Just A Note Hello

Good Sunday Morning Friends!

Today's Pretty in Pink card was created for the CAS(E) this Sketch Challenge #133.

This one was really quick and simple! I started with a base of Melon Mambo cardstock by SU and just added a white panel to the top.

The stamp set I used is called Modern Leaves by Avery Elle. I chose 3 images from the set and stamped them in SU inks in Melon Mambo, Blushing Bride and Strawberry Slush.

My sentiment is from a Think Big set by PTI and stamped in Versafine Onyx Black. I really like these sets... 2-3 nice. large sentiment stamps for $5.00!

Finally, I added a few enamel dots by The Paper Studio and Hobby Lobby in shades of pink just to balance out the design in general.

This would be a great design in just about any color combo... even one with different colors... that would be a cool look!

Wheels!

Hello! I'm back again for my second card of the day!

This little beauty was created for the CAS(E) this Sketch Challenge #131!

I started with a card base made of Easter Grass cardstock by Bazzil and added panels of black and white.

The little bicycles are from The Stamps of Life set called Bicycle2Stamp and are stamped in VersaFine Black Onyx and Simon Says Apple Green.

To finish this one off I added 3 little enamel dots by The Paper Studio  and rounded 2 of the corners.

I really like how clean it came out and I was pretty successful at creating a random design this time around... something I usually have difficulty with :)

And with this card, I'll be done for the day but don't forget to check back tomorrow... there's some cool stuff on the way!

Another Thank You...

Good Morning Everyone! I hope you all had a wonderful 4th of July and are taking today to relax a bit before it's back to real life on Monday!

This morning's card I made for the CAS(E) this Sketch Challenge #130 and I really like the way it turned out!

I started out with a card base in navy blue and then cut the bottom of the front off with one side of a large Sizzix label die. This left me with a shaped bottom edge that I attached a piece of kraft cardstock to for a finished card front.

I cut the leaves with a die set from CC Designs that I think is now retired and then drew in some veining with a VersaMarker... love that thing!

The flower is by Stampin' Up and cut out with the matching punch... I added just a tiny bit of Fruit Punch Stickles to the center of this one too... I really like that color and I think it was either a limited edition or it's retired now too so I'm hoarding it :)

Finally, I used a small "thanks" die and cut it 3 times from the kraft cardstock. I layered all 3 on top of each other to create some dimension and then covered the whole lot in Wink of Stella and Glossy Accents to create my own embellishment piece... so fun!

It sounds like there's a lot of steps in this one but it's really pretty simple to make and could be done in all sorts of color combinations for just about any season and I'm really starting to like cards with just a bit of hand-drawing in them!

That's it for me today. Enjoy your Sunday all and I'll see you again next week!

An "Otterly" Great Birthday!

Good Morning All! It's been a bit chilly here in Wyoming for the past couple of days... here's hoping for sunshine today!

I'm just stopping in to introduce my card for the CAS(E) this Sketch Challenge #127!

I started with a card base in an "oceany" blue and then added a white layer on to which I stamped my sentiment from Lawn Fawn's Year 5 Birthday set.

I then took more of the blue cardstock, die cut some squares, rounded the edges and put them through a wave pattern embossing folder by Sizzix. You can't see it in the picture but the raised areas are covered in Wink of Stella and very sparkly... like waves on the ocean!

My little otter is colored with Copic markers and I'm so proud of how he turned out! He's got to be one of the cutest little critter stamps out there... all holding his little present and everything!

That's it for me today... if you missed it, I have a great video on making a Tunnel Fold card over on my YouTube channel, You can find it Here. Have a great day!

Thinking of You Always

Hello Everyone!

The last 8 days have been a blur... I'd say I want a do-over but there's no way I want to go through all of that again!

So, moving on! I'm back this morning with a card for CAS(E) this Sketch! #126.

I started with a base of Stamper's Select white cardstock by PTI and then cut another panel for the main design. I temporarily adhered it to the base and did my stamping with PTI's Brushed Blooms stamp set... one of my all time favorites!

