little Argyle stamp set.  Black ribbon is not PTI (not sure of the brand).  Memento Tuxedo black ink.

Moxie Fab Get Sketchy Challenge

2 posts today...are you shocked??!  I planned on doing this Moxie Fab Get Sketchy challenge soon and got a wild hair and did it this afternoon.  I thought I'd go ahead and post it or I might forget to enter it.

Here's the Sketch:

Here's my take on it:

Thanks for stopping by!

Supply List:  From Papertrey Ink, Kraft and rustic white cardstock.  Forest Friends stamp set.  Spring Moss ribbon, dark choc. ink.  Pattern paper from Cosmo Cricket and ?? I 'll have to find out the maker of the polka dot used on the deer.  Oval nestie.