Love

Hello,

I received some new goodies I ordered from Gina K Designs today and I had to play.  This is one more for the monthly challenge to do some ink blending.  I started with some white card stock and randomly ink blended two pinks and two purples and then cut the heart cover plate out of white and layered it on top.  the full supplies are listed below.

Thank you for stopping by,

Brenda

Supplies

Dies

Heart Cover Plate

Master Layouts #2 

Master Layouts #9

Inks

Lovely Lavender

Wild Lilac

Dusty Rose

Passionate Pink

White

Stamps (love die)

Ruffled Flowers Stencil Bundle

Cardstock

White

Black

Wild Lilac

Bubblegum Pink

Embossing Powder

White

Season's Greetings

Hello,

Today I have a card I made for the December Challenge for Gina K Designs.  This month the challenge is to do some ink blending.  I ink blended the background on this card.  I was inspired by a card made last month by Mindy Eggen.  Mindy is a master at ink blending and creates the most beautiful cards.  The supplies are listed below and are all from Gina K Designs.

Thank you for stopping by,

Brenda

Supplies

Stamps

Winter Whimsy

Sparkle and Shine

Inks

Ocean Mist

Tranquil Teal

Blue Denim

Fresh Asparagus

Copic opaque white for falling snow

Dies

Master Layout #2

Master Layout #4

Fall Thank you

Hello,

Today I have a card I made for the monthly challenge for Gina K Designs.  This month the challenge is to make your background by ink smooshing in fall colors.  I smooshed the background then I added a little liquid pixie dust to give it some shimmer.  To carry on with the shimmer I added glitter gel pen to accent the butterfly.  All other products used are Gina K Designs.

Thank you for stopping by,

Brenda  

Supplies

Stamps/Stencils

Fluttering Fall Bundle

Grateful Greenery

Inks

Background-Fresh Asparagus, Sweet Mango, Sweet Corn

Butterfly-Honey Mustard, Sweet Mango, Warm Cocoa, Charcoal Brown

Tools

Master Layouts #1 and #7

Hello

Hello,

Today I have a card I made for a challenge for Gina K Designs Facebook group.  I also gave a try at the technique from Gina's video playing with stencils.  It was a lot of fun.   All products used at from Gina K Designs and are listed below.

Thank you for stopping by,

Brenda

Inks

Fresh Asparagus

Jelly Bean Green

Plum Punch

Wild Lilac

Lovely Lavender

Stencils

Ornamental Leaves

Festive

Fizzy

Thick Brush

Harvest Flourish

Dies

Hello 

Master Layouts #2

Best Witches

Hello,

Well I am starting on Fall and Halloween cards.  I love this time of year, it is my favorite for card making.

This one is for the September challenge at Gina K Designs.  The challenge is to make a background using ink cubes.  Gina did a great video on how to make a 5 minute card.  For my card I made another mini slim line card, they are so fun to make.  I used Best Witches stamp and die set.  Wild lilac and slate inks. The hat is colored using copic markers.  The sentiment and layers were cut out using master layouts #7.  All supplies used are Gina K Designs.

Thank you for stopping by,

Brenda

You're a Hoot

Hello, today I have my first mini slimline (3 1/4 x 6 1/2) to share.  This one is for the August Monthly Challenge at Gina K Designs.  The challenge is to use multiple sentiment strips.  One of my first idea for a card using Woodland Friends was to make a nighttime card.  I started by cutting out a piece of GKD white layering weight card stock using master layouts #7.  To make the sky I used blending brushes leaving the center the lightest with the following colors in this order: powder blue, blue raspberry, blue denim, in the navy.  Then I stamped some white pigment ink on my glass mat and spritzed some water on it. Next using a small paint brush I sprinkled the stars in the sky. For the moon I cut out a the smallest circle from master layouts #7.  To create the craters on the moon I heated up a piece of Simon Hurleys stamping foam and pressed it against the texture on my wall.  After inking up the foam with moonlit fog I stamped off 3 times on some scrap paper before stamping on the moon with a light hand.  The scene is created using master layouts #6 and the owl was colored using prisma pencils and gamsol.  Then sentiment flags are cut using master layouts #4.  All products used are Gina K Designs except the stamping foam and prisma pencils/gamsol.

Thank you for stopping by,

Brenda

You Deserve The Best

Hello again,

Another card I made.  This one is for a challenge on Gina K Designs & StampTV Friends group on Facebook.  Each week Karen Day Hightower has an inspiration challenge and I do love inspiration challenges.  For this one I used the new Mandala Maker 2 and It's All About You stamp sets.  This was so fun to make and I am looking forward to making many more mandala cards.  The ink colors are powder blue, blue denim, in the navy, faded brick and sweet corn.  I finished off with a few rhinestones.  

Thank you for stopping by,

Brenda

Christmas in July part 2

Hello and happy Saturday!!,

Today I have a couple more cards I made for Gina K Designs monthly challenge, Christmas in July.  I used all Gina K products for these cards.  The stamp set is Holiday Tapestry.  I used Master layout dies, sorry don't remember which ones.  I also embossed in gold and silver the layers on the cards.  

Thank you for stopping by,

Brenda

Christmas In July

Hello, 

Today I have a card I made for Gina K Designs monthly challenge.  This month the challenge is Christmas in July.  Well you can never start to early on the getting Christmas cards made.  For my card I used Sparkle and Shine.  I decided to give a non traditional color scheme a try, and I have to say I really pleased with how it came out.  I embossed the tree in white and then with blending brushes I added turquoise sea to highlight the tree.  The sentiment is popped up with foam tape and I added some Angel Aura rhinestones.  The panels and sentiment were cut out using master layouts #2 and #4.  All of the products used are from Gina K Designs.

