Stamps, Paper, and Ink

Snippets of Foil with Wild Hibiscus

Hello everyone! 

I had a week or two of festivities that kept me too busy to stamp and it was very enjoyable! Made getting into my craft room again all the more fun. 

I decided to practice my coloring with Copics and pulled out the Wild Hibiscus set from Altenew stamps. I love the sketchy look of these flowers so much! Because of that, I also kept my coloring simple and not too realistic, not feeling I had to blend everything out.

Here's the first card I made. I added a strip of double sided tape on the black panel, and rubbed gold foil for a skinny line of shine. The panel is popped up onto a card base using Crisp Cantaloupe card stock. For both cards, I cut around the stamped flowers so that they hang over the black card stock behind.

Once I had all the images out on my work table, I masked the flowers for a second card, and colored it using the same markers. If I'm practicing, coloring the same images again seemed like a good idea, right? 

For the sentiments on both cards, I used the set from Altenew called Floral Frame. For the second card, I also added a strip of adhesive covered with gold foil, and added the panel to a white card base.

I also created foil accents by randomly adding wee drops of glue to the flowers, butterfly wings and circle accents on the card. When the glue was dry the foil stuck just where I wanted it. You can see it in the close up photo but it is much shinier in real life! I also added shimmer to the butterfly wings with the Wink of Stella pen. 

Hope you're off to a good week so far! Have a beautiful day. Thanks for visiting!

Be yourself.

     Find delight in your craft.

          Make something beautiful!

 

Get Well Soon Bedside Comfort

Good morning, hope your day has gotten off to a great start! 

I found a nice surprise when I checked the MFT blog this morning because one of my cards was featured on the You've been SPOTTED edition posted today. Made my day! 

I'm sharing a clean and simple get well card I made with the MFT Die-namics called Bedside Comfort. I combined some scraps of retired designer papers and silver foil for the spoon to die cut. Using a real Kleenex to come out of the top of the box makes this card so fun!

The sentiment is from the the MFT Rainbow of Happiness set. I've begun boxing up some of my cards to donate to Cards for Hospitalized Kids and they request that we don't put Get Well as a sentiment. I thought this wish was perfect and inside I will write a note of encouragement.

I added a bit of pink glittery sparkle with Nuvo drops and rounded the corners. I'm using the layout from CAS(E) This Sketch 224 today. 

As always, I appreciate you spending some time here today. It is fun to share what I'm making with you! 

 Be yourself.

     Find delight in your craft.

          Make something beautiful!

 

Coloring Doodle Buds with Zig Markers

Hello, crafty friends!

How has your week been going? We did some traveling last week but it's always good to be back home. Hope your summer is going well. 

I love the funky flowers in the Doodle Buds stamps from W Plus 9. I colored them using Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers, and blended with a water brush for for a bright summery card. I love the sentiments that come with this set. 

I added happy colors and used the white gel pen to draw details on the flowers. I love that little squiggly image and added it in black to add some weight to balance the bottom of the card. Maybe it's grass, lol?

Matching dies made it easy to cut and arrange my bouquet.

I hope you've enjoyed today's post. Guess who's going out dancing tonight? It's me, tra-la!

Be yourself.

     Find delight in your craft.

          Make something beautiful!

 

You may enjoy these links to other cards I've made with these products. 

Beautiful Day 

Painted Pink  

Spring Flowers   

Just A Note     

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Friendly Hugs

Hello friends, 

It's time for Fab Friday! 

I'm sharing a card I made using the Stampin' Up! Jar of Love stamps and dies, and the Stitched Shapes Framelit Dies. 

I wanted to try making a wreath using the flower stamps from this set, with a frame made from the shapes dies. I began by choosing my colors and then stamping and die cutting several of each of the images. I lay them out on the card stock deciding which images gave the most rounded look and figuring out where I wanted my accents to be. 

