Selfie!

Went to the gym this morning to do a bit of the stationary bicycle...I really need to get my bike fixed. Sixteen miles on the stationary bike is a bit of torture!  I tried to focus on the football game and some music, but still it is long!


I wanted to participate in the My Favorite Things Card Design Superstar...since I love their stamps and have several that are so much fun to play with.  I decided for this entry to focus on the Gnomes!

I started by creating my own polaroid by using a square die cut to create the look of the old time instant photo.

I then stamped my two Gnomes.  I cut a mask from using the coordinating dies, to cover my two guys before inking up the background.  I then colored my main images with copics and stamped the sentiment.

I then used the little snail stamp from the same set and created my own background paper, as it looked just a little too plain on just regular card stock.

I popped up the picture on foam tape and done!

Here's a close up of these two cute little guys!










Supplies:

Neenah Solar White Card Stock

Reset Cuttlebug Machine V2

My Favorite Things YOU GNOME ME Clear Stamps BB15

My Favorite Things YOU GNOME ME Die-Namics MFT637

Copic Sketch Marker

*My Favorite Things BRICK WALL Mix-ables Stencil MFT

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Less is More - Favorite Flower

Well is has been a week that went from one end of the spectrum to another...fun to heartbreaking. However, I am confident that all will turn out well in the end.

We have a new challenge starting over at Less is More.  This week a One Layer Card and our theme is favorite flower.  This one is a bit tricky for me as I don't do too many florals and just have a few stamps, so I will try to use an old one in a new way.

Here's my take on the challenge, looking forward to seeing what you come up with!



I started with an old Hero Arts Stamp.  That I inked up a portion of with Versafine ink.  This stamp normally has four flowers and I masked off one.

Once stamped, I added clean embossing powder and heat embossed the flowers and the sentiment.

I then used my distress ink to watercolor the images, then added the pearls to the center!

Here's a close up of the card!

Look forward to seeing what you come up with!













Supplies:

Strathmore Bristol Smooth Surface

Tsukineko VersaFine VINTAGE SEPIA Ink Pad VF-54

*Hero Arts EMBOSS ULTRA FINE CLEAR EMBOSSING POWDER PW111

Mini Distress Ink

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CAS on Sunday - Pastel

Yeah, I have been out on the court this past week!  It feels so good to hit and run around!  I miss the tennis and of course all of my tennis buddies!  I hit this week with a new friend, since my hubby is not feeling well enough yet to hit...she is super nice, but I still miss my husband the most!

We have a new challenge starting today over at CAS on Sunday.  The theme for this challenge is "Pastel".  Hope you have time to come on over and join us for this fun challenge.

Here's my take on the challenge...


 Pastel is hard for me as I like bright and bold colors.  I was inspired by some round lights in my studio that are the color of sea foam.

I started by stamping my string of round lights across my watercolor paper.  I used my Zig Clean Color Real Brush markers to color in the images.  I then stamped the sentiment at the bottom and done....a very quick and easy card.

Here's a close up of the card.  You can see I popped up the smaller panel on foam tape.

Look forward to seeing what you come up with!







Supplies:

Strathmore Bristol Smooth Surface	Reset Cuttlebug Machine V2	large stitched rectangle stackables	Bazzill Card Stock	Tsukineko VersaFine ONYX BLACK Ink Pad VF-82	Hero Arts Clear Stamps SPARKLE BORDERS CL908
*My Favorite Things SIMPLY FABULOUS SAYINGS Clear Stamps	Zig Clean Color Real Brush Marker

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Addicted to CAS - Harvest

I was out on the court three times this week.  Yeah!  Only in the gym twice.  I'm getting stronger every day, and just in time for the season to start...two week the first matches begin!  Yeah!  Now I just need to get the hubby, to get out on the court with me...soon I hope!

We have a new challenge starting over at Addicted to CAS!  The theme for this challenge is Harvest. So many fun options here....I was thinking of two different directions and in the end only had time for one.  Here's my take on the challenge, looking forward to seeing what you come up with!

You even have a chance to win a gift certificate to A Day for Daisies!

This is a super simple card.  I stamped this cute little scene from Penny Black.  My son gave this stamp to me as a stocking stuffer last Christmas :)

I colored the image with copic markers.  Then cut the red card stock and heat embossed the sentiment on the top.  Mounted the speech bubble on foam tape and that was it!

Here's a close up of the card, you can see the dimension of the speech bubble.

Looking forward to seeing what you come up with, you even have a chance to win a gift card to A Day for Daisies....doesn't get much better than that!

Come and join the challenge...

Supplies:

Neenah Solar White Card Stock	Reset Cuttlebug Machine V2	Bazzill Card Stock	large stitched rectangle stackables	Die-namics Stitched Speech Bubble Edges	Memento TUXEDO BLACK INK PAD Full Size me-900
Copic Sketch Marker	Tsukineko Versamark EMBOSS INK PAD Watermark VM-001	Hero Arts WHITE EMBOSSING POWDER PW110 Emboss

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Less is More - Peacock Feathers

Oh, it was so much fun to get out onto the court this past week.  Slowly making my way back into tennis!  The left shoulder is doing fine, and I have been practicing my toss so it wasn't too bad!

We have a new challenge starting over at Less is More!  This week the theme is a Color Challenge and our theme is Peacock Feathers! You don't need to use Peacock Feather, and can focus on the color...which I did since I don't have any peacock feather stamps.

Here's my take on the challenge...


Last week, I made a card little 4 x 4 square card quite similar to this one. I ended up really loving the look and style that I made something a bit similar.

I used some really old stamps from Hero Arts and stamped my flowers. I colored them in with Zig Clean Color Real Brush Pens.

I then found a little stamp that I liked from Simon Says Stamp to add in a few images to the areas where I thought there was too much white space. Then finished off with the sentiment.





Here's a close up of the card!


Come on over and join the challenge and see what the rest of the team came up with.  We would love to see what you come up with!




Supplies:

Neenah Solar White Card Stock	Bazzill Card Stock	Reset Cuttlebug Machine V2	Lawn Fawn SMALL CROSS-STITCHED SQUARE STACKABLES Lawn Cuts Dies LF183	Simon Says Clear Stamps WILD BEAUTY SSS101625 My Favorite	Tsukineko VersaFine ONYX BLACK Ink Pad VF-82
Zig Clean Color Real Brush Marker

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Welcome Baby

I've been practicing my toss for my tennis serve and my shoulder is getting stronger each day! I'm feeling very comfortable now so looking forward to playing in a few days.

In the meantime, I've had a bit of extra time to make some blankets.  I'm including this card, with one space themed blanket.  Hoping Debbie will like it.




For this card, I used a bunch of stamp sets and a little tiny bit of masking to get this little astronaut to hold these balloons.

Once everything was stamped, I colored the images with my copic markers.  Then stamped my sentiment and done!

In the end, a pretty clean and simple one layer card.

Here's a close up!

Lots of coloring, which I love!









Supplies:

Neenah Solar White Card Stock	Reset Cuttlebug Machine V2	large stitched rectangle stackables	Bunch of Balloons	*Paper Smooches SPACE CADET Clear Stamps Kim Hughes	*Paper Smooches SALUTATIONS Clear Stamps Kim Hughes
Clearly Besotted OUT OF THIS WORLD Clear Stamp Set	Memento TUXEDO BLACK INK PAD Full Size me-900	Copic Sketch Marker

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