There is nothing quite as sweet as the images by Anita Jeram for Colorado Craft Company. I pulled out these Tea Time sweeties to enter the Color Throwdown Challenge #743. Lime, Pink and White are the colors required with neutrals (gray here) allowed. I am also entering the Art Impressions Challenge. I made a video of putting together this card including all my coloring and I plan to edit it to use as an Instagram reel in the coming days. My files are larger than normal because I just left my phone recording the entire time I was coloring all the images. Gonna be a bugger to edit. (Edit: Video is finished and on my reels on IG @tinypaperblossom.)
I colored all the images with alcohol markers by Copic, Dick Blick, and Spectrum Noir. I cut them out with the matching dies. Next, I used Sweetly Stitched Shapes dies from Stampin' Up! to cut out all the stitched circles from old Stampin' Up! and Jillibean Soup paper. I used a die from the Mama Elephant Window Dressings die set to cut the white panel. I used plenty of foam adhesive to build the dimension on this card. Finally, I used a sentiment from My Favorite Things Birdie Brown's Greetings Galore attached with the Tim Holtz Tiny Attacher. I made the fishtail with a small square punch.
I have many more images from Colorado Craft Company and Anita Jeram colored; I just need to make them into cards.
Have a great day!
There is nothing quite as sweet as the images by Anita Jeram for Colorado Craft Company. I pulled out these Tea Time sweeties to enter the Color Throwdown Challenge #743. Lime, Pink and White are the colors required with neutrals (gray here) allowed. I am also entering the Art Impressions Challenge. I made a video of putting together this card including all my coloring and I plan to edit it to use as an Instagram reel in the coming days. My files are larger than normal because I just left my phone recording the entire time I was coloring all the images. Gonna be a bugger to edit. (Edit: Video is finished and on my reels on IG @tinypaperblossom.)
I colored all the images with alcohol markers by Copic, Dick Blick, and Spectrum Noir. I cut them out with the matching dies. Next, I used Sweetly Stitched Shapes dies from Stampin' Up! to cut out all the stitched circles from old Stampin' Up! and Jillibean Soup paper. I used a die from the Mama Elephant Window Dressings die set to cut the white panel. I used plenty of foam adhesive to build the dimension on this card. Finally, I used a sentiment from My Favorite Things Birdie Brown's Greetings Galore attached with the Tim Holtz Tiny Attacher. I made the fishtail with a small square punch.
I have many more images from Colorado Craft Company and Anita Jeram colored; I just need to make them into cards.
Have a great day!
It's heating up here in Texas, but there are still some spring blooms to be found. I put together this birthday wishes card using a load of Poppystamps dies I will list below.
It's heating up here in Texas, but there are still some spring blooms to be found. I put together this birthday wishes card using a load of Poppystamps dies I will list below.
When I received all the new floral dies from Poppystamps, I was super inspired by a post I had seen on Pinterest. I decided to CASE the amazing Zsoka Marko and her December 2022 card that you can see here on her blog A Pocket Full of Scrap.
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When I received all the new floral dies from Poppystamps, I was super inspired by a post I had seen on Pinterest. I decided to CASE the amazing Zsoka Marko and her December 2022 card that you can see here on her blog A Pocket Full of Scrap.
Here is my second card featuring the Poppystamps Whittle Adorable Kitty Kit card this month. I knew I wanted to use the walking cat die that comes in the kit and had the idea to use it on the top third of the card following a card layout I admired. I also liked the sitting cat die and how the two would face each other if I used them together.
Here is my second card featuring the Poppystamps Whittle Adorable Kitty Kit card this month. I knew I wanted to use the walking cat die that comes in the kit and had the idea to use it on the top third of the card following a card layout I admired. I also liked the sitting cat die and how the two would face each other if I used them together.
Two young women who are very dear to me both have July birthdays, and own and love cats. So, when I saw the Poppystamps Whittle Adorable Kitty Kit I knew exactly who I was going to make my creations for.
Two young women who are very dear to me both have July birthdays, and own and love cats. So, when I saw the Poppystamps Whittle Adorable Kitty Kit I knew exactly who I was going to make my creations for.
I am also entering the As You Like It Challenge. I chose this design because I love squares and tiny, little details surrounded by clean space. I love miniatures (how I never owned a doll house growing up, I'll never know) and so coloring and layering *tiny paper blossoms* (ahem) on top of a stitched square frame was right up my alley.
