birthday balloons...

Happy Thursday friends!!  A quick post sharing a card that I made for the Simon Says Stamp flickr challenge (the challenge is over, but you can find it here).  I posted the card in the SSS flickr group yesterday afternoon, but this morning realized that it will work for the current Simon Says Stamp Monday challenge (ombre), as well as the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge (anything goes) so I will be posting it to both those challenges... YAY!!  I'm also adding this to the current Simon Says Stamp Work it Wednesday (use a stamp).The SSS flickr challenge was to use emboss resist so I flipped through my small collection of SSS stamp set and settled on the set called Celebrate.  The set has lots of different balloon and I used three for my card.  I didn't want any of the balloons to run into each other so I stamped a few in Versamark watermark ink, applied clear embossing powder and then stamped a few more.  It is hard to see watermark ink on white cardstock so doing my stamping this way helped me make sure I didn't overlap any balloons.  Once all the balloons were stamped and embossing powder applied I heat set everything.  I used Ranger Salty Ocean and Broken China distress inks for the background.  I applied Broken China over the majority of the card fading out toward the bottom.  Salty Ocean was applied only to the top of the piece to darken it up a bit.  Balloon strings were added using grey ink and then the sentiment was stamped.  I used the word happy from the SSS set Happy & Smile and the word birthday from the Celebrate set.   Happy was stamped in Salty Ocean and then birthday overstamped slightly in black ink.  A few clear sequins finished things off.  I added a strip of silver glitter cardstock down one side of my card base and then adhered the main panel.

Thanks for stopping by today...

Supplies:  Cardstock:  Recollections white; DCWV glitter cardstock; Stamps:  Simon Says Stamp; Inks:  Ranger Distress ink, Memento Tuxedo Black and London Fog; Pretty Pink Posh clear sequins

wednesday with ajvd and prs...

Happy Wednesday friends!!  Popping in to let you know that I have a post up on the A Jillian Vance Design blog today.  Here is a little peek:

I also have a post up on the Precious Remembrance Shop blog today, as well.  Here is a little peek of that card:

 

I hope you will take the time to hop over to both blogs, check out my projects and leave a little love!  Thanks for stopping by today...

24 karet friend...

Hey friends!!  Popping in with a card I made for a few challenges:  Essentials by Ellen September Pinsights, Simon Says Stamp Monday challenge - ombre and Less is More - Shiny (I do hope this passes muster with the LIM team!).  I did some watercoloring, again.  After watercoloring my paper and letting it dry I added the little gems using dark blue ink, coral ink (the same ink color used for the watercoloring) and Delicata Golden Glitz.  I added some splatters of gold using Golden Glitz mixed with water.  After everything was dry I die cut the watercolor paper using the largest die in the A Jillian Vance Design Polka Dot Rectangle Backdrop die.  The gem was die cut from dark blue cardstock and gold mirror cardstock and then adhered together.  I added the sentiment and then adhered the gold gem.  I learned a valuable lesson while I was making this card and that is this:  all washi tape is not created equal.  Some washi tape is really good for taping down your watercolor paper to prevent warping of the paper and some washi tape is not so good.  Unfortunately I used some not so good washi tape this time around and ended up with more warping than I was expecting.  Live and learn...  I like how the watercolored background turned out, but the stamping not so much... but that is papercrafting and life... a learning process!

 

Thanks for stopping by today...

 

Supplies:  Cardstock:  Simon Says Stamp fog; Ranger watercolor paper; Inks:  Stampin Up! Midnight Muse, Calypso Coral, Memento Tuxedo Black, Delicata Golden Glitz; Stamps:  Essentials By Ellen Hello, Gorgeous; Dies:  Essentials by Ellen You Rock, A Jillian Vance Design Polka Dot Rectangle Backdrop

 

a couple of things to share...

Hey friends!!  Popping in with a card that I made for a few challenges as well as a little treat bag that I made for the very first ChouxChoux challenge:  fall or Halloween theme.   First up is the card.  I used the colors from this week's ColourQ challenge and the Essentials by Ellen Bokeh Dots stamp set.   Pretty self-explanatory card.  I will be entering it into the current CASology challenge:  circles, as well as Simon Says Stamp Monday challenge to use a stamp and the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge:  no designer paper.   The main panel was die cut using the AJVD Polka Dot Rectangle Backdrop dies and I used my brand-spankin' new Big Shot Plus to do the die cutting... YAY!!  So happy to be able to die cut stuff, again!!  After stamping all the circles and dots I added some My Mind's Eye wooden dots to bring in the darkest of the two greys and then mounted the panel on some dark grey cardstock.   The sentiment is from the Essentials by Ellen Fancy Thanks.  Very clean and very simple! I think it would be a great card for a guy.

