Lighthouse CAS Card

Hello again! I've got another masculine birthday card to share with you. This one is for my DH, from me.

I used another Viva la Verve sketch (May 2012, Week 5) for this one, and it's supposed to be a CAS card, definitely NOT my forte, but I gave it my best shot! :)

Rather than use any layers, I used my scoreboard to score all the lines in the sketch, and masked the sections so I could stamp different designs in each one. The main image is colored with Distress Ink, using sponge daubers. I didn't try too hard to stay in the lines. Sometimes I like images to look a little messy. I added Stickles to the water and to the glass portion of the lighthouse. I also used white Enamel Accents over the embossed lines to give them more emphasis, and a slightly rougher look.

On the inside, I masked off a section for a sentiment and personal message, and used the same stamps that I used in the center strip on the front of the card to stamp a frame. I sponged blue, red, and brown Distress Ink along the edges of the panel, and lightly over the stamped frame to mimic the strips of color on the front of the card. The faux stitching was made with a Sharpie marker.

Well, that's it for my posts for this week. I'll be in Texas for a few days, visiting a friend. See you when I get back! Hope you have a fabulous week!!!

I'm entering this card in the following challenges:
Viva la Verve May 2012 Week 5 sketch challenge
Simon Says Stamp Challenge: Father's Day/Special Male Challenge
Lexi's Creations Challenge 66: For the Man/Boy in Our Lives
Kaboodle Doodles Challenge: Anything Goes

~Hugs,

 

Stamps: A Guiding Light, Botanical Bookplates (Flourishes); Lg. Plaid Pattern (Hero Arts); Grape Floral, Fancy Floral, Burlap (Stamp Camp)
Ink: Distress Ink; Memento Ink; Sharpie marker, Copic Marker
Accessories: Scoreboard (Martha Stewart); rhinestones; Stickles; Enamel Accents
Size: A2 (5.5" x 4.25")

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Tuesday Morning Sketch Challenge #148: Glad We're Friends

Hello Friends! It's time for the Tuesday Morning Sketch Challenge and Meljen's Designs is our sponsor this week. They have some really cute images and you can even get some of them pre-colored for those times when you need to make a card quickly.

Kathy has given us a sketch that is perfect for using your favorite stamp as a focal point.

I wasn't able to use a Meljen's image this week, so I chose a Flourishes pansy stamp, that I hadn't inked up before, to make a card for a friend whom I'm going to visit in Texas in a couple of days. I just love all the beautiful colors that pansies come in. After coloring the image with my Copics, I masked it and used my Copic air brush system to color the background in a light blue, then used the pointy brush end of a dark pink Copic marker in my air brush to spray "dots" of ink over the blue. I didn't know exactly what to expect, but I love how it turned out! 

For the white trim, I used a paper piercer to add holes around the perimeter of the crocheted circle die cut and also the border alongside the yellow gingham dp. To tie everything together, I accented the image with a black cs layer and used small pieces of black cs behind the diamond shaped openings along the border.

The inside is fairly plain, expect for the coordinating pansy bookplate stamp that I stamped in the corner, in Scattered Straw Distress Ink.

Be sure to check out the rest of the DT's inspiring work at the Tuesday Morning Sketch Challenge blog, then create your own masterpiece and link it up for a chance to win!

Also, Melissa is holding a DT call, so if you're interested, check out the details here!

I'll be entering this card in the following challenges:
Flourishes Bring Back Beautiful BBB22: Beauty of the Garden
Kaboodle Doodles Challenge: Anything Goes
Gingerloft Challenge 41 GL41: Circles and More Circles
Sentimental Sundays Challenge #104: Pocket Full of Posies

Thanks for stopping by today, and enjoy the rest of the week!

~Hugs!

 

Stamps: Botanical Bookplates Vol. 2 (Flourishes)
Paper: The Basics (Paper Studio)
Ink: Copic markers; Memento; Distress Ink
Dies: Std. Circles Sm., Fancy Tags, Lattice Border (Spellbinders); Crocheted Circle Die (Our Daily Bread)
Accessories: Fleur de Lis edge punch (EK Success); Paper Lace II embossing folder (Cuttlebug); ribbon (Taylored Expressions; paper piercer; Copic air brush system; rhinestones; foam dots
Size: A2 (4.25" x 5.5")

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A Father's Birthday

Hi Friends! I hope you had a nice, long weekend, and enjoyed the Memorial Day holiday. My DD was invited to her cousin's birthday party, so we visited with family whom we don't get to see very often--a nice way to spend the day.

