Art party card! Happy Birthday Ava!

 

 

Holy Moly!!  I can't believe I've neglected my blog as long as I have.  Shame on me!!  I haven't been crafting much, but I have done a little, it just hasn't made it to the blog.....yet!  Between the holidays and then both of my boys birthdays, then our whole family got sick......seems like I can't get caught up with life, let alone craft time. 

 

 Anyway.....here's a fun little card I made for our little friend Ava!  Her party was "Arts and crafts" themed!  My kids had SO MUCH FUN!!  The party was really cute!  Ava's mommy is so crafty and super talented.  Check out her blog here .  I used Crystal effects on the "paint" to make it look wet. For the paint brush, I used my Simply Scored board to give a little definition.  You can't tell in the card but I also used my bone folder to make small lines/indentations on the brush to give a little texture.  I couldn't fit a sentiment on the outside, so I added it to the inside.  I used my markers to ink up my favorite stamp!

 

 

I got lucky and just happened to have the perfect gift bag in my "re-use" stash, so it all came together pretty well, I think!

 

Have a great day!  Thanks for stopping by!

 

 

 

Happy Birthday Charlie! (DD#32)

Well, I'm a little late in posting this, but Happy Birthday Charlie!!  This was the card I made for our little pal's birthday!  She's a very girlie girl and loves everything pink and princesses!  I knew she would just love the pink rhinestones....what little girl wouldn't??   I actually fell asleep on the couch early on the night I had scheduled to make her birthday card and got up frantic in the morning to try to whip something out.  I used an old sketch challenge from Freshly Made Sketches and the color challenge from Dynamic Duos .  Let me tell you, when you need to make a card quickly, using challenges is the way to go!  They practically make themselves. haha  Thanks for stopping by!

Challenge Combo--Give Thanks, Elegant Autumn, Clean and Simple

Happy Friday!!  Being a stay at home mom, usually Friday is not unlike any other day, but today it feels awesome.  No explanation for why, but I'm just gonna go with it!  Here's what I came up with when I combined a few challenges!  The theme comes from both The Paper Players Theme challenge #120 "Give Thanks" and from SUO #57 "Elegant Autumn". And the layout comes from Clean & Simple Stamping FTL215.  I watched a tutorial for the pine cone on YouTube from Valitas Fresh Folds.  I don't have the punches that she used so I used the bird builder punch.  I also used the Early Espresso Core-dinations paper and roughed up the edges a bit for dimension.  In retrospect, I probably should've used Cajun Craze or More Mustard instead of Bravo Burgundy for the little strip behind the sentiment to make it more "Autumn" than "Winter".  I had fun making this and I kinda fell in love with Tombow multipurpose glue while making the pine cone.  That stuff is great!  It's totally forgiving (lets you move stuff around a bit) but also dries quickly and holds really well!!

 Have a great weekend!

Get Well

Today I have a card that I was making for a sketch challenge over at Freshly Made Sketches .  Unfortunately, I didn't finish in time to submit it but I thought I would share it anyway.  Thankfully I don't have anyone to give this to at the moment!!  But, I figured a "Get Well" card is a good thing to have on hand so it's available to send out right away.  And maybe, having it ready will mean that I won't need it!  That's usually how my luck goes!  

I have to say, my favorite part of this card is almost unnoticeable in this picture. (Someone needs some serious photography lessons....just sayin'.)  If you look closely you can barely see that I used my baja breeze marker to draw a line just inside the edge of the die cut that the sentiment is on.  To make the line perfectly straight, I added the line before I removed the die cut from the paper using the fine tip of the marker.  Also, look closely...there's a bit of piercing on the base of the card using the Festive piercing template.  You can earn that piercing template free through tomorrow!  Click on the "Free Stuff" flyer on the top right of my blog to find out how. (Or just email me!)

Have a great day!

Everything Eleanor

Good morning! Today I'm sharing a card that I made as a set for a friend.  She needed Thank You cards and asked me to make them for her. Such a huge compliment, I think!  She gave me absolute freedom to choose what they looked like.  She didn't even care what colors.  This was one of those cards that I just kept adding elements too.  The distressing on the edges, the scroll stamp from Everything Eleanor in the background, pop up the sentiment, add some flowers and ta-da!  I love that process, where you just keep going.  Only problem is.....all those elements on a set of 12 cards.......UGGGHH  I was ready to be done, that's for sure!  But of course, you can't have one pretty one and 11 plain ones!  Hope you like it and I hope she liked it!

