Wedding Shower card

This is a remake of a previous card.

The sentiment is from Michael's dollar bin stamp

The background is purpla Bazzill cardstock with half of it dry emboss with a Cuttlebug folder

The patterned paper is by Papertrey ink

The flowers are by Petaloo

Thanks for looking

Secretaries Day Just for You Card

I made this tag in 2014  and if you look at this post you can see I removed the Miss You sentiment. I don't send many Miss You type cards but I liked the tag. So I offed the sentiment label and used the tag for a Secretaries Day card. It worked well because the tag has dimension and the card is square. Perfect qualities for a hand delivered card rather than one that goes through the mail.

My new sentiment is by Lawn Fawn and is on dahlia die cut by Spellbinders. The purple background cardstock is by Coordinations and was dry embossed. Then I ran an emery board over the embossing to reveal the white like core of the paper.

Thanks for looking.

Deep Red Stamps Dressform

Start with 4 x 5 ½ white card base by Recollections and cover with embossed yellow paper by Colorbok. Stamp the Dress Form Floral Corsage stamp by Deep Red Stamps (3x504251) with black Hero Arts ink and colored it in with chalks. Mat the image onto a Project Life card and adhere to the card front. Paint a chipboard scalloped circle with pink paint (Plaid). Once dry, adhere to card front but tucked under the image. Tape the Hello sentiment die cut on top of it and add three yellow flowers with pink rhinestones (Petaloo).

Thanks for looking

Baby Card with Chalk Markers

 The chalk markers are by Chalkola and you can get them at Amazon US and Amazon UK for a low price. You can get 20% off your purchase price on Amazon by using the code CHALK20A at the check out. They have a set of 10 beautiful colors that have a 6 mm bullet tip for writing or drawing. The chalk marker flows very well after the initial prepping the nib, which is super easy to do and your kids will probably do it for you. I think these will be popular with teachers because they are great for chalkboards and dry erase boards.You can also give your kids hours of fun time playing and creating with the new Chalk Markers. The markers are suggested for Non Porous surfaces but I'm using them on paper and having a great time with them. 

I just love the outcome of this card. I don't want to sell it because it's so dang cute. Starting with the Baby die cut, I colored white chalk marker onto what was grey cardstock and then I put polka dots on those letters. It's not perfect but I like the imperfections. The nib of the chalk marker is perfect for making the polka dots.

I followed a sketch at Scrapbook.com for one of their challenges. The white and brown die cuts were cut out using my Cricut and the Art Philosophy cartridge. The word baby Is also a Cricut cut from Cricut Fonts and Basic Shapes which I found in the Cricut Craft Room software. I did dry emboss the brown circle with a Darice folder. The flowers I used are by Petaloo and in the center is a baby bottle eyelet. The leaves of the flowers are a Elizabeth Crafts die that I die cut them out in white cardstock by Recollections and inked them with Ranger's Walnut Stain distress ink. Then I sprayed them with water mixed with Perfect Pearls so they would shimmer. The background paper is by Studio G.

Thanks for looking.
http://www.hidinginmycraftroom.com/ Freestyle
http://sweetstampinchallengeblog.blogspot.com/ Dies or Punches
http://craftygalscornerchallenges.blogspot.com/ AG
http://carabbiemomentsofcraft.blogspot.co.uk/ AG
http://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/wednesdaychallenge/ AG
http://kraftinkimmiestamps.blogspot.ca/ Wednesday AG
http://www.wordartwednesday.blogspot.com/ AG
http://www.4craftychicks.blogspot.com/ AG
http://chalknstock.blogspot.com/ AG with chalk {On the baby die cut}
http://craftingwithanattitude.blogspot.co.uk/ AG
http://brownsugarchallenge.blogspot.com/ Flowers
http://crafting-with-friends.blogspot.be/2015/10/challenge-9.html AG
http://creativefingerschallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/ AG
http://fussyandfancychallenge.blogspot.ca/ Flowers
http://jwscrapshack.blogspot.ca/ AG
http://pdelinkyparty.blogspot.ca/ AG
http://simplypapercraftsforalloccassions.blogspot.co.uk/ AG

