YAY! It's Your Day

Hi friends - welcome back for another fun sketch over at Splitcoaststampers! You can see the sketch live tomorrow or catch a sneak peek down below.

Goodness, we have so many friends graduating high school this year; one in particular is my co-worker's son - some of my absolute FAVORITE people! He will be attending KState next year so I wanted to make a masculine graduation card but also include KState colors - I think I got them all!


Pretty straight forward card; I added some embossing to the Steel Grey layer and lightly swiped the embossed circles with MFT's sweet tooth ink. The purple circle was cut by combining two MFT wonky circles; the flag is from MFT's blueprints with the sentiment embossed in white. The YAY! was embossed on vellum and hand cut, the arrow was from my stash. Everything was layered on to a Grout Gray card base. I tried the 'stick it' tape to adhere the vellum and boy can you see it on the darker colors. #fail

I NEED a good adhesive for vellum, any recommendations?

Thanks for stopping by; hope you have a great week!

Hugs,

WHAT'S IT TAKE?

Stamps: SSS Hello, Beautiful
Papers: MFT Grout Gray, Steel Grey and DP, PTI Smokey Shadow and Royal Velvet, vellum
Ink: VersaMark, MFT Sweet Tooth

Accessories: Hero Arts black and white embossing powder, MFT Wonky Circles, MFT Blueprints, Heidi Swapp arrow, cuttlebug embossing folder

Challenges:
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Love You So Much!

Hi friends - it's FRI-YAY; who else is as excited about Friday as me? Look, Friday has its very own fan club:


And not only is it Friday but I have a card to share with you! I stamped this flower from April's Hero Arts Monthly Card kit on Strathmore water color paper and embossed with white then I tried my hand at REAL water coloring; you know where you lay some color down, let it dry, add more, etc. Meh...but I will admit it grew on me. I did the entire flower and blue wash and put it aside for about a week while I thought about it. HA - true story!

I decided last night to finish it off; I NEEDED to create; that's my me time and I was desperately needing it! I did use my Zig Clean Color brushes to add some additional touches then kept the rest very simple. The 'love' is cut from vellum and sewn to the front of the card; I didn't have a small stitched flag so I used square pierced dies from MFT and cut the size panel I needed - so easy and worked perfectly; I trimmed the ends to create the flag and stamped the sentiment in Hero Arts black ink.

That's it - pretty easy and straightforward. And can I just say...I am the absolute WORST at gluing things on straight...the water color panel over the purple panel isn't straight and it drives me bonkers but I used creative tape which is SO STICKY and couldn't make a change once it was adhered. I'm told you can use waxed dental floss to 'unstick' your layers but I have yet to get that to work - anyone have any insight to share?

Anywho, thanks for stopping by; hope you have a GREAT weekend!

Hugs,

WHAT'S IT TAKE?

Stamps: Hero Arts April 2016 Card Kit (flower), Hero Arts LOVE stamp and cut
Papers: Strathmore water color paper, PTI Plum Pudding, Neenah 110 lb. white
Ink: VersaMark, Hero Arts Black

Accessories: PPP sequins, Zig Clean Color Brushes, Hero Arts white embossing powder, PTI vellum, Janome Sew Mini, MFT Blueprints

Challenges:
The Card Concept #54 (Spring Flowers)

Gold Prayers

Hi friends - welcome back for another fun sketch at Splitcoaststampers - the sketch will be live tomorrow morning OR you can catch a peek down below.

Super CAS; I used the gorgeous flower from Hero Arts Monthly Kit April 2016; sorry, it's sold out now but you can make this same card with ANY floral image you have! Here's a sample of some of the cards debuted with the kit.

I took the easy route and did some water coloring, adding some color with distress markers directly to the paper; the softer 'highlight' areas were done with a white water color pencil. I used Hero Arts Prayer Stamp and Cut for the sentiment and die cut; the 'prayers' was cut multiple times from black card stock and one time from MFT gold card stock. I added a few clear Pretty Pink Posh sequins to finish it off.

I added some glue in various places on the edges of the water color paper and once dry adhered Ranger gold foil; I also added some gold washi tape on the inside.

Thanks for stopping by; hope you have a great week!

Hugs,

WHAT'S IT TAKE?

Stamps: Hero Arts April 2016 Card Kit (flower), Hero Arts Prayers Stamp and Cut
Papers: Strathmore water color paper, PTI Scarlet Jewel, Neenah 80 lb. white (inside)
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Hero Arts Black

Accessories: PPP sequins, Distress Markers, Zig Clean Color Brushes, MFT Blueprints, washi tape, Ranger foil

Challenges:
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The Card Concept #54 - CAS

Birthday Prezzies for you!

