A Little Birdie Told Me

Hello and happy Sunday! Hope everyone is safely surviving our COVID-19 situation. My card today was created for the If You Give A Crafter A Cookie, Time Out Challenges, and The Paper Players challenges. To create my card I started by adhering some beautiful spring themed patterned paper from We R Memory Keepers Simply Spring 6x6 paper pad directly onto my white A2 card base. I then die cut another piece of coordinating patterned paper from the same paper pad using a wonky edge stitched rectangle die from Gina Marie Designs and popped it up off of the card using some fun foam I picked up at Hobby Lobby. I cut a few strips of the base patterned paper and ran that through the my Cuttlebug with the same stitched die and adhered it to the paper. I stamped the sweet little birds from the Technique Tuesdays Chickadees stamp set onto some white Copic-friendly paper and colored them using my alcohol markers. I stamped the sentiment from the Skipping Stones Design Heartsong I stamp set above the birds and die cut the whole thing into an oval panel using a pierced edge die from My Favorite Things. I added some dashed lines around the outer edge using my dual tip Memento tuxedo black marker and adhered it to my card. To finish my card I added some sweet pastel 6mm and some clear 4mm sequins from Pretty Pink Posh around the panel. Thank you for visiting my blog today and I hope you like my card!

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My second card today was created for the latest The Paper Players card challenge. I knew as soon as I saw the challenge that I would have to use my Technique Tuesday Chickadees stamp set. It's my go-to stamp set for creating a fun and quick card to send to friends. Love these adorably whimsical characters! My card was pretty simple. I layered a pretty floral piece of patterned paper from the Pink Paislee Hey Kid 6x6 paper pad onto my white card base. I then die cut a white panel using a Gina Marie stitched edge rectangle die and some white cardstock from Staples. I stamped the birds from the Technique Tuesday stamp set onto the panel using Memento tuxedo black ink and colored them using my alcohol markers to match the patterned paper. I stamped the sentiment from the same stamp set and popped the panel up off of the card using fun foam from Hobby Lobby. I added a bit of Spectrum Noir clear glitter pen to the birds from a bit of bling and sparkle and that completed my card. I thank you for stopping by my blog today. If you like my card be sure to leave a comment. 

Valentine Zombies

I am a huge The Walking Dead fan and love all things zombies. So, I couldn't pass up the opportunity to create a love themed card using a zombie them. I know...I have a sick sense of humor! To create my fun love-themed card I started by layering on some pretty ombre chevron striped patterned paper from the My Mind's Eye's Filled With Love 6x6 patterned paper pad onto my white card base. I die cut a heart using paper from the same paper pad and the largest die from the Essentials By Ellen Folk Heart die set and layered it directly onto my card. I then stamped the zombies from the SugarPea Designs Undying Love stamp set onto some white Copic-friendly cardstock. I colored them using my Copic markers in colors to coordinate with the patterned paper. I fussy cut the images out, edged them using my Memento tuxedo black dual tip marker and popped them up off of the card using Stampin' UP foam dimensionals. To finish my card I stamped the sentiment from the Technique Tuesday You Aren't Normal sentiment stamp set using Versafine onyx black ink and added some black dashed lines around the outer edges of the card and the heart. I absolutely love this card!!! I will be entering this card into the latest Paper Players 

 and AAA Cards card challenges. Thanks for visiting my blog today!

I Would Fight Zombies For You

 Hello, and happy Saturday! I recently picked up the fun stamp set You Aren't Normal by Technique Tuesday and just had to play with it today. To create my card I stamped the zombie from The Cat's Pajamas Mwahh stamp set four times onto some Copic-friendly cardstock using Memento tuxedo black ink and the created a fun scene using the skulls and my Copic markers. I cut the panel down and edged it with Tim Holtz distress ink in tea dye for a nice vintage look. I adhered it to some bright orange cardstock I picked up at Hobby Lobby, adhered that panel to some fun polka patterned paper from the American Crafts Haunted 6x6 paper pad, and then adhered it all down to my white card base. To finish the card I stamped the sentiment from the Technique Tuesday stamp set onto the focal panel using Memento tuxedo black ink and my Misti tool. It's a super quick and easy card and I love how fun and whimsical it is. 