SB.com-Sketch #2

SB.com-Cricut for the Baby and the brown circle and white die on the left are from Art Philosophy cartridge

myStamp Box

I have a new card by  

I used stamp sets: 

Abundant Blossoms

Lines of Life

The flower in the center of the flowers is heat embossed with yellow embossing powder by Stamp N Plus. I fussy cut it out and adhered it to the Petaloo flower and then to the Design Objectives die cut. 

The patterned paper is by Studio G that I found the whole 6x6 paper pack for $1.00 at Meijer. (Just goes to show how much they jack up prices for paper crafting. It's not right. smh)

Thanks for looking.

Scarecrow

My card is also bring featured on the Stamp N Plus blog. The scarecrow stamp and sentiment stamp are both Stamp N Plus stamps and can be found HERE and HERE respectively.

I used patterned paper and cardstock by Recollections. The leaf is by Prima and the flower by Petaloo. The center of the flower is by Forever in Time. I stamped the scarecrow with Hero Arts black ink and then colored him in with powdered chalk combined with paint both by Stamp N Plus. I then die cut him out with a Spellbinders die and inked the inside edges with distress ink. The sentiment is stamped using Close to my Heart orange ink.

Thanks for looking.

Challenges:

http://www.2creativechicks.com/- Scarecrow

http://www.craftindesertdivas.com/- Anything goes fall

http://www.craftyourpassionchallenges.blogspot.com/- Fall Colors

http://houseofgilli.blogspot.com/- Anything goes fall

http://kaboodledoodles.blogspot.com/- Anything but square

http://lexiscreations.blogspot.com/- Autumn colors

http://lovetocreatechallenge.blogspot.com/- CAS

http://ppp-makeitmonday.blogspot.com/- Anything goes

http://thepapernestdollschallenge.blogspot.com/- Happy fall

http://scrap-creations1.blogspot.com/- Polka dots

http://www.bellichallenge.blogspot.com/- Orange, yellow, red {Old products the flower and the leaf}

http://divasbydesignchallenge.blogspot.com/- Anything goes

http://perfectsentimentschallenge.blogspot.com/- Find me some fall

http://pollycraftchallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/- Harvest colors

http://audsentimentschallengeblog.blogspot.com/- Autumn with a sentiment but not Halloween

http://milkcoffeechallenge.blogspot.com/- Fall colors

http://www.lisasomerville.com/- Welcome fall

http://blog.docerelashop.com/- Anything goes

http://asimplefive.blogspot.com/- Anything goes

http://sisteractcardchallenge.blogspot.com/- Anything goes

http://stempelsonne.blogspot.com/- Herbst

Birthday Wishes

Today's card is a longer rectangle then I usually do but it must have been OK because my Mom snatched it up when she came over for birthday cards. I have a bunch of odd shaped envelopes that need to be used so you may see more of these odd sized cards-well odd for me. I usually do the standard size cards that Michael's sells which is 4x5.5. They run them on sale twice a year for 3 packs of 25 for $5. I load up when they run that special.

Anyway, The background stamp is by Deep Red Stamps and can be found HERE. I used Stampin Up ink to stamp the stamp and then used Ranger Distress inks on the edges. I applied three different colors to get this look. I sprayed that whole piece with water and Perfect Pearls and let it dry.

I adhered the background piece to Provo Craft cream colored cardstock and then to the card base which is Bazzill. The flowers are by Oriental trading Co, Making Memories and Petaloo. The brads are by Close to my Heart and the center of the white flower is by Forever in Time. The brown ribbon is by Stampin Up and the polka dot ribbon is by American Crafts. Last but not least the word stickers are by Momenta.

Thanks for stopping by to check out my card.

