Fight Like A Girl-Coffee And Cards With Celeste And Deb

 

Debra and I decided to go pink this month in honor of Breast Cancer awareness month. Our wonderful friend, Michael Trent will be joining us as a special guest as well. For my card, I used A Muse Studio's Fight Like a Girl stamp set and stamped the ribbon in Stampin' UP's pretty in pink ink and fussy cut the image out. I layered light pink cardstock onto my white A2 card base leaving a small border around the edges. I then die cut a panel of white cardstock using Paper Roses stitched rectangle nesting dies. I created a circle mask and inked the highlighted panel on the card using more Stampin' UP pretty in pink ink. I stamped the sentiment from the same A Muse Studio stamp set using Versafine onyx black ink. I added some faux stitched lines using a Memento tuxedo black marker. I popped the ribbon up off of the card using mini foam dimensionals from Stampin' UP. Using a pink Copic marker, I colored the clear rhinestones from Recollections a nice shade of pink and added them to the card. Finally, I matted the panel onto dark pink cardstock and adhered the whole thing to my card with thin foam tape. This card is about as CAS as I get. LOL. 

 

My coffee this month is a lovely, iced pumpkin shaken espresso from my local Ziggi's coffee shop. This thing was amazing! Now, be sure to head on over to Deb and Michael's blogs to see how they were inspired this month. 

Paper Pieced Pumpkins

 

Today's card was created for the latest Just Add Ink card challenge. I stamped the pumpkins from Unity Stamp Company's Pumpkin Hearth stamp set onto patterned paper from Echo Park's Autumn collection. I did some shading on the images with Copic markers and fussy cut the images. I stamped the scripty background from the same Unity stamp set onto a piece of Canyon cardstock from Papertrey Ink and glued the pumpkins to the panel. I die cut the panel using a stitched rectangle die and mounted that onto some dark chocolate cardstock from Hobby Lobby. I adhered the panel to the A2 card base and finished the card off by adding some sequins from Pawsome Stamps in Georgia Peach. Thank you for stopping by my blog today!

Christmas Blessings

 

Hello, happy Saturday! Hope you're having a wonderful weekend, and enjoying fall weather. I created this card for the latest Freshly Made Sketches card challenge. I chose to flip the sketch on it's side. I started by stamping the house image from Unity Stamp Company's Warm Wishes For Your Home stamp set onto alcohol friendly cardstock, colored it, and cut it down to a rectangle panel. I then die cut a postage edge rectangle to nestle the panel into using light blue cardstock from Hobby Lobby and a postage edge die from Modascrap. I embossed a full A2 panel using white cardstock and a knit sweater embossing folder from Richard Garay and adhered that directly to the card base. I popped the focal panel up in the lower right corner using thin foam tape. I stamped the sentiment from the same Unity Stamp Company stamp set and fussy cut the image out. I mounted it on the upper left part of the focal panel. I finished the card off with some shimmery Nuvo Glitter Drops in white blizzard to mimic snow on my winter scene and added some sparkly diamond confetti from Pink & Main around the card. 

Pumpkin Spice Everything!

 

Today's card was created for the latest Inspired By card challenge. I printed the Not 2 Shabby Pumpkin Spice Everything digital stamp onto Copic-friendly cardstock, colored the image using alcohol markers, and created a focal panel using a pierced edge oval die from My Favorite Things. I layered some gorgeous, patterned papers from Cosmo Cricket's Autumn 12x12 collection onto my card base. Popped my focal panel up off of the card using thin foam tape, added some sequins from Pawsome Stamps Box of Chocolates sequin collection, and some white gel pen detail to finish off this fun Autumn coffee card! Thank you for stopping by my blog today! 

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!