HELLO AWESOME FRIEND

 Hi everyone! Welcome back to another challenge over at

Today's challenge is to use PINK on your design.

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PRIZE: 3 digi's of the winner's choice. 

For my card today I used FLOWERING CHERRY. I enlarged my image and printed it twice. 

Using my Altenew Artist Marker's I colored the flowers in two different families of pink. I then colored the leaves. 

Once I had my images colored I fussy cut them out. I got a piece of watercolor cardstock and rose petal ink refill from Catherine Pooler and started water coloing my background. I wanted an ombre effect and am very happy with how it turned out. 

Once the background dried I started adding my flowers. I laid the back one down first and and then layered the second one on top. 

I cut the greenery off the bottom of both sets of flowers and added them in around the floral clusters. I cut the edges that were hanging off the edges and added a few around the outside of the card. 

I finished it off but cutting out the sentiment out of inked cardstock and adhered it to my card. 

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Coffee and Friends

Good morning!! I've been enjoying playing with some new items this past week and I have to say that this Coffee Blend stamp and die set from Concord & 9th is one of my favorite new finds!!

I used a color challenge from over at Stampnation and created this card.  I had so much fun using my ink pads to create matching background paper for the front as well as the inside.  I can't wait for my friend to get it and show her how much she's been helping me over the last few weeks!!

I almost forgot to take a picture of this card!! I had the envelope all addressed, stamped and sealed. I had to make a decision to either not get the pic or lose the stamp. I decided to lose the stamp lol!!

I used it's a girl and green tea Catherine pooler inks to create the colored cardstock. I love how doing this gives me an  exact match to my cards!! Her inks make it so easy to do this!!

Supplies:

SS: coffee blend turnabout-Concord & 9th

DIES: coffee blend dies-Concornd & 9th

CS: white cardstock - hobby lobby

INK: it's a girl, green tea, rockin' red, spruce, over coffee, eucalyptus, mint to be and midnight ink-Catherine Pooler Designs

ACC: red twine-The Stamps Of Life

Friend Less is More #400

Good morning crafty friends! My hubby went fishing this weekend so I get a crafty weekend!! I found this great "new to me" challenge site called Less is More and couldn't wait to jump on the challenge today. This could be such a fun time today just making tons of simple cards.  I have so many stamp images that fit into this challenge!!

Here is the card I created. I did do a different one first but really didn't like the image or how it looked. So picked this wreath building set and am loving it.

SS: Wreath builders stamps - Gina K. Designs

INK: black licorice, lavender fusion, lemon grass pads - Fun Stampers Journey

ACCESS: lilac whisper glitter drops - nuvo

Wonderful Friend

Good morning! I'm enjoying the beautiful sunlight from inside today as I craft.  It's already 75 degrees here and it's only 8am! Crazy.  I love the warm days but the humidity is horrible. Perfect time to craft.

I'm trying to use all of the new goodies I've purchased lately and finally came up with a card idea for this awesome stamp set.  I'm loving how it turned out.

Supplies: Lovely flowers stamp set and dies (Catherine Pooler Designs), dotted oval dies (The Stamps of Life), all that jazz, limoncello, grape crush, grass skirt, be mine and midnight ink (Catherine Pooler Designs), lovely collection paper pad (The Stamps of Life)

Hello

Welcome to another installment of Sketch~N~Scrap card sketch challenge! I've been trying to use different stamp sets that I have accumulated over the years and haven't really "broke" in.  This time I used a really cute bee set.


Here is the sketch

Here is my card

And the finished inside

Supplies: banana and kiwi cardstock, white cardstock, hello die, hello friend paper pack, kiwi/ocean/white twine, hive4bees stamp set, bee dies (all items are from The Stamps of Life)

Hello Dear Friend

Hello again! I'm here with another great sketch from Sketch~N~Scrap.  As soon as I saw this layout I knew exactly what stamp set I wanted to use.  I just recently "found" it again lol.  Hiding in my stash.  Crazy right?!

Here is the fabulous sketch...

 And this is what I came up with.  All the products are things I've had for quite some time and just never got around to using.

Supplies: cardstock, ribbon and dsp~Stampin' Up!, stamps and dies~My Favorite Things, ink~The Stamps of Life

Time With You FMS279

I'm loving the sketch over at Freshly Made Sketches. Once I decided on an image I wanted to use it came together quite fast.  I even got some coloring in!  This sketch has so many different options, you could create a multitude of different cards all using it!