Hi friends - welcome back for another fun sketch over at Splitcoaststampers!  You can see the sketch bright and early tomorrow morning or catch a sneak peek down below!

I already had this image colored but it fit better into a square than a circle, IMHO; the rest is pretty much as the sketch dictates. Remember - the sketch is just a jumping off point so be sure to join the fun!

Pretty straightforward card; nothing fancy - coloring with pencils, die cutting and this fun little arrow I have had in my stash hoard for a L-O-N-G time but hey...finally used one! ;)

Thanks for stopping by; hope you have a great week. Take care!

Hugs,

WHAT'S IT TAKE?

Stamps: MFT Adorable Elephants (Birthday sentiment), main image ???, no name on the block
Papers: PTI polka dot vellum, DP by MFT, MFT neutral, PTI Dark Chocolate
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, VersaMark

Accessories: white embossing powder, Simple Stories arrow, Heidi Swapp 'happy' die, MFT Blueprints, MFT pierced square dies, 

Challenges:
SC590

  Dragonfly Journeys - Challenge 54 - Earn Your Stripes

Viva la Verve Sketch

Hi friends - I was inspired to create using the Week 2 sketch from Viva la Verve (you can see it below) or follow the link. I started with a tag I had on my desk - just a good ole blank tag I had cut at some point and never used. I applied a thin layer of gesso, let it dry, then applied Distress Crayons through a stencil and then used ANOTHER stencil on top of that and applied a thick layer of whipped spackle and Bo Bunny glitter paste - it's soooo sparkly IRL!

I stamped the flowers from Verve's Love's Flower set and colored with Zig Clean Color Brushes using a wink of stella to spread and combine the colors. Not my fave but hey, I made it work! ;)

I added the 'amazing' die and tag line from MFT's Amazing stamp set and matching die - I originally die cut the 'amazing' from the same blue background paper but it just didn't pull all the colors together for me, so I cut it again from some Halloween orange paper - that works! I included a picture of the card with the blue sentiment, which do you like better? I added a drop shadow of the word in black card stock and finished off the card with enamel dots.

Thanks for stopping by; take care!

Hugs,

WHAT'S IT TAKE?

Stamps: MFT Amazing, Verve Visual Love's Flower
Papers: Doodlebug DP, MME DP, MFT Whip Cream (tag), vellum
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, VersaMark

Accessories: WOW black embossing powder, enamel dots, Zig Clean Color Brushes, Clear Wink of Stella, PTI small scalloped border die, MFT Amazing die, washi tape (inside), Dots and Lines stencil, Mini Mod stencil, Bo Bunny sugar glitter glue, whipped spackle

Challenges:
  VLVAPR2016

Dragonfly Journeys - Challenge 54 - Earn Your Stripes

Faux Watercoloring + Newton's Nook

I'm over at A Blog Named Hero with a couple CAS faux watercolor cards; stop by!

Hugs,

WHAT'S IT TAKE?

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Sketch w/inspiration from Jodi

Hi friends - welcome back for another sketch challenge at Splitcoaststampers - hope you'll check it out and join us this week, it's an easy and super fun one! (you can see the sketch below also)

I saw THIS card inspired by Jodi and did a CASE (copy and share everything); I used a different stamp set, one of my all-time faves, Doodle Buds by WPlus9. I also saw a video by Sandy Allnock using this same stamp set and decided to try REALLY REALLY hard to be a bit artistic and not such a perfectionist - my cards are far from perfect, but I definitely stress too much over coloring! :(

I cut the whip cream frame using Mama Elephant's Femme Frames and mounted with dimensional foam; so the black piece is recessed lower than the frame (impossible to tell from the photos though). I splattered on some Hero Arts Unicorn ink spray; the images were stamped in Memento Black on Copic paper but colored with Zig Clean Color brushes using no water.

I finished it off with SSS's Birthday Flowers stamp set, some white polka dots with everything layered onto a Royal Velvet card base.

Thanks for stopping by; hope you join the fun this week! Take care!

Hugs,

WHAT'S IT TAKE?

Stamps: WPlus9 Doodle Buds, SSS Birthday Flowers
Papers: PTI Royal Velvet and True Black, MFT Whip Cream
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Hero Arts Black (sentiment)

Accessories: Mama Elephant Femme Frames dies, Zig Clean Color Brushes, white gel pen, Hero Arts Unicorn Ink Spray, dimensional foam, washi tape, Copics

Challenges:

  SC589