Hello! Hope you had a good weekend! This weekend I got the opportunity to make three cards! For me that is absolutely amazing because for months I was lucky if I got three cards made in the course of a week! First up is a card that I have made for the current Fusion challenge. They have a cute inspiration photo of penguins so I immediately thought of the Simon Says Stamp January card kit. The kit came with the super cute Snow Much stamp set that has two different penguin images in it. I used the larger one. Because I used patterned papers that came in the kit I decided to stamp my penguin in dark blue ink (Catherine Pooler Juniper Mist) to coordinate with those colors. A little heart was stamped on the penguin's chest in the same blue ink, colored with a red marker and then covered with Glossy Accents. I added googly eyes, as well. Once everything was dry I trimmed out the penguin. A piece of patterned paper was trimmed and adhered to a white cardstock base per the Fusion sketch. Another piece of the coordinating paper was die cut with a banner die (from Verve), stamped with the sentiment in the same dark blue ink and adhered to the card base. I then adhered the little penguin with foam tape. Also adding this to the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge of have a heart.
The second card is for the MFT sketch challenge and the MFT color challenge. I used the MFT Beautiful Butterflies and Amazing stamp sets for my card. The butterfly was stamped using PTI Winter Wisteria and Catherine Pooler Black Jack inks and die cut with the matching die. Black Jack isn't black it is actually a dark gray similar to the gray in the MFT color challenge. Some light pink cardstock was die cut with the MFT Stitched Mini Scallop Oval die set. The sentiment was stamped in Black Jack and then die cut with an MFT fishtail flag stax die. I trimmed some white cardstock per the sketch and adhered that to a light gray cardstock base. The oval was adhered along with the sentiment strip and then I added the butterfly with some foam tape. Super excited that I was actually able to participate in the MFT sketch challenge two weeks in a row!
Hello! As my blog title suggests I have cards to share. Two cards to be exact. First up is a card for this month's Altenew inspiration challenge, as well as Freshly Made Sketches. I did some watercoloring using my Kuretake Gansai Tambi watercolors and the Altenew Starry Flowers stamp set. I stamped the image using VersaFine CLAIR Nocturne ink and then did my simple watercoloring. I used the red and scarlet red colors from my palette to color the flowers and then added in touches of orange to deepen the colors. The stem was colored with a turquoise green. When the image was dry I die cut it with the matching die. Some teal color cardstock was die cut with an AJVD rectangle die and then stamped with the other floral image from the set using teal ink. The sentiment was then stamped with the Nocturne ink. I adhered the panel to my card base per the sketch and then adhered the watercolored image. Another super clean and simple design.
Hello! Hope your week is off to a good start! I got the chance to create with some stamps and dies that I recently purchased from Stampin Up! so that means my week is off to a great start, lol! The stamp set is called First Frost and is absolutely gorgeous! I noticed in the die set that there are two dies that both cut out the smaller of the two flowers. I love that I can cut two flowers at the same time! I used them to create my card for the current CAS(E) this Sketch challenge, Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge (clean and simple) and the Just Add Ink challenge to use something new (the stamps and dies). I stamped the leaf image using SU!'s Lemon Line Twist ink and the flowers using SU!'s Berry Burst ink. I stamped the sentiment using VersaFine CLAIR Nocturne ink and then die cut it with a banner die from the Reverse Confetti Beautiful Banners die set. The main panel was die cut, the banner and flowers arranged over the leaf image and the end of the banner trimmed off. The entire panel was then adhered to a light gray cardstock base. 
Hello! Hope you are having a nice weekend! I have a clean and simple thank you card to share today. I used the sketch from MFT (haven't played along with that in ages!) and the color combo from Color Throwdown. Since the card is clean and simple I will also add it to the line up at the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge. The snowflake was created using the MFT Layered Snowflakes dies and cardstock in the CTD colors. I also threw in a little sparkle by die cutting one of the flakes from silver glitter cardstock. Stripes of the same cardstocks were trimmed out. Before adhering them to the card front I stamped the sentiment (from A Jillian Vance Design) on one of the strips with VersaFine CLAIR Nocturne ink. The strips and the snowflake were adhered per the sketch layout and I was done. 
