Mandala birthday card

 Hello and good Wednesday to you!

Here's a card that took me forever to put together,

but (IMHO), it came out amazing. 😊

I hunted in my stash of stamps, and unearthed an ancient

stamp set that I only used one of the eight single rosetta images.

As I was trying to figure out what to do with the larger panel,

I remembered I had a mandala builder stamp set, so I got out

my Gina K. Wreath builder and went to work. I used red and pink inks

as well as coordinating cardstock. I white heat embossed the 

sentiment on black cardstock, then after everything was

put together, added glitter drops to the centers of the 

rosettas and mandala.

A simple sentiment finishes the inside:

My card is based on the sketch at Atlantic Hearts challenge #668,

and the colors at Color Hues #126.

Thanks for visiting. Have a wonderful rest of your day!

Supplies:

Stamps: PSA Essentials - Rosettas; Honey Bee Stamps - Mini Messages: Birthday & dies; Gina K. - Rina Krupsky Mandala Maker.

Ink: Taylored Expressions - Lollipop, Cherry Pop; Versamark; Memento - Tuxedo Black

CS: Taylored Expressions; Neenah

Accessories: Gina K. - Mini Wreath Builder template; MISTI; Stampendous - white EP; heat gun; Nuvo - white blizzard Glitter Drops

Adhesives: Scrapbook Adhesives - tape runner & foam squares

Happiest of Birthday Wishes

 Hello crafty friends and welcome!

It's been slow going trying to chip away at

the two inches of solid ice covering our driveway,

but we've been making great headway every day.

I actually got out and did some much needed

grocery shopping today. Good thing too,

as there's another storm that's going to

hit us on Saturday.

Luckily, my mojo has been present this week,

so, I've been making cards.

Here's just one of them:

I unearthed an older die set for the fancy rectangle elements.

I even embossed the smallest die in the set instead 

of die cutting a frame, because they are so ornate and

look so pretty together.

The sentiment and flowers are NBUS that I finally

cracked the packaging on.

Here's the inside:

The sketch I've used is curtesy of Atlantic Hearts Challenge #666, 

and the color theme is from Color Hues Challenge #125.

Addicted to Stamps & More #509 has an any occasion

challenge, so I'll link up there also.

Thank you for visiting. I hope that you are all

surviving this stretch of bitter cold weather

we've had lately. Take care!

Supplies:

Stamps: Honey Bee Stamps - Big Bold Birthday & dies, Birthday Wishes

Ink: Taylored Expressions - Blueberry

CS: Neenah; Taylored Expressions

Accessories: Spellbinders - Resplendent Rectangle dies; Honey Bee Stamps - Tropical Bouquet dies  (flowers); MISTI; Nuvo white blizzard Glitter Drops

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

Joy to you and yours

 Hello crafty friends and welcome!

I wanted to pop in and share a card I made

incorporating a couple challenges:

I used my Spectrum Noir markers to color these gorgeous

Christmas Baubles then added a bunch of sparkle to them with

Nuvo Glitter Drops. I used the Wonky Stitched Grid Texture Plate

on the back panel before adhering everything to the card base.

For my card, I used the current challenges at Freshly Made Sketches #716

and also Color Hues #123.

You may have heard that after over 3-1/2 years, Shery Russ is

re-opening her online store, STAMPlorations! She's having a big

sale to make room for all the new goodies she'll have in the store:

I'm so thrilled for her and can hardly wait to see the

new products she has coming to the store!

Thanks for visiting, and I hope that you have a great day!

Supplies:

Stamps: STAMPlorations - Christmas Baubles

Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black; Taylored Expressions - Bubblegum

CS: Spectrum Noir; Neenah; Taylored Expressions

Accessories: STAMPlorations - Wonky Stitched Grid Texture Plate; Spellbinders - Std Lg Circle & Scalloped Circle dies; MISTI; Nuvo White Blizzard Glitter Drops; green marker (for string)

Adhesives: Scrapbook Adhesives - tape runner & foam squares

Put on your party hats!

 Hello and welcome!

