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!

Blast Off-W2CB July

Hello and happy Friday! I hope everyone had a safe and happy 4th of July. Today's card was created for the latest Words 2 Craft By and Time Out Challenges. This month marks the 50th anniversary of the first lunar landing. The inspiration quote is "We came in peace for all mankind." To create my card I started by inking a panel I had die cut using a Gina Marie Designs stitched rectangle die using my Tim Holtz distress inks in broken china, faded jeans, and black soot. I spritzed it with my Ranger mini-mister and then just took some plain clean water and added some droplets to the panel for a nice hazy, watery effect. I then stamped the images from the Papertrey Ink Blast Off stamp set onto some white copic-friendly cardstock, colored them using my alcohol markers, and then die cut the images using the coordinating dies. I stamped the sentiment into the lower right corner of the focal panel using Versamark clear ink and heat embossed the image using Recollections detail embossing powder in snow. I adhered the moon and the stars directly to the card panel using my Ranger Multi-matte medium clear glue and then popped the rocket up off of the page using foam squares from Scrapbook Adhesives. I trimmed down a piece of basic black cardstock from Stampin' UP and framed out the panel. I popped the whole thing up off of the standard A2 white card base using some inexpensive fun foam from Hobby Lobby. To finish off the card I added some white stars to the background using my Pen-touch white chalk pen and then added some shimmer to the rocket, stars, and moon with my Spectrum Noir clear shimmer pen. Thank you for stopping by and if you like my card be sure to leave a kind word. I appreciate them all!

Birthday Zombies

Hello and happy Sunday! My card today was created for the latest Time Out Challeges and Addicted To Stamps And More Challenge. To create my card I started by layering a fun piece of grungy patterned paper from the Studio Calico Darling Dear 6x6 paper pad directly onto my white A2 card base. I then stamped the fun zombie from The Cat's Pajama's Mwahh stamp set three times onto a piece of Copic-friendly cardstock. I colored the images using my alcohol markers and then stamped the sentiment from the Sugar Pea Designs Undying Love stamp set onto the front. The front reads "Birthdays are like zombies." And the inside reads "they just keep coming and coming until you die!" To finish my card up I popped it up off of the front panel using some fun foam from Hobby Lobby, added some scribbly lines around the focal panel using my Memento tuxedo black dual tip marker, and then added Glossy Accents to the zombies eyes. This card simply cracks me up! I hope you like it too. 

Bras Are Like Friends

Hello and Happy Memorial Day weekend! Thank you for stopping by today. My card was created for the latest Time Out Challenge where we were to use the photo as inspiration for our card. I absolutely loved the colors in this photo! To create my card I started by layering some circles of patterned paper that I cut using an MFT pierced edge circle die and some papers from the Authentique 6x6 Essentials collection onto a piece of hot pink cardstock from the Mementa Cardstock Mats 5x7 paper pad. I then die cut the entire panel using a Gina Marie Designs funky edged rectangle die and popped the panel up off of my card using some fun foam from Hobby Lobby. I then stamped the bras from the Skipping Stones Design Bras Vol. 1 stamp set onto more of the same patterned papers, fussy cut them out, edged them with my dual tip Memento tuxedo black marker, and popped them up using Stampin' UP foam dimensionals. I stamped the sentiment from the Skipping Stones Design Bras Vol. 3 stamp set onto some white cardstock and then die cut it into a focal panel using a stitched edge rectangle die from Gina Marie Designs and popped that up off of the card to complete my card. If you like my card be sure to leave a comment and subscribe. Have a safe and happy weekend!

