darn amazing...

Hello!!!  Crazy weather continues here in the PNW!  Yesterday we had hail!!  The first time it hailed I just happened to be out on a walk so I got a little soaked!  Thankfully the second time it started hailing my little guy and I were in the car heading home from school.  All this crazy weather has made me want to just spend the time inside making stuff.  Got a couple of things done last night and I'm sharing one of them now.  Sometimes I get a bit overwhelmed by all the crafting supplies I have and when that happens I find that doing some simple collage stamping helps me feel less scattered and overwhelmed.  Last night was one of those times so when I set about creating a card for the current Color Throwdown and Freshly Made Sketches challenge I pulled out some of my favorite (and older) Stampin Up! sets to create my card.   I used Summer Silhouettes, Gorgeous Grunge and Kinda Eclectic.  The sentiment and die are from My Favorite Things.  After die cutting a panel of white cardstock I started stamping and then had to start all over again because I stamped one of the images in the wrong ink color!  After all the stamping was done I die cut the word amazing from the panel.  Several additional words were die cut and adhered to the top one.  I adhered some washi tape behind the negative space and then inlaid my die cuts back into the panel.  Love all the mix of images and the colors!!

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Supplies:  Cardstock:  white, Simon Says Stamp fog; Stamps:  Stampin Up! and My Favorite Things (Amazing); Dies:  My Favorite Things (amazing word die) and A Jillian Vance Design; Inks:  Stampin Up! (So Saffron and Crumb Cake), Simon Says Stamp Smoke, Memento Tuxedo Black

adorable you..

Hey friends!!  Popping in with a card that I made using some new Concord & 9th stamps and dies.  When I saw the January Concord & 9th release I fell in love with the Layers of Love die set and had to have it!!   I purchased it with the companion stamp set Layers of Love and used it to create my card.  I also used one of their Happy Hues card bases.  I die cut my panel from one of the bases and then die cut the heart from that.  I centered my die cut piece on a white card base and stamped the sentiment using brown ink.  Before adhering the panel to the card base I did some partial embossing on the card base where the sentiment is for additional interest. There is a little corner floral piece that comes with the Layers of Love die set and I die cut that from the other part of the Happy Hues card base and adhered that to the heart along with a length of Concord & 9th blush sequin strand.   I added a little bow tied using fine silver thread and then some of the little blush sequins that came off the strand after I cut my piece.  I absolutely ADORE how this card turned out!!  I'm posting it to the current CASology challenge - adore (I adore this new die set), as well as a new to me challenge (thank you Petra for sharing about it on your blog!!) called Global Design Project - CASE the designer, (I went with having a large heart on my design like the inspiration card) Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge of anything goes, and Lori Hairston's Valentine's/hearts challenge.  Here is a close up of the little floral detail I created.

 



 

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Supplies:  white cardstock; Concord & 9th Happy Hues card base; Stamps:  Concord & 9th; Dies:  Concord & 9th, A Jillian Vance Design; Ink:  Stampin Up! Chocolate Chip; Sequins:  Concord & 9th; Thread:  Coates & Clark silver

 

Wednesday with A Jillian Vance Design...

Hey friends... stopping 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 hope that you will take the time to head over to the AJVD blog to see the full project.  Thanks for stopping by today...

 



you mean...

Hey friends!! It has stopped raining... for now...  and its back!! I think I spoke too soon, lol!!  Stopping in with a quick post.  Made a card the other day for the current Reverse Confetti Sketch For You To Try.  I'm also posting this to the current Word Art Wednesday as well.  A few months back I purchased the Reverse Confetti stamp set My World and the Confetti Cut Globe die.  I seriously wanted to make something with both, but could never seem to find the right project. Finally was able to with the January SFYTT.  I used some papers from the BasicGrey Shine On 6x6 pad.  This is another one of those "wasn't sure I liked it until the next day" kinda cards.  I think it was the mix of patterned papers I used, but in the end I do like how it turned out.  One thing I shouldn't have done, though... stamped the sentiment on the zig zag patterned paper... you can't really see it! Not sure why I thought it would show up, lol!!  I have provided a close up so you can see it better.  The Confetti Cut globe is so cool and glad I finally got a chance to use it! 

