Welcome baby

Hello and happy Saturday! My card today was created for the latest The Sisterhood Of Crafters card challenge. To create my card I started by layering on some Tim Holtz distress inks in the colors salty ocean, faded jeans, and broken china onto a white card panel using a My Favorite Things Drifts and Hills border stencil. I spritzed some water onto the cardstock and blotted it off and then some light spatter using the same colors of distress inks. I trimmed the panel down using a Gina Marie Designs stitched border rectangle die. I stamped the sentiment from the Simon Says Stamp Baby stamp set using Versafine onyx black ink and then popped the panel up off of the card using some inexpensive fun foam I picked up at Hobby Lobby. I then stamped the whales from the Alley Way Stamps Something Fishy and Little Fellas stamp sets onto some Copic-friendly white cardstock and then colored them using my alcohol markers. I fussy cut them out and went around the edges of each image using my Memento tuxedo black dual tip marker for a nice clean look. I popped them up onto the card using some foam squares from Scrapbook Adhesives. To finish off my card I stamped a few of the bubbles from the Something Fishy stamp set. Thank you for stopping by today and stay cool and safe out there!

Hop, Hop, Hop

Hello and happy Sunday! It's been a bit wet and drizzly here in Southeast Missouri but I wish I could say that I've spent all day holed up getting inky and creative. I've been running all weekend, both literally and figuratively. I don't know if I've been losing my creative mojo or if I'm just excited about the longer days and warmer temps, but I just can't be at my desk right now. I did manage to hammer out a cute little Easter card for the latest Cards 4 Galz card challenge though. To create this sweet little card I started by layering some turquise cardstock from Stampin' UP onto my white card base and then I layered on a panel that was created with a striped stencil and some Nuvo shimmer paste in pastel rainbow colors. I die cut a stitched edge oval using the same turquise cardstock and a die and popped it up off of the center of the card using Stampin' UP foam dimensionals. I stamped the adorable bunny from The Alley Way's Spring Has Sprung stamp set onto some white Copic-friendly cardstock and colored it with my alcohol markers. I stamped the eggs from the same stamp set and then covered them with more of the same Nuvo shimmer paste. I stamped the sentiment from the stamp set directly onto the oval focal panel using Versafine onyx black ink and then popped the bunny and eggs up using more foam dimensionals. To finish this fun card off I added some Glossy Accents to the bunny's nose and feet for some added shine and dimension. I think it turned out too cute! Thank you for stopping here today and if you like my card be sure and leave some love in the way of a comment. I appreciate them all!

Make A Splash

Hello and happy Sunday! Today's card was created for the latest Freshly Made Sketches challenge. To create my card I started by stamping the adorable whale from The Alley Way Stamps Little Fellas stamp set onto some white cardstock. I masked the image off using a post-it note that I fussy cut in the shape of the whale and then created the cloudy horizon using some Tim Holtz distress ink in Mermaid Lagoon and the My Favorite Things cloud stencil. I then masked the bottom of the cardstock off using some painter's tape and distressed the bottom of the card using Faded Jeans distress ink. I spritzed it with my mini-mister to create some water splashes and then removed the tape. I stamped the sentiment from The Alley Way Stamps Something Fishy stamp set using Versafine onyx black ink and then die cut the panel using a wonky stitch die from Gina Marie Designs. I matted the panel onto some black cardstock leaving a small border around the edge and then popped the entire thing up using some fun foam from Hobby Lobby. Thank you for visiting my blog and if you like my card be sure to leave a comment. I read and appreciate them all!

