A Couple of Cards

Hello, friends!  Hope you are having a lovely week.  This is the last week for school for my big kid.  He has been moping about since last Tuesday (June 12) as that was supposed to be the last day of school.   Alas, a teacher strike at the beginning of the school year and an ice storm in January conspired to push back the end of school.   While I am a little sad that his summer vacation is a little bit shorter this year, he will get over it!

Anywhoo... have a couple of cards that I have made in the last few days.  One card is for the current Sketchbook Saturday sketch challenge.  I just love that challenge because it is a "just for fun" challenge.  No one is judging your card and you can just take the sketch where you want to go with it. Sweet Chupa envisioned this sketch as a one layer card, but I wasn't in the mood for one layer so I added the additional layer. I'm still in my white on white mood so this one is definitely clean and simple.  For this card I also used this week's Splitcoaststampers color challenge:  SU!'s Always Artichoke, Cajun Crazy & Chocolate Chip.  I don't have the Cajun Crazy color so I used SU!'s Pumpkin Pie instead.  The floral image is from Stampin Up! and called "Field Flowers".  The sentiment was stamped and then diecut using a My Favorite Things Fishtail Flag Stax die. (I think that die set has officially become my favorite die set of all time!).  The it was popped up as shown.

The second card is for Deconstructed Sketch #56.  This is also a "just for fun" kinda challenge which is why I was drawn to it as well.  For this card I went with a white card base and then added in the color using my Taylored Expressions June Key Ingredients kit.   I used the new TE stamp set Delightful Day that was designed to coordinate with the Echo Park Hello, Summer 6x6 pad that is part of the KI kit.  The stamp set  and the paper pad are absolutely adorable and I can see myself reaching for both of them alot in the future. I should let you know that until July 10th the stamp set is only available to Key Ingredients subscribers.    All the cardstock and embellishments are from the kit, as well.  I stamped the floral image using Memento Tuxedo Black ink and then colored some of the flowers with Copic markers.  Buttons from the kit were adhere to two of the flowers.   Overall I pretty happy with the card, except for the little strip at the bottom.  I keep thinking that I should have added some patterned paper to it, but then, again, maybe not!

Thanks for stopping by... hope your summer is off to a wonderful start!!

Supplies:  Cardstock:  PTI white; Bazzill Smooth white, Starmist, Parakeet & Berry Blush; Stamps:  Stampin Up! and Taylored Expressions; Ink:  Stampin Up! and Memento; Copic Markers; Embellishments:  Taylored Expressions June Key Ingredients kit; Dies:  My Favorite Things & Spellbinders; Punch:  Fiskars Threading Water;  

be happy...

Hello, friends!!   I here with my card for this week's Less is More challenge:  Something Shiny. For my shiny I used rhinestones.  I actually made this card on Saturday night after an extremely busy day and when I finished it I wasn't that happy with how it turned out, but in the light of a new day it is starting to grow on me!

I used one of my current favorite stamp sets from Hero Arts, Bold Pop Designs.  I really like this set for a couple of reasons.  One the bold images are just so fun to stamp and two the matching dies make it super easy to cut them out!  For this card I decided to use a bright yellow and pink combo.   I made the card base from PTI's Lemon Tart card stock and then stamped the two flowers using Memento's Dandelion and SU!'s Melon Mambo.  The flowers were then cut out using the matching dies.   To add the shine required by the challenge I adhered a large pink rhinestone to the center of the flower once it was adhered together.  As I was rummaging around in one of my embellishment boxes I found this row of bright pink rhinestones so added them to the card.  Then I had to decide where to put the sentiment and this is where things kinda went "off the rails".   After choosing the sentiment (also from Hero Arts) and stamping it I wasn't too sure putting it where I did was the best idea as it just looks a little weird.  Oh well... it is what it is...

Thanks for stopping by....

Supplies:  Cardstock:  PTI white & lemon tart; Stamps:  Hero Arts:  Bold Pop Designs & Be Happy; Inks:  Memento & Stampin Up!, Rhinestones K&Co & KaiserCraft

ODBDSLC112.... Summertime!!

Hello, friends!!  Its Saturday and that means time for a new ODBD Shining the Light challenge... YAY!!  Summer is here (well sort of in my part of the world!) and that is the theme of this week's challenge.   Get out those stamps that feature summertime themes.  

Inside

For my card today I decided to get out my ODBD Porch set because nothing says summer to me more than sitting on your porch with a nice glass of lemonade or iced tea enjoying the day.  When I look at the porch image from the set it makes me wish that my front porch looked like that... alas, it does not, sigh!  My color scheme comes from the mix of colors from the patterned papers from the My Mind's Eye Fiddlesticks 6x6 pad.  The layout for the card is based on the current Mojo Monday sketch, with just a minor change.  I stamped the porch image using Wisteria Wonder a new ink from Stampin Up! and then trimmed it out.  The little award sticker is from the Fiddlesticks collection as is the little banner you can see peeking out on the side.  I didn't want to cover up the main image so I finished off the interior of the card with the verse from the set.  I just love that verse because going to the Lord and spending some time with Him just refreshes your soul like nothing else can.

