100 Day Challenge - Day 2: Father’s Day Card

 Day 2 of my 100 Day Challenge finds me making a Father’s Day card. I popped up the red background and the top fish for some dimension.  The bear was stamped with Espresso Ink on brown cardstock. I used black embossing powder for the sentiment and the hat to make them pop. 

Materials used:

Ink: Espresso Exclusive Ink Pad, Black Exclusive Ink Stamp Pad, New England Ivy Exclusive Inks Stamp Pad

Embossing: Black Embossing Powder, Versamark Ink Pad, Heat Tool

Stamps: Jack - Cardmaking, Relax

Cardstock: Candy Apple Cardstock, gray cardstock, Almond Cardstock, New England Ivy Cardstock, White Daisy Cardstock

Adhesive: Tombow Permanent Adhesive, 3D Foam Tape - I used some leftover pieces that I had.

100 Day Challenge Day1: Crafter’s Roulette Challenge

 

Today begins my 100 Day Challenge - and why not begin with the Crafter’s Roulette Challenge? I have been following and completing some of the challenges for a while now. This week’s parameters were: stencil, pastel colours, rainbows, and  pick a sketch. 

Materials used:

Ink: Broken China Distress Oxide Ink Pad

Embossing: Versamark Ink Pad, White Super Fine Embossing Powder, Heat Tool

Thin Cuts: Build a Rainbow Thin Cut, Heart Thin Cut - I used leftover hearts from Hearts Background Thin Cut

Cardstock: Daisy White Cardstock, Ballerina Cardstock, leftover pastel cardstock

Stencil: Cloud Stencil

                           This card was created for the There’s a Stamp for That Challenge.

Materials Used:

Paper: Mix-in Paper Pack (July-August), 

Green/Blue paper scraps, Green cardstock

White Cards & Envelopes

Ink: New England Green Ivy, Broken China Distress Oxide Ink Pad

Embellishments: rhinestones, ribbon

Adhesives: Tombow Permanent Adhesive, Foam Tape Squares

 

Mojo Monday Sketch Challenge

This card came together quickly (I have found that I am a monochromatic girl where everything needs to match.) except for what to put in the scalloped circle. I started with a Thank You stamped in the circle, but as I was searching through my stamp collection, I came across this wild rose stamp. I have just received a set of Spectrum Noir TriBlend Markers and I knew that this was what I was going to use them on.

Materials used:

Paper: Mixed In Paper March - April, White Daisy Cardstock

Ink: Black Ink

Stamps:

Thin Cuts: Scalloped Circle

Colouring: Deep Blends TriBlend Markers, Alcohol Markers

Adhesive: Tombow Permanent Adhesive, 3-D Foam Squares

 

Freshly Made Sketches 478

Today’s cards were created for Freshly Made Sketches. The wonderful thing was that the only new materials used today was the card bases! I decided to use the flower stencil as the focal point for the card and distress oxides for the colour. Afterwards I used translucent texture paste on one card and Icicle Stickles on the other card.

Materials used:

Stencil: Stencil Pack 1

Stamps: Love So Sweet

Inks: Candied Apple Red Distress Oxide Ink, Tattered Rose Distress Oxide Ink Pad

Embellishments: Rhinestones

Mixed Media: Icicle Stickles, Palette Knife, Translucent Texture Paste

Paper: Wood Grain Paper Packet, Flamingo Cardstock, Daisy White Cardstock, White Card & Envelope

Adhesive: Tombow Permanent Adhesive, 3-D Foam Tape

Blue Belle Butterflies

Butterflies and more butterflies! I just can’t seem to stop reaching for these stamps to create with theses days. I have enjoyed experimenting with different papers, inks and techniques to create these cards. 

This card was created for the Festive Friday Challenge FF0080. The three elements I chose to use were blue, butterflies and ribbon. I used the Layered Floral Background Thin Cut on both sides of Blue Belle Cardstock and Blue Belle Glitter Paper in between. I then adhered the ribbon before gluing it to the card (this I have learned the hard way - several times!) The butterfly is from the Stamp of the Month - Winged Masterpiece, which I have used (see previous posts) to create several cards. I stamped the butterfly with Blue Belle ink and used White Opal Liquid Pearls on the centers of the flowers. I fussy cut the butterfly out and glued the body onto the card.

