What if Wednesday Sketch Challenge

Hi back to share a card I made following the sketch at

The House That Stamps Built, 

WHAT IF? Wednesday sketch challenge O3118.

Here is the sketch

This challenge is put out by Repeat Impressions stamps,
you do not have to use them but you get an extra entry if you do.

The Kokopelli is a RI stamp that I have had for years so
I am not sure if it is even still available.  Since I live in the
Southwest I love these kinds of stamps.
I colored it using Catherine Pooler Inks and a water brush.  The
purple panel I embossed using a Southwest pattern folder.  The
happy birthday is a Gina K design stamp.

Thanks for taking the time to stop by my blog.
Have a great day.

Challenges entered:

WHAT IF? Wednesday - sketch - ends 11/7

Art Impressions - Lots of layers - ends 11/7

Crafting with Attitude - anything goes - ends 11/25

Cute Card Thursday - anything goes - ends 11/7

Seize the Birthday - birthday - ends 11/6

A Cheery Get Well

Hello all, when I started to make this card following the sketch this week

over at Sketch Saturday I knew I wanted to use the new

ink colors from Catherine Pooler.  As I was working on the pieces

and started to put it together I thought it was just

right to cheer someone who is sick up.  The colors are

so bright and cheerful.

This is the sketch.

I started out by stamping the atrip across the card with a 

dotted stamp that came in the last Stamp of Approval box using the

new inks, Limoncello, Grape Crush and Be Mine and then a 

little bit of All that Jazz.  I just love these inks, the colors are

so vibrant and the names are so fun.

Then using those same inks colors I watercolored the vase and flowers,

The vase & flowers are a Gina K stamp I have had for a long time.
The sentiment is a Rubbernecker stamp, stamped in Grape Crush.

I embossed the yellow using a Darcie embossing folder.

Thank for stopping by to take a peek at my card.

Challenges entered:

Sketch Saturday - sketch ends 6/8

Aud Sentiments - Anything goes + a sentiment - ends 6/18

Crafting with Attitude - Anything goes - ends 6/24

Creative Knockouts - Anything goes - ends 6/23

Hello, today I have a couple cards to share with you 

that came from 2 different sheets of 

K & Company paper from the Floral Dreams stack.  This is one

of my favorite K&Company stacks. 

Here is the first of the two cards.

 I made this card following a sketch, so when I cut the two pieces

of background paper on an angle, I thought well I may as

well, make another card right way with the other 2 pieces.

This one I used a couple Gina K stamps, for the flowers and the sentiment.

I colored the flowers with my Copic markers and die cut them out

using a Spellbinder die.

And here is the second one using those leftover papers.

I stamped the flower using a Stampin Up stamp and

then colored it using my Zig Clean Color pens.  The flower and the

circle sentiment was cut using a Gina Marie die.

I really like the way both of these turned out.  I am thinking this may be a great

idea to mass produce some Christmas cards this year.  I think I may

have to make a couple soon so I don't forget.

Thanks for stopping to take a peak.

Coloring on Red

                    You know all the rage right now is coloring on kraft cardstock me

included love it.  I love the look, I love the way the color lays down, 

I just love everything about it. 

So I recently ran across where someone colored on colored paper,

I believe what I saw was blue.

Well I recently got my Perfect Poinsettia set of stamps from

Gina K so I thought it would be perfect to give it a try

to color on red.  So for my project this month over

at the Crafty Awesomeness Challenge I made this card.

I stamped the poinsettias and heat embossed them in gold.  This set

of stamps is actually a multi-step set of stamps, much like the truck one I did HERE.  For this card, I only used the lined/detailed stamp.

I colored in the poinsettias using my Polychromo pencils.

I love pink poinsettias so that was actually my driving factor

to color on red paper.

I die cut the Merry Christmas using a GinaMarie die.  I thought it needed something so I covered it in Versamark ink and then heat embossed

it using clear embossing powder.  It made it stand out a bit more. 

