thanks a bunch...

Hello!!  Created a little card to share that I will be posting to several different blogs/challenges.  Loved the current (and last, sadly!) sketch from Seize the Sketch so I made another card.  This one uses the color combo from this month's Reverse Confetti color challenge.  And since it is full of die cutting I'm also posting this to the Pretty Pink Posh Cutting Edge blog hop.

I, again, used my Avery Elle Dotted Dies to cut the main panel.  Save to say that I think that is my new favorite die!!  I then die cut two little tags (yes... those are tags under all the other die cuts, lol!) using the Reverse Confetti Tag Me die set.  The flowers and sparkly bits were die cut using the Reverse Confetti Petals n' Posies Confetti Cuts die set. After stamping all the flowers with the coordinating Petals n' Posies stamp set) I adhered the tags to the main panel and layered everything on top.  Finished by adding a hand cut banner (after all that die cutting I was a bit worn out, lol!) stamped with the sentiment.

Thanks for stopping by...

Supplies:  Cardstock:  PTI white; SU! Night of Navy; Stamps:  Reverse Confetti; Dies:  Reverse Confetti and Avery Elle; Ink:  Stampin Up! Real Red & Night of Navy; SU! glittered cardstock; My Mind's Eye wooden dot

java a great day...

Hello!!  Squeezed in some time today to make a card for this week's CASology challenge, as well as the current (and last... boo hoo!) Seize the Sketch challenge.   When I saw this week's cue word I just had to play along.  I'm not a coffee drink (my elixir of choice is a tall soy Chai from Starbucks), but I do happen to have some cute coffee inspired stamps (and dies) from Clearly Whimsy Stamps. 

I happen to still have out my BasicGrey Highline 6x6 pad and some I used some papers from that pad to make my little "to go" coffee cups.  After die cutting all the pieces I adhered them together.  Adding the heart to one cup and the sentiment to the other.  I stamped a little heart up in one corner and then adhered the cups to my cardstock piece that I die cut with my brand spanking new Dotted Dies set from Avery Elle.  I absolutely love the look of this perfectly cut panel!!  Since this is a pretty clean and simple design I'm going to also post this card to the current Addicted to Stamps and More challenge:  CAS.

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Supplies:  Cardstock:  PTI white; Stamps:  Clearly Whimsy Stamps Coffee Break; Dies:  Clearly Whimsy Stamps and Avery Elle; Ink:  Memento Rich Cocoa & Tangelo; Patterned Paper:  BG Highline

you can...

Hello!!  Hope everyone had a great week.  Have a card to share that I made for several challenges:  AAA Cards - watercolor, ColourQ, Seize the Sketch and Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge.
I love the simplicity and versatility of the current sketch from Seize the Sketch.  

I decided to have another go at the AAA Cards challenge and create a card with more watercoloring than I had on my first card.  I pulled out two of my favorite Precious Remembrance Shop sets DIY and Positive Thoughts and got to work.  I stamped the feather image from DIY in watermark ink, applied white embossing powder and heat set it.  I then smooshed some Tempting Turquoise and Island Indigo inks on my craft mat, spritzed them with water and added a color wash over the feather.  I then added some additional stamped images from Positive Thoughts and DIY using the same inks.  The sentiment was added using Early Espresso.   I finished off the card with some Early Espresso twine, clear sequins (for some sparkle) and additional splatters of ink.  In order to work the Summer Starfruit part of the color combo into the design I used Summer Starfruit cardstock for my base.

Thanks for stopping by...

Supplies:  Cardstock: SU! Summer Starfruit; Ranger Watercolor paper; Stamps:  Precious Remembrance Shop; Inks:  Stampin Up! and VersaMark; Sequins:  Pretty Pink Posh; Baker's Twine:  Stampin Up!; Embossing powder:  Filigree white

Clearly Whimsy Stamps June Release Blog Hop!!

Hey there!!  Back with my final projects for the Clearly Whimsy Stamps June release!  All the stamps and dies are now available in the Whimsy Stamps store.   We are again joined by guest designers Jen Carter and Becky Carafa!  You should have gotten here from Amy's blog.  If not, please make sure you head over to the Whimsy Stamps blog for the complete hop list and to start from the beginning.  Today one lucky hopper will win the following stamps and dies:  Time for Tea, Time for Tea Additions stamps and Time for Tea additions die set!! 

Both of my cards use stamps and dies from the Time for Tea Collection and papers from the American Crafts Cut & Paste 6x6 pad.  I die cut the tea pot and cup and then stamped them and the flowers  using yellow and teal inks.  Aren't the little teapot and cup just adorable??  Added the strips of paper and then the sentiment.