Materials used:

Paper: Blue Belle Cardstock, Blue Belle Glitter Paper, White Card & Envelope, White Daisy Card Stock

Ink: Blue Belle Ink Pad

Stamps: Winged Masterpiece

Embellishments: White Opal Liquid Pearls

Thin Cuts: Layered Floral Background Thin Cut

Adhesives: white glue, Tombow Permanent Adhesive

This card came about by happenstance. Had the Blue Belle paper out from the previous card, had the scalloped circle done for another card challenge, but it wasn’t looking just right on that card, and I had butterflies on the brain. So what to do?  Color My Heart Color Challenge Challenge #437 is a 3-2-1 Challenge. So I used Blue Belle Cardstock and Chipped Sapphire, Faded Jeans and Broken China Distress Oxides to create the other blended colours. For the neutrals I used Daisy White cardstock and Black Ink, and for the metallics I used the Blue Belle Loose Sequins. The butterfly background was stamped with the two butterflies in Versamark and then embossed with white embossing powder. I then used the Distressed Oxide Inks to create the coloured background. I cut two pieces of Blue Belle and used the Fancy Border thin cut on an angle for the top and bottom and popped the scalloped circle up with leftover foam squares. I added some of the sequins for a little bit of shimmer.

Materials Used:

Paper: Blue Belle, Daisy White Cardstock, 

Ink: Blue Belle Ink Pad, 

Distressed Oxides: Chipped Sapphire, Faded Jeans, Broken China, Mini Ink Blending Tool

Thin Cuts: Scalloped Circle, Fancy Borders Thin Cuts

Stamps: Every Thank You, Love So Sweet

Embellishments: Blue Belle Loose Sequins

Embossing: Versamark Ink Pad, White Embossing Powder, Heat Tool

Adhesives: Tombow Permanent Adhesive, 3-D Foam Dots

 

Winged Masterpiece Card

 I find myself going back to our March Stamp of the Month: Winged Masterpiece after seeing all of the wonderful cards being created. Next year will mark the 50th wedding anniversary of a wonderful couple and I knew that I had some 

Gold Glitter Paper and some Princess Gold Embossing Powder and I could not wait to get started. I used the gold glitter paper as the bottom mat and then used the Spring Blossoms Embossing Folder to emboss a piece of white cardstock.  I used Versamark and the Princess Gold Embossing Powder to stamp the butterfly and the sentiment onto Vellum Paper. I glued the body and antenna of the butterfly down on top of the sentiment strip. (making sure to cut the strip a little bit longer to fold over the edges of the embossed mat to hide the glue - a lesson learned from past experiences.) Then hoping it was not going too overboard with the gold, added a few Gold Glitter Gems.

Materials Used:

Stamps: Winged Masterpiece

Paper: Vellum Paper, White Cardstock, White Cards & Envelopes, Gold Glitter Paper

Embossing: Princess Gold Embossing Powder, Versamark, heat tool

Embossing Folder: Spring Blossoms Embossing Folder

Adhesive: white glue, Tombow Permanent Adhesive

Embellishment: Gold Glitter Gems

Winged Masterpiece Take Two

This card was inspired by one that was created by Allisa Steinlicht. It also follows the parameters of The Three Room Studio Saturday Challenge (How lucky was that???). I used black cardstock as an outer mat, and white cardstock for the top mat. I ran a length of the Black Shimmer Trim across the middle of the card horizontally (I especially like how it already has adhesive on it). Then I got out my brand new Charcoal Shimmer Brush and created some shimmery splatters around the top of the card. The butterfly was created with black embossing powder and cut out afterwards. I glued down the body and the antennae to the top of the card and bent the wings back a bit for added dimension. I added a sentiment to the bottom right corner. I love the simplicity of this card!

Materials Used:

Stamps: Winged Masterpiece

Paper: White Daisy Cardstock, Black cardstock

Inks: Charcoal Shimmer Brush

Embossing: Versamark Ink Pad, Black Embossing Powder, heat tool

Adhesive: Tombow Permanent Adhesive, glue

Ribbon: Black Shimmer Trim

 

Winged Masterpiece

 I had a chance to experiment with a technique I saw demonstrated by Melissa Johnson using alcohol markers on vellum. I used gold embossing powder on the dragonfly stamp and  I was pleased with how it turned out. So now I had a dragonfly, but what to do with it. 

Then I saw the card challenge at Heart 2 Heart Challenges where the colour challenge this week is gold and I knew just what to do. I used Distressed Oxides to create the background and matted it on a second background of gold. All it needed then was a few embellishments and it was done. 

Materials Used:

Paper: Daisy White Cardstock, Gold Glitter Paper

Ink: Candied Apple Distress Oxide Ink, Tattered Rose Distress Oxide Ink, Fired Brick Distress Oxide

Adhesive: Tombow Permanent Adhesive,glue

Embossing Supplies: Princess Gold Embossing Powder, Versamark, heat tool

Embellishments: gems

Addicted to CAS Challenge #193

 The challenge at Addicted to CAS this week is shapes. I was going through my leftover paper stash (I know we all have those.) and I came across the circle print and the lightbulb went off.  I knew exactly what I wanted to do. I found the yellow background paper in the same stash. I decided to repeat the circle theme down the right side with the same yellow as the background. The Little Buddies animals fit perfectly into the white circles. I popped  all of the circles up with foam tape to add some dimension. 