Do you, like me, have an ever-growing stash

of crafty supplies? I am really trying to

use them. This card uses

stamps, dies, and an embossing folder

fresh out of their packaging:

This party hat die cuts all the swirly pieces at once,

so I cut it from two shades of pink cardstock. It

comes with a solid hat die to glue all the smaller bits

onto. (Genius!), and also two different 'poof' toppings,

the bottom band, not to mention two more hat designs.

Such a versatile set!

It's hard to make out, but the white cardstock I used has

some built in glitter on it for some added sparkle.

Lots of brand new products used for the first time here, so

I'm adding this to the August NBUS Challenge #77.

My colors are based on the current Color Hues Challenge #115.

Thanks for stopping by. I hope that you have a great

rest of your day!

Supplies:

Stamps: Taylored Expressions - Big Birthday Hugs

Ink: Memento - Gray Flannel

CS: Neenah; Taylored Expressions; American Crafts

Accessories: Taylored Expressions - Hooray Hats dies and Garden Trellis EF; MISTI

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

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

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

Send Wine

 Hello and welcome!

Here's a card that I had a lot of fun making:

A few months ago I received this 'send wine' die from my

snarky sister, Barbara, and put it in a safe place until I was

ready to play with it. Such a safe place that I only rediscovered it

yesterday. Anyone else have that problem?

Anyway, as soon as I found it, I wanted to use it,

and so this card was created.

I used the pink/red theme at Color Hues #103 and what do you know?

They are doing a collaboration with Inkspirational Challenge #334

so I'll add my entry there as well.

Thanks for visiting. Have a wonderful rest of your day!

Supplies:

DP: PhotoScraps - Wine Lover's Collection

CS: Taylored Expressions; Cardstock Warehouse; Neenah

Accessories: Send Wine die gifted by Barbara Godden; Fiskars - corner rounder

Adhesives: Bearly Art glue; SA - tape runner

I hope your day rocks

Hello and welcome crafty friends! It's been a while since I've blogged about anything. The Christmas rush to get my cards made and sent out was even more hectic because I flew home for 10 days this month. On top of that, I decided to paint a bunch of mandala dotted ornaments to give away as gifts. (That will be an upcoming blog post) I hope that your holidays were as fun filled as mine was! It's been almost 10 years since I was back home for Christmas and it was so fun to see my family, including my newest grandnephew, Henry, who decided to make his debut a couple weeks early!

Well, onto why I'm here. After cleaning up the craftnado that went through my craft room before the holidays, I created this card with a new-to-me die set mixed with older stamps:

Not sure if the millennials out there will understand what this is, but I know my fellow Gen Xers will!

Here's the inside:

I chose to use blue and purple so that I could enter this at the current Color Hues challenge. Since

that cassette tape die has 6 different dies layered together, I'm also entering this at AAA Birthday #68,

and for the birthday challenge at Addicted to Stamps and More.

Thanks for stopping by to check out my latest post. I hope that you have a wonderful rest of your day!

Supplies:

Stamps: Paper Smooches - Be Boppin and Birthday Sampler

Ink: Memento - Gray Flannel, Grape Jelly

CS: Neenah; Taylored Expressions; Bazzill

Accessories: MFT - Cassette Tape die; MISTI

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

 

Quilled flower birthday card

 Hello and welcome!

I'm popping in at the last minute

with a card I just made:

This came together rather quickly, which is rare for me,

as I usually take hours if not days to make a card.

The background is stenciled using an olive and a

mustard-y looking butterscotch ink

I went through my ever-growing UFO pile,

(Un-Finished Objects) and came upon

these quilled pieces I made years ago and never used.

They were all white, but I used the same inks to

color them.

All I added was a few rhinestones to finish the front.

Another sentiment was added to the inside:

The latest Color Hues challenge calls for, you guessed it,

olive and mustard, two great fall colors, so I'll be

entering this card there.

Thanks for visiting. Have a great rest of your day!

Supplies:

Stamps: Hero Arts - Let's Celebrate

Ink: Simon Says Stamp - Olive; Ranger Adirondack Earthtones - Butterscotch; Memento - Tuxedo Black

CS: Neenah; Thunderbolt; Bazzill

Accessories: STAMPlorations - Leaf Prints stencil; Avery Elle - Double pierced rectangle die; mystery rhinestones from my stash; MISTI

Adhesives: SA - tape runner; Bearly Art glue