I am also entering the As You Like It Challenge. I chose this design because I love squares and tiny, little details surrounded by clean space. I love miniatures (how I never owned a doll house growing up, I'll never know) and so coloring and layering *tiny paper blossoms* (ahem) on top of a stitched square frame was right up my alley.
A clean and simple feline card came together for several challenges. The challenges called for using green, making it vibrant, using a pet, using a cat, and using a curve. I love trying to hit so many requirements with one card. It's like solving a puzzle. The cat rubber stamp I've had for several years. I purchased it at The Paper Crown in Waco, Texas. It's called Meow Mix but I'm going to need to research the manufacturer. I stamped it on Gina K Pure Luxury Heavyweight white cardstock with Memento Tuxedo Black ink. I colored in tiny portions with gray and pink Copic and Spectrum Noir markers. I fussy cut it. I used a circle cutter to cut a large circle from the corner of a piece of white cardstock. Underneath that I put the green and white polka dot paper from Jillibean Soup (Soup Staples in Olive Sugar). I punched three hearts from SU's Melon Mambo cardstock with a retired triple heart punch from Stampin' Up!. I adhered the cat with foam adhesive and then the hearts, and then added the sentiment strip from Paper Rose.
A clean and simple feline card came together for several challenges. The challenges called for using green, making it vibrant, using a pet, using a cat, and using a curve. I love trying to hit so many requirements with one card. It's like solving a puzzle. The cat rubber stamp I've had for several years. I purchased it at The Paper Crown in Waco, Texas. It's called Meow Mix but I'm going to need to research the manufacturer. I stamped it on Gina K Pure Luxury Heavyweight white cardstock with Memento Tuxedo Black ink. I colored in tiny portions with gray and pink Copic and Spectrum Noir markers. I fussy cut it. I used a circle cutter to cut a large circle from the corner of a piece of white cardstock. Underneath that I put the green and white polka dot paper from Jillibean Soup (Soup Staples in Olive Sugar). I punched three hearts from SU's Melon Mambo cardstock with a retired triple heart punch from Stampin' Up!. I adhered the cat with foam adhesive and then the hearts, and then added the sentiment strip from Paper Rose.
Do you ever just throw everything you have at a card hoping something will work? That's what I did here, and I'm actually pleased with the way it turned out. I was inspired by the Freshly Made Sketches Challenge #524 (FMS524). I started out with one of my favorite digital stamps ever, a Hero Arts digital stamp of a butterfly. It is colored with pale blue, pale green, and brown Copic markers and then highlighted with Glossy Accents. Sadly, the shine from the GA doesn't show up in the photo.
I created a 2" square watercolor background using a Stampin' Up! Crushed Curry ink refill as the paint. I had a nice watercolor texture, but them covered it up with Wild Honey Distress Oxide ink through the Tim Holtz Ringer stencil. I had a precut film strip from my Silhouette and used Stampin' Up! Island Indigo and Broken China Distress Ink to color it. The color was a little bright and competed with the butterfly, so I knocked it down a bit by using a Bo Bunny Terrific Textures stamp in black ink on top of it. I wanted a little more black and chose a circle-pattern stamp from one of my favorite Stampin' Up! sets, Kinda Eclectic to stamp with Memento Tuxedo Black at the top of the square.
Yep, it still needed more. I added two pieces of greenery die cut from the Tim Holtz Sizzix set Garden Greens (just got this the other day and I love it). I used a piece of Kiwi Metallic Cover stock from the Paper Company that I've had in my stash for a long time. I finished off my little square by adhering three clear Fairy Drops by Poppystamps with Nuvo Crystal Drops. I mounted the square on Gina K's 110lb Pure Luxury white cardstock embossed with one of my favorite embossing folders, Tim Holtz Texture Fades Blueprint. Finally, to follow the sketch, I added my sentiment. For You was cut (2 cuts stacked for each word) with Spellbinders Simply Perfect Mix and Match Sentiments.
Frankly, I'm amazed at all the products I used. I've been in a bit of a creative rut lately and entering challenges is a great way to get out of them. Sometimes, throwing everything you have at something is just the ticket.
