I Will Sing

Hello and welcome.  Today I'd like to share a card I made using a beautiful Stamps Happen stamp sent to me by my friend Sarah A.  I was having a really down kind of day, thanks to my migraines, when I started this card.

After stamping it in memento tuxedo black ink on a Neenah white card, I pulled out my Castle Art pencils and colored it before layering and adding brads.  For my card, I pulled out a scrap piece of music note designer paper and added that to a pacific pointe card base before adding a strip of matching card stock then sponging Tim Holtz broken china distress ink around the edges.  The card is finished off by adding some blue prima flowers I've had for years and then some bling to their centers.

Challenges entered:

 

Never Before Used Schtuff (NBUS) #26 - Use Your NBUS 

Inspiration Station #6 - See Photo Below (I went with the music notes and piano keys) 

Splitcoaststampers Featured Stamper FS746 - 123 Scrap With Aimslee (removed dies, changed colors, changed seasons, layout) 

Word Art Wednesday Wks 491 to 492 - Anything Goes Uplifting 

 

 Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.

Stamps: Stamps Happen

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black; Tim Holtz Broken China

Card Stock: Stampin Up; Scrap Music Note Designer Paper

Accessories: Castle Art Pencils, Sponge, Brads, Glue Dots, Prima Flowers, Bling

Window Friendship

Hello and welcome.  Post #2 today.  If you're looking for my Bugaboo Ladybug card, please scroll down one post.

Today I'd like to share with you a card I made for a couple more challenges.  Since I was in a lot of pain today and was trying to keep my mind off the pain, I figured coloring would be a bit relaxing.  I've been wanting to use this Stamps Happen stamp that's been in my stash for years, so I finally inked the baby up.  After stamping the image in memento tuxedo black ink onto white card stock, I then colored it using both prismacolor and copic markers before stippling some Tim Holtz tumbled glass distress ink around the edges. After adding some blue button brads, I pulled out some mulberry paper scraps, layered them and then trimmed the edges off using an old fiskars seagull decorative scissors. Once the card was assembled, I stamped the saying from a long retired Stampin Up set.

Challenges entered:
Splitcoaststampers MMTPT527 - A Blast From The Past
Show Us Your Pussycats #33 - Furrything Goes
Outlawz Festive Friday - Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day!


Stamps: SU Wonderful Words, Stamps Happen Kitty In Window
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Tim Holtz Tumbled Glass
Card Stock: Stampin Up!, Mulberry Paper Scraps
Accessories: Stipple Brush, Prismacolor and Copic Markers, Brads, Fiskars Seagull Scissors

A Friendly Light

Hello again!!  This week's Stamp Something challenge is to use beachy colors with summer right around the corner.  Of course, last weekend, we were getting snow again in the mountains an hour east of me.  What's up with that??  So even though I have a major migraine going on again, I just had to participate in the challenge.

I pulled out a Stamps Happen D. Morgan lighthouse stamp that had not seen ink for a while.  Once I had my image stamped on white card stock in memento tuxedo black ink, I pulled out my prismacolor markers to color with.  Since we were to use beachy colors, I layered the image onto different shades of Stampin Up! blue, banana, sage, and caramel card stocks before stippling caramel ink around the edges of the main image.

Taking the scraps of the card stocks used above, I pulled out my MFT Catch A Wave die-namics and die cut several waves to use as a border, then stippled caramel ink over those as well.

Once I had my main image popped up over the wave border, the final touch was to pull out some silk Michael's seashell bridal confetti and adhere those to the card using pop up glue dots.  The card actually came together really well considering my migraine and the meds I was on at the time I assembled the card.  Of course, it's an 1/8 inch crooked, but that seems to be the running joke around the house between my husband and I.

Thanks for stopping by.  Have a great weekend.

Stamps: Stamps Happen, Stampin Up! Sandy Shells Wheel
Card Stock: White, Stampin Up! Creamy Caramel, Sage Shadow, Barely Banana, Baja Breeze, Bashful Blue
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Stampin Up! Creamy Caramel, Bashful Blue
Accessories: Prismacolor Markers, Pop Dots, Pop Up Glue Dots, MFT Catch A Wave Die-Namic, Metal Clip, Making Memories Sand Dollar Brads, Stipple Brush, Michael's Sea Shell Bridal Confetti