Lasting Hearts Prayers

Hi friends,
Today I'm sharing some cards I created to send to the Lasting Hearts card drive. These cards are going to be given with a book for parents who have suffered the loss of a miscarriage. This is something that many women experience and hopefully, through these efforts, they will know they are not alone, it is not their fault, and there are people who care and want them to know they are stronger than they may think.

Here's my card design:

 I chose a soft color palette of Hero Arts Shadow Inks in Pastel Yellow, Passion Flower, Pastel Blue, and Pastel Mint. I chose butterflies because, to me, they symbolize renewal, faith, and more. They come from the Butterfly Stamp set by AmyR. I love this stamp set because it has lots of butterflies in different sizes and stages of flight. I added some vellum butterflies (Martha Stewart punch) scattered around them. The sentiment from the Prayers Set (Simon Says Stamp/Hero Arts) was heat embossed in Liquid Platinum (Ranger).

Here's a peek of the innies:

 This sentiment came from the With Sympathy stamp set (Papertrey Ink).

Here's all of the cards I created, all the same way.

I have a friend who recently had a miscarriage, and it's been very hard on her. So in her honor, I decided to contribute some money to purchase books for other women and create these cards to go along with them.

This is the card I had made and given to her:

I wouldn't ordinarily use bright colors for these kinds of cards, but knowing her, and how she feels about rainbows, I decided to use the die-cut as the rainbow.

You can find all of the info about the Lasting Hearts card drive HERE.
Thanks so much for peeking today and have a great weekend *Ü*

Thank You Set for Grammy

Hi ya friends,
My Grammy asked me if I could make a couple of Thank you cards for gifts she received for Christmas, and of course, I did *Ü* But, since I had a bit of crafty time on my hands, I thought I'd make a set for her to have extras for when she needed them.

Here they are:

Since I was making multiples, I decided on making a simple design. 1) Die-cut the top panel with the Wonky Stitches die (Avery Elle). 2) Emboss each panel with a different embossing folder for interest & texture without much effort. 3) Die-cut the beautiful Thank You die (Impression Obsession) from craft foam & Metallic Platinum cardstock (DCWV). And adhere it all together. Easy-Peasy! I kept the color palette Neutral since I don't know who the recipients are. I used Nennah Solar White and Desert Storm cardstock.

Here's the next: Scales Embossing Folder (The Paper Studio)

Embossing folder: Candy Cane Stripe (Cuttlebug)

Embossing folder: Decorative Tile Set (Cuttlebug)

Embossing folder: Chevrons (Darice)

Embossing folder: Leafy Tree (Darice)

Here's a bad pic of the details & dimension:

Here's a pic of the innies: Left it blank for Grammy to write her message.

And I made an envelobox to store them.

Well, Grammy really liked them so now she would like me to make her a set of Birthday Cards too... yes, Grammy, of course... can you please pass the Chile Rellenos *Ü*

ETA: You can find the video tute I created for making an envelobox --->HERE.

Thanks for stopping by today.
Until next time...

Make Mine a Double

Hi ya friends,
 I have a couple of cards to share with ya today. The first is for my Dad for Father's Day.
Here it is:

 My Dad is a big carnivore so I stacked up the grill with a steak, hot dog, and burger *Ü* I colored the images with Copics & then spread a little Glossy Accents on the meats to give them that juicy look! Yum!

Here's the innies with lots of room for a message:

I used this CAS sketch since I'm going to be mailing it to him, I hoped that keeping it CAS would help me stay away from my usual layers.

The next card uses a stamp set from the bat files!
Here it is:

 So if you've been stamping for a while you might recognize this is a "Who's that Girl" set from My Favorite Things. MFT doesn't carry this line anymore, but I just can't part with them... I don't play with them, but I can't part with them either... sigh...

Here are some deets & another peek:

 I colored the images with Copics. I didn't want a plain background so I used an embossing folder, that to me, looked like a basket weave pattern. I used the excess I trimmed to create the baskets. I inked the embossed paper with brown chalk ink & added them on. The strawberries and apples got a bit of glossy accents and the peaches got a teensy bit of flocking powder so they're a bit fuzzy! *Ü*
I stamped the sentiment on vellum & popped it up with a little clear foam.