I am entering this at Freshly Made Sketches #524, Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge, and Passion For Markers Week 629 (Things with Wings), Hero Arts Challenge
Do you ever just throw everything you have at a card hoping something will work? That's what I did here, and I'm actually pleased with the way it turned out. I was inspired by the Freshly Made Sketches Challenge #524 (FMS524). I started out with one of my favorite digital stamps ever, a Hero Arts digital stamp of a butterfly. It is colored with pale blue, pale green, and brown Copic markers and then highlighted with Glossy Accents. Sadly, the shine from the GA doesn't show up in the photo.
I created a 2" square watercolor background using a Stampin' Up! Crushed Curry ink refill as the paint. I had a nice watercolor texture, but them covered it up with Wild Honey Distress Oxide ink through the Tim Holtz Ringer stencil. I had a precut film strip from my Silhouette and used Stampin' Up! Island Indigo and Broken China Distress Ink to color it. The color was a little bright and competed with the butterfly, so I knocked it down a bit by using a Bo Bunny Terrific Textures stamp in black ink on top of it. I wanted a little more black and chose a circle-pattern stamp from one of my favorite Stampin' Up! sets, Kinda Eclectic to stamp with Memento Tuxedo Black at the top of the square.
Yep, it still needed more. I added two pieces of greenery die cut from the Tim Holtz Sizzix set Garden Greens (just got this the other day and I love it). I used a piece of Kiwi Metallic Cover stock from the Paper Company that I've had in my stash for a long time. I finished off my little square by adhering three clear Fairy Drops by Poppystamps with Nuvo Crystal Drops. I mounted the square on Gina K's 110lb Pure Luxury white cardstock embossed with one of my favorite embossing folders, Tim Holtz Texture Fades Blueprint. Finally, to follow the sketch, I added my sentiment. For You was cut (2 cuts stacked for each word) with Spellbinders Simply Perfect Mix and Match Sentiments.
Frankly, I'm amazed at all the products I used. I've been in a bit of a creative rut lately and entering challenges is a great way to get out of them. Sometimes, throwing everything you have at something is just the ticket.
I am entering this at Freshly Made Sketches #524, Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge, and Passion For Markers Week 629 (Things with Wings), Hero Arts Challenge
Alphabet dies are so handy to have around. Of course, you'll use them to spell out sentiments and page titles, but what about a nifty background? On this simple birthday card, I started by stamping the Happy Birthday outline. I colored the Happy with a purple marker and the Birthday with a turquoise. Next, I used the matching dies in the set to cut out each word. Then I wanted to do something really different in the background, so I die cut To You 10 times and glued it onto 4.25" x 5.5" card front over and over.
I used some Post-it Tape to both hold my card to my glass mat, and give me a baseline to lay the letters against. I wanted to mat the To You white background to a colorful piece of cardstock so I trimmed off a bit of the edges to make it 5.25" x 4" which really emphasized the repeating pattern.
Finally I adhered the Happy Birthday onto my To You layer using pop dots to make it stand out. I finished it off with some bling to give it a little oomph. White space on a card is really easy on the eyes, and giving it some texture is often a great idea.
Thanks for checking in on my blog today. I hope you get to create something fun today.
Ingredients:
CS: Stampin' Up! Whisper White (white letters), Neenah Classic Crest Solar White 110lb (colored sentiment), Stampin' Up! Bermuda Bay
Stamps and dies: Poppystamps Marzipan Greetings Stamp and die set
Markers: 1 purple Copic, 1 turquoise Copic
Embellisments: purple from my stash, turquoise is Poppystamps Christmas Fairy Jewels
Alphabet dies are so handy to have around. Of course, you'll use them to spell out sentiments and page titles, but what about a nifty background? On this simple birthday card, I started by stamping the Happy Birthday outline. I colored the Happy with a purple marker and the Birthday with a turquoise. Next, I used the matching dies in the set to cut out each word. Then I wanted to do something really different in the background, so I die cut To You 10 times and glued it onto 4.25" x 5.5" card front over and over.
I used some Post-it Tape to both hold my card to my glass mat, and give me a baseline to lay the letters against. I wanted to mat the To You white background to a colorful piece of cardstock so I trimmed off a bit of the edges to make it 5.25" x 4" which really emphasized the repeating pattern.
Finally I adhered the Happy Birthday onto my To You layer using pop dots to make it stand out. I finished it off with some bling to give it a little oomph. White space on a card is really easy on the eyes, and giving it some texture is often a great idea.
