Superstitious

Hello All,

Today I will be playing along with The Card Concept, Double D, Sunday Stamps, and Color Hues card challenges. Here is my card for today, enjoy and have a good laugh.

The clover centered in the gray area was stamped and then masked off. It was then ready for background stamping. The clover and its sentiment are one red rubber stamp that I divided into two separate stamps. This way I didn't have to worry about residual ink getting where it doesn't belong. 😊

I stamped the clover background twice. Once in light gray ink, then masking the light area, I stamped the rest in black ink. I removed both masks and ended up with a nice one layer card.

I wanted to keep the card relatively flat. I knew I wanted to add layers like the gold trim and sentiment. The sentiment was stamped using white pigment ink only on dark brown cardstock.

Challenges Entered:

Color Hues: #59-Green and Gold
Double D Challenges: Everything is Coming Up Green
Sunday Stamps: SSC304 Sketch Time!
The Card Concept: #190- Lucky Charm

   

It is bad luck to be superstitious. I guess... It may depend on your outlook or what you have been brought up to believe, no matter how silly. For instance, I will never walk under a ladder! I know it's silly but well... You never know. Right? 😒

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 are headed your way. I hope you all have a fantastic day.

All the best,

Foiled Again!

Hello All,

For today I will be playing along with Just Us Girls, Double D, and Color Throwdown challenges. 

This card marries the elegant and the whimsical beautifully. The pearly alcohol eggs are the perfect segue between the two.

Above: The background of flowers is a leftover piece from a previous project. It has been laying on my craft table for a few months. I thought this card would be the perfect opportunity to use it. Left/Below: The pearl alcohol inks shine along with the foiled pattern on the eggs. Right/Bottom: This shot shows the eggs not in the light. It shows more of the alcohol coloring on the eggs.

Challenges Entered:

Color Throwdown: ctd688
Double D Challenges: Easter Challenge
Just Us Girls: Trend Week #627: Foil on Alcohol Inked Cards

I was astonished when I foiled on Yupo paper! I thought there was no way it was going to work. The Yupo paper will surely melt or at least warp. But no! It was beautiful, especially with the pearly inks alongside the gold foiling. I now have a new way to use my supplies and it is all thanks to these challenges.

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 are headed your way. I hope you all have a fantastic day and please stay safe and healthy.

All the best,

Winter Wonderland

 Hello All and Happy Winter!!,

Well at least if you are in Northern Hemisphere. For those in the Southern part of our world happy Summer. I happen to live in the Northern Hemisphere which means it is freezing out. I mean it literally for it was a high of 19 degrees Fahrenheit. Brrrr... So this card seems very appropriate for this time of year. I am playing along with Just Us Girls, Sunday Stamps, Double D, and Papercraft Challenges. Here is my card for today, enjoy!!

It is also my daughter's 16th birthday this month! I made this card for her.  

The background is actually a frosty snowflake scene. I thought it was the perfect backdrop for this wintery card. The snowflake cover die comes with two dies- one to cuts the snowflakes and the other die-cut pierces the dots within the snowflakes. Each die can be purchased separately.

All the silvery goodness is patterned silver paper with striations. It adds the right amount of texture. The snowflake is cut from the same paper pad as the frosty light blue snowflake paper. The sentiment came from the same paper pad.

Challenges Entered:
Just Us Girls: #615- Color Week
Sunday Stamps: SSC274- Split in Two
Papercraft Challenges: Challenge #77- Winter Winterland
Double D Challenges: Blue and White Winter

 

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 are headed your way. I hope you all have a fantastic day and please stay safe and healthy.

All the best,

Sunflower Slimline

 Hello All,

For today I will be playing along with Double D Challenges, AAA Birthday Challenge and Freshly Made Sketches. Here is my slimline card for today, enjoy!

This is one of my favorite color combination. Sunny yellows and oranges are so striking against the teal chevron background.
This card makes me smile as I am sure it will do the same to the recipient. 

By crossing colors with each panel it allows for continuity between framed panels. I also did used the same concept when coloring the sunflowers

Patterned paper share the same hue but different tonal quality. This gives a nice and interesting background without too much business.

Challenges Entered:

AAA Birthday: Game #30- Slimline Card

Double D Challenges: Sunflowers

Freshly Made Sketches: FMS#509

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 are headed your way. I hope you all have a fantastic day and please stay safe and healthy.

All the best,

Looking at You

 Hello Everyone,

I hope this post finds everyone healthy and safe. Today I would like to play along with a few challenges- Addicted to CAS, Double D, Inspired By... and Stamping Sensations.  Here is my card for today, enjoy!

One thing owls are very good at is staring and seems pretty spooky at times.

The card started off the same color that's surrounding the owl, a dark gray. I stamped the owl and masked him off and started sponging black all around the mask. Finally, I added some white ink around the masking to provide an aura around the owl.

The eyes is what captivated me the moment I purchased the stamp. I simply added some white Prisma color pencil to its eyes for a glowing effect.

Challenges Entered:
Addicted to CAS: Challenge #208- Spooky
Double D Challenges: Owls and/or Pumpkins

Obviously I choose owls
Inspired By...: IB191- I'd Fall for You

I followed the sketch
Stamping Sensations: October- Animals, Birds, and Bugs

   

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 are headed your way. I hope you all have a fantastic day and please stay safe and healthy.

All the best,

Mosaic Rose

 Hello All,

For today I will be playing along with Double D, Shopping Our Stash, and Addicted to Stamps and More Challenges. There was lots of inspiration! So, here is my card for today, enjoy!

This card has a patterned paper base that was white with embossed areas. I thought it might resist like any heat embossed image you do by hand. And of course, I was correct. Not a huge stretch I know, but I was curious. You can see the reflection from the patterned paper on the card. I love the lacy and mosaic look of the resist.

I dry-fit the rose for the placement of the DI ink. I brushed on Barn Door and Peeled Paint for the rose. I then distressed the background with a bit of Tattered Rose and a smidge of Vintage Photo.

I die-cut the retired SU rose 4x and stacked them on each other for dimension. I added a coral heat-embossed Mother's Day sentiment onto wood patterned paper.

Challenges Entered:
Double D Challenges: Flower of the Month Challenge January Thru June- I chose the Rose.

Shopping Our Stash: #444- I Made This For You, Mom!

Addicted to Stamps and More!: #404- Any Occasion

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,

Yellow Umbrellas

 Hello All,

Today I am playing along with INKspirational and Double D Challenges. Yellow and gray aren't my favs but that is exactly the reason why I wanted to try this challenge. Here is my card for today, enjoy!

This card is designed with a metal stencil from Spellbinders (I think). I can envision a crowded city street while it's raining. Can you imagine... Crowds!!

The stencil was taped down over a sheet of dark gray cardstock. I used tinted embossing paste that was mixed with shades of yellow. I then added a thin sheet of paste to the stencil to give an ombre look. After it was dry I went back and carved the ribs of the umbrella for more texture and consistency.

After carving, I used a gray ink pad and lightly spread the ink over the paste at an angle to create a sense of rain. You can imagine pools of water washing over umbrellas. I colored between the umbrellas with a lighter shade of gray for contrast.

Challenges Entered:

INKspirational: Challenge 237 - Taxi Picture
Double D Challenges: April Showers

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,