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Supplies:  Cardstock:  white; PTI kraft; BasicGrey Shine On pp; Stamps and dies:  Reverse Confetti; Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black

watercolor cards...

Hey friends!!  Stopping in to share all the cards that I made for the Altenew Academy Stunningly Simple Watercolor Techniques class.   There were six days of classes, but I only completed cards for five of the days.  One of the techniques covered was no line watercoloring and that was the one that I did not make a card for as I need to watch the video again and then do some more practicing.  As I said in a previous post Lydia Evans is an amazing teacher.  The projects she created for the class are so gorgeous!!  She really inspired me to improve my watercoloring skills!   First up is a card I made for day one of class:  creating ombre backgrounds. 

 

The stamps I used are Painted Poppy and Half Tone Hello and the Hello die from Altenew.  The hello was stamped in grey ink, but it looks silver here.   The next card I made using the day 2 technique of watercolor smooshing.   The card was made with my second effort with this technique.

 



This card was made using Painted Lily stamps and matching die.  I die cut the lily from the piece I watercolored and then stamped it with one of the layers.  The panel was attached to the card base and then I popped up the lily over the die cut opening.   The next card is for day 3 of class watercoloring embossed images.

This card is my favorite of the bunch.  I used a stamp from the Concord & 9th set Shine Brighter as I didn't have suitable image from Altenew to use.  The flower was colored with Altenew Crisp inks Frosty Pink and Coral Berry.  The lattice background was die cut using the WPlus9 Design Lattice Frame die.  My super sweet friend, Greta, sent me this die and I absolutely love it!!  The leaves are from the Altenew set Painted Flowers.  The next card is from day 5 watercoloring solid images.

I was really pleased with how this card turned out.  The little tree is a set that I got for free from Altenew called Pear Tree.  I stamped the tree using a light green ink, applied some water to smooth out the images and then added the shading with a darker shade of ink.  The sentiment is from Painted Poppy.   The final card uses the day 6 technique dropped in color.

When I finished the panel for this card I wasn't really happy with it, but once I got the card put together I started to like it better.  I used Half Tone Hello, again, along with a sentiment from Label Love.  Lots of gold embossing on this one (the hello and the label).   Well... that's all the card.  Thanks for stopping by today...

Supplies:  Cardstock:  white, black, pink and Ranger watercolor cardstock; Stamps:  Altenew and Concord & 9th; Dies:  Altenew, WPlus9 Design and A Jillian Vance Design; Inks:  Altenew Crisp Inks and Stampin Up; Ranger Gold embossing powder; Heidi Swapp glitter cardstock; Pretty Pink Posh clear sequins

cup of cheer...

Hey friends!!  Hope your weekend is going well... for everyone of the east coast it is my hope that this snow storm ends quickly and life gets back to normal for you in short order!!  Still raining here in the PNW and while I'm getting a little tired of it I will take rain over snow any day!  All this rain makes it easy to stay inside and make cards and so I have another card to share today.  This one is for the current Merry Monday Christmas challenge to create a card with your favorite hot beverage.  My favorite hot beverage is a Starbuck's tall Chai Latte all soy... no water.   I combined it with the current Color Throwdown challenge (who can resist a color combo of pink, aqua, kraft and white??? not me, lol!!).  I used my favorite Christmas/hot beverage theme stamp set Holiday Treats from Verve.  I die cut the little go cups and then stamped one in pink and one in aqua.  The little doily I placed them on is a My Favorite Things die and then I added that to a banner cut from pink using the smallest MFT Stitched Fishtail Flag Stax die.   The rectangle of patterned paper was die cut using a Reverse Confetti die.  I thought the main panel looked a little plain so I added some partial embossing before layering everything up.  Another quick and easy card, but I like quick and easy so it is all good, lol!!

 

 

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Supplies:  Cardstock:  white, PTI kraft, Stampin Up! Pretty in Pink; Stamps:  Verve; Dies:  Verve, My Favorite Things and A Jillian Vance Design; Inks:  Stampin Up!  Pretty in Pink, Coastal Cabana, Crumb Cake; Stampin Up! Decorative Dots embossing folder