Thanks for checking in on my blog today. I hope you get to create something fun today.
Ingredients:
CS: Stampin' Up! Whisper White (white letters), Neenah Classic Crest Solar White 110lb (colored sentiment), Stampin' Up! Bermuda Bay
Stamps and dies: Poppystamps Marzipan Greetings Stamp and die set
Markers: 1 purple Copic, 1 turquoise Copic
Embellisments: purple from my stash, turquoise is Poppystamps Christmas Fairy Jewels
My snowflake dies are put away and my red and green cardstock is filed. Now is the perfect time to start on birthday cards for the month and the year. I am on the Poppystamps blog today as part of the monthly challenge team and our theme is birthday cards. I used some of my favorite Whittle dies to create this punny card.
I cut the two hippos from some blue cardstock. The innertube die which is part of the Floating Hippo die, I cut with the same pink as the flamingo.
Then I layered everything and glued it together. I wanted to keep the color scheme tight so I only used two colors of cardstock along with white. I die cut the Poppystamps Marzipan Alphabet letters from the same two colors.
My snowflake dies are put away and my red and green cardstock is filed. Now is the perfect time to start on birthday cards for the month and the year. I am on the Poppystamps blog today as part of the monthly challenge team and our theme is birthday cards. I used some of my favorite Whittle dies to create this punny card.
I cut the two hippos from some blue cardstock. The innertube die which is part of the Floating Hippo die, I cut with the same pink as the flamingo.
Then I layered everything and glued it together. I wanted to keep the color scheme tight so I only used two colors of cardstock along with white. I die cut the Poppystamps Marzipan Alphabet letters from the same two colors.
I just love a good card challenge (or two, or three). I decided to make a card to enter both a MFT Stamps challenge and the Color Throwdown Challenge this week. The MFT Challenge called for a mini slimline with the measurements of 3 x 6". I've only made two of these before, so I was up for the challenge again. Color Throwdown asked for using bright pink, bright turquoise blue, bright lime green and black. This adorable van and surfboard from MFT's Sunny Vibes stamp set was going to be perfect (and a world away from all the Christmas stuff I've been making).
I am a giant fan of Inge Groot, one of the members of the MFT Design Team and an amazing card maker. Check out her excellent work here. I wanted to use her style of a white background and then plenty of colorful layers. I colored the van and surfboard with alcohol ink markers and simply skipped the items that would not have been one of the 4 colors in the challenge, hence why the tree trunks are white and not brown (an Inge Groot trick). I noticed that if I put the van down onto a white square it was really going to be white on white. So, I lightly inked the white square with Tumbled Glass Distress Ink to create some definition while still keeping to my color scheme. I glued down two die cut trees and then popped up the van/surfboard image on a die cut stitched square.
To create more color I added two more die cut squares (the blue is a little larger) sticking with my color scheme. To work the black in, I added a fishtail banner straight down the center of the card with a black and white polka dot paper. Then I used a sentiment strip popped up off a striped black and white scrap for more definition.
I was very pleased with how I worked all my colors together. I could get very used to this little format.
Challenges I'm entering: MFT Slimline Challenge, Color Throwdown Challenge ctd#672
Ingredients:
CS: Neenah Classic Crest Solar White 110lb
Stamps: Sunny Vibes by My Favorite Things
Dies: Sunny Vibes by My Favorite Things, Stampin' Up! Stitched Shapes, Art Impressions Nested Stitched Squares
Patterned Paper: Black & white polka dot by The Paper Studio, Poppin' Polka Dots by MFT Stamps, blue stripe is Stampin' Up! designer series paper (retired), black and white stripe is from the My Bright Life 6x6 paper pad by Jen Hadfield Home Made by American Crafts
Embellishments: Clear Wink of Stella on headlamp, Sentiment Strip by Paper Roses Black & White Sentiment Sheets
Markers: Copic, Spectrum Noir & Dick Blick
I just love a good card challenge (or two, or three). I decided to make a card to enter both a MFT Stamps challenge and the Color Throwdown Challenge this week. The MFT Challenge called for a mini slimline with the measurements of 3 x 6". I've only made two of these before, so I was up for the challenge again. Color Throwdown asked for using bright pink, bright turquoise blue, bright lime green and black. This adorable van and surfboard from MFT's Sunny Vibes stamp set was going to be perfect (and a world away from all the Christmas stuff I've been making).
