Hearts And Waking Up

Hello and welcome.  Today I have a couple of cards that have taken me a bit to finish due to health issues.  I decided to keep both pretty much clean and simple (CAS) as I could.

The first one uses a never before used digital image from Whimsy Stamps called But Coffee First.  After printing the image onto Neenah white card stock, I colored it using Castle Art pencils and a blender pencil before cutting down to size and layering.  Once layered, I added brads then added to a pacific pointe card stamped with a retired Stampin Up splatter wheel.  I then took a cotton ball and rubbed some amethyst chalk over all the remaining white part of the image.  For embellishments, I highlighted parts of the image/saying using Sakura 3D glaze pens and Ranger glossy accents for the "coffee".

Challenges entered:

 

Never Before Used Schtuff #23 - February Use Your NBUS 

Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers #178 - N Is For No (I'm not a morning person anymore) 

Aud Sentiments #268 - Anything Goes With A Sentiment 

CD Sunday Plus #53 - Anything Goes Digital 

Creative Moments #208 - Anything Goes 

Outlawz Monday Greetings Feb 1 to Feb 14 - Anything Goes With A Greeting 

Digi Choosday Wk 6 - Anything Goes Digital 

 

My second card today features a retired, and dusty, Stampin Up set called Sheltering Tree that was originally started last week for the SCS Inspiration Challenge (also taking WAY too long to finish).  I started out by stamping the tree base using Memento Cocoa ink before stamping the leaves in Memento Cottage Ivy and Bamboo Leaves inks.  The hearts are stamped in Memento Ladybug ink. Once the main image panel was stamped, I blended Stampin Up Bashful Blue and Memento Cottage Ivy ink around the edges for the sky and grass using Picket Fence Studios Life Changing Blender Brushes before layering and adding brads.  My card is stamped in Stampin Up Real Red ink with the same ink blended around the edges of the card.  The only other embellishments are some red organdy ribbon and some red epoxy hearts (added to the tree "fruit" and "flowers").

Challenges entered:

 

Splitcoaststampers IC792 - Zabana Jewellery 

Clean And Simple On A Friday #198 - Love 

Craft Rocket Challenges #78 - Love 

CCEE Stampers #2106 - Love Is In The Air 

Moving Along With The Times #127 - February Valentines/Love 

Crafty Gals Corner #216 - Add A Heart 

Double D Challenges - Mood Board Valentine/Love

My Time To Craft #450 - Love 

613 Avenue Create #2 - February Anything Goes Optional Heart/Soles 

Outlawz Festive Friday feb5 to Feb 18 - Valentines Theme 

 

I'm really happy with how both of these turned out since I was making them feeling like "garbage".  Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day, stay safe and please wear a mask!!

Waking Up

 

Stamps: Whimsy

Card Stock:  Neenah White, Stampin Up

Accessories: Castle Art Pencils, Blender Pencil, Computer, Printer, Brads, Cotton Ball, Stampin Up Chalks, Ranger Glossy Accents, Sakura 3D Glaze Pens

Sheltering Tree

 

Stamps: Stampin Up

Card Stock: Hammermill White, Stampin Up

Ink: Stampin Up Real Red, Bashful Blue

Accessories: Blender Brushes, Ribbon, Brads, Epoxy Heart Stickers

 

Sunflowers, Bees and Ladybugs

Today I have a card to share I made earlier in the weekend while battling another one of my migraines and couldn't upload until now due to the pain for a couple of challenges.

After stamping my images from Bring On The Sun in memento black and coloring with prismacolor markers, I stippled Tim Holtz tumbled glass distress ink around the edges of the sunflower panel before adding a cut out sunflower to hang over the edge and some cut out bees with ice stickles on their wings.  My final touches was stamping a scrap sunflower border, weaving some ribbon using a fiskars punch I bought on clearance at Michael's a week ago.

