Watercolor Background

The Crooked Stamper's Card

Here is the last card I made for an October 11th Birthday. I copied the technique of watercoloring the background from The Crooked Stamper. I love her blog as it is very inspirational and quite entertaining. She was right in that this is rather time-consuming, but I had a lot of fun doing it. TFL!

Supplies Used:

Paper: Watercolor Paper & scraps from my stash

Stamps: Penny Black Allover Pattern, Hampton Art Birthday Cake

Color: VersaMark,  Embossing Powder, Watercolor Pencils

Other: Tonic Studios Ticket Punch, SEI gems

More Masculine Cards

My first card for today is for my brother's birthday. I have a difficult time doing masculine cards because I never know what to use as a focal point - I hate to say that I need more supplies, but I really think I could use some more stamps for guys. If I can't use flowers or swirls, I get stuck. Luckily, I had some Camping Themed paper, which saved me! I also die cut some leaves for accents.

 

Supplies:

Paper: Bobunny & Imaginisce

Stamps: Heartfelt Creations: Botanical Floral 2

Inks: Tim Holtz Distress Inks in Peeled Paint, Mowed Lawn, Walnut Stain & Tea Dye

Dies: Heartfelt Creations: Rose Creations Shapeabilities

Other: Sizzix Happy Birthday ef, Ticket Punch

Since I had the supplies out, I made a second card - this one is for my father-in-law for Father's Day. The kids all call him 'Pop', so I grabbed the 'Pop!' stamp from TSOL's popcorn2stamp set and added some glitter. I wanted this card to be simple, but I thought the background needed something, so I just stamped random leaf images on the upper portion of the card. I hope I remember to use this card when the time comes!! Thanks so much for stopping by!

Supplies:

Paper: Bobunny 

Stamps: Paper Inspirations (Happy Father's Day), TSOL popcorn2stamp, Heartfelt Creations: Botanical Floral 2

Inks: Tim Holtz Distress Ink: Mowed Lawn

Dies: Nestabilities Scalloped Squares, Classic Edges One

Other: Martha Stewart Glitter in Peridot, The Rubber Cafe's Stamp Happy Glue

February Cards

February is a busy month, card-wise. My 'baby' turned 10 (double digits!!), a dear aunt turned 88, plus I made thank-you's for my daughter's birthday and a bunch of cards for a women's retreat at my church. I am a little frustrated at myself for not being able to post more often, but I'm going to settle for being happy that at least I was able to make so many cards. TFL

 This Popcorn card was perfect for my daughter as she was so excited to be turning 10! Stamps: TSOL popcorn2stamp, paper: Bella Blvd birthday Girl.

This card shows how elegant a card can be just by using Spellbinders Layered Elegant Swirl Die. Also used these other Spellbinders Dies: Fancy Tags Two, and Twisted Metal Tags and Accents. The butterfly is an IO Die. I also used a ticket punch and an EK border punch. Paper by Teresa Collins (Tell Your Story).

And here are some of the thank you cards and retreat cards: 

All stamps are from TSOL, except for the little swirls in the corner - Hampton Art. 

The stamps for the above cards are Our Daily Bread Design's Light of the World and the Swirl Stamp is from TSOL. I tried to make all the cards the same, but I guess that is never going to happen! TFL!