Wishing You Holiday Happiness

 

My card was created for the Just Add Ink card challenge. I stenciled a pane using Versamark clear ink and SSS Falling Snow stencil. I heat embossed it using Ranger white detail embossing powder. I then inked the entire panel with Tim Holtz distress oxide ink in mermaid lagoon and then sprayed Lindy's Glitz Spritz shimmer spray all over the panel. I die cut the polar bear using white cardstock and Paper Smooches Bear Frog Card dies. I colored the ears, eyes, and nose using Copic markers and adhered them. I then adhered the entire bear image to my focal panel. I stamped the sentiment from Neat & Tangled's Berry Merry stamp set, fussy cut it, and adhered it to the panel. I finished the card off with some mini snowflake diecut images and Blue Skies sequins from SSS. Thank you for stopping by my blog today. 

Golden Days And Grateful Hearts

 

Today's card was created for the latest The Color Hues Challenge. I just won a huge haul of Unity Stamp Company products and could not resist using this beauty for this challenge. I can't be alone in my relief that Autumn is finally upon us. I live in the Midwest, and it's been brutally hot and dry this summer. So, fall is quite the blessing for many of us. As for the card, I stamped Unity Stamp Company's Acorn Almanac onto some Canson watercolor paper with Versafine onyx black ink and heat embossed it using Zing clear embossing powder. Using various inks from Gina K Designs and Stampin' UP, I loosely watercolored the image. I die the image down using Unity Stamp Company's postage edge nesting dies and wrapped some American Crafts hemp twine in a deep red around the panel and tied a bow. I added a brown button from my stash on top using a glue dot. I stamped the sentiment from the same Unity Stamp set onto more watercolor paper, heat embossed it, and fussy cut it out. I stamped Unity Stamp Company's Small Details background stamp onto an A2 kraft card base and popped the focal panel up onto the card using thin foam tape. Thank you for checking out my blog today!

A Little Fall Hello

 

Today's card was created for the latest Inkspirational card challenge. I won some free goodies from Unity Stamp Company this week and my shipment came in last night. As soon as I opened it and saw the Mice & Cozy stamp set with all of it's adorable little Autumn mice, I knew I had to ink one of them up and create a card for this challenge. I stamped my adorable mouse onto some Copic-friendly cardstock using Memento tuxedo black ink. I colored the image in to match my Cosmo Cricket Autumn patterned paper I used for my card. I layered everything on my card using the patterned paper and some dark brown cardstock from Hobby Lobby. I die cut my focal image using a stitched edge circle die from My Favorite Things and layered it onto another circle using a Spellbinders circle die and more dark brown cardstock. I finished this card off with some white gel pen details and some clear gems from Recollections that I colored with an alcohol marker to match the color scheme. Thank you for stopping by my blog today. I hope you are having a wonderful weekend!

Have A Supersized Day!-Send A Smile 4 Kids

 

This month at Send A Smile 4 Kids we are creating food themed cards for kids. I had to crack out my Your Next Stamp's Happy Meal stamp set. It's too stinking cute not to, right? I created this card by layering some cute, patterned paper from We R Memory Keepers Hall Pass 6x6 paper pad onto some red cardstock. Using Simon Says Stamp's Arches nesting dies I created the arched frame out of red cardstock. I backed it with another arched panel of white cardstock that I embossed using Simon Says Stamp's Dotted Diamond 3D embossing folder. I stamped the burger, fries, and soda image from the Your Next Stamp set, colored them using alcohol markers, and fussy cut them. I adhered them to the panel and attached the sentiment from the same stamp set above it. I finished off the card by adding some red sparkling gems from Honey Bee Stamp's Harvest Festival collection and some star dust Stickles to a few areas of the stamped images. Now, be sure to head over to the Send A Smile 4 Kids blog and see how everyone else was inspired this month. We would also love it if you jumped in and participated in the challenge!

Thanks So Much

 

Today's card was created for the latest Inspired By card challenge. I have been making a ton of fall-themed cards lately hoping to inspire Mother Nature to finally bring Autumn to the Midwest! LOL. Anyway, I created my card by layering some kraft cardstock onto my white A2 card base. I then die cut white scalloped borders using an EK Success punch. I layered some burlap looking patterned paper from Honey Bee Stamps Fresh Brewed 6x6 paper pack onto some early espresso cardstock. I stamped the sentiment onto a smaller strip of kraft cardstock using Pawsome Stamps Sending Hugs stamp set. I adhered it toward to the bottom of my focal panel and added white gel pen faux stitching around the sentiment and along the sides. I stamped, colored, and fussy cut the acorn and heart from Paper Smooches Nutty For You stamp set and adhered them to the upper part of the focal panel using thin foam tape. I adhered some pretty mocha-colored sequins from the Pawsome Stamps Box Of Chocolates sequin mix. Thank you for stopping by today! Hope you have a wonderful weekend!

