I Love You S'more!

Today's design project with Atlantic Hearts uses their newest sketch and stamps from 3 different sources.

The background was repeatedly stamped using the Love script stamp from a past Paper Pumpkin kit in brown Memento ink. The pink swirl was repeatedly stamped on kraft cardstock using Distress Oxide ink.

I didn't use any diecuts on this card -some fancy scissors, a notched corner punch and a paper piercer were used instead. 

The S'mores image and sentiment are a digital stamp and I colored it up using Chameleon colored pencils.

That's it for me today...until next time~

Happy Valentine's Day!

Today's card is the second of two that I designed for the February card making class at the library and it will be entered @ Use Your Stuff for "Love is All Around", @ Unicorn Challenge for "Love/Valentines", @ Try It On Tuesday for "Love is in the Air", @ Stinkin' Inkers for "Love is in the Air", @ Deep Ocean for "Love is All Around" and Die Cuttin' Divas for "Valentine's Day".

This card features a fun and simple Z-fold with patterned papers from my stash and a long ago retired stamp set from Stampin' Up!

The coloring was done with water based markers, faux stitching details done with a black pen and shimmer added with a clear Wink of Stella pen. The inside sentiment was stamped on a scalloped circle die cut from Itsy Bitsy.

Until next time ~ Happy Valentine's Day!

How To Make A Cute Dragon Card With The Best Glue Ever

Today's design team post with ScraPerfect uses the Best Glue Ever to adhere together the components for this super cute card that was inspired by the sketch over @ My Favorite Things.

I started by using the small Net stencil from Itsy Bitsy with 2 shades of green Distress ink to mimic pattern paper on the left side of the card.

I stamped the dragon and star stamps from Itsy Bitsy in Archival black ink so that I could color him up with my watercolor pencils and a blender pen, then masked him off and stenciled some clouds around him using blue Distress ink.

The Best Glue Ever with the No Clog Writing Cap on top made an easy job of adding just the right amount of adhesive to my layers of card stock for quick assembly of the card.

I used gold Wink of Stella to color the stars and added some glitter to his wings using a Stardust gel pen. 

Inside I stamped the love sentiments from CAS-ual Fridays in black ink.

The front sentiment was popped up with mini foam dots for added dimension.

That's it for me today! Until next time, happy crafting with ScraPerfect~

Snow-One Like You

Merry Christmas everyone ~ I hope this finds you having a wonderful holiday with the ones you love and making memories that will last a lifetime! Today's design team creation for Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge was made using a digital stamp from Sheep Ski Designs that was free as a part of this year's Kit and Clowder Advent event. I am really hoping to be able to take one of Kit and Clowder's coloring classes this year -they are just fabulous!

The coloring was done with Chameleon colored pencils and extra sky detail added using gray distress ink and a white gel pen. The cross-stitch diecut ovals are from Itsy Bitsy and I've been using them ALOT lately!

The inside sentiment is a retired stamp from Close To My Heart done in archival gray ink from Stampin' Up.

You can't really see it here, but the moon and the snow are accented with clear Wink of Stella shimmer and glow gorgeously!

Until next time~

I Whale Always Love You!

Today's card made for the Itsy Bitsy design team embraces the cool tones of winter and celebrates everlasting love...in large, oceanic, mammal style, lol! 

You may be wondering why I am showing you this pretty piece of tan, vintage paper from the Retro Paper Pack below...but believe it or not,  that is what I started out with for this project! I used only the top right portion of this 12" x 12" sheet (cut to 4 1/4" x 5 1/2") as the base for my stencil work. Follow along with the step -by -step below to see how it's done.

The first step was using stencil tape to secure the Chevron Stencil down to my work surface over top of the Retro patterned paper. Using gray Hickory Smoke Distress Ink, I gently tapped the color through the stencil on to the paper. 

When it was covered completely, I removed the patterned paper, sprayed the inked surface of the stencil with water in a fine mist and then pulled a print of that watercolored design on to a separate piece of White Card. 

I then repeated that same process with the blue Tumbled Glass Distress Ink, but I offset the paper under the stencil to alternate the two colors.

