Sunday Card-Making Day

Hi everyone!!  It's a bright and sunny Sunday but its cool and windy...so I decided to chill out in my craft room today (go figure).
I needed a birthday card for a co-worker this week so I thought I'd show you the process.  I've had the Simon Says Stamp Adult Beverages stamp set for quite sometime now and have never used it...am I the only one with unused stamps/dies laying around??  Please tell me I'm not!!

Its a very basic stamp but the possibilities will be endless!  It also has co-ordinating dies but I don't have them.  I felt like doing some basic heat embossing with watercolour so I stamped the wine glass and cork images in VersaMark on some Tim Holtz watercolour cardstock and heat embossed using white embossing powder (SSS).

I picked Milled Lavender, Seedless Preserves and Dusty Concorde for my "wine" colours and Brushed Corduroy for the corks.

I then used Pumice Stone to fill in the background.  Once that was dry, I spritzed the entire panel with a mixture of water and Perfect Pearls for an all over sparkle.  I also couldn't resist and added more sparkle with my clear Wink of Stella to the wine only.  Then, because no card is complete without Glossy Accents, I added that to the entire wine glass and waited for it to dry...
For the sentiment I used the Basic Banner set from Clearly Besotted and heat embossed the "happy birthday" in Ranger Liquid Platinum embossing powder and cut it out using the co-ordinating die.

So, now as I got ready to assemble this card I noticed this...

A beautiful purple ink splotch on the inside of the card base....(I was testing out some purple pigment ink that I thought I could use for the sentiment), grrr.  Easy fix, I just cut a panel of cheap, white, thin cardstock and adhered it.
Now, here's the finished product,

I just adhered the watercoloured panel onto some plum coloured cardstock (I think its Stampin' Up), placed the sentiment and added another wine glass (also wink of stella'd up)!

Hope you enjoyed this card!!

Stay crafty, my friends!!

Laurie

Few Card Challenges

Hi All!! So this past weekend was a long one in Canada...Victoria Day.  And like every other year, the weather was absolutely miserable.  Wind, rain, freezing rain and snow.  So needless to say, I spent my time indoors, in my craft room!!  No complaints about that!!!

I made a few cards just for fun and a few cards for some challenges.  Here are my "for fun" cards:

SSS Partial Cut Flowers and Derwent Inktense pencils.

Waffle Flower Circle Doily Die. LOVE this die!!

Technique Tuesday Chickadees and watercolour.

Now on to my challenge entries.  The first card I entered in the Simon Says Stamp Flickr Challenge...www.flickr.com/groups/simonsaysstamp/discuss/721576504762... 

The challenge was to create your own background.  So I whipped out the Lots of Dots stamp set and this is what happened!

I used pale shades of inks, Memento Angel Pink, Desert Sand and Rose Bud and Stampin Up ink in Baked Brown Sugar and Crisp Cantaloupe.  The Sentiment is from the SimonSaysStamp Wishing and Sending stamp set.  I finished it off with some twine and a die cut heart from cardstock coloured with the Rose Bud ink. I was trying for a "confetti" look rather than a Bokeh look.  Either way, I'm pretty pleased with the way it came out.

This card is for the Your Next Stamp Sketch and Color Challenge #14. www.yournextstamp.com/blog   I chose the Sketch.  I used the Thanks a Latte stamp and die set, the 3X4 library card with the coordinating stamp from the Overdue Library Card stamp set. The two diagonal strips are patterned paper that had a scalloped print and I just fussy cut the edge.  Finished off with some coffee coloured sequins.

I should mention that all the kraft cardstock I use is Neenah Desert Storm 80lb.

Hope you enjoyed!  Until next time!!

Laurie

I Love Happy Mail!!!

Hi all!!  So this week ended on a high note...happy mail!!!  My order from Simon Says Stamp and PaperTrey Ink orders arrived.  No matter the type of week I've had (and believe me, this one was a doozie!), opening up those packages just makes the world right again!

I haven't ordered anything from PaperTrey for awhile, so I made up for it!!  I can literally spend hours on that site filling and editing my shopping cart.  The only newer release item I ordered was the Horizontal Split Card die, the rest were older stamp sets like DayDreamer and Doodle-Do, which by the way are AMAZING!!!

I got some newer stuff from Simon Says Stamp.  My first stamps and dies from Waffle Flower..Doily Circle, haven't used them, but can't wait!!  Also, the I Knead You stamps and dies from My Favorite Things.  And finally, Fanciful Flower from Newton's Nook, it is awesome!!

Here's my haul:

And I made this card combining the Fanciful Flowers stamp set with the Hello Foxy stamp/die set from PaperTrey Ink.  Inks are from SU:  Coastal Cabana, Blushing Bride, Pistachio Pudding and Crushed Curry. I also die cut the largest Scribble Circle die (also PTI) out of vellum to try and ground the cute little fox.

I just want to share one more card.  This one I had a bit of a hard time with.  I used Lawn Fawns Flutter By stamp set, heat embossed in white, then watercolored with Distress Inks.  That was so much fun and went really well.  I had wanted to make a shaker card.  I had the WHOLE thing assembled, then this happened:  I messed up the stamping of the sentiment... on the window sheet...with Staz On.  Ya, I know.  Rookie mistake!!  But this is the result of a little card surgery:

I'm happy with it!

So that's it for now.  I've recently been doing some colouring, as in, colouring book colouring!  It is so good for the mood!!!  I'll post all about it!!