Sending Smiles

Today's card was created for the current Less Is More card challenge. This week the challenge is REPETITION.  I love this  because the possibilities are endless! I have a fun stamp set that I won as blog candy a few years ago from Technique Tuesday and I hadn't inked it up in a while. I thought long and hard about what image I could repeat over an over and it occurred to me that the fun little smiley faces from their stamp set Sending Smiles would be a perfect image to repeat. I started by taking a plain piece of Copic friendly cardstock and drawing some diagonal lines very lightly with a pencil. I stamped the smiley face along those lines and then I had the brilliant idea to mask each of those images off using some masking paper and stamping the linen background from MFT in the background. When I say that was a brilliant idea what I mean is not so much. I had to stamp, fussy cut, and adhere about 20 of those little faces. To say that it was time consuming is an understatement so I will most likely not be mass producing this card anytime soon. But it turned out okay. I then stamped one of the sentiments from the same stamp set onto more white cardstock and cut a fishtail banner and adhered it straight onto the panel and then the whole thing was adhered straight to my white card base. I will be donating this card to the Live Love Cards campaign. If you are not familiar with this awesome charity for card makers you should definitely check it out! Anyway, I hope you like my card!

Hello Sweet Friend

Today's card was created for the latest Freshly Made Sketches sketch challenge. I started by layering some basic grey cardstock from Stampin' UP onto my white card base and then adding some pretty patterned papers from the We R Memory Keepers Simply Spring 6x6 paper pad on top. I stamped one of the sweet chickadees from the Technique Tuesday Chickadees stamp set onto some Copic friendly cardstock and the sentiment from the same stamp set next to it. I die cut the panel using Gina Marie Designs dies in a wonky stitched border and colored the images in using Copic markers. I mounted the panel onto some more of the same grey cardstock and popped it up off of the card using some 3M foam tape for some added interest and dimension. I little clear Wink of Stella glitter pen added to the little pink chickadee finished this card off nicely! I hope you like it!

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I have been in something of a creative funk lately and am so glad that I have gotten my mojo back because this will make my third card created today! I created this one for the latest CASology challenge. Unfortunately the challenge closed before I could link it but I still wanted to share it. I started by layering a piece of diagonal striped paper from the Heidi Grace Sunshowers 6x6 paper pad onto my white card base. I then stamped all four of the adorable little chickadees and the sentiment from the Technique Tuesday Chickadees stamp set onto some Copic-friendly cardstock and then die cut the entire panel using a Gina Marie Designs stitched rectangle die. I colored the images in using Copic markers and then popped the panel up off of the card using some 3M foam tape for some added dimension. I love how clean and simple this card is and hope you like it too!

Wishing You

I got home from work yesterday evening and found some happy mail waiting for me from Blitsy. It was the awesome Harvest Mouse stamp and die set from MFT. While I was trolling through the awesome cards on the Fall Coffee Lovers Blog Hop I recalled a video I had recently seen where Jennifer Maguire had altered this very stamp set so that the mice were carrying things other than pumpkins and apples. I was inspired to alter one of the mice to make it look like he was carrying some coffee on a brisk autumn day. It was tough to do with the dies because I had to do some selective die cutting and some cutting and piecing in with my cutting blade but I managed it. I started by die cutting all of my shapes and stamping the mice, leaves, and pumpkin out some Memento rich cocoa ink. I Copic colored my images and added some clear Wink of Stella glitter brush to the sweaters, leaves, and pumpkins. I then stamped the mug from the Technique Tuesday Eat Chocolate stamp set and Copic colored the chevron stripes to match my mice. I put down a strip of patterned paper from the American Crafts Autumn Crisp 6x6 patterned paper and added a piece of white cardstock above it that I had blended some Hero Arts soft pool shadow ink using a Stampin' UP sponge to give it a mottled look with some variation that you would see in the sky. I mounted my images straight onto the card using snail adhesive and sprinkled a few sequins from Pretty Pink Posh around. I then stamped the sentiment from the same MFT stamp set using some Gina K charcoal brown ink for a nice crisp look. I hope you like it!