Clean & Simple Emoji Handmade Card

Hello and I hope all my American stamping friends had a safe and Happy Thanksgiving.  As I was addressing Thanksgiving cards to send out to family earlier this week, I stamped the message, “Smiles Across the Miles” on the outside of the envelopes.  I had a thought for using that message on a card.

I have this small set of emoji dies from Spellbinders and I thought it would be cute to pair the sentiment with these!  I also added the bridge from a Mama Elephant set just so the card wouldn’t be too plain.  I will be sending this off to a tween boy.  It is always such a relief to have the cards finished for this age of boys!  You never know what they will like, but I am sure this will work.

(A quick photo of the inside.)

Supplies: Gina K Designs Happy Mail Stamp Set, Mama Elephant Sightseeing stamp set, Versafine Onyx Black ink, Spellbinders Emoji set, Avery Elle Wonky Stitched Rectangles dies.

I got to use up a bunch of scraps of yellow and black cardstock with these tiny dies, so I would love to enter Pixie’s Crafty Workshop’s Snippets Playground challenge.

Fun Birthday Card for a kid!

Hello and I hope you are enjoying the last couple days of the year!  We have been hit with several illnesses during the holidays, so we are taking it easy. I am hoping everyone will be set to go back to work and school in the New Year.

Here is a card that I made for a little boy last month. 

I colored the image a while ago with alcohol markers and then added glitter all over with my wink of stella pen.  

Knowing a card is for a child allowed me to use some fun embellishments like these glitter foam stars and the glittery enamel dots. This card did go over well - he thought it was really fun.  

Supplies:  Art Impressions Deep Breath Birthday stamp set, Memento black inks, Specturm Noir markers, Wink of Stella glitter pen, My Mind's Eye Hootenanny 6x6 paper pad, Avery Elle Wonky rectangles dies, embellishments from my stash

I would love to participate in the following challenges:

Cute Card Thursday - Anything Goes

SimonSaysStamp Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes

Vintage Rose Card

Hello!  Today I have another vintage-y card to share.  I did not finish my Rose series in June, as I had intended -- life just got too busy -- so I decided to just keep on until I was done using all the rose stamps I could find in my stash.  (All my Rose themed cards can be found at this link.)

And I need your help!  I got this Rose image as a RAK and I do not know the maker.  Do you?  It was clearly unmounted at some point from a woodmount stamp.  

I used a lot of product in this card, I sortof threw the kitchen sink at it.  It was fun to make!  The seed packet stamp is so much fun and I know I will be using it a lot in the future with all my flower stamps.

I paper pieced the rose, and then added details with a rose pencil and then pink distress ink.  

Supplies:  Our Daily Bread Stamps Seed Packet, Rose Unknown, Hero Arts Italian Poetry background stamp, Avery Elle Kraft and Truffle pigment inks, Echo Park Victorian Garden paper pad, Derwent Coloursoft pencils, Distress ink Tattered Rose.

I would love to participate in the following challenges:

Our Daily Bread Designs Anything that Grows

SimonSaysStamp Monday Challenge Flora and Fauna

Nature Bird Card

Hello! I hope everyone will have a happy and safe holiday weekend!  It is Memorial Day weekend in the USA, and it should be good, hot weather for us.  

Today, I am using some new supplies and stamps that I picked up before life got real busy, and now have had a chance to try out.  I had lots of fun stamping with those tiny stamps to create my own customized background paper, and then lots of fun coloring the cute little bird with colored pencils!

I did want to leave my options open for this card, so I didn't add a sentiment. I *may* use it for a Father's Day card, and that is the reason I used the woodgrain embossing folder.  

I didn't realize that these small Dina Wakely birdie stamps (I got mine at Michaels) were acrylic and not photopolymer, but they are still so cute and I just use Versafine for the ink and they still stamp out perfectly.  

Supplies:  Rubber Stamp Tapestry Herbal Sachet stamp set, Dina Wakely Media Little Birdies Stamp and Stencil set, Versafine Onyx Black Ink, Avery Elle Pigment ink Lemongrass, Celery, Mint to Be, Kraft, Truffle, Gina K Jelly Bean Green cardstock, Kraft cardstock, Darice woodgrain embossing folder.

