More Pumpkins

 Had so much fun inking up those cute pumpkins, leaves & acorns. And I managed to use up a bit more of the excessive paper collection!

Supplies Used:

Stamps: Honey Bee: Pumpkin Patch and Thanks and Giving

Dies: Honey Bee: Pumpkin Patch; Sunny Studio: Fancy Frame Rectangles

Paper: We R Memory Keepers: Happy Campers

Ink: VersaFine: Vintage Sepia; Distress Inks

Supplies Used:

Stamps: Honey Bee: Pumpkin Patch; Stampabilities: Happy Thanksgiving

Dies: Honey Bee: Pumpkin Patch; Doodlebug Design: Borders & Edges

Paper: We R Memory Keepers: Happy Campers; Bristol

Ink: VersaFine: Vintage Sepia; Distress Inks

FMS#649

While laying low during my last episode with covid (not fun), I found a few card examples that made me want to create. The first was this eye-popping card from Wanda Cullen that was made for FMS#644. I have a similar typewriter stamp and the design looked easy enough to CASE....but before I could actually make a card, I found a second card that had another cool color combination that I had to try. And, and as usual when I just try a technique on a scrap piece of paper, I end up not wanting to toss it....I truly hope I learned my lesson: whenever I'm going to 'just experiment', I am going to use a full-size piece of paper so that I don't have to spend so much time trying to figure out how to use a pretty 'scrap'! 

I combined the inspiration from these two cards along with another fabulous sketch (FMS#649) at Freshly Made Sketches, and ended up with three coordinated cards. It is so true that it is way more effecient to make multiple cards when you have all your coordinating supplies out. Instead of having only one card after crafting for say five hours, I just spent another hour to complete two more and now I had three for those six hours spent. 
I'm grateful again to Freshly Made Sketches for providing the inspiration for me to make a clean & simple card - still a challenge for me! Thanks for stopping by!

Inspiration Card by Wanda Cullen

Inspiration Card by Jen Shults

Supplies Used:

Stamps: Honey Bee: Just My Type; Altenew: Sentiments and Quotes; Crafter's Companion: Floral Note;

Ink: Catherine Pooler: Be Mine; Distress Oxide: Picked Raspberry; Derwent Drawing Pencil: Chinese White; Memento: Tuxedo Black;

Dies: Nestablities: Scalloped Circles; Sizzix Originals: Framed Circles; MFT: Stitched Circles STAX; Sunny Studio: Fancy Frame Rectangle and Fishtail Banners; 

Other: Echo Park: Polka Dots Stencil

Paper: MFT: Sweet Celebration Paper Pad

Beary Special Birthday

I was excited to finally get to use this adorable birthday set. To begin, I headed over to Freshly Made Sketches and, as usual, found a great sketch and lots of inspiration! I based my colors on the strip of washi tape - Peacock Feathers and Blueprint Sketch were used to ink the Sprinkles using a stencil. I colored the bear/cake image with copics, then cut it out using the matching dies. I added a few extra layers to pop up the image a bit, for extra interest. The sentiment was inked with VersaMark and heat embossed with White Detail embossing powder. I used a fishtail banner die to cut the sentiment and lastly, I cut the stenciled background panel with a stitched rectangle die (which matches the stitching on the banner). Entering this in the Challenge for Freshly Made Sketch #569. Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies Used: 

Stamps: MFT: Beary Special Birthday

Dies: MFT: Beary Special Birthday, A2 Stitched Rectangles STAX; Sunny Studio: Fancy Frames Rectangle

Ink: Copics; Distress Oxide: Peacock Feathers and Blueprint Sketch; VersaMark

Other: Washi Tape, SSS: Fine Detail White embossing powder; Altenew: Mixed Sprinkles Stencil

A Bunch of Birthday Wishes

Spending my "Sheltering At Home" Time in my Craft Room, adding to my stash of birthday cards. I'm really making good use of the DCWV paper pad called 'The Birthday Wishes Stack'. All of the papers are so cute just on their own, yet I still managed to embellish them all (even though I only added tiny enamel dots to the last one). I had so much fun making these bright and happy birthday cards! My 30 year old nephew got a big kick out of the card with his baby picture...hope the other cards can also bring smiles to the yet-to-be-named recipients! Thanks so much for stopping by!

