Paper Smooches Spotlight #4

I'm excited to be a guest designer at Paper Smooches...such a fun opportunity.  Here is my fourth and final installment of their newest releases!

Thank you Kim for this opportunity to be a member of your team!






For this card, I did some partial die cutting.  I stamped my image and die cut just the top 3/4 and cut the rest by hand to create the little snow mountain.  I then colored my image with Copic markers added the newest boxed sentiment stamp and the bottom and done.  To add a bit of interest to the card, I added a few snow flakes to the grey background with molding paste.  Pretty simple and easy for mass production!

Here's a close up of the card. You can see I added a bit of foam tape to the white card stock to add a bit of dimension!

Paper Smooches Spotlight #3

I'm excited to be a guest designer at Paper Smooches...such a fun opportunity.  If you need to make some Christmas cards and would like to try something new...check our Paper Smooches October release, you'll find some fun items to play with! 

Here is my third installment of their newest releases....






This is a super cute Holiday Sweets die set gives you a ton of options.  I choose to work with these cute little candy canes...I mean who doesn't love a crunchy candy cane!

I simple die cute the candy cane from red card stock.  I also die cut a few of the holly leaves from Boxed Greetings die set.  I added a bit of distress ink to the holly leaves.  Then stamped and heat embossed the fun sentiment.  A very simple and quick card to make...especially if you are interested in making several!

Here's a close up of the card.  You can see that I added a bit of foam tape to pop up the candy cane panel!

Paper Smooches - Spotlight #2

I'm excited to be a guest designer at Paper Smooches...such a fun opportunity.  Here is my second installment of their newest release....










This is the perfect card for mass production...pretty quick to complete.

I simply used the "Merry Christmas" die and cut it on various colored card stocks---even using scrap paper stock, which is a bonus!  I then just adhered the script to the card base and added a few silver stars!

Here's a close up of the card.  I plan on making a few of these using my scrap paper!

Paper Smooches Spotlight #1

I'm excited to be a guest designer at Paper Smooches...such a fun opportunity.  Paper Smooches has a terrific release this month and here is my first creation.  Head on over to the Paper Smooches blog and check out all of the newest creations.








This is a quick and easy card I created using several of the Paper Smooches newest release products:

-  Holiday Sweets
-  Boxed Greetings

Here is a close up of the card.  You can see the dimension created by the distressed ink highlights on the trees and stars.

Less is More - Royal Blue & Lime Green

Getting ready for the Labor Day weekend...boy did the summer just fly by!  Well the good news, is that the summer weather will likely linger for another few weeks!

Remember, I have a giveaway happening now---check it out here!

We have another challenge starting today at Less is More! Our theme for this challenge is Royal Blue & Lime Green. I really love these colors together.  Here's my take on the challenge...

This is a quick card...I simply stamped my snow peeps and colored them with Copic Markers.  I then add some foam tape for dimension and added them to my card base.  I used a few of my rectangles to create this inlaid die technique to add the frame.  Stamped the sentiment and done!

Here's a close up of the card. You can see the dimension of the snow peeps against the flat card base!

Looking forward to seeing what you come up with!

Less is More - Leaves

What a beautiful day we have here today.  Spring time weather!  Yeah!

We also have another challenge starting over at Less is More!  The theme for this week is Leaves and it is a one-layer challenge.

Here's my take on the theme...

I started by stamping and heat embossing the leaves.  I then used distress inks to watercolor my image.

I added the sentiment at the end and done!  Pretty easy...and quick!


















Here is a close up of the card.

Looking forward to seeing what you come up with!














Supplies:

Strathmore Bristol Smooth Surface	large stitched rectangle stackables	Reset Cuttlebug Machine V2	Salutations	Tsukineko Versamark EMBOSS INK PAD Watermark VM-001	Mini Distress Ink	*Hero Arts EMBOSS ULTRA FINE CLEAR EMBOSSING POWDER PW111
Tsukineko VersaFine VINTAGE SEPIA Ink Pad VF-54

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Less is More - Opposites

Another soggy week...but all of my tennis was cancelled, so I had to head for the gym!  Hoping to get a few games in the next few days...the weather is supposed to be a bit more tennis friendly!


We have another challenge starting today over at Less is More! Today's theme is Opposites!  I like this idea and wanted to do something a bit different...so here is my take on the challenge!





I had an idea to do something a bit different...thought a balloon might be opposite of a cactus.

I don't have a cactus stamp so I drew this cactus and stamped the balloon. I used my copic markers to color both images.

I then stamped my sentiments using this fun alphabet!

Here is a bit of a close up of my card. Look forward to seeing what you come up with!















Supplies:

Neenah Solar White Card Stock	Reset Cuttlebug Machine V2	large stitched rectangle stackables	Paper Smooches SASSY SCRIPT Clear Stamps J1S234	*Paper Smooches BIRTHDAY SAMPLER Clear Stamps Kim Hughes	Memento TUXEDO BLACK INK PAD Full Size me-900	Copic Sketch Marker
Avery Elle Pigment Inks

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Addicted to CAS - Pets

It's been a wet few weeks, but I have been able to get out a few times to the court and of course, to the gym.

We have another challenge starting over at Addicted to CAS.  Our theme for this challenge is Pets! There is no challenge more fun than this one for me.  I love my little cute puppy stamps.



One of the things I would like to do in the new year is to continue to work on my coloring skills.  I'm using both my copics (favorite medium) and my colored pencils to practice my shading.  With that in mind, I created this card...

I started by stamping this cute little pup from Paper Smooches.  I then masked him and stamped the cat in the background.

Because I'm a bit lazy, I don't fussy cut them, but use the die cuts.  It works so much better for me.  I then colored the images with Copics.  It looks a bit empty so I added the sentiment at the top and bottom of the card.

Here's a close up of the card.  Super fun to color this cuties!











Supplies:

Neenah Solar White Card Stock	Reset Cuttlebug Machine V2	large stitched rectangle stackables	Memento TUXEDO BLACK INK PAD Full Size me-900	Copic Sketch Marker	*Paper Smooches CHUBBY CHUMS Clear Stamps Kim Hughes
Paper Smooches LOTS OF LOVE Clear Stamps DES232

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Let's Party

It has been very wet and rainy here for the past week.  This gave me a bit of extra time to work in the studio, since I was unable to play tennis!  But made it out to the court today...such much fun!  I'm counting down the days until my husband can join me again!

I have been wanting to practice coloring and I have been enjoying doing one layer cards with masking, here's the card I most recently completed.

I simply stamped the images, used a bit of masking on the cow.  I then used my copic markers to color them.

I added the banner with the sentiment to add a bit of color and done!

Here's a close up of the card.  Super fun to color these cute little guys!











Supplies:

Neenah Solar White Card Stock	Reset Cuttlebug Machine V2	large stitched rectangle stackables	Copic Sketch Marker	Memento TUXEDO BLACK INK PAD Full Size me-900	*Paper Smooches CHUBBY CHUMS Clear Stamps Kim Hughes
Paper Smooches HOOTIES Clear Stamps Kim Hughes	*Paper Smooches BIRTHDAY SAMPLER Clear Stamps Kim Hughes

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