Saturday, September 24, 2016

Less is More - Thread

Went to the gym today...another hour on the stationary bike...I really, really need to get my bike fixed as it is so hard to be on that bike for 16 miles!  At least I was able to do some exercises for my shoulder, so much better!

We have another challenge starting over at Less is More.  Our theme for this week is Thread!  Such a fun idea!  Come on over and see what the other team members came up with...also hope you play along as we would love to see what you come up with!

Here is my take on the challenge...

I started by die cutting the series of dots across the top of the card.  I then stamped and colored my images using copic markers.  Then stamped my sentiment.

I added thread to the card and decided to pop up the ornaments on foam tape to give a bit of dimension.

I added a bit of wink of stella to the ornaments for a bit of shine.

I will make a few more of these cards for the holidays and will likely only have two hanging ornaments instead of three!





Here's a close up of the card so you can see some of the dimension.

Looking forward to seeing what you come up with!










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Thursday, September 22, 2016

Recipe for Happiness

It's been a bit of a stressful few days (actually week or two), so time in the studio is helping to keep things calm.  Also, I'm able to hit the tennis courts again, so that is helping as well.

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I've had this idea to create a fun card using My Favorite Things stamps.  I finally got a chance to finish the card, and decided to enter into the My Favorite Things Superstar contest.


I started by sponging the grass. Then I stamped the images using masking for some of them, as I wanted to make this a one layer card. I then colored the images with copic markers.  I then masked the images and added the fluffy clouds, my favorite background at the moment. At first I just stamped the sentiment on the sky, but I didn't like that so I added the speech bubble and popped it up on foam tape!



Here is a close up of the image.  You can see the dimension created by popping up the speech bubble.









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Sunday, September 18, 2016

CAS on Sunday - One Layer Card

Wow, the weekend is flying by...football on the TV again!  My husband is so happy!

We have another challenge starting today over at CAS on Sunday.  One of my favorite themes---One Layer Card.  This always challenges me so I like this challenge.  I'm working on my coloring, and while I'm now quite where I want to be I'm trying things a bit out of my comfort zone.

Here's my take on the challenge, and my attempt to do something a bit different...for me at least!






I have this new image from Bella Stamps...not my typical style, but this fits for my friend Tiffany's birthday!

I simply stamped this image and used my copic markers to color it.  I then added the sentiment to the left and done!














Here's a close up of the card to give you a better view of the image.

Looking forward to seeing what you come up with.









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Saturday, September 17, 2016

Addicted to CAS - Stitched

Time for another challenge over at Addicted to CAS!  Our theme for this challenge is Stitched.  This was pretty easy for me as I often like to use some sort of stitched dies to add a bit of a professional feel.



Here's what I came up with for this challenge.  Hope you choose to participate as we have an opportunity to win a gift certificate for Create a Smile---one of my favorite stamp brands.  They have so many cute stamp sets.










I started by die cutting the window.  I then stamped and colored the giraffe with copic markers and masked him off.

I then created a mask for the clouds and used distress ink to provide the puffy white clouds.

I then added the sentiment and popped up the front panel on foam tape.





Here's a close up of the card, you can see the dimension created by popping up the front panel on foam tape.








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Less is More - Diamond

Time for another challenge over at Less is More.  This week our theme is Diamonds!

I had to get creative with this one since, I don't have anything obvious that would fit the bill.  I've been thinking about anniversaries, and looked up when the diamond anniversary was and here is what I came up with.

I started by picking out my super glitter paper that when in the sun shines like diamonds.  And since the diamond anniversary is at 60 years (wow) ... I came up with this.

I die cut the hearts and used the inlaid die technique.  I added a bit of Distressed Ink to the hearts to give a bit of dimension.








Here's a close up of the card.  I think the little sparkles look diamond like...what do you think?








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Friday, September 16, 2016

Tag You're It - Challenge #56

Went out for a bit of tennis with my friend today.  It was nice to get out, but miss my husband on the court...everyone is asking about him and we hope he will be back on the courts in the near future!  That is our goal!



We have another challenge starting today over at Tag You're It.  The inspiration tag was created by our guest designer Taheerah Atchia.  This is so pretty, simple and elegant!

Here's my take on the challenge.  We would love to see what you come up with.



For this tag, I started with some light teal paper and die cut the tag.

I then used my very old alphabet stamps (not sure who even made this set), and stamped my sentiment with turquoise pigment ink from Versacolor.

I then added a few silver stars and some teal confetti!


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