I would love to participate in the following challenges:

SimonSaysStamp Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes

ModSquad Challenge - Use it Or Lose it!

Citrus Slice Thank You card

Hello! I have a quick card to share today that I made for a challenge at SplitCoast.  I thought the citrus theme would be fun for a thank you for someone who is just sweet!

I just stamped the citrus slice repeatedly and used a die cut for the sentiment.  I think the experience has convinced me to try to find some of those thin line glue applicators.  Gluing that word on got a little messy!

Supplies: Hero Arts Love Jar stamp set, Avery Elle Pigment Ink in Raspberry, Fizz and Mimosa, Gina K Passionate Pink cardstock, Cheery Lynn die

Thanks for coming by!

(Not So) Shabby Chic Mother's Day Card

Hello and I hope you are doing well today.  

I wanted to try the shabby chic look.  However much I love it, it is not the style I usually create with, so I altered the style to be more clean and simple. It is a style oxymoron to be Shabby CAS Chic?  

Before I overthink this further, here is my card...

The essential parts of Shabby Chic for me are lace and the colors pink first, then beige and mint.  The essential, for me, for CAS is clean white space, so I just left out distressing that would normally be included.

Supplies:  Rubber Stamp Tapestry A Spot of Tea peg stamp set, Avery Elle inkpads in Kraft, Mint to Be, Raspberry and Pixie, Hero Arts Celebrate Everyday (sentiment), Echo Park Victorian Garden paper pad, Die-Namics Pierced Squares, EK Success circle and corner punch.

I would love to participate in the following challenge:
CASology - Pink

I really do appreciate your stopping by!

"Sentimental" Christmas Card

The prompt at Merry Monday this week was Sentiments, so I decided to see what I could do with this sentiment collage from Inkadinkado. I have used this before, but I definitely feel it is a bit hard to use since it uses up so much of my card with just the sentiment - and I really like using image stamps too.  I also wanted to combine this with a challenge to do a one-layer card.

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Although this card is full of stamping, I did try to leave some open space in the frame, to make it less busy.  I added stickles to the snowflakes in the sentiment.

Supplies:  Inkadinkado Sentiment (60-00862), Versafine Onyx Black ink, Rubber Stamp Tapestry Holiday Stocking peg stamp set, Avery Elle Ink Sea Glass, Cherry, Strawberry, Celery, Stickles

Thanks so much for stopping by! 

I would love to participate in the following challenge:

Merry Monday -  Getting Sentimental

You're Sew Special

Welcome to my blog. I appreciate your coming by today.

I have a card that I made for an interesting challenge at SplitCoast Stampers.  They have something called Teapotters challenges where you make a card according to their challenge theme and then you have the option to send it to the chosen recipient.  What a good idea as so many cardmakers do not send as many cards as you may want to.

The recipient for this challenge was CherylQuilts and the theme was a Stitch in Time. If you haven't seen Cheryl's work, you should pop over to her blog and see!  She colors beautifully and makes lovely cards.  But she also is just really encouraging and sweet to all cardmakers and has been very encouraging to me too.

Here is the card I sent Cheryl (I think it should have arrived by now.)

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I used a mix of stamp sets from Rubber Stamp Tapestry and one from Cardmaking & Papercraft Magazines.  I really love the look of the soft flowers with the bolder images in black. 

Supplies: Rubber Stamp Tapestry Holiday Stockings and A Spot of Tea stamp sets, Cardmaking and Papercraft Magazine Sew Pretty stamp set, Versafine Onyx Black, Avery Elle Pigment ink Sugar Plum, Orchid, Celery, Gina K cardstock

So Many Reaons to be Thankful

Update (3/29/16): I was so pleased and excited that this card was chosen as the "Queen of Clean" for Freshly Made Sketchs #229!  Thanks so much!

Thanks for coming by today.  I hope you had a happy Easter!  

I am nearly out of Thank You cards, so I think many cards I will be making in the near future are going to have that sentiment.  I used my score board to emboss lines on the left hand side of the card panel.

Supplies: Gina K Designs You're My Favorite and Mega Squares (retired) stamp sets, Versafine Smokey Grey ink, Avery Elle Ocean Mist, Lemon Grass, Celery pigment inks, textured paper, Gina K Designs Ocean Mist cardstock.

