XOXO

Hi there! I'm back again with another card that I made today!  I have been so inspired to create lately...especially by having signed up for the Stenciled on line card class! 

For this card I started with a teal cardstock from Bazzill and silver embossed it using the "Mosaic heart" stencil by SSS.  I cut the XOXO from the cricut E2 using the pre installed cartridge...I forgot the name sorry...I was just happy to find it. So I cut the XOXO at 1" (it had scrolls on both sides, but I just snipped them off) and I adhered two together to give it dimension! This card was inspired by a card that Shari Caroll did for SSS!  I used the Avery Elle "Handwritten Notes" stamp for the sentiment and white embossed it on a vellum banner. I added glue behind the letters to adhere. I also used Mama Elephant for SSS "Filled With Love" stamp and die for the little tag with sentiment and tied a bow with bakers twine. I added some red punched hearts and added wink of stella glitter pen to them. I like the pop of red with the teal and silver! Oh...I rounded the two sides and used foam tape to adhere to base! 

I think that about does it for this card! I love how it turned out!  I think I have plenty of Valentines cards now but I just love creating them! 

Thanks for stopping by tonight!

I am entering this card in the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Anything Goes With Twine or String Challenge: featuring Mama Elephant!

Shining Star

Hi and good afternoon!  We had another few inches of snow here and the kids had a delayed opening...I love these mornings! 

I whipped up this card...ok well I didn't whip it up...it took days! Lol! I did a little here and there but putting the card together after all of the elements were done was super fast! 

I started with a 4x5 1/4 sea glass (SSS) cardstock and blended some broken china distress ink around the edges. I used the SSS falling stars stencil and white embossing paste then sprinkled it with silver embossing powder, let it dry and then heat embossed! I love the look of the silver stars! I have to say that I "borrowed" this idea for the card from Debby Hughes (from the Stenciled Card Class)...I just loved it! 

I used the OWH Lil Hoot owl stamp and colored it with Spectrum Noir markers (GB5, DG2, DG3, IG1, GB8, GB10, BG4, BG6, BG8) and cut it out. I stamped the branch again, colored, cut and used foam tape and adhered to the branch and cut the leaves and adhered them! Just gave it a fuller look. I used Zig wink of Stella on the leaves and the owls tummy and ears...just to add shine. I used CTMH liquid glass for the eyes. 

The banner was cut on the Cricut using Girls Makeup Party cartridge cut with its shadow at 1.5 inches! I didn't have a banner die and my silhouette hasn't been working so I was happy to pull out my cricut and cut what I needed! 

The sentiment for the banner is from Cardztv "It's All About You" stamp set...I masked it off so it would fit long ways on the banner! 

I cut two mini tags using "Filled With love"  By Mama Elephant for SSS die and stamp set and adhered one behind the other and hung from the banner using May Arts Natural Twine. 

This has to be one of my favorite cards and I have to say that the Stenciled class was great with lots of tips, ideas and inspiration! 

I am entering this card at the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge where it I say thing goes with twine and featuring mama Elephant!

Thanks for stopping by and stay warm!

You Make me Proud!

Hi there! I'm back again with another card! 

I saw that Tim Holtz released a spritzer and I immediately thought to myself...gee, I bought one of those years and years ago!  I knew exactly where it was and began creating backgrounds with it!  I don't own distress markers yet but I used it with a sharpie marker and it worked great! 

 Here you can see that it stained the stencil but I am fine with that!  I created the background just experimenting with different angles and going close to the stencil...what I got was the look of denim and I was so pleased! I love the idea if the spritzer! 

For my card, I also played with white embossing paste and another stencil "falling stars" from SSS...I masked off an area where I wanted the background to go and stenciled the hearts! So fun and what a great texture to add to any project!  I used the OWH lil hoot stamp set and colored in the bears using my Spectrum noir markers and added an action wobble! 

 I embossed the sentiment on Neenah desert storm cardstock and notched it to a banner! I also inked the edges lightly!

I think this card is adorable and will give it to my son when he finishes his midterms!! 

I am entering this card in the SSS Monday "A" challenge this week!  My "A" is for airbrush and animal! Thanks for stopping by! 

Makes Me Happy

Hi there!  We had a cold icky day with wind and snow, which was perfect weather to stay in and create! Being that it is Saturday and having to clean up, do laundry and cook....it has taken all day to make this card! Lol, but so worth it!

Today is day two of the stenciled card class that I signed up for and I am having so much fun creating ( when time allows)!  

