BYSH Cardmakers February Sketch Challenge #66 2nd Project

 

I'm back with my second project for the BYSH Cardmakers Sketch #66 Challenge using this month's sketch.

For my project today I started with some white dotted gold pattern paper cut tu 4" X 5 1/4".  For my focal image, I used a stamp from a Simon Says Stamp card kit that was released just a few month's ago. I stamped the image twice on white cardstock using some Simon Says Stamp soft navy ink.  I used the coordinating die to cut out the village portion pf the image and adhered it directly over the one stamped on the first panel with some 1mm foam tape.

Before adhering the diecut village to the main image, I used the coordinating stencil yo add a light coating of some Tim Holtz sparkling grit paste that I lightly sprinkled with some Rock Candy glitter. Once dried I then adhered it to the main panel.

I then adhered my stamped panel to my cardbase. I stamped my sentiment with that same soft navy ink onto a scrap of the gold pattern paper. I used the ink pad to lightly ink the edges of my sentiment to help it stand out from the background. I popped the sentiment up with a foam strip. To finish the card I added some navy blue sparkles in the upper right hand corner.

While tomorrow is the last day to play along with this challenge, a new one will be starting March 1st. Watch for inspiration projects on the BYSH Cardmakers blog. You can enter your last minute projects on our Facebook group. Thanks for stopping by.

BYSH Cardmakers Sketch #45

 

There is a new challenge over at BYSH Cardmakers. The Sketch #45 challenge started May 1st over at BYSH Cardmakers. This is my first inspiration post for that challenge. Here is a look at the sketch.

For my first inspiration post I turned the sketch. My card is a standard A2 heavyweight white cardstock. My poinsettia pattern paper was die cut using an MFT scalloped edge die. I added the green stripe paper to cover the lower portion of my card.

My sentiment is foiled with red foil using the spellbinders glimmer hot foil machine and a hot foil plate and die from Simon Says Stamp.

I popped up the pattern paper and adhered my sentiment with liquid adhesive and foam tape.

I appreciate you stopping by and hope you will head over to the BYSH Cardmakers blog to check out the other inspiration projects from the Design Team, then link up your project in our Facebook Group.

Season of Hope

 

I have a new Holiday card for you today using some new products I bought from Simon Says Stamps from their Cozy Hugs release.

I started with the Layered Songbird die. I used some pearl cardstock from Cricut for the layers of my bird. I then cut the branches from the Berry Stems wafer dies cutting the pine looking one twice. I used different shades of green cardstock for the various branches. I used scraps from the two different reds from the pearlized cardstock for the berries on my branches.

I then took a piece of pearlized cream colored cardstock and cut it using a Simon Says Stamps Arch die to cut an arch from the cardstock. I then embossed it using the Simon Says Stamps Pepperberry embossing folder. I then took the Statue colored Ranger Foundry Wax to highlight the embossing. After applying the wax, I used my heat gun to activate it.

I adhered everything to my A2 card base using liquid adhesive. I heat embossed my sentiment on a scrap of the cream-colored cardstock with some antique gold embossing powder. I popped up my sentiment using some foam tape. To finish my card, I added a few gold pearls from Kat Scrappiness.

Thanks for stopping by today. I appreciate the visit and hope to see you again soon.

Ghostly Greetings

It's time for a new blog post. Today I have for you a mini slimline Halloween card for you.

I started with a Simon Says Stamp 120# Mini Slimline Card Base.  Next I added a piece of star pattern paper from the Echo Park I Love Halloween 6" X 6" paper pad.  I then used a piece of green pattern paper and a Lawn Fawn grassy border die to cut two grassy boarders. I adhered the pattern papers to my card base with some liquid adhesive. 

Next I stamped some images from the BB Fab-BOO-lous Friends stamp set onto some alcohol friendly white cardstock. I used my Arteza Ever Blend Alcohol markers to color my ghosts and tombstone. I then used the coordinating dies to cut out my images including the little bats.

I adhered my images to the card front using liquid adhesive. Finally I stamped my sentiment from the same stamp set onto some black cardstock using some Versamark ink after using my powder tool. I then embossed my sentiment with some white embossing powder and cut it out using a MFT Oval word die. I adhered the sentiment to my card with some foam tape.

Thanks so much for visiting today. I so appreciate you stopping by. Please leave me a comment and let me know how you like the card. I hope you pop by for another visit soon.

