A Day that Sparkles

Hello – happy Thursday!  I have a quick card to share today – a birthday card for my beloved little girl!  I just got this brand-new Elisabeth Bell Aladin set and I could not wait to use this image for my daughter.

This was a pretty interesting image to color – the veil stumped me a little bit!   I added a bit of the lavender color to hair to accommodate the veil.  I hope it worked out.  I have yet to get into the habit of taking note of the Copics that I used to color, but if anyone is interested, please feel free to leave me a comment and I will figure it out for you. 

Thanks so much for visiting – see you again soon!

What I Used:

Paper:  Papertrey Ink white cardstock, Stampin’ Up! Orchid Opulence and Lovely Lilac cardstock

Stamps:  Whiff of Joy/Elisabeth Bell Aladin set (girl image and sentiment), Inkadinkado Dot Flourishes set (swirls)

Ink: Stampin’ Up! Lovely Lilac

Accessories:  Cuttlebug – Spellbinders Nestabilities Label die, Textile Texture embossing folder; EK Success border punch;  Kaiser rhinestones; ribbon; dimensionals; Copic markers.

Love Warms Every Nest – FHF Sketch Challenge

Hello, everyone!  This week I played along with the latest Friends Having Fun sketch challenge.  As always, the lovely Dani came up with a great sketch to work with.

Want to see what I came up with?  This card gave me the chance to finally break out a stamp set I’ve had for a while and had been dying to use – an Elisabeth Bell set from Whiff of Joy.  Elisabeth Bell is AMAZINGLY talented – I just love her artwork so much.   It is so graceful and elegant.

I had to change up the sketch a bit to make it all fit on my card, including adding that heart-shaped sentiment piece.   Coloring this sweet girl’s image was so much fun, as was using the cheerful orange shades.  I used designer paper from K&Co. (my fave line) and Papertrey Ink’s melon berry cardstock (also a fave of mine). 

Thanks so much for visiting – see you again soon!

What I Used:

Paper:  Papertrey Ink White and Melon Berry cardstock; K&Co. designer paper

Stamps:  Elisabeth Bell for Whiff of Joy Stamps; Crafty Secrets (sentiment)

Ink:  Versafine Onyx Black, Papertrey Ink Melon Berry

Accessories:  Cuttlebug: Sizzix embossing folder, Spellbinders Nestabilities Label die and heart die; Kaiser pearls, Papertrey Ink Melon Berry ribbon; dimensionals; Prismacolor pencils w/gamsol; Sakura Gelly Roll in Clear Star; corner rounder

Looking for a Free Broom Ride?

Well…I might just be able to help you out with that.  Or, more specifically, Lily can help  – she is always up for a free broom ride!  Lily is one of the Wildflower Kids, and her stamp, along with the broom rides sentiment, is available in the new stamp set called Free Broom Rides.  This set, along with the other new sets from Wildflower Kids Stamps, is available exclusively at the Stamp Happens Shop. 

I stayed with traditional Halloween colors for this card, and colored Lily with Prismacolor colored pencils.  Lily is really fun to color – go grab your own set and get coloring too!

What I Used:

Paper:  Papertrey Ink white and black cardstock; The Paper Company peach shimmer cardstock

Stamps:  Wildflower Kids Stamps Free Broom Rides set, from the Stamp Happens Shop

Ink:  Ranger Archival Ink in jet black; Stampin’ Up! Pumpkin Pie

Accessories: Cuttlebug: Boo to You and Swiss Dots embossing folder; Spellbinders Nestabilities oval, scalloped oval, and tag dies; Making Memories brad; dimensionals; ribbon; Prismacolor pencils with gamsol;

StampInsanity Stamps Sneak Peek!

Exciting happenings this week — StampInsanity Stamps is releasing three new sets this week! And wait until you see these — they are FANTASTIC!   Two of the sets, Morgan’s Spell and Halloween Henry, are Halloween-themed.  The third set, called Morgan’s Love, is a HUGE set that is perfect for all the bookworms out there!  It’s filled with sentiments related to losing yourself in good books and is sooo much fun.  I will be displaying a project using that set as soon as I can!

To give you a little hint on the contents of the new sets, here is a card that I made the set called Morgan’s Spell. Morgan is a regular character in the StampInsanity lines – you’ll see her in this badge (at the left) as well. 