I used this week's MFT sketch #232:

I almost didn't play along this week cuz I thought this was a hard sketch! But it kept bugging me so I decided to not over think it & just go with it. So I merged the square & flower element into a general one that is made up of the girl and the basket. I think I made it work *Ü*

Lots of challenges out there, so I thought I'd play along with these:
Craft You Passion: #266 Anything Goes
Crafty Boots: #266 Father's Day
Crafty Cardmakers: #141 For a man or boy
Stamps & Fun= Creativity: #254 Anything Goes
The Pink Elephant: TPE303 Father's Day
Come & Get it: It's a Guy Thing
That Craft Place: Anything Goes

Thanks so much for popping in!
That's it for now...
Tootles,


The 411
For Dad card:
Stamps: Let's BBQ-Lawn Fawn. Father's Day-Inkadinkado. Happy Every Day-Simon Says Stamp
Ink: Chocolate Brown Hybrid ink, Black Licorice Hybrid ink- MFT. Soft Granite ink-Hero Art. Night of Navy-SU. Distress Inks: Salty Ocean & Mowed Lawn.
Paper: Night of Navy cs-SU. Copic cs. Rustic White cs-PTI. Scrap green cs, blue cs
Tools: Copics, LG Stitched Rectangle Dies, Let's BBQ dies-Lawn Fawn. Square Nestabilities- Spellbinders. Glossy Accents-Ranger

You're a Peach card
Stamps: Who's that Harvesting Girl-MFT
Ink: Chocolate Brown Hybrid ink-MFT. Creamy Brown & Chestnut Roan inks-Colorbox
Paper: Kraft cs-SU. Rustic White cs-PTI. Neenah Solar White cs
Tools: Copics. LG Stitched Rectangle Dies-Lawn Fawn. Cross Stitch Rectangle Dies, Fishtail Flags Dienamics-MFT, Glossy Accents-Ranger. Flocking Powder-Martha Stewart crafts. Chain Embossing folder-Lifestyle Crafts

Cactus Background

Hello friends,
Today's card uses the technique of watercoloring with the Wink of Stella pen. So instead of using a traditional water & brush and then applying the Wink of Stella on top, you use the clear Wink of Stella as the means to watercolor. I saw the crafty genius, Jennifer McGuire, use this technique a while back & had to try it for myself.

Here's my card:

 I heat embossed the beautiful image in gold embossing powder on Ranger watercolor paper. Then I used my Distress markers & scribbled painted away! *Ü* I think it's so forgiving to watercolor with the markers because you scribble the colors on & blend them easily with the brush. I wish I could capture with my camera all the shimmery happiness on this card!

Here's a different peek:

I die-cut the Hello from gold cardstock so it would blend with the background. In addition to the image being sparkly, the pattern paper is glittery as is the green strip.

I used this week's Sweet Sunday sketch:

I thought the large, main panel would be a great way to showcase this beautiful & neglected background stamp I've had in my stash for too long...

I'll be playing along in the following challenges:
The Crafter's Cafe: #120 Anything Goes
Crafty Creations: #291 Embossing
Wonderful Wednesdays: Anything Goes

This is such a fun technique! I hope you give it a try *Ü*
Thanks so much for peeking!
Tootles!


The 411
Stamps: Cactus Background- Peddler's Pack
Ink: Versamark
Paper: Neenah Solar White cs. Watercolor paper-Ranger. Gold cs. Glitter paper-DCWV
Tools: Sentiment dies (DIE174W) Impression Obsession. Stitched Jumbo Fishtail Flags Dienamics-MFT. Distress Markers-Ranger. Wink of Stella brush- clear
Colors used: Cactus- Twisted Citron, peeled paint, mowed lawn. Sky- tumbled glass, salty ocean. Flowers- abandoned coral, wild honey, mustard seed. Sand- antique linen, vintage photo

Summer Camp Homework Cont.

Hi friends,
I have my homework for both Day 2 & 3 to share today.

