FMS #691 & JUGS #780

Hello and happy Sunday to you all!

I have one more card that I made last week to share.

Combining the sketch from Freshly Made Sketches #691 and

the mood board from Just Us Girls #780, 

I came up with this:

I love the contrast of the beach scene and those gorgeous orange

flowers! I don't know what type of flowers they are in the

photo, but they reminded me of poppies, so that's 

what I used. I also liked that the photo is darker in the 

lower left and upper right, so after I stenciled

my waves, I blended those corners on the panel to

mimic it.

Another simple sentiment on the inside finishes my card.

I think what took the most time for this card was trying to mix

the different orange inks I have. I have some from various companies

but no full sets, so maybe I should make swatches. It could happen. LOL!

Thanks for stopping by. Have a great rest of your day!

Supplies:

Stamps: Sunny Studio - Poppy Fields & dies, Inside Greetings: Birthday

Ink: Memento - Cantaloupe, Tangelo, London Fog, Northern Pine, Bamboo Leaves, Tuxedo Black; Taylored Expressions - Pumpkin, Cotton Candy; Altenew - Peach Perfect; Versamark

CS: Neenah; Taylored Expressions; Bazzill

Accessories: MISTI; Avery Elle - Double Pierced Rectangle die; Echo Park - Catching Waves stencil; Stampendous - white EP; heat gun

Adhesives: Bearly Art glue; Scrapbook Adhesives - tape runner & foam squares

 

The Color Hues Challenge #112

 Hello and Happy Summer Solstice to you!

Woot Woot! I've made a card every day this week, but I'm

only just now getting around to blogging about them.

This one I made on Wednesday using

colors from The Color Hues Challenge #112,

peach and cobalt:

I've owned this stamp and stencil combo from Taylored

Expressions for a while now, and I honestly can't

remember if I've ever used it before. This

may be the first time. How tragic!

In an effort to make the wings look iridescent, I covered

all of them with glitter glue, 

My eyes are still cross eyed from doing it. LOL!

Another sentiment finishes the inside.

That's all for now. Thanks for visiting. Have

a wonderful weekend!

Supplies:

Stamps: Taylored Expressions - Dragonflies stamp/stencil combo, Sundry Sentiments, The Inside Scoop: Birthday

Ink: Taylored Expressions - Peaches 'n Cream; Memento - Paris Dusk, Tuxedo Black

CS: Neenah; Bazzill

Accessories: MFT - stitched scalloped rectangle die; MISTI; Nuvo white blizzard Glitter Drops

Adhesives: Scrapbook Adhesives - tape runner & foam squares

Atlantic Hearts #634

 Hello and welcome crafty friends!

I've been busy in my craft room making

cards again. It's good to

have Mr. Mojo back in town. 😊

I made this card on Tuesday, but I'm only

getting around to posting about it:

I only just noticed that one of the design team members had the

same idea I did! GMTA! Wouldn't it have been bizarre

if we used the same exact piece of paper?!

Being Pride Month, I wanted to use some fun designer paper

that had rainbow colors in it. On the back side of the paper, I hand

sketched the design but mirrored it, then used scissors to cut

the pieces out. I didn't mind that they were wonky, I'm really

liking that look on this card! A white heat embossed sentiment

and some rhinestones finishes the card front.

Since I'm notorious for sending out birthday cards after

the birthday, I figured I'd own that with this

sentiment on the inside:

This card is based on the current challenge at Atlantic Hearts.

Thank for visiting and happy first day of Summer!

Supplies:

Stamps: Sunny Studio - Inside Greetings: Birthday

Ink: Versamark; Memento - Tuxedo Black

DP: Craft Consortium - Ink Drops: Vivid

CS: Cardstock Warehouse; Neenah

Accessories: MISTI; Stampendous - white EP; heat gun; Nicole - rhinestones

Adhesives: Bearly Art glue; Scrapbook Adhesives - tape runner & foam squares

Seize the Birthday #307 Surprise Party Guest!

 

Hello and welcome crafty peeps! I'm thrilled to be a

Surprise Party Guest for the new challenge at

Seize the Birthday!

For this challenge, the STB design team want to see your take

 on a Fancy Fold card!

Here's what I came up with:

This is deceptively simple to make. I used

this tutorial to make my Z-fold card.

Of course, I couldn't resist a bit of snark on the inside! LOL!

I'd like to thank again the crew at Seize the Birthday

for the honor of guest designing along with them!

I can't wait to see your creations in the gallery!

Thanks for visiting, and I wish you a fabulous day!

Supplies:

Stamps: Honey Bee Stamps - Mini Messages Birthday & Sassy Birthday

Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black

DP: Queen & Co. - Bring on Spring

CS: Taylored Expressions

Accessories: Sunny Studio - Stitched Qvals 1 & Spring Greenery dies; Nicole - rhinestones; MISTI

Adhesives: Scrapbook Adhesives - tape runner & foam squares; Bearly Art glue

SISTERHOOD OF SNARKY STAMPERS #263 P is for Pride (rainbow)

 

Hello and welcome snarky peeps!

It's time for the new challenge at the 

SISTERHOOD OF SNARKY STAMPERS!

In honor of Pride Month, we'd like to see a RAINBOW or

rainbow colors on your projects!

Here's what I made:

Of course, there is snark on the inside:

We hope that you'll join us in our Rainbow challenge this month at the

Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers! If you need more inspiration, do check 

out what my sisters and our reigning Queen, Beverly, have created for 

your viewing pleasure. Thanks for visiting! Have a fantastic day!

