Tea for Two

A quick share today! Just felt like making something pretty and a bit girly.  

Supplies: Cardmaking and Papercraft Magazine freebee stamp and embossing folder, Memento and Versafine black inks, Spectrum Noir alcohol markers, vellum, Gina Marie X Stitched circle dies, Recollections Backyard Table 6x6 patterned paper pad.

I am playing with Tuesday Morning Sketches!

Summertime Fruit Thank you card

Hello!  Yesterday, I had a lot of fun playing with this cute fruit stamp set.  We have been eating wonderful cherries and watermelons, so it seems like the perfect time of year for this card.  

I colored the Fun Fruits, set of 4, with alcohol markers.  I did want to mention how I choose colors.  I colored just the fruits first and kept the markers that I was using out on my desk.  

Then, when I went to color the rest of the frames, I tried to pick only markers I already had out.  This is the easiest way, for me, to keep my cards harmonious and not too busy.  I think I only used 8 markers total.

The sentiment is from Florals Sheet. (As always, you can save 10% on these stamps using my code SAVE10HEIDI)

I’d love to enter the 30 Day Coloring Challenge,  Pixie’s Crafty Workshop’s Snippets Challenge (the yellow card was from my scrap box) and Word Art Wednesday’s Anything Goes challenge.

Have a great day!

Christmas in July

Hello All!  Well, it is July now and I haven’t done my usual number of cards per month for the last (at least) 2 months.  So I am going to try to get in the spirit of “Christmas in July” to make up for it!

My first card is done as a CASE of a card at the ModSquad challenge.  I did was change the flowers into snowflakes, but otherwise it is really along the same lines.  The background is patterned paper (easy peasy) and the snowman was simply colored with markers with a little glitter pen added.

I’d also like to enter this in Cute Card Thursday’s Anything Goes challenge.

Supplies: Gina K Christmas Magic stamp and die set, Bo Bunny Altitude 6x6 patterned paper pad, Gina Marie X Stitched circle dies, Sentiment from Hero Arts CL887 Layering Tree stamp set, Memento and Versafine Black inks, Close to My Heart gems.

So wish me luck in making a dent in the Christmas cards this month!  I know some of you like to make them early, but plenty would prefer to wait till late fall.  

Thanks for your visit today!

Sailing - By the Water card

Hello!  A quick share today.  I have a second card made with the rest of the Alcohol ink background I shared last week.  

I simply stamped my sailboat over the background, and voila!  A very pretty masculine card!

This card is part of JFF’s By the Water challenge that I am hosting this month!  Hope you will play along!

Tropical Card

Hello everyone!  This is my first post since I got back from vacation.  I have gone through the blog list and returned comments, but I was itching to actually get back in the craft room, so that is what I did!

I had these flowers already stamped and die cut out.  I did that one time at my craft group. I used Distress Oxide inks, but did not keep a record of what colors.  I paired this with a purple scrap from my scrap box, embossed with a new embossing folder, and then sanded down.  I celebrated my birthday fairly recently, so I added a sentiment that I could use for thank you cards.  

Supplies: Hero Arts Color Layering Hibiscus, Distress Oxide Inks, Versafine Black ink, Close to My Heart Wordfetti sentiment set, Gina Marie X stitched Circle dies, Darice Embossing folder.

I would love to enter some challenges!

Double D Challenge - Tropical

Inspirational Challenge - 3 or 5 of something (3 flowers)

Tuesday Throwdown - Anything Goes

WordArtWednesday - Anything Goes

Thank you for your kind comments!  It means so much to me that you take time to visit and encourage me!

Monster Humor

Hello!  Today I am using my favorite Carmen Medlin monster stamp, from the Clueless set.  This time I paired it with a funny saying called Blessed Are They. (A friendly reminder that you can always save 10% at the I Brake for Stamps store using my code SAVE10HEIDI)

I colored the monster using alcohol markers.  I then used Art Glitter Glue and applied some loose glitter to parts of the monster.  When that was dry, I fussy cut him out.  

I used some scraps of matching patterned paper to create my layout.  I already have the perfect person in mind to send this card to!  They will really get a chuckle out of it! I also have some plans to use this sentiment in a scrapbook.

Thank you for your recent blog visits and comments!  My posts this last week were pre-scheduled since I was traveling with family and knew I would have sketchy internet access.  I hope to be back visiting as normal within the next day or so!

By The Water - JFF’s July Challenge

Hello!  This month, I am the blog host for JFF’s July Challenge!  The theme I picked is “By the Water.”  July is a big vacation month; and a vacation, for me, is somewhere by the water.  My first choice would be a lake where I could do some boating (skiing, fishing) but your card could be at the beach, by a river, etc.  

My card was started as an alcohol ink background, which I did, this time, on yupo paper. I think I prefer yupo over glossy paper for AI techniques, but they both work wonderfully.   I stamped my fishing father and child stamp over top of the background.  I then stamped, colored and cut out the fish and applied it to the bottom as a title.  The black card scrap was cut to look like a Polaroid frame.  

Supplies: Just for Fun Rubber Stamps Father & Child Fishing stamp, Fishing title stamp, Ranger alcohol inks and Yupo paper, Sizzix swirl embossing folder, MFT DieNamics Pierced Square dies.

Please check out the JFF blog for the link up for this challenge, AND to see the artwork that the rest of the design team made for this challenge!  I really hope you will play along!  There will be a random drawing for a gift card.  

Thanks for your visit and kind comments!  They are such an encouragement to me!