Kraft and White Challenge

Hi, the card I have to share with you today is for the color

challenge over at CAS-ual Fridays.

The challenge is to use 

What a great combination, lately I have really enjoyed working

with kraft cardstock.  You can get some really neat effects coloring on it,

but for this one there is no coloring.

A very simple card but I think has a big impact.

I embossed the background with a Cuttlebug folder, then the kraft panel I cut out using a Gina Marie cross stitched die.  I stamped the flower using a Unity stamp and heat embossed it in white.  The sentiment is from the last Stamp of Approval box that was also heat embossed in white.  I added a few sequins to give it 

just a touch of sparkle.

Well that is it, head on over to CAS-ual Fridays and join in the fun

and see what you can come up with.

Challenges entered:

CAS-ual Fridays - kraft & white - ends 9/5

Scrapbook Stamp Society - anything goes - ends 9/10

Pammies Inky Pinkie - anything goes - ends 9/3

A Desert Scene

Hi, I am so excited to share this card with you.  I am thrilled

with how it turned out, more on that a bit later (I can't take credit for it).

This week over at StampTV the challenge is to make a card

with a scene on it.  As soon as I read that I knew whose blog I would

go to for help.  

So here is my card.

I could never have done this with out following Theresa Momber's 

great tutorials at Crafting the Web.

Here is the one I followed to create this card 

Desert Sun Card using the Old West 2 GinaK stamp set, in fact

Theresa Momber is the illustrator of this set as she is with many of

GinaK's stamps.  I know, I know I followed her design to a T but I had to do it like that the first time, till I get a bit more comfortable to change things up

on my own.  Normally that is how I learn and do new techniques, follow it the first time as close as I can and then branch out with my own twist later.  I 

actually do the exact same thing when I make a new recipe, follow it the

first time then change it up later. 

I do not have any GinaK inks so I used my Distress Inks.  After I completed my scene I embossed lines on the card base using my Martha Stewart score

board, then mounted the panel. 

Please go over and visit Theresa's blog and check out her tutorials,

you won't be disappointed. 

CRAFTING THE WEB

I had so much fun creating this card I think I will go do another one.

Thanks for stopping by.

Sunflowers in a Jar

Hi, this card was made following the sketch this week at

Tuesday Morning Sketches, I love to play along here when I can.

Here is the sketch.

I flipped it sideways so I could fit my sunflower image that came

in this months Unity Kit of the Month.

I stamped the image onto kraft card stock and colored it using my
Polychromo pencils.  The sentiment is an Altenew stamp.
I loved the place paper and thought it would pull all my colors together,
it is from a DCWV stack a few years back called Autumn Amber.

Thanks for stopping to take a peek at my blog.

Challenges entered:

Tuesday Morning Sketches - sketch - ends 8/20

Power Poppy - hues to use - no ending

Through the Craftroom Door - anything goes - ends 8/22

Tuesday Throwdown - anything goes - ends 8/22

Bugaboo Tulip Blocks

Hello, it is time again for the BugaBoo Crafty Challenge over

at the Crafting Circle.  The challenges starts on the 15th

of each month and runs for a month so you have

plenty time to join in.

You need to use a Bugaboo image for this challenge but that

should not be a problem as all the images are adorable, plus

there is always a Friday Freebie. 

This month I chose to work with a 4 square 

Tulip Block.

I printed the image on Strathmore Bristol paper and colored it using my

Zig Clean Color pens and water.  I cut the center of the green panel using

a Gina Marie in and out dies.   The die is pretty cool as it cuts out a piece that has

a dotted border and then leaves behind and "window" with a dotted border. 

And that is my card, so you have have plenty time to come on over and

join in at the Bugaboo Crafty Challenge 

Challenges entered:

DigiChooseDay - anything goes - ends 8/29

LemonShortbread - anything goes - ends 8/27

Stamp Art Papel - anything goes - ends 8/22

A Very Large Poppy

Hi, I have a couple cards to share with you today that are using the

same stamp.  The poppy stamp is from IndiGo Blu and is very large.

The first one I stamped and heat embossed in black on watercolor

paper and then let the water and my Zig Clean Color do the

magic and work together.

The colors look so much brighter in person.  After it was all colored I

hand cut around it and then pop dotted it onto black card stock.  I mounted

the whole thing onto some salmon colored card stock to pick up some of the colors from the poppy.

The second card was also stamped onto watercolor paper and this time heat embossed in gold.  I am not real wild about it embossed in gold as there is so

much detail on this stamp that you just lose some of the definition.

Ths one I colored using Ken Oliver Color Burst powders.   I think I will have to try this again using a different color embossing.  I like to heat emboss when I use

water and watercolor as it somewhat contains the colors when they flow. 

I stamped the birthday wishes then cut them using a Gina Marie die and pop mounted them.

Well thanks for stopping by and checking out my two cards using the same stamp

but with totally different looks.

Challenges entered:

Pink Gem Challenges - birthday wishes - ends 8/17

Crafty Friends - anything goes - ends 8/24

Scrappers Delight - anything goes - ends 8/21

Beautiful You Flowers

Hi I have a shaped card to share with you today.

I love how it turned out.

I set up the cut file in Cricut Design space and cut it out with my Explore.

I then used temporary adhesive and stacked the 3 white pieces and stamped them

with stamps from the Catherine Pooler "Beautiful You" stamp set.

I stamped and heat embossed in white then using a technique I learned from

I thought from Laurel Beard but I could not find it to link it here.

Anywho, I randomly scribbled down colors I wanted to use then liberally sprayed it with water and let the colors move and blend on their own.

I then layered the white pieces onto the matted pink layer.

And that is it, hope you like my card, would love to hear your thoughts.

Teeny, Tiny Stamps

Hi, this was a fun card to create.

Over at StampNation they had a challenge to use those

tiny, tiny stamps that come in stamp sets.  You know the little filler

stamps that a lot of the time you never even notice.

So the challenge was to use those tiny stamps

to make a card.  I used the tiny stamps

from Catherine Pooler's Lovely Flowers stamp set and

a few from the Perfect Reason stamp set.

The card was also made following the sketch this week at

MFT Wednesday Sketch Challenge. 

I am really happy with how the left side of the card came out using

the tiny stamps.  I am not very good at random stamps but I think I

pulled this one off.

Well thanks for stopping by, would love to hear from you. 

KittyBee Easel Card

Well here we are the 1st of August already, time is flying by.

Since it is the 1st of the month that means it is time for a new

 Crafty Awesomeness Challenge over at the Crafting Circle.

This month our sponsor is KittyBee Designs, they are so adorable

be sure and check them out.

I created this card following a sketch from a sketch challenge

I like to do.  The sketch reminded me of an easel card so that is what I

went with.

I imported the cute Love Bug Flower image, that I colored with my Copics, into Cricut Design Space and printed it onto a circle and had the Explore cut it out.  Then using Design Space again I designed the easel card file just using some

basic shapes.  Doing it on the Explore makes it so easy.

The "Hap-BEE birthday" is a stamp.

So go ahead and color up any image and join in the

Crafty Awesomeness Challenge, you have until the end of the month to enter.