I am a giant fan of Inge Groot, one of the members of the MFT Design Team and an amazing card maker. Check out her excellent work here. I wanted to use her style of a white background and then plenty of colorful layers. I colored the van and surfboard with alcohol ink markers and simply skipped the items that would not have been one of the 4 colors in the challenge, hence why the tree trunks are white and not brown (an Inge Groot trick). I noticed that if I put the van down onto a white square it was really going to be white on white. So, I lightly inked the white square with Tumbled Glass Distress Ink to create some definition while still keeping to my color scheme. I glued down two die cut trees and then popped up the van/surfboard image on a die cut stitched square.
To create more color I added two more die cut squares (the blue is a little larger) sticking with my color scheme. To work the black in, I added a fishtail banner straight down the center of the card with a black and white polka dot paper. Then I used a sentiment strip popped up off a striped black and white scrap for more definition.
I was very pleased with how I worked all my colors together. I could get very used to this little format.
Challenges I'm entering: MFT Slimline Challenge, Color Throwdown Challenge ctd#672
Ingredients:
CS: Neenah Classic Crest Solar White 110lb
Stamps: Sunny Vibes by My Favorite Things
Dies: Sunny Vibes by My Favorite Things, Stampin' Up! Stitched Shapes, Art Impressions Nested Stitched Squares
Patterned Paper: Black & white polka dot by The Paper Studio, Poppin' Polka Dots by MFT Stamps, blue stripe is Stampin' Up! designer series paper (retired), black and white stripe is from the My Bright Life 6x6 paper pad by Jen Hadfield Home Made by American Crafts
Embellishments: Clear Wink of Stella on headlamp, Sentiment Strip by Paper Roses Black & White Sentiment Sheets
Markers: Copic, Spectrum Noir & Dick Blick
Except for the sweet MFT figures, I custom created every die cut myself on my Silhouette Cameo 2. The background is using Distress Oxide inks blended together. All the coloring was done using alcohol markers. I printed the sentiments from my PC using a font called Libel Suit. The shaker elements are a mix of several things.
I am entering this into the MFT Sketch Challenge.
Ingredients:
CS: Neenah Classic Crest Solar White 110lb, lightweight CS for computer printing, light blue and glitter paper from my stash; acetate sheets
Stamps: MFT Stamps Warm Hugs & Frosty Kisses
Dies: MFT Stamps Warm Hugs & Frosty Kisses, all other shapes were custom created on Silhouette - no downloaded files
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Distress Ink Tumbled Glass, Distress Oxide Faded Jeans and Shaded Lilac
Markers: Copic, Dick Blick, Spectrum Noir Tri-blend Dull Green Blend,
Embellishments: Shaker - a combination of Recollections Specialty Christmas Glitter Snowflakes, Dress My Craft White Sunshine Sequins and Czech Seed Beads in Canadian White by John Bead; Uniball White Signo Gel Pen, mini jingle bells from craft store, ribbon, baker's twine, foam tape
Except for the sweet MFT figures, I custom created every die cut myself on my Silhouette Cameo 2. The background is using Distress Oxide inks blended together. All the coloring was done using alcohol markers. I printed the sentiments from my PC using a font called Libel Suit. The shaker elements are a mix of several things.
I am entering this into the MFT Sketch Challenge.
Ingredients:
CS: Neenah Classic Crest Solar White 110lb, lightweight CS for computer printing, light blue and glitter paper from my stash; acetate sheets
Stamps: MFT Stamps Warm Hugs & Frosty Kisses
Dies: MFT Stamps Warm Hugs & Frosty Kisses, all other shapes were custom created on Silhouette - no downloaded files
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Distress Ink Tumbled Glass, Distress Oxide Faded Jeans and Shaded Lilac
Markers: Copic, Dick Blick, Spectrum Noir Tri-blend Dull Green Blend,
Embellishments: Shaker - a combination of Recollections Specialty Christmas Glitter Snowflakes, Dress My Craft White Sunshine Sequins and Czech Seed Beads in Canadian White by John Bead; Uniball White Signo Gel Pen, mini jingle bells from craft store, ribbon, baker's twine, foam tape
Thanksgiving is right around the corner and I wasn't going to miss a chance to play with my sweet My Favorite Things Harvest Mouse stamp and die set. A friend of mine gave me a set of neutral colored mini slimline notecards (they open at the top, not the side) and envelopes and I immediately thought I could do something small and simple with them.
