Seize the Birthday Surprise Party Guest!

 Hello crafty friends and welcome!

I'm very excited to be a surprise party guest at

Seize the Birthday!

The current challenge prompt is no stamping.

Check out what the design team have made and

join in the fun!

Here's my take on the challenge:

This card came together pretty quickly. Mostly because I had 

the ink blended panel already made, just not used yet.

I added some interest using a die that cuts the diagonal frame.

A die cut sentiment was all it needed to finish.

If you don't feel like using the challenge prompt, as always,

anything goes is welcome too!

Thanks again to the Seize the Birthday crew for the

chance to create along with you!

Thanks for visiting. Have a wonderful day!

Supplies:

CS: Neenah; Taylored Expressions

Ink: Taylored Expressions - Cookie Monster, Tropical Punch, Brussel Sprout, Mango Sweet Potato Pie; Memento - Rich Cocoa

Accessories: Taylored Expressions - Bird Party CIQ layering stencils, Diagonal Stitch rectangle frame die; STAMPlorations - Everyday Sentiments die

Adhesives: SA - tape runner, foam squares

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

Seize the Birthday Surprise Party Guest!

Hello and welcome friends!

I'm beyond excited to be guest designing with the

ladies at Seize the Birthday!

For the current challenge, the topping is to add a star on

your birthday themed cards. But if the topping isn't your

thing, anything goes is good too, as long as it's a birthday card.

Here's what I came up with:

A star shaped shaker balloon? Yes please!

The shaker was made by die cutting the frame 8 times, and the solid

shape once from the blue card stock and again from acetate.

Seven of the frames were stacked and glued onto the solid blue piece.

I added the confetti then glued the acetate piece onto the stack,

then the last frame. I found some fun balloon paper for the

background panel to use also!

Here's the finished inside:

Thank you, ladies, for the honor of guesting with you!

Thank you for visiting, and I hope to see you joining in

the 'Add a Star challenge' at Seize the Birthday!

Supplies:

Stamps: Lawn Fawn - Wavy Sayings; Sunny Studio - Inside Greetings: Birthday

Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black

DP: Doodlebug Design - Hey Cupcake

CS: Neenah; Taylored Expressions

Accessories: STAMPlorations - Star shaker balloon die; Lawn Fawn - Wavy Banner die; Avery Elle - double pierced rectangle dies; Taylored Expressions - confetti; Grafix - acetate; MISTI

Adhesives: SA - tape runner, thin 3D foam squares; Bearly Art glue

Tropical Happy Birthday

 Hello friends and happy Friday!

I'm just popping in to share

a card that I just made:

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I must say that I was influenced by Nancy's card. I loved

that white die cut panel on the white card base, and her

gorgeous hibiscus flowers. I die cut the white panel

from the Bloomtangled #1 cover plate. Since the edges were

'open', I added two thin strips of green card stock on each side.

I used some stamp layering flower and leaf images for

my focal point. I then fussy cut them all out,

and added some rhinestones.

(Note to self: buy the dies for this set. That palm frond! Ugh!)

I finished the inside with another stamped sentiment:

This was a fun sketch, so I hope there will

be more of them on future challenges.

Thank you for visiting. Have a great weekend!

I'd like to enter this at The Flower Challenge #92

Supplies:

Stamps: Sunny Studio - Radiant Plumeria, Inside Greetings: Birthday

Ink: Memento - Lilac Posies, Lu Lu Lavender, Dandelion, New Sprout, Pear Tart, Cottage Ivy, Northern Pine, Simon Says Stamp - Lemon Chiffon; Hero Arts - Butter Bar, Orange Soda; Altemew - Puffy Heart, Rose Quartz; Taylored Expressions - Lime Zest, Jalapeno

CS: Neenah; Taylored Expressions

Accessories: STAMPlorations - Bloomtangled #1 cover plate; MISTI; Recollections - rhinestones

Adhesives: Bearly Art glue; SA - tape runner, 3D & thin 3D foam squares 

SISTERHOOD OF SNARKY STAMPERS #248 - S is for Snarky

 

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Hey there snarky peeps!

