Mother's Day Card

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

I love to create cards following a sketch and I saw that

Atlantic Hearts has a sketch so I decided to play along.

This is the sketch for this week.

I really liked it so I created a cut file for it in Design Space

so I could cut the pieces out using my Cricut Explore.

I was going to make it a birthday card then I thought

it would make a great Mother's Day card.  I am pleased with how

it turned out so I still may go ahead and make a birthday card

since I have the file all set up it should go fast.

The papers I used are from DCWV French Country stack and the 

Mother's Day stamp is from Mother's Day Bouquet stamp set from 

Sweet & Sassy Stamps.

The vine is a stamp and die cut from the Stamp of Approval box 

from April 2016, my first SOA box.

Challenges entered:

Atlantic Hearts Sketch - sketch

Crafting with Friends - anything goes

Crafty Catz - anything goes - twist add a sentiment

Simply Create - anything goes

Stuck on Orange for a Bit

Hi, hope everyone had a blessed Easter with family

and friends.

I have been playing around with inks and noticed that

I was kind of stuck on orange.

So I will share 3 cards I made recently.

This first one I created the orange background using Distress Oxides inks.

Then using the feather from the Unity Stamp set Feathersoft Love 

I stamped and heat embossed

with white sparkle embossing powder.  Then using the same

Oxide colors, I colored the feather.  

I took a plain piece of white paper and then using waving Gina Marie 

dies I cut off the top and the bottom. 

 I stamped it using the sentiment from

the Unity Kit of the Month Aug 2018 Never Be Afraid.

I hand cut out the feather and popped it onto the white added

some sequin and that's it.

I had bought some Yupo paper a while ago but didn't

really play around with it much.  So I pulled it out and using

some of my Copic refill inks I started dripping colors on and

then moved it around to create the pattern I got.  I was

pretty happy with the turnout.  I cut out the happy birthday several

times out of white using a die and then glue them on top of each other

so they would have some dimension.  I added a die cut flower

that I colored with a matching Copic marker.

And finally, I was cleaning up a bit and ran across this digital

stamped image of these poppies and decided

to color it and make a card from it.  I used my Copic markers

and Prisma pencils, to color it. 

 The happy birthday is a stamp.

Thank you so much for stopping by, I would love to hear what

you think of my orange streak. 

Unicorns & Rainbows

Boy am I behind on posting.  I made this card for my 

great-granddaughters 8th birthday and did not

get it posted yet.

She loves rainbows & unicorns, in fact she had the underside

of her hair dyed "unicorn" style.  It was really cute

but worn off quickly.

The unicorn and the rainbow stamp is from a set from

Simon Says Stamps called "Magical Birthday".

They had sent it to me for my birthday several years ago. 

I created the background paper using my Distress Oxide inks.  I colored

the unicorn and rainbow using my Copic markers then added some

sparkle to them, but you can't see it in the photo.  I die cut the clouds and sun using Gina Marie dies.  The oval is also a Gina Marie

die.

This week over at Retro Rubber the challenge is to use a

rainbow or rainbow colors, so I will enter this in 

that challenge. 

Thanks for stopping by, hope you have a fabulous day.

Challenges entered:

Crafty Sentiments - For girls only 

Lemon Shortbread - anything goes

Through the Craftroom Door - anything goes

Circle Flip-it Card

Hi, I hope everyone is having a great weekend.

I have a quick card to share with you today.  

I made this card using Sizzix Circle Flip-it card die set.

I had bought this several years ago and only used it once.

It fits perfectly into the sketch this week at

Tuesday Morning Sketches.

It was so fast and easy to put together using this die set.

Hardest part is picking out the paper.

Thanks for stopping to take a peak.

Have a great day.

Happy Birthday Cutie

Hi, sorry I have been so absent in posting lately.  I think

I lost my mojo a bit.  Hopefully, I will get'back on track soon.

Today I have a card to share with you using a 

          SherriBaldy - Bestie stamp.  I had belonged to her monthly club for a

little bit so a have quite a few sets.  

I have had these stamps for several years and I have never

stamped and colored one  (hanging my head in shame😧),

so I finally did one as this one reminds me of my

great-granddaughter.

She is so much brighter and vibrant in person.  