I colored all the images with alcohol markers, die cut them and glued them above a sentiment I stamped directly on the card. I wanted to leave a lot of open space above the images to make it a true clean and simple design. Now, how easy was that?
Ingredients:
CS: Pre-made Stampin' Up! Sahara Sand mini-slimline notecards, Neenah Solar White Classic Crest 110lb
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Markers: From Copic, Dick Blick, Spectrum Noir
Stamps: MFT Harvest Mouse with matching dies, sentiment from Stampin' Up! Lighthearted Leaves
Thanksgiving is right around the corner and I wasn't going to miss a chance to play with my sweet My Favorite Things Harvest Mouse stamp and die set. A friend of mine gave me a set of neutral colored mini slimline notecards (they open at the top, not the side) and envelopes and I immediately thought I could do something small and simple with them.
I colored all the images with alcohol markers, die cut them and glued them above a sentiment I stamped directly on the card. I wanted to leave a lot of open space above the images to make it a true clean and simple design. Now, how easy was that?
Ingredients:
CS: Pre-made Stampin' Up! Sahara Sand mini-slimline notecards, Neenah Solar White Classic Crest 110lb
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Markers: From Copic, Dick Blick, Spectrum Noir
Stamps: MFT Harvest Mouse with matching dies, sentiment from Stampin' Up! Lighthearted Leaves
I decided to enter a few challenges and let them drive my design this week. The Global Design Project CASE the Designer challenge was the most unique. The challenge was to Copy And Selectively Edit from this original.
I am still enjoying my MFT Harvest Mouse stamps, so I paired this mouse with 3 dies and one embossing folder. I colored the mouse and apple basket with alcohol markers and then die cut them. Next I used a stitch circle die with kraft paper and dry embossed the circle. I wanted to mimic the leaves in the original design and I used two different dies to do that. I wanted a red background to pick up the color of the apples and found this double-sided piece in my stash. I wanted to use a kraft cardstock base but wanted something to give it interest. I used a very old background stamp with Versamark on the card base. I assembled it all using both liquid glue and foam adhesive, and tied twine around the main portion just like in the original. I added the sentiment after I’d heat embossed it.
Ingredients
CS: Stampin' Up! Crumb Cake, Soft Suede, Neenah Classic Crest Solar White 110lb
Patterned Paper: unknown - from my stash
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Versamark embossing ink
Stamps: My Favorite Things Harvest Mouse, friend definition background stamp - unknown (maybe Hero Arts)
Dies: Circle: Stampin' Up! Stitched Shapes, Poppystamps Poinsettia Background, David Tutera for Sizzix Eucalyptus, MFT Harvest Mouse
Markers: Copic & Dick Blick alcohol markers
Embellishments: Stampin' Up! linen thread, Nuvo Crystal Drops Dandelion Yellow, Taylored Expressions white embossing powder, Darice fall leaves embossing folder, Signo Uniball white gel pen
Challenges: The Global Design Project #GDP316, AAA Challenge Birthday Card Challenge
, Craft Animals Challenge
I decided to enter a few challenges and let them drive my design this week. The Global Design Project CASE the Designer challenge was the most unique. The challenge was to Copy And Selectively Edit from this original.
I am still enjoying my MFT Harvest Mouse stamps, so I paired this mouse with 3 dies and one embossing folder. I colored the mouse and apple basket with alcohol markers and then die cut them. Next I used a stitch circle die with kraft paper and dry embossed the circle. I wanted to mimic the leaves in the original design and I used two different dies to do that. I wanted a red background to pick up the color of the apples and found this double-sided piece in my stash. I wanted to use a kraft cardstock base but wanted something to give it interest. I used a very old background stamp with Versamark on the card base. I assembled it all using both liquid glue and foam adhesive, and tied twine around the main portion just like in the original. I added the sentiment after I’d heat embossed it.
