Freshly Made Sketches #404

Hi friends! I made a couple of cards today to play along with challenges.  The first card was for the latest Freshly Made Sketch #404:

Now as I look at it, I probably should have cut down the layer a bit more but I just couldn't do it!  The background stamp from Taylored Expressions called Bloomin' Background was so perfect for this sketch with the oval 'built in' with the background.  I spent so much time watercoloring with my Zigs, adding sparkle with my Nuvo Glitter pen, and white gel pen accents, I wanted to keep as many of the blooms as possible 😉.  I layered it on the card base after adding 3 hello black die cuts, glued together.  Hopefully I'll be forgiven!

Thanks for stopping by ~ I hope you had a great weekend!

Happy Fall Y'All!
Annie

The Card Concept #119: Beautiful Butterflies

Hi friends! The Card Concept is back from their summer vacation with a "Beautiful Butterflies" theme:

It was a very rainy day yesterday and I thought I would play with my Deco Foil.  It has been ages since I used those beautiful shiny sheets!  One of the foils I have is rainbow colored and I thought it would be perfect for TCC's latest challenge:

I used toner sheets from Gina K. (I think...I had taken them out of the packaging) and the rainbow Deco Foil to create the multi-colored butterflies for my clean and layered card.  The red stripes were foiled from Heidi Swapp's toner sheets and the Gina K. sentiment was also foiled in red.  Lots of foil action here and I had completely forgotten how difficult it is to photograph :(  I hope you get the idea of just how shiny this card is!

Thanks for stopping by ~ I hope you enjoyed the last weekend of the summer (eek!).

Hugs,

Annie

Freshly Made Sketches #393

Happy Summer!  I played a bit this morning to make a card for the latest Freshly Made Sketches challenge:

I was cleaning out older rubber stamps for a donation and found one that I don't remember ever using! It's called 'Ranunculus Field' by Stampendous and I LOVE it.  Rather than going in the donation box, I inked it up in black and heat embossed.  Instead of coloring with Copics or watercolors, I inked up the solid circles from Lawn Fawn's 'Let's Bokeh' stamp set to loosely add color to the flowers.  I used Catherine Pooler inks in Coral Cabana, Samba, and Tutti Frutti.  I also used the Tutti Frutti ink pad direct to paper for matching cardstock. The black/white strip is a MFT DSP scrap and the white heat embossed sentiment is from MFT's 'Greetings & Salutations' stamp set.  I'm definitely keeping that rubber stamp!

Thanks for stopping by ~ I hope you're having a great first weekend of the summer!

Hugs,
Annie

FMS #379: A Sketch by Judy

Wishing you a Happy St. Patrick's Day and a very quick post!  The family was Irish for the day and everything was green. It was a fun day and I hope you had a great time too! I made this card yesterday but forgot to post for FMS #379. I realized I still have time so yay for me!

SU Layered Leaves EF

SU Wonderful Romance Stamps & Dies

Distress Markers

Thanks for stopping by ~ Have a great week!

The Paper Players #429: Monochromatic CAS

Hi there! Today I'm linking up to a couple of challenges.  The first challenge is for The Paper Players and it's Clean & Simple week.  The theme is to keep it monochromatic which I thought was such a fun idea! I rarely make monochromatic cards...not sure why? I really liked playing along with this one:

I kept my one layer card CAS and used minimal supplies.  Maybe that's the part I liked the most...I could still see the top of my desk when I was done!

Supplies:

SU Whisper White Cardstock

Catherine Pooler's Perfect Reason Stamp Set

Catherine Pooler's Inks: Sweet Sixteen, Pixie Dust, Flirty Fuchsia

Thanks for visiting ~ Have a great week!

The Paper Players #352: Color Challenge

Welcome back for another fun Paper Players challenge!  This week is hosted by LeAnne and she has chosen some lovely colors for you to work with.

And here's my card:

I did not have the exact Stampin' Up colors, but that's okay.  I matched the ink colors and cardstock that I had as closely as possible and you can do the same thing!  The most important thing is to have FUN :)

To create the stamped background I used the Oh, Hello Turnabout Stamp from Concord & 9th for the top layer, stamping with various inks: Gina K's Bubblegum, Catherine Pooler's Party Dress, and Fresh Ink's Fuschia.  I added Lawn Fawn's Hippo for some contrast.  The large hello (also Concord & 9th) was stamped, die cut, and smothered with Glossy Accents.  And, yes, it took a long time to dry! Before adding the die cut, I added scored lines halfway down the bottom of the card for a little interest. 

We're anxious to see your colorful projects in the gallery this week.  Please check out the other design team members for some beautiful inspiration:  

The Paper Players Design Team

• Claire Broadwater
• Joanne James 
• Jaydee
• Laurie Schmidt
• LeAnne Pugliese
• Nance Leedy
• Sandy Mathis 
• Deanne K
• Jan Clothier

And just a few rules:

1. Create a new paper project.
2. Upload your project to your blog with a link back to The Paper Players.
3. Provide a direct link to your blog post for your challenge entry.
4. Please link your card to no more than FOUR challenges (including ours).
5. HAVE FUN!  

