Hello, hello! I'm back with a card for this week's JUGs challenge. My bloggy friend, Lisa, is the host of this week's challenge and she put together a fabulous mood board featuring bees! I pulled out the one stamp set that I know I have (I could have others, lol) that has bees in it along with another stamp set and got to work. Let's look at what I made.
Hello! Stopping in to share a couple of cards. I will be posting one of the cards to the following challenges: Freshly Made Sketches, Color Throwdown and Just Us Girls. The other card will be going to the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge of anything goes. Here is the first card.
Hey there! Popping in to share a card that I made for two challenges: Paper Players and JUGs. The JUGs challenge is a mood board challenge and it closes in just a few hours so I'm cutting it close for that one. The Paper Players challenge is a clean and simple challenge to use spring flowers. Take a look.
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Popping in with a card that I made with the Simon Says Stamp Wise Men Still Seek Him die and a very old Hero Arts stamp set called Heavens Rejoice. I made a card using the die and another Hero Arts stamp set that came out at the same time several years ago and decided I wanted to make another for Christmas. I never gave anyone the first card I made, and I may keep this one, too! Take a look.
Hello and happy Friday everyone! Simon Says Stamp has a new release called Hugs and I have two cards to share that I created with the Jumbled Hearts background stamp from the release. You can find the entire release here. (An affiliate linked list of products is at the end of this post. Using my links allows me to earn a small commission at no cost to you. Thank you for your support.)
Make sure you check out the new release! Thanks for stopping by and have a lovely day!
Hey there! I'm popping in to share a few cards. One card is for two challenges and the other two cards are ones that I made last week, but only shared on Instagram so I thought I would share them here, too. First up is the card for the challenge and that challenge is Freshly Made Sketches and the Flower Challenge. Will also add this to the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge to put a sentiment on your card.
Back in July I purchased a Hero Arts card kit that is available only through the Joann's website. I couldn't resist the gorgeous floral image and the fact that it came with lots of beautiful cardstock and a dot palette of Daniel Smith watercolors. After stamping the image in black on watercolor cardstock I watercolored the image with the Daniel Smith colors. When it was dry I die cut it with the matching die. I used the layout from FMS, but obviously didn't make my card square. To get the triangles in the layout I scored the cardstock panel in opposite corners and then using the score lines as a guide wrapped the panel with this pretty variegated hemp twine that I have had for ages. A small bow was tied with another piece adhered. I stamped the sentiment in black ink and die cut it with an AJVD labels die. That was popped up on the card front along with the bouquet and then I finished with some sparkling clear sequins from Pretty Pink Posh.
This card came about because I wanted to use some Stencil Butters that I had gotten from A Jillian Vance Design and I don't think I had ever used the Tumbling Leaves stencil from Simon Says Stamp. Their current Instagram challenge is to do stenciling and so I made this card. Since I had never tried the stencil butters before I got just two of them. One blue and one green. As you can see I used both and they really spread just like nice soft butter! I really need to get more. After my stenciled panel was dry I trimmed it down and adhered it to my card base. The butterflies were trimmed out of some patterned paper that I had and adhered along with the sentiment from Pinkfresh Studio that I foiled in black. I finished by adding some Trinity Stamps Rainbow Fish pearls to the bodies of the butterflies.
Hello! Hope things are good in your part of the world! I'm popping in with a card for the Paper Players and Freshly Made Sketches. The Paper Players challenge is a fun one this week. They are asking us to create a clean and simple card with at least one bee on it. I pulled out the stamps and dies from the Hero Arts January My Monthly Hero kit and got to work. I stamped the three bees using black ink and then colored them with Copic markers. I had some patterned paper from Honey Bee Stamps with a fun bee theme and pulled out a piece with a honeycomb pattern in shades of aqua (or maybe teal?). I die cut the patterned paper to fit my white cardstock panel and adhered it with foam tape. I die cut a label and stamped it with the sentiment using black ink. The sentiment was adhered along with two of the bees and I adhered the panel to a light aqua cardstock base. I die cut a second panel of white cardstock, adhered the third bee and then stamped the rest of the sentiment. For a finishing touch I added Stickles to the wings, but you can't see it in the photo. To make things easier on myself I took a photo of the inside panel before adhering it inside the card!