StampInsanity Stamps are sold exclusively at the Stamp Happen Shop, beginning on Friday, September 25th.   Today, the members of the Senior Design Team of the Stamp Sistahs are unveiling sneak peeks from these three new sets, and the full Stamp Sistahs Design Team will be posting their projects on Friday.  Visit the Senior Design Team members today to see their awesome projects!

Beth (owner, StampInsanity Stamps)

Tonya (owner, Stamp Happens Shop)

Jen, Deconstructing Jen

And here is my card!  I used the new set called Morgan’s Spell and I could not WAIT to get this witchy little stamp inked up!  How adorable is she? 

Coloring this image was so much fun.  I stamped the image with black ink and colored it with Prismacolor markers, with a couple of glittery highlights done with my fave Jelly Roll pens.  Her earrings just HAD to sparkle!  I used Stickles in Frosted Lace on the moon, and penciled in a little extra “moonglow” around the moon with a really pale blue-grey Prismacolor pencil.  The stars in the background are also from the Morgan’s Spell set and were stamped in metallic silver.  I embossed the white background with a stars texture plate from Fiskars. 

The quote on the card is yet another stamp from this set, and it features the classic witchy quote from Macbeth: 

Double, double, toil and trouble, fire burn and cauldron bubble.

~ William Shakespeare

Lots of details for you!  I had a TON of fun making this one.  Be sure to hit the Stamp Happens Shop on Friday to grab these three new sets before they’re gone!

What I Used:

Paper:  Papertrey Ink white cardstock; Stampin’ Up! Ballet Blue cardstock; The Paper Company silver metallic cardstock; Bazzill Bling in Tiara

Stamps:  StampInsanity Stamps Morgan’s Spell set (girl image, quote, and stars) from the Stamp Happens Shop

Ink:  Stampin’ Up! Ballet Blue and Night of Navy

Accessories:  Cuttlebug: Fiskars texture plate in stars; Spellbinders Nestabilities Labels Three die and ribbon slide die; Dew Drops in metallic silver; EK Success deco corner punch; dimensionals; ribbon; Prismacolor markers and pencils; Sakura Jelly Roll pens in silver and clear; Stickles in Frosted Lace

More Fun with Sketches

I am still working with sketches this week! Or I should say, with ONE sketch. Twilight Tuesday’s Dani came up with an awesome sketch for the latest Twilight Tuesday Sketch Challenge, and here’s the second card I’ve made with it.  

This one is a kid card and was SO fun to make.  The bright colors make for a good time!

Here’s a look at the entire card:

And a closer look at the glittery little lion:

There is nothing simple about this card; I just kept embossing and layering until I could fit no more on there!

Thanks so much for visiting!

What I Used:

Paper:  Papertrey Ink white cardstock, Stampin’ Up!  Apricot Appeal, Lavender Lace, and Tempting Turquoise cardstock; DCWV designer paper

Stamp:  Stampin’ Up!  Short & Sweet (sentiment); The Paper Company clear stamps – Jungle (lion)

Ink:  Stampin’ Up! Lavender Lace and Elegant Eggplant; Ranger Archival Ink in Jet Black

Accessories:  Cuttlebug:  Floral Dots & Swiss Dots embossing folders, embossing border from the “With Love” set, and tag die; Spellbinders Nestabilities Labels 1 dies; Making Memories brad; embroidery floss, Sakura Jelly Roll pen; Prismacolor pencils and Gamsol

Twilight Tuesday Sketch Challenge 9 – A Great Birthday

A new Twilight Tuesday Sketch Challenge was issued this week, and it’s a great sketch to work with!  Here is one card I made using the sketch, and I’m just about to make a second with it as well. 

This is a masculine birthday card, and the sketch helped to make this one come together really easily.   Visit Twilight Tuesday so that you can play along with this sketch challenge too!  

What I Used:

Paper: Papertrey Ink Rustic Cream & Enchanted Evening cardstock; Graphic 45 Times Nouveau designer paper

Ink:  Papertrey Ink Enchanted Evening & Tim Holtz Distress Ink in Tea Dye

Stamp:  Inkadinkado

Accessories:  Cuttlebug: Swiss Dots and Distressed Stripes embossing folders  & Spellbinders Nestabilities curved rectangle dies; Crop-a-Dile & eyelets; Stampin’ Up! ticket corner punch; brad; dimensionals

Twilight Tuesday Sketch Challenge 8: A Little Dream

Hey everyone—I have a Twilight Tuesday project to share with you today – although we might have to use our imaginations to find the “twilight” in there.  But that’s okay.

