2nd Post of the Day

Well I'm back with another post. Another card from my inky weekend. This also falls into the embossing category for CAS-ual Friday's. And since I couldn't decide which one to enter into their challenge I decided to enter both!



For this card I started off again with a white piece of cardstock that I stamped and heat embossed with Hero Art's CG330. Next I applied a generous amount of Spun Sugar distress Stain onto my craft sheet, added some "Pearl" Perfect Pearls and laid the embossed cardstock into it. Once it was dry I used my Spellbinders Label die to cut the shape. Added a bit of ribbon and a button. I love how much coverage you can get with the stains!!

Thanks for stoppin by!

TTFN!

CAS-ual Fridays

Well my inky weekend is paying off. I checked out the CAS-ual Fridays blog yesterday and saw that the challenge this week is Embossing. So I too a couple of pieces I inked over the weekend and here is one of the cards I came up with..

If you saw yesterday's post you will notice the die cut flower is from one of the pieces I did over the weekend. For this one I applied Antique Linen distress STAIN on my craft sheet, added some Sunflower Perfect Pearl to it. I had already white embossed the image on the background (Hero Arts Dot Flower Background CG330) so I just laid it into the stain mixture. I wish you could see the extra gold sparkle in it. Next I just did a dry emboss on my Vagabond and wah-lah! The pearls are Kaiser Craft Latte.

Thanks for looking and have fun playing with your inks!!! And Dana, I would love to see what you create!

TTFN!

This weeks CAS-ual Friday

Challenge:

For this Clean and Simple card I used Hero Arts CG311, Small Sweet Petals and a Hero Arts, Silhouette Digital image, tall_vases_C01015_23067.

I stamped and embossed the flowers in white on clear vellum. I colored the back to each flower using Distress Stains, Broken China and Spun Sugar. For the vase I converted the image to a print and cut and then used my Copic's to color it in and then added some black and white enamel accents. This one is off in the mail today for my Mother-in-Law's Birthday.

Thanks for stopping by!

TTFN

Summer Card Camp Week 3

Well here it is already week 3 of Summer Card Camp. I feel like since camp started I haven't had as much time to play as I would like.  I feel like I got off to a pretty good start today and completed 2 cards for camp. I'm only posting one tonight, I ran out of sun light to take a photo of the second card but I will get it posted tomorrow.

This month the theme over at Hero Arts is Summer time & Parties. The technique is Digital Die Cuts & Printables. So I thought I would also submit this card over there. I used the HA Peeking Posies Stamps LL072 and the matching HA Digital Die Cut, Peeking Posies DT022. I'm having so much fun with this set! I used my copics to color in the flower and the sentiment is also from Hero Arts.

Here is another Digital Card I'm submitting over at Hero Arts, and at CAS-ual Fridays. For this card I used the Hero Arts digital die cut from Silhouette, C00317_23067. I decided to make the shape into a card by using the duplicate and mirror commands. I also used the print & cut function to add the words. I sized it so it would fit into a standard A2 size envelope. The flowers are also from Hero Arts, CL495.

On 2 of these I stamped the background for a little fun.

Thanks for stopping by and making it to the end of my rambling post, lol. I hope you have a great week. I will be back tomorrow with another camp card.

TTFN!

Summer Camp has begun

Hello Bloggers, I'm so excited that Summer Card Camp has begun. It was just the bit of sunshine I needed to get me out of my funk! If you're not joining in the fun at camp you can follow me as I go along in the journey. But really I must say it's a great deal. You can find all the details on Jennifer McGuire's blog or you can click HERE for more details.

Here is my card for the first week's color combo.

This first thing I realized with this color combo is I don't do purple! I did find some purple twine and gem stones but other than that I don't have much in the way of purple. For the flower I really wanted something in bright pink so after I embossed my flower in white I added "Worn Lipstick" distress ink by swiping it directly from the pad to the paper. I was happy with the results. I also swiped it across a piece of white cardstock to create the border at the bottom of the card.

I think I will also add this to the CAS-ual Fridays challenge which is...

Thanks so much for stopping by. And if you're at camp please let me know. I would love hang out with you and see what you're creating.

TTFN!

CAS-ual Fridays

What perfect timing! This weeks challenge is for Graduation Cards and I just happen to know a Graduate! So here is my card for...

I'm looking forward to going to Reno for Alex's Graduation on the 10th!!! Whoo Hoo, go Alex!

Also to my Reno friends I know you had snow over the weekend :-( but the sunshine is coming!!!! I will be at the Store on Saturday afternoon, the 11th and I will try to bring the sunshine with me :-)  If your around I would love to see you! I plan to be at the store between the hours of 4-6.

Hugs!!

CAS-ual Fridays

This week over at CAS-ual Fridays it's all about Bling.

And all month long over at Hero Art's it's been a challenge on "Flowers, ATC's and Colored Pencils".

So here is my card using a little bit of Bling with my rhinestones and stickles, and a fabulous flower that I colored with my Prisma Colored Pencils. I have to say I have had these colored pencils for some time but have not really used them. In fact I think this is the first project I have completed using them. I didn't really like them at first but with all the inspiration over at the Hero Blog and the great discussion on the HA Flicker group I thought I would give them another chance. Once I learned about the colorless blending pencil, which I went out and bought last week I feel it went much smoother, ha ha.

Hero Arts Stamp: CL495

Now I'm off to see how quickly I can whip up an ATC before I start dinner. If it goes well I will be back with the results.

TTFN!

CAS-ual Fridays

This week the challenge over at CAS-ual Fridays is to use buttons and twine...

and can you believe I couldn't find any buttons! I really do need to finish un-packing! So after days of trying to find where the buttons could be I decided to make my own button. I started off cutting several circles from a light weight chipboard. I glued them together and then topped it off with some patterned paper. Next I simply punched a couple of holes in the "button" using my crop-a-dile. (gotta love that tool).

I also didn't have any twine :-(  so I used my Bazzill floss for the stem. I have been wanting some twine for quite a while so I decided to order some last night, and can you believe today I noticed that The Twinery was giving a 15% discount to all CAS-ual Friday participants!! I can't believe I missed that! Oh well I'm still excited to get my order :-)

Thanks so much for stopping by. Hope your having a great week.
TTFN!

A New Challenge Blog

Hi Everyone,

Last night I came across a new challenge blog. So, I thought this would be a great way to get back into the groove! It's called CAS-ual Fridys. The CAS stands for Clean and Simple. This is their very first Challenge and you still have time to get in on the fun. Here is a link to their page with all the details http://cas-ualfridays.blogspot.com/.  You have till Wednesday Night to enter the first challenge and then each week they will post a new challenge on each Friday. You should join the fun!

So here is my card.....

I just recieved a box of the new Tim Holtz glazed Kraft paper and just had to try it! I have been itchin' to get inkey, lol. I used the Distress Stains for the color which made it so quick and easy. (Wild Honey, Broken China, Peeled Paint, and Spun sugar).

Also if any of you have been having trouble using the Rosette Die try running a piece of scotch tape down the backside of your strip before you cut. For me this was the perfect solution to keep it from cutting apart.

Here's another card I did. It was hard to choose which one to use for the challenge.

Thanks for stopping by and taken a peek!

Hugs!