April Cards Blog Challenge

It's my first time playing along with the CARDS blog challenge.  When I saw this color combo I knew that I had these colored scraps lying on my craft table.  I mentioned a few posts ago that I had been making cards from all the scraps and die cuts that were strewn about my desk.  Here's another one that uses those:

Everything except the card base was already in my pile.  Well, the i, heart and u were not yet cut but the pink scrap was there.  I always save the little pieces from the Quatrefoil die, intending to use them *someday*.  When I first bought the Decorative Tile folders I ran some panels through my cuttlebug to see what they looked like.  They just sat there with everything else and I'm so glad I can put one to use.

Hope you all have a wonderful weekend!





 

Paper:  Pretty In Pink (SU), Garden Green (CTMH), navy, White (PTI)
Other:  Decorative Tiles cuttlebug embossing folder, Quatrefoil cover plate (PTI), Heart die (PTI), Block Letter dies (PTI), Banner (spellbinders), rhinestones (kaisercraft)

More Glitter Tape

So my obsession with glitter tape continues:)  I'm not apologizing for it one bit.  I love this stuff.  So many gorgeous colors to choose from too.

This is for the latest CAS(E) this Sketch challenge and CAS-ual Fridays Birthday Bash Challenge

  

This is such a great sketch.  It's so versatile.  I cannot wait to see all the beautiful cards that people make for this challenge.

Not much to explain here.  I masked off the edges of the card base and stamped the background image.  I then cut several strips of glitter tape and made little banners.  Finished with a big sentiment and some rhinestone gems.





 
 All supplies from Papertrey Ink unless stated.

Stamps:   Background Basics: Retro, Stylish Sentiments: Birthday
Paper:   White
Ink:  tuxedo black (memento)
Other: lots of glitter tape (american crafts), rhinestones

For Your Inspiration #44

I don't know where time goes when it flies by, but I wish it would slow down just a bit.  How can it already be time for the next For Your Inspiration Challenge?  I swear these challenges always sneak up on me.

I love the photo inspiration this week!

I used my new favorite thing again on this card -- glitter tape.  I just love working with these tapes.  So easy and fun.  For this card, I stuck strips of gold and orange on a piece of card stock and die cut the word birthday.  Love the result.

To mimic the clouds I cut the front flap with a border die.  I chose to add a little more visual interest to the base with the sheet music impression plate then finished it off with some twine.

I hope you play along with us at FYI.  You have until Wednesday, May 1 to link up your creation based on the photo above.

I'm also entering this into CASology #40: WORD challenge.

 
 All supplies from Papertrey Ink unless stated.

Stamps:  Wonderful Words: Birthday
Paper:  white, black
Ink:  tuxedo black (memento)
Other: Edgers #3 border die, Wonderful Words: Birthday die, Sheet Music IP, glitter tape (american crafts), twine (twinery)

Tall & Thin

Here's a tall and thin one layer card for this week's OLW challenge on Heather Telford's blog.

I colored the image using Distress Markers and a water brush on watercolor paper.  I love the look of these  markers and they are so easy to use.

I'm not a fan of coloring on my cards, but that's probably just because I'm not very good at it and it takes more time.  However, I've been playing with these markers and I'm actually enjoying it.  I'm just keeping the coloring real simple.

The stems on the right show how I quickly colored the flowers before blending with a water brush.  This I can do!

Here's the back of my card which I stamped with the mini gladiolus image (from Year of Flowers Collection) along with the markers that I used.

I'm also entering this into the Simon Says Stamp challenge: April Showers / Spring Flowers

  
 All supplies from Papertrey Ink unless stated.

Stamps:   Year of Flowers: Gladiolus, Think Big Favorites #7, Year of Flowers Collection
Paper:  Watercolor Cold Press (strathmore)
Ink:  Archival Jet Black (ranger)
Other: distress markers, water brush (ranger)

All that Glitters

TGIF!!!  Happy Friday all.  I spent all day yesterday cleaning up my office / craft room and it's still not completely done.  I really let it go too long.  On the bright side, I actually managed to put together a few cards from the scraps and partially done pieces I had lying around.

Today's card uses some of those scraps.  I had the card base and KaiserCraft patterned paper cut (using Edgers #3 die from Papertrey) and sitting on my desk for a few months.  I'm hanging my head in shame.  Yesterday I glued them together and stuck the coral colored strip, also a scrap, on the bottom of the base.  That's as far as I got with it.

When I saw today's CAS-ual Friday's challenge to use something with glitter I knew how I wanted to finish the card.  I ran a piece of copper glitter tape over the patterned paper and stamped a matching peony from Papertrey's Pretty Peonies.  I finished it off with a wedding sentiment stamped in Dark Chocolate.

Here's another shot that shows the glitter I colored on the flower using my Clearstar Gelly Roll pen:

Playing along with CAS-ual Fridays:

and Simon Says Stamp:

April showers / Spring flowers

Have a fantastic weekend!





 
 All supplies from Papertrey Ink unless stated.

