CAS(E) 279

Sunday blessings everyone! My second posting today is for CAS(E) this Sketch #279. Very clean and cool sketch:



Sticking with the "cool" vibe, here's my card:

Paper = Neenah, Recollections

Stamps = Lawn Fawn "Make Lemonade"

Dies = Lil' Inker Designs "Stitched Rectangles"

Ink = Memento, Copics

Stay cool folks!

FMS 344

Greetings! I knew I hadn't posted for a while, but didn't realize how long. It was March! No particular reason. Just didn't have any mojo for a while.

Posting today for Freshly Made Sketches #344. Here's the sketch:



Funny story and full disclosure: Not until I took the picture did I realize the word Kitty was on the patterned paper! I made an adjustment and added a few tiny butterflies to "hide" it. Bwahahahah! Here's my card:

Paper = Doodlebug Design Inc "Kitten Smitten", Neenah, Recollections

Stamp = Lawn Fawn "Love You Tons"

Ink = Memento, Copics

Have a great, crafty week y'all!

TCC #89

Hello! Look at these amazing pops of color for the challenge at The Card Concept. I feel Spring coming on finally! Here's the inspiration:



Lovely, right? Told ya. With colors this bold I decided to go with Clean & Simple and leave some white space for the colors to bounce off of. Here's my card:

Paper = Recollections Cardstock, Neenah Solar White
Stamp Sentiment = Just Rite Cling "Floral Vintage Labels Two"
Dies = Lil' Inker Designs "Stitched Rectangles", Spellbinders "Window Two", Marianne Design Creatables (Bird)

Thanks for stopping by.

FMS # 329

Hi, welcome to my little corner of the world! I'm posting a card made for this week's Freshly Made Sketches challenge:



I recently got some stamp and die sets I was anxious to try.  I tried both ways, stamp and then cut and cut and then stamp. Both were equally hard! Here's the result of a few practices:

Paper = Bazzill Cardstock, Neenah Solar White
Stamp & Die = Lil' Inker Designs "Wreath of Roses"
Dies - Lil' Inker Designs "Stitched Rectangles" and "Stitched Circles"
Memento Ink and Copics

Enjoy your week.

AHS # 256

Hello, thanks for stopping by! Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge has this beauty of a sketch by Michelle this week:



And my poppies card, bright and cheery! I really like the wide borders on this sketch. I pushed the flowers up and over the edge, coloring the bottom flower on the mat yellow and adding 3D foam tape for the colored top flowers.

Paper - Neenah Solar White, KC & Co "Sweet Nectar"
Stamps = Sweet & Sassy "Poppies & Greetings"
Dies - Lil' Inker Designs "Stitched Rectangles" and "Small Pierced Bow", Die-Namics "Mix & Match Banners
Memento Ink, Copics

Thanks for visiting!

CTS #263

Hello crafty friends. It's still cold and wet here in Virginia Beach and snow is expected tomorrow. More crafting time for me because I am NOT venturing out in this madness except to go to work. So, here I am playing along with this week's sketch at CASE(e) This Sketch. Here's the sketch (thank you Jacquie):



And here is my card with a basket of tomatoes...I mean APPLES! bwahahahaha! Sometimes you just gotta laugh at yourself.

Paper = DCWV "Pebbled Stack", Recollections Cardstock, Neenah Solar White
Stamps = Deep Red "Apple Harvest" (basket) and Clear Dollar Stamps "Fabulous Fruit Stand"
Dies = Lil' Inker Designs "Stitched Circles", Die-Namics "Vertical Stitched Strips" and "Royal Leaves"
Memento Ink and Copics

Have a great week!

SSC # 174

Hello and thanks for visiting! This post is for Sunday Stamps who has a sketch challenge this week. Ooh la la - look at all those layers and shapes to play with!



I'm practicing my coloring and just ordered two more brands of markers. To date, I have only worked with Copics and Spectrum Noir. I think I do OK with coloring, but the blending makes my brain bleed (makes the color on the paper bleed too if I'm being honest). Anywhoooo, here's my card - hoping it makes you dream of Summer!

Paper = DCWV "Citrus", Recollections Cardstock, Neenah Solar White
Stamps = October Afternoon "Tree Swing"
Dies - SB Labels 17, Labels 4; Die-Namics "Fishtail Flags"

Have a creative, fun weekend!

TCC # 88

Blessings, and thanks for stopping by! My post today is for The Card Concept with this awsome monochromatic green photo challenge:



I'm sure there is a four leaf clover hiding in there somewhere! I believe the style of my card is "clean and layered". I went back and read the style definitions and I think C&L sums it up. Once I got the concept in my head, this was a really easy card to do. No inking, stamping or coloring, just a lot of die cutting. Hope you like!

Paper = Recollections Cardstock; Neenah Solor White
Dies = Memory Box "Arboscello Tree; Recollections "Hello"; Lil' Inkers Designs "Stitched Rectangles"

Have a crafty weekend!

