Stripes

Dear Ones~
It's been so long since I have posted anything here on my blog I'm not sure if I can remember how to do it. We had an awesome time out West - my head is STILL spinning.

Today's offering was made for:
Make It Monday Challenge over at Papertrey Ink, to create stripes
Just Us Girls Challenge,  hosted by my dear friend Nancy Leppek this week, to use a stencil.

Here's my card:

I used a die by Spellbinders called Diagonal Chevron, die cut it with light blue card stock, and then layered it over the white card which had been stenciled with translucent paste and spinkled with clear glitter. The glitter looks pink in the photo, but it's really just sparkly clear. Then I put some die cuts from Ellen Hudson on top, and silver heat embossed the sentiment. I have to say I'm not really happy with this photo - I think I need a new camera...lol.

Here are the Ingredients:

GKD White Card Stock

Stash Blue Card Stock

Spellbinder's Diagonal Chevron Die

Ellen Hudson Wild Garden Die Set

Sparkle and Sprinkle Graduation Stamp Set

Tim Holtz Bubbles Stencil

Dreamweaver Translucent Embossing Paste

Recollections Ultra Fine Glitz Glitter

Thanks for stopping by, I adore your comments. It's been far too long since I have been here - I promise not to stay away for so long next time!!!

Blue Bird

Dear Ones~
This may be the last post I make before our trip out West. Maybe I'll be able to post along the way and share some photos - that would be awesome.

Today's card has been made for the Mod Squad Challenge, hosted this week by one of my over-the-top talented besties, Barb Campbell. You MUST go check out her BLOG and see how talented she really is. Her challenge is to do the whitewash technique. To watch a video with this technique visit the Mod Squad Blog - she has a link to a video by Melanie Muenchinger there.

Here's my card:

I LOVE this little bird, and I love the GKD stamp set he came from, Winter Wings. I just think he's so sweet. Here I used kraft card stock to do the whitewash, and I really like that soft light blue with it.

Here are the Ingredients:

GKD White and Kraft Card Stock

K & Company Pastel Basics Patterned Paper

GKD Winter Wings Stamp Set

GKD White and Ocean Mist Ink

Enamel Accents

Seam Binder Ribbon

Stash Pearls.

I am beyond excited about our trip out West. We will be gone 3-4 weeks. I'll try and post once in awhile if I can - we should have internet access sometimes. Thanks for stopping by, I adore your comments. And enjoy your fall!!!

Banner Card

Hello Again Dear Ones~

This is my second post of the day. I know - two in one day is unusual for me. Trying to do any posts has been hard this summer. ANYWAY......this card was made for the StampTV Monday Challenge, hosted this week by my dear friend Karen Hightower. Her challenge is to make a masculine card.

Here's what I came up with:

I was searching through some of my old GKD stamps and came across this one. It's a bunch of banners in different sizes with different patterns. Sadly, I didn't keep the packaging, so I have no idea what the set is called.  And I'm pretty sure it's retired because I didn't see it anywhere in the shop. I stamped the polkadot banner on some ivory card stock with GKD Tomato Soup ink, and then I poked a hole at the tip, wrapped some twine around the panel and threaded it through the hole. Make sense?? Pro'ly not, but I think it looks cool.

Update: My online BFF Donna Phelan ferreted out the name of that stamp set - it's called Perfect Pennants, by Tami Mayberry. Thanks so much, Donna!!

Here are the Ingredients:

Gkd Navy and Tomato Soup Card Stock

Stampin' Up Tip Top Taupe Card Stock

  GKD Grateful Heart Patterned Paper

GKD Tomato Soup and Navy Ink
GKD Perfect Pennants Stamp Set

GKD By the Sea 2 Stamp Set for Greeting 

Okay, now I gotta go back into my craft room and keep on making cards. Thanks for stopping by again, I adore your comments!!

Butterfly

Dear Ones~
This card was made for the Mod Squad Challenge. This week we are to make a birthday card with some glitter. There are two sponsors, Sparkle and Sprinkle and Connie's Crafty Room. She is a Stampin' Up demonstrator.

Here's my card:

I love this butterfly die from Stampin' Up. And there is a companion stamp set that you use first so that the butterfly has some color. I did a lot of layers on this one, and each layer is embossed with a different embossing folder. There is Stickles on the wings of the butterfly, just not showing up too well in the photo.

