Make It Monday #293 - Color Slider Cards

Hello friends.  Lizzie Jones is hosting this weeks Make It Monday challenge and shows us how to make an interactive slider card with color.

This was definitely a FUN challenge and I've been having a good time pulling on the slider piece to reveal the colored image...guess I'm just a kid at heart!!  I decided to use the Summer Hills stamp set for my card as the main image in the set is an outline stamp and is also small enough to fit in the 2 1/2 wide width of the frame piece.

Here it is all closed up and layered against a Harvest Gold piece of DSP.  And because I'm still in love with that tiny little banner die from the Stemmed Statements set, I had to add that to my card for the sentiment along with some black & white bakers twine.  I love how everything is black & white except for the piece of DSP when the tab isn't pulled!

And here's the card with the tab fully pulled up.  After I got the whole frame closed up I thought about adding glitter or sequins, but then thought that might have tripped the sliding part up...might have to try another one to see if that would work though!  :0)

Still time to play along, so check out Lizzie's video and beautiful card right HERE and then join in the FUN!!

Thanks so much for stopping by today...I love it when you do!

Simon Says: Anything Goes Wednesday Challenge

Hello friends.  Playing along with the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge, where this week it's Anything Goes!

I'm using a new to me stamp set from SSS called Bouquet Of Thanks.

I embossed the image in black and then used my Zigs to water color the flowers and stems.  I don't know if there really are actual blue flowers like this, but I just love the blue, purple and green color combination!  After it dried, I stamped in light gray the script from MFT's Pretty Poppies, and then added a sentiment banner from the Bouquet Of Thanks set.  A few sequins finished off my card.

There's still another day left for this challenge and LOTS of BEAUTIFUL inspiration of all kinds, so check it out and play along right HERE.

Thanks so much for stopping by today...I love it when you do!

The Challenge #93

Hello friends.  Playing along with The Challenge over at Always Playing With Paper, where this week it's a "Keyword Challenge"!

I managed to include all of them except for the monochromatic by using MFT's Beast Friends.

I minimally colored one of the Beast images with some Copics and then added a butterfly from MFT's Tweet On You set.  I did some light blending around the Beast, and then die cut him in a circle using a Gina Marie Designs die.  Layered him on a kraft layer and attached to a white card base, and then stamped my sentiment from the Beast Friends set.  A couple yellow hearts (SU!) to match the yellow butterfly finished off this quick and simple card!

Check out all the great inspiration from the DT and then play along.  You can find it all HERE.

Thanks so much for stopping by today...I love it when you do!

Make It Monday #292 - Color Blocking

Hello friends.  Playing along with this weeks Make It Monday challenge over at Papertrey Ink where Laurie Schmidlin shows us 3 different ways to color block our backgrounds.

I needed a masculine birthday card and decided to try Laurie's technique of adding 3 colors of ink directly to an acrylic block, spritzing with water, and then pressing into your cardstock.  I had a "happy accident" while doing this technique that thrilled me!  My one large acrylic block had some goo on one side, so I applied my 3 colors (Blueberry Sky, Spring Rain, & Classic Kraft) to the side of the block that had grid lines on it for help in lining your stamps up.  And this is what happened:

Doesn't that look so cool with the grid lines on my cardstock?!!  I love it!  I never realized the grid lines were actually etched into the acrylic block, so the ink never got into those crevices and left the lines to show up.

The stamp set Hands Of Time has been around for  quite awhile now, but I just ordered it a couple months ago and had not used it yet.  I ordered it specifically for masculine cards and so this seemed like a perfect time to use it!

I stamped my sentiment first, and then splattered a bit of black ink onto the card front.  Next I die cut the clock face from kraft cardstock and then did a little embossing with copper embossing powder.  I stamped 2 smaller clock faces in black to even out the balance of the card.  I mounted the top layer to a kraft card base and then added a piece of black bakers twine to finish off the card.

Check out Laurie's great video and 3 BEAUTIFUL cards (I especially LOVED her butterfly card and would have liked nothing better than to completely CASE it, but I controlled myself!) right HERE and then play along!

Thanks so much for stopping by today...I love it when you do!

Papertrey Ink's July 2017 Blog Hop

Hello friends.  It's the 25th and that means it's time for Papertrey Ink's Blog Hop!  This month Nichole gave us a beautiful inspiration photo done in all soft blue's and white...take a look:

While I'm assuming this is a wedding invitation, I went a little off direction towards creating a stationery set and using the soft blues (Blueberry Sky) and white, gold, seam binding ribbon, and flowers.  

I made a set of 4 single sided note cards using the new Stemmed Statements set and then clear embossed them before blending a bit of Blueberry Sky ink over the flowers.  The sentiment (from Winter Woods) was embossed in gold and I also embossed the edges in gold before mounting to a Blueberry Sky base.  I made matching envelopes with the Blueberry Sky DSP, and because I had strips of the DSP left over, I added a small strip to the left hand side of each of the note cards.

And of course I had to stamp the flower on the outside of the coordinating envelope so it all matched!

I used one of the clear plastic boxes that PTI sends their stamp sets in to house my set of note cards, and then did a belly band of the same Blueberry Sky DSP along with a piece of seam binding ribbon and a little lace flower that I dipped in Autumn Rose ink.

And now I have a beautiful little set of note cards ready to be gifted to one of my friends who has a birthday next month!  Nothing like being a little a head of the game...love it!!  :0)

Now it's time for my favorite part of the blog hop...to go hopping and see how everyone else was inspired by this month's beautiful photo!  You can check it all out right HERE.

Thanks so much for stopping by...I love it when you do!  And pssssst...today is my 1000th POST...that's a LOT of cards since I started my blog back in the Fall of 2012!!  Happy times!!

Black & White And A POP Of Color!

Hello friends.  Playing along with two different challenges today...The Challenge #92 and the Double D Challenge.  Both challenges are asking for black & white and a POP of color!

Had a new WPlus9 stamp to play with (Beautiful Bouquets: Mums) and I think it worked out perfectly for both of these challenges.

I embossed the image in black on a piece of Bristol Smooth cardstock and then used a yellow Zig marker to color a little bit in the middle of the flowers and then used an Aqua Painter brush to move some of the color to the outer edges.  I did use a tiny bit of gray on the leaves as I didn't want to leave them white and figured since it is a neutral color it would be ok.  I finished by matting it on some black and then attached to a white card base.  A little bit of black bakers twine, a small banner (PTI's Stemmed Statements), and a few Rainstones finished off my card.  Here's a closer up:

Both challenges are open for a little bit yet and absolutely GORGEOUS inspiration on both sites!  You can check out The Challenge #92 HERE and the Double D Challenge HERE.

Thanks so much for stopping by today...I love it when you do!

Happy Birthday Birgit!

Hello friends.  It's a special birthday for my dear friend Birgit ( Crafting While I Wait ) and I couldn't let this day go by without sending some special wishes her way!

Sometimes I think I am the queen of buying stamp kits and then after opening them up, I put them back in the box and up on the shelf...mostly because I am overwhelmed by all the pieces!  But in honor of Birgit's birthday, I persevered and finished a card using PTI's Make It Market Kit: Market Street!

Once I got going I really had fun and am pleased with the way it turned out!  And now that I know how all the pieces work together, I will definitely make some more with the kit...especially the apples and pumpkins for this fall!

So happy, happy birthday Birgit!  I hope you have a truly wonderful day that includes some gifts and chocolate and maybe a birthday cake too?!!  And most of all I hope God truly blesses you in this coming year!!