FMS # 327

Hello, thanks for stopping by! This post is for Freshly Made Sketches # 327 by Jen M:


I was thinking of my family in MD, DC and PA with the bad weather they've been having and posted this to FB to let them know it's almost over!  Hope it brings some cheery thoughts to you also. I used a hodge podge of stamp sets to put it all together. Here is my Springtime card:

Paper = Recollections Cardstock, Neenah Solar White
Stamps = Sandylion duck, Just Rite Cling sentiment, Recollections sun
Dies = MFT DieNamics "Tall Grassy Edge", Lil' Inker Designs "Stitched Rectangles"
Fiskars Butterfly Punch, Memento Ink, Copics, Pebbles Chalks

Enjoy your weekend! Expecting rain here which means...hole up in the craft room!

CTS # 262

Hello and thanks for stopping by! Posting today for CAS(E) This Sketch # 262 with this super clean sketch that leads to so much interpretation!



See what I mean? It's spectacular in all it's innocence. I have a problem though...I just can't seem to leave white space alone. I try, I promise I do. I finish something and somehow (in my sleep?) I manage to creep back and add something. So, for my card I used a light gray and an EF instead of white and I managed not to touch it after I was done. See here:

Um...I did go back and add the drops, sorry.

Paper = Kaisercraft "Confetti", Recollections Cardstock
Dies = Dienamics "Party Banner", Recollections "Words"
Darice Embossing Folder

Have a craftastic weekend!

SSC # 173

Greetings paper lovers! Let's GO GREEN with this superb color challenge at Sunday Stamps for this week's Shades of Green challenge. Here is the inspiration photo:



Superb, right! Told ya. I didn't have any patterned paper highlighting these colors so I stamped my own for the first time. I used 3 (or 4?) Memento ink pads. I think it came out really good (pat, pat).  Initially I cut the feathers out of cardstock, but it looked kind of flat so I added the foil. Have a look:

I didn't even know I had a stamp and die that sort of matched. Does this mean I have too much stuff? Never!

Paper = Recollections Cardstock, Neenah, DCWV "Foiled Stack"
Stamp = Deep Red "Peacock Feather"
Dies = Spellbinders "Feathers on the Wind", Recollections "Shine"
Memento Ink

Shine on people!

CAS(e) 261

This week's sketch at CAS(e) This Sketch is a retro and the inspiration from that challenge and this week's is amazing! Here's the sketch:



Here's my card:

Paper = Kaiser Craft "Confetti", Recollections Cardstock and Neenah White

Stamp = Fiskars "All Year Greetings"

Dies = Spellbinders "Labels 18", Scalloped Labels One", Marianne Designs Creatables

Darice EF

Memento Ink

Have a great, creative weekend!

TCC # 87

"Freshly Brewed" is the theme for this The Card Concept sketch:



I couldn't quite define the style of my card, so I'm going to say "Clean and a little Shabby". I know that's not a thing, lol! Here's my card:

Paper = Wild Rose Studios "Vintage Rose", Recollections Cardstock and Neenah White
Stamp = Prima "Delight"
Dies = Lil Inker Designs "Stitched Rectangles"
Memento Ink, Copics, Ribbon and Flower from my stash

Enjoy a crafty weekend!

AHS # 253

Greetings! I'm not doing so good keeping up with my challenges each week. Maybe it's time to start combining a few. Never done that before, but willing to try!

Here I'm playing along with Atlantic Hearts Sketch # 253 and what a fun sketch! So many possibilities with the three little squares. Here is the sketch:



I took this opportunity to make a more "manly" card instead of my usually super girly frilly type of card. I found a stamp set with the correct size of stamps and here we go:

This was really fun to do! I love layering.

Paper = DCWV "The Woven Paper Stack", Recollections Cardstock, Neenah White
Stamps = Avery Elle "Knotty"
Dies = MFT DieNamics "Pierced Squares" and "Fishtale Flags"
Memento Ink, Copics, buttons and scruffy rope from my stash

Thanks for visiting!

CASe # 260

Very fun sketch with giant sentiment at CAS(e) this Sketch! Here's this week's sketch:



I wish I had more sentiment dies. Going to start looking for more soon. Here's my card:

Paper = DCWV "Spring & Summer"
Stamp = Verve "Many Blessings"
Dies = DieNamics "Thank You" and Lil' Inker Designs "Stitched Squares"
Memento Ink and Copics

Have a wonderful day!

FMS # 325

Playing it really close today. Had too much weekend... Here's this week's sketch at Freshly Made Sketches:


I'm not sure of the paper, I used some scraps. I do remember it's something like Chalkboard but don't know the brand. Here's my card:

Have a crafty week!

SSC # 172

Greetings! A very pretty, layered sketch from Sunday Stamps! 



Now, let me warn you...my card is VERY PINK! It didn't occur to me just how pink until I actually took the picture. But here it is:

Hope you like it a little anyway!

