Happy Independence Day

This Friday is Independence Day here in the USA so I thought I'd share a red, white and blue card created for the holiday.

I started by stamping the Freedom cannon in Memento Black ink on white CS, coloring it with Copics and fussy cutting it. The background was created by stamping the firework portion of the stamp in VersaMark ink on white CS, heat embossing it with clear embossing powder, then sponging on Night of Navy ink. The red panel was punched with a star border and stamped with VersaMark using the starry background stamp. The sentiment was stamped with black ink, die cut and sponged along the edges with some navy ink. The arrows were die cut and some stars were added as well.

There's still time to join this week's challenge to use something new on your card. You can see details here.

Thanks for stopping by today.

Until next week,
shelia

Something New Challenge

The Challenge at DRS Designs' this week is to use something new on your card. I just got the Spellbinder Flutter Tree die so that's what's new on my card.

I started by stamping the easy grass background stamp in memento Bamboo Leaves, then sponging some of the same green ink as well as TH Antique Linen ink to fill in the ground area. Some cloud masks were added before sponging Bashful Blue ink in for the sky. The tree was die cut out of kraft CS, the butterflies were cut from So Saffron, Bashful Blue and purple CS. They were attached with glue and then I used my Sakura Gelly Roll Stardust pen to add some glitter to the butterflies. The banner was die cut after stamping the Birthday Wishes in Memento Black ink. A purple butterfly was added to the left side of the banner.

 This was not a difficult card to create, but it was a bit more time consuming than I expected. It took me quite a while to die cut and glue all the butterflies onto the card. I do like the result. I think it's worth the time it took!

If you have time, we'd love to have you join in the fun. Show us what you have new!!

blessings,
shelia

Enjoy Today!

My card today features one of our new Leonard the Pig stamps. Don't you just love Leonard! I started with a white card base and added a layer of pink CS that was stamped with the Interlocking circle background stamp with VersaMark ink. A strip of white CS was punched on both edges with the EK Success Swiss Cheese punch. It kind of looks like bubbles, right? The bubbles were stamped with Memento Black ink between the edges and painted with some Luminarte Shimmer Spray. I just sprayed some onto an acrylic block and used a brush to add some shimmer to the bubbles. It doesn't show up too well in the photo. Leonard Behind the Bubble was stamped with Memento Black ink on white CS, colored with Copics and those bubbles were also painted with the Shimmer Spray. The Billboard Leonard was stamped with Memento Black ink on white CS. colored with Copics and fussy cut. The Enjoy Today sentiment was stamped onto his billboard with Memento Black ink. Some sheer pink ribbon and clear dew drops complete the look.

Thanks for stopping by today!

blessings,
shelia

Color Challenge

This week's challenge at DRS Designs is a color challenge.

 

These colors remind me of the beach so I used our new sand castle stamp and the sending you sunshine sentiment.

The card base is kraft CS that was stamped with the splatter background stamp in VersaMark ink. The pink layer was stamped with the same image and ink, then layered on the blue CS that was punched with a border that reminds me of sea shells. The Sand Castle was stamped with Memento Black ink on white CS, colored with Copics, die cut and layered on kraft CS. Some glitter was added to the sand and seashells. The vertical blue panel was embossed with the CB swirls folder and layered on the pink CS. The greeting was stamped with Memento Black ink and YoYo Yellow was sponged around the edges.  A bow was created with baker's twine using my bow easy. I stamped the starfish image from the sand castle, colored with Copics, fussy cut and attached it to the bow with glue dots.

We'd love to have you join in the fun this week. Check it out on the DRS Designs' Blog, here.

Thanks for stopping by today.

shelia

To Have and To Hold

This week DRS Designs is the proud sponsor of Love to Scrap and their challenge this week is "Holey Cardstock." Participants are to create a project with at least one hole in your cardstock so your stamping shows through. The hole(s) can be any shape and can be punched, die cut or hand cut. It can be layered and adhered to the card base or you can leave the open hole cut through the front of the card base. I used an oval nestie to die cut the opening in my card and stamped the To Have and to Hold sentiment inside so that is shows through.

After die cutting the opening, I did the same cut on another piece of white CS, then embossed this piece with a CB Damask folder and sprayed it with Luminarte Shimmer Spray. The white frame was created by die cutting the same oval along with a beaded oval shape. Some MS oval rhinestones were added to some of the beaded sections of the frame. A sheer white ribbon finishes it off.

We'd love to have you join in this challenge as well as DRS Design's weekly challenge. You can find out details here and here.

Thanks for stopping by today!

blessings,
shelia

Challenge

This week's challenge at DRS Designs is "On the Border." We want to see borders on your card. You can stamp the border, punch the border, die cut the border. You get the idea. Here's what I created.

I started by punching the star border out of white, blue and red CS and layering them on the white care base. The Let Freedom Ring sentiment was stamped on the white border strip with Memento Black ink. The top red panel was stamped with the Interlocking Star Background stamp in VersaMark ink. The Liberty Bell was stamped on white CS, colored with Copics, fussy cut and attached with foam dots. Some red, white and blue star buttons with baker's twine complete the look.

We'd love to have you join in the fun. You could be the winner of some great stamps! Details can be found on our blog, here.

