Spring is Springing

 Hello Crafty Friends,

Today I am playing along with The Paper Players, Daisy Chain, The Flower Challenge, and Challenge Up Your Life. Here is my card for today, enjoy!

The Peddlers Pack stamps never disappoint. Their stamps are of excellent quality and the large images cover a card nicely. They also have a nice shadowing effect using stippling as part of the design.  

I simply colored the crocuses and lilacs in shades of purple using alcohol markers as a base. I then added watercoloring and some colored pencils for detail.

The sentiment is so fitting for this card. I wanted a border but didn't want to obstruct the colored image so bordering it with vellum seemed to have made sense.

Challenges Entered:
The Paper Players: Theme Challenge- PP531

Daisy Chain Challenges: Challenge #50- Flowers

The Flower Challenge: #54 Colour 'Shades of Purple'

Challenge Up Your Life: #133- Flowers

Michigan has had a stretch of nice weather lately. My husband and I decided to take advantage of the warm weather and take a walk during lunchtime. While walking in the woods I came upon a pile of brown leaves surrounded by snow. That is when I noticed it... a bunch of Crocuses. Oh my, I couldn't have been happier. Things are getting better and I am hoping this is a sign of a new fresh start.

Thank you so much for stopping by and I do appreciate you taking time out of your busy day to spend time with me. Lots of good crafting vibes headed your way. I hope you all have a fantastic day and please stay safe and healthy.

All the best,

Pearl Flower

 Hello All, 

For today I will be playing along with Freshly Made Sketches, Challenge Up Your Life, and Let's Squash It! Challenges. Here is my card for today, enjoy!

All the red on this card is intoxicating.
The white border and sentiment strip seem to offer a nice break from the red. The leaves too seem to keep the eye in-place.

The background and strip are from the same sheet of paper split into two sections. I inked an embossing folder using Ruburab Stalk ink on both sheets. The strip was inked once again for a darker tone. Lastly, after it was dry I spread white pearl ink over the embossed hearts. I think the texture really stands out. That is until you put this card in the light!

This glowing effect was down using Perfect Pearls and an Altenew layered flower set. I stamped the solid image of the flower stamp set and added Perfect Pearls. I then took the next stamp in the set and added VersaMark ink which lifts the Perfect Peals off the first layer. A darker blush tone was stamped for the next layer.

Challenges Entered:

Freshly Made Sketches: FMS473

Challenge Up Your Life: #132- Hearts

Let's Squash It!: #5- Love and Red

Thank you so much for stopping by and I do appreciate you taking time out of your busy day to spend time with me. Lots of good crafting vibes headed your way. I hope you all have a fantastic day and please stay safe and healthy.

All the best,

Love Bug

Hello Everyone,

For today I will be playing along with The Card Concept, INKspirational, Challenge Up Your Life, and Shopping Our Stash. Here is my card for today, enjoy!

This mini-slimline shaker card is full of fun shaky heart elements. A lot of them came from the hearts that were cut out to make these heart windows, some are heart sequins, and some are from another card that used this same diecut.

Above: Masking the bug and heart allowed me to apply the color to the same layer alleviating the use for another layer of CS. The ladybug is colored using Copic markers. Fortunately, it did not bleed through the 110lb. CS. Left/Below: The entire upper layer was lightly inked using Picked Raspberry DI then masked the 'love' using a heart diecut then finished up inking using Crackling Campfire DI. Right/Bottom: The shaker is built up by using this same diecut cut 4x. I cut the center out of each layer and placed it on top of one another. This made for a substantially thick card. It did however make for the perfect spot for grass. An unexpected dimensional effect.

Challenges Entered:

The Card Concept: Challenge #148- Sweetheart Sweets

Challenge Up Your Life: Challenge #132- Hearts

Shopping Our Stash: SOS 438: Love is in the air!

INKspirational: Challenge #232- Hearts

 

  

Thank you so much for stopping by and I do appreciate you taking time out of your busy day to spend time with me. Lots of good crafting vibes headed your way. I hope you all have a fantastic day and please stay safe and healthy. 

All the best,

Winter Birthday

 Hello All,

For today I will be playing along with CAS(E) this Sketch, Challenge Up your Life, Addicted to CAS, and The Paper Players. Here is my card for today, enjoy!

One layer winter birthday card is for my daughter's fifteenth birthday! Wow, did time fly! She is one that caps off all of the birthdays in my husband's family. I am not kidding! My husbands father, mother, sister, my husband and my son all have birthdays around December! My daughter is the last of the bunch. The next birthday is mine, in August.

The snow 'wind' was done by mounting the stamp in the MISTI then stamped the first image. Lastly, I  flipped the cardstock and stamped it again. I think it gives a nice balance.

Stamped the snowflakes on white cardstock then heat embossed in white.
Sponged Iced Spruce, Salty Ocean, and Faded Jeans Oxide Inks over the base allowing the snowflakes to resist the ink.

Challenges Entered:

CAS(E) this Sketch: CTS #404
Challenge Up your Life: Challenge #131- Snowflakes

The Paper Players: CAS- Challenge PP524

Addicted to CAS: Challenge #189- Snow

  

Thank you so much for stopping by and I do appreciate you taking time out of your busy day to spend time with me. Lots of good crafting vibes headed your way. I hope you all have a fantastic day and please stay safe and healthy. 

Forever in Time

Hello Everyone,

Today I am going be playing along with The Paper Players and CASology, Challenge up Your Life, and Crafty Gals Corner. So, here is my card for today, enjoy!

The white card base against the white die cut makes for an
 elegant backdrop for the clock and sentiment

Lots of patterns yet still a simple design

Challenges Entered:

The Paper Players: Sketch Challenge- PP246

CASology: Week 329- Turn

Crafty Gals Corner: Challenge #184- CAS 

Challenge up Your Life: Challenge #105- Love is in the Air

  

I will type more in a moment I have to get my kiddo to piano lessons.

Thank you so much for stopping by and do appreciate you taking time out of your busy day to spend time with me. I hope you all have a fantastic day and lots of good crafting vibes headed your way.

Circular Autumn

Hello All, 

Today I would like to enter the challenges CAS(E) this Sketch and Challenge Up Your Life. I happen to love circles and the sketch provided was perfect for this Autumn scene. Here is my card for today, enjoy!

The traditional elements get a modern twist with the
representation of a tree and grass made from dots and circles.
I really enjoy its graphic interest and retro feel. 

The dot/circles stamped on the ground were from bits and pieces
within larger sets already in my stash.  

I added a few dots on the tree stamp to coordinate with the ground below.
Small details do mean a lot. The stitched curve for the ground gives it a bit more dimension. 

Challenges Entered:
CAS(E) this Sketch: CTS #233
Challenge Up Your Life: Challenge #72- Circles

 

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.

All the best, 
Shawna