Supplies Used: ODBD: Ballons & Streamers, SSS: Wishing

Supplies Used: MFT: You're the Sweetest, Penny Black: YAY, Spellbinders: Classic Edges One, Brutus Monroe: Birthday Surprise Faux Sprinkles

Supplies Used:Sizzix: Stars #2, Graffiti

Supplies Used: Sunny Studio: Sweet Shoppe Stamps and Sweet die, Lawn Fawn: Here's the Scoop Stamps and Dies, Copics, TPS: small scallops scissors

Supplies Used: Nuvo Crystal Drops: Carnation Pink

You Make Me Melt

Made this 'quick' Valentine for the MFT Wednesday Sketch Challenge. The ice cream cone, cherry & sentiment are all from My Favorite Things You're the Sweetest Stamp Set while the little drips are from Sunny Studio Sweet Shoppe Stamp Set. After I stamped the three pieces for the ice cream cone, I decided to use foam to add some dimension. Because the ice cream piece lays on top of the edge of the cone, it was a little tricky to get the foam pieces right. I figured out that I had to cut the top of the cone out of the ice cream foam piece in order for the whole thing to lay flat. I'll have to remember that trick! I then added some hearts using Distress Ink and a heart stencil and some white hearts from Simon Says Stamp Stacked Hearts Die. Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies:

Paper: The Paper Studio

Stamps: My Favorite Things: You're the Sweetest, Sunny Studio: Sweet Shoppe

Dies: My Favorite Things: You're the Sweetest, Simon Says Stamp: Stacked Hearts

Ink: Distress Oxides: Picked Raspberry & Candied Apple, Memento Luxe: Peanut Brittle

Stencil: Hedi Swapp

Holographic Wishes

Entering this in the SC786 Challenge at Split Coast Stampers. Thought this would be super-quick because I used a panel I created some time ago, but as usual, it took some time to decide on which papers to use (I love that Stargazer paper!) and how to add the sentiment. I ended up using only part of the sentiment 'wishing you a lot of' so that I could simply add 'Happy Birthday' inside. I bought the holographic paper on clearance, and I can't help myself from always using it for any star. Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies Used:

Paper: The Paper Studio: Stargazer Foil Pad, DCWV: Holographics Mat Stack

Dies: Sizzix Originals: Stars #2, Sunny Studios: tiny double star, Simon Says Stamp: Fancy Frame Rectangle

Stamps: Simon Says Stamp: Happy 3x4

Ink: Distress: Fired Brick, Faded Jeans, Iced Spruce, VersaFine Onyx Black

Other: Perfect Pearls, Altenew Cube Builder Stencil

FMS394

Made a quick birthday card today using the sketch at Freshly Made Sketches. I had been practicing the multi-layer stamping with these beautiful Altenew stamps/dies using my Misti, so I was able to save a little time because I already had some leaves ready to go. I wanted to add a bit of color to the background, so I unearthed my splatter brush and some water colors and had some fun. Not being a careful crafter, I did end up accidentally splattering several card panels at once, but that just means I am one step ahead for the next card...it's all good! TFL!

Supplies Used:

Stamps: Altenew: Peony Bouquet

Inks: Altenew: Shades of Purple and Green Fields

Dies: Altenew: Peony Bouquet and Sunny Studio: Fishtail Banners

Paper: SEI

Other: Watercolors, Tim Holtz: Splatter Brush, MISTI

Autumn Biirthday

I love this Autumn Splendor Stamp Set from Sunny Studios! The coordinating dies make it super easy to create many die cuts very quickly. Adhered a variety of leaves on a background that was made by inking up an embossing folder then running it through my die cut machine. The sentiment was popped up with fun foam for added dimension. 

Supplies Used:

Stamps: Sunny Studio: Autumn Splendor, Simon Says Stamp: You Matter

Dies: Sunny Studio: Autumn Splendor, Simon Says Stamp: You

Embossing Folder: Darice: Wood Grain

Inks: Various

Summer Mode #2

Here is my second card for the Fusion Challenge.  This time I used Crystal Drops in Morning Dew...love this stamp/die set from My Favorite Things! TFL!

