Sending Big Hugs

The last of the Valentine's!  Entering this at Mod Squad Challenge for their You're All Heart Challenge where they want you to make the main focal point on your heart(s).

Stamped the falling hearts from Concord & 9th on a white card base with Hero Arts Red Royal ink.  Die cut the solid heart from Gina K's Mother of Pearl metallic cardstock.  Die cut the filigree heart from Gina K's Red Velvet cardstock and covered with some Sakura clear glaze pen to add some shine.  Stamped the sentiment in the same red ink, trimmed it and popped up over the layered hearts.

I'd love to read your thoughts on this Valentine.  Thanks for stopping by!

Many Hearts

When I saw the current challenge at Mod Squad Challenge, it sounded like a fun one to join in on.  It's a recipe challenge:  stencil, stamping and interactive.

I used a Stamplorations heart stencil with some red Glitz Glitter Gel from Gina K on kraft.  Stamped the sentiment by Stamplorations with Memento Rhubarb Stalk onto ivory, die cut and layered with 2 sizes of banner dies and adhered with some foam tape..  Die cut the 3 windows on the front and back of the card.   Made the shaker part for the interaction part on the back panel of the card and filled with some small die cut hearts and some sequins..

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Golden Hearts and Glowing Candles

Working on a couple of cards for upcoming occasions.  I was inspired by the challenge at Mod Squad Challenge Foil Fun and the Birthday Challenge #150 at CAS on Friday.

Using Rose Gold Foil, foiled the background from Gina K Foil Mates and the die cut heart.  Die cut a larger, solid heart and sponged on some watered down gold paint and adhered the heart.  Used the same gold paint to paint the edges of the card base and the banner sentiment.  Stamped the sentiment from Reverse Confetti with Versamark and heat embossed with black ep.

Playing again with foil!  Used the Rose Gold on the candles, some Turquoise Sea and silver on the sentiment and little stars, all from Gina K Foil Mates.  Stenciled the striped edge with some turquoise ink and put it all together on a hot pink card base.

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Candles on Kraft

Joining in over at Mod Squad Challenge where they are challenging us to Color on Kraft!

I love the look of coloring on kraft!  I started by heat embossing the image from Stamplorations in gold ep on kraft cardstock.  Pulled out my Prismacolor pencils and colored it in, blending with Gamsol.  Die cut the sentiment by Tim Holtz out of mirror gold cardstock and mounted it across the lower portion of the image.  Adhered to a red card base.

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Floral Birthday

Playing along with the Mod Squad Challenge with theme of Floral Birthday

And another entry to the CAS Watercolour Card Challenge for their Splash Watercoloring challenge

The splash watercolor background was done with Distress inks in Peeled Paint and Shabby Shutters following Loll Thompson's tutorial.  Stamped the striped piece in Memento Elderberry from Gina K's Ribbon Stripes.  I am loving this new hydrangea stamp from Gina K!  Stamped the flowers and watercolored with Distress inks in blues and purples and then greens on the leaves and stems.  Added yellow gel pen to the flower centers.  Stamped the sentiment from another Gina K set in Memento Elderberry.  

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Twelve Tags with a Feminine Twist - Day 7

Day 7 at the CLASSroom for the Twelve Days of Christmas with a Feminine Twist 2017 with awesome inspiration from designers

Heather Campbell and Elena Roussakis!

This is also a fit for the challenge at the Mod Squad Challenge - What  a Flake!

Started with  a piece of mint green vellum that was in my stash and embossed with with a snowflake embossing folder and then die cut the tag.  Swiped it with Brilliance white ink and touched on the little dots with a Touch Twin marker in pink.  Adhered it to a white die cut tag.  Stamped the ornament from Gina K with Versamark on pink cardstock and heat embossed with gold ep.  Die cut the ornament topper from gold and the bow and string from the same pink as the ornament.  Punched out some pine pieces from Gina K Creme de Menthe cardstock and added to the ornament top.  Die cut the sentiment from mirrored gold cardstock.  Lastly, added the little pink star sequins.

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More Christmas

Making more Christmas cards and finding inspiration in some challenges!

