Hello and welcome to our March Words 2 Craft By word challenge. Our quote this month is Happiness held is the seed; Happiness shared is the flower-John Harrigan. Since I always have a large need for birthday cards I thought I would use the "happy" theme and create a beautiful birthday card. To create my card I started by stamping the sentiment from the Winnie & Walter The Big, The Bold, and The Happy stamp set directly onto my white A2 card base using Versafine onyx black ink for a nice crisp look. Then using a border die from Stamplorations I created a beautiful decorative edge with some textured black cardstock from Hobby Lobby and layered a piece of pretty plaid patterned paper from Authentique's Lovestruck 6x6 paper pad directly onto the card base. I then stamped the cluster of roses from the Waltzing Mouse Old Country Roses stamp set using some gorgeous Altenew inks. I fussy cut the roses out and popped them up off of the card using some foam dimentionals from Scrapbook Adhesives. To finish my card I added some large clear rhinestones from Recollections and rounded the bottom corners using my We R Memory Keepers corner chomper. I can't wait to see what fun and beautiful creations everyone else comes up with this month!
Today's card was created for the latest Just Us Girls challenge. I have to admit that watercoloring is not really my coloring medium of choice. The truth is I'm just not that good at it. I like to do the smooshing technique but actual painting is not really my forte. But I thought I would work with an image that didn't really require a lot of painting skills and would be forgiving of my somewhat sloppy painting skills. I started with a piece of cold pressed Canson watercolor paper and stamped the Stampendous Ranunculous Fields stamp using Versafine onyx black ink. I immediately covered the stamped image with clear embossing powder from Zing and heat embossed it. I like using this technique because the heat embossing creates a small ridge on the paper that helps keep the paint in check and, trust me, I need all of the help I can get when it comes to painting! LOL. I painted the image in using Tim Holtz distress inks and once I was finished I dried it with my heat tool and then covered the entire panel with some pretty Tsukineko sheer shimmer spritz for a nice, all over shine and shimmer. The distress inks react to the moisture from the spray so it leaves pretty little water droplets all over the image too. I cut the panel down and added some foam tape to the back and mounted it onto my card base, which I had covered with some bright canary yellow cardstock from Hobby Lobby. I die cut the sentiment panels using Verve Stamps Mini Classy Label dies and stamped the greeting from the Waltzing Mouse Old Country Roses stamp set. I popped the sentiment panel up off of the card using more foam tape and added a few 6mm clear sequins from Pretty Pink Posh to complete my card. I hope you like it!
Today's card was created for the latest Retro Sketches challenge. I love this layout and knew I had to create something using it. I started with a white card base and layered on a piece of apricot cardstock from Hobby Lobby and some white cardstock from Staples. I layered a pretty piece of patterned paper from the Crate Paper Notes & Things 6x6 paper pad. I took another piece of the apricot cardstock and cut it down into a narrow panel and punched the scalloped edge using a Fiskars punch. I adhered that down to the card panel and then layered on another piece of patterned paper from the same Crate Paper pack and edged it with more apricot paper. I cut that piece at an angle to mimic the sketch. I then stamped the birthday sentiment from the Skipping Stones Design Heartsong I stamp set using Gina K ink. I die cut the sentiment using a pretty stitched banner die from Lil' Inker designs and edged it using some more of the apricot cardstock. For my focal panel I stamped the beautiful rose trio from the Waltzingmouse Stamps Old Country Roses stamp set using Gina K inks. I die cut the roses using a pierced edge circle die from My Favorite Things and mounted it and the banner sentiment up off of the card using 3M foam tape for added dimension. I love how pretty and feminine this stamp set is and am pleased with how the card turned out using this great sketch. I hope you like it!
Today I have the privilege of being a guest designer over at the CYCI weekly challenge! I love this wonderful sketch and had fun playing with it. I decided to change the shape from stars to coffee cups. I started by stamping the cup from The Latina Crafter I'm No Quitter mini stamp set and used the coordinating die to cut the shape out. I stamped the image out again two more times onto some patterned paper from the American Crafts Dear Lizzy 6x6 paper pad and fussy cut them out and layered them onto the die cut image. I used some Stampin' UP chocolate chip cardstock for my base layer on my card and then used a piece of patterned paper from the same paper pad I added some stitched lines to the paper using a Paper Smooches die. I stamped the coffee beans onto the patterned paper using the Waltzing Mouse Coffee Set stamp set and then covered them with Black Diamond Stickles for some shimmer and shine and then stamped the sentiment from the Latina Crafter OCD mini stamp set onto the panel. I popped the center panel up off of the card using some 3M foam tape and then popped the cups and the banner up off of the card using Stampin' UP foam dimensionals. I used my white gel pen to fill in the hearts on the mugs and called this card done. I hope you like it!
Today's card was created for the Retro Sketch challenge. I started by stamping the adorable coffee pot and mugs from the Waltzing Mouse Coffee stamp set using charcoal brown ink from Gina K Designs. I fussy cut the images out and colored the flowers in using Copic markers. Using patterned papers from the Chickaniddy Scrumptious 6x6 paper pad I added my base layers. I cut a circle using a pierced die from My Favorite Things and paper from the same paper pad and then mounted my coffee images up using Stampin' UP foam dimensionals. I added the steam and some coffee beans from the stamp set using the same ink. Using a postage edge border punch from EK Success and some 110 lb white cardstock from Staples I added a bit of a decorate edge between the patterned papers for some contrast. I mounted circle onto the card and stamped my sentiment and a few more coffee beans. Love how cute this turned out!
I was so excited when I saw this challenge from Just Us Girls because I had just gotten in a new stencil from Tim Holtz and was looking to use it on a card. I started with a piece of kraft cardstock from Hobby Lobby and ran it through my printer using a font from my Windows Word program. I stamped the adorable coffee mug from the Waltzing Mouse Coffee Set in black ink and colored the floral piece in using Copic markers and added a touch of white gel pen to the center. I then used some Tim Holtz walnut distress ink and a round ink dauber and added the coffee stains around the outer edge of my card. I added few white dashed lines using my white gel pen and adhered it to my white card base. Love how clean and simple this card was. My have to mass produce this one. I hope you like it!
When I saw the Pinterest Inspired Challenge I immediately thought of a new stamp set I'd just recently gotten from Waltzing Mouse. The Old Country Roses stamp set kind of has that light, water colored feel so I stamped it up using varying shades of blue ink from Gina K. I stamped the leaves underneath and then stamped the flowers again and fussy cut them out, mounting them onto the card using some foam dimensionals. I used a piece of old olive cardstock as the base layer of my card and then added a piece of patterned paper from the Heidi Grace Sunshowers 6x6 patterned paper. I adhered a piece of lace from Stampin' UP underneath and adhered the panel to the card. I stamped the sentiment from the same stamp set using Versafine onyx black ink and heat embossed it using some Zing clear embossing powder. I cut that panel down and trimmed it out with some more old olive cardstock and popped it up off of the card using foam dimensionals from Stampin' UP. I added some blue gems from Michael's and a few clear gems from The Paper Studio and called this card done. I hope you like it!