Hello there! I have another Valentine's day card to share. Most months I barely get a card made for the Reverse Confetti stock your stash challenge, but this month I have managed to get two done! Yay me, lol! I combined the stock your stash challenge with the current Fusion challenge to make my card. I used both the layout and the colors from the inspiration photo for my card. I did some simple watercoloring on some watercolor paper with a blue and purple ZIG marker and then die cut the RC Heart Love Pretty Panel from that when it was dry. I die cut a second one from some scrap paper to make it a little more substantial because I decided that I wanted to create a shaker element with the die cut. Cutting the foam tape thin enough was a little tricky, but I managed to get it done in most spots. I adhered my die cut pretty panel to some acetate and then trimmed it out when everything was dry. A simple strip of blue gingham patterned paper was adhered to a white cardstock base, I added some sequins from Pretty Pink Posh and then adhered the panel over the top. For the butterflies (die cut using the Butterfly Dreams Confetti Cuts) I did some additional simple watercoloring with blue, purple and pink ZIGs and when the paper was dry die cut the butterflies. The largest one was stamped with the word you (I used part of a sentiment from the Whole Lotta Thanks stamp set) using VersaFine CLAIR ink in Nocturne and adhered to the shaker element. I then arranged the rest of the butterflies. In retrospect I think I should have arranged the butterflies differently, but I still like how it turned out.
Hello! I have two cards to share today and both cards use the phrase 'for you' thus my blog title. First up is a card for the current Fab Friday challenge. Back in December I received the a limited edition Gina K Designs tiny wreath builder set when I made a purchase from Simon Says Stamp. I finally pulled it out and used it to create my card. It is super easy to use the wreath builder template. I was a little bummed when I discovered that one of the circular sentiments in the set has a huge flaw in it so I won't be able to use it. I used four of the colors to create my wreath and the fifth color for the circular sentiment. The squares were die cut with Spellbinders square dies and the circle with a Spellbinders circle die. I layered everything up on a rectangle die cut from white cardstock and then adhered to a white cardstock base. I finished the card with some black and white baker's twine.
The second card is for this month's Reverse Confetti Stock Your Stash challenge, Freshly Made Sketches challenge and the Card Concept challenge (clean and simple). I used an older Reverse Confetti stamp and die set called Beautiful Banners along with the two heart dies from the Love Notes Confetti Cuts die set. I cut the hearts from the following RC colors: Piggy Bank, Rose and Salsa. The were the colors that I pulled from the inspiration photo. I arranged the hearts on white cardstock per the sketch. The banner and sentiment from the Beautiful Banner set were stamped using VersaFine CLAIR Nocturne ink. The banner was die cut, I adhered all the pieces to a white cardstock panel and adhered the panel to a card base made from Rose cardstock. I finished with some Pretty Pink Posh sparkling clear sequins. Realized that this would work for the current Time Out challenge. 
Hello! Hope your week is off to a good start! I'm popping in with another card made with supplies from the super cute Simon Says Stamp January card kit. This time I used one of the sweet penguins from the Snow Much stamp set. The layout is based off of the current CTS sketch so I will be posting it over there, as well as at the Paper Players since their challenge this week is to use a critter. Pretty simple card. Stamped the penguin in VersaFine CLAIR Nocturne ink, trimmed him out and then colored his beak with Wild Honey and Ripe Persimmon distress markers. Some of the patterned paper from the kit was die cut with a small AJVD rectangle die and stamped with the sentiment (also using the Nocturne ink). I die cut additional paper from the kit with the largest AJVD rectangle die and then layered everything on a white cardstock base. Like I said... pretty simple!
Hey there! Hope you had a great week! I'm popping in with a thank you card that I made with the super fun Simon Says Stamp January card kit called Snow Much. I used the layout from Freshly Made Sketches for my card so I will be posting it there, as well as over at Inspired By challenge which just so happens to be about snowmen! And since I am using new products for my card I will be adding it to the gallery at the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge. I started by stamping one of the snowmen from the set on white cardstock with VersaFine CLAIR Nocturne ink and then colored him with Prisma color pencils. Once I was done I trimmed him out. I die cut papers that are from with AJVD Stitched Dot Rectangle dies and layered them on a light blue cardstock base (cardstock from the kit). The sentiment was stamped on the top rectangle using VersaFine CLAIR Twilight ink. Strips of coordinating cardstock were adhered to the card front. I coiled a length of silver thread on the strips and then adhered the snowman on top using foam tape. 
Happy new year everyone! I'm starting off the year by guesting over at one of my favorite challenges: Color Throwdown! The color palette today is absolutely fabulous one of yellow, green, black and white. Isn't that inspiration photo gorgeous!? I pulled out a stamp and die set that I recently purchased from Altenew called Always There to create my card. I also used the layout from Fab Friday so I will be adding my card to their gallery. I started by stamping the flowers and leaves in black ink and then adding in the details using only two of the layering stamps from the set. I really like the way the flowers and leaves turned out. I die cut everything with the matching dies. I used an AJVD circle die to cut my circle from black cardstock and then layered up the flowers and leaves. Per the sketch my rectangle behind the circle was cut from silver glitter cardstock. I die cut white cardstock with an AJVD rectangle die and then layered everything on a light gray cardstock base. I finished by stamping the sentiment in black ink on white cardstock, trimming it down and adhering it to the flowers. I just discovered that the challenge over at SIP is thank you so I'm going to add my card to their line up.