Challenges entered:
Party Time Tuesdays - PTT #114 Ribbons and Blooms
CCEE 1314 - Things With Wings ( used bees and ladybugs)

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.

Stamps: MFP Bring On The Sun
Ink:Memento Black, Tim Holt Tumbled Glass Distress Ink
Card Stock: MFP White, Stampin Up! Garden Green, Scrap Summer Sun, Scrap Graphic 45 Designer Paper
Accessories: Prismacolor Markers, Stipple Brush, Pop Dots, Ice Stickles, Ladybug Stickers, Oval Punch, Ribbon, Weave Border Punch

Is It Spring Yet?

Second post for me today.  If you're looking for my Addicted to CAS post, please scroll down one.

This week's CCEE challenge is to use and oldie but goodie stamp - one that you just had to have but have only used once or twice.  Well I went with - have yet to ink up for the challenge and pulled out a set from The Cat's Pajamas I just had to have a year ago, but never used so far.  With the weather from the middle of the country to the East Coast being so messed up, this card is totally appropriate.

I started out by stamping my main image from Warm Fuzzies in memento tuxedo black ink and colored with prismacolor markers.  Once all of the my coloring was finished, I stamped one of the snowflakes from the retired Deck The Hall set in Tim Holtz tumbled glass distress ink before stippling the tumbled glass and broken china distress inks around the edges of the main image panels.  Then I created my own background by stamping the larger snowflake from Deck The Hall in Stampin Up! brocade blue and Tim Holtz chipped sapphire distress ink then sponging the same ink around the edges.

My final touches were to die cut a lace floral doily in scrap navy card stock before popping up the main image panels over it using pop up glue dots and adding some of the punched out mini flowers that looked like snowflakes in the corners.  The saying is stamped in memento black onto scrap white card stock then punched out using a 1 inch circle punch before being popped up with the same pop up glue dots.

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.

Stamps: TCP Warm Fuzzies
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Stampin Up! Brocade Blue, Tim Holtz Chipped Sapphire, Tumbled Glass, Broken China
Card Stock: MFP White, Stampin Up! Night of Navy, Brocade Blue
Accessories: Prismacolor Markers, Stipple Brushes, Pop Up Glue Dots, TCP Floral Lace Doily Die, Big Shot, 1 Inch Circle Punch, 2-Way Glue Pen

Take A Break - Calm Relax

Hello and welcome to Monday!  Today I am sharing a 3x3 card I made late last night for a couple of challenges using some Die Cuts With A View Timeless Collection paper.  It's been a very long time since I've made a 3x3 card and definitely out of my comfort zone.

I started out by stamping my images from Mark's Finest Papers, a Heinrich Company's set called In My Den in memento tuxedo black ink onto corn husk card stock then coloring with koh-i-noor pencils and a blender marker.  Once all of my coloring was finished, I layered the main image onto some MFP mahogany card stock before adding some vintage brads and popping up over the DCWV designer paper.  The only other embellishment I added was some brown twine along the top.

Challenges submitted:

CCEE1304 - Time Challenge
Paper Playtime #2 - Use Brown

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.

Stamps: MFP In My Den
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Card Stock: MFP Corn Husk, Deepest Mahogany, DCWV Timeless Collection
Accessories: Koh-I-Noor Pencils, Prismacolor Blender, Brads, Dimensionals, Twine,

Autumn Pumpkins - CCEE1238

Hello and happy Saturday!  Today I am sharing a card with you I made for this week's CCEE1238 Food challenge.  Since I had wanted to use a new set being released on Tuesday by Mark's Finest Papers, a Heinrich Company called Autumn Splendor, I pulled out some wood grain designer paper from My Minds Eye to use as a background.

After stamping my images in memento tuxedo black onto MFP snow storm white and coloring with prismacolor markers, I cut one of the pumpkins out to layer over the other two images before layering onto MFP mahogany and olive card stock.  Once my layering was done, I added the images to a mahogany card covered with My Minds Eye Miss Caroline designer paper with a paper doily.  The only other embellishments I added was some light grey grossgrain ribbon with a pumpkin brass charm. 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great weekend!

