Welcome to my blog and thank you for visiting! I'm a medical assistant who loves exercise, coffee (sometimes too much coffee), and creating fun things in my spare time. I'm a single mom to two wonderful grown children and grandma to two beautiful granddaughters! I love sharing my card creations with my friends and the crafting world. To subscribe to my blog please click the "follow" button below or enter your email address in the "follow by email" box to the right.
This month at Send A Smile 4 Kids we are using a sketch, with a focus on Mom cards. If you are a regular visitor to my blog, you will know that I am a huge fan of patterned papers and sketches. So, this was right up my creative alley! I just purchased the Butterfly Blossoms stamp/die/stencil bundle from Simon Says Stamp and I had to use it for this fun sketch. Following the sketch closely, I used beautiful, patterned papers from Bo Bunny's Early Bird 6x6 collection. I stamped the flowers and butterfly from Butterfly Blossoms onto white cardstock using Memento tuxedo black ink, colored them using the stencils and inks from Stampin' UP, and die cut them using the coordinating dies. I layered the elements onto a circle panel using white cardstock and a stitched circle die from My Favorite Things. I stamped the sentiment from WPlus9's Strictly Sentiments 4 using Versafine onyx black ink, and I heat embossed it using Zing's clear embossing powder. I fussy cut the sentiment out and adhered it directly to the panel. I finished the card off by adding some clear rhinestones from Recollections. Please pop on over to the Send A Smile 4 Kids blog and see how everyone else was inspired by our sketch challenge.
Today's card was created for both the Color Throwdown, Freshly Made Sketches, and Flower card challenges. I started by layering some butter yellow cardstock from my stash onto my white A2 cardbase. I then die cut a smaller panel using white cardstock and embossed it using a Spellbinders plaid embossing folder. I matted that panel with some black cardstock from my stash and adhered that to my card base. I stamped the floral image, butterfly, and sentiment from Simon Say's Stamps Butterfly Blossoms, colored them using the coordinating stencils and inks from Altenew, and then die cut them out using the dies. I popped the sentiment, butterfly, and image up with thin foam tape and arranged it onto my card following the sketch. I finished the card off with some diamond confetti from Pink & Main scattered around the card and some Nuvo Glitter Drops in white blizzard on the florals and butterfly from some additional sparkle and shine. Thank you for visiting my blog today. I hope you have a wonderful weekend!
My adorable little fairy card was created for the latest AAA Birthday card challenge. I started by layering some pretty patterned papers from We R Memory Keepers Anthologie 6x6 paper pad onto my card. I stamped the fairy from MFT's Pure Innocence Fairy Girl stamp set onto white alcohol marker-friendly cardstock and colored it with my Copics. Using a Pink & Main's nesting rectangle die, I die cut the focal panel and the layering piece. I adhered them to the card. I paper pieced the dress from the same patterned paper I used for my background panel, fussy cut it, and adhered it directly onto the focal image. I stamped the image from the same stamp set and die cut it using a pierced edge nesting circle die from MFT and a decorative edge scalloped circle die from Papertrey Ink. I adhered them together and adhered it to the card next to the focal panel. To finish off my card, I added some clear crystal drops from Simon Says Stamp, and some pretty Nuvo Crystal Drops in white blizzard to the mushroom, the fairy wings, the wand, and her dress. Love the fun sparkle and shine it adds. Thank you for stopping by my blog today. Hope you have a wonderful day!
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