Happy Hump Day!!

Happy Wednesday everyone!! So far this day has been pretty tiring.

I was up all night with my dog last night. He has had intestinal issues in a big way and then had a MAJOR seizure at about 3:00 am. (He has been on seizure meds for 10 years.) Then, he couldn't move for an hour and had really shallow breathing. I debated on taking to the ER vet but he is old and we would not be doing any surgery on him so I wound up waiting and taking him to the normal vet this morning. Of course he did not act sick and ate this morning after keeping me up all night!! Anyway, we are trying a few things but it just has not been fun.

Today I am going to showcase some cards I created using some of the papers and images that I won from Lisa Elton from My Paper Tales. Below is a photo of the kit and the beautiful card she sent.

It was a mini kit and it was so FUN. I kind of failed, though, because I wound up mixing some of the images with stuff from my stash. This was my fault because I should NOT have colored some of the images in without matching the paper first.

For the my first card, all the papers and images were from the kit. I did use a die to cut the frame and the bow.

The pattern paper is from Carta Bella's Spring Market and the flowers are from WPlus9's "Hello & Thanks" stamp set. 

I used Copic markers to color in the flowers and then added some Diamond Stickles and Glossy Accents over the top.

The center "tag" was popped up using foam adhesive.

For my second card, I used the pink cardstock from the inside of the frame as my starting point and matched it with the flower paper from the kit.

I added a Spellbinders frame, with a stamped sentiment that is from Memory Box.

Once again I used Copic markers to color in the floral images and then covered them with a Nuvo Aqua Shimmer Glitter Gloss Pen. The roses were then covered in Glossy Accents.

My next card I went off the deep end and added some of my own stuff to the card.

 The green background paper is from the kit. I added the rose paper that I had from my stash (a piece of 12" by 12" paper that I cut a strip from) over the green. Then I tucked a pink tag with some twine behind a panel I cut from another piece of patterned paper.

On the focal panel I colored in the roses with some Nuvo Aqua Shimmer Glitter Gloss Pen and Glossy Accents. I added some Diamond Stickles on the tiny flowers.

The entire black panel is then popped off the card with some fun foam.

For the last card in this bunch, I totally went off the kit. I only used the stamped image.

Isn't she sweet? I colored her in with Copic markers. It isn't really no line coloring because I could not cover up all the lines in the stamp but I think it is cute.

That brown piece of patterned paper is from my scraps and is about six years old!!! I added a purple frame that I die cut using Sunny Studio's "Fancy Frames" dies. This has never been used and I will definatly be using this again!!

The thanks was die cut using a SSS die.

I will be entering the first card in the Water Cooler Wednesday Challenge #219-Anything Feminine Goes.

That is all from me today. I thank Lisa for sending me this fun kit. I hope you all have a FABULOUS day!!

Sunday Funday With a Couple Cards

Happy Sunday everyone!! I hope you all have had a nice weekend.

I had a nice walk with my neighbor this morning. I walk with her most weekends and it is so nice to walk and talk with a friend, while getting my exercise. We have a great route that has a bunch of hills so it is not an easy one but gets the heart going!! We got home just in time as it started to pour.

Since the weather has not been pleasant, I had more time in my craft room. Am I the only one that uses it as therapy? It brings me such peace!!

My first card was inspired by a AAA weekend challenge from the Facebook page. It was to make a card using only white. I combined this with this weeks CASE this Sketch #319 and Watercooler Wednesday Challenge "All About Occasions" challenge.

I only used dies on this card, which was kind of fun. I started off by embossing a piece of Neenah white card stock and then die cutting it with SSS Dot Scallop Border die.

I layered this over a white, top folding A2 card front and then added a white sentiment that I die cut using SSS "Sympathy" die.

I then adhered some white botanical die cuts over the right side of the card and covered some of the "flowers" with Diamond Stickles.

I am entering this into the following Challenges:

CASE this Sketch # 319
Watercooler Wednesday-"All About Occasions"

My second card I created about a month ago but didn't post it because it was for this past weeks Administrative Assistant day. I created this for THE BEST admin assistant you could ever want that works in our office. The full time para's decided she needed more than a day and brought her in a little something each day last week to celebrate. I could NEVER do this woman's job. She juggles about 10 things at once throughout the whole day. She is FABULOUS!!

For a fabulous person, I needed a great card.

This card is larger then the usual A2 size that I usually make. It was my intention to have us all sign it BUT I had a difficult time because the admin assistant was always around!!

I made it so long ago that I cannot tell you what supplies I even used. How bad is that? I am too lazy to go and figure it out too.

I can tell you from this photo that I was a bit heavy handed with the Nuvo Aqua Shimmer Glitter Gloss pen!! The camera really picked the shine up!!

On another note, are you following The Tiny Chef Show on Instagram? I am not one to follow things like this but stop animation has always been a favorite of mine. The person has the most amazing miniatures that I think they also create. (if you go down their IG feed, there is some amazing tiny stuff!!) You should check it out!! I would post a photo but am always afraid to take one off the internet due to copyright.

Anyway, that is all from me today. Have a wonderful day!!

Some Birthday Cards for Some Challenges

Happy Saturday everyone!! I hope you are all enjoying this day off!! It is not great weather here in Connecticut. Unfortunately the forecast for the next ten day is very dismal and I am so looking forward to spring. I want to plant my flowers!!