Thank you for stopping by,

Brenda

Birthday Wishes

I made this for the monthly challenge at Gina K Designs.  The June challenge is to make a background.  I decided to break out my alcohol inks and make this background for a birthday card. I also used the ink to color Clear Dew Drops,  sentiment stamps are from Lace Flowers and the stitched layer was cut using Master Layouts 2 all from Gina K Designs.

Enjoy,

Brenda

Hello

Hello,  

Today I have a card I made using Gina K Designs stencil bundle Bold Flowers.  This a bit out of my comfort zone for colors.  I normally don't make blue flowers, but I am loving how this came out.  I used snowfall stencil for the background. 

Challenges:

Gina K Designs Monthly Mix Challenge- Make a floral stencil (or other stencil) background 

Simon Says Stamps Wednesday Challenge- Anything Goes

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Brenda

Sweet Friend

Hello,

Today I have a card I made for Make a Card Challenge.  They have a sketch challenge this week and it was helpful to get me back in my room to play.  I used Ruffled Flowers and Bold Flowers stencil bundles from Gina K Designs.  I was also inspired by the background technique Gina demonstrated in a video recently.  Such a fun way to make a quick background.  

Thank you for stopping by,

Brenda  

Christmas Tag

My first card using the new Sparkle and Shine kit from Gina K Designs.  This is a huge kit and has so many wonder stamps and dies.  This is for Gina K Designs monthly challenge to use a tag on a card and a color challenge of red and white.  The card stock is cherry red that I ink blended chocolate brown to give depth.  This is a trick I picked up from Mindy Eggen.  She has a great video Here.  I need to practice, but really love the look.  

Thank you for stopping by,

Brenda 

Color Blocking

A couple of cards I made for the October Challenge at Gina K Designs.  The challenge is color blocking which is not a technique I use much so I went a little different and used a stamp to make my color blocks, hopefully this still meets the challenge.  The block are stamps from Tiny Textures and the rest of the images are from Autumn Silhouettes.  Autumn Silhouettes is part of Gina K Designs October Kit which is available until Monday evening.  After that you can buy the set individually.  Inks used are also Gina K Designs, Jelly Bean Green, Sweet Corn, Sandy Beach and Sea Glass.  I am really loving this color combo.

Thank you for stopping by,

Brenda

Color Blocking part 2

***Duplicate post to enter second card in the challenge.***

A couple of cards I made for the October Challenge at Gina K Designs.  The challenge is color blocking which is not a technique I use much so I went a little different and used a stamp to make my color blocks, hopefully this still meets the challenge.  The block are stamps from Tiny Textures and the rest of the images are from Autumn Silhouettes.  Autumn Silhouettes is part of Gina K Designs October Kit which is available until Monday evening.  After that you can buy the set individually.  Inks used are also Gina K Designs, Jelly Bean Green, Sweet Corn, Sandy Beach and Sea Glass.  I am really loving this color combo.

Thank you for stopping by,

Brenda

Snowman Tags

Hello,

I am back with a couple of Christmas tags (or they could be ornaments) I made for the Challenge over at Art Impressions.  Okay I have to confess I have a thing for snowmen and have a large collection of them that come out for the holidays.  I think I may have a snowman tree this year and these cuties would be a great addition.  After coloring them I cut out the image and three additional layers, two white and one blue.  I glued them together with some silver cord sandwiched in.  So easy and fun.  They are about as thick as a quarter and very sturdy.  The stamp set is one form a few years ago which was a collaboration with Hampton Arts.

Thank you for stopping by,

Brenda

Thank you Fall

I made this card for the Gina K Designs Monthly Mix Challenge.  To make a fall card.  I used Skeleton Leaves and Autumn Wreath Builder stamp sets.  The ink colors are Jelly Bean Green, Charcoal Brown and Sweet Mango.  I also used both of the master layouts die sets.  I have to say I love these dies and they are a game changer.  

Thank you for stopping by,

Brenda

Reeling in the Big One

Hello, it has been a long time.  First off I want to say I am hoping to dust off this old blog and get back into posting regularly.  I recently retired after many years of long work days and I am trying to get my mojo back. 

Now on to my card.  I made this for my sons birthday.  The stamps are from Art Impressions Reel Great Guys.  I colored the image with prisma pencils and blended with OMS.  The fish is fussy cut and popped up to give dimension.  I am entering this card in to Art Impressions current challenge, Quick and Simple. 

Thank you for stopping by,

Brenda

Retired

Hello, remember me?  I am back after a long break.  This is a card I made for  a very special person at work who came back out of retirement to help us out when we needed it badly.  Now it is time for him to go back to his retired life.  We wish him well and are so grateful for his help.  This was enough for me to get inspired to make a card again.  I decided that this guy from His and Hers Camper set would be perfect for this occasion.  I am also entering this card in Art Impressions challenge #186 
Aging with Attitude.

Thank you for stopping by,
Brenda

Happy Birthday!

Hello I am back with another card for Art Impressions Create with Christmas challenge: to use Christmas stamps...but not for Christmas!

For this card I used Ugly Sweater set.  To get the sweater "non" Christmas I stamped on some copy paper and cut it out creating a mask and then using a Misti I was able to line up the image and the mask so that I would get a stamped image without the Christmas decorations.  For the jingle bells on her shoes, earrings and pom pom on her hat I used some painters tape that I cut to fit and put it on the stamp while I inked it up and then before stamping I removed the tape and it served to resit the ink.  I then had to do a little touch up with a fine black marker to fill in the gaps left by removing the Christmas parts of the stamp.  I colored the whole image with copics and finished the sweater with some white dots with a Pit Pen.

Thank you for stopping by,
Brenda
 Copics: BG32, E13, E50, E51, N1, N3, N5, R32, RV19, Y26