Materials used:

Paper: yellow patterned paper, circle patterned paper, White Daisy Cardstock

Ink: dark brown ink, black ink

Stamps: Little Buddies

Adhesive: Tombow Permanent Adhesive, leftover foam squares

Alcohol Markers

Double Trouble Challenge #79 and Three Room Studio Saturday Challenge

 This card was created for the Double Trouble Challenge and Three Room Studio Saturday Challenge (how lucky was that????) This week’s challenge was to include something magical (unicorn, gnome, mermaid)  for the Double Trouble Challenge so I knew I had just the stamp for the challenge. It also allowed me to play with some Distressed Oxide Inks (Ink blending is the challenge at Three Room Studio Saturday) to create my background and frame. Then I thought, this might make a great shaker card and voila, another card completed. I then realized that by putting a frame around the card qualified the card for the Twisted Sister Challenge at Dies R Us Challenge #165.

Materials Used:

Cardstock: White Daisy Cardstock

Stamps: Make Waves - Scrapbooking

Adhesive & Acetate: Rectangle Window Shaker Foam & Acetate, Tombow Permanent Adhesive

Inks: Peacock Feathers Distress Oxide Ink, Faded Jeans Distress Oxide Ink, Momento Black Ink

Markers: Alcohol Markers

Thin Cuts: Stitched Rectangle Frames

Card & Envelope: White Card & Envelope

Embellishments: Glitter

Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge Card

 This card was created for the Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge #411. All the paper used for this card was leftover material from other projects. The inside of the heart is just the opposite side of the striped cardstock on the front of the card. I used a z fold to create the card.

Materials used:

Ink: Blue Belle Ink

Cardstock: leftover material in Easter colours

Adhesive: Tombow Permanent Adhesive, Heart Foam and Acetate

Diecuts: Heart Shaker Thin Cuts

Embellishments: Glitter

Colour Dare Challenge #435

This is the card that I created for this week’s Color Dare Challenge #435 which is Shades of Green + 1 colour.

Materials used to make the card:

Paper: Dark green cardstock,  White Cardstock

Ink: New England Ivy Ink Pad

Stamps: It’s Your Day to Sparkle, Fresh Air - Cardmaking

Thin Cuts: Fresh Air - Cardmaking

Adhesive: Tombow Permanent Adhesive
 

Easter Card

 This weekend I worked on this card for the Freshly Made Challenge (FMC476) at https://freshlymadesketches.blogspot.com/ . 

Ingredients :

Inks: Seedless Preserves Distress Oxide Ink, Chipped Sapphire Distress Oxide Ink

Paper: Daisy White Cardstock, Eggplant Cardstock, Cards & Envelopes

Stamps: Bunny Trail

Embellishments: Pink Washi Tape, Silver Loose Sequins, Blue Belle Loose Sequins

Embossing: Versamark Ink Pad, White Embossing Powder

Thin Cuts: Heart Shaker Window

Adhesives: Tombow Permanent Adhesive, Heart Shaker Foam & Acetate

Double Trouble Challenge #78 Card

Today I worked on a birthday card for my friend. I thought about how I could incorporate the  parameters of the Double Trouble Challenge into my card. The challenge required the color green and plaid, so I dug into my bag of green cardstock to see what I had.  

Materials used:

Cream/off white cardstock

Green patterned/plaid cardstock

Blue patterned paper

Sentiment & Stitches Stamp Set

Let’s Go Fishing Stamp Set

Timber - Scrapbooking Stamp + Thin Cuts

Tombow Permanent Adhesive

Liquid Glass

3D Foam Tape/Dots

Alcohol Markers

Paper Trimmer

Black and Green stamp pad

 

Thank You Card

This card is was made for the Double Trouble Challenge but I did not get to enter it in time. But I still love how the card turned out. 

Items used to make the card:

Layered Floral Background Thin Cut

3 different shades of pink cardstock

White Cards and Envelope Value Pack

Lace Border Thin Cut

White Super Fine Embossing Powder

Versamark Ink Pad

Tombow Permanent Adhesive

Black and White Dots

 

Addicted to CAS Card

This is a card I created for Challenge #192 - Animal at http://addictedtocas.blogspot.com/

I used:

White Card and Envelope

Blue cardstock 

Stitched Square Frames Thin Cuts

Wildlife Puns stamp set

Black Ink

3D Foam Tape

piece of acetate sheet

Star glitter

Alcohol Markers