Addicted to Stamps and More - Photo Inspiration

Mod Squad Challenge - Use a wreath as a focal point

Stamped the wood background on kraft with Hero Arts Wet Cement.  Die cut the wreath from metallic light green cardstock and added some red berries with some Nuvo drops.  Stamped the sentiment and heat embossed with white ep on kraft and layered onto some darker brown.  Added the Tim Holtz star die cut from some gold textured cardstock.

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Bokeh Snow Christmas

Playing along with The Mod Squad Challenge to add snow to your card with and addition of adding a bohek background!

First , watercolored the background then added the white dots, which are almost impossible to see in this photo with Essentials by Ellen Bokeh Dots using WPlus9 white ink..  Die cut the trees and trimmed off the rest of the coverplate, since I only wanted a few trees.  Then sponged and used waterbased markers to color the trees. Die but the Tim Holtz deer in a cocoa brown and sponged some darker ink.  Added some glitter past along the bottom for my snow, but it needed more coverage, so added some Carrera Marble glitter.  Stamped the diagonal stripes in kraft on some ivory cardstock.

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Positively Negative

There is a fun technique for this week's challenge at The Mod Squad - Positively Negative!

 

Image is an old Gina K set - Grand Damask.  Stamped it on Dark Chocolate cardstock with Versamark and heat embossed with tan ep.  Stamped it again on Kraft cardstock with Memento Rich Cocoa.  Cut the 2 in  half and pieced together the 2 halves for the positive- negative effect.  The sentiment is also from Gina K's Elegant Florals.

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Just Us Girls #317 - Wild Card

This month we have a 5th week, so that means that it's Wild Card time at Just Us Girls!  Sharyn is our hostess and has challenged us to  make a one layer card.

I would like to thank Julie Gearinger our Guest Designer this past month for being such a wonderful Guest Designer and sharing all of her awesome creations with us!  Now come on over to the JUGS blog to see what Julie and the rest of the JUGS DT have created!

I stamped and masked the poinsettias from Gina K A Year of Flowers on kraft, then colored with Prismacolor markers.  The sentiment is heat embossed with gold ep, which is hard to see in the photo, but stands out nicely irl.

Show us your One Layer Cards and you could be chosen as our next Chic of the Week, which would then make you eligible to be chosen as our next Guest Designer.  Please limit your entries to 3.

I am also entering this into a couple of other challenges, too.

Addicted to Stamps - Holiday Theme

Mod Squad Challenge - Bold and Beautiful

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Golden Glitz

Here's a quick card that fits 2 challenges this week:

Mod Squad - Timed Challenge - One Layer Card

and CAS(E) this Sketch

I am so in love with my Delicata Golden Glitz ink!  It actually looks better when you don't emboss it..
Stamps:  Gina K Heirloom Ornaments and sentiment from Michael's $ bin.  Stamped the ornament and the sentiment with Delicata Golden Glitz ink, punched the edge with a Fiskar's punch and added dots of gold metallic gel pen.  Super quick and easy!

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NBUS Challenge #2 and Stripes

I just love Darnell's NBUS blog, she is just so much fun!  She has her second challenge up to use Never Before Used Schtuff with an optional twist.  Check her out!



I went with option #1 to make a Christmas Card.

The tree image is from the very first stamp set I ever purchased and yet, never used this particular image.  Another NBUS I used was my new Encore Bronze ink.  I used a striped embossing folder for the brown background and some Wink of Stella marker in yellow on the star.

I am also entering this in the Mod Squad Challenge - Simply Stripes

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Electric Neon

Playing with a few challenges:

CASology - Electric

And CASual Fridays - Three Thirds

And Mod Squad Challenge - One Layer Wonder

I used stamps from STAMPlorations and Hero Arts Neon Inks.  I used 3 colors of neon and 3 sequins and stamped on only 1/3 of the card for the Three Thirds Challenge.  And for the Electric challenge, the colors are electric neon.

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Sweet Baby

Playing with the Mod Squad Challenge - Spring into Spring.  You are to use stamps to make your own background paper (the stars) and to use at least 3 spring colors (pink, yellow and orange).

Stamped the stars from WPlus9 with Versamark and heat embossed with yellow embossing powder.  Stamped the little sleeping duck by Suzi's Zoo on watercolor paper and colored with Inktense watercolor pencils and wet brush.  Cut the duck out and laying her on a strip of washi tape.  Stamped and punched the flowers - Martha Stewart, then shaped with a stylus and added a Paper Pen dot to the centers.  Die cut the sentiment and layered onto the die cut tag and added another strip of the same washi tape.  Cardstock and sentiment by Gina K.

