Friday, July 6, 2018

MFT Summer School: Repetition

Happy Friday everyone!! It has been so quiet here on the blog. As I posted last week I have been up to my neck with Charlotte's graduation and then her graduation party. The party was last Saturday and I have spent the week recovering!!

I did have time to play over at MFT for their Summer School 2018. Today I am sharing a card that I created for the Repetition lesson.




I used the stamp set "All Smiles" to stamp the sentiment in three different pinky colors. I then used the "Smile" die for the sentiment.


I adhered it to a melon colored, A2 card base and added some pieces of Washi tape. The little birds are from the "Happy Hippos" set and colored in with Copic markers. Such a fun card to make!!

Here are some of Charlotte's graduation photos:


                                       





I thank you for taking the time to stop by today!! Have a great night!!


Sunday, July 1, 2018

An Encouragement Card Preview and a Catch Up on my Life

Hi everyone!! Long time no see. It has been CRAZY in my household. Charlotte graduated last week and I have been busy since then trying to get ready for her graduation party that we gave her yesterday. I am NOT an entertainer so having tons of people over stresses me OUT. I will post photos at a later date.

Today I am over on the CAS-ual Fridays Blog featuring an encouragement card. My friend's mother is going through a rough time with radiation and chemo and I wanted to make her a special card. Here is a sneak peek and a photo step-by-step is over at the blog.



Thanks for taking the time to stop by. I will be back this week with some more projects and photos of my life!!!

Have a FABULOUS Sunday!!


Friday, June 15, 2018

Stretching Your Stamps: A CAS-ual Fridays Stamps Post

Hey peeps!! I hope everyone is doing well. The blog has been slow lately as I have a lot going on. The school year is winding down so work has been crazy, helping the kids to get study guides done or organize notes. I also have been spending time with my daughter, as she is graduating this year. She will be off to DC in the fall and won't be around so all the time I can get with her I take!!

Today I am on the CAS-ual Fridays Blog with a step-by-step. Hope on over to see my creation!!!



Thanks for stopping by!!! Have a GREAT day!!


Sunday, June 3, 2018

A Graduation Card with CAS-ual Fridays Stamps

Happy Sunday everyone!! I hope you all are having a FABULOUS weekend!!

Today it is my turn on the CAS-ual Fridays Stamps Blog. I created a card mixing up the new "Celebrate" stamp set with "Shenanigans" and "Rad 2."

I am kind of obsessed with mixing sentiment sets as of late. Since I will be actually giving this card away, I used a series of blues with accents of silver since the colors of the school are blue and white.


First I used "Rad 2" and stamped the first line in blue ink. I then die cut some silver stars using the "Fun-Fetti Fri-dies," measuring their size to leave a space to stamp the "Celebrate" sentiment in light blue. I then covered the light blue sentiment with sparkle pen.


I adhered the silver stars in a line underneath the "congrats" and the "celebrate" sentiments. I then adhered the panel to an A2 card front covered in some patterned paper.


To complete the card, I added a sentiment strip that I had stamped using the "Shenanigans" stamp set. I used foam adhesive to pop it up from the card front.

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That is all from me today. I thank you for stopping by!! Have a GREAT day!!



Thursday, May 31, 2018

Guest Designer Gig for CAS(E) This Sketch #274

Happy Thursday everyone!!

I am popping in with a Guest Designer post for CAS(E) this Sketch #274.

Here is the card I created:


Below is the sketch that inspired my card.


Instead of a circle like was in the sketch, I chose to use hexagon. I used the Hello Bluebird "Pig Day" stamp set for the images and the sentiment on this card.


I stamped the pig, the bird and the grass from the "Pig Day" stamp set and colored them in with Copic markers. I actually googled photos of pigs to color the pig more accurately. I wound up experimenting with a white gel pen over the Copics on the pig to give it some fine "fur."


I layered the octagons over a rectangle I had die cut out of patterned paper.


I stamped the sentiment from the same set under the image in black. I LOVE this stamp set and will be making a lot of cards with it.

I want to thank CAS(E) this Sketch for the chance to be a Guest Designer for this sketch!! I had so much FUN!!

I thank you for stopping by!! Have a FABULOUS day!!!


Supplies:
(some affiliate links used at no extra cost to you)
Stamps-Hello Bluebird "Pig Day"
Dies-Die-namics Stitched Rounded Rectangle Stax, Honey Bee Stamps "Hexagon Solid Stack" Honey Cuts
Paper-Neenah Solar White, Bazzill "Vibrant Blue" card stock, Recollections Patterned Paper
Other-Sizzix Big Shot Machine, Copic Markers, Memento "Tuxedo Black,” Ranger “Jet Black” Archival Ink, 3L Scrapbook 3D Adhesive Foam Squares, Scotch Dot Adhesive