Day 8 of the 30 day Coloring Challenge and A Birthday Card

Happy Monday everyone!! One more week before I am on summer vacation-whoo hoo!!!

My darling husband is in Phoenix on business this week so I have time to play in my craft room this week. Whether or not I have mojo, that is another story. The good thing about him being away is that Charlotte and I are on our own for dinners. It makes it so much easier! (I really don't know why I am even complaining-Chris cooks dinner most of the time anyway. Char and I like a lot of the same things, though and will eat more vegetarian then Chris will.)

Today I am sharing a card I created using Paper Trey Ink's "Enjoy the Ride" stamp set and die. My nephew turned sixteen a couple weeks ago but we did not celebrate it until last night. I am never on time with my cards anyway so he got my card late. I am entering this into day 8 of The Daily Marker's 30 day coloring challenge. I have been coloring a little every day, even if it is inking!!! (that counts, right?)

The first thing I did for this card was die cut and stamp the car out of green card stock. I then stamped the car again in white and cut out the bumpers. Next I colored the bumpers and some of the car details in with a silver Prismacolor pencil. It does not show up here that well and I apologize.

I set this aside and created the background. I used Memento Tuxedo Black for the bottom and a mix of Stormy Sky and Tumbled Glass Distress Inks for the sky. I then stamped the sentiment on top and added in white "stars" with a white gel pen.

I die cut a white circle and mounted it in the middle of the card. I then used foam adhesive to adhere the card. My last step was to add the number stickers and some yellow Stickles for the headlights.

This was an extremely simple card but fun to make!!!

Again, I am adding this to the 30 day Coloring Challenge.

I thank you for stopping by!! Have a great night!!

Pretty Pink Posh Watercolor Blog Hop

Just a quick post on this Sunday night. I have been trying to make a card for Pretty Pink Posh's Watercolor blog hop all weekend. I cannot even tell you how many starts I have thrown away. I am defiantly going to practice with watercolor over my summer vacation.

Here is the very simple card that I finally crafted. It is not the most out of the box but it is what I finally accomplished after all else failed.

I used Tim Holtz Distress Inks in Picked Raspberry, Spun Sugar and Squeezed Lemonade for the background. I used the smoosh technique to create it. I then let it dry and layered a bunch of dies from the mess on my desk on the front. The last step was to use a clear Wink of Stella pen on the front of the hearts.

If I had started with this technique instead of actually water coloring images or making a scene myself, I probably would have been done with this in a half hour!! I am just disappointed because I really wanted this card to be a little bit more creative then it wound up being. Oh well! I tried.

Once again, I am entering this into the Pretty Pink Posh watercolor blog hop.

Thanks for stopping by!!

Supplies:

Stamps-Mama Elephant

Dies-Mama Elephant (happy), Simon Says Stamp (hearts)

Paper-Ranger watercolor paper, scraps

Ink-Ranger Distress Ink

Creatively Reflecting and a Wedding Card

It is Tuesday here in blogland. The weather has been AWFUL here but I am loving it. I am so happy to have RAIN!! I think that I will feel this way every time it rains because of the drought in California. I am grateful for the little drops that water my plants and help me go through my daily life. Water is such a precious resource that we take for granted.

I have been browsing a lot of card blogs over the last few days. Sometimes looking at other people's work makes me doubt my own creative abilities. I see all these great designers on design teams or go to challenge blogs and then compare myself to what other people create. Then I lose my mojo or start second guessing what I am making at the time. This is something that frustrates me about myself.  I do not compare myself to others as a rule because I am not someone else. I try to be the best of ME that I can be. Sometimes I am good at it, sometimes I am not. Today is one of those days that I am feeling kind of not so good.

On another note, a bunch of companies are coming out with some incredible products. My Favorite Things is releasing their June collections tonight. I am loving their new "Penguins in Paradise" set. Instead of winter, it is filled with the most adorable beach themed images...with penguins!!

I am also looking forward to WPlus9's release. I so want the "Happy Mail" set that features the cutest bears and birds. However, my favorite is the "Party Animal" set that features the  most adorable giraffes. I know a friend that LOVES giraffes and think it would be so fun to create a set of cards for her.

Okay, now to sharing a card that I created for a friend who wanted a wedding card. I used Paper Trey Ink's "Make it Market Mini: Garden Gild" for everything on this card. I ADORE the cover plate and the fun die cut flowers that come with it!! It just screamed wedding to me.

Since it was for a wedding, I chose to make the card mostly white with little touches of color. I embossed the "love" in gold to make it stand out and used gold enamel dots from the kit for two of the flowers to form a visual triangle.

I added the extra flower die cuts over the flowers from the cover plate. I then used colored rhinestones as middles to specific types of flower.

