Lori's Garden Vines

Hi, hope you are having a great day and have lots of

fun stuff planned for the weekend.

Today I have a card to share with you that I made using

this weeks Wednesday sketch over at The Outlawz.

When I saw this sketch I thought "oh man what am I going to
use for that flourish in the corners."
I looked through my dies and didn't find anything so I
went to Cricut Design Space and searched for
flourish, and didn't see anything so then I search corners
thinking maybe some fancy corners would come up.
Well, I did find the perfect corner flourish for my card.

I spent a lot of time looking through my stash for the perfect thingsto use to make this card.  I had picked out my paper before
I found the pretty corners and they came from an
SEI pack called Aunt Gerti's Garden.  The center polka square
was from the same paper pack.
Then when I found that flower in my stash I knew it wouldbe great for this sketch. 
The vine corners are from the Cricut Imagine cartridge
called Lori's Garden.  I think this was my favorite Imagine
cartridge.  I am so happy that I can access all my Imagine
cartridges in Design Space.  I printed and cut them using
my Explore and they cut perfectly, I was a bit worried because
some of the branches were so thin.
The happy birthday wishes is a Catherine Pooler die and
I thought it worked great on this card.
I didn't realize that the vines corners and the paper
are both from a garden named pack.
I just noticed that there is nothing colored or stamped
on this card, weird for me.

I hope you like my card, would love to hear your thoughts.

Challenges entered:

The Outlawz sketch challenge - sketch

Crafting With Friends - anything goes 

Crafty Catz - anything goes/twist blooms

Creative Fingers - anything goes

Sending Birthday Wishes X 2

Hello, hope everyone is doing well and avoiding the

icky stuff that is going around.  I have been lucky (knock on wood)

and have avoided it so far, my hubby not so lucky he has

been sick this week.

Well on to my cards, I have a couple of birthday cards to

share with you today both using the same

greeting stamp.

This one I used papers from a stack I have had for years

that has coordinating colors and patterns.  Makes it easier to

pick out papers.  The oval was cut with a die, the butterfly was a

punch and the vine is a die and stamp from one of the 

Stamp of Approval boxes.  

I created this card using Altenew flowers stamps with matching dies.

These flower stamps are a 3 layer stamp process, I love that it makes the flowers more dimensional.  The background I made using a stencil and some

Catherine Pooler Garden Party ink.  

Thank you for stopping by, I hope you enjoy my cards today.

Challenges entered:

Crafty Creations - anything goes - ends 3/26

Creative Moments - anything goes - ends 3/19

Inspiration Destination - anything goes - ends 3/27

Variety of cards using inks & Water

Hi, I been busy playing around with my inks and

various mediums and water to see what I could come up with.

I will share several cards here instead of doing a bunch of 

different posts.

Over at StampNation they are having a challenge that is

"just add water" well that was perfect for me to  play with

inks and water.

This first card I used Catherine Pooler inks in the colors

Mint to Be and Pixie Dust for the background.

I sponged the colors on a piece of watercolor paper but

was not too happy with it so I thought what the heck and I 

told my water bottle and sprayed it and wow I loved the

effect that made.  This card was actually made following

a sketch over at the Unity Show & Tell Facebook page.

I stamped the flower from Unity Stamps and then I took my waterbrush and added a little more color to the flower. 

The next card is using another Unity Stamp.  

I tried the loose or messing coloring then sprayed it with water and let the water move the color around.  I was not really happy with it till I cut it out with a GinaMarie die and then mounted it on a coral colored paper.

OK, and up next is another watercolor background plus

using a stencil to pick some of the color back up using water.  I

stamped the peacock, from the Naturally Inspired using various Catherine Pooler inks and mounted it on a die count out also from the Naturally Inspired collection. 

And last but not least I attempted the no-line watercoloring technique.

I love this rose stamp from Stampin Up and thought it was simple enough to try 

the no-line technique.  In the end I outlined the rose with a 

color glitter pen and it looks real pretty in person.

Well that is it for today, I sure hope you enjoy all my card, 

let me know what you think and which is your favorite one.

Challenges entered:

Crafty Sentiments - anything goes - ends 10/9

Creates & Makes - anything goes - ends 10/30

Digi Choosday - anything goes - ends 10/17

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. 

You are Fabulous

Hi, today's card I have to share with you is made using

items that were in the Stamp of Approval box

called "A Perfect Reason" that was released in February 2017.

Although the Stamp of Approval box is no longer available

you will still be able to purchase some of the items at

Catherine Pooler store a little later this year. 

So here is the card I created using the Peacock stamp and dies.

I used the stencil that came is the box to create the left hand edge of the card.

I just inked over the stencil with my Catherine Pooler inks.

I used a few different color CP inks to stamp the peacock, I tried to do

a variation of color.  To add some pop I inked the oval cut out using CP ink called Pixie Dust which is from the new Spring Fling collection of colors.

If you have never used  CP inks I would recommend you check them out, the colors are awesome and the stamps are very juicy and stamp a great impression even when it is a solid image stamp, as the body of the Peacock is.

To really add some bling I put rhinestones along each part of the peacock tail.

This card will be entered into a contest to win the next SOA box so if you feel so inclined to head over to Catherine Pooler's blog and vote for my card.  Voting will begin on May 21 through the 23rd. 

Click to VOTE, thank you.

Flirty Fuchsia and Aquatini

I made this card using the new Catherine Pooler inks, aren't those fun names.

I made this quick card using the Flirty Fuchsia and Aquatini, I love this 

color combination don't you?

 They more I play with these inks the more I love them.

