Saturday, January 29, 2022

Birthday Card- Sketch Saturday

Hello! I have a new card to share today! I was inspired by this card sketch from Sketch Saturday:



The little squares in the top left corner made me think of windows, so I worked from there. I decided I wanted to have a little boy in the window holding a balloon. I was able to find a cut in Design Studio of a boy holding a flag, so I used that cut, cut off the flag and cut a balloon to add in its place. With the window theme, I cut the squares from blue vellum. Once the squares and the boy were adhered to the background, I decided one of the other squares needed something, so I cut out a cake. I added a "5" to the balloon because that is how old my nephew is turning (I also made 5 candles for the cake).

 Thanks for stopping by to check out my card!

Friday, January 28, 2022

Cards With Embossing

Hello! I have a couple of new cards to share today! I am entering these in the Use Your Stuff Embossing challenge. 

First up is a sympathy card. I made the background using alcohol inks and glossy cardstock. I used lots of blending solution to soften the colors. Once it was dry, I stamped and heat embossed the candle and sentiment. At that point, I decided the background needed a little more interest, so I splattered some blending solution. I also used some white pearlized ink to color the candle. I finished off the card front with some Liquid Pearl dots around the flowers.

Next is a Baptism card for my niece. I was looking through photos of past cards I've made and saw one where I had used a stencil to make dots on the backgrround and then used an embossing folder to make different sized dots that I sanded to make the core of the paper show through. I decided to try that technique again. I started with a script background stamp that I stamped in blue. I then used a swirl embossing folder. Once that was done, I sanded the swirls to make the pink show. I used my Cricut to cut the cross from rose gold cardstock and vellum. I love the dimension the vellum gives! I stamped and heat embossed the sentiment and wrapped the ends of the vellum around my card front.


 Thanks for stopping by to check out my cards!

Thursday, January 27, 2022

February Calendar Page- Stick It Down

Hi all! I'm here today with my calendar page for February. I started with the double page sketch on Stick It Down this month:



I split a couple of the photo spots to fit more photo, but otherwise I stuck pretty close to the sketch. The photos on the left were swapped when I was gluing stuff down and I just left them. For the top and bottom strips, I used metallic watercolors and painted a sheet of floral paper from my "Just Add Water" stack. I love how watercoloring on these resist backgrounds is so forgiving! I did handwritten journaling. For my flower swag across the right page, I found a couple of flower cuts in Design Studio and cut them with my Cricut. I added a couple of other flowers there and around my page as embellishments. For the centers of my flowers, I used some gold Liquid Pearls and sequins. A couple of other stickers on my photos finished the layout off.

 

Monday, January 10, 2022

Recent Layouts- Paper Issues Sketches

Hello, I'm back today to share some layouts I've created in the last week or so. Paper Issues is posting a new sketch in their Facebook group every day this month and I have found them super inspiring so far! You can find them here. 

First up is this sketch:


When I saw this sketch I immediately thought I could replace the trees with scissors to go with these photos. I cut the scissors with my Cricut and rubbed silver Gelato over them to make the silver and shiny. I brushed some gesso over the background to give my photos a place to rest. I pulled the strips of patterned paper from my scraps and attached them to the patterned paper background. I found another orange paper and used it to mat my photos. I wanted my title to stand out, so I cut it from blue cardstock. I then found some matching spray ink and added splatters and arrow brads to accent the areas of my son's hair that was cut. To embellish the page, I used some epoxy flair, a puffy sticker (that had the perfect sentiment), a journaling spot, washi tape and some cork stars.

I had to use this sketch since it had so many spots for photos! 

I ended up reducing the number of photos- which I rarely do- to make it work with the photos I had. These photos were printed at 3x4s, but I was able to trim them to squares to make them work with the sketch. This was a good sketch to pull out scraps, so that's what I did. I cut the title, little super hero, and "Oh Boy" sentiment using my Cricut. I found some appropriate sentiments on stickers and cut apart pieces. I finished the layout off with some puffy stickers.



This was another sketch that had several photos spots so I had to use it! I started by scribbling pink and light green Gelatos on a piece of plastic (separately), spraying them with water and then mixing the color with the water to make a watercolor before smooshing it onto the background cardstock. Once that was dry, I attached the pink patterned paper. The photos were attached to a white snowflake patterned paper. One photo was a square, so I used the extra space for a punched border and journaling. I fussy cut the candy from patterned paper. I cut "Sweet" using my Cricut and created the word "house" with Thickers. Enamel dots completed the layout.



This sketch had space for just one photo, so of course, I made the space bigger and added more! The turquoise in this collection went so well with my daughter's jacket in these photos, I used it to mat my photos. I am really loving the beauty of this collection and I have enjoyed making it work with my style! I was able to mix in some stickers, brads, and chipboard from another collection to embellish the layout. The title is a combination of a sticker and word cut using my Cricut.



 Thanks for checking out my layouts!

Sunday, January 9, 2022

Recent Cards

Hi all! I have been busy creating, but haven't posted much. I will share some of my creations over the next couple of days. First up are the cards I've made recently.

First is a birthday card based off the current card sketch from Stick it Down:



I stuck pretty close to the sketch, but I flipped it horizontally, mostly because that's how the scrap of polka dot paper worked best. All of the patterned papers on this layout are from my scrap bin. I cut the sentiment using my Cricut. To finish off the card, I used some silver Nuvo drops to frame my sentiment.

Next up are these butterfly cards. I cut the white panels from watercolor paper. I then took an ombre inkpad and pressed it on a stamping block. I misted the ink with water and then pressed the block onto the paper. You can see what a difference more or less water makes- the one on the left used less water and is more splotchy. I then stamped and heat embossed the butterflies. I cut them out and attached them to the cards. I used the same silver embossing powder for the sentiment. I finised off the cards with pink Nuvo drop trails behind the butterflies.

Last up is a card I made for my son. I used a mask and blending brush to create the background. I cut the soccer player using my Cricut. To add a festive touch and a sentiment, I used a banner stamp set and stamped and fussy cut the banners.

 Thanks for stopping by to check out what I've been up to!