Love you

Hi all!

My last post was a card where I used the same technique as I used for this card.

I said I'd be posting the other card with this technique and here it is.

This is a technique I learned from Kristina Werner in 

this video.

I made this card to give to my husband, Dave.

Back in February I made a big decision, I decided to have 

weight loss surgery.  If you are interested in my story of why and

how things have played out since then, there is a tab at the top of my 

home page for "My Weight Loss Journey"

feel free to read it if you care to.

From the moment I said to him that I wanted to do it,

he has been very supportive.  He has encouraged me all the way.

When I had the surgery on June 6th, he was right there by my side.

He has been a huge help and support in this journey and I wanted to just

let him know, even in just this little way.

He has been my rock through the entire process and I know he will continue

to be there for me.

I love how this card turned out and I hope he will love it

as much as I do.

Just a little way to say Thank You to the best husband ever!

I hope you will try something that is a little out of your comfort zone.

I know a lot of people are intimidated by water colors,

but just give it a try and you'll be amazed at how easy it can be.

Hop over and check out the video with Kristina Werner

and try something like this yourself.

Thanks for stopping by today,

I hope you'll come again soon.

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Shower card

Hello blog fans!

Today I have a little card that I made to use as a gift card with a

bridal shower gift.

It was inspired by Kristina Werner

on this video where she made a Father's Day card.

I loved the concept so I adapted it for my own card.

I used my Peerless water colors , but I couldn't guess at what

colors I used, I just kept adding colors until I liked the look I had.

Believe it or not, I actually wrote that "love"

I usually hate my own handwriting,

but I played around and practiced until I got something I liked,

wrote it with pencil and then went over it with a journalling pen.

I layered the water color piece onto a piece of coordinating card stock

and then adhered it to a white card base.

Here is a picture with the envelope I made for the card.

It's an odd size and I knew there wouldn't be an envelope to fit.

I love the fun pop of green on the inside of the envelope.

I absolutely LOVE how this card turned out and I hope

Liz will like it too.

Thanks for stopping by today.  I hope you've been inspired in some way.

Come again soon and you'll see the other card I made with this technique.

Until then,
Be Creative and Have Fun with it!

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Distress Crayon Background and Flowers

Hi blog friends!

Today I have a birthday card that I made for a friend.

I knew I wanted to use these flowers from 

"Daisy Thanks" by Stampendous

I stamped them onto white card stock with 

VersaMark Onyx Black Ink,

colored them with my Fantasia Colored Pencils and

my Prismacolor colorless blender pencil

then fussy cut them.

I wanted something a little different for the background, so I went to 

my stash of backgrounds that I've made just for this purpose.

I found this one that I made with my 

Tim Holtz Distress Crayons.

I trimmed it down, adhered it to a coordinating piece of card stock

and adhered that to the front of a white card base.

Inside I stamped the sentiment using 

"Big Scripty Words" from Lawn Fawn

I love how this card turned out and hope my friend loves it too.

Thanks for stopping by today, come again soon.

Until then 

craft something fun!

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Tulle shaker card

Hello blog friends!

Today I have a card that was inspired by Jennifer McGuire.

Yes!  Her again, she is one of my biggest inspirations.

Here is her post that inspired me

I never thought about using tulle on a card before, especially

not to make a shaker card.  But it really does work very well.

I started by stamping the flowers from

"Daisy Thanks"  by Stampendous 

onto white card stock and colored them with my 

Fantasia Colored Pencils

then fussy cut them.

Since I was using tulle in this way, I wanted to put the 

flowers on the inside of the card so the back of the ones on the front

wouldn't show.

I had to have a "mirrored" image of the flowers to do this.

I stamped the image onto a piece of acrylic with VersaFine ink.

I then carefully took the piece of acrylic and turned it over and 

laid it down onto the piece of white card stock, 

leaving a reversed image.

It didn't turn out as clear and crisp as the regular stamping did,

but it was good enough to work with.  I went over the outlines with 

black pen, once I had the image colored.

I fussy cut the parts I needed to cover the backs of the flowers,

I didn't do a perfect job, but I think for my first time trying this,

I did pretty well.

Here is the inside of the card.  

I found it very easy to make this type of shaker card using tulle.

Watch Jennifer McGuire's video and I'm sure you'll find it's pretty easy too.

Here is what I thought was the finished card, 

now looking at it, I thought it needed something more.

I added dash lines around the outer edge of the card with

a black pen and I think that makes a lot of difference.

Here is the final result.  I think it really needed that

bit of black around the edge.

What do you think?

Thanks for stopping by today,

I'm so glad you did.

Until next time,

try something new and outside the box!

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Father's Day Gears

Hello!

Today is the last post in my

Father's Day Car series.

For these cards I used the

Cogs & Gears stamp set from Inkadinkado.

I used my MISTI stamping tool and positioned the stamps on the tool.

Using the MISTI makes it so easy to stamp more than one card and have 

them all positioned  and stamped perfectly.