The second card is based on the current Seize the Sketch layout.  I embossed the oval portion of the sketch on my yellow cardstock, added the patterned paper (from Cut & Paste) and then adhered the sentiment label.  The following are graphics of all the stamps and dies I used today.

 

Thanks for stopping by... your next stop on the hop is Heather.  Don't forget to comment on each stop on the hop for a chance to win!

Supplies:  Cardstock:  PTI white & yellow; PP:  American Crafts Cut & Paste; Stamps:  Clearly Whimsy Stamps; Dies:  Clearly Whimsy Stamps & Spellbinders; Inks: Stampin Up!

smile...

{for my PRS hop post, click here; for my Colour Me..! post, click here or scroll down}

Hey there... have a card to share for a couple of challenges:  ColourQ and Seize the Sketch.

This was an interesting sketch for me to work with.  The little strip across the top kinda threw me off, but I think my decision to use some baker's twine instead of a strip of paper was a good one.  The stamps and dies are from Clearly Whimsy Stamps (Travel 2).  I just love that cute little camera... so happy it has a matching die!  To keep things from bulking up too much I embossed the rectangle (Spellbinders long plain rectangle die) on my kraft cardstock instead of using a cardstock piece.  The blue baker's twine isn't a super close match for the blue in the ColourQ combo, but it works!

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Supplies:  Cardstock: PTI rustic white & kraft; Stamps:  Clearly Whimsy Stamps; Inks:  Stampin Up! Dies:  Whimsy Stamps & Spellbinders; Baker's Twine:  The Twinery

sharin' some cards..

Hello, hello!!  Hope your week is going well.  Have you been taking the Online Card Class Watercolor for Card Makers class?  I have... it has been lots of fun.  I have made a few cards and hope to make several more.  The cards I have today have nothing to do with watercoloring.  One is for the current Reverse Confetti sketch challenge and the other is for several different challenges.

My first card is for the RC challenge and uses the RC set Class Act, as well as the matching dies.  I made this one for my little guy's teacher.  I used some BasicGrey Clippings papers as I think they work well for a teacher card.  I gave it to her yesterday along with her favorite Starbucks drink.  I hope she liked it!



The second card is for the following challengers:  ColourQ, Seize the Sketch and Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Flowers.  This card uses the super sweet Clearly Whimsy Stamps sets In the Garden and In the Garden Additions, as well as the cute little picket fence and grass dies.  I die cut the fence from some patterned paper (I think My Mind's Eye, but I'm not sure) and then adhered it upside down to my cardstock.  After that I stamped my little flower scene I die cut the grass from Pear Pizzazz cardstock and adhered that.  I added the sentiment on a little hand cut banner and finished things off with two little embellishments.

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Supplies:  Cardstock:  PTI white & kraft, SU! Crumb Cake & Pink Pirouette; Stamps:  Reverse Confetti & Clearly Whimsy Stamps; Inks:  Stampin Up! & Memento; Patterned Paper:  BasicGrey; Dies:  Reverse Confetti & Whimsy Stamps; Enamel Dots:  My Mind's Eye & Prima

a note of thanks...

Hello, hello from wet, wet, wet Western Washington!!  Sometimes the rain gets me down, but in the spring time I do love the fact that all the rain makes everything so beautifully green!   And I really shouldn't complain because we have never experienced the type of weather that so much of the country experienced (and in some places continue to experience) this past winter!   Anywhoo... I do have a card to share.  This one is for CASology (note) and Seize the Sketch.  Don't think I have ever participated in a Seize the Sketch challenge so thought I would give them a try.

With a cue word like "note" there are many possiblities and it made me think of my seldom used PTI set "Happy Trails".  So I pulled that one out and made a more masculine type card.  I die cut the pencil and stamped the image in brown ink.  A mini paper bag was stamped with the sentiment.  I then die cut a piece of actual paper with the PTI notebook die, stamped it with a second sentiment and slipped it inside.   A scrap of patterned paper from the October Afternoon Witch Hazel line was adhered to the cardstock piece along with a strip of mustard yellow cardstock and the mini bag and pencil.  Slapped it on the kraft card base and I was done!

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Supplies:  Cardstock: PTI kraft and cream; SU! More Mustard; PP:  OA Witch Hazel; cream mini bag; college rule writing paper; Stamps:  PTI Happy Trails; Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black; Dies:  PTI

yellow poinsettia...

Hello friends!!  Wow... December is here!!  Time sure does fly by doesn't it???  Have a little card to share that I made for Seize the Sketch that uses this week's SCS color challenge combo of Baja Breeze, Delightful Daffodil and Night of Navy.  For this card I used the gorgeous Penny Black stamp Warm Wishes, as well as a sentiment from the Penny Black set "banner of joy".  ETA:  I have never played along with Addicted to Stamps, but I saw that their current challenge is "holidays" so I thought I would enter this in the challenge.