SUPPLIES: 

Inks: Distress Oxide Inks: Broken China, Distress Inks: Picked Raspberry

Stamps: My Favorite Things: You're The Sweetest

Dies: My Favorite Things: You're The Sweetest, Sunny Studio: Fishtail Banner, Nestabilities Circles

Paper: My Favorite Things: Sweet Celebration

Other: Nuvo Crystal Drops in Morning Dew

Still in Summer Mode

Yes the kids are back in school and yes, Halloween is right around the corner, but I am still in Summer Mode! Love the sketch at Fusion but I'm following sketch only - just can't get my Halloween stuff out yet. I was able to squeeze in two cards for this challenge. I was able to use some Nuvo Crystal Drops that I made awhile ago. This has saved me as I am usually so very last minute that I don't have time to wait for those drops to dry before I have to get my card in the mail. I'm so happy I made a whole bunch ahead of time! TFL!

SUPPLIES: 

Inks: Distress Oxide Inks: Broken China & Spiced Marmalade, Distress Inks: Squeezed Lemonade & Twisted Citron, Altenew Rocky Shore

Stamps: My Favorite Things: You're The Sweetest

Dies: My Favorite Things: You're The Sweetest, Sunny Studio: Fishtail Banner, Nestabilities Circles

Paper: My Favorite Things: Sweet Celebration

Other: Nuvo Crystal Drops in Ripened Pumpkin, Apple Green and Caribbean Ocean

Pretty Pink Treats

Made this sweet card today using Sunny Studio's Sweet Shoppe Stamps. Love using the mint and pink papers with these stamps! I tried something rather new for me when making the mint scallop edge: The large image only fit inside the largest label die, but I still wanted to mat it. So, I only partially cut the mint background paper, then moved the die and cut a second time, thus extending the label. I know you can't see the side edges, but they actually are perfectly lined up! Oh - I guess that means I could have just die cut the whole label then cut it in two to reposition it so that just the edges extended...duh! Oh well, now I know I can actually do the fancy extended cut which may come in handy another time! I colored the image with my copics, but I still need lots more practice. I like how I was able to get a really light pink by using the colorless blender to pick up RV21 that I scribbled onto an acrylic block. I don't know why I left the cupcake unfrosted, and I still have to work on the highlights, but overall I don't think it's too bad. 

Supplies Used:

Stamps: Sunny Studio Sweet Shoppe

Dies: Nestabilities Labels Eleven

Paper: DCWV Sweet Matstack, MFT Sweet Celebration, Recollections Blue Ombre

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Copics, White Gel Pen, Wink of Stella

Spring Cheer

As soon as I saw the colors for Cupcake Inspirations, I knew just what paper pad to go to: Prima's Hello Pastel. It was so fun to be using pretty Spring Colors in the midst of winter! I cut the background using an old ORIGINAL Sizzix die. Colored the tea cup with Copics and added a circle/scalloped circle 'saucer' to ground it. Wish the die set came with a saucer. Cut the banner with Sunny Stuido's Fishtail banners dies, and added a pretty green button - the ONE button out of the gazillion in my stash that matched. Really?! Then I added a few clear sequins (they are very tiny, I think they were meant for shaker cards...but they added just a hint of sparkle which is what I was looking for). The card was designed using the sketch at Fusion. TFL!

Supplies Used:

Paper: Prima: Hello Pastel

Stamps: Heartfelt Creations China Fragments

Dies: Shapeabilities: Nested Tea Cups, Sunny Studio: Fishtail Banners, Sizzix Scallop Frame, Nestabilities: Scalloped & Standard Circles

Ink: Memento: London Fog, Copics 

Sweet Thanks

Today's card will be entered in the  MFT Sketch Challenge #318 as well as Cupcake Inspiration Challenge #392 (plaid). 

Supplies Used:

Stamps & Dies: My Favorite Things: Your'e The Sweetest

Simon Says Stamp: Thanks Die

Sunny Studios: Fishtail Banner Dies

Paper: My Favorite Things: Sweet Celebrations

Ink: Colorbox: Pink, Orange & Lime and Mama Elephant: Brown Sugar

Recollections Enamel Dots