Thanks for stopping by today.

blessings,
shelia

Tuesday Morning Sketch 253

This week's sketch at TMS is a great design and they've added a twist - make it masculine. So I decided to play along since I need a Father's Day card. You can find details here.

 

 The card base is black CS with a layer of gray that was embossed with a Darice folder after stamping the Father's Day sentiment. The main image was stamped onto white CS with Memento Black ink, colored with Copics and then the edges were cut with scissors. The vertical panel was created by stamping the same image in black on the gray CS. Some baker's twine and sequins finish it off. This was a fairly quick and easy card to create.

Thanks for stopping by.

Until next time,
shelia

Father's Day

With Father's Day this Sunday I thought I'd share a card I created for my Father in Law using the stacking blocks technique.

The card base is black CS with layers of blue. For the front I embossed the panel with a chevron folder. The sentiment is a classic one for father's day. How many of us heard this exact statement or one very similar from our dads? I love it! It is stamped with Memento Black ink on white CS, die cut and layered on black CS. Some black ribbon and yellow stars were added to complete the front.

The inside is cut to form the blocks. Isn't this a cute technique? I'm going to make a grad card using this. Grad and 2014 can go on the blocks. I guess I'd better get started on that card since the grad party is this Saturday!!  Anyway, back to the Father's Day card. I layered the same blue CS on all the panels on the inside after stamping them with the Polka dot background, Interlocking Stars background and the starry night background. The letters for Best Dad and the stars were cut with my Cricut machine. You can find out the details on how to make this stacking block card on Splitcoast Stampers.

Thanks for stopping by! Hope you can join this week's challenge at DRS Designs. You can see details here.

Until next time,
shelia

Challenges

This week's challenge at DRS Designs is all about pets. We have a rescue pup, a pit bull and boxer mix. She is the sweetest little dog and we love her so much. Our kids say she is spoiled rotten and that is probably true. Anyway, I used a dog theme for my card for this challenge.

I started by taking the two white panels and taping them together with removal tape, then I stamped the new dog bone image and the dog paw image all over for the background. I colored everything with Copics and then pulled the two layers apart. Both panels are layered on brown CS and then put back together so the images match up. I really like the look of this background technique. The top panel has the "Paws"itively Birthday greeting stamped in Memento Cocoa ink on the right side. On the left I punched the paw print out with a Fiskars punch. A dog bone brad finishes it off.

We'd love to have you come join the fun. You can see details here. You could be the winner of some great stamps!

Thanks for stopping by.

Blessings,
shelia

Sympathy

Sympathy cards are the most difficult cards for me to create. As I'm sure they are for many of us. I am in need of one this week and decided to use today's sketch challenge at Splitcoast Stampers and the Shining Light Challenge at ODBD for inspiration. Here's the result.

I started by stamping the last line of the DRS sympathy stamp (H029) only in Memento Black ink on the bottom right hand corner, then embossing this panel with a Darice flower EF. I sprayed the entire panel with Luminarte shimmer spray and set it aside to dry while I worked on the other elements of the card. Now looking at this card, you are probably thinking "what other elements?" And you're right, this should have been super quick, but not for me. I had the hardest time getting the vertical Bible verse to stamp straight. I must have stamped it 4 or 5 times, before getting it centered and aligned. One side was punched with a scallop border punch. Some white lace ribbon was added before attaching the Bible verse. Everything is on a white card base.

Thanks for stopping by today and taking a look!

blessings,
shelia

Birthday Bubbles & Christmas Snowflakes!

My card today features our two newest Leonard the Pig stamps: Leonard blowing bubbles and Leonard behind the bubble. I had a lot of fun working with these two stamps and thought they went well with this birthday greeting.

I started by stamping the Leonard blowing bubbles with Memento Black ink on white CS and coloring him with Copics. I used my circle nestie dies to cut a circle in the upper right hand corner of this panel and then added the blue ring, after sponging the sky in with Bashful Blue ink. The second Leonard was stamped onto another piece of white CS and positioned so he'd show through the "bubble." He was also colored with Copics. The birthday greeting was divided into two parts and stamped directly onto the main panel with black ink. Some Memento Bamboo Leaves and TH Antique Linen inks were sponged around the grassy area. Clear dew drops were added to the lower right hand corner and everything is attached to the Bashful Blue card base. I decided the bubbles needed something, so I sprayed some Luminarte Radiant Rain Shimmering Mist onto an acrylic block and used a small paint brush to paint some of the shimmering mist onto the bubbles. It's hard to see in the photo, but the bubbles do sparkle in real life.

I haven't been playing along in the weekly Merry Monday Challenges lately due to lack of time, but decided to make the time today!! Here's my card for this week's challenge to use aqua, white and other colors on your card. I used silver for my third color. This is also for today's Technique challenge at SCS to cover the background with border die cuts or punches.

I used two different shades of aqua CS and white for the borders that were punched with a MS snowflake border punch. Nestie snowflake dies were used to create the snowflake. CB snowflake folder created the background on the top layer. The sentiment was stamped with Memento black ink and cut with a tag punch. Some Taken with Teal ink was sponged around the edges. Some bakers twine and silver sequins complete the look.

This week's challenge is Holey Moley - used tiny holes on your card. We'd love to have you join the fun. You could be the winner of an awesome prize. You can see details here.

Thanks for stopping by today.

Until next week,
shelia