Saturday, July 28, 2018

Happy Birthday Will!

Hello! It's been a while but I have a new layout to share! I was inspired by the Blend a Sketch challenge at Scrap Our Stash:


I decided to create a two page layout for this challenge. I pulled the color blocking on the background and the photo arrangement from the first sketch and the banner with the repeated shapes from the second. 

I love how the large pieces of patterned paper give such a playful feel to this layout. I put my Cricut to work, cutting out the presents, party hats and the word "Will" for my title. I embellished with several stickers from the same collection and various sized sequins. I also used a roller stamp to add the date and some phrases around the page.


Thanks for stopping by to check out my layout!

Sunday, July 15, 2018

More Cards with Clematis Stamps!

Hello again! I played a bit more with the Clematis stamp set I recently bought and made a couple of birthday cards.


I spent the bulk of my time stamping the flowers. I stamped the sentiment and finished them off with a splatter of pink ink and some Liquid Pearl drops. Thanks for stopping by to check out my cards!

Happy Birthday card- Stick it Down

Hi all! I'm back with some more cards to share. This time I used the card sketch from Stick It Down:

I started by stamping the plaid background with Versamark on watercolor paper and heat embossing it. I then misted it with water and added Distress Stains. I let those soak in and dry a bit before wiping off the excess. I then found some coordinating cardstock and cut the sentiment with my Cricut. Once the backgrounds were dry, I glued the sentiment down. I then measured and cut the "v" out of both and then swapped them and attached them to the card fronts. I added some enamel dots in coordinating colors to finish it off.



Have a Whale of a Day- CAS(E) This Sketch

Hello! I have some cards to share over the next few days. First up, a birthday card for my animal-loving son based on this sketch from CAS(E) This Sketch:


I started by making the panel for my whale. I used alcohol inks and tried some techniques suggested in this post.  I started with blue and turqoise alcohol inks and spread them over glossy cardstock. I then took a paintbrush and rubbing alcohol and made some waves and drops on the background. I finished it off with tiny drops of pearl mixative applied with a toothpick. My 8-year-old son wanted to know how I made the background, so I think he was impressed! I stamped and heat embossed the sentiment. For the whale, I stamped him and then colored him in with watercolor pencils that I then blended with a water pen. I attached the whale with foam adhesive and covered him with Glossy Accents. For the card base, I used an ombre ink pad and inked up an embossing folder ber for running it through my embossing machine.

Sunday, July 8, 2018

Anniversary Card with NEW Stamps

Hello again! I have a new card to share using some new products. In one of Altenew's latest releases there was a beautiful clematis layered stamp set.  As soon as I saw it, I really wanted to have it! I finally got it this past week and had to play with it immediately. For this card, I decided to make blue flowers. I found some coordinating inks and started stamping the flowers into a wreath. The layers of this set a pretty easy to line up, which is great! After I had completed the wreath, I stamped and heat embossed the sentiment. To finish off the card, I scattered some sequins around the card front. The sequins were also from the order I recieved. They are from a 28 Lilac Lane set.


Thanks for stopping by and checking out my card!

Saturday, July 7, 2018

July Calendar Page

Hello! I finally have my calendar layout for the month ready to share. I started with the June sketch from Stick It Down:


I moved things around a little bit, but stuck pretty close to the sketch. I started with the striped paper across the top and added my photos. Then I cut the stars from glitter cardstock and made the clusters. I then decided to use a combination of stamped and punched banners to run across the middle of the page. To add to the embellishment clusters, I splattered some blue and red spray inks. For the title, I used a compination of die cut letters and rub ons. I finished the page off with silver glitter enamel dots and dots of platinum Stickles. 




Friday, July 6, 2018

Friendship card


Hello! I have a new card to share that was inspired by a new stamp. I am also entering it in the current challenge at Cas-ual Fridays:

A friend of mine gave me the striped background stamp I used for this card. That same friend is moving away, so I needed to make a card for her. I used an ombre ink pad to ink up the stamp. Then I stamped the silhouette of the little girls on vellum using black ink. I sprinkled that with glitter embossing powder and heated it. I love the irridescent shine that gave to simple black stamping. I finished off this card with some white and blue liquid pearls. 

Monday, July 2, 2018

Thinking of You- The Card Concept

Happy Monday to you! I have a new card to share today! This one is based on the inspiration at The Card Concept:


Isn't it beautiful?! I was looking through some cards I made last year and came across the second card in this post and decided I wanted to use the same technique again. For this mixed media elegant card design, I used different shades of pink and red inks and smooshed them on my stamping block. I sprayed it with water and pressed it onto my water color paper. Once it was dry, I stamped and heat embossed my sentiment. I layered that over a piece of gold foiled patterned paper. Then I stamped and heat embossed my rose and attached that with foam tape. I am loving how this one turned out and I love how simple it is to get a beautiful background with this technique.


Sunday, July 1, 2018

Enjoy Your Day

Hello! I have a new card to share today! It is a masculine birthday card based off of this sketch from CAS(E) this Sketch:


I stamped and heat embossed all three of the circles and attached them with foam adhesive. Since my sentiment was on the circles, I just added some washi tape where the sketch suggests a sentiment.

I was also inspired by this fireworks picture from CAS-UAL Fridays. I don't have any specific firework stamps, but I have a tie-dye mask that looks kind of like fireworks that I used for the background. I used a blending tool and Distress Inks to make the "fireworks" on my background.