Paper = Penny Black "Gentle Whisper"

Stamp = TPC Studio "Greetings"

Die = Memory Box "Darla Butterfly"

Memento Ink and a little Marvy Punch

Have a crafty weekend!

TCC # 86

Greetings! I caught up with The Card Concept this week and was so happy when I saw the inspiration photo. I love the flowers and colors and the sweetness of the room. Here's the sketch for "Old Fashioned Love":



Totally terrific, right? I put on my Shabby Chic hat for this one. You know, the one where you think you're finished and go back and can still add something else? Yup. Here's my card:

This was so much fun. I don't get to do shabby chic often and it's endless creativity.

Paper - Graphic 45 "Secret Garden", Neenah
Stamps - Just Right "Grateful Hearts Vintage Labels Two"
Dies - Spellbinders "Petite Labels One"
Memento Ink, Decorative Corners (not sure, no label on the bag)

Thanks for visiting!

FMS # 324

Greetings! A very sweet sketch from Narelle at Freshly Made Sketches. So many possibilities! I stepped outside of my box and didn't take the circle so literally this time. Here's the sketch:



I've never titled my cards before, but I want to call this one "Friendship Grows". Otherwise the card and sentiment might not make sense except to me! Anywho...here's my card:

I brought out my dusty chalk set and was surprised that it still had some life left in it. Here are the ingredients for my card:

Paper = Neenah, MME "Life of the Party"

Stamp = SU "Friends" (not sure of the set, a friend gave this itty bitty one to me)

Dies = Lil Inker Designs "Stitched Rectangles", Memory Box "Arboscella Tree"

Memento Ink and Copics

Have a very crafty weekend!

AHS # 251

Greetings! I made a card this week for Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge #251. And in case you don't notice..no pink or green! I think I have kicked that habit for now. Here's the sketch by Michelle:



And my take on the sketch. This is one of my favorite paper pads.  I only have scraps left but cherish it just the same!

Paper = Teresa Collins "Stationery Notes", Recollection Solids and Neenah White
Stamp = Hero Arts "Everyday Sayings"
Dies = Lil Inker Designs "Stitched Circles", Spellbinders "Rose Creations" and "Labels Nineteen"
Memento Ink, Pearls and Dots

Happy crafting!

CASE # 248

Greetings! It was a rainy weekend here in VAB and I was feeling kind of blah. So I made a card for an awesome sketch  at CAS(e) This Sketch. Really cheered me up, hope it does you also!


 

And here is my colorful card with the promise of rainbows:

Paper = Neenah, Bazzill
Stamp = My Favorite Things "The Rainbow Will Come"
Dies - MFT Die-Namics "Fishtail Flags", Lil Inker Designs "Stitched Rectangles", Impression Obsession "Umbrella"
Memento Ink

Have a super crafty week!

FMS # 323

Hello everyone! Pulled out a new paper pad today (well, new to me!) for Freshly Made Sketches, #323 by Karren. Thanks Karren for this terrific sketch!


My paper trimmer is not doing it's job so I have been using lots of dies to cut my mats. In search of a new brand and have been watching videos of comparisons on You Tube. The craft community is amazing! Here's my card:

Paper - Penny Black "Gentle Whisper", Neenah
Dies - MFT Die-Namics "Verticle Stitched Strips" and "Fishtail Flags"; Lil' Inker Designs "Stitched Rectangles"; Spellbinders "Thank You"
Memento Ink; MME Enamel Dots

I always take my photos at work (sshhhh!) because the lighting is so much better.

Thanks for popping in, and craft on!

FMS # 322

Hello fellow crafters! Chiming in this week with my card for Freshly Made Sketches #322. It's a rainy day and I just finished watching the Puppy Bowl! My pup is all tuckered out from trying to run with the puppies on TV, bless him.

Here's this week's sketch:


And my "Bee Happy" card:

Paper = Neenah, Bazzill Basics

Stamps = MFT "Distressed Background Blocks" and the little bee is from Inkadinkado

Dies = La La Land "Honeycomb" and TCW "Hello"

Memento Ink and Copics

Enjoy your week!

AHS # 249

Ola! Making it just under the wire (again)! Joining in with Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge #249 today. When I went to post today I realized I use a LOT if pink and green. Not sure why...just love the combination. Here's the sketch:



And my pink and green card, lol!

Paper = Neena, Recollections Cardstock

Stamp = Inkadinkado

Dies = Lil Inker Designs "Stitched Rectangles", MFT Die-Namics "Leaf Filled Flourish

Memento Ink and Copics

"Love" from my local craft store dollar bin.

Craft on!

FMS # 321

Loving this sketch at Freshly Made Sketches! I am coming to terms with the phrase "less is more" and trying not to clutter my cards. When I first starting crafting about 6 years ago, the first style I learned was "shabby chic". Now I get to learn from all of you! This week's sketch:


And my take on the sketch:

Paper = DCWV "Safari Kids", Recollections Cardstock

Stamps = Recollections "Day at the Zoo"

Ink = Memento