It has been over two months since I have posted anything. Being back to work has killed me, as well as a death in the family. I have had time to make cards and scrap but no time to blog. I envy people that post something every day of the week. How do you do it?
Due to Halloween being this week, I am posting a simple Halloween card I made using patterned paper and a sticker.
First I used a scallop punch on a piece of patterned paper to create the scalloped border and adhered it to a Kraft card stock card base in a diagonal. I then layered 1" strips of two different patterned paper over the black scallop. Next I wrapped twine around the card and tied it into a simple bow. With foam adhesive I then layered a simple sticker over a black scallop die cut circle. To finish the card off I randomly placed enamel dots over the front.
Inside, I stamped a simple Halloween sentiment with a black crow. This card took me all of 10 minutes to create-a record for me!!!
I hope this inspires you to create some cards of your own.
Hello Peeps!! Haven't been around much. I started back to work and my creative time has dwindled. It is between exercising and creating right now. Unfortunately exercising has been winning out, though I would much rather be in my craft room!!
Today I am joining in on the Runway Inspired Challenge. The challenge was to use the image below as inspiration to create a card.
I started off with a white card stock base and stamped a grid pattern with a Prima stamp on the left in gray. (No, I did not stamp straight but I tried to cover it up with the yellow die cut. ShShhh!) Then I cut a 3 1/2" by 5 1/4" piece of black card stock and adhered it to the white base.
I used my Silhouette to die cut a piece of Stampin Up! "Summer Sun" card stock. Next I stamped a circle using an Avery Elle stamp and punched it out with a 1 3/4" circle. I then stamped the sentiment in gray on the circle and the "Sunshine" in orange zest on white card stock and cut it out.
The last thing I did was to layer everything on the card using foam adhesive. I like how it came out BUT I should have fussy cut the "Sunshine" sentiment. I just wanted to finish the card in time!!
Here is a closer look.
Thank you for taking the time to stop by and look at my card.
Nora
Supplies:
"Summer Sun" card stock and Ink by Stampin Up!, Going Gray Ink by Stampin Up!, Prima Grid Stamp, Paper Trey Ink "Hello Sunshine" Stamp Set
Happy Sunday!! I cannot believe that August is almost over and I have to go back to work on Tuesday!! It has been such a fabulous summer that I don't want it to end.
I was not able to participate in Stamp a faire yesterday because I was away but I did do a card for the Paper Trey Ink August 2013 Blog Hop.
The idea was to choose one of the color schemes and sketches and to make a card. I chose to use the "Fast Food" color scheme for my card inspiration.
I wanted this card to be a simple as possible so I decided to make the stripes in the card by using a mask. I masked off one stripe at a time with removable tape and using an ink pad and an ink dauber, I inked each stripe.
For the scallop, I die cut a border using PTI's "Border Banner Die" and used the negative of the die cut to ink the scallop in "New Leaf" ink. When I was done with the background, I thought the lines were a bit too stiff so I took a water color brush and went over the lines with water.
I then die cut and stamped a sunflower using the "Simple Sunflower" set. I added a bit of linen ink with water on the sunflower to darken it up a bit, as well as added "Simply Chartreuse" ink to the "New Leaf" stamped leaves. I still thought the card was a bit bland so I used a bit of "Simply Chartreuse" re-inker and water to splash over the whole card. The finishing touch was to stamp the sentiment and add some enamel dots.
I did want to point out that I did not have any PTI "Harvest Gold" ink so I substituted Adirondak Butterscotch ink-the closest I had to a gold.
It is an extremely simple card but I am happy with the way it came out.
I did not use the dies on this but the used four stamps from the stamp set to create a simple card. I think I like making simple cards-especially when done in mass quantities!! I really only made one card with this image but colored it in with a bunch of others.
Isn't he cute? I just stamped the sentiment, the bear, the heart and the "string", and colored the elements in using Copic Markers.
Here is a little closer view of him. I used foam mount to adhere him on a scrap of red polka dot paper, added some diamond Stickles and three red sequins to finish the card off. I will be making more of these. I think the bear would be cute on a baby card as well!!
Thank you for stopping by today. Have a great weekend!!
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