Be yourself
Have delight in your craft
Make something beautiful!
Hello there, how are my crafty friends on this chilly Monday? Monday is my catch up day and it's been a good day so far. Over the weekend I got some time to watercolor and I made my very first Christmas card for the year!
I've invested in some Penny Black supplies that I can pull out and do a little watercoloring or dabbling with the card parts in spare moments. My first completion used the Floral Festivities stamp, inked on watercolor paper and colored in with Distress Ink re-inkers. My colors for pink and red ( Worn Lipstick and Fired Brick) came on a bit too strong, but I went with it anyway, fussy cutting the image. I used the circle dies to cut Concrd & 9th Grapefruit card stock, and a white circle that had been embossed with the PB folder called Variegated and colored with Distress ink to match the focal point.
I'm just in time to enter this to play in these challenges:
NBUS as the stamps and EF are new
Penny Black Saturday Challenge and Freshly Made Sketches.
Be yourself
Have delight in your craft
Make something beautiful!
Hi there, thanks for coming to visit!
Today my card is for The Flower Challenge, where for October, Anything Goes! We are also happily celebrating the 7th Birthday of the challenge where flowers are always the main feature. My flowers decorate a cake, that's a sweet mix!
I knew when I saw the Takes the Cake line from The Greetery that it would be used often for a variety of occasions and cards. I love that there are dies for the cakes, decorations, cake stand and flowers. The stamps sentiments and dies perfectly fit the banner. And the best - the dies cut out the entire floral design outline and there's a stencil for the flowers. I inked my flowers with Distress Inks in fall colors. A few pearls seemed just right.
Please visit the blog to see what the design team has created to inspire you. Sadly, the challenge creators, Vivien and Aileen will be leaving. How we appreciate their years of inviting us to share creatively together!
See you soon, I will be creating over this weekend! Looking forward to having some time to play.
Be yourself
Have delight in your craft
Make something beautiful!
Fall is a cozy time and it is extra nice enjoying some COUCH time!
Welcome to our new challenge at the Color Hues Card Challenge where I got to select the colors of Coral and Blue for our projects over the next two weeks. At the mention of couch time I surely had to bring out my Couch Potato stamps and dies (MFT) to create a warm scene.
Our daughter came for a visit and this sentiment came to mind after she'd returned home and I missed our couch conversations.
There are so many decor elements included with this set. When it came out I bought some of them. all of them. I kept trying to fit the window behind the sofa but it's true in this case, less is more. I love how real the throw looks over the arm of the chair.
Can't wait to see what you will create for us this month! Please join in and give these colors a go, won't you?
Be yourself
Have delight in your craft
Make something beautiful!
Hello. thanks for joining me at my blog. Today I'm excited to be guest designing at one of my favorite card challenges. Thank you to the team at Freshly Made Sketches for inviting me!
I have a fall card for you today. Have you been jumping in to all the best fall things now that it is official? I couldn't resist pulling out some of my fav stamps from the Autumn Blessings set by WPlus9 designs.
I went for a soft look today by using Cold Press watercolor paper and stamping in a soft brown ink. Using Distress Inks and re-inkers, I watercolored the sunflower wreath, adding Glossy Accents to the berries. Sponged the banner with pale ink to match the flowers.
The stamps and dies form a gorgeous wreath. I did take the liberty of cutting that up and arranging the florals to fit the sketch. FIrst thinking of using a basket under the banner, I decided it just needed a twine bow.
Be yourself
Have delight in your craft
Make something beautiful!
Hello friends, glad to be back!
I had a bit of time in the craft room yesterday. I got into some of my stash piles and made a fun card.
The great sketch at The Paper Players inspired me to sift through some of my patterned papers to see what would work with the layout. I love using something that's been hanging around awhile and giving it a new look. This paper from Waffle Flower is making it's final appearance today. I've now used it up, yaaay!
I used the Postal dies from WPlus9 to cut the crimped edges and added a sentiment from The Greetery. Here's the terrific sketch from Anne Marie.
Be yourself
Have delight in your craft
Make something beautiful!
Hello again, and welcome to my blog. I made a card for the challenge at Freshly Made Sketches and I'm writing a quick post tonight to enter it before the deadline tomorrow!
I thought the Leafy Layered Dies would make a great fall card. Inking backgrounds is one of my favorite things to do lately. I began by running white card stock through the embossing folder, and then lightly adding layers of ink to color for an ombre effect.
Cutting a strip of this panel for the card front, I also die cut the leafy layers, adding some sponging for shading and a few gold leaves. 
Assembling the elements according to the sketch, I took a literal approach.
I hope you are enjoying these fall days. It will be "official" in a couple of days. I appreciate your spending some time with me here on the blog today. Let's do it again soon!
Be yourself
Have delight in your craft
Make something beautiful!
Spellbinders: Embossing folder (ret) and foiled sentiments