Hello! I'm so excited to be guesting at Color Throwdown this week! As many of you might know CTD is one of my favorite challenges to participate in. Week after week they provide fabulous color combos and inspiration to get your creative juices flowing! The color combo for this week is no exception! I went with a clean and simple floral design using stamps and dies from Concord & 9th. Specifically I used the Painted Peony stamp and die set. I didn't use the gorgeous large peony bloom in the set, but a smaller floral image. Inks from multiple companies were used to stamp the images. Pinks from Hero Arts, reds and greens from Altenew and browns from Stampin Up! I die cut everything and then got to arranging it on my white cardstock panel. As I was creating my arrangement I decided that the geometric piece everything was arranged on looked a little plain so I embossed it with an old, but favorite, embossing folder. That did the trick! The sentiment is from Painted Peonies and was stamped in VersaFine CLAIR Nocturne. I added a few sequins in red and pink to finish the card. Here is my card:
Hello! Popping in with one of those cards that no one really wants to make... a sympathy card. One of my very dear friends lost her brother-in-law to COVID-19. He was a 30 year veteran of the Las Vegas police department and was well respected. I'm just so sad for my friend and her husband who just lost his big brother. I used the color combo from Color Throwdown as it was more masculine and lent itself to a sympathy type card. I used the Altenew Mini Delight: Strength stamp set for the feathers and a sentiment from the Altenew Starry Flowers stamp set. I found an ink that was close to terracotta to stamp the tip of the feathers after stamping them with VersaFine CLAIR Nocturne ink. The terracotta ink is from Hero Arts, but I don't know what it is called as it is in cube form and there is no name on it. The layout is from CAS(E) this Sketch. I die cut white cardstock using a stitched dot rectangle from A Jillian Vance Design and then stamped the sentiment. To create the split look from the sketch I embossed lines on either side of the sentiment. I adhered the panel to a light gray cardstock base with foam tape and then adhered the feathers. Adding this to the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge of anything goes.
Hello! Popping in with a couple of cards today. First up is a card for the Hero Arts Stay Crafty challenge. This time it is a sketch by Julee Tillman. I always think I'm going to get something made for these challenges, but it never seems to happen. When I saw the sketch I just had to play along. I started going through my Hero Arts stamps and discovered a stamp and die set that I do not remember even buying! How funny is that? And the other thing.... I don't even know what the set is called! (ETA: I posted my card on Instagram and Hero Arts was kind enough to let me know that it is from the April 2016 My Monthly Hero kit! I still don't remember buying the kit, but obviously I did!) It has a beautiful main floral image and then several smaller images and sentiments. The large flower can be die cut as a single image, but there are also several other dies that can be used to cut out different parts of the flower so you can layer them. I checked on the Hero Arts website, but found nothing. I think I purchased it at the same time I bought a My Monthly Hero kit several years ago, but I'm not sure. Anyway, I stamped the images on watercolor paper with VersaFine CLAIR Nocturne ink and then watercolored them with distress inks in Picked Raspberry, Wild Honey, Forest Moss and Crushed Olive. I die cut the flower and then trimmed out the leaves by hand as there are no dies for those images. I found a piece of patterned paper that had similar colors in it and die cut it with a rectangle die from A Jillian Vance Design. Because I wanted to be able to see the pattern on the paper I die cut some of the elements in the sketch from vellum. They were adhered with glue in strategic places and then I arranged the flower and leaves. I had a small piece of the patterned paper left that was large enough to die cut and stamp with the sentiment before adhering it to my card. You can see the stamp and die set in my photo so if any one knows what it is called, please let me know!
The second card is for Freshly Made Sketches and Color Throwdown. I have had a beautiful die set from Spellbinders for quite sometime now that I have not used. It features a four layer butterfly and lots of small flowers and leaves to add as embellishments, as well as a large sentiment. I used the butterfly dies and a few of the other dies, as well. I die cut the butterfly from white cardstock for the bottom layer and then green and orange cardstocks for the second and third layers. The final layer was die cut from red glitter paper. I also die cut the strip elements in the sketch from the same cardstocks using sentiment strip dies from A Jillian Vance Design. The orange and green strips were popped up with foam dimensionals and the red glitter strip flat to the card base. I adhered the butterfly and a small flower/leaves embellishment that I made. The sentiment was hot foiled using my Glimmer Hot Foil system and silver foil. I die cut the sentiment with a banner die that comes with the sentiment set I used. I then slid the sentiment in under the butterfly as you see. This card is really bright, but I love how it turned out. Spellbinders is having a special going on right now. Spend $100 and you will get a card kit for free! The Spellbinders card kits are jam packed with cards, envelopes, patterned paper, embellishments, adhesive, etc.! Just click on the banner to be taken to the Spellbinders website. (Affiliate link used at no cost to you. Thank you if you make a purchase through my link.)
Well... I think that title says how a lot of us feel right now about our friends and family! So many people have been on my mind lately as we all adjust to what is our new normal for the next month or so. But being able to do some crafting is really helping out. This card is for the Hero Arts Stay Crafty with Hero Arts challenge to using something that had never seen ink. Sadly I think I have several items from Hero Arts that have never seen ink and this Hero Arts/Gina K Design collaborative stamp set is one of them. I stamped it in Memento Tuxdeo Black on white cardstock and then colored with Copic markers. I do not think I have ever colored something this large with Copics and the only reason I gave it a go is that I think I finally know how to color well with Copics (thanks to watching many, many, many videos!). Once I was done I die cut the piece with the largest plain rectangle die from A Jillian Vance Design. I stamped the sentiment in VersaMark watermark ink on vellum, applied black embossing powder from WOW! and then heat set. The strip was then wrapped around my panel and adhered on the back. The panel was then adhered to a dark pink cardstock base. Going to add this to the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge, as well.