I also used the two ink colors to add watercolor splotches on a small scrap of white card that I'll use for my sentiment banner. Below you can see the 3 pieces I was left with after my session of playing around with water, paper and ink.

After I gave it some time to dry, I used my diecut machine and the thin cut Banner Die set to cut a large banner from the water printed chevron paper, a medium banner from plain white card and a small banner from the watercolor splotched paper.

Then I got out my Black Chalk Ink and the Fintastic Birthday set to stamp the sentiment on the small banner and the whale on a scrap of white.

I tapped the Distess Ink pads in both colors on to a clear acrylic stamp block and pulled ink off using a water brush to watercolor the whale. After he was dry, I fussy cut him out and covered him with a little dusting of glitter.

Using Foam Tape adhesive and an office/desk stapler, I layered and adhered the banners and the whale to the front of a white A2 side folded vertical card.

Tiny silver stars from the Moon Light Shaker Sprinkles pack were randomly glued on to the card front for some subtle bling and then it was all done!

Check out Itsy Bitsy's webstore to find all the supplies used here today and until next time, happy crafting~

Meet Me Under the Mistletoe!

Let me just start by saying that today's card is a lot more gorgeous in person, lol! I had a terrible time trying to get good photos with all the white and the shine of the silver embossing, sigh. Oh well, guess you will just have to take my word for it -heehee and hopefully you will be able to see it's potential anyway.

I am trying to get better at doing truly CAS cards and I think I finally got it right this time! I was inspired by the sketch @ CAS(e) this Sketch and the theme @ AAA Cards, so I will be submitting there plus @ Double D Challenges for their Red and White challenge, and @ Repeat Impressions for "Glitter".

This card was made on a white A2 card base with the addition of some red patterned paper, silver glitter paper diecut using a die from Spellbinders, skinny washi tape in 2 patterns and stamps from several sets and companies.

The inside was treated just as specially as the front 'cuz this card will be for my hubby for Christmas and he deserves only the best! I used water based markers directly on the mistletoe stamp and then blended it a bit with the clear Wink of Stella pen, so it glitters when you see it in person!

The silver heat embossed sentiment on the front helps to ground the design and complete the sketch.

Hope you are enjoying all the prep that comes along with the December holidays -as for me, it's time to finally decorate my Christmas tree! Until next time~

A Sparkly Love Anniversary Card

Today's card was designed for the Mix It Up Challenge Blog November Design Team with the optional technique of "Stenciling" using the sketch from Sunday Stamps as my inspiration. It will also be entered @ Crazy 4 Challenges for "Using Pink" and @ heARTful Stamping for "Anything Goes + a Stamp". 

The first step in making this card was to stencil the polka dots design on the front of an A2 sized horizontal top folding card made from Bristol cardstock for it's sturdiness qualities and ability to take the wetness from the gel medium well. I used Frog tape to secure it to my work mat and then used a palette knife to evenly spread the matte gel medium across the stencil on the card front. I then carefully pulled the stencil off and sprinkled the crystal glitter all over the wet gel. I also rinsed the gel off the stencil right away! I then set this aside to dry while I worked on the other parts of the card.

 I stamped and heat embossed the blooms from Close to my Heart in Silver Pearl powder, colored them with watercolors and cut them out using the matching die set once they were completely dry.

Using the sketch as my guide, I trimmed the vellum layer and added the washi tape banner. The "love" was die cut from some DCVW holographic paper I bought at a stamp and scrap store while we were on vacation in Bermuda.

There is so much sparkle and shimmer on this card -I just LOVE it, lol! As you may be able to see here, I even added clear wink of Stella to the blossoms.

Once everything was assembled, I wrapped the silver thread around the card front 2 times, tied it in a bow and secured it with a mini glue dot. The bloom was adhered with foam pop dots, but everything else is glued flat.

Inside, I stamped the sentiment in London Fog Memento ink and added the embossed and die cut blue bloom. This card will be going out in the mail to one of my sister-in-laws and her hubby in the next few weeks.

Until next time~