The latest challenge at the SISTERHOOD OF SNARKY STAMPERS

starts today, and the theme is one near and dear to our hearts: SNARK!

Let your freak flag fly and show us your sarcastic creations!

Here's what I created:

My design is based off of The Paper Players sketch #678.

(And because I didn't pay attention, the challenge ended yesterday. DOH!)

I stamped and colored the coffee lady with Prismacolor pencils, then

stamped the sentiment from my very own stamp set: Hot Mess

from STAMPlorations.

I hope that you'll find some time this month to play along in our

snarky challenge at the Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers!

For more amazing snarkiness, please do yourself a favor and

visit the blogs of my Sisters and our reigning Queen, Karen, and leave

some bloggy love!

Thanks for visiting. I hope you have a fabulous day!

Supplies:

Stamps: STAMPlorations/Chris Dring Designs - Hot Mess; Riley & Co. - Coffee Lady

Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black

DP: My Mind's Eye - Follow Your Heart

CS: Neenah; Thunderbolt

Accessories: Prismacolor Pencils; MISTI

Adhesives: SA - tape runner, thin 3D foam squares

Three birds

Hello there and welcome!

I'm really trying to replenish my 

stash of birthday cards.

Here's another card I'd like to share: 

I had this (in hindsight, not so) brilliant idea to use the

negative of a die cut for my focal image, and let the

paper behind it show through. I forgot about the few itty bitty

pieces that had to be put back. Trying to glue a tiny bit

of cardstock that's smaller than a pin head made me

feel stabby, but I did it. (I'm never doing that again)

I did first try using a white marker to fill in the 

two tiny spots, but it wasn't opaque enough.

Here's the finished inside:

Now I have yet another birthday card done! Yay!

That's all for now. Thank you for visiting.

I hope that you have a great day!

I'd like to enter this at AAA Cards Challenge #255 - sketch and "cold"

Supplies:

Stamps: Honey Bee - Birthday Wishes

Ink: Memento - Gray Flannel

DP: Craft Consortium - Ink Drops Ocean

CS: Neenah

Accessories: STAMPlorations - For the Birds dies; Penny Black - Swirly Stitches rectangle die; MISTI

Adhesives: Ranger - MMM; 3L - tape runner

Birthday Butterflies

 Hello and welcome crafty friends!

I'm popping in (at the last minute) with

a card I made for a couple challenges:

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I used the Shower of Flutters stencil and blended three shades of

magenta from bottom left to almost top right, leaving some

white space at the corner. Using images from the

Trendy Butterflies stamp set, I randomly stamped over the

outlines of some of the butterflies. I placed the stencil back over

the images and splattered (too much!) black paint over the panel.

I trimmed the panel using the Crazy Double Running Stitch die

in the largest size. I then die cut twice, the Happy Birthday from

the Everyday Sentiments die set, stacked and glued to the card.

This card is much more vibrant in real life, but the day I

took the pictures, it was very overcast. Ugh!

Well, that's it for now. Thank you for

visiting, and I hope that you have a great

rest of your day!

I'd like to enter this at:

Addicted to Stamps and More #450

AAA Birthday #51

Supplies:

Stamps: STAMPlorations - Trundy Butterflies

Ink: Altenew - Purple Wine, Puffy Heart, Rose Quartz; Memento - Gray Flannel

CS: Neenah; scrap

Accessories: ARTplorations - Shower of Flutters stencil; CUTplorations - Crazy double running stitch die, Everyday Sentiments die; DecoArt Americana - black acryllic paint; tooth brush

Adhesives: Bearly Art glue; 3L - tape runner

SISTERHOOD OF SNARKY STAMPERS #234 - Y is for Yo Momma

 

Hello and welcome back, snarky peeps!