Next up is the little treat bag.  Several months ago I purchased a treat bag die set from Stampin Up! and finally pulled it out to create a couple of little treat bags.  I made one that I will be sharing at a later date and when I saw the ChouxChoux challenge I decided to finish the second bag I made and post it to that challenge.  The bag was made using paper from the October Afternoon Witch Hazel 8x8 pad.  I also had a package of Witch Hazel ephemera and so I pulled out some pieces to decorate the bag.  I stapled the tickets to the little card an then adhered that to the bag.  Some black, white and orange baker's twine was tied around the bag and then I added the little witch and the black cat.  I added some stickles to the witch's hat, the steam rising from the pot and a little orange clothes pin.  Some orange tissue and a couple of treats were tucked inside.   When I die cut the treat bags with my Big Shot it was a little tricky, but now that I have the Plus I have lots of extra cutting space making it so much easier to cut the bags... yay!!   I will definitely be making more of these little treat bags!!

Thanks for stopping by and sticking with this rather long post!

Supplies:  Cardstock:  white and grey; Patterned paper:  October Afternoon; Dies:  A Jillian Vance Design and Stampin Up!;  Paper ephemera:  October Afternoon; Baker's Twine; Inks:  Stampin Up!; My Mind's Eye wooden dots
 

PTI September Blog Hop...

{for my Coffee Lovers Blog Hop card, please scroll down or click here}

Hey friends!!!   Popping in with my project for this month's PTI blog hop.  Nichole gave us a lovely inspiration photo of a door decorated for fall.  I had recently purchased the PTI Twig Wreath stamp set and matching dies so it was a no brainer that I would use those for my project.  I had planned on creating a set of tags using the black tags that came in the Make It Market Mini Kit Still Life Summer, but when my Big Shot broke in the middle of die cutting all the little pieces for the wreath I had to change my plans.  I ended up making a "tag-card".   I inked up the edges of the tag with white ink and then smeared it with my finger.   I added some partial embossing using a woodgrain embossing folder and then added a bit more white ink.  The wreath was adhered along with all the little bits as you see.  I created a little sentiment banner and adhered it.   A second tag was scored along the top and adhered to the front tag to create my "tag-card".  Finished things off with some rustic twine tied in a bow.  Despite my original plans being derailed I'm pretty pleased with how my little tag-card turned out!  Posting this to the current Simon Says Stamp Monday challenge to use a stamp and the current AAA Cards challenge:  fall colors.

 

Thanks for stopping by today... and happy hopping!!

Supplies:  black cardstock tags; PTI kraft cardstock; Stamps and dies:  PTI Twig Wreath; Inks:  Stampin Up! and Memento; twine

Fall Coffee Lovers Blog Hop

Hey friends!!  Fall is officially here and that means time for the fall Coffee Lovers Blog Hop.  Precious Remembrance Shop is a super sponsor for the hop and that means everyone who participates has a chance to win the super fun PRS set Fall Colors.   Everyone on the PRS design team has a card that we created for the hop using Precious Remembrance Shop stamps. I used the coffee related set Coffee Love.  I'm not a coffee drinker, but I will have the occasional mocha or peppermint mocha.  My drink of choice is a Chai Latte (all soy no water).   But that is a great thing about the Coffee Lovers blog hop...you can make a card using tea or hot cocoa images, as well!!  So... the "to go" cup on my card has a yummy hot and steaming Chai Latte in it!!  In keeping with the theme of fall I used a warm color palette of orange, golden yellow, brown and red with a bit of dark brown and kraft thrown in.  I stamped the to go cup on some cream paper and trimmed out the coffee cup lid and the center band.  The cup was stamped again on plaid paper and the entire thing trimmed out.  I added the lid and center band to the plaid cup.  The little circle heart image was stamped in orange ink and the sentiment "enjoy" was stamped in brown. I punched it out with a circle punch and added it to the center band.  The layout for my card is based on the current Freshly Made Sketch so I will be adding my card to that line up, as well.   Posting this to the current Really Reasonable Ribbon challenge to use orange.

Thanks for stopping by today... enjoy your coffee and the hop!!

Supplies:  Cardstock:  PTI cream and kraft; Patterned paper:  PTI; Stamps:  Precious Remembrance Shop; twine; scalloped border punch