Blooming Party

 Hi All,

The supplies for this card today are mostly all dies and paper.  The variety of dies out there is just mind boggling!  How do you choose??

I started by die cutting white CS and SU DP with Simon Says Chevron Pattern die.  I used the white die cut as my background on a cream CS base.  Then I randomly glued individual chevron pieces from the SU DP into the negative spaces of the white background.

Next I die cut a couple of "Lacy Leaves" from SU Blackberry Bliss CS.  Followed by the "Party" block piece by Little B in gold metallic paper.

The flower was made using SU's Beautiful Bunch punch and matching stamp.  I stamped the flower twice in Hello Honey ink and punched them out.  Sprayed them lightly with water and pinched and shaped them using my flower shaping tools from Heartfelt Creations.  For the center of the flower I die cut two of the stamens from Heartfelt Creations Arianna Blooms set using Blackberry Bliss CS.

For the final assembly, I added a strip of coordinating SU DP across the lower middle of the card base and arranged all my pieces onto the card.

TFL, I'm so glad you stopped by!

Kute Koala!

Hi All!

This very easy card uses SU! "Kind Koala" stamp.  I stamped it twice - once onto white CS and once onto a SU! DP panel.  I colored the image I had stamped on white CS with Copics and fussy cut it out.  I placed it over the stamped image on the DP, and in place of the little flower image the Koala is holding, I attached a 3-D flower sticker and a little half-back silver pearl.  To finish him off, I added glossy accents to his nose to make it shinny!
 
TFL, I'm so glad you stopped by!

Stamptember!

Hello Friends!

I made this card for the Simon Says Stamptember festivities going on over on the Simon Says Blog this week.  The "Stamp and Show Challenge" this week is "Read All About It" - create a card inspired by "reading".

My inspiration is book pages.  Pretty hot trend these days so not so hard to come up with something!  I used some newsprint patterned paper for the background and SU Stippled Blossoms stamp set. The centers of the flowers are embellished with Adirondack "Raisin" Dimensional Pearls.  I added some swirly bling and a punched butterfly to finish off the design. 

My apologies for the poor photos . . . I have to find a new place for my photo shoots and I'm not having much success just yet!

TFL, I'm so glad you stopped by!
  
 

God is Love Card

Stamps used: SU "Trust God", Hero Arts "Ascent", Penny Black "Three Ferns"

Happy Weekend Everyone!

Tonight I'm hosting the Inspiration Challenge on SCS.  The site I chose is "Wind & Weather" and I can't remember at all how I came across this web store!  Anyhow, there were lots of objects that set off creative sparks so I chose it for the challenge.

The item that I chose as my inspiration piece was a set of framed art called "Floralscale".  I'm a sucker for neutrals so once I saw it, I had to try to capture it.








I created the background by sponging several different TH distress inks (ala Darlene Devries -- I love her videos!) onto a white CS panel. I used a SU wheel (sorry, don't know the name - boo) to get the dark splotches across the top and bottom. Next I stamped a fern image in Versamark and used white embossing powder, then stamped my floral image with black ink.

To create the blue flowers scattered across the bottom, I decided to use some dimensional ink to ensure it stayed on top of the layers of ink that were already laid down. I found a stamp that had a branch of small blossoms on it and squeezed a little bit of Viva Pearl Pen in "Bronze" and Adirondack Dimensional Pearls in "Stream" directly onto the stamp.

Then I just stamped it gently onto the panel, over all my inking, and lifted straight up to get a little dimension with the paints. 







I waited until the dimensional paint was dried, then went ahead and layered my panels.  Finally, I attached an acetate piece over the top of the inked panel, stamped my sentiment with StazOn onto the acetate and added a little butterfly.

TFL, I'm so glad you stopped by!

 

Postage Stamps Card

Received a little bag of cancelled postage stamps that I purchased on eBay.  They're real, used with the cancellation marks and I couldn't wait to start using them!! Pretty good buy for $3.50, free shipping!!  Woo hoo!






I ran a couple of lines of ATG tape down the left side of my white card base, selected some of the stamps and applied them down the side on the tape lines.




Next I die cut the TH weathered clock die from Choc. Chip CS, glued it on onto the same panel, then ran the assembled parts through my Big Shot with a TH Distressed Dots EF.








I stamped the Fiskars sentiment and added the clock hands (which I colored with a bronze Sharpie).  Layered the panel with Island Indigo CS and adhered to my white card base with dimensional tape.

Love those postage stamps for cardmaking!! Happy Anne!!

Stamps used:  SU Flowering Flourishes and Trust God

Next, I had a chance to play along with this week's inspiration challenge this afternoon!  Stephanie found a fab site called Sugar Chic Baby with lots of color and pattern inspiration!!  Love it!

The colors of this fun "Serenity" headband jumped out at me and so I went with this item as my inspiration.




I stamped a flourish image with Chocolate Chip ink onto turquoise CS, then over stamped it with Versamark and embossed it with with white EP.  I added a sentiment, MS butterfly and some faux rhinestones. 

TFL, I'm so glad you stopped by!
    