I then mounted the red panel on gold foil paper to pick up the gold

embossing.  I am slowly making a dent in my Christmas

cards but still have a way to go.

Sorry this post is late, it was just one of those times where

I couldn't get it together in time.  I had the card all finished

but had to sit down and type up this blog post.

Thanks for stopping by and remember to head over to

the Crafty Awesomeness Challenge where it is

and anything goes challenge so come on over and let's see what you got.

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.

Lots of Layers Birthday

Hello all, last month one of the sketches at the 

Crafting Circle message board had a bunch of layers and

elements to it.

Finally while looking through some of my digital downloads

from NitWits I found the pattern papers I wanted to use and the

card just fell right into place.

The collection from NitWits Collections that I used is called Promises. 

I love the NitWits Collections because they all coordinate.  They come with                                      many embellishments and coordinating papers. 

I just imported the pattern papers into my Cricut Design Space and

then I print and cut out the shapes the sizes I needed.

I cut a dark purple rectangle using a Gina Marie loopy die.

I stamped the Happy Birthday with a Gina K Designs stamp and then

water colored with my Zig Clean Color pens. 

I just so happened to pick up those flower stickers at Michaels a couple

days before I made this card and they were perfect!

Well, that's it, thanks for stopping by.

Challenges entered:

Crafting with Attitude - anything goes - ends 3/26

Little Miss Muffet - anything goes - ends 4/6

Crafty Girls Creations - anything goes - ends 3/31

Paper Piecing - Tuesday Morning #393

Hi, I am so excited to share this with you, I think I found a 

new addiction.

Over at the Unity Stamps (Show n Tell) Facebook group the

challenge is to do paper piecing.  I have heard about this and seen it

around but never tried it.

Oh how I love it!  Thanks Unity for challenging me. 

I stamp the flower using the Remembering You Blooms Unity stamp kit.
The sentiment is another Unity stamp for the Succulent Salutations.
I then stamped it on red pattern paper and green pattern paper.
I cut out each piece and then layered it onto the original flower I
stamped.  I love the look and the possibilities are endless, it is also
a nice alternative to coloring or painting.
I cut around the flower using a Gina Marie die, the corner is also a die cut but it is from My Little Paper World.
The ribbon banners I stamped using a Gina K stamp and then hand cut them out.
I created this card following the sketch this week over at Tuesday Morning Sketches.   The sketch was a perfect fit for this stamping project.
Thanks for stopping by and I am sure you will see a lot more
paper piecing from me :).

Challenges entered:

Tuesday Morning Sketches - sketch - ends 3/12

Unity Stamps Show & Tell - paper piecing - ends 3/14

Crafting With Attitude - anything goes - ends 3/26
Paper Players - cut it out - ends 3/10

Pretty Peonies

Hi, I am back today to share a card with you I made using one

of the fabulous digital images from PowerPoppy

by Marcella Hawley.

You really do need to go check out her store her stuff is 

AMAZING!  Not only does she have digital images she also

has clear stamps.  Here is a link to her store

PowerPoppy.

So here is the card  I made using the Peonies digital set.

I love these peonies, they remind me of my childhood.  Our neighbors always

had a bunch of peony plants and always had so many blooms.  What I remember most was there was always ants all over them, but I still really liked them.

I colored them with my Zig Clean Color markers.  I love these especially for coloring flowers, with the fine brush tip it makes it easy to get into small spaces.

I just used some single sheet papers from my stash and added a piece of Stampin Up ribbon.

The sentiment is stamped using a GinaK stamp.

Well, I hope you enjoy my card and be sure and head over

to PowerPoppy and check out the wonderful images there.  The nice thing too is all the sets come with some sentiment with them so you don't just get the images.

Challenges entered:

Artist Inspirations - Anything goes ends 8/13

Cards Galore - Use a stamp or Digi ends 8/31

Crafts and Me - Anything goes ends 8/31

Craft Your Passion - Anything goes ends 8/14

Watercolor Background Birthday

Hi, it's Friday, hope everyone has some fun plans for

the weekend.  I am making a pot of spaghetti sauce or

gravy as we called it growing up.  

