Paper Shelter Design Team Call

I had such fun working with this digi from Paper Shelter. It was just too cute and I knew it would be a great card for that special friend's birthday that is just around the corner. I printed it several times and colored it with my Copics. I started with a base, then cut segments that were each tolled and added on top of it to give quite a bit of demension to the image. I hope you can see that in the pics a little bit. The papers are from My Minds Eye. I made this into an easle card because I didn't want to distract from the focal image with the sentiment. The flowers are handmade using a couple of simple cuts from my Cricut. I distressed all of the edges and handstitched to give it a finishing touch. I really like the way it turned out...

I am excited to submit this card to the Paper Shelter design team call! It would be a thrill and honor to be considered for this team.

With a little Asian flair...

I was immediately drawn to this background stamp from Fiskars. I bought the set, not knowing for sure what I would do with it. The other night I stamped it and just started playing with my Copics - before I knew it, I had a beautiful background for a fun Asian inspired card. The sentiments and lamps are from the same set, but the Geisha is from an Inkadinkado set. I painted the flowers, kamono, and sentiments with a mixture of interference red pigment powder mixed with some water and just a drop of white glue. This gives those elements a wonderful shimmer that either showed way too much or not enough in the photos. I ended up loving the effect it had on the feel of the card.

I would like to enter this card in the following challenges:

Ribbon Carousel - #8 - Color It

Make it Monday - Anything Goes

A Spoon Full of Sugar - #157 - Ribbons and Bows

Cute Daisy May - Pile on those Flowers

Scrapbook Sisters - #41 - Anything Goes -DT call

Deep Ocean Challenge - #2 - Flowers

Emerald Faeries - #3 - Petals

Hoping your day is tops!

Adorable Little Bear

I've gone flower crazy!!! It's been so much fun creating my own flowers - last night (I didn't sleep much btw) I put on a season of 24 and just started playing. I've made several different types, still working on some others. This card came together somewhere about episode 12! LOL. I got this freebie cute little bear stamp in a magazine package from The Wild Ones... Isn't he just too adorable? I used the Mojo Monday sketch that seemed to fit this image really easily. There were no design struggles on this one at all. I colored the image with distress inks, although it looks just like Copics this time around. I punched the image with a large scallop punch, added hand-stitching and bling and it was done before I could see how Jack deals with the huge mess CTU is faced with this time, hehehe!

I would like to enter this in the following challenges:

MoJo Monday - sketch #196

Southern Girls Challenge - #21 - anything goes

My Mums Craftshop Challenges - #10 - See Spots

Cute Card Thursday - #169 - Birthstones

The Paper Shelter - #18 - Punches & Dies

Make it Monday - #42

JustAdd Ink - #72 - Coloring

Thanks for lookin'!

Giving Destress Ink's a Try...

Recently I discovered the amazing technique of coloring stamped images with Ranger's Distress Ink. It might not be new to everyone, but it is new to me. I have a drawer full of these awesome inks, so today I decided to give it a try. It took a couple of messed up images to finally get one that I liked, but now I'm in love with the look. I think it's such a different style than I'm used to with my Copics. I love the difference and it really seemed to fit the look I was going for today. I added some modeling past to the edges of the image, then stipple brushed some inks on to it. In fact, most everything on this page has been stippled with tea dye ink to tone it down. The flowers are handmade because I didn't have any in my stash that matched the color scheme. I like the way they turned out as well. Tip: It's always nice to be able to match your papers and making your own gives you that freedom. I am really thrilled with the way this one came out!

I would like to enter this one in the following challenges:

Pollycraft Monday - #97 - use ribbon and flowers - design team call

Just Add Ink - #72 - color something

Southern Girls Challenge - #21 - anythign goes

The Paper Shelter - #18 - punches and dies

Top Tip Tuesday - #38 - Open - tips

Whoopsi Daisy Challenge - Free and easy

Have a great day!!!

For my bud

I can't seem to get enough of my Stamping Bella line... They are just toooo darn stinkin' cute! I was so excited to see that my local Archiver's was carrying some of them now. I have been down there twice, splurging and getting one more "gotta have".

This cute card started with coloring the image with my Copics. Then adding a cute frame cut from my Cricut, throwing in some patterned paper from my scraps, adding a cute faux-ribbon with the sentiment and a pretty flower from Prima. I finished it with some highlights and dashes with a white gel pen. Done deal! Cute cute cute!

I will be entering this card in the following challenges:

Make it Monday #41 -

Just Add Ink - JAI 72 - add coloring

Sundays With Crissy - #18 - Here comes the sun

I hope your weekend is filled with laughter!

Card for hubby

This card may not be the traditional Father's Day card, but it seemed to be fitting to give to my sweet hubby! The sentiment is soooo true... He's always there for me, rain or shine! And he's such a great dad - always taking care of us and putting his family first! I love him so.

I put a Tim Holtz stamp together with a Unity sentiment - they worked well together and although I adore the stamp that came with the Unity sentiment, it was a little too girly for this card. I think this has just the right amount of "masculinity" to it!

