Some Saturday Inspiration

 

Hello and happy Saturday.  Today is a special day in our house, my one and only child is turning 21 today.  Yikes how did he get that old so fast and how in the heck can I have a child that is 21 when I am only 36? LOL.  He is very much into anything western so I made this card for him on his special day.  

I started off by using a post it to mask the skyline and sun, then I sponged the sky with memento cantaloupe, dandelion and tangelo.  For the desert sand I used tangelo and potter's clay.  Finally reversed the post it and very lightly sponged it with dandelion.  I used this weeks sketch from The Sweet Stop.  Today the inspiration challenge on SCS was awesome and I picked this wonderful locket form Urbanrose. The stamps are from Mark's Finest Papers Southwest Cowboy.  Thank you for stopping by and have a super weekend.

Hello I hope you week is going well, as for me I am so glad that the weekend is getting near.  Theresa has a challenge on StampTV right now to case Cat.  I love Cat's style, what she can make with kraft card stock is amazing.  So I knew right away that I wanted to case this card.  I changed the sentiment, used gelatos instead of distressed inks, didn't add a medallion, brown layer and dragonfly.  This was my first go at geletos, and I have to say they were fun.  Look for more cards using them in the future.  I do need more colors though.  Have a super Thursday and thank you for stopping by.

Card supplies

Stamps: Follow your Dreams- Gina K Designs

Paper: pure luxury

Ink: memento tuxedo black, geletos

Other: twine, glitter pen

Thanks

 Hello I hope you have had a great weekend.  It has been busy as usual for me.  School is starting back up in a week and there is still much to do.  Oh well, it keeps me from being lazy I guess.  I checked out the featured stamper challenge last night just before I went to bed I this week it is the fabulous talented Korin.  I found this week it is the fabulous talented Korin.  I love Korin's sketches for Sweet Sunday and knew that I wanted to play along.  I found this sweet card and got started on it first thing this morning.  I changed the overall theme of the card, papers, stamps and omitted the stitching.  The stamps are from Hello Sunshine from Mark's Finest Papers.  I hope you have a super week and thank you for stopping by.
 

Stamps: Hello Sunshine- Mark's Finest Papers

Paper: DCWV

Ink: memento tuxedo black, summer sky

copics: Y0000, Y000, Y11, Y1

Other: nestabilities, EKSucess border punch, rhinestones, glitter pen

 

Southwest Cowboy

 

Hello I hope you are having a wonderful Wednesday.  I have been busy again, dang I need to retire so I can stamp all day and then post here about it in the evenings.  On to my card, I made this for Speedy the Cat's challenge for Mark's Finest Papers.  This week the challenge is use distressing. Well, I distressed a bunch on this one. I have to say I am loving this Sothwest Cowboy set from Mark's Finest Papers, it is so wonderful for masculine cards plus my son is very much into anything western.  Plus it works so fabulously with kraft card stock another fav of mine.  I only wish that I hadn't waited so long to order it.  I will also be entering this card into The Spotted Chick's challenge this week to use kraft on your creation.  Thank you for stopping by.

 

Circle of Appreciation

 Hello and Happy Friday!!!!  Time to explain my lack of posts over the last two weeks.  I have been on vacation and didn't want to post for the whole world to see that I was out of town.  I had a fabulous time and wish I didn't have to come home so soon.  I guess that makes it a good vacation then.  On to my card, I had the idea for this card since last weekend and now that I am home I was happy to get into my room and create it.  This is for this Speedy the Cats challenge this week for Mark's Finest Papers  to make a card that is anything but a standard 4 1/4 x 5 1/2.  The challenge closes in about an hour so I am just getting it post in time.  Mark's Finest Papers released some new stamps sets this week and I have to say that they are fab.  You can check them out here.  I am also entering this card into The Ribbon Carousal's challenge to get edgy.  Supplies to make this card are listed below.  Thank you for stopping by and have a super weekend.

Card Supplies

Stamps: Nature's Postage Mark's Finest Papers

Paper: Basic Grey Out of Print

Ink: memento tuxedo black, angel pink

Other: nestabilities

A Happy Hello

 

Hello,  did you miss me?  I have been such a bad blogger.  In fact I haven't even been on the computer much. I have been enjoying spending time with my family.  This is a card I made for Suzanne's challenge for the release for Gina K Designs.  Suzanne's challenge is to make a card using paper only no embellishments like brads, pearls or ribbons.  Glitter, stickles and such are okay.  It is hard to believe how difficult is is make a card without any of the extras.  I was stumped for some time, but finally decided on going in more of a CAS direction.  I used some liquid pearls as the only addition.  The stamps are from Theresa's latest set from Gina K Designs called Heartfelt.  Thank you for stopping by.

 

Card Details

Stamps: Heartfelt-GKD

Paper: Pure Luxury- GKD, Basic Grey Out of Print

Ink: memento tuxedo black

Copics: B0000, B000, E35, G94, R81, R83, R85, YG03, YG61, YG63, YR21

Other: nestabilities, liquid pearls

Sunshine, Sea and Air

Today I have a card that took me less than ten minutes to make.  Gotta love those.  This is for Carolina's  Free For All Friday challenge on StampTV.  Carolina's challenge is a lazy days of summer CAS card.  Here is the kicker Carolina said no coloring!! What I almost always color, dang so this was a challenge until I got this idea and then it flew together.  I guess I should make more cards without coloring on them.  I doubt that will happen, but I must remember it for when I am in a pinch.  Stampin Sisters in Christ has a challenge this week to use a creature tiny or large, so I will be entering this card there as well.  I hope you have a wonderful week and thank you for stopping by.

