Embossing

Man, I almost forgot to post this card so that I could enter it into the Penny's Paper-Crafty challenge #111 for this week.  I already posted it on the Outlawz site for this week, but forgot to blog it.  The challenge over at Penny's for this week is to use embossing, either wet or dry.  I chose dry.  I had this cool piece of embossed card stock that has a beautiful flower design on it, so I used that.  It's from DCWV.  The card base is Gina K's heavy base weight white cards stock. The back ground paper is also from DCWV.

The sentiment stamp is from Fiskar's and I bought it at Jo-Ann's last year.  I cut it out with my EK Success label punch and then punched out a black one.  I cut the black one in half and attached it on the ends.  I added a black brad (Recollections)  to each end and used pop dots to adhere it to the card.  In each corner I added a black, flat back pearl (Queen and Co.) to each corner of the embossed card stock.  It's pretty CAS, but I like it.

Thanks for stopping in today.  I hope you all have a wonderfully blessed Monday!

I Forgot

Hello again my friends.  I'm back with another card for a new challenge blog that I found.  Crafty Card Makers has some great challenges.  This week's challenge was to make a Belated Birthday Card.  I'm always in need of one of those because my poor brain is the size of a peanut and I don't always remember birthdays.

I chose this cute little elephant from a TCP Stamp called Circus Time.  I used my BIC Markers to color him in.  I used my glitter gel pens for the stand and ball.  I even added some Sakura Glitter pen to the curlie Q's on his hat.  I punched out the ball with a 5/8" circle punch.  I tried to use bright and colorful patterned paper and card stock for a cheery card.  The card base is from Colorbok, the DP is from DCWV, The yellow and pink card stocks are from Recollections.  I cut the image down to 3.5" square, inked the edges with SU Coral, matted it on the same blue as the base, then a yellow.  All mats are 1/8th larger in size.  I printed out the sentiment and inked the edges with the same Coral.  I used pop dots on the sentiment and the ball.  Adding four red rhinestones finished off this cute belated birthday card.

Thanks for stopping in today.  I hope you guys are staying warm.  It's bitter cold here in NE PA and my feet feel like blocks of ice.  Take care and God bless!

So Thankful

Welcome back.  I hope everyone's day is going great.  I am doing much better now.  I am able to craft for longer periods and finding myself creating more lately.  I am so thankful for good doctors who really care about their patients. Some doctor's don't give a rip whether you get better or not.  They are in it for the money and they should find another line of work that doesn't involve dealing with people and their health.

Today's card is a thank you card that I am going to send to my surgeon and his PAs.  Dr. Campos has taken such good care of me and I am doing so well that I felt impressed upon to send this to his office.

The focal image is a cute little stamp that I picked up in the dollar bin at Jo-Ann's from Studio G.  I think it 's so soft and delicate.  I paired it with some dark teal, olive green and chocolate brown which can all be found in the DP I used for the background.  This is another sheet from that wonderful pack I picked up right before Christmas.  I used my Spellbinders Ovals and Scalloped Ovals to cut out the image and the mats for it.  I used pop dots to adhere it to the card after I added a chocolate brown satin ribbon to the middle and tied a knot on the left hand side.  The rhinestones are all from Queen and Co.

I used SU Very Vanilla for the card base.  I hope you all enjoyed this card and I hope to see you all back soon.  I am entering this card in the One Stop Craft Challenge for this week.  The theme is Thank You.    God bless you.

Birthday Wishes

Hello Guys.  How is everyone today?  I guess if you are reading this, your eyes are still intact and working properly after the previous post.  HE HE   This one will not be as long.  Only one card to showcase today.

This one is for two different challenges.  The monthly challenge over on Beccy's Place.  You still have 10 days to enter this challenge.  You must use one of her images, but she does have quite a few for free.   And the second challenge is Sketch Saturday.  

I used my colored pencils and OMS for this image from Beccy Muir.  Isn't she cute?  She reminds me of a little Southern Belle out for a Summer stroll.  That little pinafore dress is adorable.   The sentiment is from Dessert Diva.  I used Memento Dandelion to ink all the edges of the focal image and the sentiment.  I matted them on  Cornflower Blue by Colorbok.  The DP is from my stash and I wish I knew who made it and how to get some more.  I just love that cloud design.  I used pop dots on the sentiment.  The die cut strip I received in a swap and don't know if was made from a die, a punch or a die cut machine, but I like it and thought it fit perfectly here.  The two sunflowers I found in my stash.   The card base is Navy Blue from SU.

I sure hope you all enjoyed this card as much as I enjoyed making it.  I sure hope you all are having a great week and I will you blessings.

Saturday Sketch

Hello peeps.  How is everyone this snow covered morn?  I woke up this morning to about 3 inches of snow.  Granted it's not alot compared to what Utah just received last week, but for me, it's plenty.  