Stamps:  Pretty Peonies, Enjoy the Ride
Paper: white, Groovy Guava (SU), Kaisercraft Lush pp
Ink:  Dark Chocolate, Sweet Blush, Garden Green (CTMH), Certainly Celery & Groovy Guava (SU)
Other:  Edgers #3 border die, glitter tape (American Crafts), Copic marker R32

FYI 43, Retro Sketches 57 & Simon Says BD

Happy Thursday once again!  It's time for the next For Your Inspiration challenge.  As always, you have two weeks to play along and create a project based on our inspiration photo.  Just link your card or other project up at the FYI blog.

Here is the photo for the current challenge.  Isn't is beautiful?  Anyone know where this is?  I'd love to know.

You can see that I took the colors and textures from the photo to create my card.  I used two different embossing folders from the Decorative Tile Set.  The one I cut up into panels was inked up using Royal Velvet, Sweet Blush and Lemon Tart inks to mimic the colors of the sky.

I used the current sketch from the retro sketches challenge for my layout.

I'm also entering this into the Simon Says Stamp Birthday challenge.

Blessings,



   
All supplies from Papertrey Ink unless stated.

Stamps:  Wonderful Words: Birthday
Paper:   Kraft, white
Ink:  Royal Velvet, Sweet Blush, Lemon Tart
Other:  Wonderful Words: Birthday die, Decorative Tile Set embossing folders (cuttlebug)

Springtime Duo

So they say that Spring is here, but you'd never know it here in Indiana.  I know a lot of you are in the same boat as me with this unseasonably chilly weather.  Regardless, I'm trying to stay positive (not sure I'm doing a good job).  It helps to make a few cards with a Spring theme.

I started by embossing the Labels 18 frame on white card stock.  Once I had the frame it was easy to lay out the dies and stamps.  After these were assembled I added the little scroll image to the top and bottom of the frames because I thought it was missing something.

I'm entering these into Simon Says Stamp : Easter / Spring challenge 

and Addicted to CAS:  Spring challenge

And here is what my backyard looks like right now.  Is it really March 25th?

 
 All supplies from Papertrey Ink unless stated.

Stamps:   Polka-dot Parade #1, Boxes, Bags & Tags, Headline Alphabet
Paper:   White, Spring Moss
Ink:   Pear Tart (memento), Berry Sorbet (card 1), Breeze (CTMH - card 2)
Other:  Polka-dot Parade bunny die, Headline Alphabet dies  Labels 18 die (spellbinders)

No Stamps

No stamps?  No problem.  There are so many wonderful dies out there right now that make it easy to create a card without even a stamped sentiment.  I used the awesome "hello" die from Papertrey's Wonderful Words series.

I was playing around with some Distress Markers I recently bought.  I dipped the tips in water quickly and then scribbled on some watercolor paper.  Once that was done and looked like a hot mess, I cut it into little rectangles and mounted a few on the strip of black card stock.  Ahhh, that looked much better to me.  Finished off with the "hello" die cut.  Quick and easy!

Playing along with CAS-ual Friday's No Stamps challenge.

 
 All supplies from Papertrey Ink unless stated.

Stamps:  NONE
Paper:  white, black, watercolor paper 
Ink:  distress markers
Other:  water brush zig), Wonderful Words: hello die

Happy Easter

This card is a CASE of Erin Lincoln's last card HERE.  I just loved the idea and the simple layout.  I've had the Egg Hunt set and die since it was released a couple of years ago and I've maybe used them once.  Shame, shame.  The patterned papers are from the Guidelines PTI pack.

I'm entering this into Simon Says Stamp challenge: Easter / Spring.





 
 All supplies from Papertrey Ink unless stated.

Stamps:   Egg Hunt, Pretty Peonies
Paper:  White, Lavender Moon, Guidelines pp, mint(?)
Ink:  Lavender Moon, Plum Pudding
Other:  Pretty Peonies die, Egg Hunt die

For Your Inspiration #42

Welcome back to another challenge at For Your Inspiration.  I loved the photo inspiration this week.  I know I say that nearly every week, but this one is so beautiful.  It reminds me of the many years we lived in Arizona.  Oh how I miss that scenery!

I decided to go totally literal with the balloon and copied the colors.  I used various Copic, Distress and Sharpie markers.  The big, bold sentiment in stamped in Paris Dusk (memento) and the rhinestones were colored with a light orange Copic marker.

Can you see the linen impression on the white panel?  I decided the card needed a bit more texture so I pulled out my Linen / Canvas IP from Papertrey.

I hope you join us for this challenge.  You have until Wednesday, April 3 to link up your creation at the FYI blog.  Please be sure to visit the rest of the DT to see what they did with this photo.  I always love the variety of amazing cards the DT turns out.


Have a wonderful Thursday,



 
All supplies from Papertrey Ink unless stated.

Stamps:  Up, Up and Away, Stylish Sentiments: Birthday
Paper:   Lemon Tart, White, royal blue scrap (unknown)
Ink:   Dark Chocolate, Paris Dusk (memento)
Other:  Linen impression plate, Up, Up and Away balloon die, Copic markers, Distress Markers, Sharpies, rhinestones