I masked the circle center and gradually began stamping the images around the circle. Then I added a few die cuts popped up with foam tape. Adding details to the die cuts with my white gel pen and Copic markers gives them more depth. Click on the photo for a large image. I wanted to keep the card clean but stamped tiny dots in blue and glued on clear sequins for sparkle. 

Here's our sketch for you to try! 

I'm happy to wish you a Fab Friday and invite you to join our challenge.

Mindy Backes
Heather Heroldt
Amy Koenders
Brian King
Justin Krieger
Amanda Mertz
Brenda Myers
Janine Tinklenberg
Wendy Weixler

 Have a great weekend, thanks for your visit! 

Be yourself.

     Find delight in your craft.

          Make something beautiful!

 

Gathered Garden for the Papertrey Ink Blog Hop

I'm so glad to see the rain moving on and the sun shining today! We've been watching it rain for a few days in a row now. Good for garden. Good for finding time to craft, too!

I'm playing along with the Blog Hop for May at Papertrey Ink, today using a set I just got called Gathered Garden. One of the features I know I'll love about this set is the ability to bend the leaves and use them to make a wreath, a bouquet, or a floral spray with lots of movement. 

I also couldn't wait to use the Mix & Match Flourish Die, and I love the way it looks with card stock behind it.

Nichole chose this gorgeous photo for our inspiration. I was inspired mostly by the peaches and pinks paired with blue. Using pale gray for my neutral helps these colors pop on my card. I was also intrigued by the soft brushes of white, and added some to my flowers with the white gel pen. 

I can't wait to get his post up so I can go see what everyone else made! Thanks so much for visiting my blog and for your very kind encouraging words, too. 

 Be yourself.

     Find delight in your craft.

          Make something beautiful!

 

Stamps: Papertrey Ink - Gathered Garden

Paper: PTI - Melon Berry

Ink: PTI - Blueberry Sky, Pale Peony, Berry Sorbet, Soft Stone

Lots of Hugs

Hello dear stamping friends!

Today I'm sharing a card I made using the Lots of Hugs stamps from MFT and the darling bear from the SSS set called Abby's Spring Showers. 

I began by sponging light blue ink to highlight background area of the card front and adding a strip of gingham DSP down the side. The images were colored with Copics markers, then touched up with the white gel pen. Brushing on Wink of Stella added shimmer to the hearts and the umbrella. Lastly, I covered the hearts and the bear's nose with clear Nuvo Drops.

This card is made with love for a recipient in a children's hospital so I had to keep embellishments to a minimum. 

I was inspired by the wonderful talent of the CAS(E) This Sketch team, I loved their sketch this week. 

 I so appreciate your coming by my blog today. Sending thanks and a hug to you!

Be yourself.

     Find delight in your craft.

          Make something beautiful!

 

Stamps: MFTstamps - Lots of Hugs, Simon Says Stamps - Abby's Spring Showers and coordinating dies

Ink: Memento Black, Distress Ink - Broken China, Versamark

Accessories: Wink of Stella, Nuvo Drops, White Embossing Powder

 

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Polar Pal - Thinking of you!

Hello crafty friends, 

I hope today finds you well at the start of a new week! 

I've been grabbing moments when I can to color and today's card features the adorable grinning bear from the Polar Pals stamp set from My Favorite Things. This set has been on my favorites list for a long time. When I inked it up for the first time and colored with Copic markers I was grinning too. 

Just sitting here thinking of you. I love that sentiment!  And the expectant look on Mr Bear's face. I added Nuvo crystal dots in white to embellish, and in black to accent the eyes and nose. A dot from my white gel pen was added to the cheeks. 

I'm playing with the MFT Weekly Sketch Challenge 331 and was so inspired by all the cute entries. Especially admired the way Wanda used a double circle to add dimension to her focal point. I gave that a try and really like the result and the double rows of stitching. 

That's it for me today! Thanks to you for coming by! I've been loving your comments and friendly support. 

