Happy (belated) Birthday, Sandie!

Between the end of school year activities and starting a new job I have even less time to create. After an especially crazy week I really needed to recharge my batteries on Sunday by getting crafty...

I am terribly late (possibly the last) in wishing Sandie from London Days a very Happy 50th Birthday! But better late than never, I always think, and hope that Sandie will enjoy celebrating a bit longer!

Stamps: Happy Little Stamper (Happy Birthday), Avery Elle (belated)

My collection of washi tape has been whining that I keep forgetting about them and they were right, so I pulled them out. I honored Sandie's love of lot's of white space, CAS, and purple. The sentiment (in black) is from a set that I recently won from Happy Little Stampers. Love all the different fonts in that set! I added an assortment of purple washi tape and some flower gems.

There are two parties going on for Sandie and I am sending this card to both of them:

Time Out "Extra"

CAS with the optional twist of purple


Kylie, owner of Happy Little Stampers






Sandie, I hope this coming year will bring you lots of wonderful things and always enough time to create and do what makes you happy!

Hugs,

Masculine Birthday Card with Motorcycle

Hi there,

Just quickly popping in with a masculine birthday card.

Stamps: Doodlebug (motorcycle, flames), SSS (sentiment), Hero Arts (background)
Dies: Doodlebug (motorcycle, flames), MFT Die-namics (chevron border)


Challenge:

The Male Room #35 "Transport"







Seize The Birtday "Add Dimension"
The motorcycle w/flames and the sentiment are popped up.





CAS-ual Fridays Challenge #148 "Birthday Boy"



 



Uniko #32 "Masculine"






ETA: Over at my Instagram account, Ardyth suggested that I enter this card also at

CASology #199 "Fast"







Be well,

Happy Retirement with Bird

I recently started working part time and almost at the same time one of the 7 Cardologists retired. This is the card I made for her and since she has received it, I can share it with you. You probably can guess what my inspirations was...

Stamps: SSS (happy), Winnie & Walter (retirement)
Dies: Memory Box (bird, branch), SSS (frame)
Other: Punch (Carl)


Challenge (click on the links for rules and lots of inspiration from the DT in the gallery):


Time Out Challenge #56
Yes, you guessed correctly! It was this beautiful card by Kay Miller. I tried to keep the light and airy feel of it and also used the lovely color combination.






Simon Says Wednesday "Flowers"







Happy Little Stampers May"Anything Goes With Dies"







Memory Box Challenge #12 "For the Birds"






Be well,

"Thanks a Ton" in Mint and Navy

Before I show you today's card let me welcome my new followers 

Kelly of "Sandcastle Stamper"

and ra A (sorry, couldn't find a blog)

with this quote by David Steindl-Rast

It isn't joy that makes us grateful,

it's gratitude that makes us joyful.

Now to the card:

When I saw the colors for the new challenge at Inkspirational I immediately thought of the cute whale from Clearly Besotted and made this card:

Stamps: Clearly Besotted (whale, sentiment)
Other: Stencil (Memory Box)

If you click on the picture to enlarge it you will see the Stickles I added to the waves and the sentiment because I felt it needed something else.


Challenges (click on the links for rules and inspiration):

Inkspirational #108 "Mint and Navy"







Simon Says Wednesday Challenge "Stencil It"








Be well,

Guest Designer for Happy Little Stamper May CAS Challenge

How are you all?

I am extremely pleased to have been invited as a Guest Designer for the May CAS Challenge "Inlaid Die Cutting" at Happy Little Stampers! 

This technique is perfect for adding interest to your card without adding any bulk. I had lots of fun making these two cards! 

Stamps: Impression Obsession (rose background), Uniko (sentiment)
Die: WPlus9 (heart), SSS (banner)


I die cut the heart from a panel, heat embossed the background in gold, sponged it with Distress Inks, laid it back into the panel, and taped everything on a card front. Added the heat embossed banner and some Glossy Accents to look like dew drops.

ETA: Loll suggested that I enter this card in this month's 

CAS Mix Up Challgenge
My card features stamping, heat embossing, and die cutting.

And the second card:

Stamp: SSS (sentiment)
Die: SSS (you)


This technique is also perfect for those very delicate dies that are difficult to glue down. Here I used a watercolored panel (not the one from this post but created at the same time), cut out the "you", die cut it also from a piece of gold card stock, put it in the green panel and attached it to a card with foam tape. Before doing that though, I stamped the rest of the sentiment and added some gold splatters.

A heartfelt thank you to the folks at Happy Little Stamper CAS challenge for inviting me to be a Guest Designer! Check out what the fabulous Design Team came up with and then play along! Hope to see you in the gallery!

Be well,

Square Pink Thank You

I made this Thank You card with another one of my new Uniko stamps. Those beautiful, delicate flowers were part of this year's anniversary set.

Stamps: Uniko (flowers, sentiment)
Die: Nestabilities (circle)


The center flower is popped up as is the sentiment panel. I have to say their sentiment set "Simply Said" is so versatile and the small font is great. It covers lots of occasions. I love it!


Challenges (Please click on the links to find out about rules, see the inspiration of the DT and browse the gallery):


Uniko Challenge #31 "Metallics"
The sentiment is gold embossed, layered in gold, there are gold splatters, and gold half pearls on the white circle.






Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge "Anything Goes"








Stamplorations CAS Challenge April







Be well,

Palm Fronds in front of a Wall

This past week my boys were on spring break and we went to Washington, D.C. for a few days. I had never been there myself. Boy, is there a lot to see - too much for one visit! All that history! We enjoyed it very much and hope to go back again some day!

This afternoon I made three cards which is quite unusual for me! I will show you one of them (can't show you the other two yet).

Stamp: Hero Arts (sentiment)
Die: Hero Arts (palm fronds)
Other: stencil (TCW)


This card makes me happy in several ways:
First, I absolutely love these palm fronds from Hero Arts.
Second, I finally used this die that I got from a2z Scrapbooking store, when I won their challenge quite a while ago (why, oh why, did it take me so long??).
Third, I used a watercolored background that didn't come out quite as I hoped it would (I was trying my hand on the faux glazed glass technique that Sandy Allnock mastered so beautifully - me not so much) but instead of throwing it out I used it for die cutting and really like it now. Not wasting anything always makes my happy!
Lastly, a long time ago I bought a holder full of Whisper ink pads but never use them because I find them too light/dry for stamping. Somebody who purges regularly would have thrown them out long ago but today I discovered they are perfect for lightly sponging through a stencil!


Challenges:

a2z Scrapbooking Challenge April "Watercoloring"



CAS Mix Up Challenge "April"







Thanks so much for stopping by!

Be well,