Welcome Baby

Hello and happy Friday! Today's card was created for a co-worker's baby shower and I thought I would enter it into the latest Watercooler Wednesday "all about occasions" card challenge. To create my card I started by ink smooshing some Tim Holtz distress inks onto some Canson watercolor paper and then inking over it using a handmade stencil I created with some plastic packaging and a wave shaped die. I spritzed the panel with my mini Mister and then sprinkled some clear water droplets onto it as well as some Distress Spray Stain in picket fence. Once it was dry I stamped the sentiment from the Simon Says Stamp Baby stamp set onto the panel using Versafine onyx black ink. I die cut the panel using a Gina Marie Design stitched edge rectangle die and popped it up off of my white A2 card base using fun foam from Hobby Lobby . I then stamped the whales from The Alley Way Stamps Little Fellas and Something's Fishy stamp sets onto white Copic-friendly cardstock. I colored them using my alcohol markers, fussy cut them out, edged them using my dual tip Memento marker, and popped them up off of the card using Scrapbook Adhesives foam squares. My co-worker loved the card and I hope you do too. Thank you for visiting my blog and if you enjoyed my card be sure to leave a comment below. I appreciate them all!

Hop Hop Hop

I got up and ran 4 miles with some friends today and it's still quite chilly and windy here, so making springtime cards seems strange to me. But I love sending cards to kids in hospitals. It brightens my day thinking about one of them smiling when they get a handmade card. So, that being said today's card was created for the latest Send A Smile 4 Kids card challenge. This week the challenge is to create a card celebrating Easter. I just picked up the latest Stampendous Spring Short Stack stamp set at my local Hobby Lobby during a sale and knew it would be the perfect stamp set to create a sweet and simple spring card for the kids. I started by stamping the rabbits onto some Copic-friendly white cardstock, coloring with my alcohol markers, and then fussy cutting them out. I die cut another piece of white card stock using the stitched rectangle dies from Gina Marie Designs and then stamped the sentiment from the Alley Way Stamps Spring Has Sprung stamp set onto the panel. I hand drew and colored some grass onto the panel and the popped my adorable little bunny images up off of the panel using some Stampin' UP foam dimensionals. I then cut down some patterned papers from the We R Memory Keepers Simply Spring 6x6 paper pad and adhered them to my card base. I finished the card off by adding some black dashed lines around the outer edge of the cardstock and some clear Wink of Stella to the bunnies outfits and ears. I hope you like my card and thank you for visiting today!

Happy Easter

I typically don't create a lot of Easter cards but I do always send one to my little granddaughter and wanted to get started on hers now. I started with a white card base and layered on a piece of patterned paper from Doodlbug Design Springtime 6x6 paper pack. Love their bright and whimsical patterns! I then die cut a white card panel using a stitched rectangle die from Gina Marie Designs and die cut the grass using the same stitched rectangle for the bottom and a Paper Smooches die for the top and layered it onto my white panel. I stamped the adorable egg and chick images from The Alley Way Stamps Spring Has Sprung stamp set onto more of the Doodlebug patterned paper and the cloud from the Paper Smooches Spiffy Scooter stamp set onto some white cardstock. I fussy cut them out and edged them with my dual-tipped tuxedo black Memento marker to give them a nice clean edge. I stamped the sentiment onto some white cardstock and then die cut it out using the bottom edge of a tag from Paper Smooches and the Gina Marie Designs rectangle die. I did the same thing on more of the patterned paper to layer underneath the tag. I popped all of the adorable images up using Stampin' UP foam dimensionals and mounted them all onto the card. A scattered a few clear sequins in 6 mm and 4 mm from Pretty Pink Posh around the images and called this card done. I know Journey will love it...I hope you do too!

Make A Wish

Today's card was created for the current Sunday Stamps sketch challenge. I just love butterflies so this sketch just spoke to me. I started with a plain white card base and layered a piece of kraft cardstock on top cut 1/4" smaller. I then stamped the Echo Park plaid background stamp onto some white cardstock using some Gina K hot cocoa ink and layered it on top of the kraft panel. Using some white cardstock and a pierced dot scalloped die from Gina Marie Designs I cut my main focal panel. I rounded the top corners and then stamped the sentiment using the same hot cocoa ink and the Alley Way Stamps Sweet Thing stamp set. I die cut my butterfly using a My Favorite Things die and some white and kraft cardstock and then run the image through my Uchida Marvy crimping tool. A few rhinestones from Recollections in various sizes added the final touches to this card. I hope you like it!