I stamped with VersaMark ink then brushed on Perfect Pearls Powder

To give the shine to the images.

I layered the panel with the images onto card stock then onto

white card bases. The card on the left I used shiny silver card stock

for the mat, you can see the shine of the silver in this picture.

I stamped Happy Father's Day from the

Happy Birthday Set from QKR Stampede.

Here is a picture that shows the shine from the Perfect Pearls.

Here are the other 2 cards I made with this design.

The sentiments are a variety of techniques,

plain stamping with VersaFine ink,

VersaMark and Perfect Pearls or

Heat embossing with silver powder.

I enjoyed making these cards and making each one a little bit

different from the others.

Thanks for stopping in and I hope you have enjoyed

my Father's Day Card series and have been inspired in some way.

Father's day is going to be here soon, I hope you've made a card or two.

Until next time,

have fun making something!

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Not Just Cards Challenge June

Hi all you friends from blogland!

Today I've got an announcement,

I have been accepted to a design team and I'm 

pretty excited.

It's the team for the

"Not Just Cards Challenge Blog"

Each month on the 11th of the month, a new challenge is

posted along with inspiration from our design team.

Every month there is a sponsor as well as a theme

and sometimes there are some cool prizes.  

Be sure to check out the NJC blog and participate in the challenge.

This month our sponsor is 

All Dressed Up 

I worked with

3 Little Summer Girls

One of the nice things about digital stamps is that you download them

to your computer and you can size them to the size you want to use. 

I decided that I wanted to do a scrapbook layout with my images, so I made them

 fairly large, each of the girls measures about 5.5" tall.

I printed the images onto white card stock,

colored them with my Fantasia colored pencils

and fussy cut them.

I started my pages with white card stock.

I used a Stormy Sky and Broken China Distress Inks

too create the sky and water.

For the sand, I tore some light brown marbled card stock so there

would be a straight "shoreline" yet still have a little bit of a rough edge.

I used a Perfect Medium ink pad and swiped it in different

areas of the water and sand, then brushed Perfect Pearls Powder 

onto the water and sand.  That is what gives it the shine.

For the sun I cut a mask, applied it before I inked the sky,

then after I had the sky done, I removed the mask and used 

scrap card stock to ink the rays with Squeezed Lemonade Distress Ink.

The little girls were adhered to the page with foam tape to give a little dimension

to the page.

The photo mats were made from some card stock that I had in my 

stash

The title was stamped with VersaFine Onyx Black ink and

a set of alpha stamps that I have in my stash.

I have no idea what company they are from.

Since there were 3 little girls in the image and I only used 2 on the 

layout, I made a card with the 3rd one.

I used some coordinating paper from my stash

and added the little girl with some foam tape.

I used a little Glossy Accents to give the center of the

flower a little shine.

Inside I stamped a sentiment from the

Lovely Greetings stamp set from

CAS-ual Fridays Stamps

with Wilted Violet Distress Ink

onto white card stock, cut it down and

adhered it to a mat that matches the outside mat of the card.

Thanks for stopping by today,

I hope you'll pop over to the

Not Just Cards Challenge Blog

and see the inspiration from the other 

design team member and give the challenge a try.

I really enjoyed working with this 

3 Little Summer Girls image,

check out  All Dressed Up too, they may have something

you need to have.

Until next time,

have fun creating.

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Celtic Father's Day

Father's Day is getting closer.

Have you made your Father's Day cards yet?

Here is another on the cards I made this year.

This one is for my husband.  We are huge fans of 

Ireland and Celtic designs, that is why I chose to make this one

for him.

I stamped Heart Chain Border from Eureka Stamps

onto red and black card stock with VersaMark Ink.

I then heat embossed them using 

Silver Embossing Powder

I embossed both of these pieces thinking I would choose 

the one that I liked the best, then decided to use them both

on the card and like the results.

The sentiment is from the 

Happy Birthday Set 

from QKR Stampede,

using VersaFine Onyx Black Ink.

I think my husband will like this card as much as I 

liked making it for him.

Thanks for stopping by,

come again soon and see some more in the

Father's Day Card series.

Until then,

Enjoy Life!

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Fishing Father's Day

Hello crafty peeps!

Today I'm starting a series of Father's Day cards that I have

created to send to the fathers in my life.

I no longer have my own father, but there are plenty of 

others that I'd like to share my appreciation with.

For this card I stamped

Fishing Gear, Fishing Hat and 

Happy Father's Day from the 

Happy Birthday set

all from QKR Stampede, 

onto card stock and colored them with my 

Fantasia Colored Pencils

I added a little VersaMark ink and Perfect Pearls

to the fish to give the scales a little shine.

The stamped panel was layered onto kraft card stock and

then adhered to a white card base.

I will add a personal note inside the card.  

Have you made any Father's Day cards yet?

I hope you'll come again soon to see some more

cards in this series.

See you then!

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