Stamps: MFP Autumn Splendor
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Tim Holtz Brushed Corduroy, Forest Moss
Card Stock: My Minds Eye Miss Caroline Designer Paper, MFP Card Stock
Accessories: Brads, Charm, Prismacolor Markers, Stipple Brush, Doily, Ribbon, Thread

Cool Breezes

Hello and welcome to Thursday!  The week is almost over and thank goodness for that since I've had an awful one with my migraines.  Since I couldn't sleep thanks to said migraines, and the meds were not working again, I decided to stamp and give you a sneak peek at a couple of new sets being released by Mark's Finest Papers, a Heinrich Company next week called Silly Shells and Island Life.

I decided to use the color scheme from this week's Color Throwdown, however, I was missing a couple of the colors so I had to improvise.  After stamping my main image from the soon to be released Island Life in memento tuxedo black ink onto MFP snow storm smooth card stock (no vanilla card stock), I pulled out my prismacolor watercolor pencils and a blender pen and got to work water coloring the image.  For some reason, I just see this beach scene water colored instead of using markers since it reminds me of a painting.  Once my water coloring was finished, I pulled out my Scenic Selections set to add some seagulls and then the saying from Island Life, stippled bashful blue ink around the edges for the sky and a bit of so saffron to age the entire image a bit; plus make up for not being able to use the vanilla card stock and began layering.

After my layering was finished, I pulled out the soon to be released Silly Shells and stamped my background in sahara sand before sponging the same ink around the edges of the card.  I decided the only embellishments would be some bakers twine and a lighthouse charm since I was making this card for my husband's upcoming birthday in a couple of weeks.

Challenges card is submitted for:

Color Throwdown 196

Splitcoaststampers - WT379 Man Up Challenge

CCEE124 - Nautical Theme

Anything Goes #69 - Around The World (Travel)

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.

Stamps: MFP Island Life, Silly Shells, Scenic Selections

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Stampin Up! Bashful Blue, So Saffron, Sahara Sand

Card Stock: MFP Snow Storm Smooth, Stampin Up! Sahara Sand, Bashful Blue, So Saffron

Accessories: Prismacolor Watercolor Pencils, Blender Pen, Bakers Twine, Pop Dots, Small Hole Punch, Martha Stewart 2-Way Glue Pen, Lighthouse Charm

Seagulls & Lighthouse

Hi there.  This last weekend I came across a couple of challenge blogs that I thought interesting - Moving Along With The Times Nautical challenge and CCEE Stampers faux brad challenge.  So, even with another one of my migraines, I pulled out my stamps and got to work.

I started out by stamping my images from Mark's Finest Papers, a Heinrich Company Gullible Mini , Scenic Selections and Lighthouses stamp sets in memento tuxedo black onto snow storm smooth card stock before coloring with koh-i-noor pencils, prismacolor markers, and a blender marker.  Once my coloring was finished, and the images from Scenic Selections cut out for popping up later, I started stippling Tim Holtz tumbled glass  and forest moss distress inks around the edges.  Then I stippled Adirondack caramel ink for the sand and aqua ink over a cloud template to help fill in the sky before layering.

Once my layering was finished, I pulled out a small hole punch to create my own brads to make sure they matched the layered card stock.  The final embellishments were some baker's twine with a starfish charm and white liquid pearls for the sea foam.

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.

Stamps: MFP Scenic Selections, Lighthouses, Gullible Mini

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Tim Holtz Tumbled Glass, Forest Moss, Adirondack Caramel, Aqua

Card Stock: All MFP

Accessories: Koh-I-Noor Pencils, Prismacolor Markers, Blender Marker, Baker's Twine, Charm, Liquid Pearls, Stipple Brushes, Pop Dots, Small Hole Punch, 2-Way Glue Pen