Ingredients
CS: Stampin' Up! Crumb Cake, Soft Suede, Neenah Classic Crest Solar White 110lb
Patterned Paper: unknown - from my stash
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Versamark embossing ink
Stamps: My Favorite Things Harvest Mouse, friend definition background stamp - unknown (maybe Hero Arts)
Dies: Circle: Stampin' Up! Stitched Shapes, Poppystamps Poinsettia Background, David Tutera for Sizzix Eucalyptus, MFT Harvest Mouse
Markers: Copic & Dick Blick alcohol markers
Embellishments: Stampin' Up! linen thread, Nuvo Crystal Drops Dandelion Yellow, Taylored Expressions white embossing powder, Darice fall leaves embossing folder, Signo Uniball white gel pen
Challenges: The Global Design Project #GDP316, AAA Challenge Birthday Card Challenge
, Craft Animals Challenge
I haven't made a spinner card in years, but I want to send one to a family with young kids for Christmas. No time like the present.
Ingredients
Cardstock: Gina K Pure Luxury Heavyweight, Neenah Classic Crest Solar White 110lb, Bazzill Icy Mint 80lb
Stamps: MFT Warm Hugs & Frosty Kisses, snowflakes from Stampin' Up! Perpetual Birthday Calendar
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, White Picket Distress Ink, Mermaid Lagoon and Tumbled Glass Distress Oxides
Alcohol Markers: Dick Blick, Spectrum Noir Tri-blend Dull Green, Copic markers on Neenah CS
Dies: MFT Spin & Slide Channels, MFT Warm Hugs & Frosty Kisses, Lawn Fawn Stitched Hillside Borders
Extras: MFT Spin & Slide discs, Signo White Gel pen, Nuvo Crystal Drops in Morning Dew
Challenges: MFT Slimline card challenge, Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge,
I haven't made a spinner card in years, but I want to send one to a family with young kids for Christmas. No time like the present.
Ingredients
Cardstock: Gina K Pure Luxury Heavyweight, Neenah Classic Crest Solar White 110lb, Bazzill Icy Mint 80lb
Stamps: MFT Warm Hugs & Frosty Kisses, snowflakes from Stampin' Up! Perpetual Birthday Calendar
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, White Picket Distress Ink, Mermaid Lagoon and Tumbled Glass Distress Oxides
Alcohol Markers: Dick Blick, Spectrum Noir Tri-blend Dull Green, Copic markers on Neenah CS
Dies: MFT Spin & Slide Channels, MFT Warm Hugs & Frosty Kisses, Lawn Fawn Stitched Hillside Borders
Extras: MFT Spin & Slide discs, Signo White Gel pen, Nuvo Crystal Drops in Morning Dew
Challenges: MFT Slimline card challenge, Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge,
I just love the MFT Warm Hugs & Frosty Kisses stamps and dies, and when I found a sketch challenge from MFT and a color challenge on Color Throwdown, I had my plan. Putting the star together was a challenge. I used my Silhouette to cut the star. I used Chipped Sapphire Distress Oxide to ink the sky, with a few well placed water droplets for stars. Next I used the Lawn Fawn Stitched Hillside Borders dies to cut the hills. If I had thought it through, I simply would have used precut stars with the hillside borders, so everything would stack neatly. Instead I just used some scrap cardstock and glued it down, then trimmed the edges to fit the star shape base. That was not easy. I used light blue cardstock sprayed with pearl glimmer mist for the ice. I did precut this in a star shape, so that made fitting the lower half onto the star very easy. The sweet doggy and penguin are colored with alcohol ink markers. The sentiment is printed from my laser printer and backed with a slip of SU's Night of Navy.
Ingredients:
CS: Neenah Classic Crest Solar White 110lb, Gina K Pure Luxury 110lb, Stampin' Up! Crumb Cake, Night of Navy (under sentiment), Seaside Spray (ice)
Stamps: MFT Warm Hugs & Frosty Kisses
Ink: Tuxedo Black Memento Ink, Stampin' Up! Smoky Slate (ice patch)
Dies: MFT Warm Hugs & Frosty Kisses, Lawn Fawn Stitched Hillside Borders
Alcohol Ink markers: Copic B41, B45, Dick Blick cool grays
Glimmer effects: Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist in Pearl, Clear Wink of Stella on trees
Embellishments: Stampin' Up! Elegant Faceted Gems
Challenges: MFT Sketch Challenge 557, Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge, Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge, Kat Scrappiness September Challenge, Clever Dexter Challenge 21, Color Throwdown 658
I just love the MFT Warm Hugs & Frosty Kisses stamps and dies, and when I found a sketch challenge from MFT and a color challenge on Color Throwdown, I had my plan. Putting the star together was a challenge. I used my Silhouette to cut the star. I used Chipped Sapphire Distress Oxide to ink the sky, with a few well placed water droplets for stars. Next I used the Lawn Fawn Stitched Hillside Borders dies to cut the hills. If I had thought it through, I simply would have used precut stars with the hillside borders, so everything would stack neatly. Instead I just used some scrap cardstock and glued it down, then trimmed the edges to fit the star shape base. That was not easy. I used light blue cardstock sprayed with pearl glimmer mist for the ice. I did precut this in a star shape, so that made fitting the lower half onto the star very easy. The sweet doggy and penguin are colored with alcohol ink markers. The sentiment is printed from my laser printer and backed with a slip of SU's Night of Navy.
