Plant Sunshine

Hello, how are you today?
For as slow as the days are going at my house, I sure have a hard time believing that this week is nearing the end so fast! My days and sense of time are all muddled. Anyone else in their right mind having this trouble?

It is always a good time to plant sunshine! 

Our challenge at Online Card Classes Spring Card Camp 2 was to use masking. I took a twist with my design and decided to use small images inside a die cut shape and pulled out the Plant Sunshine stamp from Penny Black.  Sponging DOX inks in Tea Dye, Squeezed Lemonade and Worn Lipstick inside the shape, I then inked the images with Warm Wool (WPlus9). This ink color is a favorite of mine for softer looking images and sentiments. It's a neutral between brown and gray.  I added coloring details with Polychromos pencils. Drawing the white line with a gel pen was easy using the next smaller die in the set as a guide. 

I decided a flat layer card with no embellishments was really OK. That's my was of letting you know how hard it was to resist not adding another thing!

Thank you so much for spending time to see what I've been making! I appreciate you and wish you well today. I'm adding this to the challenge at Inspired By. 

Be yourself

     Delight in your craft 

        Make something beautiful!

I'm adding this to the challenges at Inspired By called Flower me with Color and Use Your Stuff - Flowers or Butterflies. 

Sweet Sentiments

Hello there friends! Being outside has been so therapeutic as the weather has turned warm here.  My husband and I have been gardening - the veggies are planted and flowers are on the list to plant today. 
I just hope it stays only warm for a while longer before HOT summer hits! 

I can never get enough flowers, can you?  Coloring them on cards is fun too! For day 20 of Spring Card Camp the lesson involved creating and coloring a display of flowers. 

The Bouquet Builders 6  and Sweet Sentiments from Waffle Flower were just waiting to be inked! I used Zigs Real Color Brush markers to add bright hues. 

I'm adding this to the challenge at The Paper Players too! 

Guess what happens tomorrow?  Spring Card Camp 2 begins. Yep, I'm signed up all ready for crafty play time to begin! The thought sure makes me smile.
Thanks so much for your kind visit today. 

 Be yourself

     Delight in your craft 

        Make something beautiful!

Get more out of your inks!

It's Friday and it's a new month!  I'm continuing with a project from day 19 of Spring Card Camp's lesson on second generation stamping. 

It was fun to re-visit this technique using the fully inked image for one card and the stamped off version for the second card. It's interesting to see the difference in the shades of color you get, and a helpful way to get more out of your inks. Thinking of using this technique when making multiples of cards makes great sense. Thank you, Jennifer McGuire! 

I think the paler flowers looked a bit washed out but adding a pop of gold foil and sequins makes it better! What do you think? 

Thanks to you for your visit! 

Be yourself

     Delight in your craft 

        Make something beautiful!

Stamps: WPlus9 Southern Florals, Waffle Flower Sweet Sentiments, SU - Aida Cloth Background

Simple Shaker Card

Hello there! Welcome back!
I love shaker cards but I don't often enjoy making them because lining up all those layers of foam tape ends up being tedious. For day 8 Cathy Zielske shared a super cute and easy simple shaker card. We are nearing the end of the Spring Card Camp class so I decided to put one of these together. 

It involved using a small word die with chunky letters. I paired it with a sentiment from Friends Furever (MFT) and some colorful papers from Doodlebug. I feel sure this will brighten someone's day! 
Thanks for spending some time with me today. I appreciate it so much. 

Be yourself

     Delight in your craft 

        Make something beautiful!

It's Brand New!

Yes, the day is brand new and I'm here to share my second card from day 18 of Spring Card Camp. I combined the ink and masking technique to make the striped panel,  just like yesterday's card. This time I kept the design simple with clean layers and a bold sentiment. 

I'm loving this brand new paper I got from Waffle Flower Crafts. I don't often give shout outs to products but this one is so unique I just had to share.  It's a whole pad of 80 lb. card stock in sheets 5.5 x 8.5 so that you get two cards from one sheet. 

Softly neutral patterns but what is so cool is that they can be ink blended - as much or little as you want - to match your project. I ink blended for today's card and you can see how subtle it is. I thought you might like to see the card stock without the ink blending. What great possibilities! 

Are your days running together? Mine are too!  Don't know what day it is? That's OK, I am wishing you a beautiful day! 

Be yourself

     Delight in your craft 

        Make something beautiful!

Supplies used:

Stamps: Papertrey Ink - Huge Sentiments and dies

Paper: Neenah Solar White, Waffle Flower - Modern Neutrals, SU - Basic Gray

INK: DOX - Tattered Rose, Worn Lipstick, Seedless Preserves, Broken China

Accessories: Stitched Square and Rectangle dies

Masking and Inking

Hello everyone, how have you been doing? 
I've been involved with some other projects but today I made it into the craft room and got back into the Spring Card Camp. 

For day 18, we learned a terrific technique using masking and inking to create a striped panel. You can use the strips from masking to make a second card and that's what I have for you today. 

Inking was done with DOX in Tattered Rose, Worn Lipstick, Seedless Preserves and Broken China. I liked the color combo so I used them but had no idea how I was going to finish the rest of the card. 

The Beautiful Butterflies stamp set and die from Wplus9 seemed like a good idea. My favorite part of this card is the beautiful paper pack from Waffle Flower Crafts that I bought recently called Modern Neutrals. It's a pale gray and this pattern has the faintest design like bokeh to add interest without overpowering the focal point. 

I have quite a few days of class to catch up on, and will be back tomorrow to show the second card of this set. Have a wonderful night! 

Be yourself

     Delight in your craft 

        Make something beautiful

Rainbows and Sparkle!

Rainbows and sparkles make any day shine a little brighter, don't you think?  I do too! 
On day 11 of Spring Card Camp our teacher was Dawn Woleslagle who shared a lesson on creating a rainbow and cutting it to create two cards. The class gallery is chock full of rainbow cards so I know this was the fav lesson of many, including me! 

I have so many of the same supplies that Dawn used, so my card is an actual CASE of hers. I'm happy to share it here. It was fun and so easy to make that I can't wait to make more. I'm thinking these would be great for a note card set too. 

I appreciate your visit today, please take care! 

Be yourself

     Delight in your craft 

        Make something beautiful!

Supplies used:

Stamps:  Waffle Flower - Sweet Sentiments stamps

Paper: Neenah Solar White, WPlus9 - Fog

INK: Black, WPlus9  - Last Leaf, Wild Mango, Bloomsberry, Sweet Gelato

Accessories: Circle Dies, Cloud Die