As with all ODBD challenges we will be giving out a prize, a $15 gift certificate to be used toward stamps at the Our Daily Bread Designs store!! Entries for the prize must be submitted by Friday, June 22nd at 8 a.m. EST. One random winner will be chosen and announced  next Saturday. If you are not using ODBD stamps, please do not enter more than once. Additional entries that are made without using ODBD stamps will not be commented on nor will they qualify for prizes. While it is not required to use Our Daily Bread Designs images and sentiments on your creations, we would love to see them if you have them. As a way of recognizing those who do use Our Daily Bread Designs stamps, we will again be choosing 1 to 2 creations to spotlight for our Shining the Light Award. In order to qualify for this award, however, you must use Our Daily Bread stamps and have your submission added to Mr. Linky by Friday, June 22nd at 8 a.m. EST. If you upload your creations to Splitcoaststampers or any other online gallery, please use the keyword is ODBDSLC112. When creating your posts on blogs please include a link to the challenge.


Thanks for stopping by....  please take some time to check out the beautiful projects created by my fellow "sticks" Lori, Jan Marie, Jan, Debi, Kathy, Chris and Sabrina! To join in the fun, please click here.

We Cannot Direct the Wind....

Hello, friends!!   Today is a special day... today my little one turned 6!  I can't believe he is now 6 and going to be starting kindergarten this fall!  He is so excited, too.  Every time we drive by the school he will be attending he says "mom... there's my kindergarten"!  Time is just zipping by.... sigh!   Anywhoo... I have a card to share.  This one is for the new CASE Study challenge and CR84FN.    This is one of those cards that started out with what I thought was a great idea, but I wasn't able to make it work the way I wanted to so I had to move to "plan b".   And in retrospect I would not have stamped the floral image on the patterned paper that I used.  The flower is just way too busy for me.  But I think the card is a nice take on Joy's inspiration card.

I decided to use some of my very neglected Penny Black stamps for this card.  I settled on the floral image "cheerful" and the sentiment "the wind".  I stamped the flower on some patterned paper from the Teresa Collins Carolina Breeze 6x6 pad and then trimmed it out.   A piece of white card stock was cut in two as shown and the sentiment was stamped on the larger piece.   The pieces were adhered using foam dimensionals.  I added some rhinestones to the center of the flower and then adhered it to the card using additional foam dimensionals.  Some more rhinestones finished off the card.

Thanks for stopping by..... and thanks to the ladies at CR84FN for picking my card as one of the top 3 cards for CR84FN 55!

Supplies:  Card stock:  PTI white, SU! Basic Grey; Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black & SU! So Saffron; PP:  T. Collins Carolina Breeze; Stamps:  Penny Black; Rhinestones:  Want2Scrap & SU!

Dad....

Hello, friends!  Hope your week is going well.   So far so good here, except that the weather is not so great. Hopefully that will change in the next few days.   Anywhoo... on to my card.  I can't believe it, but I actually got a card done for the current Timeless Tuesday challenge and I got it done on the first day of the challenge!    I had been wanting to make a card using the current Deconstructed Sketch and the new TT challenge was the perfect fit.

This week the challenge is to make a father's day card.   I only have one set from Flourishes that has father's day sentiments in it and that is "What a Catch", so I got that out and went to work.  I was also being thrifty today and dug through all my scraps to come up with the patterned papers to use on the card.  I believe they are from the My Mind's Eye Breeze 6x6 pad. I had a headache earlier as I was making the card so I decided to keep things simple and not spend the extra time coloring the fish image.  But I have to say that I really like how it looks simply stamped using SU!'s Taken with Teal ink.  I stamped the word "Dad" on the main image panel and then finished off the inside (sorry didn't take a picture) with additional sentiments from the set that say "You're so fly.  Happy Father's Day".

Thanks for stopping by...

Supplies:  Cardstock:  PTI Kraft & white; SU! Island Indigo; Stamps:  Flourishes:  What a Catch; Ink:  SU! Taken with Teal & Chocolate Chip; Bakers Twine:  Flax from the Twinery; Papers:  My Mind's Eye

kindness.....

Hello, friends!  A quick post with a card for  Less Is More  and Dynamic Duos.  This week is one layer week at Less is More.  The challenge is to make a one layer card with a flourish on it.  When I saw that I had to really think long and hard about what sets I had that might work for the challenge.   After looking through some of my set I settled on a Stampin Up! set "Vintage Fresh".  It was part of a super cute Sale-A-Bration bundle.  I was clever enough to make sure that I was a club hostess during SAB so I could get my hands on that little bundle!  The only problem with the set is that it doesn't contain any sentiments, so I used a sentiment from "Vintage Vogue".   Next I had to decide a color combo.   Then I remembered that the new color combo from Dynamic Duos was Regal Rose and Basic Grey and decided to go with that for the card.

I stamped the flourishy-floral image using Regal Rose and the sentiment using Grey Wool ink from Close to My Heart.   I got out my trusty Copic markers and custom colored some pearls in grey and rose to add a little bit of something extra to the card.  The layout is one of my tried and true favorites.   So, there you have it... another clean and simple card with lots of white space!

Thanks for stopping by....

Supplies:  Cardstock:  PTI; Stamps:  Stampin Up!; Inks:  Stampin Up! & Close to My Heart; Pearls:  KaiserCraft; Copic Markers