It is so much nicer to sit around at home with family and visit

instead of the hustle and bustle of going out to dinner

for Mother's Day, so this way most of the cooking will be done

before Mother's Day.

I have a card to share with you today that was inspired by 

Pinterest and my Stamp of Approval box.

I created the background on watercolor paper using my Distress Inks 

re-inkers.  I love the soft pastel colors of the background.

Before I put the inks on the paper I stamps using the GinaK stamps from my SOA box and heat embossed them with white embossing powder.

I stamping the sentiment using a GinaK stamp then added some Cloud9 Rain dots to finish it off.

Thanks for taking the time to stop by.

Happy Mother's Day to all the Mothers out there.

This card will be in the following challenges

Crafting from the Heart - Anything goes

613 Avenue Create - Anything goes 

Crafting by Designs - Anything goes

Paper Players Sketch Challenge

Hi back to share a card with you I made following the sketch this week at Paper Players.

Here is the sketch.

I decided it was time to start things about my Christmas cards, so I went with a Christmas theme on this one.

The papers are from last years CTMH Frosted paper pack.

I cut the snowflake using a Cameo Silhouette file.  You can't really see them but I added small pearl around the tips of the snowflake.

The stamp is a Gina K Design stamp.

Thank you for taking to the time to stop by for a visit.

Thank you strawberries

Hello everyone, hope everyone will have a great weekend of crafting.

Today I have a cute thank you card to share with you.

The papers I used are from the DCWV Nana's Nursery stack.  I cut the strawberries from the Preserves cartridge, then covered them with Crystal Lacquer.  The sentiment is a Gina K stamp.

Thanks so much for stopping by, I will try and continue to do some more posting to clear out my "waiting to post" basket.

Strawberries

Thank you berry much for stopping by..................I made this card for the challenge this week at Crafty Creations,  this week by our challenge was to make a thank you card and is sponsored by
 

              Hop on over and take a love at the cute images there are

I chose to use this strawberry image from Doodle Pantry and the sentiment stamp is a Gina K Design stamp.

I am still just learning to use my Copic and Promarkers and had a heck of a time with these strawberries, I am still not real happy with them.  The leaves came out OK, but I just could not get the coloring and shading correct on the strawberries.  I covered them with Diamond Glaze and that seemed to help somewhat.
Here is a closer look of the strawberries.

Red is hard and it bleed out of the lines and I just could not get all of it off. I distressed the edges of the white & red papers with my Tim Holtz distressing tool.  I double edged the red checked and red with my Martha Stewart punch.  This scalloped edge is one of my favorites.
So glad you stopped by, but be sure and head on over to Crafty Creations and join in the fun.  It is an easy challenge and we can never have too many thank you cards on hand.

I will entering this card in the following challenges
Top Tip Tuesday  T......is for  ends 7/4
Bows and Berries  thank you/appreciation ends 7/2

A Lovely Simple Card

I had such a hard time putting this card together but in the end I am happy with how it turned out.  I guess I had a hard time because my mojo was a bit gone and my mind kept jumping around.  Yikes!
This card was made following one of the sketches this week at Raqs Challenge on the Cricut message board.

 

