Floral Card with Loads of Dimension

Concord and 9th has a wonderful set of floral dies, stamps and matching embossing folder called Paper Posy. I had to purchase them. 

Paper Posy Card

Flowers usually makes an appearance on most Scrapbooking Layouts and certainly on Feminine Cards. It's easy to have some down time and just run dies through the Anna Griffin Empress Elite, then when I want to create - easy peasy! Starting with a Hexagon Cover Stipple Background Die, placed on a card base, it's time to create with those die cut and embossed flower pieces. This card has four colors of flowers, I just layered them up using Bearly Arts Glue and added some sparkly mylar for centers. I chose a textured green card stock for the leaves adding more dimension. A teeny tiny matching stamp set fits inside the small sentiment die. A stardust pen edges that box and it's raised with Waffle Flower Foam Strips. Finally for some more shine, gems were added. Check out this box of gems I bought on Amazon. 

Have a Great Day and keep on crafting!

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Pattern Play Makes A Great Masculine Card

 When I saw Concord & 9ths Pattern Play, I knew it had possibilities.  I purposely chose different colors than my usual go to and once finished I had a card that could go for several sentiments.  My Son-In-Law had a birthday coming up and I used Honey Bee's Big Bold Birthday Stamps and Honey cuts.

I tell you now, if you do a lot of die cutting the Anna Griffin Empress Elite is the way to go.   Splurge on it and you won't be disappointed!  It's the machine I reach for most.

I grabbed several scraps to fill this card front with two metallics and was pleased with my choices.  Got to love Bearly Arts Glue for adhering all these shapes down.  For my sentiment, I stamped with Versafine Onyx Ink in my MISTI and then added clear embossing powder.  After I melted the embossing powder, I ran it through the Empress Elite.  Foam Strips raise the sentiment. 

Affiliate links used at no cost to you.  Not all links are affiliate, I just want to share what I used.  All products were purchase by me unless noted.  I don’t sell anything nor am I employed.  This is my hobby and I hope to inspire you to play :)

You Sparkle and Shine Card

Today's card was made using Concord & 9th Gem Turnabout Bundle.  Actually, I bought the stamp and then, later, the die and just really love how this card turned out.  Caution though, take care to not use a super juicy ink pad.  Some of the smaller images on the stamp can easily blur with a juicy pad.  

Four colors of Hero Arts ink were used:  Dusty Blue, Sapphire, Navy and Soft Granite.  All stamped with the Gem Turnabout in my Misti.   Using my Gemini Jr to die cut the Gem Dies and Stitched Rectangle from The Stamps of Life.  Versamark ink stamped the sentiment and silver embossing powder was heat set for a shiny greeting.  A stardust pen adds more sparkle to this card and finally the shiny black back ground paper was from a My Monthly Hero Card Kit.  Foam tape add dimension and Valerie Ice gems were attached with connect glue.

Have a great day and keep on crafting.

Affiliate links used at no cost to you.  Not all links are affiliate, I just want to share what I used.  All products were purchase by my unless noted.  I don’t sell anything nor am I employed.  This is my hobby and I hope to inspire you to play :)

Hello Friend Art Supplies Card

Todays card is for all the crafters!  I fell in love with this stamp set and decided to buy it on a Wednesday - well, let me tell you, on Wednesday Lara at Ink Road Stamps has a gift with purchase and that's how my order grew....sound familiar?  So take a visit to Ink Road Stamps on Wednesdays to get your shop on!

Holly Pixels Art Supplies Background stamp his stamped on Bristol paper and watercolored with Altenews Water Colors.  Details were added with a white gel pen, sparkle pen and glossy accents.  I backed this piece with blue card stock and attached to my card base.  

That's' when I decided it needed more.  Using Concord & 9th craft dies I die cut the scissors and layered them.  The sentiment is from a Hero Arts Monthly Kit and is heat embossed with white embossing powder.  Both the scissors and sentiment is raised with foam tape.  I made two of these and they are going out to two special friends!

Have a great day and keep on crafting!

Affiliate links used at no cost to you.  Not all links are affiliate, I just want to share what I used.  All products were purchase by my unless noted.  I don’t sell anything nor am I employed.  This is my hobby and I hope to inspire you to play :)

Two for One Cards with Dies

I hope everyone had a wonderful time celebrating the holidays!  We did, but of course having a 9 month Grandson, added to the mix of his two brothers, made it a little more interesting!  Always fun watching the kids enjoy.

Todays cards are made with Heartstrings Dies that I purchased with a gift card from Christmas (thanks Sue!).   A sale, coupon and a gift card makes this girl a very happy shopper!  Starting with a piece of shiny gold specialty paper, I cut using the Gemini Jr.  This die cuts the negative pieces but to get it as a separate piece you need to use the outline die.  Did not realize this until I started to play and decided to make two cards.  

I already had made some backgrounds using a stencil from Carabelle Studios called Tricot and some ink from Hero Arts.  I tend to make more than one background at a time when I pull out stencils.  They were die cut with Stitched Rectangles and then I began assembling the cards.  The first card has the panel raised with a piece of fun foam and the smaller heart has foam tape under for dimension.  The sentiment is from Ribbon Messages from Hero 
arts and it includes a corresponding die.  Congratulations was stamped with Tuxedo Black Ink and die cut with the Gemini Jr.  It was also raised with foam tape.  All of this is adhered on my green card base.

Card number two used the remains of the first gold die cut. They were pieced in place, with a lot of adhesive on the card base.  The sentiment is from Ornate Love and stamped with Tuxedo Black in my Mini Misti.  Thank goodness I did because several stampings were needed.  Finally, some sequins were attached with glue.  One of these will be an Anniversary Card for my parents who are celebrating 60+ years of marriage!!