I have a quick card to share with you today. My DH's birthday is coming up, so I made a card for our DD to give to him. She's only seven, but already very particular about cards. This one passed her inspection with flying colors!

I used black embossing powder for the ship, sponged a little Distress Ink inside the oval die before stamping the sentiment, and also sponged black Distress Ink on the edges of the rectangles.

For the layout, I used the Viva la Verve May 2012 Week 4 sketch:

To accommodate the placement of the stamped image, I reversed the oval layer and bow, but left everything else as is.

I wasn't sure I would be able to use these colors successfully in a masculine card, but I like the way it turned out.

Here's a peek at the inside.

I'll be entering this card in the following challenges:
Viva la Verve May 2012 Week 4 sketch challenge
Simon Says Stamp Challenge: Father's Day/Special Male Challenge
Lexi's Creations Challenge 66: For the Man/Boy in Our Lives
Kaboodle Doodles Challenge: Anything Goes
Gingerloft Challenge GL41: Circles, Circles, and More Circles
There's Magic in the Air: Bingo--2 or more patterned papers, Brads, Circles

Thanks for stopping by. I'll be back soon with another masculine card.

~Hugs,

 

Stamps: A Guiding Light (Flourishes); Daisy Bouquet (Taylored Expressions)
Paper: Splendid (Authentique); Hollywood Vogue (Webster's Pages); Little Black Dress (Basic Grey)
Ink: Distress Ink; clear embossing ink
Dies: Classic Ovals Lg & Sm, Labels Seven (Spellbinders)
Accessories: Ranger Super Fine embossing powder; ribbon (Michaels); rhinestones; brads; twine (The Twinery); foam dots
Size: A2 (4.25" x 5.5")

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Tuesday Morning Sketch Challenge #147: Berry Sweet

Hi Friends! It's time for some Tuesday Morning Sketch Challenge fun! You ready? Clear Dollar Stamps is our awesome sponsor this week. They carry clear acrylic stamps, as well as digital.

Check out this fun sketch that Melissa has for us this week. It turned out to be perfect for a card that a friend asked me to make for her son's teacher.

The strawberry stamp is a freebie digital stamp from Beccy's Place. I colored it with Copic markers, then added Glossy Accents to the seeds (you can see the seeds really well in the photo at the top of the post), and extra fine Flower Soft for dirt.

After cutting the three flower die cuts, I used a stylus to soften and curve the flower petals, then added yellow Sparkly Fluff to the centers. 

I added one of the clay embellishments that I made a few weeks ago, to the center of the seam binding bow.

The sentiment was typed in Word, printed onto a transparency, then rubbed onto the inside of the card.

Be sure to check out the rest of the inspiration from the Tuesday Morning Sketch DT, then get creative with your own card so you can play along with us this week! I can't wait to see what you create!

I'll be entering this card in the following challenges:

Flourishes Bring Back Beautiful BBB22: Beauty of the Garden

Moving Along With the Times: Keep It Real

Whimsy Stamps Inspirations Challenge 39: Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by, and have a great week!

~Hugs,

 

Stamps: Strawberries - Digi Stamp (Beccy's Place)
Ink: Copic markers
Dies: Std Circles Sm, Lattice Border, Lattice Pendants, Flower Creations (Spellbinders); Tattered Florals (Tim Holtz)
Accessories: Scallop Diamond Edge Punch (EK Success); Mystic embossing folder (Spellbinders); seam binding (Hug Snug); clay embellishment; Sparkly Fluff; Flower Soft; Glossy Accents; foam dots; transparency (for sentiment)
Size: A2 (4.25" x 5.5")

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Happy Bark-Day

Well, here I am again! This time I've got a more masculine kids birthday card.











I used the Viva la Verve May 2012 Week 3 sketch, and Kathy's Lily Pad Palette Challenge for color inspiration.

For the bg, I inked up the Bricked embossing folder before running it through my Big shot, then mixed copper and white acrylic paint to distress it a little bit.

I stamped the dog on a piece of patterned paper, colored a few spots with Copics, added a Pearl Pen nose and eyes, and used a white opaque pen for the circle around the eye, which I also covered with Glossy Accents. The hat was paper pieced and I added a little bit of Stickles to it. The brown layer behind the dp layers is a piece of cardboard. I distressed the edges with a Distrezzer and some Walnut Stain ink, then added some of the white and copper acrylic paint, and finally spritzed with Gold Perfect Pearls Mist. I know the sentiment, "Bark-Day," is a play on the dog, but I love that the cardboard ended up looking a little bit like bark, too.

