Hello!

Good evening!! Have been having some technical issues and haven't been able to get my post up until late tonight, so late it is!!:)

I loved the new sketch for Retro Sketches this week!! (I know, I say that every week!!) The sketch was based on one of Arielle's cards. So here is the new sketch.

 And here is my card!!

I picked up the new Hero Arts succulents stamps and die a few weeks ago...just finally getting a chance to sit and play with it!! I decided to emboss the images onto different card stock and then fussy cut them all. The gold terrarium is a fun die that I cut out with some foam and gold foiled paper.

I hope you get a chance to play along with us at Retro Sketches!!

Hello!!

Morning friends! Today is a fun day...it happens to be my birthday!!:) I am heading to a fun little "German inspired" town--called Leavenworth-- in the mountains today and I am thrilled!!! We so miss the our German home...it's been about 5 years since we've been home and I can't believe it! We made such great friends and had such a great time there...anyway, today we hope to be a little home sick for Germany!!;)

 

I am excited to share this fun little one with you today. I love this Yeti. My little boy knew just who this was when he walked into my office...that made me happy!! This is the new retro sketch for today!! You'll have to pop over to the blog for the reveal of the sketch, but here is my take on it!! We are on sketch 146 this week!!

I stamped the Yeti first, them made a mask to put over him and then used a MFT hillside (can't think of it's right name to save my life...)die to make a little snow capped hill. I used tumbled glass distress ink for the beautiful blue sky! Yeti and Hello are both from Lawn Fawn, The thinking of you is from Hero Arts.

 

I hope you have a wonderful weekend!! I will be eating fun food, playing with my kids and getting spoiled all along the way...yay!!!

 

Take care and see you next week!!

Happy Birthday

Happy Saturday!! Saturday means a new Retro Sketch!! So, today's sketch was bases on a card of Tracey's here. And here is the new sketch!

 

And here is my card!

 I used a "bokeh" technique that I've seen a few times, and well my friends, I LOVE it!!! I finally got me a unicorn white ink pad form Hero Arts, it made this work SO much better than the last time I tried it w/o the unicorn ink, so get yourself a white unicorn ink pad from hero arts!!

 

The technique is super simple--I used some distress ink to color the background--peacock feathers and crushed olive. Then I punched three different sized circles out of scratch paper for my "stencil". I used a sponge and just put white circles all over! I used different "strength" of white ink, so I used the sponge and then reinked, and also used the sponge several times before reinking--to get lighter and darker ink. I have to say I LOVE this technique!! The "happy" die is from Avery Elle and the "Birthday" is from Hero Arts.

 

Thanks for stopping by!! Can't wait to see your take on the sketch! 

Cupcards To Go Color Challenge!!

Good afternoon friends!! I hope your day is going along wonderful and relaxing! This is my final post for today...such a fun day today!!

 

This post is a fun one...I'm hosting a color challenge over on the Cupcards To Go Blog!! If you are crafting today, there are challenges going all day long on the blog, so come over and play with a few!! I will share the image with you...isn't it yummy!? It came from weddingchicks.com. Loads of eye candy there!! So the color challenge is black, white, gold and splash of PINK!

Here is the card that I made for the challenge!! It was fun to think of ways to incorporate the colors...I do have to say, this delicata gold typewriter is much prettier in person than I could capture in my photo!! It is from Hero Arts. 

My polka dot white and black paper is from the Valentine kit...I was happy to find the perfect paper in my scrap stack!! The pink and gold paper is from American Crafts. I added a few of my lovely "more than I can ever use" stash of sequins. I think the black ones will be very popular in my creating this month...I might LOVE them!!

 

 

Enjoy the rest of your World Card Making Day.....

Happy Birthday

Hey there friends!! Hope you are well!! I am getting closer and closer to meeting my new baby...just 4 more weeks!! I've got all sorts of things going through my head--things I need to get done before my baby comes...but I haven't been feeling very good! This baby is really doing his own thing...very different from my other kids! I am still getting to the gym and am loving the sanity that  working my body brings, and am SO thankful my body isn't it pain during this pregnancy!  But in all other areas, I'm not doing quite as well! So, that is the reason for my blog being quiet the last few weeks! I am hoping my surge of energy and feeling good comes back soon...I sure do miss it!:)

 I have a new paint splatter stencil from Crafters Companion, and guess what, I happen to LOVE it! I think it is such a fun stencil! I chose to work with reds/oranges and used my distress inks for this card...SO fun! I have to say, the more I distress inks, the more I LOVE them!!!



 I also used a new Hero Arts stamp set...isn't that typewriter fun!? I remember when my parents had a typewriter like that...it was SO fun to play on! I needed a quick birthday card for my daughter to take on a gift tonight, and thought this a super easy and fun card to send!

 

I hope you are all well...I will get back to reading and loving blogs again...hopefully not to far in my future! I sure do miss sitting and gawking over the beautiful creation in blog-land!! Take care my dear friends, and I do have cards ready to share for next week, so I'll see you back here soon!!

Thinking of You...

