Playing With A Sketch

I am trying to make some thank you notes for a non profit I am involved with so I used the current sketch at Freshly Made Sketches for my card layout. 

I flipped the sketch on its side and my flower represents the strip on the sketch.

 I am also placing it in the challenge at Addicted to Stamps which is Anything Goes.

At Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge the challenge this week is also Anything Goes.

I have been trying to put my crafting area back together.  It had exploded all over my house with lighting and eye issues.  I believe all that has been solved now thanks to cataract surgery and a nice visit from an electrician with new lights and more plug ins.  Oh happy day.  But I digress.  As I am picking up I am finding all these backgrounds I have made.  I am putting them in one box.  I almost have a photo box from Michaels filled with backgrounds.  This is where the pieces came from for this card.  Unfortunately I really have no idea how I made this background - I am thinking it is distress oxides and it has also been dry embossed.  The other pieces are just pieces with a light blue ink on them. 

I have a new floral die and have die cut quite a few of these flowers.  If you look back, you can see a few more cards using this flower on them.

The thank you is from Rubber Necker Stamps.

Thanks for stopping by.  I need to go make another card using backgrounds I have on hand.  I may be busy for a year. 

Happy Little Stampers September Watercolor Challenge

Hard to believe that September is here.  In our area of the world, the kiddos start back to school next week.  Pretty soon it will be snowing.  UGH.

The watercolor challenge at Happy Little Stampers for the Month of September is Anything Goes with the optional twist of tropical.

I do not have too much in my supplies that are tropical but I did remember I had this flamingo stamp from Whipper Snapper Stamps.  It is wood block stamp but I removed it from its block and used it in my Misti (the best tool ever invented for the stamper). 

I stamped it on watercolor paper and used my Cut and Scan to cut it out.  I used a new watercolor set I recently bought which was a very inexpensive one at JoAnn's.  It had some pretty colors in it.  The flamingo is several different colors of pink. 

I was having difficulty deciding on a background for my flamingo.  I believe I went on Pinterest and was just looking at cards and saw one that had stripes painted on the background.  I picked three tropical colors from the watercolor set and painted on my stripes.  Each stripe has several layers of the same color on it to give a bright bold stripe.  On two of the stripes I added clear glitter embossing paste through a stencil. 

One of my original ideas was to use tropical leaves so I had cut several leaves with my Silhouette and colored them.  I used two of the leaves to ground my flamingo.  I die cut the sentiment from some black cardstock.

I needed a birthday card in October for my great niece so I am hoping she likes Ms. Flamingo.

Please join us at Happy Little Stampers for our September Watercolor Challenge. 

Simon Says Anything Goes

I love challenges that are "anything goes" because it works right into whatever is on your design table.  Luckily for me the current challenge at Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge is Anything Goes. 

I am working on some thank you notes for a non profit and I recently made some cards using some inked backgrounds I had made awhile ago and some new die cuts I had.  This card is scraps (the blue pieces and the black stripe pieces) from those cards.  I just arranged them so they were pleasing to my eyes. 

The sentiment stamp is from Rubbernecker Stamps.  I like the size and font of the thank you.

I keep wanting to add splatters to this card but I am trying to practice restraint. 

Thanks for stopping by. 

S Is The Letter of the Day

I am playing along with the Monday Challenge at Simon Says Stamp.  The challenge is "S is For".

"S" could be for so many things.  My S words are stamping, sparkle, and splatters.

I had visited my friend Annie and we played with our gelli plates and distress inks.  The card started with one of those backgrounds.  The flower was stamped on two different pieces of gelli plate backgrounds and fussy cut with scissors (that is an S word).  I believe I did add a little more color to the flower and stem/leaf.  This stamp is from Dina Wakely.  The sentiment  (another S word) is becoming a favorite for me.  I added sparkle (another S word) with a clear glitter embossing paste through a stencil (another S word).  The flower was adhered over a bed of black thread with pop dots to add some dimension.  Then I added black splatters (my final S word).

I even created a pretty envelope to mail the card in.  I wonder if postal workers like seeing pretty.

I enjoyed creating this card.  I love that new flower stamp.  Thanks for stopping by. 

Oldie Moldie Monday

It is Monday - time to show some love for your old supplies.  I saw this sheet of patterned paper with fish on it and new I could make some male cards for a military box a friend is doing.

The stamp I used is very old also.

Remember to show some love for your old supplies.

Oldie Moldie Monday

It is Monday - time to show some love for your old supplies.

I found this sheet of patterned paper in my large paper supply and decided to use a sketch and make some simple cards for a friend's military box.  All of my card stock is well aged also.  The only fairly new thing I used on the card is the hello die.

