Poppy happy birthday

Hi everyone:

This is going to be a very short post, but I hope all is well.

I have a friend who celebrated her birthday this week and wanted to get a card together for her.  You know how much I have been enjoying water coloring, so did another one.  This is a stamp that I got while at a stamp, scrap and art tour recently and just loved it.  It was my second try at a layered stamp (I still have to practice a little more to get them lined up correctly).  sorry for the poor photo quality - I took it late at night so was too lazy to get out my photo box.

I hope everyone has a great Monday.

Janet

Color Throwdown challenge using distress crayons

Yep, it's me again :) Three times in one day.  I have to create a list of when the challenges begin and end because the last two are ending soon.

For this card, I used the Color Throwdown color challenge and have to say, I love these colors, but I'm not happy with this card; however, I am not going to trash it.  I made a promise to myself that I will not do that and keep on working on it until it's finished. This card needs something and I just can't put my finger on it (I even took my scor-buddy and made a line above the sentiment to see if that would help), but oh well, it's going up.

Not only have I promised myself to not throw any projects out, I promised myself that before I sell any of my stamps, dies, etc., I would use them at least once to see if I can see myself using it again.  I have been purging over the past few weeks and this is one of the stamps in the possible sell box, so had to give it one last try.  When I went to the Stamp, Scrap and Art Tour held in Columbia, SC back in February, I saw the new distress crayons and had to grab them and give them a try, but am just now getting to use them. I have to admit, they are going to take some time to get used to, but boy oh boy aren't they vibrant.  I added some wink-of-stella at the end to add some sparkle too :)

I have a family member who is going through a tough time at the moment and thought this would cheer her up a little - these colors can surely do that - they are so cheerful.  

I look forward to seeing the new colors coming up for this challenge so I can get started.

Have a great one

Janet

supplies:

cardstock:  SSS fog cardstock; Ranger watercolor paper

ink:  Black Versamark ink

stamps:  LawnFawn Blue Skies

accessories:  LawnFawn Blue Skies dies; tim holtz distress crayons peacock feathers, festive berries, spiced marmalade, mustard seed; fun foam (added behind the big balloon and cloud); Scor-buddy; Elizabeth Craft double sided adhesive; Pretty Pink Posh clear sequins; MISTI mini stamping tool; Ranger multi medium adhesive; Hero Arts clear embossing powder; Milwaukee heat tool; 

Mojo Monday challenge

Hey again:

This is the second challenge I participated in today and this time it was a sketch challenge from Mojo Monday, which I just love participating in.  The ever talented Julee Tilman created this fun sketch and it took me no time to figure out what I was going to do with this one.  

I have a friend from work who is celebrating his birthday this week and since we have an office of approximately 50 people, had to create two cards so everyone could wish him a happy birthday and this is my second creation.  I wanted to do some type vintage design and when I came across the DCWV Timeless Type paper stack, knew that would be where I started and then, of course, I had to look at my Tim Holtz stash :)

I really enjoyed putting this card together and it made me realize that I need to start using patterned paper more when I create because it really came together well.

I can't wait to see what the new sketch is tomorrow because I am positive I will be joining :)

Hope you have a great afternoon

Janet

Supplies:

cardstock:  SU early espresso
patterned paper:  DCWV Timeless Type paper stack
ink:  SU early espresso; distress ink ground espresso
stamp set:  Reverse Confetti lots to say
accessories:  Tim Holtz journaling cards; MFT die-namics stitched circle and square dies; MISTI mini stamping tool; Tim Holtz trimmer; PRIMA distress tool; American Craft bakers twine; multi medium adhesive

Less is More Challenge

Hi everyone:

I am slowly getting back into the swing of things here and am so excited to do so.  I decided to look at the current challenges to help me get started and since it's been so long since I have done a challenge, found a few new ones (for me that is).  This first one is just that - Less is More looks like such a fun place to be and am excited to participate this week.  

I have a friend at work who is celebrating his birthday this week and of course, masculine cards are the hardest for me to make, but when I looked at this challenge, knew it would be perfect.  When I first looked at it, I only noticed the challenge as being a one layer card, which is something I haven't done in a VERY long time, so thought I would go outside my box this time and do that.  It wasn't until I compiled all my supplies I was going to use that I realized that the other part of the challenge was to have geometric shapes or patterns and I figured since I was making a masculine card, these chevrons would be perfect.  That was surely a sign I was suppose to join in on this challenge.  How funny is that. 

I blended the distress inks using the stencil, spread distress clear crackle over the design before removing the stencil; however, you can't see that :(  I stamped the ship journal images on each corner, the happy birthday sentiment, added a few enamel dots and that's it.  It was so simple and I was really pleased with how it turned out.

I hope you can join in with the challenge this week.  I know I'll be back.

Janet

Supplies:

cardstock:  SU heavy cardstock
ink:  Distress ink chipped sapphire, ground espresso, walnut stain; SSS smoke; SU basic black
stamps:  SU The Open Sea; SP& Company Mustache Madness sentiment
accessories:  SSS lined chevron stencil; Distress clear crackle; distress collage medium brush; Studio Calico enamel dots; ADtech crafters tape; MISTI stamping tool

My momma's birthday

Today is a special day for my family.  It's my momma's birthday and I have to say, she is the best momma EVER.  I was truly blessed when God made her my mother and I thank Him every day for her.  I had to create a special card for her and use her favorite color, blue :)  I recently went to the Stamp Scrap & Art tour that was here in Columbia and fell in love with this Rubbernecker watercolor flower stamp (I got several others as well).  I don't typically like working with layering stamps, but these were so easy and look forward to using it more often. 

 Momma, I hope you have a very happy birthday.

Supplies:

cardstock:  Tiim Holtz watercolor paper, Stampin Up black

ink:  Memento black ink

stamps:  Rubbernecker 914 flower

accessories:  Zig brush color marker in blue, light blue and olive, watercolor brush, wink of stella, Stampin Up silver ribbon, craft foam, MFT diagonal stitched die cut