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Big Celebration

I used the theme from Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - birthday celebration.

And the challenge to make your own background paper from Mod Squad Challenge - Let's DIY!

First I used spackle (don't have any modeling paste) with a dot stencil and let it dry.  Then stamped the large flourish with Versamark and clear embossed.  Stamped the sentiment with Memento Luxe Nautical Blue and heat embossed with clear ep. Layed some strips of yellow patterned washi tape on white cardstock and then punched out the stars.  Added a couple of layered strips of washi tape under the sentiment and a Paper Pen dot to hide the middle strip that was just a little short.  Wanted to add some bling, so in come the sequins and the small rhinestones

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Watercolor Background with Iron-Off Embossing

Playing around with a technique I learned from Jennifer McGuire's Blog - Watercolor Backgrounds and  Iron-off Embossing.  Be careful when you visit her blog, she is quite the enabler, she makes you need things you didn't know you needed.

I stamped the flourish with Versamark on watercolor paper and heat embossed with clear ep.  Added Distress Inks with sponges randomly on the watercolor paper and misted heavily to blend the colors.  Got impatient waiting for it to dry, so used my heat gun to speed up the process.  Inked the flowers with Distress Markers, lightly misted and stamped on white cardstock.  Framed the flowers with Core'dinations Shattered die cut with an oval frame, lightly sanded around the edges and adhered with Tombow Mono.  Added the leaves, died ribbon with threaded button - attached with a Tombow Power Tab, vellum butterfly (sponged with Brilliance Ink) and some Paper Pen pearls in cream.

Challenges:  Mod Squad Challenge Blog - make your own background paper

                   STAMPlorations Blog - Monthly Challenge - Stamps and Favorite Technique

                  The Card Concept -in the Shabby Chic category

               Time Out Challenge

           Tombow Challenge - April Showers - they do bring May flowers

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ColorfuLEE Yours!

Sneaking one more in for the Mod Squad Challenge this week.

I used a wood textured piece of kraft cardstock for the background, Core'dinations Shattered red and strips of polka dot dp.  Added some half circles of dark brown cardstock to the ends of the strips and used a red Paper Pen to add the dots.  Word Window punch to add the sentiment and a tiny wooden star.

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You Rock!

I combined three challenges:
Stamplorations sketch

The Card Concept - to create a birthday card. I think this would qualify for Freestyle Collage.

The Mod Squad Challenge - ColorfuLEE Yours! color challenge to use reds and browns

I used the Gina K set Live Life Loud.  Stamped the guitar first with bronze ink and heat embossed with copper ep and colored with Touch Twin Markers.  Masked the guitar and stamped the rectangle and the music bars.  Removed the mask and stamped the sentiment.  Added a few little wooden stars that I won (thanks Laurie) to finish it off.

Ink:  Memento Lady Bug, Rich Cocoa and Espresso Truffle, Encore Bronze.

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Hexagon Sympathy

A few challenges were incorporated into this sympathy card.
Mod Squad Challenge -Thinking of Spring

STAMPlorations - Stamps and Stitches



Moxie Fab - Happy for Hexagons Challenge

Stamps by Gina K.  Stamped the flowers on watercolor paper and used die ink and a waterbrush to color them.  Layered onto Gina K Fresh Asparagus cardstock die cut with a scalloped rectangle die.  Added some Paper Pen pearl dots.  Stamped the stitched label, paper pieced and added the sentiment with Memento Olive Grove ink.  Embossed the Core'dinations White Washed cardstock with a hexagon folder and sanded the raised parts and edges.  Added some Wink of Stella the the tulips for a little shimmer. The card base is Gina K Bubblegum.

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One More Valentine

This one is for:  The Card Concept - Monochromatic Pink



STAMPlorations - Sketch



And Mod Squad Challenge - Valentines, must use hearts and glitter.

Used Gina K White and Passionate Pink cardstock.   Added 3 strips of washi tape.  Stamped the sentiment in Memento Rose Bud, die cut then cut out the center.  Die cut another die and inked with pink chalk ink and adhered the sentiment on top, then added a couple Paper Pen pearls.  Punched out some little hearts from Core'dinations Glittersilk cardstock.

Thanks for taking a look!