All in all, I was really happy with how this card came out and my friend loved it too. As long as the customer likes it, then all is well.

I think I will be making a few of these to have in my own stash. I do have some weddings coming up.

That is all for today. I thank you for stopping by. Have a great night!!

Supplies:

All supplies are from Paper Trey Ink except the blue rhinestones (Basic Grey), clear rhinestones (Michael's), gold embossing powder (Ranger Ink)

Retro Sketch #165 With Lawn Fawn

Hey everyone!! I hope everyone is having a fabulous weekend. It is nice and sunny, but a bit humid today. I am kind of laying low and doing lots of laundry.

This week went by fast and I am hoping that next week is even faster. I so want school to be over already. EVERYONE has checked out and it is so hard to motivate with the weather being so nice.

Today I am sharing a card I created using a sketch from Retro Sketch Challenge Blog. I always love their sketches!!

I had fun using my new Lawn Fawn stamps and dies. "Baked with Love" was the set that I was coloring in this post and I decided to use a few images to create the birthday card below.

First I cut a piece of orange Lawn Fawn patterned paper for the background. I love the Pint Sized Patterned Beachside paper pad. It has such fun patterns and colors that are perfect for card making!!

I then used a Lawn Fawn "Stitched Scallop Border" to die cut a piece of patterned paper from Basic Grey's "Vivienne" collection.

I used Pretty Pink Posh's "Stitched Film Strip" die to cut out the white frame and then ran it through my Big Shot again to cut a piece of fun foam.

I have had this die for months and have never used it. I thought this would be the perfect accent to go with the sketch.

With all my pieces cut out, it was time to assemble the card. I used Retro Sketch #165 as the basic design for my card.

I used the sketch to layer all my patterned paper pieces and the film strip together. I was going to make a shaker card at first and then decided against it. I did use a piece of acetate between the fun foam and white frame so that the die cut, stamped images had a resting place.

My last step was to cover the cup cake in Pretty Pink Posh sequins.

I think this card came out so cute and had so much fun using Lawn Fawn's Baked with Love stamp and die set. I cannot wait to make some more cards with the other images I colored in!!

I am entering this into the Retro Sketch #165 Challenge, Simon Says "Anything Goes" Wednesday Challenge, "Seize the Birthday "(anything goes), and a Blog Named Hero's "New" Challenge. I sure used a ton of new products on this card from the Lawn Fawn Stamps to my Pretty Pink Posh stitched film strip die.

I thank you for taking the time to stop by. Have a great day!!

Flash Back Friday

Happy Friday everyone!! This week is finally over!!

A few things that I did this week was to see "Pitch Perfect 2" with Charlotte, my niece and my nephew. I have to admit that I liked it but thought it would be a bit better then it was. It was fun to go to the movies, though, something I love to do.

On Wednesday I went on a field trip to NYC with work. The kids got to attend some great work shops for acting. I attended the "Stage-Combat" workshop (this was the class my student chose to attend). It was fabulous! So interesting to learn that a lot of what is seen is really the "victim" moving the physical action rather then the aggressor. We then went to see "Les Miserables" on Broadway. It was a LONG but really enjoyable day.

Today I am posting a card that I created for someone that I work with. Their instructions were to make it "really girly." I chose to use the dress stamp from the retired Stampin Up! set "Haute Couture" as the inspiration for my card.

I stamped it in Momento Tuxedo Black ink and colored it in using Copic Markers. (RV04, RV06, RV09 and RV13) I love the vibrant pink!! I then stamped the sentiment with the same black ink and added some "Glam Pink" Stickles glitter glue onto the dress to give it a bit of sparkle.

I took these photos at night so the glitter really shows up but in real life, it is more of an accent and it matches the pink of the Copic markers almost exactly. I set the panel aside to work on the card base.

I used a piece of Paper Trey Ink's Raspberry Patterned paper for the pink on the left side. I used a Lawn Fawn Scalloped Border die to die cut a piece of black pattered paper that I had as a scrap. I then layered these pieces with the stamped image onto the card. It needed something after I assembled it so I added a piece of black ribbon at the top.

My friend LOVED this card but if he didn't, I would have kept it. I really like how it turned out. I think I will be using this design to make a few more for my stash.

I am entering this into Simon Says Stamps "Anything Goes" Wednesday Challenge.

I thank you for stopping by today. Have a great weekend!!

Supplies:
Stamps-Altenew Persion Motifs (sentiment), Stampin Up! "Haute Couture" (retired)
Paper-Paper Trey Ink (white and raspberry), We R Memory Keepers (black)
Copic Markers-RV04, RV06, RV09, RV13
Other-Big Shot, Memento Tuxedo Black Ink, Stickles "Glam Pink," Lawn Fawn Stitched Borders, Black Ribbon