Happy Birthday

 

Today I have for you another birthday card. To make this card I started with some heavy weight white cardstock that was cut, scored and folded to make a 4 1/4" X 5 1/2"  card base. All products used for this card came from a Simon Says Stamp card kit.

I cut a piece of heavy weight cardstock to 4" X 5 1/4". I used the dandelion wishes embossing folder to emboss this white cardstock. Next I selected this piece of pattern paper from the kit. I used the dandelion wishes stamp set to stamp my images. I treated the pattern paper with my anti static tool and stamped the images with Versamark ink. I then sprinkled white embossing powder on the images and used my heat tool to melt the embossing powder.

Next I selected my sentiment and again stamped it with Versamark ink and sprinkled with white embossing powder and heated with my heat gun to melt the embossing powder.

I adhered the pattern paper to the white embossed cardstock with liquid adhesive. I adhered all to my cardbase with some foam tape.

To finish the card I added some confetti from Honeybee Stamps with some liquid glue.

Thanks so much for stopping by today for a visit. I would love it if you left me a comment. Hope to see you again soon.

Hello Summer

 

When I saw this cute pineapple with his summer sunglasses on in Cricut Access I knew I had to make a card with him. I decided to create a mini slimline card with him.

First I brought my pineapple image into Design Space. Next I added a rectangle that I changed the color of to white and sized it to 3" X 5.75". I then resized the pineapple so it would fit on the rectangle.  Next I wanted to add a sentiment. So, I typed my sentiment and then went looking for a font. I filtered my kerning fonts in Design Space by looking for writing fonts. I finally settled on this one called DTC Sahara Smooth. I then attached my sentiment to the white rectangle. I then headed to my Cricut Maker to write and cut out the layers for my card.  I cut the base layer of the pineapple out of some dark yellow. I cut the second layer out of some Yukon Gold Bazzill card stock. I used some silver mirror card stock for the lenses of my sunglasses. Of course green was used for the pineapple top and black for the mouth and frames of the glasses.

I used liquid adhesive to adhere all my layers of the pineapple together. I used some foam tape behind the pineapple to pop him up on the card panel.  I used some heavy weight card stock that I cut to 6" X 6.5". I scored my card base at 3 1/4" so I ended up with a 3 1/4" X 6" card base.  I adhered the card panel  to my card base using more liquid adhesive. 

To finish my card I added  some sequins from the Simon Says Stamp Pineapple Sequins mix. I had to, what with the name and all. I also added some Nuvo Glitter Pen to his green top.

I appreciate you stopping by for a visit today.  I am scheduled for a total knee replacement on June 16th so may be missing in action for a short while.

Let's Craft and Create May Challenge #171

 

It is time for a new challenge over at Let's Craft and Create.  The theme for this month's challenge is Anything Goes with the option of No Patterned Paper. I knew right away I wanted to use this Anna Griffin Matelasse embossing folder. It is one of my favorites.

For my card base I started with some heavy weight white card stock that was cut, scored and folded to make a 4 1/4" X 5 1/2" card base. I then used a My Favorite Things Inside & Out Diagonal Stitched Rectangle die to cut another piece of white card stock. It measures 4" x 5 1/4". I then embossed that piece of card stock the Anna Griffin Matelasse embossing folder.

My image is done using the Simon Says Stamp Sketch Iris stamp and dies. I first stamped the outline image using some Versafine Onyx Black ink. I then stamped the flower layers using some Hero Arts Passion Flower ink.

The leaves were stamped using two colors of ink. I first stamped them using Hero Arts Moss ink, but I felt it was to dark. Since it was the first time I used these stamps I didn't get a good impression. So I decided to stamp it again using a lighter ink. I used Hero Arts Green Apple ink. I liked the result much better.

There are not stamps to color in the stems of the flowers and I didn't like them being white. so I took my Mid Green and May Green Zig Clean Color brush markers and very carefully filled them in. I started laying down some of the darker color which was Mid Green. I then went over it with the May Green. I thought they matched the leaves fairly well. I then die cut the image out using the coordinating dies.

Before I assembled the card I sprayed the embossed panel with some shimmer spray. I could not get it to show in the photos. I adhered the emboss panel to my card base using some liquid glue. I attached the Iris to the embossed panel using some foam tape. I stamped and embossed my sentiment on black card stock using Versamark Clear Embossing ink and some Simon Says Stamp Detail White Embossing powder. I melted the embossing powder using my heat gun and die cut it out with a stitched circle die from my stash. The sentiment was popped up using foam tape as well.  To finish the card I added some light purple gems.

