TMS Challenge

Hi Everyone. I finally found time to create a card for this week's sketch challenge at TMS. It's an easy and fun sketch.

Here's the sketch:



And here's my card.

I started with the white panel and sponged on various TH DO inks using a Hero Arts Stencil. Once it dried I die cut the panel using a FL rectangle die, added the baker's twine and then attached the panel to the black card base using foam adhesive. The butterfly was stamped with Altenew Jet Black ink onto white CS, die cut and layered onto black CS. This piece was also attached with some foam adhesive. I added some black gems to the center of the butterfly, which is kind of hard to se in the phote.

I decided not to add a sentiment at this time. I'm not sure yet what type of card this will end up being. Thanks for the fun challenge! And for stopping by.

blessings,
shelia

Happy Memorial Day!

Happy Memorial Day! I have a couple of patriotic cards to share with you today. The first one uses the new silhouette soldiers, which I stamped in Versafine black ink ad=nd embossed with clear EP. Next I stamped the Camo background image in various shaded of green and brown ink. The panel was die cut and layered onto a kraft card base. The sentiment was stamped with brown ink onto the same kraft CS, die cut and layered to the left side.

The next card features the new patriotic bunting image. I stamped it three times onto white CS, colored with Copics and fussy cut. The fence was die cut using a Memory box die. The greeting was stamped with Versafine Blue ink, heat embossed with clear EP, die cut and layered onto a red die cut banner. The background was created by sponging some green ink onto the bottom of the card and then I stamped the easy grass background image as well. The sky was sponged with light blue ink using a MFT cloud stencil. I stamped a few birds for some added interest.

Hope you have a wonderful day and thanks for stopping by! You can see all the recently released images here.

blessings,

shelia

Annivsersay Fishes

Hello. Today I have an anniversary card I created using this week's sketch at TMS and a Hero Arts Fishy Stamp and Cut set. I think the little fish bowl is so cute and I like that you can stamp little hearts for the bubbles.

Here's the sketch from TMS.




And here's my fishy card.

The white panel was embossed with a CB Swirls folder. The layers of water were created with a Fiskar's border die. The fish bowl was stamped, colored with Copics and die cut. The hearts were stamped and then filled in with Nuvo Crystal Glaze. The fish were stamped, colored with Copics and fussy cut. There are dies for the fish, but I decided I didn't want any white edges showing, so I just fussy cut them and glued them in place.

Thanks for another great sketch!

blessings,
shelia

Fish

Happy Monday! Trust you had a great weekend and found some time to get creative. I've been having fun trying out the newest DRS Designs images, especially the 3 in 1 Ocean Floor. I really like the coral and plant images. So today I have an underwater scene to share with you.

I started by stamping the school of fish image and 3 in 1 Ocean floor images masking a few as I went. Once everything was colored with Copics, I used Elmers Rubber Cement to mask all the images so I could sponge in the blue ink for the water. This was the first time I used Rubber Cement for masking fluid and I was really pleased with how it worked. After rubbing all the glue off, I die cut the panel, added some stamped and fussy cut starfish, blue and green clear gems and the greeting. Everything was added to the purple card base.

You can see all of the newest images here.

Thanks for stopping by today.

blessings,

shelia

Baby Yoda

Hi Everyone. I saw this image from Kindred stamps and just had to get it. My kids and grandkids are huge Star Wars fans and I know I can use this image for birthdays, etc. I used this week's sketch from TMS Challenge for this card.

Here's the sketch:

Here's my card:

The background is from Hobby Lobby. A friend gave me a set of blank cards and I've been cutting them up to use as sky backgrounds for cards. I think they are really pretty. Normally I make my own sky background, but these are too cute to not use. Anyway, I added the black die cut frame and partial circle along with the die cut greeting. Stamped Baby Yoda onto white CS, colored him with some Copics, fussy cut and glued him in place. Lastly I added some Nuvo Crystal Glaze to his eyes to make them pop. 

Thanks for the great sketch TMS!!

blessings,

shelia

Follow Your Heart

Happy Monday Everyone. Trust you had a great weekend celebrating motherhood from afar. DRS Designs is about to release some new images that you are going to love. My cards today feature some of these new images.

 This first card features the new porthole (1039L) and 3 in 1 Ocean Floor (1040H) as well as the Woodgrain background, 4 in 1 Ocean Designs, Sea Shells and Enjoy Today greeting. I used this past Wednesday's sketch from Splitcoast Stampers. Isn't it a great sketch?