For today's card, I created my own mask and stencil using the post it tape and a post it note....using a Martha Stewart butterfly punch!  Oh my gosh this was so fun!  I punched 4 butterflies out of the tape and then stuck it to a piece of patterned paper (Crate Paper) and used some worn lipstick distress ink with a blending foam. I created 3 rows of butterflies! Then I created the mask with a post it note and was able to add text to a few of the butterflies...so fun! 

I gold embossed on vellum and attatched it to an overlay square with skinny strips of foam tape and mini glue dots and added a mini clothes pin...the inspiration from those details was Julie Ebersole! Thanks Julie! 

Well, it may have taken a long time to get the card put together, but it was fun to do different techniques! Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies:

Crate Paper 

Neenah desert storm card stock

Flea market (crate paper) overlays

Mini clothes pins: Canvas corp

Text stamp: vintage background

My favorite Things: You Make my Day stamp set

Martha Stewart butterfly punch

Post it tape

Gold embossing powder

Vellum

Thinking of you...

Hi again! I figured I would share another simple card that I made! 

I used a MFT stencil "Moroccan Tiles" and blended some spun sugar and worn lipstick TH distress ink for the background. I cut a banner shape out of vellum and used a stamp set from the SSS February card kit (which came today!) the stamp set is called Thinking of You and the sentiment comes in a long strip so I masked off the 'of you' and stamped the 'thinking' with versamark and then did the same for the rest of the sentiment. I added some blushing pink pastel using Stamp-N-Stuff embossing powder ( don't really like it) but I thought it would look pretty on the vellum tag!  

I used the new Hero Arts Butterfly and flower stamp set and die. I cut the butterfly out of vellum and then stamped the detail with versamark and added the same pink powder. I added some recollections enamel dots to the butterfly. I mounted the background on a navy blue base and then adhered that to a white card base!

This card came together quick and I love the navy, pink and vellum together! 

So, that's all for me tonight..I have to pick my son up from an event at 9 and then it's time to unwind! 

Thanks for visiting and have a great Friday night!

Embossing with Gelatos....

Good morning!  Today I have a card to share that I had fun creating with some Gellatos...actually, my 10 year old daughter made the background and I had to use it on a card....first we used an old stamp and white embossed it and then added some gellato colors and she smeared them around with her finger.  Then I punched a strip and used a MS punch for a border and stamped a sentiment from "Filled With Love" from Mama Elephant for Simon Says Stamp and embossed it in gold.  I also stamped and die cut a bunch of hearts from the SSS "Plenty of Hearts" and gold embossed them too!

 The paper seems to be showing up as a light purple, but it is a light pink...I wish now that I had used a white strip of paper instead, I think it would have made the background and gold embossed hearts stand out more.  I added some red and gold sequins for fun.
I am submitting this card into the SSS Wednesday Emboss It challenge!! 
Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

P.S. I am signed up for a class at onlinecardclasses.com called Stenciled...all about using stencils on cards and I am so excited to learn.  I have purchased a bunch of fun supplies and can't wait to use embossing paste and gellatos with the stencils and just get messy!!!  I know my kids will enjoy it as much as I will!

With Sympathy

Good afternoon!  

I needed to make two sympathy cards today...never fun to do! I wanted to keep them CAS and I wanted a monochromatic look. So, I grabbed my two new colors of SSS papers, Green Apple & Sea Glass.  I clear embossed the background using a Hero Arts cling stamp (CG315). I then used a rubber stamp (which is mounted crooked on the base...this is why I like clear stamps) and added it to the front of the cards...one embossed on vellum and the other on the blue cardstock. I added some butterflies punched from a MS punch. 

I love the background stamp and how the clear embossing really brought the color out!

I think they turned out very nice and appropriate for a sympathy card! What do you think?

Thanks for visiting!

** edited to add that I am entering the blue card in the SimonSaysStamp Monday challenge...use blue!)****

Cream of the Crop!

Hi again!!   I know this is a late post, but I wanted to share the card that I made for the ScrappyMoms Stamps blog challenge!  I made it in between painting my closet and doing 5 loads of laundry!!  Geesh, but at least I had a little time to get my crafting fix in...LOL!!!!

Ingredients:
Paper Trimmings cricut cartridge - pumpkin border (pg. 54) cut at 1.25 inches
Scrappy Moms stamp set
Burlap from Recollections
DCWV Ghosts & Goblins stack
Darice "leafy tree" embossing folder
Pebbles chalk, orange bakers twine, adhesive, brown ink

The lighting stinks in here and the card base is looking yellow when it is a cream colored cardstock.  I am pleased with how this card turned out and I am glad that I made some time to get in on the challenge!