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,

Field of Dreams

 Hello All,

For today I am playing along with Stamping Sensations, ModSquad Challenge, Shopping Our Stash, and Sunday Stamps. It is fall and with it comes pumpkin and apple picking, cider, and warm donuts. Here is my card for today, enjoy! 

This stamp set from the Hero Arts My Monthly Kit for September. It is a layering stamp set that, for me, takes a little getting used to perfect. I call this post Field of Dreams because the corn in the background reminds me of the movie. Or may Children of the Corn! I guess it depends on what mood you are in that day. 😂

The pumpkin patch really provides a sense of depth. The card is relatively symmetrical due to the tall clouds adorning the center. It seemed fitting to put the sentiment in the middle under the cloud to complete Its symmetrical appearance. 

I must say the sky is the star of the show. The photo from SS inspired me to do an orange sky with some lighter elements. Here in the U.S. the midwest and west are known for its big sky. I wanted to delineate the big sky effect on this card.

Challenges Entered:

Sunday Stamps: SSC241 Earthy Tones

Stamping Sensations: October-Autumn Glory

Shopping Our Stash: #431 - Happy Fall Y'all!

ModSquad Challenge: Hey Pumpkin!

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. 

Blue Ridge Mountains

 Hello Everyone!

Today I will be playing along with The Male Room, Stamping Sensations, and a new challenge, Color Hues. These challenges combine two of my favorite things- Color and Outdoors! Here is my card for today, enjoy!

My sister-in-law was traveling back from her daughter's soccer tournament when she just happened upon this view! Incredible! I used it as inspiration for this card. Who wouldn't?

What I really liked about the picture was its panoramic nature. I used roughly one-third of the panel to give it the panoramic look. The sentiment is meaningful because my husband always says something to this extent when we hike. Good mantra! 

The colors of that shot really inspired me to create this card. The mountains were done by masking, sponging, and colored pencil for smoothness. I wanted to give it some extra sense of dimension so I scored the outline of the mountains with an Exact-O blade. I also stamped the clouds using both an Altenew and Hero Arts cloud stamps.

Challenges Entered:

Color Hues: TCH#2- Navy/Turquoise

The Male Room: TMR142- Travel

Stamping Sensations: September Challenge- The Great Outdoors

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. 

Lovely Lilacs

Hello Everyone,

For today I will be playing along with Addicted to CAS, AAA Cards, and Stamping Sensations card challenges. Here is my card for today, enjoy!!

I found a technique on Pinterest, of course, on how to make lilacs using q-tips. I know it is an old method but I have never heard of it and was intrigued. I stamped some leaves from a retired SU set and got to work using q-tips to create some lilacs. It is probably self-explanatory but all I did was dip a q-tip in paint and dabbed it on the cardstock. Easy peasy! 

I used exactly one-third of the card base. I was unsure by just eyeballing it so I took to a ruler and measured it out. 

Challenges Entered:

AAA Cards: CAS Game #165- Up to One Third

Addicted to CAS: Challenge #184- Flower

Stamping Sensations: Flowers to brighten your day

  

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,

Floral Piecing

Hello All, 

For today I will be playing along with Inkspirational, The Flower Challenge, and Stamping Sensations. Here is my card for today, enjoy!

I stamped the stained glass image five times on different patterned paper.
Then stamped on the adhesive side of my sticker paper.
I am now set up for paper piecing.

Above: The stamped 'stained glass' image is the focal point of the card. I wanted to use limited embellishments and small sentiment to enhances the image. The white on white embossing is also a nice feature, not distracting, but adding to the design. Left/Below: A detailed view of the focal image. I wanted color continuity without too much thought, so I pulled out a paper pack. The colors in the pack all coordinate which made color matching a snap. Right/Below: I wanted to think about the aperture a bit differently than just adding a hole in the card. So, I added a big hole in the card 😉 and decided to fill it in with a border and the focal image. The aperture seems to allow the black border and focal image to 'float' in the window and let light onto the card. I think it turned out beautifully.

Challenges Entered:

Inkspirational: Challenge 154- Aperture Card

The Flower Challenge: #17- Paper Piecing

Stamping Sensations: February Challenge- Anything with Flowers

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.

Winter Snowflakes

Hello Everyone,

Creative with Stamps have graciously invited me to their guest designer from mid-October to mid-January. So, for now, I say goodbye and thank you to my lovely hosts. That said, this is my last inspiration post for Creative with Stamps. Here is my card for today, enjoy!

Snowflakes is the name of the game at Creative with Stamps.
The frosty ombre blue is so pretty in contrast with the black background snowflakes.

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Creative with Stamps

Challenge #22

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The snowflake border on top of the card is from SU; isn't it beautiful?
 The other die-cut snowflakes were also done using the ombre effect. I wanted contrast. I used the light area of the snowflake in the dark sky and vice versa.

The banner comes from the same die set as the snowflake border die.
I used a small portion of the die to create the stitched scallop banner.
The stamp is a find from Salvation Army for sixty-nine cents!
The sentiment is so well done and so true to its word.

 Entering Challenges:
Cupcake Inspirations: Challenge #437 
Make My Monday: Challenge #62- Blue and White
Stamping Sensations: January Challenge- Cold and    Frosty Colours
Cardz 4 Guys- Challenge #186- January Blues
 
 

I also want to thank you for taking time out of your busy life to visit me. I am always touched by your visits. I will be back with more from TheGrandStampede. So until next take care and happy stamping.

Kinetic Leaf

Hello Y'all!!

Another week another challenge at PINspirational! The pin will tell all but first I would like to share my card with you, enjoy!

The little fox seemed confused what is happening.
Lemon Shortbread kindly provided this image and I think it is adorable.

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Challenge #201

The sponsors are:

~Cute As A Button~

Prize-2 digis

and

~Lemon Shortbread~

Prize-3 digis

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Like the title of this post, this card's leaf moves down a track; looking like it is falling. I have shown a trio of shots to illustrate the effect. 

Above: I decided to focus on the leaves in the inspiration photo.
The patterned paper has a lot of movement and hides the leaf track so nicely. Below/Left: The large leaf was die cut using a retired SU die. Masking the sentiment then stamped and sponged on some color using Potters Clay: Memento Ink with some black on the edges. Bottom/Right: A close-up shot of the track allowing the leaf to 'fall'. I think it is camouflaged very nicely.  

Challenges Entered:
Stamping Sensations: Autumn Glory
Make My Monday: Animal Antics- #56

 
Well, that should do it for me. I hope you have a great day and thank you so much for stopping by my little byte of the internet. I do hope you will join us at PINspirational. It should be fun! Until then take care and happy crafting.

All the best,
Shawna