SN BirthYAY CARD CHALLENGE SUBMISSION

 Hi everyone! It's been a minute since I've last posted.

This month is Stampnation's 11th birthday! Catherine Pooler has an amazing community where we can get together and share ideas, learn new things and so much more. 

Today I'm sharing a card that was created using this sketch

This was a fun one. My card came together rather quickly. I did some ink blending on the back panel to bring in a fun Valentine feel. 

The back panel was created using a fun die. I ink blended and adhered down to my card base. 

I stamped the "punched" circles with different images and sentiments and then adhered them with dimensional foam to give some height. 

I like how the background stripes peek through under the circles. I finished it off by stamping some chopsticks and adding them to the corners of the card. I didn't feel I needed to add any other "bling". 

Supplies:

Catherine Pooler Designs:

stamps/dies: hey there dumpling

patterned paper: I love you soy

inks: be mine, samba, do-si-do, mint to be, sand castle, black jack

Close To My Heart: 

dies: multi circle windows

THANKS FOR STOPPING BY!

BOYS LOVE FOR HIS DOG

 Hi everyone! I'm back with another fun card for 

As always: ANYTHING GOES

We have a great sponsor for this weeks challenge:

Prize: 3 digi images of winners choice

For my card I used David's Paper Hearts. This is such a sweet stamp. I love the little pup that is sneaking out from behind David. 

After spending all the time coloring him in I knew I didn't want my background to take away from the main image. I took a few heart dies from Catherine Pooler and die cut them in white nd arranged them on the background to give a raised embossed feel and letting David shine. 

I'm really happy with how this turned out. I do feel I got his face a bit to dark but it seems to work. 

Now it's your turn! Get crafty and share with us over at Penny's. Can't wait to see what you come up with!

ALWAYS & FOREVER DAY 5 STENCILS UNLEASHED

 

Hi everyone! I have a fun stencil card I created for 

I am having so much fun creating with my stencils and all the different mediums Nicole has shared with us. Today's card is using the flowing hearts stencil. I laid it over watercolor paper and applied limestone ink with a blending brush.

Once I had my base down (it is super light so I can paint). I pulled out my 36 pan watercolor set and started painting in the design. I used the crimson on the outer edge and coral berry for the inside. Using a very fine paint brush I traced around the edges and then painted the middle. 

I then took the on point stencil and using limestone ink again I stenciled it onto my background panel. After it was where I wanted it I stamped some leaves from the leaf canopy stamp set. I also stamped and cut out some in green behind my heart. 

I add a sentiment from sentiment strips and cutting it out with the coordinating die set featured sentiments dies. I finished off the the card using some enamel dots in rock and red cosmos collections. 

All Supplies From Altenew:

leaf canopy stamps/dies, sentiment strips, featured sentiments dies

flowing hearts and on point stencils

36 pan watercolor paint set, limestone, forest glades, frayed leaf, embossing ink

red cosmos and rock collection enamel dots, pure crisp white embossing powder

SENDING ALL THE LOVE

 Hi everyone! Back with another fun challenge over at

Today's challenge is: LOVE 

I had so much fun creating this card! I made two fun backgrounds by mixing some distress inks. This one really seems to glow in the center and I thought it was perfect for a heart card. 

Originally I was going to cut two detailed hearts from the gradiant washi tape I pulled out but it just didn't work. So instead I cut around the outer edge of the heart and then added a paper cut detailed heart inside.  To add a bit more of the gradiant color I created a sentiment strip across the bottom. 

As I use my distress inks more and more I am getting more comfortable with using them and love how my projects turn out. 

Love #114

Good morning everyone! I was looking for a fun challenge to do and I came across Inky Paws Challenge. I've never done any of their challenges before so, I thought, why not? This was a fun card to create and such an quick and easy sketch to follow. You can make a ton of the same card using this (birthday, Christmas, invitations) or a collection of the same but not quite the same cards. 

I decided to use some of the fun Valentine items I've recently purchased from Concord & 9th. I am in love with their turnabout stamps and now that I have the misti they are coming out so much better!  I have a few but have never been able to get them just right. Hasn't stopped me from using them but it's nice to have them 

Here is the sketch that I used for my card.

Here is my finished card. I used Catherine Pooler inks to create the pink background cardstock and to make the darker pink Love word. This is one of my favorite techniques as I can always match my cardstock to inked images. 

Here is a close up of the love die cut image. I die cut it three times and then layered them on top of each other to give it a bit of dimension.  I added some sequins to give a bit of bling and the card was finished.  I can't wait to make some more using this sketch!!