Have a great day and keep on creating!

Affiliate links used at no cost to you.  Not all links are affiliate, I just want to share what I used.  All products were purchase by my unless noted.  I don’t sell anything nor am I employed.  This is my hobby and I hope to inspire you to play :)

Pineapples, Flowers and The Daily Marker Road Trip with Power Poppy

If you color ANYTHING then you will love the Daily Marker Road Trip as much as I did!!!  Marcella Hawley from Power Poppy hosted the St Louis event and she is a wonderfully talented and fantastic human!  Take a moment and check out her shop, I'm positive you will find as many pretties as I did.  Big shout out and thank you to Kathy at The Daily Marker.  My best friend and I had a great time and enjoyed Kathy's tips, our new friends (table mates) and our wonderful host Marcella!  Any excuse to spend a leisurely day coloring and crafting with my bestie is always a good one.  Picture below :)

Pineapple Perfection (Concord & 9th) is stamped on Neenah Classic Crest 110lb with Tuxedo Black Ink (Memento) and colored with Copic Markers. Copic Blending Solution and a rag adds texture while a white Gelly Roll Pen and black Micron Pen adds details.

Next is cards stamped with Cosmos Background Stamp (Simon Says Stamps) on Neenah Classic Crest 110lb with Tuxedo Black Ink (Memento) and colored with Copic Markers. Copic Blending Solution and a rag adds texture while a white Gelly Roll Pen and black Micron Pen adds details.  I chose not to color the entire image.

All three cards have sentiments from CZ Designs Simple Sentiments (Simon Says Stamps) that are stamped with Versa Mark ink and heat embossed with White Embossing Powder (Ranger).  Also each card has Fun Foam behind each image to add dimension.

Here's the picture I promised, Kathy, Becky, Me and Kim.

Have a great day and keep crafting!

Affiliate links are used at no cost to you.  Not all links are affiliate, I just want to share where I found them.  All products were purchased by me.  I don't sell anything and I'm not employed, this is my hobby and hope you are inspired to play :)

Cup of Cozy - Four Ways

Todays cards challenged me a bit.  I stepped outside my comfort zone to try something new.  We all fall into that "do what I do best" or "I've got a formula that I like".  This stamp set from Concord & 9th was a gift with purchase.  

First I stamped the mug from Cup of Cozy with versafine ink on to  Bristol Smooth cardstock.  Some time ago, I bit the bullet and bought the whole 96 set of Tombow Markers-time to color!  I watered those down by using a palette and water brush.  

This one has a background stamped with the coffee beans in AI's Hot Java Momma in Vintage Photo Distress Oxide ink.  Then I used Stitched Rectangles from Stamps of Life for the dark brown and stamped the sentiment with Versa Mark ink and covered with Ranger Seafoam White embossing powder and heated.  Then I stamped the steam with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and swiped Spectrum Noir Sparkle Pen for shine.  Finally I wrapped some crochet thread around the side and attached a button and tied a bow and added Glossy Accents to the liquid in the mug.

For this card I ran my Kraft paper through the Sizzix Big Shot in an Alterations embossing folder.  This time I inked the edges with the vintage photo distress oxide ink.  Stamped and heat embossed the sentiment on the cup with Ranger Gold Embossing Powder and added the tea bag.

The next two cards is when my comfort zone was challenged.  I used Kuretake Gansai Tambi watercolors on Strathmore Mixed Media, for the background.  I only used one color but I did add several coats after drying.  The steam was stamped with Fog ink from Stamps of Life and swiped with sparkle pen.  One has ribbon from Recollections Sheer Creations.

Have a great day and keep on crafting!

Shake Shake Shake that Shaker Box

I'm really enjoying mixing up my stamps and dies from my stash!  Today's card uses products from many brands.

First comes the coloring - I stamped with donuts from Lawn Fawn Donut Worry Stamp Set using Versafine ink on to Bristol Smooth cardstock.  Then I used Tombow Markers to color my donuts adding a wet brush to smooth.  Since I didn't purchase the coordinating dies, I used what I had to cut them out.  EK Success 1 1/4 inch Punch cuts the donut perfectly, for the inside I used my Crop-A-Dile II and set the hole punch to 3/16.  Then I stamped the sprinkles with Hero Arts Passion flower Ink.  Setting those aside, I started stamping on Neenah Solar White 110lb cardstock, my background with Sprinkles Turnabout from Concord & 9th.  Ink colors are:  Hero Arts Bubble Gum, Memento Lulu Lavender, The Stamps of Life Pixie and Ranger Sea Shell Pink all in the Tim Holtz Stamp Platform.  Next I created a donut box by using my Sizzix Big Shot to die cut a "frame" by using Squares and Stitched Square dies from The Stamps of Life.  One look at the "donut box" and I thought - shaker box!  So I grabbed some transparencies and cut a 2 3/4 x 2 3/4 square and used Scor-Tape to adhere.  For lift, I used two layers of foam tape all along the edges.  I placed my donuts on a scrap piece of cardstock, glued them down and placed some sequins in my "box" and secured them with the donuts piece. Next I wrapped my donut box with bakers twine from my stash.  

To pull my card together I used Recollection from Michaels Cardstock for my base.  For my sentiment, I stamped with Versamark Ink and sprinkled Hero Arts Pink Prisma Embossing Powder (that came in My Monthly Hero kit) and heat embossed.  Using Hearts in a Row Vertical Die Set from My Favorite Things I die cut the sentiments and adhered them down.  Used Scor-Tape to really hold my Donut Box down and my Stardust Gelly Roll Pen to embellish the edges.

Have a great day and keep on crafting!

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