Thanks for stopping by. Be sure to head over to Let's Craft and Create and play along with us.

 

Your So Tweet

 One final Easter card for you. I made this one for my youngest granddaughter.

For this card once again I started with some heavy weight card stock that I cut, scored and folded to make a 4 1/4" X 5 1/2" card base. I cut some blue card stock down to 4 1/8" X 5 3/8".  My patterned paper is from the Echo Park Welcome Easter Collection 6" X 6" paper pad and was cut down to 4" X 5 1/4".  I adhered the patterned paper to the blue mat and attached it to my card base.

The chick is made using a die that was included in the Simon Says Stamp Limited Edition Easter kit. I think he is so cute! I cut him using some of the yellow card stock that was included in the kit. They eyes, cheeks, and beak were cut from some scrap card stock from my stash.

I assembled my chick's face using some liquid glue.  The chick cuts in two separate pieces. I popped up the top half of my chick using some foam tape and then adhered his tummy to the card flat using more liquid adhesive. I love the effect that gave to him.

My sentiments are from the Hippity Hoppy stamp set that were included in the kit. I stamped them using some of the Simon Says Stamp Hybrid Melon ink cube also included in the kit. I used my Mini Misty to stamp them on a scrap of heavy weight white card stock. I then stamped them again using Versamark ink and hit embossed them with clear embossing powder. I popped up the sentiments using some foam tape.

Thanks so much for stopping by.

Hoppy Easter

 

One more Easter card for your viewing pleasure. This one I made for my oldest grandson.

For this card I started with heavy weight white card stock cut, scored and folded to make a 4 1/4" X 5 1/2" card base. I cut my patterned paper to 4" X 5 1/4" and adhered it to my card base. The patterned paper is from the Doodlebug Hippity Hoppy 6" X 6" paper pad.

Next I stamped my images using the Simon Says Stamp You Make Me Hoppy stamp set that was included in their limited edition Easter card kit. I used Memento Tuxedo Black ink to stamp the images. I did some very simple coloring with some copic markers and used the matching dies to cut the images out.

Next I used a Sunny Studio Stitched Semi-Circle die to cut out another piece of heavy weight card stock. I used some Tumbled Glass distress ink and a MFT cloud stencil to create my sky. I used a Lawn Fawn grassy border die to create grass for my scene. I cut the grassy border with the same Sunny Studio Stitched Semi-Circle die to create the perfect fitting grassy border using a piece of leftover patterned paper from another Easter project. I then adhered the grassy border to the white panel that had my sky on it.

Finally I adhered my images to the scene with some foam tape and liquid adhesive. I added some Nuvo Glitter Drops in White Blizzard to the Easter egg and added a little carrot embellishment to the left of the bunny. The carrot is from another Buttons Galore Sparklitz Embellishment set called Bunny Trail.

I appreciate you stopping by to take a look. Good news, I only have one more Easter card to make. Then I move on to birthday cards for all the spring birthdays in my family.

Mini Slimline Easter Card

 

I know it has been a long, long time since I posted to my blog. Life has really gotten in the way of crafting. I finally had a chance to make a card.

I made a mini slimline Easter card for one of my granddaughters. My card base is heavy weight white card stock that I cut to 6" x 6" and scored and folded it to 3" X 6". 

I used some mini slimline dies for the layers on my card. The dies are from Taylored Expressions. I did some partial die cutting for the first time. That proved to be a bit of a challenge for me. My scalloped layer is cut from some lavender card stock. The patterned paper is from the new Doodlebug Hippity Hoppy paper pad. All the images on my card are from the mini icons sticker sheets included in the collection. The paper and sticker sheets were included in the Simon Says Stamp Limited Edition Easter kit that I purchased. The kit is sold out now.

To finish my card I added some heart stickers from the icon sheets and some small red heart sequins that I got from Sizzix.

I hope to be back soon with another project. I did fall about 4 weeks ago and broke my left foot in 3 places and can't walk on it. I did rent a knee scooter as I just could not get coordinated enough to use the crutches. But it has presented a bit of a challenge for getting into my craft room, so please bare with me.

Thanks so much for stopping by for a visit today.