Wedding Card

 Hello Everybody!

One of the fun things about making cards is how we can make them custom for the recipient.  This is one of those cards.  It's not a traditional wedding card with a groom and bride-but that's ok it doesn't need to be.  

For this wedding card I used a heart stencil from Simon Says Stamp and shimmer paste from TCW.  The sentiments are words from a Tim Holtz word stickers pack and the flowers are from Hobby Lobby. 

Here's another view of the card.  I love this paste.

I am entering this card in the Watercooler Wednesday Challenge: #299 Heidi's All About Occasions .

Thank you for stopping by! :)

Did Someone Say Cake?

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I am excited to show you this fun card.  My sister just had a birthday and of course I'm a few days behind.  Thankfully with digital things you can email a gift card in no time! But I had to send her a card too.  

I made this cake using a file from the Silhouette Design Store.  I used a stamp from the Rubber Stamp Tapestry for the spongy cake part.  For the sprinkles I used sprinkles polymer clay by Studio Katia.  

Look at the little clay sprinkles.  Aren't they so cute!  I have had these for a little while so this is my first time using them.  I hope my sister is just as impressed as I am ;) LOL

The background paper is from Studio G which has been in my stash for a little while. I also used Taylored Expressions sentiment and die cut.  They have a stamp with a lot of sayings and a die cut to match so you get this nice sentiment strip.  I absolutely love these sentiment strips!

Thank you for stopping by!  I am linking this up to the Watercooler Wednesday Challenge: Michelle's Challenge: All About Occasions.

Stars Tag

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Yesterday I was lucky to watch the Tim Holtz Saturday Demo--Live! Yay! :)  I have watched most of them in replay-and I learn so much.  I have been using distress ink for a loooooonnnnggggg time and I am in awe of Tim's creativity to launch new products with different effects.  So cool.

So yesterday was about distress crayons-which I have and just use one way.  LOL-I needed the help.  So check out my tag:

Here's how I made it:

I gessoed the tag.  Added modeling paste through a Tim Holtz star stencil. Then I watercolored each star using fossilized amber crayon first and then tarnished brass crayon.  The tarnished brass adds a little shimmer 😍

Then I sprayed it with distress oxide spray-wild honey, stormy sky, and dusty concord.

Ok check this out-- See the area around the stars-I drew little arrows to help.  That is the crayon resisting the spray.  I know!  I can't even wrap my mind around it.  The stars resisted too but not as much as I thought-hmmm maybe because I didn't put gesso on them?  No matter-I LOVE the way this background turned out.

The magic of distress crayons is collage medium-which I do not have.  So I stamped this stampabilites stamp on cardstock with jet black archvial ink. Then I covered it with clear gesso.  Then I drew a line with the different crayons and put water on my finger to move the color around. Then I added tarnished brass crayon for that sparkle.

My moon is a paper clay moon that I made using a Finnabair mold. I painted it with wild honey distress oxide stain but it was too bright.  So with rusty hinge and walnut stain I toned it down and grunged it out a bit.  Then added tarnished brass crayon with water to give it that shimmer.  Shimmer for the win!

And here is my tag all put together.  I used dusty concord oxide stain for the ribbon.  (It's old when Tim sold dyable ribbon.  Told you I have been collecting I mean crafting for awhile!) LOL

Here's a close up.  I used foam adhesive for the sentiment.  And added wings to a Tim Holtz paperdoll.  

Thank you for stopping by!  I am entering this into the following challenges:

Watercooler Wednesday-Anything Goes with Feminine Twist

Simple Thanks Card

Hello Friends,

I have a simple Thank You card to share with you this evening.  It's from the Amy Butler collection from K & Company.  This is card 5/40.

The card base and paper are from K & Company.  I used Simon Says Stamp die for the sentiment and some scraps.  And Studio Katia icy sparkle crystals (these are so fun!).

So here is a total side thing.  The pack of base cards has 24 cards in it.  I bought this pack and a matching paper mat set a looooonnnngggg time ago.  And I am challenging myself to use this all up!

But the funny thing is that 2 of the bases are missing because I used them (Yay!).  You can see them here.  They are part of a Leap Blog so they are Leap 5 and Leap 31.  That's not what's funny though.  LOL.  The date is what is funny.  I made those cards in March of 2012.  Yeah like 8 years ago.  So who knows when I bought these-maybe 2011?  Maybe earlier.  So there is no doubt that it is time for them to be made into cards and sent to new homes.  :)

I would like to enter this card into the following challenge:

Water Cooler Wednesday: Marsha's Challenge Anything goes with a feminine twist.  The pink makes it girly :)

Thank you for stopping by my friends.  Stay healthy and be careful. :)

Angel Birthday Card

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One of my favorite stamp sets is an angel set from Jane's Doodles.  They are clean and simple and bring joy.  Here is a birthday card I made for a friend of mine who loves angels.