I just took my ink pad and dabbed some of each color

onto my craft mat, spritzed it with water and then laid the

paper down on it.  After I lifted it a sprayed it with just a bit more water to make the colors blend and more a little more. 

Then I randomly stamped with some small stamps that were in

one of my Stamp of Approval boxes.  The set is from CAS-ual Friday called

Young at Heart.  The sentiment is a Unity stamp.  I added some random sequin and that was it.

Thanks for stopping to take a peak, be sure and check back in the

next couple days I have some more projects to show you.

Challenges entered:

Artistic Inspirations -  anything goes ends 2/4

Crafting from the Heart - anything goes - ends 2/4

Get Creative Challenge - anything goes - ends 1/31

Stella going Braless

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

I made this following the sketch this week at

Catch the Bug Blog 

Stella Says Sketch.

They have a different theme challenge for each day

of the week so make sure you check it out there may be 

something there for you to play along.

I used the Bugaboo image Stella Braless

for this card.  I love the Stella images.

The saying is a stamp I had from Rubbernecker Stamps.

I printed her on Strathmore Bristol paper and colored her dress using a water brush and my Rockin Red ink pad from Catherine Pooler.  This is the first time I "watercolored" using these and inks

and it is amazing.  The color goes on sooo smooth.

I used my Zig Clean Color pens to do her hair and skin.

This was such a fun and quick card to make, I hope you enjoyed it.

Thanks for stopping by.

Challenges entered:

Catch the Bug - sketch ends 2/5

Simon Says Stamp blog - anything goes - ends 2/1

4 Crafty Chicks - watercolor - ends 1/31

Crafting With Attitude - anything goes - ends 1/29

Crimbo Crackers - something cute - ends 2/8

Sending Birthday Wishes

Happy New Year, hope you all had a great new

year and look forward to a fabulous 2017.

Today I have a card to share with you that I created following

the sketch over at CAS(E).

I generally have a real hard time making clean and

simple or one layer cards but this one seemed to just fall into 

place.  Yeah for me!

Of course using Catherine Pooler new inks and stamps from a

Stamp of Approval box did make it easier.   Her inks are brand new and the colors I used are from the Foundations box.  The stamps are from a

past SOA box.  

I hope this inspires me to make more simple single layer cards

and inspire you also.  If I can do it you can too!

Thanks for stopping by to take a peak.

Challenges entered:

CAS(E) this sketch - sketch ends 1/5

Wishing you a Beautiful Day

Hello everyone, hope you all are having a fabulous weekend.

Here is Arizona I am so ready for Summer to be over and

finally have our temperatures drop below 100.

I recently saw a video on Catherine Pooler's blog where she 

made a card using Brusho Powders. Well, I don't have any Brusho but I do have Ken Oliver Color Burst which is basically the same thing.

Here is a link to her video if you want to check it out, click

HERE to watch it. 

Since I recently had surgery on my hand and can't really color I thought

this was something I could do because it just has to be sprayed with water.

So here is my take on it. 

The feathers are stamped on Canson mixed media paper using a Unity Stamp and heat embossed with gold embossing powder.  I then wet the stamped area with

plain water then sprinkled my Color Burst powders on it.    I sprayed it with more water to make the colors blend and move some more, then to add more sparkle I sprayed it with diamond Glimmer Mist spray.  Lastly, I splattered some

dark gray spot on it.  I have to tell you then when I finished with the coloring

I thought yuck, this came out awful.  I went ahead and mounted the piece on a piece of very dark gray paper and I think it made the whole thing pop. 

I stamped the sentiment in white on the same dark gray paper and pop dotted it 

on the front.  After it was all together I really liked it.

The colors are so much prettier in person and sparkly.

Thanks for stopping by and let me know what you think of my version

of watercoloring with Color Burst powders.  

Challenges entered:

Creative Artist - Anything goes mixed media ends 8/29

Creative Fingers - Anything goes ends 8/31

Patties Creations - Anything goes ends 9/1

Simply Create - Use feathers ends 8/31

Art by Miran - Anything goes ends 8/31
Tuesday Throwdown - Make it Sparkle ends 8/30

You're Amazing

Hi, I am pretty excited to share this card as I love

the way it turned out.

I got my Stamp of Approval "Lovely Notes" box and "oh my!" was it ever 

stuffed with all kinds of goodies.

So here is my card using a lot of the

things that came in the box.

Isn't that color combination pretty?  I am on the Design Team over at 

A Bit More Time to Craft so I used

some of the awesome digital papers from there to create this card.
The mixed color is a digital paper from the Mixed Media pack.
I used the die from Neat & Tangled that was in the SOA box to
cut the rectangle with the circles along the sides, I love this die
and you can do so much with it.  The chevron is also a die that was in the
box and designed by Catherine Pooler who is the creator of the SOA box.
Then I stamped the sentiment using one of the Catherine Pooler stamps.
Even the background is stamped using a background stamp that was in the box, I think I did pretty good showcasing lots of the goodies from this box.
The next SOA box doesn't go on sale till mid-October and they sell out
fast you may want to get on the wait or notification list.  You may want to check
there might even be some of the "Lovely Notes Collection" left.

I created this card following a past sketch from Mojo Monday and it is also
one of the sketches for this month's challenge over at the
Crafting Circle message board that runs the whole month of August.  Come
check it out and join in, I am the hostess this month.

Thanks for stopping by and would love to hear what you think about my card.

Challenges entered:

Simon Says Stamp - Anything goes ends 8/3

Just Us Girls - Let's hear it for the girls end 8/4

Get Creative - Lots of blue ends 8/7