New Stuff!

Hello Everyone! 

Happy July!!  Is everyone frying like we are here in Texas?!!

My first card is a combo of a new SU set called Bright Blossoms, along with some polka dotted Washi tape, and a hodge podge of sentiments from Hero Arts "Essential Messages" and Paper Smooches "Chit Chat".  I added a touch of bling rhinestones to the flowers and mounted the panel onto Cherry Cobbler and Sage Shadow cardstock.

Next is this quick card that I made by assembling a piece of DP from Echo Park's "Note To Self" 6x6 pad, a TH Rosette that I had already made that was sitting in my stash, some rhinestone bling from Want to Scrap and a Prima "Sculptured Flowers" orange rose.  The sentiment is from Verve's "Hope Blooms" set. 

For this card, I masked off a section and added color to it by swirling on some SU Cherry Cobbler ink with an Inkssentials applicator (great tutorial here on how to do this!)  I over-stamped the area with Donna Salazar's Flower in Lace stamp with Chocolate Chip.  The sentiment is another one from the "Hope Blooms" set. 

 I added stickles to parts of the stamped flower for just a touch of bling.

Last is this card I made using SU's new DP paper called "World Spectacular".  I cut a piece with a wavy cutter, separated the pieces and adhered them with dimensional tape to a Cool Caribbean panel.  I stamped a Technique Tuesday sentiment in between the two pieces.  I mounted the sentiment to my block in a wave pattern to match the opening between my paper. 

Thanks so much for stopping by!
  

 

Cards for Her Cause!

SU Comfort Cafe DP, Marina Mist, Chocolate Chip, Crumb Cake, "Trust God" sentiment and Butterfly Punch.  Also used Marianne Creatables edge die, EK Success Scalloped Oval, and MS butterfly punch.

Hello All,

My niece is going to be in a Craft Fair the weekend of July 7 and I ofered to donate some cards for her booth.  She is raising money for her "Rabbit Society" friends.


Along with the lead card above, these are some of the cards I'm sending her way:


 

Bunny is negative of a die cut bunny using retired, green Sizzix Bunny die, sentiment is Papersmooches, DP is SU Comfort Cafe.  Faux stitching doodling and rhinestone for accents.

SU new Storybook Friends on watercolor paper, colored with SU watercolor crayons

TH Rosettes die, Tilda Swirl die by Poppystamps, Paper Smooches sentiment, Prima DP, matching center button made with Epiphany Crafts punch

Spellbinders Tattered Roses dies, Tilda Swirl die by Poppystaps, Paper Smooches sentiment, Prima DP

Sizzix Tattered Roses and Tilda Swirl die cut.

TFL, I'm so glad you stopped by!
 

Willow Inspiration

The weekend at last!  As usual, I'm starting my stamping this weekend with the SCS Inspiration Challenge.  The lovely Stephanie has chosen the Frankie and Julie website for our inspiration website this week.




From there, I chose this "Willow Belt Buckle" as my inspiration piece.



I used a new background stamp from SU called Dotted Spring which is as beautiful as I imagined it would be {smile} and a branch image from SU Watercolor trio.  I punched several white flowers and shaped them for the branches.  The centers of the flowers are Dimensional Pearls and the sentiment is a SU Rubon.

Supplies:

Paper:  White, Early Espresso, Kraft (all SU)

Ink:  White Craft, Basic Brown (SU)

Tools: Trio punch (SU), Nesties Ovals.

Etc.: SU Rubon sentiment from Eastern Elegance. Adirondack Dimensional Pearls (Raisin); Lace trim (personal stash)

TFL, I'm so glad you stopped by!

Three Day Weekend!

Hi All,

This is for the Etsy Inspired Challenge and Marks Finest Papers Challenge this week.

The Etsy challenge spotlights the fun Kimmieprout Etsy store.  I chose this set of hand-made buttons as my inspiration, such cute stuff, eh?  The Marks Finest Papers Challenge is to use a die cut on your card.  I used Nestibilities Blossom and Circle dies.

The chipboard birdy and DP is Basic Grey Max and Whiskers collection. The branch is SU's bird punch.  CS used is Tempting Turquoise, Chocolate Chip and Crumb Cake. 

This 2nd card is also posted over on SCS.  It's for today's Featured Stamper, Charlene!!  I cased her "Let's Use the Rich Color of Teal" card, changing out the materials for stuff I have on hand.  Supplies used are SU Pretty Peone, SU Sweet and Sassy Rub Ons, Momenta Textured paper, White, Black and Tempting Turquoise CS.

Happy 4th of July, everyone!!  God Bless America!!
   

Olivias Flowers

Just up too late tonight...might as well stamp!!

This first card is SU's new Because I Care.  I colored it with markers, stamped it on glossy and matted it with Marina Mist, Early Espresso, Black and Websters Lullaby Lane DP.  Added a ribbon, button and charm.

This is made with Coordinating Woolies for the Basic Grey Oliva line.  Just made the panels, layered them in black and attached the flowers and a ribbon.  Easy peasy!! 
TFL, I'm so glad you stopped by!