For Day 2, I used the technique Jennifer McGuire shared of Multi-Inking with Masking to create this card:

 I used the colors for this week in both the pattern paper & the stamping.  It was a bit time consuming to do this technique but I did like the end result. The paper is Hope Chest from Anna Griffin. I also used the instaframe dienamics from MFT embossed with the woodgrain impression plate. The image is from my fave set Birthday Sentiments (MFT) stamped in Raspberry Fizz, Hawaiian Shores, Simply Chartruese, and Orange Soda. The flower is the Mini-Hybrid Heirloom Rose (MFT) and the flourish is from Cheery Lynn.

Here's another peek at it:

My card for Day 3 focuses on one of the sketches (Sketch #1) & the color combo together.
Here's the card:

 I wanted to make a really CAS card (more simple than clean.) I took a piece of pattern paper, cut the banner, adhered the happy die cut, stamped the sentiment, added a stitched line, and a flossy bow. Easy peasy. The color combo happened to be the perfect color palette for the challenge *Ü*

I used this week's MFT sketch for card #1

Thanks so much for peeking!
Tootles!

The 411 
Card #1: Best Year Ever 
Stamps: birthday sentiments-MFT
Paper: Hope Chest- Anna Griffin, Hawaain Shores, Simply Charteuse, Raspberry Fizz, Neenah White cs, vellum cs
Ink: Raspberry Fizz, Hawaiian Shores, Simply Chartruese, and Orange Soda 
Accessories: Instaframe, Mini-hybrid heirloon Rose Dienamics- MFT, Woodgrain Impressions plate, Fanciful Flourish- Cheery Lynn

Card #2: Happy for You
Stamps: Happy- Simon Says Stamp
Paper: Hope Chest-Anna Griffin, Neenah White 
Ink: charcoal 
Accessories: floss, happy die- SSS

1 Stamp 3 Ways

Hello crafty friends,
Today I have not 1, not 2, but 3 cards to share with you using the same stamp. I've been really challenging myself to craft in uncharted territories more and this would be one of those territories. (Using a stamp in multiple ways.) So, I used the Dogwood stamp from Hero Arts to make cards at slightly different levels.

Here they are:

Here's a closer peek at each card:

 This is my Clean & Simple card. I stamped it along the side a couple of times, stamped the sentiment, & adhered the die cut word. Dunzo!

The second card:

 I followed the same basic format as the first card, but I heat embossed the image in white on vellum cardstock. Then I colored over the vellum so it would match the cardstock, fussy cut them out & popped them up along the edge.  I stamped the sentiment, adhered the die cut word, and added some pearls & glittered dots to the centers of the flowers.

The Third Card:

 I stamped the image on opposite corners in Old Olive ink. I stamped the image on white cs with Scarlet Jewel ink & did a quick water coloring with that ink. I fussy cut them out & popped them up on the card base. I painted the middles with Goldenrod Stickles. I stamped the sentiment & adhered the die cut word. There's a faux stitching detail along the edges as well.

This is such a pretty stamp that I have faithfully ignored as I do too many things in my stash :( I'm not even going to tell you how long I've had it & that it hadn't even seen ink until now... sigh... :( bad Karli  :(

I used this week's sketch at CAS Colours & Sketches: (Do I luuuuv it!)

I'll also be playing along with:
ABC Challenges: Anything Goes
Make it Monday: Anything Goes
Simon Says Stamp and Show: Anything Goes
613 Avenue Create: Anything Goes
That Craft Place: Flowers
Crafty Catz: Say it with Flowers
Daring Cardmakers: Forgotten Treasures
Stampin' for the Weekend: Anything Goes

Thanks so much for peeking today.
Have a goodie!
Tootles!
 
The 411 
Stamps: Dogwood- Hero Arts, Wonderful Words Additions- PTI
Ink: Desert Sand- Memento, Chocolate Chip, Old Olive- SU, Scarlet Jewel-PTI, Versafine Onyx Black
Paper: Rustic White, Raspberry Fizz, Scarlet Jewel- PTI, Kraft, White, Silver, More Mustard
Accs: Wonderful Words Dies- PTI, white gel pen, Stickles, pearls, glittered dots

June PTI Blog Hop

Hi friends,
Today, I'm hopping along for this month's:

The challenge this month is a Touch of Gold.

I have a couple of cards I created with that in mind.

Here's the first:

 I call it the Midas card because it's all gold *Ü* I challenged myself to go for a CAS, one layer card. I stamped five different leaves with Colorbox Gold. The sentiment is heat embossed in pirate gold powder on a Vintage Cream card base.