Thank you so much for stopping by ~ Have a colorful week!

Cards in Envy: White on White

Welcome back for another Cards in Envy Challenge!  This time around we are looking for white cards that are flat enough to fit in an envy.   If you want to use black ink or some other color to stamp your sentiment or image (no coloring), that's ok!

For my DT card, there was no stamping involved.   I do apologize for the photo...white card, gray day and this is what I got!  The supplies I used were Neenah Solar White cardstock, MFT Blueprints 31, Concord & 9th Bouquet Die, Stamps of Life Hello die (with vellum shadow), Pretty Pink Posh clear droplets and, of course, Wink of Stella.

We can't wait to see what you come up with!  Have a great week and happy crafting 😎

Friday Fun

Happy Friday!  A quick post for three different challenges.  The first card is for the latest challenge over at CASology:

I love this sentiment from The Stamps of Life.  A little Copics, Wink of Stella, and white gel pen on the Elizabeth Craft heart flower and it was ready to go!

The second card is for Words 2 Craft By's N-U-M-B-E-R-M-O-U-S-E Challenge.  I made this Distress Ink, Perfect Pearls, and dry embossed background ages ago and found it the other day.  I think it made a nice masculine birthday card with its shiny metallic look!

 
The third and final card I was able to squeeze out this week is for Freshly Made Sketches:

Using a handmade cloud stencil and Distress Ink, the stamps and dies from The Stamps of Life, and a banner die from MFT, my little hot air balloons will float through the mail to my DGS 💗

Thanks so much for stopping by.  I hope you have a fantastic weekend!

Live Love Cards Washi Challenge

July's Challenge over at the Live Love Cards community is to use washi tape on a card.  I tend to hoard, I mean "save" Washi tape, so this was an opportunity to pry it out of my hands and actually use some!

I tried to keep the background fairly simple so the focus would be on the great "Hello" washi tape from The Paper Studio.  It was a package deal so it came with complimentary thin gold tape that I also used as a border - woo hoo!  The background was stamped with circles from Lawn Fawn's "Let's Bokeh" set using Gina K. inks.  The gold circles are also embossed with clear embossing powder for a little bit of texture.

Thanks so much for stopping by! 

Shopping Our Stash #248: Chip Off The Old Block

Two cards in one day...woo-hoo!  The second card I made today is to play along with the latest challenge over at Shopping Our Stash.  The theme, "Chip off the old Block," asks that we use chipboard on our card. 

I started digging because I knew I had some.  I just wasn't sure where it was!  The little box I found was full of chipboard frames with pop-out centers and I can't even begin to tell you how old it is.  I'm almost embarrassed to say I had to cut the tape on the box because I had never even opened it!

I used two different frames - the outer frame of one for the sentiment, and the pop-out piece of the second frame for the gold foiled butterfly.  I added some die cut foil leaves and a few gold sequins to finish the card.

Thanks so much for stopping by!  Here's the stuff I used:

Cardstock:  Classic Crest Sand, Hero Arts Black, Recollections Gold Foil
Dies:  My Favorite Things (leaves & sentiment), The Stamps of Life (Stitched Rectangle)
Chipboard:  DCWV Mariposa

W2SB and SOS Challenge

Today at Words 2 Scrap By we are so excited to be partnering up with Shopping Our Stash and combining our April theme, "The earth has music for those that listen" with their weekly challenge.  SOS is one of my favorite challenges ~ they always have such fun themes!

For my card (and in the spirit of shopping my stash), I used a Penny Black Christmas stamp called Winters Edge.  Instead of snow, I used a long forgotten jar of Sweet Pea Petal Soft on the tree to give it a spring look.  The music background stamp is from My Favorite Things.

Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope you'll play along in both challenges...it's a two-fer!!

The Paper Players Challenge #228

Good Morning!  I'm sharing a card I made for The Paper Players Challenge #228:

Sounds easy but I never find CAS easy :-)  I hope this fits the bill:

 

The main sentiment is a stamp I've had for a while from Hero Arts that I heat embossed and fussy cut.  The "breaking news" stamp and die cut are from The Stamps of Life (TSOL) set, "tv2stamp."  I also randomly colored some of the arrows on the DP (TSOL) with a Copic marker (Y15).  This card will find its way into my Operation Write Home box :-)

Thanks so much for taking the time to visit!  Have a great week! 

Wanna Talk?

Tuesday Morning Sketches #265 let us pick the sketch we wanted to use from three oldie but goodies.  I went with the first sketch for this challenge.

 

The telephone image is from one of the Doodle Pantry's new releases for September called "Ageless Antiques 1" which also happens to be FREE with purchase this month through the 24th.  Sweet!  Thanks so much for stopping by!