Be yourself.

     Find delight in your craft.

          Make something beautiful!

 

All supplies are from My Favorite Things stamps. 

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Spring Flowers Take Three!

Hi there, I hope you've enjoyed my focus on the Spring Flowers stamp set this week. Here is take three using this pretty set from Simon Says Stamp. I've really benefitted from making three cards with it and I hope you've liked the results too! If you missed those find them HERE and HERE. 

It's a special occasion today, it's Fab Friday! 

Again, I stamped the blooms, then colored them using Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers, and fussy cut them. It's amazing to me how the flowers from yesterday and today were colored exactly the same way, same intensity. But against the Kraft card stock the colors look so clean and crisp.

Using the markers I also colored the white card stock used for the banners. The sentiment is heat embossed in white onto vellum using the lovely SSS set called Blessed.

Assembling the elements on Kraft card stock, I was inspired by the beautiful sketch for the Fab Friday Challenge this week. 

I sure hope you will join us and play along! Also have a look at the blogs of the Design Team, and be inspired.

Mindy Backes
Heather Heroldt
Amy Koenders
Brian King
Justin Krieger
Amanda Mertz
Brenda Myers
Janine Tinklenberg
Wendy Weixler

Thanks so much for visiting today! I'd love to hear which of the three cards this week has been your favorite. Was it the Bold Bright floral, the Pastel Petals with the soft wash and the pop of black, or today's Classic Kraft card? I'm having trouble deciding.

 Be yourself.

     Find delight in your craft.

          Make something beautiful!

 

 

Pretty Patterns for Make It Monday

Hello to you, are you having a good week so far? 

Our weekend was wonderful, we had almost all the family here for Easter! Our grands always make the gatherings more fun, they are 15 months and 23 months now. I loved having them! Getting the house back in order and the laundry done today is also good. 

Had a little time to stamp something for Make It Monday today, using the Don't Forget to Write kit. The technique is using or creating  a pattern behind a window. 

I combined patterned paper and die cut flowers for my card from the kit, stamping the sentiment on the striped paper. 

I drew a rectangular border around the card. It was one of Nichole's tips from the new release at Papertrey, and I wanted to try it while it was still fresh in my mind. (You can find it HERE)

I just could NOT stop until I flecked some gold from my Gansai Tambi watercolors on the panel and added Nuvo drops. I just had to dirty it up, if you know what I mean?  All that white was entirely too clean for this girl, lol!

Have a wonderful day and I'm so thankful you came by to visit. Come back again!

 Be yourself.

     Find delight in your craft.

          Make something beautiful!

 

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A Rainbow of Bitty Butterflies

Every month fans of Papertrey Ink have a chance to CASE the designers with their Create Along with Us feature. I pulled out the Bitty Butterflies dies and stamps to create a BOLD and colorful card for spring. 

I die cut the butterlies from a rainbow of shades of Papertrey Ink card stock and then stamped the butterfly details over each image in matching inks. Click to enlarge the photo to see them better. 

Next I arranged the butterflies and placed each into the negative space of die cut white card stock using the inlaid die technique. IRL the colors are bright and jazzy! I added a black sentiment die cut, hand drawn accents (antlers), stamped dot clusters and added a black twine bow. I was inspired by the card by Laurie Schmidlin. She used a bold black sentiment with a wash of color and black accents, including striped paper. You can see Laurie's beautiful card HERE.  I've been a fan of Laurie's since I started posting cards over 13 years ago. So happy to see her designs on the Papertrey blog! 

If you ever see a rainbow of butterflies, make sure to look for the black dots. I just know they will be there! 

Just kidding. 

Thanks to you for visiting and spending time here on my blog, even putting up with my silly jokes. What's really funny is that I. laugh. out. loud. at. them.

Have a great day, friends!

 Be yourself.

     Find delight in your craft.

          Make something beautiful!