The second card has a bit of dimension:

I stamped the leaves in gold ink & then heat embossed the veins in Pirate gold. I then added Pumpkin Pie, So Saffron, Close to Cocoa inks to them---> sparingly to not lose the gold completely. I fussy cut them out so I could pop them up on the card front. The sentiment is stamped in Close to Cocoa on Vintage Cream cs. The edges were distressed & inked with more gold ink. I also flicked a bit of gold ink on it.

Card #1 is also playing along at:
 CAS on Sunday: One layer wonder
Cupcake Craft: Not For Flower- CAS
Creative Card Crew: No Designer Paper

Ugh... sorry for the lighting on my pics. I am still waiting for the light bulb for my photo light to arrive so this wonky lighting is driving me crazy! Aaack!

Thanks so much for hopping by!
Tootles!

The 411
Stamps: Turning a New Leaf (PTI), Leaf Prints (PTI), Signature Greetings (PTI), In Bloom (PTI)
Ink: Gold (Colorbox), Pumpkin Pie, So Saffron, Close to Cocoa (SU)
Paper: Vintage Cream cs (PTI), Gold CS
Accs: gold sequins, Gold Viva Decor Pen

MIM Card #1 Gladiolus

Hi friends,
I got to play along with this week's Make it Monday's challenge at PTI. The technique is Colored Vellum Flowers. I couldn't believe how easy it was & the results were amazing! I couldn't stop at just one so I made a total of three cards *Ü*
Here's card #1:

I used the Year of Flowers: Gladiolus set. I went CAS by adding a bit of embossing on the edge, stamping the sentiment, & flicking my brush to add ink splatters. The flowers were colored with So Saffron & Pumpkin Pie & the leaves with Wild Wasabi. The sentiment is from YOF: Violets.

Here is card #2
Here is card #3

Thanks so much for peeking! This was such an awesome way to color flowers it may be hard to do it any other way now *Ü*
Tootles!

10 Minute Craft Dash

Hi friends,
Today I'm taking part in something many have attempted but have gone down for the count----> the 10 Minute Craft Dash! That's right, I will be attempting to create a card in 10 minutes or less from start to finish! This will put my craft style to the ultimate test as I combine the challenges of a time limit, color combo, and CAS sketch!
Here is the color combo to use:

 I also used this week's sketch at Clean And Simple Stamping:

 

And here's my card:

 Did I make it on time???

You betcha!
Here's the proof!
or watch it on YouTube---> HERE

Wow! This challenge got my adrenaline pumping faster than my last workout! Sorry, I'm out of frame a bit on a couple of shots but I was "in the zone" so I wasn't paying attention to where the camera was focusing on *Ü* It was actually pretty fun! Hope it brings giggles & grins to your day!
Tootles!

For You

Hi ya friends,
It's been a bit crazy 'round these parts but things are finally settling down. I got a chance to finish my CAS class, which I really enjoyed. I haven't done all of my homework yet, but I'll get to it like the good student that I am. But today, I have created a couple of cards using the free digi offered on Avery Elle's blog for their challenge.
I hadn't heard of them until the CAS class & fell in LUV with their stamps---> especially the background sets, so I *had* to order a couple :) One cool thing I saw is they also provide the svg file that will cut each image- I haven't seen anyone else do that!

Here's the inspiration pic:

Here's my first card, a la CAS:

 I created an ombre effect with the chevrons by cutting them out in 3 different shades of yellow. I added some crystal fine glitter around the frame, I colored the flowers & then popped them up on the leaves for dimension.

Here's card #2, not so CAS:

I enlarged the image slightly ;) to make it the focal point. The flowers are fussy cut & popped up. The little chevrons across the tickets were the left-over pieces from the die cuts. I cut out the sentiment & popped that up. Lastly, I added pearls with my partner in crime- my Viva pen along the ticket frame.

That's it for now. Oh, this weekend I got my flip camera to work! I thought it had died because it hadn't turned on for a couple of years, but thanks to the fabulous tip by ShandtinaSays on You Tube I got it to work! Soooo, there may be some more videos headed your way---> if you can stand to see more! *Ü*
Tootles!