Supplies 

Cardstock: Bazzill

DP:  Echo Park "Reflections" 6x6 Paper Pad

Image & Sentiment:  Doodle Pantry

Dies:  My Favorite Things

Other:  Ribbon & Twine  

A Corny Hello

Welcome!  Today's card is being linked up to the following challenges:

Shopping our Stash (SOS #161: ABCs) - A = Ants, B = Burlap, Banner, C = Corn
Tuesday Morning Sketches #264
Tuesday Throwdown: Anything Goes

I'm crazy about the Doodle Pantry ants!  They're so cute and always getting into something...LOL!  This set is called "Corn Field Ants" and I used the image, DP, and one of the sentiments.  The layout is #264 from Tuesday Morning Sketches:

 



Thanks for stopping by and I hope everyone has a fANTastic Labor Day Weekend!

Flying Hi

I put together my card using the latest Tuesday Morning Sketch: 

The card includes one of the images, DP & sentiments from Doodle Pantry's August release called "Flying Hi".  This set also happens to be free with purchase between August 1 - 24.  You can check out all the new releases HERE - lots of fun new images!  

 



Thanks for stopping by and I hope you're enjoying your weekend!

Puppy Hi

It was a terrific weekend and a terrific morning when I pulled up the new sketch from Operation Write Home.  Ellen always makes such beautiful cards and this sketch was adapted from one of them.  I went with a kid card today in bright colors.  Thanks for looking and have a great week! 

Sketch #234

My Card:

 

Supplies



Cardstock:  Bazzill
DP:  The Paper Studio "Eat Cake" Paper Pad
Stamp(s):  Art Impressions
Die(s):  MFT Die-namics Happy Hellos & Fishtail Flags, Spellbinders Circles
Ink:  VersaFine Onyx Black
Other:  Copics, Ribbon Boutique Chevron Ribbon

Floating By to Say Hi

It's time for Sketch #233 over at Operation Write Home and {yippee} Marlene featured one of my cards!  Thanks so much for selecting my card, Marlene!  I'm so humbled to be chosen considering all the super talented OWHer's out there! 

It's going to be 90+ today and my little craft room gets pretty warm.  So, I did a couple of cards early this morning that I'd like to share.  For the first one, I was inspired by the little black ants crawling on my patio yesterday.  I wished they would float away (but I sprayed them instead) :-).  On the second card, I went with Christmas in the hopes of cooling off.  I did change up the second one a bit by omitting the sentiment and bumping up the size of a layer a bit.  I also fussy cut the ornament ribbon to give a little more dimension. 

Card #1: Floating By to Say Hi

Supplies:  The Paper Studio Cardstock, Doodle Pantry "Balloon Ants" Image & Sentiment, Cuttlebug "Swiss Dots" Embossing Folder, Black Upholstery Thread, and Craftworkcards Candi Minis. 

 

Card #2:  Vintage Ornament

 

 Supplies:  Curious Lightspecks Gold Cardstock, Recollections Specialty Gold Cardstock, Doodle Pantry "Vintage Ornament" Image & DP, Black Silk Cording, Heidi Grace Gold Metal Accents.

 



Thanks so much for stopping by and stay cool!  Don't forget there's two other fun challenges going on right now:  Words 2 Scrap By - Oh La La and Doodle Pantry's Make a Splash or Make it Christmas.  I hope you'll check them out and play along!

Creative Knockouts: #33 - Furry or Feathered Friends

Doodle Pantry is sponsoring the Challenge over at Creative Knockouts to create a project with Furry or Feathered Friends and one lucky person will win a $10 gift certificate to use in the Doodle Pantry Store!  My furry critters are the sweet pre-colored images in Bunny Slippers from Doodle Pantry and it's a free download!  Go check it out and don't forget the Doodle Pantry Challenge is still going on until April 24th - Any Digi Goes!  Thanks for stopping by and have a great week!

Supplies:  Bazzill Cardstock, Doodle Pantry Bunny Slippers Image, Sentiment, and DP; Sizzix Oval Dies, My Minds' Eye Enamel Dots (don't they look like the bunny noses :-), Glossy Accents, Stickles, and The Twinery Pink/White Bakers' Twine. 

OWH Sketch Challenge #216

This week's sketch over at Operation Write Home is #216:

For my card, I modified the element a bit, using an adorable digi from Doodle Pantry's "Easter Peeps" collection.  This set was a freebie for entering their challenge last month!  Sweet!  I fussy cut the bunny, added some grass, and used the banner sentiment that is also part of the collection.  Thanks for stopping by and, on this St. Patrick's Day, "Erin Go Bragh!"

Supplies:  Neenah Solar White Cardstock, MME "Ooh La La" 6x6 Paper Pad, Coredinations/Ranger "Worn Lipstick" Cardstock, Doodle Pantry Digital Image & Sentiment, Savvy Grass Die, Glossy Accents (for carrot & nose), and Recollections Brads.

Western-Themed Cards

Howdy!  Operation Write Home and the Scrap Wrangler put out a special request for Western-themed cards.  You know you're a really good paper hoarder when you can go through your papers and find some bandana and denim-type paper that you didn't know you had!  I put together a card using both papers, paper piercing seams, and adding faux stitching.  The sentiment is computer generated.  Thanks for stopping by and sittin' a spell :-)

 

Supplies:  Pop Tones' Cherry Cardstock, Paper Pizazz DSP, Edamame Western font (free from dafont.com), Silver Mini Candis, and twine.