Hello Balloons

Hello and welcome.  Today I am sharing a card I made for this week's Addicted to CAS: Die Cut challenge. For the challenge, I decided to pull out a Taylored Expressions set that needed some love called Sky's The Limit along with the coordinating die then paired them both up with some blue marbled card stock from my stash.

After stamping the balloons in memento black and coloring with prismacolor markers, I die cut the matching balloons out along with the clouds before stamping, coloring then punching out the sun.  Once my saying was stamped onto the card, I adhered everything else using glue dots.

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.

Stamps: TE Sky's The Limit & Coordinating Die
Ink: Memento Black
Card Stock: White, Blue Marble
Accessories: Prismacolor Markers, Glue Dots, Die, Big Shot

Lavender Vase

Hello and welcome to another week.  Today I am sharing a clean and simple (CAS) card I made for this week's Addicted To CAS #11 - Flowers challenge using a retired Stampin Up! set that needed to see some ink.

I stamped the vase from Vases in Vogue in memento tuxedo black once onto a smaller card as well onto a piece of scrap card stock before stamping the lavender flowers.  Once all the images were stamped, I pulled out my koh-i-noor pencils and blender marker then got to coloring before cutting out the extra vase to adhere over the lavender stems.  After the card was finished, I stamped and colored a matching envelope.

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.

Stamps: Stampin Up! Vases In Vogue
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Card Stock: White
Accessories: Koh-I-Noor Pencils, Blender Marker, Envelope

Faith, Hope, Love

Hello and welcome.  I sure hope everyone had a wonderful Easter weekend.  Today I am sharing a card I made using a digital image from Bugaboo Digital Stamps called Beautiful Blocks - Faith.  Since I was making this card while still dealing with a migraine, I made sure to keep it clean and simple for this last week's Addicted to CAS - Spring challenge.  I had also planned on entering it into this week's CAS-ology Hope challenge, however, I missed the deadline thanks to my migraine.

Once my image was downloaded and printed out onto white card stock, I colored only parts of it using prismacolor markers before stippling tumbled glass distress ink over and around the image then layering onto a pretty in pink 3x3 card

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.


Stamps: Bugaboo Digital Stamps Beautiful Blocks Faith
Ink: Tim Holtz Tumbled Glass
Card Stock: White, Stampin Up! Pretty In Pink
Accessories: Prismacolor Markers, Printer, Computer, Stipple Brush

California Poppies

Second post for me today.  If you are looking for my Craft A Scene post, please scroll down one.

Last weekend I found a new challenge blog called Addicted to CAS.  Since one of my goals for 2013 is to try working on my clean and simple cards (CAS), which is hard for me since I love to layer and add dimension, I decided to jump right in and join in this week's Spring challenge even though I was still dealing with a nasty migraine.

I pulled out one of my favorite stamp sets called Welcome Poppies by Mark's Finest Papers, a Heinrich Company.  After stamping my image in memento tuxedo black ink onto white card stock, I pulled out my prismacolor markers and colored the poppies after California's state flower that grows wild on the hills 1/2hr from my home.  After my poppies were colored, I lightly stippled some Tim Holtz tumbled glass distress ink before layering onto black card stock then an orange card.  The only embellishment I added was a scrap of gingham ribbon tied into a knot at the base of the poppies stem.

Challenges entered:
Addicted to CAS #9 - Spring
Splitcoaststampers WT420 - Gingham

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.

Stamps: MFP Welcome Poppies
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Tim Holtz Tumbled Glass
Card Stock: MFP White, Stampin Up! Black, Only Orange
Accessories: Prismacolor Markers, Gingham Ribbon Scrap, Glue Dot, Stipple Brush