CAS(E) This Sketch

Hi I have another card to share with you today.

I have felt like messing around with my Distress Oxides to

make some background papers.  When I saw the sketch this 

week at CAS(E) this sketch I knew it was perfect for using some

Distressed paper.

Here is the sketch this week.

Here is what I came up with.

I used watercolor paper and did some smooching using my Oxides 

in the colors Spiced Marmalade, Wild Honey, Abandoned Coral and Candies Apple.  I love this combination of colors.  I popped the 

                                 watercolor strip to give it dimension.

I stamped the flower using a Simon Says Stamp and then colored

it using the same colors then misted it with water and hand cut it out.

The happy birthday stamp is from Bo Bunny.

I added a few sequins to bling it up a bit and that was it.

I had so much fun making the watercolor paper I made a few

other in different colors while I was at it.

Thanks for stopping by.

Layered Birthday cake

Hi, I am really excited to share this card with you today.

Sometimes I play along at PowerPoppy's blog (they always have many different challenges going on) and the 

Hues to Use challenge, well I was so thrilled when I got an email

from Julie at Power Poppy asking me if I wanted to be a guest

designer for this week's Hues to Use.  Of course, I said yes!

So here are the colors I was to use for the challenge.

Magenta, White & Gray.

I chose to use the Layer Cake that Marcella drew.  Marcella is a fabulous artist, you will have to go take a look around her shop PowerPoppy.  She has some
fanstatic flower images then she generally draws from flowers in her own garden.

I was worried a bit about getting the gray in there bu, in the end,d I think I pulled it off.
And THEN something else happened (I think me being a guest designer was meant to be), I get monthly emails from Amy Shulke at Vanilla Arts witha free image and the "recipe" for coloring it.  Amy also has monthly instructional Livestream for a small fee, well wouldn't you know it this months video was on coloring this exact PowerPoppy Layer cake image.
YIPPIE!!!!!! I signed up immediately and boy am I ever glad I did.
Her Livestream instructions are the best I have ever seen.  Her approach to coloring is great and helped me tremendously because she
doesn't concentrate on "light source" which I have always had a hard time with.
However, following her instructions you can see how much dimension you
can add and this was my FIRST class of hers.
Thr background was done using Distress Inks and the image was colored
primarily Copic markers.  Then she uses Prisma pencils and
Staedtler triplus fineline pens to add in details.  Just the small details she teaches you makes all the difference in the world.
So working together with a Power Poppy image and Amy's instructional videos
it was a win win for me and I am sure it would
be for you also, so check out PowerPoppy images and then head on over
and see what is going on at Vanilla Arts.

Oops, sorry got sidetracked a bit.  I made the card by cutting out a
rectangle in the center of the front panel because I wanted to
mount the image behind the cut-out.  Then using a Gina Marie die
I cut the magenta loopy rectangle, then had to cut the center part out.
I embossed the white panel using a Cuttlebug folder and added a few sequins.
The sentiment is also from PowerPoppy that I printed and cut out using
my Cricut Explore.
Thanks for stopping by and taking a look around and reading
through my long-winded post.

Birthday Party Hats

Today I have a card I made following the sketch over at

Viva La Verve sketch challenge.  

If you are a regular visitor of my blog you know that I

love following a sketch when I create cards, in fact, it is rare

that I do not follow a sketch. 

I thought this looked like a fun easy sketch, so here is what

I came up with.

I wanted to use some of my Verve Stamps, so from the 

Treasured Words set I used the little party hat and stamped it randomly

in various colors of Catherine Pooler Inks.   The happy birthday is

also a Verve stamp from the Cake & Candles set, although when I

bought it many years ago it was available as a single. 

I stamped the HB and then cut it out with a Spellbinder die

from a label set.  I added a cute party hat button to the side as

my embellishment and added a strip of lime green ribbon.

You have till November 4th to create a card of your own

following the sketch at Viva La Verve challenge so head on over

and have some fun. 

Challenges entered:

Dragonfly Dreams - Fully Loaded - ends - 10/30

Stamped Blessings - anything goes + a stamp - ends 10/29

Lil Patch of Crafty Things - anything goes - ends 11/3

Go OWL Out

Hi, time for the new Crafty Awesomeness Challenge over at

the Crafting Circle. 

This month our sponsor is Rick St Dennis whose images are

a bit different than most out there.

This month I chose these owls because I knew I had the

perfect sentiment stamps to go with it.

