Hello partner in crime

Good morning! Another great day to craft! I am still playing with the color challenge over at Stampnation and using some new products that I haven't had a chance to use from Altenew.

I have a hard time coming up with ideas sometime but this card just crafted it's self.  It came together so quickly.

I used my inkpads for a direct to paper coloring and then cut out the leaves and flowers from that paper. I attached them after adhering down the hexagon shaped black strips. 

I cut out the background for the hello and used a blending brush in limonchello to create a muted background for the hello. I did cut out two of the hello and attached them together to give a little more depth. Loving the way this turned out!!

Hello There Friend FMS422

I was so happy to be able to play with this cute stamp set from Catherine Pooler's club sursee subscription.  I love all things winter and this set has a cute little penguin (but I didn't use it lol)

The sketch over at Freshly Made Sketches was a great choice for this card and it came together quick fast. I like how it has the long panel that you can use for your stamped images. A lot of different things can work for it.

Here is my finished card. I colored in the dear using different ink pads and a blender pen and then die cut him out and popped him up. Instead of string or ribbon I used sequins that matched the colors I used.

Dream Big #sncolorchallenge

Good morning!! I finally finished the 87 wedding invites and rsvp cards and now I get to make new projects!! Today I used the Stampnation color challenge to create this cute dream big card.  It took me a few times to get the sentiment to cut out correctly, but once I pulled out my precision plate it cut perfect!

The colors I used for this card are Catherine Pooler-mint to be, aquatini, queen for a day, lemongrass and limoncello.

Supplies:

dies: Catherine Pooler: dream big sentiment & chevron divide cover plate

cs: Catherine Pooler: black and white

Wedding Invites

I have a co-working getting married in May and she blessed me with the pleasure of creating her wedding invites and r.s.v.p. cards.  I had so much fun coming up with some ideas and couldn't wait to get her approval for the one she wants!

Here are the two different ones I made for her to choose from. For this first one I gave her three options for the sentiment. Black ink, silver embossing power or black embossing powder. I used my silhouette machine to create the card with the dress cut out and then stamped the background and added some silver cardstock inside to give the couple some shimmer.

For the next card I used my silhouette again and cut out a couple and popped them up for some dimension. I used a silver ink pad to stamp the background.

So...which one did she choose? 1 or 2?  She chose number 1!! That one is my favorite one as well so I'm so happy that's what she decided on.  She also decided on the black embossing powder to give a bit more oomph!!

Hello orange

Good afternoon! I created a card using a color challenge over at Stampnation. This one was a bit hard as I don't usually use orange. I pulled out all five of Catherine Pooler's orange inks and got stamping.  I started with using a heart stencil from Altenew and blended the five different colors. I love how that turned out so I did it again for the hello sentiment.

I used little cut out hearts from the large heart I made to add some texture to the card and I didn't feel I needed to add any other "bling". For not being to fond of orange I do love how this card turned out. I tried to make it a valentine's card but just couldn't do it lol.

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 Birthday StampNation!!

This month over at StampNation we are celebrating it's 9th birthday! I have been apart of SN for about 4 years and have loved every minute. The inspiration from all the ladies, the wonderful challenges and the celebrations are so much fun.

I made two birthday cards using Concord & 9th"s Top It Off stamp/dies.  This is such a fun set and has so many different possibilities! I can't wait to get crafting a bit more with this set.  This is what I came up with today

I used my new misti to help me align my images a bit better and am very happy with how it turned out. I loved using the different colors to create the tiers.  I love both but I think the blue and yellow cake is my favorite. It looks more like a wedding cake to me.  

Additional products used:

ink: Catherine Pooler- sauna, stone blue, lemongrass, sangria, daydream, midnight

Cs: heavy white

ss: Concord & 9th- top it off stamp/dies, Catherine Pooler-I eat cake

Aloe There! FMS #416

Here is a card I made using the sketch over at Freshly Made Sketches. I've had it done for about a week now and totally forgot to upload it so I'm glad there challenge is still going.

Here's the sketch. This layout is one of my favorites I've done in a while and I can see myself making a few more cards with it.

Here is what I came up with. I used new products from the latest Catherine Pooler release called Out West.  Loving the color combo for this paper!!

Hello

Good morning! I tried out another color combo from Stampnation today and am loving it! It's part of the Coffee & Cards-Holiday Edition. I love when they give us color inspiration. It's so cool to see what others come up with and how many different techniques they use.

I used some new products I purchased during Black Friday (shh) I knew I just had to purchase the penguin stamp sets that The Stamps of Life came out with! They are so darn cute and add the right amount of fun to my card. I also used the new diamond builder stencil from Concord & 9th. This works a lot like the turnabout stamps so there will be more cards coming with this stencil!!

I am so happy with the way this card turned out.  I used ink to make the purple cardstock and then cut my sentiment out of it. I can't wait to create more backgrounds with that stencil and see just what I can get out of it!!

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

Noel "Less is More #409"

How is everyone doing this December? Did you enjoy all the amazing crafty black Friday sales? I know I did lol. I think I went a bit overboard but hey, when do you ever get deals like that!?

I spent most of my cash at Catherine Pooler's site.  I love her products and a lot of the items she had on sale were things I've been wanting but just couldn't get.  I combined one of my new stamps/die sets with a great sketch from Less Is More. This was a bit of a challenge to get a triangle shape.

These are the two sketches to choose from. I choose the first one and put my triangle at the bottom of my card.

I love how this card turned out.  It's not what I was going to do at first but it just came together.