This card appealed to me but I felt it could use more detail. I really do not like 1/4" layering. For me the thinner the better. So with my version I added a black layer to the banner element. The only other change I made was adding DIY Enamel dots. Other thoughts if I wanted to take it one step further would be to add glossy accents to some of the confetti on the outside. I just realized I...
I like to surf Pinterest for card ideas. While surfing early in January, I watched a video for a tissue paper technique that looked interesting. After watching the video I felt inspired and lucky for me it was a saturday which is my usual go bonkers in my craft room day. I am usually successful when trying new stuff, however with this technique I was sorely disappointed. The technique calls...
Since I got out all my flower dies I decided that my aunt will be getting a flower card. I pulled out some Impression Obsession dies that have seen little to no use. A watering can and a bucket. I already used the watering can on the two Garden albums I made for Christmas gifts, so that left the bucket. I had already pulled out a yet to be used Memory Box floral frame and had applied it to a...
I am lucky in that all the men in my family grow flowers and would LOVE this card. I could give it to my FIL or my husband and both would appreciate it. I used a variety of dies. So many I cannot keep track of them all. The greens were Impression Obsession and Penny Black. The Fence is Memory Box. Sun and clouds I will have to research but I think Lil' Inkers. The stitched banner is Lil'...
I have worked on my card making skills for almost two years now (I have kept track of my start date, Im kind of weird that way - April 2013). The first time I entered a challenge I was so nervous! I started with Split Coast Stampers challenges because I had spent some time with that group in the forums and knew them to be kind and...
For last week's F4A310 challenge at Split Coast Stampers which is to create something to color since coloring is all the rage right now. I made a lake cabin scene using the Stampscapes line of scenery stamps so I could color the scene with my copics. The eagle stamp I messed up, but I pressed on. After coloring I decided to try something. In the art world many pieces of art are split into two...
This is my favorite card from last month's Stamp A Stack (SAS). I like everything about this card and would happily give it to a loved one exactly as it was finished. However, that is not the purpose I set forth to complete. To add more to this card, I really distressed the edges of the embossed layer and took my Holtz Picket Fence Distressed Dauber to the edges.
I swapped out the...
Here's my second card to fill out the baby section of my stash. This time I chose pink papers from a 12 x 12 recollections pad. I used the distressed circles die (yesterday's blue boy die was squares). I tried to keep them looking somewhat similar so ripped the paper again (so painful). I used my MISTI to set a perfect sentiment. Ah the sentiment for both cards are Stampin' Ups Teeny Tiny...
I have a card storage container with dividers that I use for my own stash as well as for selling at a few local bazaars. I actually have two, one is dedicated to Christmas cards (which I love to make year around) and the other is filled with everything else. I noticed after a couple of new babies arriving late last year that I am OUT of baby cards! I cannot have an empty section so I put one...
I haven't worked with my flower collection in some time. So I pulled out my flower container and found my itty bitty white rolled flowers. I knew they were going to go on a red stitched heart. I chose a very heavy red glitter paper. To ensure my flowers would be secure on the slick glittery surface, I used Glossy Accents. I used a Holtz basic frame die from his blueprints sets, cut the frame...