I stamped the image using Memento Tuxedo Black ink and then colored it with the following Copic markers:  Y11, Y13, Y15, Y17 & Y19.   Yellow isn't necessarily a color you see in those huge displays of poinsettias at the nursery or store, but they do come in a nice creamy yellow shade so I'm not too far off, right?   Once I was done coloring the image I applied some glue to the center of the flower and added some glass glitter.  Once the glue was dry I stamped the sentiment using Night of Navy ink and then mounted the piece on a Baja Breeze card base.  Super simple, but I think rather striking.

Thanks for stopping by...

Supplies:  Cardstock:  PTI white, SU! Baja Breeze; Stamps:  Penny Black; Ink;  Memento Tuxedo Black & SU! Night of Navy; Glass Glitter:  Stampin Up! Baja Breeze; Copic Markers

happiest day...

{for my TE/CardMaker blog hop post please scroll down or click here.}

Hello friends!!   Got a chance to make a card for one of my favorite challenges, ColourQ.  I used the current sketch from Seize the Sketch for my layout. 

When I saw the ColourQ combo I knew I wanted to use a big bold image for my card and the one I chose was the sunflower image from the MFT/LJD set Splendid Sunflower.  I stamped the sunflower using Close to My Heart's Sunflower ink and then the center of the flower using SU!'s Pumpkin Pie and Rich Razzleberry inks.  The leaves were stamped using SU!'s Bravo Burgundy.  Once I had everything stamped I trimmed all the images out (I don't yet own the companion dies... they are on my wish list!).  Some Pumpkin Pie polka dot patterned paper was added to the mix along with a Rich Razzleberry cardstock strip.  I layered everything up and added the sentiment from the MFT set Birthday Sentiments. 

Thanks for stopping by...

Supplies:  Cardstock:  PTI white & kraft; SU! Rich Razzleberry; PP:  SU!; Stamps:  My Favorite Things; Inks:  Stampin Up! and Close to my Heart.

Webster's Pages Blog Hop!!

Hello friends!!  Hope you have had a wonderful week!  I'm so excited because today the CardMaker blog team is participating in a blog hop with the Webster's Pages design team!1  How fun is that???   We will be showcasing the new Webster's Pages Family Traditions collection.  This collection is absolutely YUMM-O!!!   If you got here from the blog of Webster's Pages design team member Emeline Seet then you are on the right track.  If not, you will want to head over to the CardMaker blog and start there. 

As I indicated above the Family Traditions line is absolutely gorgeous and I just couldn't make one card... so I made two!!   The first card is a fairly simple one based on the sketch from Seize the Sketch.   The minute I saw the sheet of red gingham paper that is part of the collection I knew I had to make something with it.  I cut a 3 3/4 x 5" piece and matted it with white cardstock.  I cut one of the phrase strips from the "Family Time" sheet and then topped it with the yellow polka dotted paper from the "Fall Leaves" sheet that had been die cut with a My Favorite Things Fishtail Flag Stax die.  I adhered these pieces to the gingham piece and then added the little resin leaf from the Family Traditions Perfect Accents collection.  As a final detail I added one of the little apple clips from the Family Traditions line and then mounted everything on a bright green card base.  Squeee!!  How cute is that little apple clip???   LOVE!!!

My second card uses the gorgeous resin frame and cameo that is also contained in the Family Traditions Perfect Accent pack.   I cut a piece of white cardstock and distressed the edges a bit.  A piece was trimmed from the Family Time sheet and the edges distressed, as well.    A strip of paper was trimmed from the "Thankful" sheet, cut down, one side punched with a spiral binder punch and then the edges distressed.  I adhered that strip to the white cardstock piece and then layered the woodgrain piece on top.  A fishtail banner was die cut from the "Fall Leaves" sheet, the edges distressed and adhered.  The word "happy" was trimmed from the "Harvest" sheet, the edges distressed and layered on top of the fishtail banner.  Finally I adhered the frame and the cameo.  My goodness... how gorgeous is that cameo???  LOVE!!!  The entire piece was also mounted on a bright green cardstock base.
Your next stop on the hop is the blog of Webster's Pages design team member Diana Brodeur.   Make sure that you stop at the Webster's Pages blog because it will be worth your while... they are giving away the entire Family Traditions collection!! 

Thanks for stopping by...

Supplies:  Cardstock:  PTI white & simply chartreuse; Papers and accessories:  Webster's Pages Family Traditions line; Punches and dies:  My Favorite Things and Stampin Up!