Card Details

Stamps: Follow Your Dreams- Gina K Designsdd

Paper: Basic Grey- Urban Prairie, pure luxury

Ink: memento tuxedo black

Other: brads

Born Free

Hello I have been a bad blogger, sorry.  My creativity decided to take the week off and nothing I did would help get it back.  I tired cleaning my craft room as that will sometimes kick in the old mojo, but no that didn't work the upside being that you can actuality see my table top now.  I even tackled some reorganization, but nope that didn't do it either.  Then late last night I was checking out to see if the featured stamper on SCS had posted yet and it had.  So off I went to Amy's gallery and bam (like Emeril) it was back, YAY!!    Amy has a beautiful gallery full of gorgeous creations, here is the card I picked to case.  I  flipped the sketch, changed the stamps, DP and I used jute to look like rope. I also didn't use and brads.  I will also enter this into Speedy the Cat's challenge on Mark's Finest Papers, their challenge this week is anything but ribbon.  In addition I will enter into The Spotted Chick's challenge to use kraft.

Card Details

Stamps: Southwest Cowboy- Mark's Finest Papers

Paper: Creative Imaginations

Ink: Memento rich cocoa, potter's clay, desert sand

Other: jute, nestabilities

Bold Butterfly

Do you every have a hard time wording a blog post?  I seem to every time anymore.  I struggle each and every time and it does seem to me that they all sound the same post after post.  Maybe I should just copy and paste and just change the details? hmmmm     I will start off with I love how this card came out.  I started out with a challenge from StampTV to case Carolina.  Carolina is such a super talented lady and I love her work. As soon as I looked at her gallery I remembered THIS card and knew immediately that it was the one I wanted to case.  It is so beautifully elegant.  I had to change at least two things.  I left off the sentiment, instead of making a one layer card like Carolina's I layered mine with black and then put it on a white base.  I also used a smaller bow and different butterfly and didn't add any pearls.  As for other challenges I will be entering it into The Play Date Cafe's challenge of a Splash of Color and Wee Memeories to make a CAS card.

This was a super fast a simple card to make using my Scor-Pal.  After scoring the grid I took the end of a paint brush dipped in black paint to make the black dots.  Thank you for stopping by.

Card Details

Stamps: Bold and Beautiful- Gina K Designs

Paper: Pure Luxury- GKD

Ink: memento, copics

Other:ribbon, scor-pal

Be The Change

I am here today to show you a card I made for a challenge that StampTV has on Facebook.  This time it is to make a card with only a sentiment, no images.   Wow that made this a real challenge for me as I normally use images and no sentiments.  I LOVE this sentiment and thought is would make a great stand only sentiment on a card.  I will be entering this into Mojo Monday's sketch for this week.  In addition  I will also be entering this into The Ribbon Carousel's challenge Button It Up.  Thank you for stopping by and I hope you have a terrific Friday!!!

Card Details

Stamps: Follow your Dreams- Gina K Designs

Paper: pure luxury-GKD, Basic Grey Life of the Party

Ink: memento rich cocoa

Other: jute ribbon, jute, button, brads, nestabilities

A Garden is a Work of the Heart

Hello and Happy Wednesday!  I hope that you week is going great so far. Today I have a card to show you that I made for Speedy The Cat's challenge for Mark's Finest Papers.  They have a color challenge this week, Bright and Cheery-- pink, green and yellow.  I also used the sketch this week from Card Positioning Systems.  I will be entering this into the challenges for iCopic and Copic Creations, who both have a challenge to use pastel colors.   I am going to also enter this into The Ribbon Carousel's challenge Button It Up.  I wanted the pink to look like the inside of a watermelon, to create it I took a copic marker (C9) to just lightly touched the side of a brush tip to give a slight tear drop shape.  I really liked how this was coming out except I didn't' know when to quit and added too many seeds IMHO.   Thank you for stopping by.

Card Details

Stamps:Planted with Love- Mark's Finest Papers

Paper: pure luxury, Basic Grey Urban Prairie

Ink: memento tuxedo black, new sprout, bamboo leaves

Other:  gingham ribbon, twine, button

Thinking of You

 Hello I hope you week is starting out great.  I have a card I put together for the challenge on The Ribbon Carousel.  This time it is an inspiration challenge and as my regular readers know I love inspiration challenges.  I am also entering it into Copic Creations challenge to use pastel colors.   Believe or not iCopic's challenge this week is also pastel colors so I will be entering that one as well.  This is a pretty straight forward card.  I didn't have any grey twine which I needed for this card so I colored it with a copic marker, I love that technique as it comes in very handy.  If you haven't tried it yet you should, think of the money you could save on embellishments and then spend on stamps ;).  Thank you for stopping by.

Card Details

Stamps: A Year Of Flowers, Vogue Vases- Gina K Designs

Paper: pure luxury, Echo Park Be Mine

Ink: memento, tuxedo black, angel pink

Other: organza ribbon, twine, nestabilities, butterfly charm