This fortnight's challenge at the

SISTERHOOD OF SNARKY STAMPERS

celebrates all mothers for Mother's Day!

I usually make a pretty card for my Mom,

but this year I decided to go the snarky route:

I used some family themed paper for my background,

then colored one of the ATC's from the

Retro People ATC package.

My sentiment is computer generated.

A simple sentiment finishes the inside of my card:

I hope that you find some time to play along in the Yo Momma challenge

at the Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers!

For more inspiration, please do check out what my sisters

and our reigning Queen, Mia,

created for your viewing pleasure!

Thanks for stopping by.

Wishing all Moms a very Happy Mother's Day!

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Supplies:

Stamps - Hero Arts - Happy Mom's Day

Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black

DP: Carta Bella - Family Night

CS: Cardstock Warehouse; Darice

Accessories: STAMPlorations - Retro People ATC ephemera pack; Spectrum Noir markers; computer & printer; MISTI

Adhesives: SA by 3L - tape runner, thin 3D foam squares

SISTERHOOD OF SNARKY STAMPERS #233 F is for Flowers

 

Hello and welcome, snarky peeps!

It's time once again for the new challenge at the

SISTERHOOD OF SNARKY STAMPERS!

This fortnight is all about flowers!

Pretty self explanatory, I think. Here's what I

came up with:

This card was too pretty to snark up. I die cut the pansy pieces out of

white card stock, then used different inks to blend the colors.

To bring out the fine lines of the petals and leaves, I used

Prismacolor pencils to trace over them.

Here's the inside:

I actually made this the beginning of last month, as this 

is the card I sent to my Sistah Barbara for her birthday.

(I'm so glad that you liked it! 💖)

So now it's your turn! Create a project that features a flower

 or more and link it up at the Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers.

For more inspiration, please do check out the blogs

of my sisters and our reigning Queen, Stephanie,

to see what amazing creations they made!

Thanks for visiting. I hope you have a great day!

I'd like to enter this at AAA Birthday Challenge #48 - Layer it up

Supplies:

Stamps - Honey Bee - Inside Birthday Sentiments

Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black, Lulu Lavender, Lilac Posies, Grape Jelly, Bamboo Leaves, Cottage Ivy, Dandelion; Simon Says Stamp - Lavender; Ranger DI - Tumbled Glass

CS: Neenah

Accessories: GC; Honey Bee - Lovely Layers Pansy dies; STAMPlorations - Gridlocked stencil; Sakura - silver Gelly Roll pen

Adhesives: Ranger - Multi medium matte; SA by 3L - tape runner, thin 3D foam squares

A couple of Christmas cards

 Hello crafty friends and welcome!

I have a couple of Christmas cards to share:

This was pretty easy to make, using a handful of items

from a Christmas themed ephemera package by STAMPlorations.

I watered down some white gesso and splattered it onto 

my card base for a starry sky, die cut the snowy hill and stamped

the sentiment before assembling my little scene. 

*****

I made a similar card using another item from the ephemera package,

and the same stamp set for my sentiment.

The snowy background was cut using the

stitched winter landscape die. Before

I adhered everything, I colored in a drive to ground the car.

I actually made these a couple weeks ago, and just

realized I never blogged about them.

I made them for Christmas Kickstart #72 - Wrapped up for Christmas: scarf or scarves,

which ends tomorrow, so I better get this linked! LOL!

Thanks for visiting! Have a great day!

Supplies:

Stamps: STAMPlorations - Holiday Expressions: Yuletide Cheer

Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black

CS: Taylored Expressions; Neenah

Accessories: STAMPlorations - Christmas ephemera #1, stitched winter landscape die; MISTI; MB2 Spectrum Noir marker; GC; DecoArt Media white gesso; paintbrush

Adhesives: SA by 3L - tape runner, thin 3D foam squares