Happy Holidays

 

Today's second card was created for the CAS Christmas card challenge.  I started with some early espresso cardstock by Stampin' UP and layered on some white cardstock that I embossed using a The Paper Studio snowflake embossing folder.  I layered up some patterned papers from the Carta Bella Warm & Cozy 6x6 patterned paper pack onto some more early espresso cardstock. I created the focal scene by die cutting the deer using Impression Obsession dies and some more early espresso cardstock and layered them using a snowdrift die from Paper Smooches and some patterned paper from the same paper pack. The sentiment die was created using some more early espresso cardstock using some holiday Impression Obsession dies. Love how peaceful and elegant this turned out. Thank you for stopping by my blog today! 

Hugs-Warm Fall Wishes

 

Today's card was created for the latest Just Us Girls card challenge. I created my base layer for my card using some kraft cardstock and a beautiful embossing folder from Lifestyle Crafts. I layered on some pretty fall patterned papers from the Echo Park Coffee 12x12 patterned paper pack on top. I finished the card off by stamping, coloring, and fussy cutting the mug from Unity Stamp Company's Warm Fall Hugs stamp set. I just love how quick and easy this card was to create! Thank you for stopping by my blog today. 

Grateful-Coffee And Cards With Celeste And Deb

 

Since we are teetering on the precipice of Autumn, Debra and I decided to use this gorgeous mood board as our inspiration. I won't lie, it's still pretty warm here in Southeast Missouri, so this mood board is more wishful thinking on my part. LOL. All of my stamped elements are from Hero Arts Grateful Pumpkin stamp and die bundle. I colored all of my images to match the color inspiration on the mood board, die cut the images, and arranged them into some light kraft cardstock that I mounted onto my white A2 card base. Some were popped up with Stampin' UP foam dimensionals and some were glued directly to the card base. The sentiment was stamped from the same stamp set using Versamark clear ink and Ranger white detail embossing powder. I finished this card off with some black gloss gems from Trinity Stamps. 

My coffee this month is this adorable latte I had at the Ritz Carlton this past weekend. You gotta love coffee art, right? Now be sure to pop on over to Debra's blog and see how she was inspired this month. 

Witch Way Is The Candy-Send A Smile 4 Kids

 

This month at Send A Smile 4 Kids we are celebrating Halloween! I created this card by stamping the adorable witch and other elements from MFT's Witch Way to the Candy stamp set onto white alcohol marker-friendly paper and colored the images. I die cut them using the coordinating dies. Using some black cardstock and Spellbinders Haunted House die set I die cut some bats for my scene. I layered some patterned paper from American Crafts Haunted 6x6 paper pad onto a black 4.25" by 8.5" piece of black cardstock followed by a 4" by 5.25" white base and adhered that directly to my card base. Using Spellbinders Deckled Rectangles dies I die cut my focal base and created the sky background using MFT's mini cloud edges stencil and Tim Holtz lost shadow ink. I backed that focal panel with some black cardstock and mounted it at an angle on the card. I adhered the characters using foam tape and liquid glue to create my scene. I stamped the sentiment from the same MFT stamp set and used a die punch to cut that out. I backed it with some orange cardstock, added a few white gel pen details and some fun black and orange sequins from Pretty Pink Posh. Thank you for visiting my blog today! Now, be sure to pop on over to Send A Smile 4 Kids blog and see what Halloween fun the other team members created. 

Oh My Whiskers-Coffee And Cards With Celeste And Deb

Deb and I decided to use this adorable image as our card inspiration this month. I had recently picked up the Paper Smooches Cat Dog Card die set on a crafty stash sale on Facebook and just had to use it for our inspiration this month. I created the cat using various colors of cardstock from my stash and the Paper Smooches die set. Using some terra cotta cardstock and Altenew's Angled Mosiac 3D embossing folder, I created a fun background for my cat. The sentiment was stamped using Versafine onyx black ink and Honey Bee Stamps Purrrfect Sentiments. I fussy cut the sentiment and mounted it above the die cut cat image using thin foam tape, then the entire panel was mounted onto my white A2 card base usign more foam tape. 

My coffee this month is an iced caramel latte with extra foam from my local Scooters. Now, be sure to head on over to Debra's blog to see what fun she stamped up this month!