Here are the Ingredients:

GKD White and Navy Card Stock

Cuttlebug Swiss Dot Embossing Folder

Darice Circle Interlock & Cherry Blossom Embossing Folders

PTI Petite Doily Die

MFT Delicate Doily Die

HOTP Flower Frenzy Flourish Die

Stampin' Up Butterfly Thinlits Die

Stampin' up Watercolor Wings Stamp Set

Stash Gems

Stickles

We will be leaving soon for a trip out West that will take up most of September, so I'm trying to get ahead of my cards for the month. Makes me crazy when I have time constraints.....haha.

Thanks for stopping by, I adore your comments. Hope your weekend was grand.

Seize the Daisies

Dear Ones~
It's starting to feel like fall. Temps have plummeted and it won't get past 60 for the next 3 days. I know many of you are looking forward to fall - me, not so much. I love summer and the warm weather.

Today's card has been made for the Great Impressions Challenge, to add a sentiment. Great Impressions is a wonderful stamp company, and my online BFF, Donna Phelan, is on the design team. Stop in sometime and check out what they have to offer.

Here's what I came up with:

 I love this little guy. Colored him with Copics and dotted the daisy centers with yellow Stickles. Easy peasy, but I think it came out really cute. It a smaller card, measuring 4 1/2" square.

Here are the Ingredients:

GKD Cherry Red and White Card Stock

Patterned Paper from my Stash

Great Impressions Seize the Daisies Stamp

Great Impressions Harry with Daisies Stamp

Copic Markers

Fiskars Sea Pearls Corner Punch

Stickles

Thanks for stopping by. I'm off to make another card. We had the grandsons here all weekend, so I need to catch up with some projects. I adore your comments, have a wonderful day!

Lovely Layers

Dear Ones~

Hello and hope you are having a good week. Today's card was made for the Stamp TV Monday Challenge, hosted this week by my bestie Barb Campbell. She is so talented, go check out HER BLOG and find out for yourself. Her challenge this week is to use as many layers as possible.

Here's my card:

What a fun challenge this was. I just kept adding more and more layers, I think I counted 18 or so. The little button is a PTI die, and I layered 3 together and then heat embossed the whole thing with clear embossing powder. For the butterfly I did the rock and roll technique with Navy and Dusty Rose ink by Gina K Designs, and then heat embossed the whole thing with clear embossing powder too. It's really shiny and looks like it's made out of enamel. 

Here are the Ingredients:

GKD In the Navy and Ivory Card Stock

Craft Smith Chelsea Lane Patterned Paper Pack

GKD Birthday Blessings Stamp Set and Die

PTI Button Stacks Dies

Spellbinder Circle Dies

GKD Navy and Dusty Rose Ink

Clear Embossing Powder

Judy Dots and Twine

Thanks for stopping by, I adore your comments. Oh, and stay cool, my friends. It's "wicked" hot and muggy here.......UGH!!!

Summer Dragonfly

Dear Ones~
It's still pretty warm here. The Princes went back home on Wednesday, but I have been so busy this is the first chance I have had to play in my craft room.

Today's card was made for:
Mod Squad Challenge - make a tri-fold card. This challenge is hosted this week by my dear friend, Barb Campbell. Check out her blog HERE. I love her work.
Stamp TV Monday Challenge - make a summer card. My sweet friend Sharyn Polesel is hosting this one. HERE is a link to her blog. She is over-the-top talented as well.

Here's my card:

I must apologize for the poor quality of this photo. I just got a new MacBook Pro, and I'm having a heck of a time finding stuff in it. My photos seem to be lost in cyber-space somewhere, so this one will have to do. I think the cattail looks like a hot dog....lol. But I digress. We live in a town that has a wonderful river called The AuSable running through it, and we will often go canoeing. The dragonflies flit around in the sunshine while we paddle along, so seeing a dragonfly always makes me think of summer. And of course this is a gate fold card.

Here are the ingredients:

GKD Dark Chocolate Card Stock

HOTP Nature's Walk Patterned Paper

GKD The Wetlands Stamp Set

Zig Clean Color Brush Pens

Memento Inks in Summer Sky and Pistachio

Stickles and Stash Ribbon

So, thanks for stopping by - I adore your comments. Hope you had a good weekend.