Summer Fun!

Happy Monday! Hope you had a great weekend. We have been having some unusually hot weather, but this weekend it cooled down quite a bit. Perfect weather for being outside. My card today celebrates being outdoors.

This was super easy to create. The card features our Golf Cart Girl and the Golf is greeting. Both were stamped with Archival ink onto white CS, colored with water color pencils, die cut and layered on red. For the white panel I dry embossed it with the CB Swiss Dots folder and turned it over. The back side looks more like the dimples on a golf ball. Once everything was attached to the white embossed panel I added some red Nuvo drops for interest.

I hope you are experiencing some nice weather and able to get outside and enjoy your favorite summer fun activity!

Thanks for stopping by today.

shelia

Joy!

We are having such unusually hot weather right now, I decided to create a cool snowflake card, hoping it'd cool me off. It didn't, but that's ok. Soon enough the heat will be gone and we'll be having usually cold weather. :-)

Here's my card.

I started with some watercolor paper and sponged on three different TH Distress Oxide inks added some water splashes and set it aside to dry. The word "Joy" was die cut using Spellbinders Small Die of the Month Kit from May 2017. The snowflakes are buttons that I purchased somewhere several years ago. I had exactly enough to do this layout, which is from this week's sketch challenge at Tuesday Morning Sketches. Here's the sketch:

Once the panel dried, I added it to a white card base. The snowflake buttons were added with some strong adhesive and then the word "Joy" was glued in place.

Thanks for stopping by today!

blessings,

shelia

Cupcake Inspiration!

Here's a card I created for this week's Cupcake Inspiration Challenge. 

Here's the cupcake:

I used the sketch design from today's Sketch Challenge at Splitcoast Stampers. I started with two watercolor panels, stamped the wavy lines on one and the palm trees on the other. The trees were heat embossed with black EP and the wavy lines with clear EP. Next I sponged on some Distress Oxide inks for the ocean and sky. The banners were die cut using SB dies and some of the leftover watercolor paper. The Happy Birthday was stamped onto the white panel with Versfine Onyx. The happy seal and octopus were stamped with Memento Black ink, colored with copics, fussy cut and glued onto the card. The starfish was added with a pop dot.

Thanks for stopping by!

blessings,

shelia

Challenges

I have discovered a couple of new to me sites that have challenges. I like to do these since they challenge me to try new sketches, color schemes, etc. Today I have two birthday cards to share. The first one is for Paper Players. It's a Celebration Theme Challenge in honor of their 400th challenge. Why have I not seen this site before????  Anyway, here's my card.

I started with the black panel, die cut the peek a boo window using a MFT die, stamped and embossed the birthday greeting from DRS Designs. The balloons were die cut using a SB die and attached to the panel to look like they are floating. The background behind the balloons was created using TH distress oxides inks and splattering a little bit of water. Everything is attached to a white card base.

This card was created for the Sketch Saturday Week #520 Challenge. You can use any sketch between #215 and 519. I chose sketch #332. Here's a look at the sketch.

I used a speech bubble instead of the banner and moved my focal image to the left. 

The MFT You're the Sweetest greeting  was stamped onto the white panel with TH Distress Oxide Spiced Marmalade ink as well as with black ink onto the speech bubble. The MFT popsicle was stamped with the same distress ink, and die cut using the matching die. The sunglasses were created using a Taylored Expressions die. I added some clear Nuvo drops to the lenses. 

Thanks for stopping by today.

blessings,

shelia

Red, White and Blue!

Since this Wednesday is the 4th of July I thought I'd share some cards I created for the USA's Independence Day. 

This first one is super simple. I started with the blue CS, stamped the As a Nation greeting with VersaMark ink and embossed it with detailed white EP. Next I used some Gina Marie rectangle dies to cut out the blue panel as well as a white one and a red one. These are glued together and attached to the white card base. To finish it off I added a large white star button with some blue and red baker's twine. I really like the look of these rectangle dies.

The Star Wreath was stamped with VersaMark ink onto white CS and heat embossed with detailed white EP. Once it cooled I sponged  some TH Distress Oxide inks onto the CS and splattered some water drops. The God Bless America greeting was stamped onto white CS in two stages, die cut and attached to the card. A glittery red star button and white baker's twine complete this one.

On this card, I started with white CS and masked everything off except one corner. In that corner I stamped the Interlocking stars background image with VersaMark and heat embossed with detailed white EP. I moved the mask around and did the same stamping and embossing in the opposite corner. With the mask still in place I sponged on some TH Distress Oxide ink over the stars. Next I rearranged the mask and stamped part of the Open Plaid background image with Memento Ladybug ink. Moved the mask and stamped again. The Stars and Stripes greeting was stamped with the same red ink, die cut and popped up on the panel with foam adhesive. I really like how this one came out.

Happy Fourth of July!

blessings,

shelia

Birthday Wishes

Here's a card I created for this week's Sketch Challenge at Tuesday Morning Sketches. I find sketch challenges to be super fun. This one is a really cute design and super easy. Here's the sketch:

And here's my card:

I apologize for the picture. I'm having camera issues and the color is off. I started with the blue CS, die cut the band of flowers using the June Small Die of the month dies from Spellbinders. I arranged them on the white panel and then stamped the Birthday greeting with Archival Black ink. Everything is layered onto blue and then the white card base. Some white half pearls were added to the centers of the flowers. I liked this so much I did a second card in pink. Super easy and cute.

Thanks for stopping by!

blessings,

shelia

Summer Fun

Happy Monday! Trust you had a great weekend!

I have two cards to share with you today. 

The first one features the Flamingo Palm Scene which was stamped with Memento Black ink, colored with Copics and die cut with a SB die. I used the same die and a larger one to die the hot pink frame. The Hula Pig was stamped, colored and fussy cut. She's attached to the card with a mini Action Wobble. I like how she moves on the card. Kind of looks like she is dancing the hula! The greeting is one of my favs. It's a great little greeting with a cute font and perfect size.

This second card uses a sketch from a couple of weeks ago on Split Coast Stampers. I started with the green panel and stamped the easy grass background with Memento Bamboo ink. It kind of looks like the green, or the fairway. Well maybe it looks more like the rough! The Golf is image was stamped with Archival Black ink, colored with pencils, die cut and layered on some green CS. For the corner pieces of the sketch I re-stamped the Golf is image twice, colored the golf balls and fussy cut them. The gold balls are glued onto the grassy area while the main image is attached with foam adhesive for some dimension.

I hope it is sunny and warm wherever you are and you are able to enjoy your day doing your favorite summer activity.

Thanks for stopping by today!

blessings,

shelia