CAS(E) This Sketch- Birthday Card

Welcome! I hope the start of the week is going well for you! I am back today with a birthday card I made for my nephew's 1st birthday. I was inspired by this sketch from CAS(E) This Sketch:

I started with the fish stamp and decided to go with a blue/water theme. I went with circles to suggest bubbles. I used Core'dinations cardstock for my background and heat embossed and sanded it. For the fish, I stamped the image with Archival ink, colored it in with watercolor pencils and blended the color with my clear Wink of Stella pen. I dried it with my heat tool. I then colored over the whole thing with my Versamark pen and covered it with clear embossing powder. I repeated the process to add a little more shine. I inked the edges to make it stand out and attached it with some foam adhesive. I finished it off with a stamped and heat embossed the sentiment on a flag.

Scrapping Everyday Miracles- Wedding Card

Hello! I am here today to share a card I made a couple of weeks ago for my cousin's wedding. I started with this sketch from Scrapping Everyday Miracles:

I started with some purple shimmer cardstock to match the wedding colors. I wend monochomatic with the rest of the papers, using black and white patterned paper and transparency with silver polka dots. I stamped and heat embossed the dress and sentiment in silver. I used some pearlized white ink to accent some of the dress .I finished the card off with a piece of silver rick- rack.

October Calendar Page: Stick It Down September Double Page Sketch

Hi all! I got my calendar page done early this month and joined the double page team at Stick It Down. Here is the sketch for the month:

I played around with the placement of the photos and the sizes of the photos to get more on this layout. To start my page, I used a leaf mask and some spray ink . Once that was dry, I layered on the patterned papers. I cut some leaves using my Cricut from a sheet of dark red/brown paper. I didn't have my blade set quite right, so the inner pieces were a little challenging to get out. I ended up rubbing brown metallic Gelato over a few that I didn't punch out the pieces. The Gelato did a nice job of highlighting the texture created by the cuts. I used a few pieces of Grungeboard on my page for some dimension. I started by painting them with Gesso and then sprayed them with ink. Once they were dry I used an ink blending tool and added the blue to them. 

Materials:
Cardstock- My Mind's Eye
Patterned Paper- October Afternoon, Me and My Big Ideas, Pink Paislee, Provo Craft
Ink- Tattered Angels, Ranger, Heidi Swapp
Gesso- Liquitex
Brads- Michael's
Badge and Tape- October Afternoon
Sticker- Simple Stories
Mask- Tattered Angels
Die Cutter- Provo Craft
Cartridge- Stretch Your Imagination
Vellum- Strathmore
Font- Calibri

Stick It Down September Card Sketch

Hello! The card team's projects went up yesterday at Stick It Down! Here is the sketch we got to work with this month:

I played with a few colors of ink and some flower stamps for my background. The butterfly was stamped, heat embossed and fussy cut from vellum. I stamped the sentiment on white cardstock and cut it into a banner before layering it onto the card.

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Love card

Good morning! I have another card to share today. This time I had two pieces of inspiration. First was this week's sketch from Mojo Monday:

The second was this beautiful picture from Inspired by All the Little Things:

I started with my favorite sunflower stamp and used some Distress Inks and a water brush to watercolor the heat embossed image on watercolor paper. I then found some coordinating papers and edged them with Walnut Stain Distress ink. I layered those up and added a stamped and heat embossed sentiment to the front and added a bit of Distress Stickles to the center of the flower.

Sweet Birthday- CAS(E) This Sketch

Hi all! I'm back with a card I made this weekend for my niece. I started with this sketch from CAS(E) This Sketch:

I pulled out a Bo Bunny 6x6 pad and was drawn to the donut paper, so I based my design around that. I pulled some scraps out for the background and flags. I continued the donut theme with some eyelets in my flags. A stamped sentiment and glitter glue "frosting" on one of the donuts finished off the card. I stamped "We hope your birthday was sweet!" on the inside.

September Calendar Page

Hello all! It's been a while! Unfortunately, I can't promise my posting is going to get more consistent anytime soon. I (finally) have my September calendar page to share. I used the August 2 page sketch from Stick It Down:

I pulled out some fun papers from Echo Park's "Country Drive" collection that I picked up recently at my local scrapbook store. I matted my photos with cardstock that coordinated with the colors in my patterned paper. For my title, I used mostly Thickers, but I was short some e's, so I cut those using my Cricut and coordinating cardstock. I decorated my page with some stickers, rub ons and flowers.

Materials:
Cardstock- My Mind's Eye, Bazzill, Michael's
Patterned Paper- Echo Park
Stickers- Echo Park, Bo Bunny Press
Flowers- The Paper Studio
Chipboard- American Crafts
Rub Ons- Crate Paper
Gem- Michael's
Badge, Tape- October Afternoon
Die Cutter- Provo Craft
Cartridge- Jasmine
Font- Monotype Corsiva
Ink- Ranger
Pen- Gel Writer