I colored her using my Copic markers and details with Prisma

Pencils.  I framed her with a Gina Marie die.

The striped background paper is from DCWV Nana's Kids

stack.  It worked out perfect because this week over at 

the Retro Rubber Challenge is "Mad about Stripes".

Well, thanks for taking the time to stop by.  I will try and

get things posted more often.

A Circle of Birthday Wishes

Hi, hope everyone is having a great weekend and all 

prepared for the big game tomorrow.

Today I have a card to share with your that I made following the sketch 

over at "What if Wednesday - sketch challenge J3019"

This challenge is posted by The House that Stamps Built blog and sponsored by Repeat Impressions stamps.

This is the sketch.  You have till February 5th to play along.

Here is the card I made.

My great-granddaughter turns 8 tomorrow so I made her this card.
The papers I used are from the CTMH Confetti Wishes pack.
I stamped the sentiment using a Rubbernecker stamp.  I loved the way this circleof birthday wishes fits perfect for this sketch. I cut it out using a stitched die
and then backed it with a couple of die cut scalloped circles.

Thanks for stopping by, I hope to get more into the groove
of creating a posting for regularly.

Watercolor Flowers - GinaK

Well hello, long time no post.  The holidays for some reason

really got to me this year. My Mom was here from

Colorado, so I was busy with her and then just had a 

hard time getting in my room and getting anything made.

I did make some Christmas presents which I hope to 

share in a future post.

I felt like doing some watercoloring so I looked through my

stamps and settled on one from GinaK from the 

"Arranged With Love" set.

I have had this set for a number of years, in fact, it is in red rubber at

that time GinaK was not even making this set in clear.

Like I said I have had it for several years and actually never used it,

let me tell you after making this card I will be using it often.

                        I love the way it turned out like always, it is much

                               prettier in person with the gold embossing. 

I used my Gansai Tambi watercolors.  The sentiment stamp in the center

is from the same stamp set.

Thanks for stopping by, I hope I am back in the card marking

groove and can post more often. 

Challenges entered:

Crafting With Attitude - anything goes - ends 1/27 

Southern Girls Challenge - anything goes 

The Outlawz - anything goes 

Wine and Birthday Cake

Hi, I have a card to share with you that follows the sketch

this week at Palm Trees & Pogo Sticks.

I chose to make the card a longer version so it fits into a 

#10 business envelope.

I had such a hard time getting a clear photo of this card

for some reason.  In "real life" the sentiment is very clear and

reads "What kind of wine goes with birthday cake? It doesn't matter let's celebrate"  Both that sentiment stamp and the stacked wine glasses are stamps from Unity Company.  The stacked wine glasses are from

Let's Get Tips and the sentiment is from

What Kind of Wine.

I don't make this size card very often but I enjoy making them when I do.

Thanks for taking the time to stop by hope everyone has 

a great weekend.

Red Barn Birthday

Hello all, I hope everyone had a great time with family

and friends over the Thanksgiving holiday.

My daughter was born on Thanksgiving day 47 years ago.

Still loves the farm style decor so I made her this card

for her birthday.

It was created following the sketch this time over at

Mojo Monday. 

I stamped the barn using a GinaK stamp from the Farm Life set and

then colored in on kraft with Prismacolor pencils.

The background I embossed the Cuttlebug folder chicken wire and

added some corners and that was it.

Thanks for stopping to take a peak there is still time to play

along at Mojo Monday.

Loving Birthday Cross

Well hello there.  So sorry I have not posted in a 

while I have been working on a couple projects for a guy 

at church.

He asked me to make a religious birthday card for his wife

whose birthday is in December.

It is a large card, a letter size paper folded in half.

I love the pearl embossed background paper, I had used it for my son's

wedding card HERE.  The cross is one I found online

and uploaded it to Cricut Design Space and cut it out with

my Explore.  Since it is such an intricate design I put some

Stick-It adhesive on the back of the cardstock before I cut it out.

It worked great!  It is very thin and light so the Explore had no problem cutting it out.   The sentiment on the bottom is a Cricut file I had my Explore

write.  I love the new very fine point pens.

Here is the inside.

The verse I typed out in Word and then printed on pearl

paper.

Thank you so much for stopping by and I hope you

all have a very Happy Thanksgiving, we have so much

to be thankful for.