Happy Birthday- Sketch Saturday #710

Hi all! I have a couple of cards to share that I created using the current Sketch Saturday sketch:

I started wsith the Concord and 9th triangle turnabout stamp and created the fun triangle background. I then went through my stash of scraps to find a coordinating patterned paper. I layered those on my card front. For the oval element, I used my Cricut to cut a cluster of balloons. I added those to my card front with foam tape for dimension. I stamped and fussy cut the sentiment banner. I used some embroidery floss to make the balloon tails. I finished off the card with a sprinkling of sequins.

 Thanks for stopping by to check out my card!

Sending Sunshine- Card from a kit

Hi all! I have a pair of cards to share today! I was inspired by the single page sketch at Stick It Down:

I was also inspired by the left column of the Tic Tac Toe Challenge board:

I recently bought the Simon Says Stamp October Card kit (it looks like it is already sold out). I went to work with the included stencils and stamps when I received it. I used the layering stencils to blend the color for the flowers and then stamped the lines over the top. I didn't get things lined up quite right, so there is a little shadowing in spots. I will have to try another technique next time. The set makes a 6x6 image, so I cut it in half to make two cards. I had this really old brown sunflower paper that I used to layer over the edge to complete the card front. I used Walnut Stain Distress ink and inked the edges of my panel. I took brown and gold spray ink and added some splatters. It is hard to see, but I stamped and heat embossed "Sending Sunshine" in the bottom corner of my card and then tied some twine above it.

 I am really loving these sunflower stamps and I am looking forward to playing with the images more in the future!

Easter Baby

Hi all! I have a new layout to share today! I started with this sketch from Rochelle Spears:

I used the sketch for the left hand page of my layout. I decided to take the patterned paper strips all the way across my layout to bring some continuity to the two pages. I used a cut file that I backed with patterned paper to fill in the gap on the left page. For my title, I combined stickers from the collection I used and a cut file. I found some really old jounaling spots that coordinated with the colors of my layout. To embellish the layout, I used stickers, enamel dots, and Nuvo Drops. 

 Thanks for checking out my layout!

Anniversary card

Hi all! I'm sharing a card I made last week. I started with this sketch from Sketch Saturday:

I started with the shimmery purple cardstock and worked from there. I decided it would look nice on black cardstock, so that's what I used for my background. I layered the purple cardstock and embossed vellum over the top of that. I used a layering stamp set for the flowers and then fussy cut them. I also stamped the sentiment strip. I tied a piece of gold twine around the purple cardstock and vellum before attaching them to the background. Then I layered the flowers and sentiment on with regular adhesive and foam adhesive. I finished the card off with some Liquid Pearl dots. 

 

Happy Birthday card

Hi all! I have a card to share that I made for my husband's birthday today! I started with this Tic Tac Toe board:

I was also inspired by the sketch and inspiration photo from Fusion:

I came up with this using the top row of the tic tac toe board: masculine, orange/rust, and sentiment. I started by finding the orange and brown papers. I then played around a bit with the strips of patterned paper and my scoring board to make the pinwheels. I attached the pinwheels to the kraft cardstock with a combination of tape runner and liquid adhesive. I laid that on top of my brown panel and decided to add a little interest by scoring the outline around the kraft panel. I punched a hole through the kraft piece in the middle of the pinwheels and put bronze brads through. I stamped and heat embossed the sentiment with bronze embossing powder, fussy cut the banner and used liquid glue to attach it to my card. 

 Thanks for checking out my card!

Dance

Hi all! I have a new layout to share! Paper Issues has a bracket challenge competition going on right now in their Facebook group and I decided to try a layout with a repeated title.

I started by selecting some patterned papers to go with my photos. My daughter had the cute rainbow colored tutu, so I went with fun bright colors for my papers. I chose a black background to make the colors really pop. For my title piece, I went to work in Cricut Design Space and found some outline fonts and welded them together in the software. Once I had the piece cut, I put it on an old Cricut mat that had lost a lot of its stick, but was stickly enough to hold all the pieces in place. Then I took my shimmer watercolors and painted streaks over my words in coordinating colors. Once it was dry, I peeled it off the mat and adhered it to my background. I layered the photo of my daughter and the program from one of her shows over the top of the title piece. I found a journaling spot in a matching pink and did my journaling on there and adhered it under my photo. For embellishments, I used some stickers, wood button, epoxy flair and fussy cut flowers. 

 Thanks for stopping by to check out my layout!