I don't think you can tell in this picture, but Glossy Accents covers the balloon completely.

I'll be entering this card in the following challenges:

Viva la Verve May 2012 Week 3 Sketch Challenge

Kathy's Lily Pad Palette Challenge by Globecraft Memories

Cute Card Thursday #217: A Touch of Sparkle

Whimsy Stamps Inspirations Challenge #39: Anything Goes

And, that's it for me today. Thanks for stopping by (again)! Hope you have a great weekend!

~Hugs,

 

Stamps: Birthday Buddies (Paper Smooches); Big Birthday Wishes (Our Craft Lounge)
Paper: Carolyn Gavin (K&Co); Story Teller (Crate Paper)
Ink: Memento; Distress Ink; Copic markers; white opaque pen
Dies: Rounded Rectangle (Verve); Standard Circle Lg (Spellbinders)
Accessories: Postage Stamp edge punch, Binding Edge punch (EK Success); Bricked embossing folder (Sizzix); Zing embossing powder; ribbon (Michaels); acrylic paint; cardboard; brads; Glossy Accents; Stickles; Pearl Pen; Perfect Pearls Mist; foam dots
Size: A2 (4.25" x 5.5")

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Happy Bird-Day

Hello Friends! Well, today was the last day of school here, and my daughter is soooo happy! Truth be told, I'm pretty happy about that, too. It will be nice to just hang out around here with her, with no schedule to keep for awhile. I'm really lucky that my daughter is the type of kid who is fun to be around, so having her with me all day is a treat.

The card I want to share with you today is a birthday card for a child. Kids cards are not my forte, but I keep trying.

For this one, I used a new set of stamps that I recently won from Paper Smooches in a Simon Says Stamp challenge. I have wanted to try Paper Smooches stamps for awhile because the cards I've seen them on are always so cute, and with several kids parties coming up for us soon, I knew they would be perfect! Thanks, Kim! I love my new stamps!!!













For my inaugural Paper Smooches card, I decided to play along with the Paper Smooches Sparks Challenge (I flipped the horizontal image upside down), and I used the Color Throwdown #192 colors.

The sketch was perfect for a bird on a wire-type image. I added the pink pine needles simply because I just bought the punch and couldn't wait to use it for something. :)

Isn't that bird the cutest! I colored it with my Copics, then added Sparkly Fluff for texture. I first used a light pink Sparkly Fluff, but the glitter in it made the bird look a little dirty. So, I added the darker pink over that, and loved it. That's Stickles on the beak and hat, and the eyes are a little googly with Glossy Accents.

I used an Our Craft Lounge stamp for the inside sentiment and the Abstract Flower punch was another recent purchase I was itching to use. Before gluing the white layer to the pink layer, I masked all but the punched area and used distress inks to color the flowers, then after gluing it down, I added Stickles for more sparkle. 

I'll be entering this card in the following challenges:

Paper Smooches Sparks Challenge: May 14-20, 2012 Designer Draft Sketch Challenge

Color Throwdown CTD192

Simon Says Challenge: Clean & Simple

Cute Card Thursday 217: A Touch of Sparkle

Whimsy Stamps Inspiration Challenge #39: Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by! I'll be back in a little while with a more masculine kid's birthday card.

~Hugs,

 

Stamps: Birthday Buddies (Paper Smooches); Big Birthday Wishes (Our Craft Lounge)
Ink: Memento; Distress Ink; Colorbox; Copic markers
Dies: Nested Lacey Pennants (Spellbinders)
Accessories: Designer Pine punch (McGill); Abstract Flower edge punch (EK Success); Polka Dots embossing folder (Cuttlebug); buttons; twine (The Twinery); Sparkly Fluff (Our Craft Lounge); Stickles; Glossy Accents; foam dots
Size: A2 (4.25" x 5.5")

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Tuesday Morning Sketch Challenge #146: Sunny Days

Hello Friends! I'm back with another Tuesday Morning Sketch Challenge! DRS Designs is our sponsor this week, and they generously sent me a couple of really cute, high-quality stamps to work with. I'm excited to show you what I did with them.

