Friday, October 26, 2012

Halloween Card

Hello! I made this card with lots of help from my littles. It is a digital stamp that I colored with my Copics.
The background is silver woodgrain heat embossing over some Studio Calico paper from their newest basics collection. Thanks for stopping by.

Monday, October 22, 2012

Christmas Card #4

Welcome to my Christmas Cards for the year! This is the 4th one so far (I figure by starting in October I might get enough made to send to everyone on my list).
 
This card is made from new supplies, which I now keep in one bin until I use them, a tip from Jennifer McGuire in order to make sure they don't get forgotten about.
 
 
 
 
 
I finally got some Spellbinders dies (large oval frames) and I love them!! A long overdue staple in my collection to be sure. I cut the oval frame out of some silver glitter paper and then did a white oval behind it, embossing 'Noel' in silver. I dry embossed the arrows pattern onto some white cardstock and then distressed with Distress ink in a combo of Shabby Shutters and Peeled Paint.
 
 
After assembling I slipped a piece of 100% wool felt ribbon cut at the ends under the frame and added some Martha Stewart glitter to look like hanging tinsel from the top.
 
 
Supplies:
Cardstock: PTI White, Silver Glitter Cardstock (Joann's), echo park 6x6 Very Merry Christmas Pad
Misc: Cuttlebug Embossing Folder James Set, Martha Stewart Coarse Glitter, PTI Simply Chartreuse Felt, PTI Holiday Sentiment, Washi Tape from Etsy, Spellbinders Lage Oval Dies, Silver Embossing Powder, Distress Pads in Shabby Shutters and Peeled Paint.

Saturday, October 20, 2012

Christmas Card #3

Here's my third card for this Christmas season. This oh so adorable little boy is CC Designs from Simon Says Stamp and is called Christmas Baby
 
 
 
I used some copics to color him (and if you want to pick up some Copic Sketch markers at an amazing price, visit Dick Blick from now to 10/21 to get them for about $5.24 and if you donate to their Art Program, you'll get another 30% off that - so that's $3.67/Sketch marker - I know, right?!?!). There are some really great ones that go to support kids, I picked a local one to support. :)  I added this at the Simon Says Stamp Challenge blog, and right now, my favorite technique is Copic coloring - I just find that I really enjoy it. I've been stamping or hand drawing images and then sitting on the couch with the hubby and coloring them as we chat or watch a show.
 
 
Then I stamped a sentiment and mounted him on some Echo Park Paper (the left edge is the Hero Arts Woodgrain Background stamped and then I used some distress ink in the same color over the top for a tone-on-tone look.
 
By the way I have little kids and this is a great one to stamp and let them color - they love to participate :)
 
Thanks for stopping by!
 
Supplies:
Cardstock: PTI White, Kraft; echo Park 6x6 Very Merry Christmas
Stamps: Hero Arts Woodgrain Background, Paper Smooches Sentiment Sampler, CC Designs Christmas Boy
Copics: R05, R24, B00, B05, B99, YG17, YG11, E53, E00, E57
Ink: Distress Ink in Shabby Shutters, Memento Tuxedo Black
Misc: Corner Rounder, Cosmo Cricket Social Club Button, Twine, Postage Stamp Border Punch

Monday, October 15, 2012

Christmas Card #2

Card #2, here we are! More of all the same supplies as the first, but a different look.


First, cut some Echo Park Paper, used the border punch postage stamp, added some adhesive and glitter in strips(it's very glittery in person), tied some ribbon and added an embossed snowflake and sentiment.


Supplies:

Paper: Echo Park Very Merry Christmas, PTI Pure Poppy
Stamps: PTI Tag It's 8
Other: GlitterRitz Glitter, Sookwang 1/8" sticky tape, silver embossing powder, PTI Pure Poppy grosgrain ribbon, PTI rustic twine, postage stamp border punch 

Sunday, October 14, 2012

Christmas Card #1


 
Making myown Christmas Cards this year. This one uses the Hero Arts woodgrain background embossed in silver on Kraft Cardstock.
 
The a tag die from PTI and another die cut of holiday leaves inked in Chestnut Roan Chalk Ink. Added twine and a Paper Smooches sentiment.
 
 
Thanks for stopping by.
 
Supplies:
 
Paper: Cardstock - PTI Kraft, White and Chocolate, Echo Park 6x6 Very Merry Christmas
Stamp - Paper Smooches Sentiment Sampler, Hero Arts Woodgrain, Hearo Arts Envelope Pattern
Other: SIlver embossing Powder, PTI Rustic Twine, Colorbox Chestnut Roan Ink, PTI Tag Die, PTI Leaf Die

Saturday, October 6, 2012

It's Your Day, A Wedding Card

I made this card for a friend that recently got married. The colors were pulled from the wedding invitation. The sash on the dress was a piece I cut off the specialty paper on that same invitation.

The dress was made from the PTI Heart borders die and then flipped upside down for 'ruffles' on the dress. I made the glitter paper using Sookwang 6x6 single sided adhesive paper and then rubbed/burnished on Glitter Ritz glitter (you could get the same effect by using any paper and Sookwang double sided tape and covering it with any super fine glitter.

I drew the shape I wanted for the dress on a piece of paper and then cut it out. as I added each dress layer, I trimmed the edges to match the cutout edges. The background is stamped using LawnFawn's new Interlocking Backdrops stamp set. The enchanted evening (navy colored) paper got spritzed with Studio Calico Shine before adhering to a scored (hexagons) cardbase.
 
 
Supplies:
Cardstock: PTI Colors: Enchanted Evening, White, Melon Berry
Sookwang Sticky Paper
GlitterRitz Glitter
Stamps: Lawn Fawn Interlocking Backdrops, PTI Framed Out #3
Zing White embossing powder
PTI Button
Martha Stewart Scoring Board
Studio Calico Mister Huey's Calico Shine

Hanging Lanterns Hello Card

I saw a photo on Pinterest of some colorful hanging lanterns so I wanted to do a card with that in mind.

This card was created with white card stock, ink and stamps. Yep, that's it!

 
 
Supplies:
PTI White Cardstock
PTI Ink: Enchanted Evening, Hawaiian Shores, Aqua Mist
Memento Marker Dandelion
Stamps: Studio Calico 'Hooray', PTI Mat Stack 5 Collection, PTI Daydreamer Flowers, PTI Rosie Posie
1" circle punch
3D Foam Tape
Bamboo Crochet Thread