Instead of being outside, I was able to create a couple of cards in my craft room for some challenges. Both cards are the same design but I switched it up with the colors.

For the first card, I made it more girly using yellow and greens as the main colors.

I used My Favorite Things Birthday Cake Die-namic to cut out scraps of yellow pattern paper to form the cake. Green scraps were cut for the icing.

I was inspired by Freshly Made Sketches #385 and this weeks Color Throwdown #540 for my card designs.

I swapped the rectangle in the sketch out for my cake. The sentiments on the circle I masked out to get the exact words I wanted.

The darker blue color was hard for me to figure out on this card so I decided to make it the candles. I should have also done the sentiment but was too lazy to go back and fix it.

For my second card, I used the both challenges, as well as Seize the Birthday Challenge #164-Anything Goes, no topping. I made the exact same card but die cut different scraps I had in my stash.

I also used a different sentiment stamp but again, had to do some masking to fit it into a circle.

Both cards are a bit on the bright side and I did not do this on purpose. I think it is my unconscious telling me I want spring weather!!

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

Happy Monday and Cards for Some Challenges

Happy Monday everyone!! I am back to work today after a week long vacation. In some ways I am glad to be back as I do not get paid when I am not at work, but in other ways, I enjoyed my down time. One thing I was able to do was get in the craft room. I should have CLEANED it but I decided to use the time to make some projects.

The first two cards I created were for the TWOFER Card Challenge. Here are the cards I created:

The idea of this challenge is in the badge below. The theme this month was zoo animals.

I almost didn't start this challenge as I had no idea what I could do. I do have animals but I always have a difficult time using them on cards. I decided on the elephants from the WPlus9 "Unforgettable" stamp set because I had some already colored in and die cut. This is what I used for the purple card.

I added the purple balloon and friend sentiment, and the happy birthday print out, because each was in my little box of leftovers. 

I used a bit of glossy accents on the hearts in "friend" and on the balloon.

I am also entering this card into the Seize the Birthday Challenge #163: Anything Goes.

For my second card, I thought I was all set as I had the same elephant colored in a blue, with polka dots. As it always goes, I could not find any cardstock to match it and so I wound up stamping another one and coloring it in. I chose to make a baby card from it.

The background is a stencil and I die cut the layered circle out of cardstock scraps. The sentiment on a tag are tiny stickers that I have from my scrapbook days. LOVE how this came out.

Well, that is all from me today. I thank you for taking the time to stop by. Have a FABULOUS day!

Happy Easter!

Happy Easter everyone!!

I am just posting a quick card today that I created for Freshly Made Sketches Challenge #384. I wanted to make sure I got it into before the deadline!!

I created this using images from Miss Ink Stamps "Say Cheese" stamp set. I ADORE this little mouse and the images in the set are just too cute!

Below is the sketch I used as my jumping off point.

I flipped it clockwise so that it was landscape rather than portrait.

The sky was done with a stencil and Tumbled Glass Distress Ink and the rest was colored in with Copic markers. I did a TON of masking on this and am happy with how it came out.

I added some Diamond Stickles over the butterfly and Glossy Accents on the frog hat eyes and the cheese. I covered the frog hat with a Nuvo Clear Gloss Sparkle pen.

Well that is all from me today. I thank you for stopping by. Have a FABULOUS night!!

Happy Easter and my turn on CAS-ual Fridays Stamps

Happy Easter everyone!! I hope you are all enjoying your day.

I am over at the CAS-ual Fridays Stamps Blog with a birthday card. I know, I know, you were all expecting an Easter card but what is the fun of that? I say expect the unexpected!! Below is a sneak peek of my card.

It is the most fun I have had using alcohol inks and coloring that I have had in a LONG time!! Hope on over to check it out!!

I hope you all have a FABULOUS holiday!!

CASE this Sketch Challenge #317, Alcohol Inks, Pink Fresh Studios and a Card Set

Happy Monday everyone!!

Today I am popping by with a few things. First up is a card I created for CASE this Sketch Challenge #317.

I have been playing with alcohol inks and have made a ton of panels. I decided to cut them down and made a bunch of cards from them. I thought this was perfect for the sketch.

Instead of leaving more room on the left side, I shifted the sketch so the indentation on the right was bigger.

The die cut was cut from Neenah Solar White cardstock with Pink Fresh Studio's "Floral Squares" dies. I actually cut three layers and adhered them together for some dimension.

It is hard to tell from the photo but the die cut is layered with Tonic's Aqua Shimmer Glitter Gloss.

As a jumping off from this card, I created a set of cards using different alcohol ink backgrounds that I had in a drawer, just waiting to be used.

I used the positives and negatives of the Pink Fresh Studio Floral Squares to overlay my alcohol backgrounds.

I used smaller sentiments for each card, and the card on the right I used Hero Arts White Satin Pearl embossing powder. There are specks of purple in it too because of something that was on my desk. I chose to not do it over because IRL it looks kind of cool.

Some of the alcohol panels are popped with white foam, some I chose not to pop up. I hate making the same card over and over so this gave me a bit of room to experiment.

I added Diamond Stickles to the dandelion for the card on the left and filled the flower on the right with Glossy Accents.

The scalloped squares were die cut from scraps of cardstock using Paper Trey Ink's Limitless Layers dies.

I had so much fun making these and LOVE how this set came out. I think I will be using these as a gift for someone in the future.

I thank you for stopping by. I hope you have a FABULOUS day!!