I would like to participate in the following challenge:
Freshly Made Sketches #229
ModSquad Springtime

Clean & Simple with Rubber Stamp Tapestry

Hello!  I hope you are doing well. :)

Today I have another card to share using the same little peg stamps I used just the other day.  I started wondering if A) I would be able to use them in a more clean and simple way, and B) Could I follow a sketch?

I really had to hold back because it is really just so easy to keep stamping and stamping.  Here's just another view (it is hard to post just one photo...)

When I have a little time, I want to make a set of these in different colors to send as a gift.

Supplies: Rubber Stamp Tapestry Cherry Blossom stamp set, Thank You stamp from Anita's stamps, Avery Elle Pigment Inks, Versafine Onyx black ink, Liquid Pearls

I would love to participate in this challenge:

Retro Sketches #206 

Thanks so much for stopping now by.  I enjoy reading each and every comment and always try to go back and visit your blogs too.  Have a great day!

Easter Flowers Cards - Minimal Coloring

Thanks so much for stopping by.

Today I have two cards to share, both Easter cards that use the same sketch.  Neither card uses much coloring at all and I finished both just this morning.  I like how they each are the same, but a little different style.

You have already seen me use this stamp for other Easter cards here using chalks and here using Oil Pastels.  I stamped the daffodil in black ink, and then paper pieced the flowers.  I used just one green marker to color in the stems and a yellow to accent the flowers.

Supplies: I Brake for Stamps March Daffodil, Versafine Onyx Black Ink, Echo Park Victoria Garden paper pad, Fiskars edge punch, sentiment is from a Canadian Maple stamp I got from the craft store ages ago.

I stamped the Lily of the Valley multiple times in two colors of green ink to get a patterned paper.  I also distressed the edge with green ink.  

Supplies: Our Daily Bread Lily of the Valley, Avery Elle Lemongrass, Truffle and Jungle inkpads, Bundled Sage Distress ink, Echo Park Victoria Garden paper pad, Hero Arts CL051 Sentiment, Fiskars edge punch

Thanks again for your visit!   I would love to hear from you in the comments!

Cherry Blossom card with Rubber Stamp Tapestry peg stamps

Hi there and thanks for stopping by!

I recently made a purchase from an older stamp company, Rubber Stamp Tapestry, but I have been playing around with them so much they are a new favorite for me.  Their peg stamp sets looked so fun and easy to work with.  

I really enjoyed making this card. You get to stamp so much, use lot of colors, and it was fun to create my frame and some matching patterned paper for a mat.  I think this design is timeless and classy.

I think you will be seeing more cards from me using these tiny stamps.  What I am most looking forward to is using these when my friends (who are stamping beginners) come over to make cards, since I know they will be able to get great results with these.  

Supplies: Rubber Stamp Tapestry Cherry Blossom, Thank You from Anita's Stamps, Avery Elle pigment inks, GKD Jelly Bean Green cardstock, other cardstock from my stash

I would love to participate in the following challenge:

Right At Home: National Craft Month Celebration

Rainbow Ellie Card (Avery Elle)

Happy Pi Day and welcome to my blog!  Thanks for coming by!

I have had this idea of making a rainbow kids' card for a while, and a variety of challenges helped pull it all together today.  Rainbow, Animals and Stars!  I thought that Clean and Simple was the way to go, considering the glitter I wanted to use (even though it is so difficult to photograph!)

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I adhered the glitter ribbon to a strip of cardstock and then trimmed the edges.  The Elephant and star balloon were paper pieced, one with patterned paper and one with just another that I colored with chalks.  

The repeated sentiment is so cute, and it happened by mistake. I wasn't happy with how straight the first stamping was, so I added the two second-generation stamping to even it out.  Some evidence that mistakes can be opportunities!

Supplies: Avery Elle Ellie Stamp set, Versafine Onyx Black ink, Pebbles Chalk, My Mind's Eye Hootenanny Paper, American Crafts glitter ribbon

I would love to participate in the following challenges:

SimonSaysStamp Monday Challenge - Use some Lucky Stars

A Blog Named Hero - Rainbow

I really appreciate your visit!