Thursday with some More My Favorite Things

Happy Thursday!! It is a happy day for me even though the day is gray and ugly. I didn't have to go to jury duty! That is always a call for celebration in my book.

Today I am going to share three cards I created. Two are using the My Favorite Things Lily dies and one is a Pure Innocence Image. They were so much fun to use.

For the lily cards, I die cut a bunch from white paper and then colored them in using Jennifer McGuire's Copic marker technique. Mine are in pink and I had to tweak them a bit but I like how they car out.

My first card I totally CASED a card I had seen by one of the designers, Karen Giron. If you have never seen her blog, run over and check it out. You would get lost in their FOR HOURS!! She rocks!! I used this card to "copy."

Instead of making a square card, I chose to make it a 4 1/4" by 5 1/2" card. I also chose to make it pink rather then in white like Karen did. I did a lot of layering on this, only using foam adhesive on the stitched panel and the thank you sentiment. I also used a bit of Wink of Stella pen to give the inside of the flowers a little sparkle.

I love how this came out, with the exception of the leaves. I did a terrible job with the Copics and the veins. Eek! Next time I will color them in with more finesse.

My second lily card was all me. Copying the design of the first card sometimes helps me with using the products all on my own.

I used an MFT stamp and PTI Raspberry Fizz ink to create the striped background. I love how it looks against the white.

My last card is a total shift from the two lily cards but I did use an MFT stamp to create it. I use the Pure Innocence "Blooming Good Day" that I have had FOREVER to stamp the image and then colored it in with Copic Markers.

I layered the image over PTI Royal Velvet card stock and patterned paper. The flowers were die cut with PTI button stack die cuts. I think she came out rather cute but again, I need some practice on my Copic skills.

I thank you for stopping by today. I hope you have a great night!!

Nora

Supplies:

InLinkz.com

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My Favorite Things "Sunflower Sweetheart"

Happy Tuesday everyone!!

Just a quick post to show you a couple things I have been working on. As of late, I have been doing a lot of die cutting, stamping and then coloring the images while watching television with my husband. Then I take the images and design a card at a later date. By doing some of my card making this way,  I don't feel guilty spending time on my crafting. And I have to craft. If for some reason I had to stop, a part of me would die inside. Card making, scrap booking, sewing...any type of hands on craft is essential for me to be a complete person. A lot of people do not understand it but it is like anything-if you love it enough, you make time for it no matter what! (Wish I could say this about cleaning...)

That said, here are two cards I created using My Favorite Things "Sunflower Sweetheart" set. I ADORE this set and had so much fun sitting down and playing with it. I am still working on mastering coloring with Copic markers but so far, I am liking the results of my creations.

The first card I made I used the girl image, the sunflower and the grass.

I used an embossing folder from Lifestyle Crafts for the background.

I then used a blender tool to shade PTI Lemon Tart and Summer Sun ink onto the embossing. I love the way it came out!! I then layered an oval over the sun and adhered the little girl over it using foam adhesive. I then adhered another sunflower over that one, again using foam adhesive. My last step was to adhere grass at different angles under her feet. I have never done a card like this but am happy with the results.

I just noticed that I went out of the lines a bit on the dress and on the hat. I said I wasn't an expert on the Copics but this is way better then it has been in the past!!

Supplies:

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The second card I used a sketch as my jumping off point. However, for some reason I didn't save the sketch and cannot find it anywhere!! Just when I think I am organized.... Here is the card:

The first thing I did was to ink around the whole card with Vintage Photo ink and then I cut, inked and adhered a strip of patterned paper 1/4" from the left side. Next I die cut the banner, stamped the sentiment and adhered it to the card front. Then I wrapped a piece of green twine three times around the card front and tied it into a bow.  That seems like so many steps and I am not even to layering the fun part yet!!

I die cut a square with a stamped edge, inked the edge and adhered that OVER the twine. I then die cut a white circle and adhered that over the square with foam adhesive. Now the fun part begins!! I took all the little pieces I colored in and just arranged them over the circle until I liked the overall design. I then adhered them with a mixture of dot adhesive and foam adhesive. My last step was to go over the bird and the middle of the flowers with a Wink of Stella clear glitter pen. Can you see the sparkle in the close up below?

I love how this card came out and will be making more of this design. I have to admit that coloring in the wagon was just too fun.

Supplies:

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I want to thank you all for stopping by today. Have a great day!!

Nora

Gallery Idol Open Auditions 2014

Just a quick post on this beautiful Sunday. I decided to enter the Gallery Idol open auditions. The challenge was to use Washi tape on a card. I decided to stretch it a little bit and make the Washi tape into various flowers. It took me a while but I really love the results!!

For the large orange flower, I used a wire base to shape each petal and the leaves. I then put them all together with a stamen using wire to secure it. It is a bit bulky in shape but using wire helped in me being able to shape it how I wanted it on the card.  

The pink flowers, the tape was cut into long strips. I then folded them over and twisted the tape into the flowers. I finished them off with pink sequins.

The yellow flowers were the most persnickety. I taped two pieces of tape over a strip of vellum to give them a bit of stability. I then folded the vellum over. Next, I used some scissors to cut the folded edge into strips, leaving a connected edge at the bottom. Next I rolled the flowers and taped them together using glue dots. These are the bulkiest flowers of all three.

After the flowers were completed, I die cut and stamped a cup using Paper Trey Ink's "Candy Cane Christmas" set and used foam adhesive to adhere to the vellum on the card front. I then layered all the  flowers over this. My last step was to stamp and emboss the "thanks" sentiment from the Simon Says Stamp "Thanks" set onto the front. 

This looks like such a simple card to make but it took a bit of time to put all the flowers together. It was worth it for the result, though. Wish me luck!!

Thank you for looking today. Have a fabulous day!!

Nora

Supplies:

Ink-Hero Arts "Green Hills Shadow Ink", Versamark; Stamps-Simon Says Stamp "Thanks" stamp set and Paper Trey Ink's "Candy Cane Christmas" set; Dies-Paper Trey Ink's "Candy Cane Christmas," Monthly Moments "Journal Card 2" Die, My Favorite Things "Die-namics Blueprints 13" die; Paper-Doodlebug Design Kraft in Color 6x6, Bazzill Vellum, My Favorite Things Green Apple Card stock; Washi Tape-Freckled Fawn, Queen and Company, We R Memory Keepers; Other-Zing Clear Embossing Powder, Sequins, Crystal Effects, Big Shot, Embossing Gun, Glue Dots