Merry Together

Hello PINspirational Friends,

I am so happy to have you here today. We have a new challenge at PINspirational! I wanted to stay with the Summer theme because I am not even close to thinking about Christmas! So I played with color instead. With that said, here is my card for today, enjoy!

Flip-flop image from Pattie's Creations is so playful and fun.
Also, coloring it was a blast!

_______________________

(PIN)inspirational

Challenge #220

Sponsor for this challenge

~Pattie's Creations~

Prize-2 digis

_____________________

I stippled the kraft paper to look like sand.
It took a bit of time but I think it has paid off.

A play on words with our Christmas theme, kind of.

Well, thank you again for taking time out of your busy day to visit my corner of the internet. I do hope you will join us at (PIN)spirational and play along. Until then take care and we will see you soon!

Under the Sea

Hello Again,

Now I am going to throw my hat into the ring at Retro Rubber and Cupcake Inspirations Challenge Blogs. Here is my card for today, enjoy!

Cupcake Inspirations: Under the Sea
Retro Rubber Challenge Blog: Challenge #89- X' and O's
I chose Romantic Occasion, Watercoloring, Easel Card
My stamp is dated 1998 and it's from Peddler's Pack

   

Wine Time

Hello All,

For today I would like to play along with The Paper Players and Simon Monday Challenges. Here is my card for today, enjoy!

This was an easy and fast card to create. It features DP from Recollections Backyard summer series. The wine and its bottle are from a sticker set again from Recollections.  This card is all about relaxing and de-stressing. I gave this card to my coworker who had a less than desirable vacation.

I did add a few embellishments including three glitter enamel dots
and washi tape. I thought the glasses and bottle were floating in space so I added the washi tape to ground them.

I took the sentiment that came with the paper pad and trimmed it down to fit.
Then added a white border to coordinate with outer layers.

 Challenges Entered:
The Paper Players: Sketch Challenge- PP399
Simon Monday Challenge Blog: Food and/or Drink

Well, that should do it for me!! Thank you so much for stopping by and do appreciate you taking time out of your busy day to spend time with me. We will see you soon. Take care and happy stamping.

Warm Fuzzies

Hello All,

For today I am playing along with Creative with Stamps, My Time to Craft and Crafty Gals Corner challenges. I have wanted to use this stamp for a long time. So here we go; my card for today, enjoy!

The background stamp is from Peddler's Pack.
The image was colored using Polychromo colored pencils.
I have learned to love this product because they blend so beautifully. 

I used the spotlight technique for the heart and then traced around the outside of the die and manually cut out the vellum heart. I do have a nesting heart set but the next size up was way too big. The black banner completes the sentiment even though they are from two different sets.

The black border looks so sharp against the colored stuffed animals. It frames the background so nicely. I also like the banner continuing under the heart sentiment. It all came together so nicely. 

Challenges Entered:
Creative with Stamps: CWS- #27
Crafty Gals Corner: Challenge #168- ATG
My Time to Craft: Challenge #373- stamped background

  

Well, that should do it for me!! Thank you so much for stopping by and do appreciate you taking time out of your busy day to spend time with me. We will see you soon. Take care and happy stamping.

Wild for You

Hello All,
I am writing to throw my hat into Cupcake Inspirations. This a technique that is older than dust! I haven't used in awhile and thought here it may be appropriate. Here is my card for today, enjoy!

I can't find a tutorial for this technique but essentially you mask off areas with some Post-It notes and daub around the edges leaving the middle relatively light. I first stamped the zebra print, twice. why? The stamp was square, I had to line it up in the MISTI and flip the paper and stamp it again. I masked the area that was already stamped so it wouldn't have overlapping patterns. 

The white border really lets the letters pop off a pattern card.
The black banner was done for that purpose too, to stand out in the mist of pattern and color. 

I wanted to create a bit more dimension so I stacked the Altenew Bold Alphabet dies 4 or 5 high on 110lb. CS. I think visual and actual dimension is what makes this card so unique.

 Challenges Entered:
Cupcake Inspiration Challenge: CIC448- Color Challenge



Well, that should do it for me!! Thank you so much for stopping by and do appreciate you taking time out of your busy day to spend time with me. We will see you soon. Take care and happy stamping.

The Bird

Ok before I start this post has nothing to do with 'the bird'. It is about a CAS card I did for Cupcake Inspirations and The Paper Players. I just did it because it was funny and attention-grabbing. So did it work?
Anyhow!?

Hello All,
I am writing to throw my hat into The Paper Players and Cupcake Inspirations. Narrowing down a bird image is like narrowing down a flower image. Way too much to choose from the images I have acquired over the years. So I used a die cut and a paisley stamp. Here is my card for today, enjoy!

A simple Tim Holtz bird die cut from dark pink paper.
The branches, also from Tim Holtz, is die cut from dark green DP.

The cupcake challenge used a very pretty color combo like the one you see here. For the background, I lightly sponged over a Stamplorations stencil in the place where the bird should be highlighted. 

The only detail is a stamped paisley to the wings and tail.

Challenges Entered:
The Paper Players: PP398- Birds(CAS)
Cupcake Inspiration Challenge: CIC448- Color Challenge



Well, that should do it for me!! Thank you so much for stopping by and do appreciate you taking time out of your busy day to spend time with me. We will see you soon. Take care and happy stamping.

Thank you... Hooo

Hello Everyone,

Today I am going to be playing along with The Card Concept and CAS(E) this Sketch. So, here we go, enjoy!

Lots of white space surrounding a lot of color. The owls are actually coloring stickers that I found at The Outlet. Thought they would look good on a card (isn't there a blog by that name?). 

Above: These owls are pretty funky so why use normal boring leaves? No way! I used a leaf that would speak for the rad owls. I ended up coloring this little guy but he didn't fit with the cover design. I didn't want to waste him, so I put him on the inside. I thought it was a nice touch. Below: The stickers were already adorned with this gold glitter. Again a nice touch and adds a bit of sparkle too.

Challenges Entered:

CAS(E) this Sketch: CTS #276

The Card Concept: #95- Cherish our Friendship

Well, that should do it for me!! Thank you so much for stopping by and do appreciate you taking time out of your busy day to spend time with me. We will see you soon. Take care and happy stamping.