I cut out several things as I was trying to make a decorative frame around the card.  So here is what I did and I wish I had taken photos as I went along (I will try and remember to do that), I love using Stretch Your Imagination for its frames.  The loopy white area is one of the frames on Stretch Your Imagination but the center of it is rectangular and I wanted it to be oval so using my Gypsy I placed an oval shape from George over the rectangle and hid some of the cuts I didn't need cut.  When I do something I usually cut it from just plain inexpensive white cardstock  to see if it is what I really want.  I have a hard time just seeing it on the screen, I need the actual piece, I know the Gypsy is suppose to help you not have to do that to save paper but I still like to see it, plus having a cut out helps me pick out my papers to use.   I liked the way this one looked and liked the size which is 5 1/2 inch square so I decided to use this and started to look for papers.  Well still I am always trying things and playing around I took the frame cutout and covered it with Versamark watermark ink and sprinkled it with white pearl embossing powder and heated it.  I like the way the color looked so I found a paper that went well with the pearl look.   So in this case my sample cut was not a waste.  Of course they never are a waste as I have a tray I throw them in and then split them up and give them to my two sister-in-laws that I got into card making.  The love getting their packets now and then. :)  The background paper I chose is from DCWV Luxury stack, as it has a pearl like shimmer to it.
For the center oval I did the same thing, cutting it out of plain white paper till I got the size and shape I wanted.  The scalloped part was cut from Ashley's Alphabet , and the back part from George.  What would I do without good old George.   The center part I did cut out on an iovry pearl paper and then stamped it with a Gina K stampe from the Hugs & Paryers set and heat embossed it with Champagne Pearl powder.  The scalloped part again I covered with Versamark and covered it with the same Champagne powder, however I did it three times on this to give it a very smooth almost look of metal.  I pop dotted the oval to give the card more depth.  Here is a closer look.

Now I wish I would have given the frame an additional coat of powder.   I also saved the negative cuts (pieces left on the mat) using tacky drywall tape.  I will use it someday on another card.  Here is a picture of it on the tacky mess, I also prayed it with Glimmer Mist to give it a golden orange color.

Well thanks for stopping by and I hope you enjoyed my card.  I would love to hear what you think. Thanks

I will be putting this into the following challenges.
Crafty Catz - Anything goes
Paper Play - Sparkle Galore
Paper Pretties - Flowers
Papertake Weekly  - Grow - Bloom

Zebra Paper Card

I made this card for my grandson girlfriends whose birthday is today Saturday.  She loves zebra prints.  I found this paper in DCWV All Dressed Up stack.  I made it following the sketch at Stamp TV, I love doing the challenges at Stamp TV because you could win a set of her stamps and they are fabulous.

The strip across the top is made using a Martha Stewart punch and I glued a piece of ivory ribbon on top of it.  The happy birthday is a Gina K stamp, so that means I get two entries,,,,,,,,,,YEAH.  That is right is you use her stamps in your entry you get entered twice for that week.  There is very little Cricut on this one, just the scalloped oval where the happy birthday is stamped.
I even finished the inside of this one.

Thanks so much for stopping by, leave me a comment so that I know you have been here.  Have a fabulous weekend.

Showered with Blessings.........

I made this card for a wedding shower for my "niece to be".  It was created following one of the sketches on RAQs Challenge on the Cricut message board, also I will enter it at this week challenge at Fantabulous Cricut - Challenge me Monday and also at My Sheri Crafts. Now the themes at both this week is April Showers and you are to create a card using an umbrella or hat or something do to with April Showers.  Even though this is not an April Showers as per rain but it is an umbrella for an April wedding shower. :).  I hope this is a valid entry.

The umbrella is cut from the New Arrival cartridge even though this ia a wedding shower, I liked it a bit better than the one on Sweethearts.  I place small pearls along the bottom of the umbrella, and I cut off the bow part that cuts and added my own bow.   The squares at the bottom were cut using good old George, love this cartridge for shapes and added a few stickers on top.  The oval at the top is from Lacy Labels and stamped with a Gina K Designs stamp.  I love her stamps.  I added a few hearts raining down from the umbrella.   The umbrella and white squares are cut from pearlesence white paper and embossed with my Cuttlebug using Swiss Dots folder.

 

A close up of the umbrella that shows the pearls better and also the brown pearls that added t the oval.  The wedding colors are teal and brown which are great colors to put together.
Thanks so much for stopping by, please leave me a comment and let me know you were here.

Sending Prayers & Thoughts

I thought this card looks comforting and caring all at the same time.  I figured it could be used for a sympathy card, an after surgery, or even when someone gets some bad news. 
Now this week at Crafty Creations Challenge the theme is "in stitches' although this card is by no means funny I did however use my Jamone sewing machine.