Melissa's sketch, this week, was a serious challenge for me. I'm more comfortable making cards with lots of layers, and all that blank space was a little bit scary. But, I persevered, and I really like the end result. It certainly helped that I had such a great stamp to use. ;)

The first thing you may notice is that my card is missing those two little squares in the corner. Well, I flipped the sketch upside down and used two circles instead of squares. I also used my Prismacolor pencils and Gamsol, rather than Copics. I've been wanting to color on kraft with pencils for awhile, and these stamps were perfect for it. And, what fun! I'll definitely be coloring on kraft again soon!

The light blue butterfly is part of the main image stamp, but the other butterflies were another single stamp. Rather than stamp them all together, I inked them one at a time so I could spread them across the scene, then I colored them and added Stickles to their wings. The sentiment is a Verve stamp.

I loved making the fence white because it's so striking against kraft cs. I used Sparkly Fluff for the centers of the flowers. It's always fun making a card that begs to be touched. :) After I finished coloring the main image, and before adding Stickles and Sparkly Fluff, I used my Stamp-a-m-a-jig to re-stamp the image over the coloring to give it a crisper look.

For the sun, I embossed a piece of pale yellow cs with a swirly design, inked up the raised areas with Scattered Straw Distress Ink, punched two circles from it, then sponged Walnut Stain lightly around the edges of the circles. I used a Bird Flourish Spellbinders die for the dark yellow flourish and added a few rhinestones and streaks of Stickles to it for sparkle.

See the butterflies in the upper right corner of the inside? That's the stamp that I used on the front of the card for the butterflies. It's nice that they are arranged so that you can stamp them as a group or split them up. Both the butterflies and the flowers in the lower corner were stamped in Versamark ink.

Alrighty, folks, it's your turn, now! Head on over to the Tuesday Morning Sketch Challenge blog and check out the fab inspiration by the rest of the DT, then show us your interpretation of the sketch. I can't wait to see what you create!

I'll be entering this card in the following challenges:
Crafty Friends Challenges #3: Inspiration
Crazy 4 Challenges C4C136: Photo inspiration
Do You Stack Up DYSU#71: Use a Flower
Flourishes Bring Back Beautiful BBB22: Beauty of the Garden

Thanks for stopping by and have a great week!

~Hugs!

 

Stamps: Flower Fence with Butterflies, Four Corner Butterfly (DR Designs); Sunny Days (Verve)
Ink: Staz-On; Memento; Distress Ink; Versamark
Dies: Bird Flourishes, Labels One (Spellbinders)
Accessories: Daisy Edge Punch (Martha Stewart); 1-1/4" circle punch (EK Success); Regal Flourishes embossing folder (Sizzix); colored pencils (Prismacolor); rhinestones; Sparkly Fluff; Stickles; Shimmer Spritz; sewing thread
Size: A2 (4.25" x 5.5")

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You're a Peach!

Hi Friends! My DD wanted to give her teacher a gift for teacher appreciation week, so, of course, I just had to make a card for the occasion, also. 

I love mixing dp's, and the Viva la Verve May 2012 Week 2 sketch is a good one for that.

And, this pretty color palette is perfect for peaches!

I found a peach-scented candle that smells heavenly, so I used a Flourishes peach stamp set to make a coordinating card. I meant to add three staples above the image, but forgot to do it before I glued everything together, darn it!

My DD had a really good 2nd grade year, so I left plenty of room for her to thank her teacher and sign her name. :)

Thanks for stopping by, and have a wonderful week!

I'll be entering this card in the following challenges:

Viva la Verve May 2012 Week 2 Sketch Challenge
ColourQ Challenge #136
Flourishes Bring Back Beautiful Challenge 22: The Beauty of the Garden
Crafty Friends Challenge #3: Inspiration Challenge
Crazy 4 Challenges #135: Gardening or the Great Outdoors
Do You Stack Up Challenge #70: Circles
Moving Along With the Times: Summer Sunshine
Great Impressions Rubber Stamps Challenge #3: Anything Goes
The Emerald Fairies Challenge #23: Anything Goes

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Stamps: Cherries & Peaches (Flourishes)
Paper: Farmhouse (Crate Paper); Sweetness (Pink Paislee); Best of K&Co
Ink: Distress Ink; Memento; Copic markers
Dies: Std Circles Sm, Classic Scalloped Circles Sm (Spellbinders)
Accessories: Postage Stamp edge punch, Binding Edge edge punch (EK Success); lace (Joann); grosgrain ribbon (Taylored Expressions); rhinestones; Stickles; foam dots; sewing thread
Size: A2 (4.25" x 5.5")

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