This second card features the fish from the 3 in 1 Ocean Floor image (1040H) and part of the new Go with the Flow Greeting (1049E). I saw a video on You Tube where a sun burst stencil was used to create the sunlight filtering into water and I wanted to give that a try. After sponging on a few shade of blue DO inks, I added the stencil and sponged on the lightest blue ink to give the illusion of the sun's rays. I really like the look of this. Of course I saw this video weeks ago and cannot find it now to share the link. I apologize for that. Once the background dried I die cut the panel, stamped and embossed the partial greeting, added the fish that was stamped, colored with copics and fussy cut. Instead of stamping the usual bubbles, I decided to add some tiny die cut hearts to go with with greeting. I added some clear Nuvo crystal drops to the hearts for some extra shine.

These new images will be available on line at the DRS Designs store today. Be sure to stop by and see these latest stamps.

Thanks for stopping by today.

blessings,

shelia

Happy 2020 Graduation!

Hello Everyone. My card today uses the sketch from TMS Challenge for this week. It's a cute sketch and I immediately thought of graduation when I saw it. With the Covid 19 pandemic, grad ceremonies are going to be quite different for kids. I've started working on some grad cards for the kids I know who are lamenting their grad ceremonies this year.

Here's the sketch from TMS.



And here's my card.

This graduate's school colors are gray and crimson so I went with those colors. The gray looks better in real life. Anyway, I stamped the grad background with SU Cranberry Crisp ink as well as the grad hat hooray image, cut the panels to the correct size and added them to the card base. The rings and grad cap were created using various die. The grad cap is popped up on foam adhesive.

Thanks for stopping by today.

blessings,
shelia

Happy Birthday!

This week DRS Designs is proudly sponsoring the challenge at CRAFT Challenges. It's their 11th birthday so of course the challenge is  birthday this week and the prize is a $20 gift voucher to the DRS Designs on line store.  Hope you can find some time to play along.

For my card I used the larger Happy Birthday from the Birthday Multi Greetings and the sweet cupcake. I die cut the white panel using a rectangle die from Fawn Lawn and then stamped the greeting in various inks using my Misti to keep it lined up nicely. The cupcake was stamped with Memento Black ink onto white CS, colored with copics, die cut and layered onto blur and green CS.I added some fun foam to it before attaching it to the white panel. Everything was glued onto the matching green card base. This was pretty quick and simple to create. I debated about adding some ribbon or baker's twine to the top, but decided to keep it more masculine. This will go to my nephew who'd birthday is the end of this month.

Thanks for stopping by and I do hope you can join the challenge. You could be the $20 gift voucher winner!

blessings,
shelia

sending hugs and thanks

Happy Monday Everyone. Trust you had a good weekend and found some time to get creative. We had our warmest days yet here in NW Ohio this past weekend and I found myself outdoors as much as possible. I even took a nap on the deck swing Saturday afternoon. Of course it's cooling back down, but it was nice while it lasted. :-)

I've been working on some sending you hugs cards for my husband to send to folks from church who are in nursing homes. He usually visits them in person, but with the pandemic that is not possible. I went with a simple design since I needed to make 20+ cards for him.  I die cut the word hugs from some inked up glossy paper I made ages ago. I'm not even sure I remember how I did it, but I'm pretty sure I followed directions from a Jennifer McGuire blog entry. I know it's alcohol inks on glossy paper. Once the word hugs was glued onto the white die cut panel, I stamped the Sending you part of the Sending you happy thoughts greeting onto blue CS, die cut and added to the white panel as well, then attached the white panel to a matching blue card base.

This next card I created for our vet. A week or two into the pandemic our poor dog, Sahm tore her ACL on her back right leg and wasn't able to put any weight on it. I wasn't even sure if the vet was open, but fortunately they were. She ended up having surgery and is now starting to walk on that back leg again. Our vet lives in our neighborhood and if we happen to be walking by his house when he's outside he always stops us and checks on Sahm. So I wanted to send a thank you from Sahm to him.

The dog paw background image, Thank you greeting, dog bone image and small paw print image were all  stamped onto white CS with Distress Oxide Vintage Photo ink. Everything was layered onto some kraft CS. I added some Nuvo Aqua Shimmer to the dog bone and paw print. It shows up nicely in real life. Inside I stamped the paw image for Sahm's signature. I didn't get a picture of that and the card is in the mail already. 

Thank you for stopping by today. I do hope you are staying safe and healthy.

blessings,

shelia