 

The flower is a Inkadinkado stamp, that I stamped on Cryogen white paper I got from Paper Temptress and colored using my ProMarkers.  The Cryogen white paper works great with alcohol markers and has a sparkle to it that shows through even after you color it.  The sentiment is a Gina K Design stamp, that I stamped on an oval I cut using my Cricut.  I also added some faux or hand stitching around the oval.

After I stamped and colored my flowers I cut them out using my deckled edged Nesties, one from the Cryogen white and the other from a very deep purple/maroon and then stitched them together.

Thanks for stopping by my blog, and don't forget to stop by Crafty Creations and join us this week.

Brand New Shinny Bike

Any boy would love to get one of these for his birthday!  I created this card following a sketch at Stamp TV weekly sketch challenge STVSKSP12.

The bike was stamped using Gina K Designs Enjoy the Sunshine  set.  I love this set as it is very versatile for different occasions.
The background holey strip is what is left after sequins are punched out.   One of the hardest parts was to cut out the two corner stripped pieces, the strips on the age were going up & down not cross ways so I had to angle it to get the correct angle on the strips.  The two oval pieces were cut with the Cricut then I distressed the edges.

The bike I stamped twice and colored with my MS markers.  One was stamped directly on the ivory oval, the other on another piece of paper, then I very carefully cut it out.  After it was cut out I put Glossy Accents on all the bike parts to make them stand out.  Then cutting very tiny pieces of foam tape I pop dotted the bike.    The sentiment I stamped and then cut out using one of my Nesties.
Hope you enjoy my bike card and thanks for stopping by.

Oh so Pretty Poppies!

I think I had to pick a favorite flower it would be Poppies, I just love the simplicity of them and the bright colors.  I made this card using one of the images from Tiffany Doodles, I just love her images and she just redid her store, check it out if you like digital images.  I made this card to enter into the monthly challenge blog at Tiffany Doddles Blog, kind of nice to do a monthly challenge as it gives you more time to create, she even gives away some of her images each month.  Also this week at Stamptacular Sunday Challenge the theme is "WHATEVA" which is so much fun and I thought this digital stamped image was perfect!

My Mom also loves poppies and her birthday is coming up so I made this for her.  It was made over several days, she comes and spends the winter with us from Colorado so I always had to have two things going and every time she came in my room I had to hide it and pull out the other card, LOL..........I colored the poppies using my Promarkers, using the colors Poppy and Bright Orange and blended them together.  The leaves were also colored using Promakers.  The background paper is from the DCWV Crafty stack.  The cream colored strip on the left side is pearl paper that I embossed using of the the Cuttlebug embossing folders that comes in the Asian set.

The largest poppy I colored twice and cut one of and pop dotted it over the top of the other one to give it a little depth.  I think image would make a fabulous "spotlight" card, I may have to try that soon.  Happy Birthday is a Gina K stamp that I heat embossed using a pearl orange powder.
Thanks so much for visiting my blog and leave me a comment so I know you stopped by.  I love reading them!

Sailboat Birthday Card

If you stopped here for the Crafty Creations 100th Challenge hop click HERE, if not you may want to check it out there are some fabulous creations and great prizes along the way.

A while back I got a few sets of Gina K Designs stamp sets and finally got around to cutting them apart so I could use them.  Her stamps are very high quality and stamp extremely well.  The sailboat is one of the stamps in the "Enjoy The Sunshine" set, I thought it was great for a male card.  My younger brother's birthday is next week so I made this card for him.  I will also post it on the Cricut message board for this weeks RAQs Challenge, as it is follows one of the sketches. 

Very little Cricut, just the ovals cut and layered 3 times.  I colored two sailboats using my ProMarkers, then cut one of them out and pop dotted it on top of the other one.  The turquoise strip of paper I Cuttlebugged with a folder that sort of matched the paper pattern.    And since I need to use it next week I finished the inside.

The sentiment is computer generated and I finally remembered to print it directly on the inside of the card before I put it together!
Thanks so much for stopping by and I really appreciate each and everyone of your comments.  Happy New Year!