Remember to show some love for your old supplies.

CAS Thank You

I was able to play along with a couple challenges this week.  I should have been cleaning/clearing but making a card is more fun.

I used the sketch from Freshly Made Sketches.

The weekly challenge at Addicted to Stamps and More  is Clean and Simple.

 I decided to flip the sketch.  I had been digging in my background box and found a couple pieces that would work for the sketch.  I used some of my precious black and white stripe from My Favorite Things to cover the cut line and the very end of the floral stem.  The flower is a new die from Spellbinders.  The stamp is from Rubber Necker Stamps.

Thanks for stopping by.

CAS Stencil Card

The August CAS Stencil challenge is to use your stencil with sprays.

The current challenge at CAS ON FRIDAY is to use a stencil.

I have many stencils in my supplies along with many different types of sprays.  What to use for this challenge.  I did several different stencils and decided to use this one.

This spray has a nice sheen to it.  The background is the clean up of the stencil.  I had laid out a big piece of paper to lay my stencils on after I used them.  I used a paper towel and just softly added pressure so the ink went onto the clean up sheet.  I think I liked it better than the spray through the stencil because there was more color.

The thank you is a new stamp from Rubber Necker Stamps.  When I stamped it, if you look very closely, you will see it stamps a little different across the ink.  I added a few sequins to finish off the card.  

Thanks for stopping by.  Remember not to waste any of the ink on your stencils.  You never know how pretty your clean up will be.

Oldie Moldie Monday

It is Monday and time to show some love for your old supplies.

I tried a new fold on this card that I had pinned on Pinterest.  You do need double sided paper for this and luckily I found a 6 x 6 pad that was double sided.  I love the colors of this paper.

Remember to show some love for your old supplies.

CAS Mix Up Challenge

I love to play along with challenges that are CAS (clean and simple).  I find this style of card very hard to do.  I am more a lets put on as many layers as possible cardmaker.

The challenge this month at CAS Mix Up Challenge is to use a paper towel in your card.

I dug through some of my "stuff" and yes I did have some colored paper towels in my supplies.  I decided to use one that was all one color.  I adhered it to a piece of light weight card stock with gel medium.  I then die cut the piece out with a rectangle die. 

I also cut this new floral die from Rubbernecker Stamps to use as the focal point.  The hugs die is also from Rubbernecker Stamps.  After I had adhered the floral die and word die to the paper towel I added a layer of clear glitter through a stencil to add a little sparkle to the card. 

I then added the stamped sentiment.  I am thinking this sentiment stamp will be getting lots of use.

Thanks for stopping by. 

CAS Christmas Challenge

I find it very difficult to make CAS (clean and simple) cards.  I love my layers so I do challenges to try to perfect this style. 

I found a wonderful challenge site that does CAS Christmas Cards.  Their challenge this month is Glitter.

I have a habit of buying Christmas tags when they go on sale or clearance.  These tags usually make great focal points for Christmas cards.  It also makes your Christmas card creating easier.

I love this sweet penguin.  I trimmed him down and added a black mat behind the image.  The background for my card is GLITTER card stock.  It came in a 12 x 12 pack I bought last year.  It is a very pretty sparkle on top of white.  My picture does not do it justice.

I die cut the sentiment from some scrap black card stock.  I glued it on with my Gina K Connect glue.  Glue seems to work the best on glitter card stock.    I tied on a red and white baker's twine bow to add a little more red to the card.  The image was pop dotted to the front of the card.

Thanks for stopping by. 

Oldie Moldie Monday

It is Monday - time to show some love for your old supplies.

I am trying to make a few cards for a friend in Minnesota who sends cards to local troops who have been deployed overseas.

I also used a very old stamp for the sentiment.  The flowers are a die cut set from My Favorite Things which I have used scraps and cut an entire container full of them

Remember to show some love to your old supplies.

August Happy Little Stampers Christmas Challenge

It is time for a new Christmas Challenge at Happy Little Stampers.

As always, the challenge is Anything Goes with an optional twist of using Jingle Bells.

Would you believe I had no Jingle Bells so I did Anything Goes.  I went with a mixed media Christmas card (I actually make 12 of  these).  I had bought the kraft  reindeer on clearance - a package has around 20 in it so I can make a few more cards or tags.  The background is distress paint loosely painted on white paper.  I then added cream colored glossy embossing paste through a stencil.  Brown heavy duty thread and gold thread provided the backdrop for the reindeer.  The sentiment was die cut from dark brown card stock.  Gold watercolor was splattered across the front of the card.

Here is the close up of the reindeer, paint, embossing paste and thread.

Please join us at Happy Little Stampers for our August Christmas challenge.