I made this simple card for the Twilight Tuesday Sketch Challenge, one of two for the month of August.  The sketch challenges have been such a hit that we’re doing more of them now!  Click here to get the details on the sketch that I used for this card (TTSC8).  And the lovely Design Team member Dani just posted the latest sketch as well, which is another great one that I’ll be using soon.

So, for TTSC8, I flipped the sketch around and used the same color scheme from my card from last week’s Twilight Tuesday Inspiration Challenge (pictured at right).  I am really in a purple mood lately – I am actually about to start working on yet another purple card today! 

With this card, the main image is the center of things, rather than the sentiment.  For the sentiment, I used a very small stamp on a very small tag – pretty low-key.

I glitzed up the image a bit with my trusty Sakura Jelly Roll pen – one of my fave tools ever.  (But I think I’ve mentioned that a time or two before…)  As always, the glitter effect is tough to see in photographs, but this close up might show it a bit.  There are a couple of purple Dew Drops there as well.

I know I have not been posting quite as much lately – but there is a reason, I swear!   I’ve been working on several bigger projects, and since they’re all in various stages, they just haven’t been ready to be posted.   I’m altering a jewelry/treasure box (haven’t decided what to call it!), and I’ve also been working on several fabric-covered Bind-it-All books.  And I just got a Cricut too!  I’ll be dreaming up some projects using that soon. 

So, due to my severe perfectionist tendencies, I can’t seem to post things until they’re truly, truly ready.  And since my new projects have a bit of a learning curve, that makes for fewer posts lately!   I think that I’ll end up with a bunch of things that I can post soon, though, so I’ll definitely be blogging more. 

Thanks to you lovely, lovely people who are still hanging in and reading.  I appreciate every single one of you – truly! 

What I Used:

Paper: Stampin’ Up! Elegant Eggplant, Almost Amethyst, and Lovely Lilac cardstock

Stamps:  Inkadinkado from Nostalgia set (floral, butterfly); Anna Griffin (dream)

Ink:  Stampin’ Up! Elegant Eggplant

Accessories:  Cuttlebug: Floral Fantasy embossing folder & tag die; Spellbinders Nestabilities Petite Oval dies; Making Memories brad; Sakura Jelly Roll pen; Robin’s Nest Dew Drops; dimensionals

Wonderful Birthday

Hello! 

Here’s a birthday card for my lovely friend Maureen, aka Mau.  I was in the mood for a different size card, and this ended up being 4”x8” – just sort of ended up that way. 

I don’t have a lot of commentary for this one – thanks for visiting!

What I Used:

Paper:  Papertrey Ink vintage cream cardstock; Stampin’ Up! Cameo Coral and Barely Banana cardstock; Basic Grey Two Scoops/Creamsicle designer paper

Stamp:  Inkadinkado Nostalgia set

Ink:  Stampin’ Up! Cameo Coral

Accessories:  Cuttlebug: D’Vine Swirls embossing folder, Spellbinders Nestabilities Labels one; dimensionals; ribbon; Kaiser pearls

Making Friends

Making friends for the world to see
Let the people know you got what you need
With a friend at hand you will see the light
If your friends are there, then everything’s all right 

Can anyone name that tune?  It’s just a little bit obscure.  You’ll have to read on for the answer…

I had this song in mind while I was working on this post and just had to include the lyrics, since they’re so in line with this card. 

I made this card for the incredibly sweet and talented Eve of the Twilight Tuesday Design Team – a friend I am so happy to have met through our Twilight adventures.

I was in a pink mood here – and an accessorizing mood as well.  I pulled out something I never use for this card, my Making Memories tag maker.  I actually had a pink metal tam rim, so cool – more pink, more accessories!  This card is definitely embellished.

And the song quote – it’s from Friends by Elton John.  Did anyone recognize it? 

What I Used:

Paper:  Stampin’ Up! Rose Red & Pink Pirouette cardstock; The Paper Company gold metallic cardstock; K & Company Madeline designer paper

Stamp:  Stampin’ Up! Friends 24-7 set

Ink:  Stampin’ Up! Rose Red

Accessories:  Cuttlebug: Floral Fantasy embossing folder; Prima flower, Dew Drops; Making Memories tag maker; EK Success border punch; ribbon; dimensionals