Challenges:
http://delightfulsketches.blogspot.com/-New Beginnings I'm making cards for this new stamp company

http://crafterscafeblogchallenge.blogspot.com/- No DP

http://craftingbydesigns.blogspot.com/- Anything goes

http://carabbiemomentsofcraft.blogspot.co.uk/- Birthday

http://www.ladyanneschallenges.com/stamp-challenge.html- Anything goes

http://paperprettiesblog.blogspot.com/- Distress

http://pennyschallenges.blogspot.com/- Anything goes

http://scrappers-delights-challenge-blog.blogspot.co.uk/- Birthday

http://www.lovesrubberstampschallenges.com/- Sentiment on the front and rubber stamp

http://tuesdaythrowdown.blogspot.com/- Anything goes

http://cisforchallenge.blogspot.com/- Lots of layers

http://lovetoscrapchallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/- Anything goes

http://ppp-makeitmonday.blogspot.com/- Anything goes

http://stampandcreateblog.blogspot.com/- Birthdays

http://stampwithfun.blogspot.com/- Not square
http://www.lisasomerville.com/- Backgrounds
http://chocolatecoffeecards.blogspot.com/- Anything goes
http://asimplefive.blogspot.com/- Anything goes
http://sisteractcardchallenge.blogspot.com/- Anything goes

Marianne Designs stamp

So I have a quick post for you today. I'm just going to list some of the supplies I used instead of talking. This way I can get to creating to post more fun stuff. Happy Wednesday. Thanks for stopping by.

Stamp by Marianne Designs

Flowers by Prima and Petaloo, 

Stickers  by Horizon Group USA, 

CS by Cryogen, Neenah and Coredinations

PP by CM and MME

Copic Markers

Spellbinders dies

Washi tape by Darice

Banner die by Stampin Up

Copic marker colors Skin R30, E53, E50, E000, E0000

Hair and bench E43, E44, E47

Top B00, B04 and B06

The other blue in the card B24 and B26

Thanks for looking

http://useyourstuff.blogspot.com/- Birthday

http://ppp-makeitmonday.blogspot.com/- Anything goes

http://cardsundmore-challengeblog.blogspot.com/- Anything goes

http://www.craftysentiments.blogspot.com/- Anything goes

http://www.lovesrubberstampschallenges.com/- Sentiment on the front

http://ttcrd.blogspot.com/- Anything goes

http://tuesdaythrowdown.blogspot.com/- Anything goes

http://challenges4everybody.blogspot.co.uk/- Anything goes

http://hobbycutzchallenges.blogspot.com/- Anything goes

Love card

This love card would be great for a wedding or anniversary card. 

I used MME patterned paper throughout the card along with some tulle and ribbon left over from a friends wedding. The love stamp is from Autumn Leaves and the flowers are from Petaloo and Making Memories-old stuff from my stash.

Thanks for looking.

Birthday card

I have a birthday card to share today. I tried doing the Velveteen technique with the background but found that the polka dots don't give the best look with the flowers stamps.  The flower stamps are by Fiskars and Imaginisce. The patterned paper and sentiment are by The Paper Loft. The flowers are by Stamping and Scrapping, Petaloo and Recollections. The centers are stickers I bought at a dollar store. Thanks for looking.

Crowned Love

I made this love card using stamps by Hero Arts (background) and Stampers Anonymous (Love and crown). The die cut is sprayed with a mixture of water and gold metallic powdered chalk by Stamp N Plus to give it some sparkle. The flowers are by Petaloo, centers by K and Co with glitter ribbon by Michael's. I used patterned paper by DCWV, cardstock by Michael's and Recollections. The ink I used on the stamps is by Ranger Industries and Stampin Up. 

Thanks for looking.