LOL, funny huh?  I colored the lil owls using my Copic markers then cut

them out with a Gina Marie cross stitched die.  The sentiement is from

a stamp set I bought many years ago that is Pink by Design stamps.

The web site still comes up but don't think they do business anymore since

nothing has been posted since 2013.  Such a shame because there were so

many pun stamps.

Don't these two owls already look like the went "owl out".

I actually made this following a sketch from Sweet Sketch Wednesday but didn't get to enter it since the challenge ended on the 29th. I made the triangle piece using

my Cricut Explore and Design Space.

The ribbon banner I cut using another Gina Marie die and then stamped the

sentiment on it.  The corner is a die from

My Little Paper World. 

So come on over and join in the 

Crafty Awesomeness Challenge.

A Guy Birthday Card

Hi, sometimes creating a card for a guy can be a bit

difficult, at least for me it can be.

This week over at the MFT Sketch Challenge this sketch

made it kind of easy to create this card for a guy.

Here is the sketch.

And here is the card I created following the sketch.

The paper was a digital paper I had on my computer and printed out, unfortunately, I can not remember where I got it from. 😞

The happy birthday is a die I bought a while back off of Amazon, if you what you check it out click HERE.

I added some faux stitching around the edges and that was it.  I had

intended to add some bakers twine but I forgot. 

Well that is is, thanks for stopping by.

Challenges entered:

MFT Sketch Challenge - sketch - ends 5/2

Crafty Friends - anything goes - ends 5/4

A Beautiful Feather

I love how this one turned out.  I made it a few weeks

ago but never got around to typing up a post.

Lately, I have had an addiction to Unity Stamps, I am sure they

love it but my wallet doesn't, they have way to many great

sales and tempting stamps.  Not a good combination for me. 

This card I used the beautiful feather stamp from the

"Beautiful is Never Perfect" set.  This stamp has to be

way at the top of my list of favorites with all it details

and flowers.

I started out with some watercolor paper and using my new

Distress Oxide Inks.  Oh my, do I love these inks!  I used 

Broken Chine, Cracked Pistachio (ha ha ha I am sitting here

cracking pistachios and eating them while I type this) and Wilted Violet. 

Once I got the background the way I liked it I stamped it with Versamark ink and heat embossed it with Ranger Super Fine White embossing powder.

I am not very good sometimes at combining the right inks colors so I 

can not take full credit for this one.  I saw a card done by

Lin over at the Sending Hugs blog and knew I had to give it a try.

I stamped and heat embossed the happy birthday on a Gina Marie

die cut.  You can check this and her other dies HERE.

Well I am so glad you stopped by would love the hear what you this

of my card.

Challenges entered:

Aud Sentiments - Happy birthday/7 - ends 4/17

Crafting with Attitude - anything goes - ends 4/30

Crafty Girls Creations - anything goes - ends  4/30

Moving Along with the Times - birds and/or feather - ends 4/25

Pretty Butterfly

Hi, I have a pretty  card to share with you today.

I saw this on Pinterest and just had to try it.

I just happen to have the Stampin Up butterfly she used

but it can be done with any dies.

I just love how striking this looks. 

The butterfly is still attached to the base in the center.
You have to put your die on the paper then just line up the cutting plates on your Big Shot or Cuttlebug to just before the center or body of the butterfly.  Then holding the die in place on your paper line up the cutting plates over the other side or other wing still leaving the body outside of the plates and run it through again.  You should end up with a butterfly with it wings cut out and the body still attached to the paper.
I went ahead and cut out another butterfly out of holographic paper just so I could have that pretty paper on top.  I used my corner punch then tucked my paper underneath.
Thanks for stopping by and hope you like my card.  

Birthday Wish

Hello all, I am back again today to share a birthday card with you.

I love playing along with sketch challenges and I ran across a new one last week called WHAT IF? Wednesday sketch challenge from The House that Stamps Built, a Repeat Impressions stamps blog.

I love the way the color combination looks.  I used papers from the DCWV Nana's Kids stack.  I embossed the white background with a Spellbinder M-Bossabilities reversible folder.  The white banner I embossed with the Cuttlebug folder birthdays.  When I went to adhere the wish sticker I notice that it was right after the word birthday from the folder, that was purely accidental.

I will be entering this in the WHAT IF? sketch challenge.  

Thanks for stopping by, if you like to do sketches head on  over to the WHAT IF challenge you have till February 18th to link your card.