Here is my card.  I kept the color pallet pretty simple and didn't use any patterned paper since I knew I was going to be coloring the image in.  I did use an embossing folder on the yellow cardstock to add some depth and dimention.

Supplies: stamps ~ Unity, carstock, embossing folder and pearls ~ Stampin' Up!

Embrace New Beginnigs MOJO455

I have another co-worker moving on to bigger and better things.  While this makes me sad to see her go, I know she's doing it for herself and is truly happy.  I love making these cards for the girls but wish it was for something other than them leaving. 

I decided to use Mojo Monday's sketch this week for inspiration and it worked.  This card came together in about 10 minutes and I love it!!

Here is the sketch...

And here is my card...

 

 

 

I'm loving the way these colors just work so well together.  I used a paper pad I forgot I even had!

Supplies:
my minds eye moments paper pad, night of navy, summer starfruit and whisper white cardstock, my favorite things black licorice and fuse green inks, large pearl beads, night of navy ribbon, Unity stamps KOM 1/14 Be your own kind of beautiful stamp set.

Stand Tall {PP301}

Spending a little time crafting today so I pulled out this cute flamingo stamp set that I've had for a bit but haven't had a chance to use.  I love it with this simple sketch from The Paper Players.  It came together fast and easy.

Here is the sketch

 

Here is my card

 

 



Supplies:
flamigos2stamp, patterns4flamingos sayings4flamingos, flamingo dies, candy and licorice ink, celebrate collection patterned paper, cardstock, blue and green twine (all items: The Stamps of Life)

Best Wishes Good Friend

This coming week I have a co-worker and good friend moving on to bigger and better things.  It's a good thing but also a very sad time.  I'll miss getting to see her everyday. We've had many great days of laughing, crying and just plain venting to each other.  It's going to be a bit tougher to go to work knowing she won't be there anymore.  I made her these two cards.  One is just from me and the other will be the one all my co-workers sign for her.


This one is just from me.  I wanted to give her just a simple thank you card thanking her for being there when I needed her and to let her know how much I'll miss seeing her every day.

 

 

 

 And this is the one everyone will sign.  She is a groomer so I couldn't pass up creating a card using dogs.  I know she'll get a kick out of it and know that I was thinking of her when I made it.

 



 

 

 

 Supplies:

Stamp sets:  cherries2stamp, patterns4cherries, cherries2stamp dies, friends4cookie, friends4cookie dies, smiles4kitclub stamps, wishs4kitclub stamps, stitched rectangle dies, markers (all stamps, dies and markers are from The Stamps of Life).  

Fab Friday sketch challenge

I've really been wanting to create some new cards and this sketch over at Fab Friday really inspired me today.  I have a friend that's been going through a rough time and after seeing this sketch a card idea for her just popped into my head.  I can't wait to see what she thinks when she gets it as a surprise in the mail this coming week!!


Here is the sketch

And here is the card I created for her...

 

 

And here is another card I created for a friend who just lost her grandmother...

 

 

Unity FWF, FMS184

It has been a very long week here.  Between work, kids and injuries I'm glad its almost over.  It took me so much longer to create this card than normal due to a wrist injury that just seems to get worse instead of better.  As long as I can craft I'm good.

I chose a sketch from Freshly Made Sketches to use for the Unity Friends With Flair. I don't usually get another day to create so Fridays are my day.

I like this sketch due to it's simple layout.  I had such a hard time deciding what kind of embellishments to use and where to put them. I decided on just some hemp.

I used Quick Quotes powder puff chalks to distress the edges and not have so much "white" space. 

 

Supplies:

SS:

INK: cherry cobbler & pik pirouette pads, maraschino cherry, cherry blossom & green with envy chalk ink

CS: red, green & cream cardstock, authentique lovely collection

ACCESS: hemp twine, oval & oval scallop punch

 

Hello, gate fold card

I found this great technique using the stand-up framelits by Stephanie Barnard.  I would never have thought of doing this!!  This is the video I found. Below I is my card.  I found it a bit hard to take great pictures.  Might have to think about finding something to help hold these types of projects in the future.

This was a really quick and easy card and gave me a bit more room to play with.  I threw this one together as I watched the video, so the next one I'm going to have to put more thought into it. 

Here it is closed

 

Here it is with the first flap opened

 

 

Here it is fully opened

SUPPLIES:

SS: regals2stamp

INK: old olive, calypso coral, tuxedo black

CS: calypso coral, old olive, very vanilla and dsp

ACCESS:  pearls, calypso coral twine, regal stand-ups