A Creative Touch

Sunday, April 3, 2016

SJ Kit Club Reveal, Freshly Made Sketches #230 and Sketch Saturday #406

Happy Sunday!! I hope you had a nice weekend. It has flown by way too fast for me.

Friday we picked up Chris' new truck, yesterday I went to a Robotics competition for Charlotte and today I have a wedding shower. I did fit in a bit of crafting time, though, as I had to get two cards done for some gifts!!

My cards for this post were made with a kit that I received from Jenny for the SJ Card Kit Club.

I am going to admit that I augmented this kit a lot with what I created. Since I needed what I made for my specific purpose, I totally cheated. That and my mojo has run away so I needed help!!

My first card I used Freshly Made Sketches #230 for my inspiration.

Here is my card:

I die cut the piece of green paper using MFT's Blueprints #13 and adhered it over a white card base. I then used PaperTrey Ink's Basic Bookmark #3 Die to cut out the white tag placed it in the middle of the green background.

I then die cut the umbrella from the flowered paper that was in Jenny's kit using the Paper Smooches Wedding Shower Dies. I layered it over the white, using foam for some dimension. I used my umbrellas as the white piece from the sketch.

I then layered the little chick from the kit one the umbrella and added "baby" which I die cut out of blue card stock with PaperTrey Ink's Modern Alphabet Dies.

I then created the inside of the card using Lawn Fawn's "Little Bundle" stamps and dies.

I adhered this panel into the card after photographing. I always have such a difficult time photographing the inside of the card after I complete it!

For my second card, I used an older Retro Sketches sketch as my inspiration.

Here is my card:

I started by die cutting a white panel for the background and shading it with distress ink. I then adhered torn pieces of patterned paper that came with the kit. I masked and stamped an envelope at the bottom, as well as the sentiment. I then used foam adhesive to adhere the "happy mail" envelope that came with the kit and I colored with Copic markers. The last step was to adhere sequins.

My last card I created yesterday for the shower I have today. I used Sketch Saturday #406 as my inspiration.

I tweaked it a bit to make it my own, leaving the flower elements off and using the top of the bookmark die instead and only have one strip down the left side.

The background paper, which came from Jenny's kit, I misted with white, blush and primrose Colorshine. I then adhered it to a white background. I added a piece of pink glitter tape and a strip of green that I had left over from the background of the baby card on the left side of the background.

I die cut the white rectangle using an MFT die and adhered it over the front of the card, tucking the left over top of the bookmark die under it. I then die cut the sentiment and used glossy accents to give it a bit of dimension.

I die cut the umbrella from paper included in Jenny's kit using the Wedding Shower die from Paper Smooches. I adhered it to the card and used some Nuvo Apple Green crystal drops to give the middle of the umbrellas some polka dots. I covered the end of the umbrella in Wink of Stella and Glossy Accents.

Well, that is all from me for today!! I hope you enjoyed these cards. Please hop on over to the SJ Card Kit Club Blog to see more from the ladies. Many are card newbies and would love you to stop by!!

Supplies:

Baby Card-

InLinkz.com

Happy Mail Card-
Green Galore Card Stock-Stampin Up! (retired)

InLinkz.com

Congrats-

InLinkz.com

Friday, April 1, 2016

Stamping Smiles Designs Tic-Tac-Toe Challenge Creative Fools Blog Hop

Hello there!! This is my second post for today. (If you are looking for the Tic-Tac-Toe Challenge #7 post, please click here.)

We have been planning the Stamping Smiles Designs Tic-Tac-Toe "Creative Fools" Blog Hop for months and I hope you enjoy it.

The design team is featuring cards that are "punny" in nature. You have from today, 9:00 a.m. Friday, April 1, 2016 until 12:00 p.m. Sunday, April 3, 2016 to hop with us.

Here is the second card I created for the hop.

I have to admit, I cheated a little bit. I will let you in on that a little later, though.

I used the Tic-Tac-Toe Challenge Badge #1 for my card. I used the top row-gold, sparkles and acetate.

I started off by stamping the "Celeste Set" stamp from Art Impressions in black dye ink and die cut the panel using a stitched rectangle die. I then colored her in using Copic Markers, with the exception of the shoes. I used a Gold Wink of Stella pen over the shoes.

After coloring, I adhered the stamped panel toa 4 1/4" by 5 1/2" top folding white card that I had covered in a piece of Basic Gray patterned paper from the "Aurora" collection.

Here is where the fun began!! I added Wink of Stella to Celeste's leopard print shirt and Diamond Stickles to her earring for some sparkle. Then here is where I cheated. I attempted to make the glass out of acetate but failed. Instead, I covered it with clear Wink of Stella and some Glossy Accents.

I loved the card so much when it was completed that I colored three more panels in a similar fashion. I have yet to make them into cards, but will take a photo when I do.

Now here is the fun part!! I am offering a prize for my readers. Leave a comment on my blog and I will pick a winner from the commenters. I will be posting the winner on Tuesday, April 5, 2016.

Please hop on over to the other design team members to see their fabulous creations. The next on the hop is Lindsey Larsen.

Here are the list of the participants in order:

Stamping Smiles Design Tic-Tac-Toe Challenge Blog

Nora Noll
(You are Here!!)

Remember, if you get lost, you can always go back to Stamping Smiles Designs Tic-Tac-Toe Challenge Blog!!

I also want to remind you of another fabulous hop going on. It is at djkardkreations. Hope on over to get all the information!!

Thank you for stopping by!! I hope you enjoyed this card as much as I did to create it.

Supplies:

InLinkz.com

Stamping Smiles Designs Tic-Tac-Toe Challenge #7

Happy Friday everyone!! Today I am sharing a card that I created for Stamping Smiles Designs Tic-Tac-Toe Challenge #7.

I chose the last row down for my card, using tag, Kraft, and one potted plant.

I chose to use the Kraft element as the background card stock. I then went through my scraps and grabbed a piece of purple patterned paper that is YEARS old and some purple Bazzill. I used a stitched rectangle die to cut the paper out. I layered the two pieces over the card base and added another scrap of white over them.

Next I die cut a tag using Casual Friday's "Tag Buddies Frie-dies" out of light purple card stock, added a gray piece of Doodlebug Twine at the top of the tag, and adhered it to the card using foam adhesive.

I then adhered a flower and pot that I had colored in with Copic markers and die cut using Sunny Studios "Backyard Bugs" stamp and matching dies. I added a touch of white on the flower with a Signo Uniball gel pen and some sparkle with a clear Wink of Stella over the whole image. I also added some yellow Stickles to the flower center.

I completed the card by adding some sequins by Pretty Pink Posh.

I really love how this came out. I hope you all come on over to Stamping Smiles Design Tic-Tac-Toe Challenge and join us in this challenge.

Have a FABULOUS weekend!!