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

Wishing On a Star

Made these two cards for My Favorite Things Wednesday Sketch Challenge #435. I have a ton of cards to make for the month of May, but sometimes when I HAVE to make a card, it isn't as much fun as just making a card because Inspiration hits. So rather than setting out to make one of the cards on my To-Do List, I set out to see what supplies I had that could fit this sketch. My recently purchased Stargazer Paper Pad made me think of my Rocket Scientist Niece who currently works with satellites (but whose birthday is not until August). While I was at it, I did manage to make a second card for a May Graduate so I get to check one off the To-Do List and I am actually ahead-of-the-game for August! Woo-hoo!

These cards were made very similarly, using string (embroidery floss), a die-cut star and a full moon (cut from a one of the papers) for the three circle shapes on the sketch.  The stars were colored by using a Brush Strokes stamp - the card above was embossed in Sapphire, while the card below was embossed with VersaMark then topped with Perfect Pearls. Both sentiments were embossed in Sapphire. Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies Used:

Paper: The Paper Studio: Stargazer Foil Pad

Dies: Sizzix Originals: Stars #2, Simon Says Stamp: Wishing, Wplus9: That is All (amazing)

Stamps: Simon Says Stamp: Sending and Wishing, Wplus9: That is All, Hero Arts: Brush Strokes (inside of Star)

Ink: VersaMark, VersaFine Onyx Black

Other: Perfect Pearls, Sapphire Embossing Powder, Fun Foam (behind the star)

Two Scoops

Another Ice Cream card...this time for the challenge at Freshly Made Sketches (FMS383). I have so much matching ribbon that I decided to use it for the top of this card. I am having a hard time cutting ribbon without it fraying - I miss the Ribbon Cutter I used to have that melted the ribbon to 'seal' it as it cut (it broke). (It was that one from Imaginesce - when it did work, it did a nice job.)  So I usually wrap the ribbon around cs to hide the frayed ends, but I didn't have a backing piece for this card, so I wrapped the ribbon around a separate piece of cs, then just adhered that to the card front. (Yay! No frayed edges to be seen!) 

While all those creamy papers were out, I made another simple card. I absolutely love those Stamps & Dies. TFL!

Supplies Used: 

Stamps/Dies: MFT You're the Sweetest

Paper/Ribbon: The Paper Studio

Inks: Altenew: Pinkalicious, Rocky Shore and Sand Dunes, Colorbox: Pink, and VersaFine: Vintage Sepia

Dies: MFT: Stitched Circles and Spellbinders: Scalloped Circles and Classic Edges One

Other: Fiskars: Open Scallop Border Punch: 

Minty Sweet Friend

Today's card brings a taste of summer even though the weather here in the midwest is more like winter! I just love the mint, pink and chocolate brown combination of these papers - perfect for Ice Cream cards, don't you think? I'm entering this card in the My Favorite Things Sketch Challenge #432. Love the creative inspiration over there. Fun site to visit! Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies Used:

Stamps/Dies: MFT You're the Sweetest

Paper/Ribbon: The Paper Studio

Inks: Altenew: Pinkalicious and Rocky Shore, Colorbox: Mint

Stencil: Heidi Swap

Lacey Azaleas

Made another Azalea card, this time in blue. Adding it to the SC741 Challenge at Splitcoaststampers. The lacey circle was a challenge to create as the die was for only a half circle. It ended up being so large that it covered the whole front panel! The solid background was also die cut using only a half circle outline die. I somehow managed to line them both up quite evenly...whew! I colored the Azaleas with copics, then fussy-cut them. I usually use a die to cut out my colored images which leaves a lot of white space, but since I wanted to show more of the lace, I decided to cut them out. I made this for my mil's 85th birthday - I hope she likes it! TFL!

Supplies Used:

Paper: teresa collins: Everyday Moments, X-Press It Blending Card 

Stamps: Power Poppy: Azaleas

Ink: Copics

Dies: Heartfelt Creations: Layered Elegant Swirl, Spellbinders Die D-Lites: Sentiments One, 

Other: want2scrap: pearls

Azaleas in Violet

Adding this to Sketch Challenge SC737 over at splitcoaststampers.com. I was able to put this card together rather quickly since I had stamped several panels while making my sister-in-law's birthday card. These flowers were colored with blue-violet markers and the matching background paper is from two different paper pads- surprisingly, they matched very well! The sentiment, stamped here in Dusty Concord Distress Ink, is from Altenew. The inside was also stamped in Dusty Concord Distress Ink with stamps from Our Daily Bread and Simon Says Stamp. TFL!

Supplies:

Paper: Our Daily Bread Designs: Christian Faith Collection, Kaisercraft: Lilac Avenue Collection, X-Press It Blending Card 

Stamps: Power Poppy: Azalea, Altenew: Heartfelt Sentiments, Our Daily Bread Designs: Flourished Verses

Ink: Distress: Dusty Concord, Memento: Tuxedo Black, Copics

Dies: Nestabilities: Card Creator

Azaleas and a long-lost stenciled background

I have spent a lot of time with my craft supplies these last few days. I needed a project to work on while listening to a series of talks, so I decided to try to make  one of the DIY Ink Storage Units that I found on Pinterest. Once that was completed, I had to rearrange my other storage units to make room for the new one. That led to me basically tearing apart my current set-up and rediscovering oh so many things that were made long ago but forgotten and hidden away. One of those treasures was the piece that I used for the background of this card. I know I used Distress Inks, but I can't remember exactly which ones. I'm thinking it was Seedless Preserves, Wilted Violet and maybe some Worn Lipstick. At any rate, it matched my Violet-colored Azaleas, so I was happy! I was going to enter this into the challenge at splitcoaststampers.com, but I didn't want to split the background so then I wasn't sure if this card would be eligible. So of course I had to go ahead and make another card so that I could enter the challenge! One of the hardest things for me to do is to cut an image that I spent so much time coloring....and that flower stamp is so pretty! But I really do like the look of the ovals for a focal point. I added a simple sentiment embossed in white and finished it off with two Nuvo Drops. 

   

Supplies:

Paper: X-Press It Blending Card, violet cs 

Stamps: Power Poppy: Azalea, My Sentiments Exactly: Inspirational Birthday Innies & Outies

Ink: Distress: various, Memento: Tuxedo Black, Copics

Dies: Nestabilities: Ovals and Card Creator

Other: Stencil: Memory Box: Texture Flourish, Wendy Vecchi: Embossing Paste, Nuvo Crystal Drops: Sweet Lilac