Hello! Hope everyone had a lovely Christmas. I did! Can't believe we are in the final few days of 2019 and heading into a brand new decade! Where did the time go? I have a thank you card that I made for a couple of challenges: Reverse Confetti stock your stash and Fab Friday. Love the simple layout of the Fab Friday sketch and thought it was perfect to use with the Reverse Confetti Best Days and Thank You stamp sets. I don't have the die that matches the Best Days stamp set (yet... I just ordered it!) so I decided to just heat emboss the bouquet on smooth Bristol cardstock and do some simple watercoloring with my ZIG markers. Once it was done and dry I die cut it with a rectangle die from A Jillian Vance Designs. The large thank you sentiment was stamp with watermark ink and heat embossed on vellum. I then die cut it with the matching die. The background is a cover die from Reverse Confetti called Snow Stars. I die cut that from off white cardstock and adhered it to a bright yellow cardstock base with foam dimensionals. I them adhered the image panel with more foam dimenstionals. The vellum sentiment was adhered using rolled up glue dots that I placed behind the embossed letters. Can't wait to get the matching Best Days dies so I can create some more with the pretty set!
Hello everyone! Hope your week is going well. I'm popping in with a card that I made for a few challenges: the Paper Players (use plaid or checks), the Card Concept (inspiration and my card is clean and simple) and CAS(E) this Sketch (layout). When I saw the Card Concept inspiration photo it made me think of the stamp and die set that was part of the July 2017 My Monthly Hero kit. The set includes images of bunches of lavender and sweet peas as well as images of different containers. I will admit that I have only used this lovely set once (hangs head in shame) and that was along time ago! I used the sweet peas image and the image of a watering can for my card. I stamped both images using VersaFine CLAIR Morning Mist and then colored the images with Faber Castell Polychromos color pencils. Once done I die cut with the matching dies. I die cut some pink check patterned paper with the largest stitched dot rectangle die and then die cut some woodgrain cardstock with the same die. The woodgrain piece was cut on an angle and adhered it to the patterned paper panel. I adhered the two images together and then placed it on the panel so that I could determine where to place the sentiment. I removed the die cuts and then stamped the sentiment using Morning Mist ink. The image was then popped up on the panel with foam dimensionals and the panel was adhered to a light gray cardstock base.
Hello! Another two card post today. Hmmm... I seem to be doing a lot of that lately, lol! Anyway today I have cards that feature flowers and fish! First up is my card featuring flowers. The other day I spent part of my afternoon coloring some images from the Honey Bee Stamps Winter Anemone stamp set with my ZIG markers. I had been planting daffodils earlier in the day and I guess I had yellow on the brain because I colored my anemones yellow! Once they were all done I die cut them with the matching dies. Now I colored all the images prior to knowing that the color combo for Color Throwdown would be yellow, green, red and white. So I only had to figure out how to work red into my design and I had my card for the challenge! I went with red enamel dots since I have lots of them and need to use them on projects. The sentiment from the Honey Bee Stamps Thinking of You stamp set was stamped in VersaFine CLAIR Nocturne on the card base, the flowers arranged in the corner and then I finished with the enamel dots. Also going to post this to the Flower Challenge. This month it is anything goes.
The second card features the fish, obviously! This one is heading to CAS(E) this Sketch and CASology (the theme there is ocean). In order to make my idea work for the CTS layout I turned it on it's side. I recently got the March My Monthly Hero kit. It is jam packed full of stamps and dies. I purchased this kit because I have two other ocean theme My Monthly Hero kits from previous years and I knew they would work perfectly with the new kit. I used two of the Hero Arts reactive inks that come in the kit. One called Sea Glass was used to ink up the white cardstock panel for my bit of ocean. The second color called Blue Water was just to stamp the kelp. I then stamped two fish one in an emerald green and the other in a color called Tranquil Tide. It is a blue/green/gray color. Die cut them with the matching die. I splatted on some water and them removed it with a towel to get the look of bubbles. The sentiment was stamped in VersaFine CLAIR Nocturne. I die cut the panel with a rectangle die, adhered it to a light gray card base and added some of the little droplets that come in the kit. I think I will post this over at Less is More, too, as I did use the kelp image three times and there are three of the droplets.
Hey there! Hope all is well in your world. I'm popping in with a card for two challenges: The Card Concept and Fusion. Both challenges happen to have a similar feel to them... non-traditional Halloween/Fall and so I thought I would combine them on my card. I did not use pumpkins (which are featured in both inspiration photos), but feathers. As a nod toward the Card Concept photo I stamped my feathers (from the February My Monthly Hero kit) in two shades of pink and then inked up portions of each feather with VersaMark watermark ink, applied gold embossing powder and then heat set. A piece of white cardstock was die cut and then splattered with a light blue/green acrylic paint that I thinned down with water. When the panel was dry I arranged my feathers per the sketch from the Fusion challenge. The sentiment was stamped in VersaFine CLAIR Morning Mist ink. To bring in the crystals found on one of the pumpkins in the Card Concept photo and the color blue from the Fusion photo I added Pretty Pink Posh light blue crystals randomly around the feathers. I'm going to admit that I often struggle with the categories at the Card Concept, but I think this one would fit into the Clean and Layered category.