Good morning friends. I hope you are doing well this Thursday morning! I seem to be drawn to beautiful green things...I guess my person is ready for lots of beautiful green grass and if possible some flowers to boot! With the rain that comes to us in Seattle, we know the green WILL come...just hoping we don't drown in the rain that brings it!;)

Although today isn't Monday, I wanted to play along with the "Cure for the Monday Blues" challenge. I LOVE the pattern on the rug.... and the floral pattern on the wall and I LOVE the pops of bright color! I was excited to find that my stencil matched the rug... anyway...I love the inspiration photo...

 

I also used the new Freshly Made Sketch.  I loved the simple cleanness of it..as always!! This particular stencil is from Simon Says Stamp. I used Mowed Lawn distress ink for most of the color, then after I took off the stencil I lightly used my ink blending tool to add a little bit of Peacock Feather distress ink too. Just a little hint of the Peacock Feather... The Moxie Fab Challenge that is currently going on is about stencils... YEA!! I have been smitten with them...

My floral pattern is from an American Crafts Spring pad I picked up at Target the other day...and the colors are SO fresh and vibrant...I love them all!! The sentiment is also new for me, it's from Hero Arts Everyday Sayings set. I stamped it with some Hero's Hues Black ink.

 

My lovely feathers...were cut out of watercolor paper with the Wplus9 Fanciful Feathers dies. I used distress ink to water color them, then used some Martha Stewart Neon glitters to add some texture and shine!! I had to almost fight my daughter Ruby for these feathers...I was letting them dry on my desk and she spotted them...oh boy! You will be happy to know that she painted a whole bird worth of feathers today...and they have all been glitified and are awaiting being put onto cards when she gets home from school today!

 

The last piece of my card are my cute pink sequins...that are FLAT! They are a new Heidi Swapp RUB-ON! How fun are they...VERY!! There are some great shaped rub-ons that you will see in the coming days...SO much fun!!

 

I hope you have a wonderful day and I'll see you tomorrow for some more fun!! Thanks care and thanks for stopping by!! 

You're the Best

Good morning friends! I wanted to share a little something I made today...I just LOVE this little girl from Hero Arts! Isn't she fun? And she just wants to be stamped and colored! I think I've already made 6 cards with her! She's a fav, what can I say?

This card was made to play along with a sketch from the Inspired Blueprints Blog. This is their first ever card sketch and I thought I'd play along! This is sketch #39. I pulled out some DCWV modern paper, my cute little girl stamp, and a few nesties to get to work on this card!


I'll leave you with just that today...if you have any questions, please feel free to ask!:) Have a great one! See you tomorrow!

Hey There...

Hey there, Chickadee! Happy Saturday to you! I hope that you're having a great weekend...isn't the holiday season just the greatest!? We're totally still in the holiday mode and Monday is going to be a bit abrasive, I'm sure! Getting back to the grind after such a fun filled holiday feels so good, but it takes a few days to get back on track. But, I hope you have a great weekend!


Today I want to share a fun little card. I kind of started it with a Valentine in mind, but I think it could be great w/o the Valentine thought too! I love the sentiment, from PTI Everyday Button Bits. The owls are new from Hero Arts and I love them.

So, for this card, I stamped my owls and colored them in with copic markers(I do love those things! I know I'm a bit late in learning what JOY they bring to the crafting world, but I'm glad to know why everyone loves them so much!). I glitified one owl's belly and oultined her with a glitter pen. I used a 1 3/8" circle punch to punch them out and them mounted them on a chocolate chip scallop circle punch.


For the card base, started with white, added a layer of pumpkin pie that had taken a trip through the crimper. My patterned paper is from a SU scrappin' kit. I added a chocoalte chip border, that had been scalloped with my EK scallop border punch. I tied a 5/8" chocolate ribbon 'round and then added the sentiment in chocolate ink.


I added my owls to the card with dimensionals and then added some love. I punched the three hearts with my SU heart punch. I used pumpkin pie cardstock. I was going to just use one, but I really like the three of them layered!


Thanks so much for stopping by! I appreciate it! See you Monday! I've got a few samples to share from the new LAD singles for the month...see you then!

You're So Sweet

Morning friends! I just wanted to pop in today and say hello! I wanted to share another card with this sweet little girl! She just might become a favorite image of mine! Isn't she just too cute!? The same little image as on my post yesterday, but colored in a different color...and glitified with a glitter jelly pen...so fun!

Have a wonderful day and a great time with your last minute stuffs! Have a merry one!!

You're The Best!

Hello friends! Happy Tuesday! I needed a little break from the Christmas cards...I've got them in the mail...YEA! So, I thought I'd share some fun that I found yesterday! I went to Ben Franklin and found some of the new Hero Arts stamps! The sweet lady that worked in the crafting department even gave me one of the new catalogs...fun, fun, fun. So, I picked up a couple of cute little Sparkle Clear sets...this little girl and the You're the Best sentiment are one of the sets. I've got another sample of her for tomorrow...so stay tuned!
I completely LOVE this Amy Butler paper..the colors are fresh and clean and don't really live in the RAIN! I used copic markers to color in my little friend, then cut her out with my oval and oval scalloped nestabilites. I used my apron lace border punch with regal rose cardstock and old olive 1/4" grosgrain ribbon. My sentiment was stamped in Old Olive ink.

We're so happy that today has come, my parents are enroute to our house as we speak...and we are all SO excited for them to join us for Christmas! The magic in the air is so fun....I hope you have a great day!!

Thanks so much for stopping by!