Once the design and sentiment were completed, I took the smaller panel off and joined it up with some Harvest Gold to form a little bit of border. I then put some fun-foam on the back for a little dimension and set the whole deal back in place matching up the stamping.

I didn't add any embellishments to this one because I love it just the way it is!

Thanks so much for stopping by and have a wonderful Tuesday!

Supplies Used:
Paper - Stamper's Select White & Harvest Gold (PTI)
Stamps - Brushed Blooms (PTI)
Inks - Pear Pizzazz, Old Olive, So Saffron, Hello Honey & Marina Mist (SU); Versafine Black Onyx

Video ~ Welcome to Shake It Up Friday!

Good Morning Everyone! It's been one heck of week for me here in Wyoming but today is Friday and the weekend is looking wide open ahead!

While I don't have a card post ready for you today, I do have the first installment of my new video series Shake It Up Fridays! In this video we're making a super cute, clean and simple shaker card that you likely already have everything you need to make!

An Inky Hello

Hello, it's good to see everyone again this morning!

I'm here today to share the card I made for this week's CAS(E) this Sketch Challenge #124!

As you can see by looking at the sketch below... I took some liberties with this one!

At first I tried... and tried... and tried to construct a bug "HI" across the front of the card. I tried stamping, paper piecing, embossing... nothing worked for me and came out the way I was thinking it should.

So, I decided that I would interpret that big "HI" as a "large element on the front of the card" and broke out a stencil!

I sponged my stripe pattern in Scattered Straw Distress ink and then inked up another piece of white in Salty Ocean. From that piece I die cut my "hello" sentiment and punched some little stars. The die cut I covered in Wink of Stella and Glossy Accents. To the stars I added some Dazzling Diamonds glitter.

The die cut hello looked a bit stark so I textured some silver metallic vellum and used a coordinating die to cut a shadow for the word... and that finished the card.

Thanks so much for stopping by and spending some time with me today... if you would like to see more of my cards be sure to follow my blog so you don't miss anything :)

Supplies Used:
Paper - Whisper White (SU); Silver Metallic Vellum (TPS)
Inks - Scattered Straw and Salty Ocean Distress Ink
Dies - Bicycle2Stamp Club Die Set (TSoL)
Punches - Star Punch
Other - Stripes Stencil (SU); Wink of Stella Clear Glitter Brush Pen; Glossy Accents; Dazzling Diamonds Glitter (SU); Random Dots Embossing Folder (SU)

From Sad to Glad Wishes

Good Morning Everyone! I did it! It's Thursday and I'm posting a card! My dry spell through the end of the week has finally ended.

Today's card was made for CASology's Challenge for Week #147 - Wedding.

I must have 100 stamp sets or more and can you believe not one of them is a wedding theme?!

Then I remembered that the Everything Eleanor set by Stampin' Up is listed in the wedding section of the current catalog... so I went searching for wedding cards made with the set... I have that one :)

I didn't find a wedding card that I liked but I did find a sympathy card by "Just-add-Ink" that I thought was pretty cool so I decided to CASE it and turn it into a wedding card.

The card is all silver and white with lots of embossing, both dry and heat... there's a lot going on but there's still quite a bit of white space so I think it still qualifies as CAS...? I'm going with it!

Thanks so much for stopping by and spending some time with me today... if you would like to see more of my cards be sure to follow my blog so you don't miss anything :)

Supplies Used:
Paper - Stamper's Select White (PTI); Silver Glitter Paper and Vellum (TPS)
Ink - VersaMark; Versafine Onyx Black
Stamps - Everything Eleanor (SU); Scribbled Flowers (Altenew)
Punch - Elegant Butterfly (SU)
Other - Mary Anne Embossing Folder (Cuttlebug); Ranger Silver Embossing Powder

Rockin' The iPhone

Good Morning Friends! It's Tuesday again and we're speeding toward a 3-day holiday weekend!

Today's card was created for the Crafting When We Can Challenge #94, One For The Kids.