Mr. and Mrs.Wedding Card

For this fun wedding card I heat embossed the background stamp by Hero Arts using a golden embossing powder by Stamp N Plus. The gold paper is from my stash, white cardstock by Recollections and off white label cardstock by Strathmore. Brads and pearl are by Making Memories, stamp by American Crafts, ink by Tsukineko, flower by Petaloo, embossing folder by Darice and die cut by Spellbinders.

Thanks for stopping by and taking a look.

Challenges:

http://audsentimentschallengeblog.blogspot.com/-Anything with a sentiment

http://www.charismacardz.blogspot.com/-Anything goes

http://littlemissmuffetchallenges.blogspot.com/-Anything goes

http://myheartpiecesdigitalstampchallenge.blogspot.in/-Anything goes

http://paper-craftingjourney.blogspot.co.uk/-Anything goes

http://pixieduststudiopixiechallenge.blogspot.com/-Any celebration will do

http://creativemomentsbloggersnetwork.blogspot.co.uk/-Emboss it

http://thepapershelter.blogspot.com/-Anything goes

http://simonsaysstampschallenge.blogspot.com/-Anything goes

Thinking of you

A Thinking of You card. Patterned paper by Bo Bunny, Daisy D's and Making Memories. Cardstock by Recollections. Flowers by Petaloo. rub on by Kaisercraft. Die cuts by Spellbinders.

Thanks for looking.

Chalk-Ah-Lot Dry Embossed chalk background card

Edited May 2021. See sidebar for explanation 

For this card I mixed my chalk with paint and painted it onto the embossing folder. I then ran it thru my Cuttlebug, removed the paper from the folder and waited for it to dry. I think the final results are fun. I will definitely being doing this technique again with a different folder.  

Thanks for looking.

Valentine's Day Easel card

This week at Robyn's Fetish Challenge the challenge is LOVE. So pull out your Valentine goodies for this fun challenge.

Supplies:

Lacy ribbon by Oriental Trading Co.

Polka dot ribbon by American Crafts

Flowers by Petaloo, Making Memories and Prima

Brads by The Paper Studio

Stickles by Ranger Industries

Decorative scissors by Pioneer

Challenges:

http://thepoodlesparlour.blogspot.com/(F)-Valentine's or love

http://simplycreatetoo.blogspot.com/(F)-Love is in the air

http://thestampmanchallenges.blogspot.com/(F)-Use red

http://stampingwithdragon.blogspot.com/(F#2)-Anything Goes

http://wagsnwhiskersrubberstamps.blogspot.com/(F#71)-Love

http://craftuscrazy.blogspot.com/(W)- Love or Valentine's

http://pixieduststudiopixiechallenge.blogspot.com/(TH)-Getty Dotty (In the ribbon)

http://pattiescreationschallenge.blogspot.com/(F#35)-Fancy Folds

http://sweetnsassydigis.blogspot.com/(F#37)-Easel card

http://craftuscrazy.blogspot.com/(W)-Valentine's card

http://www.ibrakeforchallenges.blogspot.com/(W#17)-Fancy Folds

http://alotarubberstamps.blogspot.com/(1/15 #75)-Hearts

http://ccmonthlychallenge.blogspot.com/(Mo#20)-Love is in the air

Thanks for looking.

Valentine's Day Card-My Heart Belongs to you

Here is a new Valentine's day card I made. The scallop heart is a digi by Robyn's Fetish. I sprayed it with Glimmer Mist by Tattered Angels and placed a Doodlebug sticker over that. The background stamp is by Anne Griffin with ink by Colorbox. Flowers by Oriental Trading Co and Petaloo. Sticker sentiment by Sticko/EK Success.

Thanks for looking.

Baby Laundry Hanging Card for the Chalk-Ah-Lot Challenge #1

Our fabulous ANYTHING GOES challenge over at Chalk-Ah-Lot Cafe is entering the 2nd week and I have a new card to share. I love this stamp of clothes on the line. It along with the sentiment stamp can be found at Stamp N Plus Scrap N.

