love you forever...

Hello friends!!  Getting back into the swing of things and have another card to share.  This one I made for the MIM challenge to used inlaid die cuts as well as for the current Dynamic Duos challenge. 

When I started making my card I thought I would use PTI's Harvest Berries set, but then noticed that the die is made in such a way that it cuts to different images... I only wanted one of the images and so that idea wouldn't work.  Then I moved on to Holiday Button Bits and even got so far as to die cut my cardstock and stamp the image, but I just didn't like what I was seeing at all.  So on to Trendy Tree Tops and finally I had a winning combination!  I die cut the tree top first, stamped it with my chosen image and then put it back into place.  I arranged the tree trunk die on top of the tree top, taped it down (along with the little cloud) and ran the piece through my die cutter.  The tree trunk and cloud die cuts were then stamped.  I trimmed the white cardstock piece to the size I wanted and then adhered it to red cardstock.  The tree and cloud die cuts were then adhered in place, a second die cut cloud adhered and the sentiment stamped.

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Supplies:  Cardstock:  PTI white and pure poppy; Stamps:  PTI Trendy Tree Tops and Bitty Background Blocks; Ink:  SU! Real Red & Hero Arts Splash, Memento Tuxedo Black; Dies:  Trendy Tree Tops & clouds  

tis' the season...

Hello friends... wow... seems like ages since I last posted!  But has only been since Tuesday!   Have a little Christmas card that I made using some fun Penny Black stamps.  Not for any challenge... made "just because"!  Honestly I think I see more of "sharing just because" type of cards in my future.  Anywhoo...  on to my card!

I made this one using the recently released Penny Black sets "Festive Forest" and "Christmas Wishes".  The set contains the three little trees each in their own little wonky box and so I lined them up on my acrylic block and stamped then using Memento's Bamboo Leaves ink.  Each tree was then stamped on some fun patterned paper from the My Mind's Eye Mistletoe Magic 6x6 pad, trimmed out and adhered with foam dimensionals.  Some MME enamel dots were added to one tree and a Prima Sugar Dot heart to another.  A bit of color was done with some Copic markers and a Wink of Stella silver ink marker.  The sentiment was stamped and then die cut using a MFT fishtail flag stax die. 

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Supplies:  Cardstock:  PTI white; SU! Pear Pizzazz; PP:  My Mind's Eye; Stamps:  Penny Black; Ink:  Memento; Embellishments:  My Mind's Eye & Prima; Die:  MFT

CCC #68.. back in black

Hello friends!!  Tuesday is here (and Halloween is just two days away!) and that means time for a brand new cue word!!   Loved seeing how everyone interpreted last week's cue word, country.  So many beautiful entries.   This week's cue word is "black" which could be tricky or not... lol!!  Joining us in the guest designer spot is the super talented, Kristie!!    All the details can be found here.

 

 

Since Halloween is just a few days away I decided to make one last Halloween card using stamps from Reverse Confetti.    I cut a panel of black cardstock and then stamped the little bat image on the top half using VersaMark watermark ink.  Embossing powder was applied and heat set.  I die cut the banner using MFT's Jumbo Fishtail Flag Stax Die-namics and then stamped the banner with the fence and sentiment in black.  The cat was stamped in black, trimmed out and Black Diamond Stickles were added.   I adhered the cat to the banner using pop dots so it would stand out a bit more.

Thanks for stopping by...I cannot wait to see where this week's "black" cue word take you!  In the meantime make sure you check out the cards from the rest of the design team: Melissa, Judy, Meghan, Ardyth, Gillian, Maureen, Kimberly, Jen , Tracey and guest designer, Kristie

Supplies:  Cardstock:  PTI white & black; Stamps:  Reverse Confetti Spooky Cuties & Spooky Sentiments; Ranger Black Diamond Stickles; MFT Jumbo Fishtail Flag Stax Die-namics; Memento Tuxedo Black; VersaMark watermark ink

a quick note...