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

ColourQ #89 -

Sentimental Sundays - challenge #59 - Father's Day or masculine

PaperTake Weekly - Dad's and lads

Thanks for stopping in!

Favorite Things

I found both this stamp and the sentiment in the dollar bin from Studio G (Hampton Arts) and was excited to make this cheery and cute card to send to my bestee. Although it's small and the coloring couldn't be very detailed, I still love the way it came out. The paper is one of my new favorites from DCWV - georgeous colors and richness! I used my Cricut to cut the frame, then handstitched around it and the base. The flower is just looped ribbon sewed together with a large green button in the middle. I liked the way this one came out!

I would like to enter this in the following challenges:

Ribbon Carousel - RCC6 - sketch

Truly Scrumptious Challenges - #58 - Summer sparkle

Sundays with Crissy - June challenge - Here Comes the Sun

Paper Sundaes - #73 - Girly Girl

A Spoon Full of Sugar - #155 - Here Comes Summer

Now it's off to mail this one!

Father's Day Card

I admit it... Masculine cards are tough for me! In fact, I struggle with them tremendously. I always want to add more, but am never sure what to add and how much of it throw on there. In this case, I played around with adding actual watch parts, clock hands, rivets, watch faces... all kinds of things, but nothing really worked. I ended up just leaving it very basic and simple. The clock paper is adorned with lots of sparkle and gloss, and the stamped image is imbossed in brass. I got this image in the dollar bin - it's from Studio G (Hampton Arts). The papers are DCWV, shape is cut with my Cricut. I'm not in love with it... Any suggestions?

I would like to enter this in the following challenges:

Saturday Challenge - #138 - A male card

One Stop Craft Challenge - #135 - Father's Day card

Crazy 4 Challenges - C4C91 - Masculine card

Congratulations

I fell in love with the MoJo Monday sketch this week... How versitile is that one? I could see making it for a young child's birthday or like this one, an elegant wedding card. I had all kinds of ideas running through my head. These flocked papers lended nicely to a dressed up card that came together very quickly tonight. I'm not used to making a card in just an hour or so! That's kinda nice! I used a Cricut cuthout to add the sentiment - added a nice black bow and that's all it took.

I would like to enter this in the following challenges:

Mojo Monday - sketch 194

Pollycraft Monday - #96 - Love and Marriage

Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes - White +1

Catch the Bug Challenge - Anything Goes June

The Pink Elephant - TPE102 - Here Comes the Bride

Thanks for sharing your day with me!

Grey and Wrinkled

I fell in love with this stamp set from Inky Antics as soon as I saw the caption that went with it. I love the "wrinkled grey" comment because I feel that way most days! I can't wait to give this one to just the right person (you know who you are...wink wink).I stamped the images three times, colored them with my Copics and layered them for dimension. I added a little bit of tolling to round the edges before adding the final layer - the ears. The balloon is colored then I sprayed it with hairspray and covered it with glitter... I find that's an awesome way to get glitter or shimmering powders to stay without adding too much goop and tack. I used a fun flower card as my base, covering it with patterned paper from Heidi Grace. I used my Cricut to make the loopy boarder, added the Hampton Arts sentiment and popped that all off the background. A tied string goes from the trunk of the elephant up to a pretty little bow on the balloon. I think it finished nicely.

I will be entering this card into the following challenges:

Just Add Ink - #70 - Round Sketch

Cute Card Thursday - #167 - Embellish It

Make it Monday - Anything Goes

Hope you're enjoying a wonderful weekend!

B-Line Designs / Shabby Chic

Another amazingly cute image from B-Line Designs inspired this wonderfully feminine and shabby chic card. I loved coloring her with my Copics and popping her up on a double image. I added handstitching around all the paper edges, then curled them slightly to add to the shabby vintage feel of the image. I added some lace and pearls on top of a sheer ribbon, then tied a bubbly bow to frame the collage of roses/blooms. A few more pearls and a small sentiment finished the look.

I will be linking this card to the following challenges:

A Spoon Full of Sugar - challenge 154 - Flower Power

Paper Sundaes - Vintage / Shabby Chic

Ribbon Carousel - RCC5 - Anything Goes

Papertake Weekly - #56 - Sketch

Mushroom house & ladybug

The photo's don't show it, but this is a much smaller card then I am used to making. The stamped images are tiny, so I kept the card little to keep them in proportion. I colored three layers with my Copics then paper pieced them together for lots of dimension and interest. When I found this cute bubble sentiment, I knew it was the perfect thing to add. I cut out a fun shape from one of my Cricut cartridges for the background. After that, it needed very little to make it complete.

This is a great summer card to let someone know they are in your thoughts.
I will be entering this into the following challenges:
Make it Monday #39
Sunday with Crissy - #18 - Here Comes the Sun
Stampalot Challenge - June - Poppy Field inspiration

Thanks for taking time to stop by!