See you later and Happy Mother's Day to all you moms out there!!!
Laurie

Love These Card Challenges!!

Okay, so I haven't participated in many but these card challenges are addicting!!  Lately, it's been the SimonsSayStamp Flickr Challenges.  I love these ones so much because of the supportive and encouraging group atmosphere.  There is always someone leaving sweet comments about your creations, makes you feel all warm and fuzzy inside:)

So, this card will be entered into the Simon Says Stamp Flickr Challenge #18.
https://www.flickr.com/groups/simonsaysstamp/discuss/72157651834113837/.  The challenge is to create a card with flowers, a Mother's Day card or a card with both!!  Mine is both.
This card used few supplies:

Lots of soft and muted colors for this card.  And ALOT of Glossy Accents!!  How I love that stuff!!

I used one of my favourite stamp sets of all time, the Scribble Flowers set from SimonSaysStamp as well as the "Big Thanks" die.  To finish the sentiment off I used the Big Thanks Sentiments.  The banner is from Lawn Fawn's Stitched Party Banner Die set.

So that's the finished card ("Happy Mama's Day" is written inside)!!

Hope you enjoyed!!

Laurie:)

Springy Creations

I love flowers.  They're beautiful.  They smell nice.  They will brighten anyone's day!
But, I know absolutely nothing about them.  I certainly cannot grow them.

 So, to get my flower fix, I buy floral stamp sets!!  You can't kill those!!

Here's a few cards I've made in the past few days using various floral stamp sets.

This first one uses all www.simonsaysstamp.com products including the Autumn Blessings stamp set.  I entered this card in their Flickr Challenge #17.  The challenge included using these colors:

The next card also uses Simon Says Stamp products.  I used the Scribble Flowers stamp set.  Stamped the images on watercolour paper, then masked them off.  It is quite hard to tell in the photo but I stamped a background stamp from Impression Obsession called Beauty Text over the masked flowers.  I then watercolored the flowers using an inexpensive watercolour marker set from Michaels.  My water brush has some residue glitter in it (from what, I have no idea!)  The "you" die cut is from www.papertreyink.com, and the sentiment is from Simon Says Stamp, sentiment of You set.

And finally, this last card uses the Blossoming Buds stamp set from www.papersmoochesstamps.com.   I just love this set!!  Tried out some spotlight stamping, such a great technique!!  Very simple black and white card with just that little pop of color!!

Spring has finally sprung here in Canada (so, far. Who knows, we may get snow next week!)
 Hope you enjoyed my "flower garden" :)

See you soon!!

Worst. Blogger. Ever.

Okay, so I have been a little ill and a little busy over the past few weeks.  Also, I have been struggling  with setting up my blog...Up until now I was using my iPad  and it was frustrating!  Literally 3/4 of the reason I haven't been posting anything. But no more excuses...

I bought myself a Valentines, Easter, Birthday, Anniversary and Christmas gift (for the next 3 years:)..

Yes, I nearly fainted as the total was rang up. Yes, I nearly turned the car around to return it.  And yes, it is NOTHING like an iPad. Which I was kind of expecting.
It is definitely going to take some time to learn!!  But I'm up for the challenge because as I'm sitting here typing this, I feel good. I feel like I will open this thing up everyday and write!! And that is what I have been wanting to feel since I decided to start this blog!!!

Anyway, I've added my Pinterest link and also my Instagram (which I just started so not much there), so check them out if you would like!!

I will be back tomorrow, I PROMISE, to show you a few cards I've been working on!!

Thanks and see you tomorrow!!!

I "Heart" Weekends

Happy Saturday!!  Let me begin by saying that I love weekends (I know, who doesn't). I work in the dental field, which means I spend my days catering to unhappy people, because let's face it, who's happy going to the dentist?! And I will admit, it doesn't make me happy either:).  So, when Friday rolls around, I get super excited...and relaxed! I never do any crafting during the week so I spend HOURS in my craft room on the weekends..my happy place.
I usually scan Pinterest and various blogs for some inspiration, make my coffee and dive in! (Some days I remain in my pjs, just sayin').  So here's a few cards I made, so far, this weekend.

Here's one I'm entering in the Color and Sketch Challenge #11 over at www.yournextstamp.com. You can do the sketch, the Color or combine both. I went with the sketch.

 

I chose circles and hearts as my shapes of choice(the sketch had stars). The circles are from MFT Stitched Circles and the hearts are from Your Next Stamp Thanks a Latte die set. The sentiment on the middle circle is from Kup Toppers, also from YourNextStamp. I added clear Wink of Stella and Glossy Accents to the hearts. The banners are cut with Paper Smooches Flag Tags dies out of scrap papers. The background paper is from My Minds Eye. Finished off with some clear bubble-type accents from Robins Nest(I think).

Apart from that card, I've been kind of loving the Aqua, pink, yellow and grey Color combo. As, you'll see in these two card...

The first one's focal point is the "Big Hello" die from www.simonsaysstamp.com. I used the stitched journaling card from Lawn Fawn, the circle cover plate from Papertrey Ink, and that AWESOME stitched Daisy?!  Well, that's from www.my-creative-time.com! I stumbled upon this website by accident one day, what a lucky accident! I love her stuff(Emma is her name). She has the most adorable stitched dies!

The second card also features that same Daisy die as well as the sentiment from MyCreativeTime. I used the Triangle border die from SimonSaysStamp to add a little something extra. Both cards were finished off using some random Colored pearls.

I hope you enjoyed, thanks for visiting and have a Happy Easter!!