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

SC736

I'm entering this in Split Coast Stampers Sketch Challenge #736. Grateful for the inspiration! I wanted to use some of my newer supplies, especially that marble background stamp. I started out by clear embossing the marbled image and inking over that with a few distress inks. I die cut a heart, then popped it up with foam to add dimension. I remembered that I had a stash of left-over little hearts, to which I added a few white highlights. However, when I went to adhere them, I somehow lost one of them....which happens too often! This time, I eventually found the missing heart (while cleaning up of course) stuck to the underside of my craft mat. Ugh. 

Supplies:

Paper: Recollections Valentine's Day

Stamps: My Favorite Things: Marble Background

Ink: Distress: Candied Apple, Worn Lipstick, Festive Berries, VersaMark

Dies: Sizzix Originals: Heart #2, My Favorite Things: LLD Hot Cocoa Cups Die-namics, Simon Says Stamp Mini Hearts Set

Other: Altenew: Splatter Stencil, washi tape, white colored pencil

I made a second card by adhering the marbled panel w/the heart cutout on red cs, then heat embossing a sentiment in white. Scattered a few mini hearts in white, red and worn lipstick to finish this card.  Thanks for stopping by!

Mojo Monday #509

I needed some inspiration to jump start my Valentine's Day cards...Mojo Monday 509 came to the rescue! I embossed the background, die cut a big red striped heart and added a second white heart to help the striped one stand out. Looking forward to playing along with more sketches!

Supplies Used:

Paper: Recollections: Valentine's Day Paper Pad

Dies: Sizzix Originals: Heart #2

Other: Cuttlebug: Swiss Dots Embossing Folder