The background is a stencil from Simon Says Stamp and I used Art Anthology Splashed Sorbet which is a glittery clear dimensional paint.  And along with the Jane's Doodles angel I used Taylored Expressions stamp and die cut (sentiment strips).  I got the stamp and die cut for Christmas and I love them!  I colored this little angel with Prismacolor markers (also a Christmas present so I am feeling very loved and creative right now!).

There are so many great challenges going on right now and I would like to submit this angel card to the following:

Rainbow Challenge: #13 Wonderfully White--Use white (monochromatic) on a card.  Also, a DT call so go check it out!

Watercooler Wednesday- Anything goes with a twist: Feminine 

Use Your Stuff: Anything Goes (I have had the stencil for at least 6 months and the art anthology paint for going on 2 years)

Thank you for stopping by!  Until next time my friends!

Vintage Elephant Birthday Card

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I'm so excited to show you this fun card.  I had to wait a little before I posted it-I didn't want her to see it too soon.  

I used a stencil and paste for the background.  Then I used distress inks and added water to make a watercolor out of them.  

I added some lace that I was gifted.  The lace is cool because it has gold scallops.  The Wish is a Tim Holtz ticket and so are the stars.  I purple dots are Nuvo Drops.

The elephant is from a Steampunk show I went to.  The vendor had old jewelry blanks and pieces because they bought a warehouse of stuff from a company that went out of business but had been around for many years.  I love this elephant but it was time for him to go :)  The metal flower is from an earring I bought at the show too.  There were many metal flowers on the earrings so I still have a little stash of those. ;)

I am submitting this card into the following challenges:

Simon Says Stamp: Wendesday Challenge-Anything Goes

Watercolor Wednesday: WWC 223 Anything Goes

Seize the Birthday Anything Goes  #166 with an option-I didn't do the option

Thank you for stopping by!  Until next time my friends...stay colorful! :)

Hugs Birthday Card

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Let me show the birthday card I made for my friend-and then I can tell you about it! :)

I was looking for things that my friend likes-and I didn't have much (in the way of farm animals and cowgirlish type things).  And as I was looking for something else (isn't that always the way?) it occurred to me that I am giving the card so it was ok if it was more a me card than a her card.

I like to make cards for people based on the people-I know many of us here in blogland do-that's part of the fun of make cards for our friends and family.  But I saw this old Stampin' Up stamp which reminded me of my spazzy self.  I used a Spell Binder die to make the cool scalloped circle. I saw the background that I had created for a different project but didn't work for that project.  (which is a stencil and distress oxides)  And then everything else came together.  I used Thickers foam letters to spell out Hugs because it was fun and we are always hugging. :)  LOL.

The cut little butterfly is from Queen and Company and the sparkly flower sequins are from Pink and Main.  I colored my spazzy "self" with Copic markers. :)  I used Nuovo Embellishment Mousse around the edges of the card to give them a little sparkle.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

{Pin}spirational Challenge #221:  The photo inspiration:

Here pink dress-definitely an inspiration to this card.  But I hope she doesn't sit up to fast-the top doesn't look that secure.  And she's going to need hugs if she falls off of that bike with those shoes.  (LOL I'm teasing I'm sure this is a photo shoot sort of thing and she's a model.)

Cute Card Thursday: #541 Anything Goes

Watercooler Wednesday Challenge: #182 "Anything Goes with a Feminine Twist

Cross Fit Baby Card

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One of my good friends does cross fit.  And someone in her class was going to have a baby.  So my friend asks if I can make a cross fit baby card.

I am not going to lie and say I didn't go on Pinterest for ideas-because I totally did.  And there aren't any.  LOL!  So somewhere in my head I had this vision to put a baby on a set of bar bells.

My next obstacle was that the silhouette store didn't have any baby svg files that I liked.  Weird, huh?  So I dusted off the ol' cricut-and ta da!  This card was born ;)

This is a great baby die cut form Cricut.  But don't give it a month-it makes it not cute anymore.  At least when I tried to give it a mouth LOL!  :)

I am entering this card into:

the Anything Goes Challenge at Simon Says Stamp-Wednesday Challenge.

And the Anything Goes Challenge at Watercolor Wednesday

Thank you for stopping by!  Until next time my friends....keep working out! :)