Supplies:

INK: Catherine Pooler- it's a girl, be mine, coral cabana and party dress

SS: Concord & 9th- XOXO turnabout, Sew In Love die

CS: heavy white 

ACCESS: CTMH-silver ribbon, Catherine Pooler-inspiration point sequin mix

Happy Valentine's Day

I am loving all the new Valentine's Day stamps and accessories that are out right now.  I don't usually buy a bunch of it but this year they just seemed to scream at me to buy! I used a few new products I've recently acquired on this weeks Sketch~N~Scrap card challenge.

I used some more muted colors instead of the usual bright's you see.  Here is the sketch for today.

I kept the base of my card white so I could stencil on some hearts.  I love how this stencil looks. The randomness of the hearts is perfect for a subtle background.  

I stamped the sentiment and heart images in black and then sponged on color to give a little pop to each of the hearts.

Supplies used:
Catherine Pooler: Doodle hearts stamp set and dies
                             Smitten designer paper
                             Midnight ink
                             Coral cabana ink
                             Skylight ink
                             Rose Petals ink
Concord &9th: Halftone hearts nesting dies
Echo Park: You & Me 6x6 designer template (hearts)
CTMH: Silver shimmer trim
Nuvo: Wisteria purple crystal drops

Love You TSOT #392

Another wonderful day for a sketch challenge at Try Stampin' On Tuesday.  Today's sketch is a square card.  I'm not usually one to make other size cards so this was a great challenge for me.

This sketch also has a optional theme: Metallic Madness

Here is my finished card. I used a couple of different "metallic" elements. My Base is a shimmer grey, then I added a mirrored red and the love you is embossed is silver.  I had a lot of fun with this card.

Love Notes

Hi everyone! Welcome to another Sketch~N~Scrap sketch challenge.  I am loving all the Valentine's products that have been coming out and I can't get enough of making "love" cards.  The colors are so pretty this time of year and really get you in the mood for the upcoming spring time.

Here is the sketch for today

Here is my finished card.  I was originally going to have a die cut heart circle but just couldn't get it to look right.  Then I remembered I had this cute envelope die from Spellbinders. It worked great for this card.

I also die cut the love die twice just to get a little extra dimension.  The little hearts also come in the die set.  There are three different sizes but these little one's worked out great.

Make My Heart

So much stamping going on today.  Makes my heart happy to be crafting away and getting things done. 

I did challenge #298 over at Stampnation.  I love being apart of this online community.  So much inspiration and the ladies are amazing. 

This challenge was to case a card the design team did.  These are the cards we had to choose from

My card is based off the hexagon card.  I got some great new products from Concord and 9th and couldn't wait to use them!  I like that even though it came out for Valentine's Day it can be used for almost anything. 

Supplies:

Concord and 9th Heart Smile stamp set

White cardstock

Nuvo mica mist violet lustre

Nuvo glitter drops yellow bird

Echo Park you and me scattered heart stencil

gold washi tape

Catherine Pooler inks-midnight, garden party, sweet sixteen, it's a girl, it's a boy

{heart strings}

I absolutely love this stamp set from Unity Stamps.  Such a simple set and gets straight to the point. I used the color challenge over at Unity Stamps blog and the sketch challenge at CAS(E) this Sketch!

 

I used sponges and added a little color to the edges.  I wanted to soften all that white. I used Stampin' Up!'s blendabilities to color in the hearts.

 

Supplies:

SS: heart strings (unity)

INK: so saffron, soft sky ink pads, soft sky, daffodil delight, rich razzleberry blendabilites

CS: lost lagoon, whisper white, crumb cake

ACCESS: banner die, jewel rhinestones, sponges



In A Real Funk?!

I'm not sure why but I've been in a real creative funk lately.  Normally I would take a little bit of time on my days off and try and create something but this last month or so I just haven't had any gumption to get up and create.

Now, don't get me wrong, I've wanted to craft.  I've wanted to use my new card kits and scrapbook my new photos but all I've seemed to be able to do is sit, watch tv and nap.  Feeling guilty as I look at my beautiful craft closet and my messy scrap desk.

I finally pulled out some products on Christmas and made my first card in over a month!!  Then today I created two more!! Woohoo! Finally using some of my beloved products.  Using new papers, stamps and embellishments.  They've only been sitting in that lovely scrap closet for a month now.

Here are my cards.  My lovely, hard earned, cards.  I'm hoping that my funk has ended and I'll be creating and crafting like crazy.  After all, I took my whole birthday week off at the end of January so I could relax and play!!

Here is my first card.  I know, VALENTINES DAY?? But this kit was all about Valentines day.

Here is the second card.  I'm loving the Stamps of Life Card kit club.  Such great products.

 

 

Here is my third card.  I love these flipit framelits.  They make the best cards and the person getting it doesn't expect a card like it.