Thankful-Coffee And Cards With Celeste And Deb

Hello, and welcome to the November edition of Coffee and Cards with Celeste and Deb. Deb and I decided to go with a Thankful theme this month since we celebrated Thanksgiving this week in U.S. We also have my good friend Rebecca Ledbetter joining us again this month as our guest designer. To create my card I started by layering some pretty burnt orange cardstock onto my white card base. I then cut down a smaller panel of white cardstock and splattered it with Memento cocoa brown and morocco inks using a small tipped paint brush and some water. Once it was dry I adhered it to the card panel and added some dashed lines around the outer edge using my Memento cocoa brown dual tip marker. I then stamped the medallion from Stampin' UP's Day Of Gratitude stamp set onto some more white cardstock using a combo of both the same Memento inks. I added a pretty bronzed brad from Stampin' UP in the center and popped the image up off of the card using Stampin' UP's foam dimensionals. I heat embossed the sentiment from the Close To My Heart's Always Grateful stamp set onto a strip of the burnt orange cardstock and heat embossed it using Recollections snow white detail embossing powder. I stamped the leaf image from the Stampin' Up stamp set and popped it and the sentiment banner up off of the card using more foam dimensionals. To finish my card off I added a few mocha sequins from The Ton to the card panel and added some dark brown dots to the medallion and leaf for some additional interest. I will also be entering this card into the latest Time Out Challenge. 

As for my coffee beverage of choice this month, I popped in on Becky and brought us both a McCafe' peppermint mocha latte. She had leftover cookies and cake from Thanksgiving so I dug in and enjoyed way more sugar than I should have. Good thing I ran this morning. LOL. Now, hop on over to Deb and Becky's blogs and leave them some love in the way of a comment.

Thankful And Happy

Wow, I can't believe it's been a week since I've posted anything on my poor neglected blog! I started a new job a few weeks ago and things have been a bit chaotic adjusting to the change. Hopefully I will settle into a routine there soon and things will return to a more normal state for me. Anyway, today's card was created for the latest Time Out Challenge. This week is a word challenge..."Give Thanks With a Grateful Heart." I think this is the first card I've done in a long time that has absolutely no stamping on it at all! Everything you see on this card, except for the espresso brown cardstock from Stampin' UP, is from a beautiful paper collection by Echo Park in collaboration with Lori Whitlock called Recollections.  I created my card by layering the brown cardstock onto my white card base and then cutting some of the plaid patterned paper in the kit down slightly smaller to layer on top. I then die cut the scalloped edge panel using more brown cardstock and a die by Gina Marie Designs. I layered a smaller rectangle piece of patterned paper from the kit onto the center of the scalloped panel and then added some ephemera stickers from the collection onto the panel. So, a beautiful card ready for sending without ever inking up a stamp! Thank you for stopping by my blog today and if you like my card please leave a comment! 

Merry Christmas

My second card today was created for the latest Time Out challenge. The challenge this week is to create a holiday card with no stamping for the focal image. I created my card by layering on a piece of Stampin' UP cherry cobbler cardstock onto my white card base and added some white faux lines around the edge using my Signo uni-ball white gel pen. I die cut a stitched edge rectangle panel out of white cardstock that I got at Staples using a Gina Marie Designs die. I popped it up off of the card using 3M foam tape. I die cut the Merry Christmas sentiment using a Simon Says Stamp die and some more of the cherry cobbler cardstock. I then die cut the wreath and holly leaves using a Memory Box die set and some forest green cardstock from Hobby Lobby and cherry cobbler and early espresso cardstocks from Stampin' UP. I mounted all of the images directly onto the focal panel using my Zig 2 Way Glue Pen. This card was simple and easy and I hope you like it! 

Beautiful

I bought this beautiful stamp during a recent Unity Stamp's Angie Girls sale and have yet it ink it up until today. I stamped the Go Get It Girl image out onto some Copic friendly white cardstock using Memento tuxedo black ink and colored her taking color inspiration from my patterned paper. I die cut the image using a My Favorite Things pierced oval die and then traced the oval again onto some pink patterned paper from the American Crafts Dear Lizzy Lucky Charm 6x6 patterned paper pad and cut it out. I didn't want it to have the same pierced edge. I stamped the sentiment from the same stamp set and cut it down into a strip and mounted it onto a larger strip of the same pink patterned paper. I took a gorgeous piece of the geometric paper from the same paper pad and mounted it onto my card base. I adhered the sentiment strip, my focal pieces and some butterflies I die cut using the Stampin' UP embosslit Beautiful Wings. I added some black dashed lines around the card, the sentiment, and the focal panel and then some clear rhinestones from Paper Studio onto the butterflies and the flowers in her hair. Love how beautifully this turned out! I will be entering this card in the following challenges: 

Time Out Challenges

Fusion Card Challenge