Ornament Card

Hello All,

For today I am playing along with Crafty Gals Corner, DRS Designs, and Simon Says Stamp Challenges. This 'card' is an ornament mixed in with the card.. Here it is, enjoy!!

I actually had another idea for the ornament but then this came to mind
and it worked out perfectly. The monochromatic style reminds me of a
Winter Wonderland.

The ornament's hanging from the ribbon and becomes part of the design of the card.
All she has to do is untie the bow and the ornament becomes free. 

The ornament was sits center stage in the window.
Ornament was done die-cutting a snowflake in white then laid on contact paper
Die cut the contact paper and added a vellum snowflake in the center. Sprinkled the remainder of the contact paper with contact paper. Finally adding it to CS cut in the same shape.

The sparkle and shine is its dominant feature.
This was done by stamping the lace with pearl sky blue ink and lined with satin ribbon.
In the backdrop is metallic paper by KaiserCraft. Snowflake is glitter paper and a gem in the middle of the flake. 

 The monogrammed 'S' is from the Micheals dollar bin (oh blast those dollar bins). It is just a sticker and it looks like a million bucks.

Entering Challenges:
Crafty Gals Corner: Challenge #50- Anything Goes
DRS Designs: Challenge #205- Inspired by Color 
Simon Says Stamp: Monday Challenge- Winter Wonderland
Simon Says Stamp: Wednesday Challenge: Die Crazy

  
 
This is a gift for my neighbor. She is the watchdog for this neighborhood, nothing gets past her and thank goodness. I think she will like this card and I must say she deserved every last bit of time I spent making it..

Thank you so much for stopping by today. I know everyone is busy this time of year and I am so grateful for your time. See you soon..

All the Best,
Shawna

Color Tree

Good Morning All!

I usually write my posts ridiculously late at night. So I thought I would try to post in the morning with wide eyes (well wide'ish) and a cup of tea.  

For today I have a card that was inspired by DRS Designs color challenge and Just Us Girls photo challenge. The other day I saw a Christmas countdown ticker and it showed something like 123 days til December 25.  There is still plenty of time and good times to be had but I know it will go by in a blink of an eye. Well here is my take on the challenges.

The circles from the correspond with the patterned paper
in the background.

Very pretty color combination.

Detail showing the watercolor detail of the tree.

This tree is directed more towards Christmas but it can be used for any season. Color the berries green for spring buds, use fall colors for the circles. I think you will see this tree again in this spring or maybe earlier. 

Entering the following Challenges:

DRS Designs- #188 Inspired by Color Challenge

Just Us Girls- #307 Photo Week

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday: Anything Goes

       

How to:

1. Stamped tree image on heavyweight watercolor paper,
2. Colored image using Distress Markers to match both challenge themes.
3. Trimmed image and rounded corners. 
4. Lightly distressed the edges. Set aside.
5. Cut and scored vanilla CS to an A2 size card.
6. Stamped sentiment on watercolor paper the same size as the card base then added it to the card base and lightly distressed the edges.
7. Adhered SU PP to the base then added another strip of SU PP. 
8. Added tree image to the base.

That is all for me! Thank you so much for stopping by and sharing part of your day with me.. I look forward to your comments good, great or otherwise.. Take care all and have a great day. 

All the best,

Shawna 

Extended Scene Part II

Hello everyone,

Today I am playing along with DRS Designs. I just recently received some of their stamps and am really enjoying them! Their theme is 'Make a Scene' so I decided to take my DRS stamps and get to work..well sort of, I will explain below. Here is my card I hope you like it..

Extended the mosaic feel outside of the colored area.

Sentiment and dragonfly came from another project
and it wasn't usable until now.

Detailed image of the mosaic flowers
My eyes started cross while trying to decipher which was what
but in the end it all worked out beautifully.

Sentiment gives the card a bit of sparkle.

The layout of this card is reminiscent to another one did for House of Cards. If you'd like click here to see the post.

I actually created this flower scene when I first received the stamp but wasn't sure how I was going to use it, until now. Yeah! The dragonfly might look familiar too, it is from a previous post. I added wrong embossing powder and had to redo the sentiment but kept this one for another time. The ribbon was actually bright pink and looked terrible against the coral flowers. So I colored the ribbon with the lightest yellow alcohol marker I had. The color afterward looked much better!

Entering: Game #185
Cause a Scene

How to:

1. Cut and scored my kraft CS to an A2 sized card.
2. Stenciled the kraft paper using VersaMark Ink as a watermark
3. Stamped the flower image on kraft paper in black. Set aside.

Mosaic flower image was completed several weeks ago:

1. Stamped the mosiac image from DRS Designs and then stamped the flowered image. 
2. Colored the flowers using different shades of the same color. Repeated with the green background.
3. Cropped image.
4. Let the design sit. Staring back at me begging me to use it!! LOL...

Now back to the present:

1. Adhered the flower mosaic image to the card base using dimensional adhesive. 
2. Cut a piece of ribbon and colored it using a very light yellow alcohol marker to achieve the correct color.
3. Wrapped the card and tied the bow.
4. Added the sentiment with dragonfly.

Okay for real this time it is time for me to go and get my day going.. Thank you for stopping by and please leave a comment if you'd like. Hearing what you have to say is such a joy.. Take care all and see you soon.

All the Best,

Shawna

Cards & Cotton Balls. What!!

I thought the same thing when I was wandering around on Deb Valder's blog at www.Stampladee.com when I came upon an interesting card. So off I was to Deb's YouTube channel. This is the video I saw that inspired my card.

She uses a manual embosser and cotton balls.  I saw Deb's card and was intrigued at how 3D it looked. So, I had to try this for myself and with the prompt of DRS Designs Color challenge I was on my way!

Entering Challenge:
Inspired by Color #175

When I saw these colors I just fell in love.. What amazing inspiration... Well I hope you like my take on the challenge.. Here is my card.

Card Size: 4" x 6". Using all the colors from the photo
I think this card turned out wonderfully.

The butterfly is actually made using a punch and lace that was given to me by
a friend. The patterned vellum had the perfect sentiment!

It really looks three dimensional and what a 'feely' card
Worked out just like Deb said.

Again showing the embossing using 110 lb. paper,
craft mat, and hand embosser.

I am not going to go through a step-by-step on how I made the card but if you didn't want to see the video here is how I made the embossed image.

1. Stamped the flowers on 110lb. paper and then colored them using my alcohol markers. 
2. The markers did bleed through the paper which was a good guide to start tracing my flowers with my embosser.
3. Again using my embosser and craft mat I embossed and filled in the flowers and stems.
4. Flipped the card over and traced some of the petals for more dimension.
5. Glued in some cotton (not much) inside the embossed areas to really make the flowers pop. Let dry.
6. Adhered it to the polka dotted card stock.

Well that is it for me.. I hope you enjoyed your stay! Thank you so much for stopping by and please feel free to leave a comment good, great, or otherwise. Take care.

All the Best,

Shawna