Perfectly Penned

This card was a complete "work in progress".  I had no vision for what it was going to be.  I started with the colors I saw from a Colour Q challenge.  I was going to submit it, but unfortunately I didn't finish the card in time.  Oh well, I'll try again for next week.  I also originally started with a sketch from Mojo Monday but I had a really hard time with it, so strayed from the challenge a bit.  The stamp set it Perfectly Penned, of course.  It's the set I turn to most often!  I love it!! (Have I ever mentioned that? haha)  I'm going to try to start doing some of the challenges we see out there in the blog world.  I've had a hard time lately finding my mojo and I hear that's a great way to get a kick start.  So we'll see....

In Color 2012-2014

This card uses all 5 new In Colors.  The flower was made using the Floral Fusion sizzlet.  I used Primrose petals cardstock and crumpled it, sprayed with some shimmer spray and then stuck it all together.  I made the shimmer spray from the champagne shimmer paint and some alcohol, mixed it up in the new stampin' spritzer and voila!  It adds just a little shimmer.  It also makes it a lot easier to make that cute crumpled look.   I wish the picture was a little brighter.....I gotta start honing my photographing skills...

Quick and easy

Supplies:

Paper--Whisper White CS, Baja Breeze CS, Twitterpated DSP

Ink--Basic Grey classic

Stamp Set--Perfectly Penned

Embellishments--Blossom builder kit, Blushing Bride pleated ribbon, silver mini brad

Tools--Scallop Trim border punch, Scallop Trim corner punch, Mat pack, Paper Piercer, stampin Dimensionals

Birthday Pinwheel

Supplies:

Paper--Very Vanilla CS, Soft Suede Patterned DSP, Everyday Enchantment DSP

Ink--Very Vanilla Craft ink, Chocolate Chip Classic Ink

Stamp set--Perfectly Penned

Embellishments--Everyday Enchantment Brads and ribbon, Clear embossing powder

Tools--1-3/4" Scallop circle, 3/4" circle, Heat tool, sponge, stampin' dimensionals

My favorite monochromatic

Supplies:

Paper-- Concord Crush CS, Whisper White CS, In-Color DSP

Ink--Concord Crush Classic

Stamp Set--Perfectly Penned

Embellishments--Concord Crush Stitched-Poly ribbon, basic rhinestones

Tools--1-3/8" Square punch, Itty Bitty Shapes punch

*All products are Stampin' Up! unless otherwise noted.

Layered Flower

Supplies:

Paper--Very Vanilla CS, Soft Suede CS, Mocha Morning Specialty DSP, Twitterpated DSP

Ink--Soft Suede

Stamp Set--Perfectly Penned

Embellishments--Linen thread, Twitterpated Designer buttons

Tools--Fun Flowers Bigz L Die, 3/4" Circle Punch, Mat Pack, Paper Piercer

*All products are Stampin' Up! unless otherwise noted.

Bold Daisy

Supplies:

Paper: Basic Black Cardstock, Whisper White Cardstock, Pumpkin Pie Cardstock

Stamp Set: Perfectly Penned

Ink: Whisper White Craft ink, White Gel pen, Pumpkin Pie Classic Ink

Embellishments: White embossing powder

Tools: Large oval punch, 1+3/8" circle punch, Embossing buddy, Heat tool, sponge

*All items are Stampin' Up! unless otherwise noted.  

Inspired By Nature

Supplies:

Paper: Bashful Blue Cardstock, Very Vanilla textured Cardstock, Very Vanilla Cardstock, Early Espresso Cardstock, Paisley Petals DSP

Stamp Sets: Inspired by Nature, Perfectly Penned

Ink: Early Espresso Classic Ink, Old Olive Classic Ink, River Rock marker

Embellishments: Bashful Blue Satin ribbon

Tools: Labels Collection Framelits, Big Shot, Scallop Edge Border punch, sponge

*All products are Stampin' Up! unless otherwise noted.