I thought about this one for a while and then had a look at all of my favorite places for inspiration... a local Stampin' Up demo here in Cheyenne posted a card similar to this last fall and I thought it would be the perfect one to CASE for this challenge!

What teen... or adult these days... can stand to be away from their cell phone for too long?

My daughter claims that she has to keep hers by her all the time because she might miss something... well, you can't miss the messages on this little, pink i-phone!

The base of this card is cut to 3" X 11" and then scored at the normal 5 1/2". The white layer is 2 3/4" X 5 1/4" and then the "screen is 2 1/2" X 4". I wanted to include the measurements because these are so fun to make, can be made in any color and the little bubbles can be any size/configuration and say whatever you want them to say for whatever occasion your card is for! ~ Even my teens loved it!

Supplies Used:
Paper - Coredinations Foundations in Baby Pink Pearl; Neenah Solar White 80#; Smokey Shadow (PTI)
Dies & Cutting - Word Bubbles Framelits (SU); Project Life Corner Rounder
Stamps - Birdcage2Stamp (TSoL); Sentiment Sampler and Birthday Buddies (PS); Year 3 (LF)
Inks - Island Indigo Marker (SU); Slate, Audrey Blue, Doll Pink & Coral Reef (SSS)

A Friend Knows Your Song

I don't know what it is about the end of the work week but it always seems to get away from me these days!

With that and not having as much time as I would have liked to have, I've combined a couple of this week's challenges into one card which I would like to present to you today...

CASology's challenge for this week was a card with a music theme. That was proving to be a bit difficult for me as I had no "music" type stamps. So I decided to carve one myself.

I created the lines with Super Stripes by PTI and then carved the treble clef myself from some Speed Ball rubber material... I'm pretty happy with how it turned out and now I have some cool ideas to use it again!

The sentiment is from a stamp set that I bought quite a while back and no longer have the packaging for so I'm not sure where it came from...

The whole deal looked a little tonal and barren when all was in pace so I decided a little glitter heart covered in Glossy Accents was in order to finish it off!

So, I'm entering this beauty into CASology's Week 146: Music and into CAS(E) this Sketch #123 which is where my lay-out came from.

That's all for now... I may be back a little later but I'm not sure about that yet... depends upon how much peace and quiet I can eek out on a Saturday afternoon :)

Supplies Used:
Paper - Soft Stone & Smokey Shadow (PTI); Whisper White (SU); Red Glitter Paper (TPS)
Stamps - Super Stripes (PTI); Sentiment - Unknown; Treble Clef (Mama Bear)
Inks - Slate (SSS); Versafine Black Onyx
Other - Glossy Accents, Wink of Stella Clear Glitter Brush Pen

Joyous Easter Eggs!

Easter Colors... I always think of eggs in soft pastels, bright yellow peeps and deep chocolate brown bunnies!

I've made this card for AAA Cards: Game #36 Easter Colors.

I knew that I wanted to use my Etched Easter Eggs dies by PTI so I went to their website looking for some ideas. A card by Laura Bassen caught my eye and this is my version.

I started by applying Distress ink to heavy cardstock and then applied the egg die cuts over top with a strong matte glue. I then cut the eggs out and left them to dry under a heavy book for a while so they would stay flat. 

Meanwhile I took a "stems" stamp from a rarely used set in my stash and inked it up with Simon Smoke ink to create the design on the bottom of the card... I wanted it to resemble a basket (ish). The eggs were then mounted in a row, some flat, some with a bit of dimension.

I knew that I wanted to maintain the white space at the top of the card so the sentiment, also from the Etched Easter Eggs set, was going to have to go over the bottom portion of the card...my trusty buddy vellum made it easy and the Liquid Platinum embossing powder was just the perfect color.

I'm very pleased with the results of my labors... love those colorful eggs!