Supplies:

Stamps: Lawn Fawn - Really High Five; Honey Bee Stamps - Mini Messages; Sassy Birthday

Ink: Versamark; Memento - Tuxedo Black

DP: Photo Play - Tula's Birthday Party

CS: Neenah; Cardstock Warehouse

Accessories: Lawn Fawn - Butterfly Border dies; Spectrum Noir markers; Stampendous - white EP; heat gun; MISTI

Adhesives: Bearly Art glue; Scrapbook Adhesives - tape runner, foam squares

Boot-iful Birthday Wishes

 Hello friends and welcome.

I've been very absent from my blog,

and I will explain that later in this post.

For now, though, I want to share a card

that I finally found the mojo to create:

This die set is actually a Fall themed set, but I wanted to

stretch it and make a more Spring themed card.

I'm not going to lie; it took me 3 days to finish this.

But I'm pleased with the final look.

A simple sentiment on the inside finishes this card:

I am going to enter this at Seize the Birthday #305 - Flowers

and also AAA Birthday #73 - Anything Birthday Goes.

 So, as I've said, it's been a while since I was last here.

If you follow me on Facebook, you'll know

that our beautiful fur baby, Colby, 

crossed the Rainbow Bridge a couple weeks ago,

after his health took a drastic nosedive in April.

He adopted us when he was 11 months old, and

he had just celebrated his 16th(!) birthday in March.

We miss him so very much, there is a huge hole

in my heart, but we rest easy knowing that he

is no longer in pain and in a much better place.

Thank you for visiting. I hope that you have a good rest of your day.

Supplies:

Stamps: Honey Bee Stamps - Mini Messages: Birthday & dies

Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black

CS: Neenah; Taylored Expressions; Bazzill; Cardstock Warehouse

Accessories: Honey Bee Stamps - Lovely Layers: Mini Fall Florals dies, Swirling Leaves cover plate; LDRS Creative - Arches & Stitched Scalloped Arches dies; MISTI

Adhesives: Bearly Art glue; SA - tape runner, foam squares

SISTERHOOD OF SNARKY STAMPERS #261 M is for Manly

 

Hello and welcome, snarky peeps!

It's time for the new challenge at the

SISTERHOOD OF SNARKY STAMPERS!

This month is all about the (cough *so called* cough)

men in your life. Let's see your manly themed projects!

Here's what I came up with:

This sentiment stamp is one of my all-time favorites

to use, especially on dude cards. LOL!

Of course, there's even more snark on the inside:

I hope that you'll play along this month in our Manly challenge

at the Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers!

Need more inspiration? Simply visit the blogs of my sisters and

our reigning Queen, Jenn, to see what fabulous projects they came up with!

Thanks for stopping by. I hope that you have a great rest of your day!

I'd like to enter this at Addicted to Stamps and More #489

Supplies:

Stamps: Technique Tuesday - All Aboard; Unity Stamps - Feb. 2012 KOTM; Taylored Expressions - The Inside Scoop - Snarky Birthday

Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black; Distress Inks - Vintage Photo

DP: Recollections - Regent Street

CS: Thunderbolt; Bazzill; TE

Accessories: sketch from Kendra's Card Challenge #17; Sunny Studio - Stitched Circle die; MISTI

Adhesives: SA - tape runner, foam squares

A Color Hues Crane

 Hello friends and welcome!

It's been almost a month since I've posted anything here.

The cobwebs are getting out of hand. LOL!

I am making lots of cards, just haven't been blogging about them.

I've been busy with life in general and also with a new venture

I'm trying out: selling my cards at my friend Joy's

new art studio! I'm very excited and nervous

to do this, but really, I'm more excited for her!

So let's get to why I'm blogging.

I wanted to play along with a couple challenges,

and this is the result of the pairing:

I just opened up the packaging on this gorgeous crane die,

that I bought at least a couple months ago. (I AM trying

to actually use all the products I buy!)

I die cut the crane from white cardstock, then used

orange and teal inks to blend the different pieces. It's

legs were blended using kraft ink.

The teal panel was splattered with some white paint

before I assembled the card.

My color palette is based on the current Color Hues challenge,

and the current sketch at Freshly Made Sketches.

As I mentioned, my cards will have a little home at

my friend Joy's art studio. Her grand opening is on April 12th!

Please stop by if you happen to be in the area.

Help support a new small business and support ART!

Thank you for visiting. I hope you have a great rest of your day!

Supplies:

Stampes: Honey Bee Stamps - Inside Birthday & dies

Ink: Memento - Tangelo, Teal Zeal, Tuxedo Black; Gina K. - Kraft

CS: Neenah; Taylored Expressions; Recollections

Accessories: Birch Press Design - Block Print Crane dies; Lawn Fawn - Scalloped rectangle die; DecoArt Americana - white paint; MISTI; BT5 Spectrum Noir marker (for eye)

Adhesives: Bearly Art glue; Scrapbook Adhesives - tape runner & foam squares

Happy Birthday, genius!

 Hello friends and welcome!

I always seem to be behind in making birthday

cards, especially dude cards. But I

did come up with this little gem:

I had this sentiment stamp set out on my desk when it

occurred to me that I had the Einstein stamp somewhere in

my collection. A snarky card was created LOL!

I thought the tweed paper was a nice touch. 😉

I already have a brother-in-law in mind for this.

Luckily, we all share a snarky sense of humor!

AAA Birthday #71 calls for a masculine card for their

current challenge, so I am entering this over there.

That's it for now. I hope that you enjoy the rest of your day and the weekend.

Thanks for visiting!

Supplies:

Stamps: Viva Las Vegas Stamps - Einstein's tongue; Taylored Expressions - The Inside Scoop: Snarky Birthday

Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black

DP: Pebbles/Jen Hadfield - Warm & Cozy

CS: Taylored Expressions; Thunderbolt; Spectrum Noir

Accessories: Spectrum Noir markers; MISTI

Adhesives: SA - tape runner, foam squares