I used Pearl Purple and Gem colored chalk with paint and a bit of water. If you haven't used these chalks you should definitely get some HERE. They are so easy and fabulous to work with.

Thanks for stopping by. I hope to see you join in the first challenge dedicated to using chalks.

Challenges:

http://dreamvalleychallenges.blogspot.com/(SU#23)-Anything Goes

http://www.gingerloftchallenge.blogspot.com/(SA#31)-Anything Goes

http://onestitchatatimechallenge.blogspot.com/(SU#96)-Anything Goes

http://panpasteluk.blogspot.com/(SU#1)-Anything Goes

http://stamptacularsundaychallenge.blogspot.com/(SU#147)-Texture (the purple cardstock is textured along with the glitter on the flower and then the chalk also gives a texture)

Pink/purple TY

Happy Saturday!! I'm very busy creating today so real quick some supplies:

cardstock-Recollections

label die cut-Studio 112

border sticker-Jolee's

purple flower-Creative Memories

pink flower Making Memories

white flower-Petaloo

pink roses-Martha Stewart

stamp-Hero Arts

ink-Stampin Up

border punch-Martha Stewart

So much for real quick:)

Challenges:

http://simplystampinchallenge.blogspot.com/(SA#42)-Die cut

http://sweetstampinchallengeblog.blogspot.com/(SA)-Glitter (in the diamonds)

http://disdigidesignschallenge.blogspot.com/(F)-Thank you card

http://marksfinestpapers.blogspot.com/(SA#90)-Border punch

I Did it Creations Challenge

This week at I Did It Creations our challenge is ANYTHING GOES. We are sponsored by Toucan Scraps and were given a few digital papers and images to go with them. I chose the peach colored paper and scalloped circle for my card.

I used some old Pebbles paper for the background and Stampin' Up ribbon in the middle. The eyelets are unknown but the flowers are by Petaloo.

Thanks for stopping by and be sure to enter your project into the ANYTHING GOES challenge at IDIC.

Shannon's Sentiments Preview Day 3

Welcome to our final preview day!!!!!  We're combining it with our usual Saturday challenge today so you'll get lots of eye candy for the new releases.

Today we're featuring the Getaway Car and Bride and Groom images as well as the Just Married and Lots of Thanks Add-on sets. The full sets with a blog hop will be starting at 6am EST on April 15th at the "Shannon's Sentiments" blog. We will also be hosting a chat at our CDAC group page at 8pm EST on the 15th as well.

For this weeks challenge I would like to see you use three flowers and no patterned paper. Cardstock only please:) I made my card out of the Core'dinations cardstock that has an aqua colored core to it. So once I embossed it and sanded the embossed area the aqua color came shining through. Love that paper. I used a couple of flowers from Petaloo that I sprayed with glimmer mist to make them match the rest of my card and one flower from Oriental Trading Co. My sentiment comes from the Lots of Thanks add-on set that will be released tomorrow:) 

Please be sure to check out the other DT members cards.

Shannon

Michelle

Tammylee

GDT Linda

To play along, just add your post link to the Mr. Linky widget on the sidebar for the May challenges on Shannon's Sentiments blog. Mr. Linky will close for the month on Friday, June 3rd at 11:59pm EST. Please don't include your link in just the comments....for fear it will get lost along the way and not counted toward the monthly prizes.

The rules are the same as always.....

At the end of the month one $10 gift certificate to the Sentiments store will be given to one random winner picked from all participants each month. There will also be one free image ($3 value) given to the one player that participates the most each month. Rules:

1) You are encouraged to use an image from Shannon's Sentiments, but it's not required. (Check out the many freebies available at the store.)

2) Each player may contribute as many entries as they'd like for each challenge.

3) Blog posts must be linked back to the challenge post with your actual blog post, not your general blog link, or gallery link using the Mr. Linky widget. Links included in the comments section only will not be included in the monthly drawing.

4) Your entry must be new art created for this challenge. You can combine it with other challenges.