Supplies Used:
Paper - Stamper's Select White (PTI); Vellum
Inks - Picked Raspberry, Spiced Marmalade, Mustard Seed, Broken China, Shaded Lilac (Ranger); VersaMark; Smoke (SSS)
Stamps - Etched Easter Eggs (PTI); Delight in Everything (CTMH)
Dies - Etched Easter Eggs (PTI)
Other - Ranger Liquid Platinum Embossing Powder

3-In-One : Shiny Flourishing Bird

It's Tuesday again... the days are just flying by aren't they? I thought they might slow down some as the sun was up longer but that hasn't been the case at my house!

This week the challenge over at Less Is More for Week 217 is to combine 3 of their previous challenges into one new card.

I chose to incorporate Week 50 - Birds, Week 71 - Use a Flourish and Week 72 - Something Shiny.

I had found a card by Catherine Pooler on Pinterest and wanted to make a version of my own in a CASE so this turned out to be the perfect opportunity to do so!

I kept the card base white and then used Stampin' Up's Everything Eleanor set for the flourish and the little bird. I found the tiny little flowers and the sentiment in two different PTI sets.

For my something shiny, I added little gemstones to the center of each flower for just a subtle sparkle and coated the bird in Wink of Stella Clear glitter which I can never seem to capture in my pictures... darn!

The card is a very close CASE to the original and I like how it came out. Plus it covers all of my challenge requirements so I'm a happy girl!

Supplies Used:
Paper - White cardstock
Stamps - Everything Eleanor (SU); Thinking of You & Polka Dot Parade #6 (PTI)
Inks - Versafine Ony Black; Lost Lagoon, Pear Pizzazz & Cherry Cobbler (SU)
Other - 5/8" Circle Punch, Clear Gems (SU)

Hello... How are you?

Good afternoon everyone! I'm home this afternoon with my grandson who had some pretty major oral surgery this morning... he's doing very well though... better than I would have!

While he was taking a nap earlier I decided to make a card for the CAS(E) this Sketch! #116 Challenge. 

I started with some Stamper's Select cardstock in bright white and then used a die to emboss the instant photo frame shape into the paper.

I love the little telephone from PTI's Heart 2 Heart #4 stamp set and the matching dies made it a cinch to cut out and pop up in my frame!

The phone is stamped in Hero Arts Orange Soda ink... I was thinking about stamping it in pink but then had a Legally Blond flashback and went with Orange instead!

I really like how clean it came out and you can't get much more simple than this one... at least I usually don't :)

Supplies Used:
Paper - Stamper's Select White (PTI)
Stamps - Heart 2 Heart #4 (PTI)
Dies - Monthly Moments: Instant Photo 1 & Heart 2 Heart #4 (PTI)
Ink - Orange Soda, Pool & Pale Tomato (HA)

It's Finally Happened!

I'm very excited this morning to introduce you to my first ever CAS Shaker Card!

I made today's card for the Less is More: Week 126 Challenge where we were asked to CASE one of the design team members' cards.

I chose to CASE Sarah's card for a couple of reasons...

1. My daughter's name is Sara... gotta go with my girl!

2. I adore shaker cards and love making them!

I followed Sarah's design pretty closely on this one but instead of a wedding card I decided on a card design that could be for anyone, anytime.

I kept the card square and maintained a lot of white space. My shaker window is in the top left, like the original however mine is a circle instead of a heart. I kept the color scheme to white and a metallic going with a rich gold for my glitter paper hello and the embossed sentiment. 

I kept two small elements around the shaker window and to keep the look fairly simple, I went with transparent sequins!

I'm really loving how this card came out! I think it's a really good CASE of Sarah's original card and it has the clean and simple look we're going for!

Sarah's Original Card Design

Supplies Used:
Paper - Stamper's Select White (PTI), Gold Glitter Paper (DCWV)
Stamps - Sparkle & Shine and Signature Series: Butterfly (PTI)
Ink - VersaMark
Dies - Hello (Stamps of Life); Circle Stack (Sizzix); Small Flower Punch
Other - Transparent Sequins (Tree House); WOW! Metallic Gold Rich Embossing Powder, White Fun Foam