Today's card was made to enter the Sketch Saturday Challenge.  I used an image from the internet for free.  I colored the image with Spectrum Noir markers.  I used Spellbinders to cut out the image.  The sentiment is from a new stamp set I just bought from Gina K Designs called Heartily Yours.  The background paper is from my stash and the card base is Gina K's 120#: base weight white.  I added some sparkle twine for accent.  The image is inked in DI Vintage Photo and the sentiment is inked in Lady Bug from Memento.

I think it turned out pretty cute.  If any of you know who designed this digi stamp, I would love to know.  I cannot remember where I got it from so I can't give proper credit.  Thanks for stopping in today to see my latest creation.  Have a blessed day!

Mud Pies

Howdy!  How's all my crafty friends doing today?  Well, I have been hard at work this past week trying to get cards made, projects finished, and household things under control.  I have finished my first project for Queen Kat Designs.  I was so excited when I received this little stamp.  How cute is she??  I had to improvise the way I stamped her because I didn't have any EZ Mount foam so I had to use double sided tape.  The impression was good, but it will be better next time.  So, here she is...The new Carla Morrow stamp, Mud Pies. 

She is the cutest little baby girl dragon playing in the mud with a little fairy.  Boy, she made a mess.  Mud everywhere.  But, that's half of the fun little girls have when making mud pies.  So, to make this card, I cut a 12x12 piece of Colorbok pink cardstock down to 4 1/4" by 11" and scored it at 5 1/2" so that it will open vertically.  The patterned paper is from HOTP.  It is cut at 4"x5 1/4" and centered on the card base.  I used the same pink cardtock for the large mat.  The green cardstock mat is also from Colorbok.  I stamped little Mud Pies on Stampin' Ups Whisper White.  I used Spectrum Noir markers from  http://www.paperwishes.com/  to color her in.  These pens are fantastic.  They could be called generic copics.  They are not near the price of copics and do a great job.  Next I inked the edges of Mud Pies with Vintage Photo Distress Ink by Tim Holtz.  I then mounted the image on the green cardstock.  I used pink and green embroidery floss to wrap around the image.  I then mounted the whole thing on the pink cardstock and used foam tape to attatch it to the base.  The sentiment, "Mommy's Little Mess Maker" was printed out from my computer using the French Script Font size 16.  I added green, pink and cream colored pearls to the corners and that is my finished card.  This would be cute to use for a new baby card.  Thanks for stopping by and I hope you check back for more projects with stamps  from http://katstamps.com/home.htm 

Vera Bradley Inspired Card

Hi peeps.  I have another card to show you today.  I received a special order for a birthday card this week.  The lady is buying her daughter a Vera Bradley cosmetic bag for her birthday and wanted a card especially for her.  So, I Googled Vera Bradley Since I am not a girly girl, I know absolutely nothing about purse designers.  The name of the bag is Island Bloom and I have to say, it is a beautiful bag.  Not so much for the style, but as a crafter, the design and color combinations.   So here is the bag..the aquas and lime greens I absolutely love.  The black outlined flowers really set it off.  Kinda tropical don'tcha think?



This is the front of the card.  The base is made with a K & Co prefolded gatefold card with a twist.

I received a pack of these cards from my Big Sis over on SCS.  Thanks Mary!  I used some papers from my stash and unfortunately, when I began scrapbooking back in 2004, I wasn't so concerned with keeping my paper lines seperate.  Now, I wish I had because I still have some papers from 2004 and have no idea which lines they belong to.  Yes, I know, I am a paper addict.  It's bad.  I actually have enough paper that even if I didn't buy anymore for probably 2 years I could still craft.  With the exception of my cardstock, I am set for patterned paper.  But dang it, there are just so many beautiful collections out there.  So, back to the card.  I tried to match up the patterns and colors on the Vera Bradley purse as close as I could.   I pulled a couple of sheets that had the green, black, and aqua together, but they didn't seem quite right.  So I decided on this cute lime green with white flowers, black with white outlined flowers, and a small aqua print.  It does have brown in it, but not enough of a difference with the black that it clashed.  I also used a lime green cardstock from my stash to mat the patterned paper on.  The sentiment was printed out on my computer using the Brushstroke font set at 24.  I had a slightly hard time getting the diamonds to match up, and they still weren't perfectly straight, but that's the fun of crafting, right.  Imperfections make it handmade.

The inside was done with a combination of the black and white and green and white patterned paper and black cardstock and green cardstock.  I layered them leaving 1/8th of an inch between each layer.  The sentiment for the inside came from a list compiled on SCS (Splitcoast Stampers).  It's a great list of sentiments for all occassions.  I printed it out on my computer and used the same Brushstroke font as the front sentiment, just in a smaller size.  I mounted it on aqua cs just like the front.  I added the flowers on the green panels from some I had in my stash..again, I have no idea where I got them or who they were made by.

So that's the card.  I hope you guys enjoyed it.  I know I had fun making it.  I am going to have to check out more of Vera's purses for more inspiration.  Whatcha think??