Ingredients:
CS: Neenah Classic Crest Solar White 110lb, Gina K Pure Luxury 110lb, Stampin' Up! Crumb Cake, Night of Navy (under sentiment), Seaside Spray (ice)
Stamps: MFT Warm Hugs & Frosty Kisses
Ink: Tuxedo Black Memento Ink, Stampin' Up! Smoky Slate (ice patch)
Dies: MFT Warm Hugs & Frosty Kisses, Lawn Fawn Stitched Hillside Borders
Alcohol Ink markers: Copic B41, B45, Dick Blick cool grays
Glimmer effects: Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist in Pearl, Clear Wink of Stella on trees
Embellishments: Stampin' Up! Elegant Faceted Gems
Challenges: MFT Sketch Challenge 557, Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge, Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge, Kat Scrappiness September Challenge, Clever Dexter Challenge 21, Color Throwdown 658
It's been too long since I made a truly clean and simple card, so I was thrilled to find this sketch challenge from the CAS Colours and Sketches. And then I found a couple more great challenges (listed below). I stamped my brand new Sunny Vibes "beach doggy" on cardstock, colored with Copics and Dick Blick alcohol markers (see below) and then stamped the perfect sentiment from the same stamp set repeatedly (yes, a stamp platform is mandatory for this). Pop-dotted the little cutie and I was done.
It's been too long since I made a truly clean and simple card, so I was thrilled to find this sketch challenge from the CAS Colours and Sketches. And then I found a couple more great challenges (listed below). I stamped my brand new Sunny Vibes "beach doggy" on cardstock, colored with Copics and Dick Blick alcohol markers (see below) and then stamped the perfect sentiment from the same stamp set repeatedly (yes, a stamp platform is mandatory for this). Pop-dotted the little cutie and I was done.
Inspired by a Toni Maddox (@frankiehelpscraft) card using this Bubbles of Joy stamp set from Lawn Fawn, I gave my mice a cute house complete with door, chimney and a very nice lawn. I limited myself to 3 colors: pink, gray and mint green in order to stick with a color challenge theme. That color restrictions made for a lot of fun. I am still in love with slimline cards.
Inspired by a Toni Maddox (@frankiehelpscraft) card using this Bubbles of Joy stamp set from Lawn Fawn, I gave my mice a cute house complete with door, chimney and a very nice lawn. I limited myself to 3 colors: pink, gray and mint green in order to stick with a color challenge theme. That color restrictions made for a lot of fun. I am still in love with slimline cards.
Stamp Set: Tweet Friends by MFT
Markers: Spectrum Noir, Dick Blick and Copic
Stencil: homemade starburst
Ink: Memento Black, Daffodil Delight
Sentiment is die cut by Silhouette machine using Bebas Neue font, computer printed using the font KG What Does the Fox Say
Stamp Set: Tweet Friends by MFT
Markers: Spectrum Noir, Dick Blick and Copic
Stencil: homemade starburst
Ink: Memento Black, Daffodil Delight
Sentiment is die cut by Silhouette machine using Bebas Neue font, computer printed using the font KG What Does the Fox Say
This was a super fun slimline card to put together from a LOT of pieces. I used 2 different sets of dies, alcohol markers, stencils and a Stampin' Up! punch. Entering this into several challenges.
This was a super fun slimline card to put together from a LOT of pieces. I used 2 different sets of dies, alcohol markers, stencils and a Stampin' Up! punch. Entering this into several challenges.