Hi everyone!! Just popping in to let you know that I have a card posted on the CardMaker blog today.  I hope that you will check it out!  Thanks for stopping by...

sharing a couple of cards...

Hello friends!!  Hope you are having a wonderful day.  The persistent fog that we have been experiencing here in my little corner of the world seems to have finally lifted, thankfully!  It was getting a bit creepy!!  Anywhoo... as my title indicates I have a couple of cards to share.  Normally I don't post multiple cards for multiple challenges, but since both cards use My Favorite Things stamps and dies I decided to post them together.

The first card is for the current MFT Wednesday Stamp Club sketch challenge.  A nice, simple layout that you can take in many directions.  I decided to pull out my MFT Snowflake Doily Die-namics die and cut one from some gold glitter paper from Stampin Up! (SU! calls it "champagne", but to me it is definitely not champagne it is gold!).   I embossed the cardstock background with my swiss dot folder and then added the sentiment (from MFT's Seasonal Sentiments set) that I stamped on cream cardstock using burgundy ink and then die cut with a MFT Fishtail Flag Stax die.  It is super easy to fishtail both ends of your banner with these dies since they have a see through plastic back to them which allows you to position the banner in just the right spot so the sentiment is center properly.

The second card uses the current layout from CAS(E) this Sketch and the current Dynamic Duos color combo.  I think my idea for this card was a good one I'm just not sure that I executed it very well.  I combined two different MFT sets, Homespun Hearts and Abstract Art (hey... that rhymes, lol!) with several MFT dies, Hi Rise Alpha lower case, MFT/LLD Lead the Way and MFT/LJD Rustic Hearts.   I think in retrospect I would have cut the arrow portion a little shorter so that it didn't extend to the edge of the card.  I also think I should have added in some other neutral colors besides white.  The whole card just seems a bit too stark (okay... so I can hear my friend Sue laughing right now!  Yes, Sue... I do love my white space, but even I know when things are just a bit too stark, lol!!) But that is card making for you... a live and learn process!!

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Supplies:  1st card:  Cardstock:  PTI Vintage Cream & Fine Linen; SU! glitter paper; Stamps:  MFT Seasonal Sentiments; Dies:  Snowflake Doily & Fishtail Flag Stax dies; Ink: SU! Bravo Burgundy

2nd card:  Cardstock:  PTI Plum Pudding & white; Stamps:  MFT Homespun Hearts & Abstract Art; Ink:  SU! Wisteria Wonder, PTI Plum Pudding; Dies:  MFT/LLD Lead the Way, MFT/LJD Rustic Hearts

trick or treat...

Hello friends!!  Hope have had a wonderful week so far.  Have a little card that I put together for a couple of challenges:  ColourQ and Retro Sketches.

I think I may have said this before, but I'm not really big on Halloween and as a result generally don't buy many Halloween stamp sets, but when I saw the recently released Halloween sets from Reverse Confetti I knew I had to get them.  The images are just so darn cute!!  So I paired these fun images up with the layout from Retro Sketches and the ColourQ combo to create my little card.  The notebook page was die cut, stamped with the spider web image using Versamark and then the orange bakers twine was added.  Over that I layered the panel that I stamped with the witch's shoes (don't you just love those shoes???) in SU!'s Wisteria Wonder and the sentiment in black.   A piece of patterned paper from the My Mind's Eye Happy Haunting 6x6 pad was cut, embossed, adhered to the card base and the notebook page & panel adhered.  Popping this into the last 'Fetti Find linky list, as well.

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Supplies:  Cardstock:  PTI white & Simply Chartreuse; Stamps:  Reverse Confetti Spooky Cuties & Spooky Sentiments; PP:  My Mind's Eye; Ink:  SU! Wisteria Wonder; Memento Tuxedo Black; VersaMark watermark ink; Embossing Folder:  Cuttlebug Modern Wallpaper; Baker's Twine:  The Twinery