How Sweet

Today I have a card I made using some Penny Black stamp.

I used Sweet as Honey and the background Floral Thread and a bit of watercoloring. The background was stamped using Pear Tart and I layered the die cut image which was watercolored (using distress inks).

I am entering this into the newest Penny Black challenge: 

I have been having a hard time finding crafty time lately...much less blog hopping!

This summer has been crazy and currently the big kids are off to the Wilds for a week of camp and I am still organizing/reorganizing from moving my craft room out to create a home office for my DH. I had NO IDEA I had so much stuff!!! Oh my goodness, this has been painful! And now a new CHA is happening with some fab new products coming and I am in trouble all over again. Biggest must have right now....the new Archival ink colors!!

Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope you have a wonderful day! 

Blessings,

 

Scored Kindness

Today I have a card to share that I made for the current  Scor-Pal design team call.  I created this cool grid using my Scor-Buddy and even scored the Kraft panel behind it.  

The grid is super easy to create!

To start with I used my Scor-Buddy to create a 1/4-inch grid on a  3 1/2 x 4 1/2 ivory panel of card stock as seen here by scoring every 1/4 inch (both horizontally and vertically):

Then I stamped the Floral Thread background stamp (Penny Black) onto the scored panel. Love the tiled look it creates:

In order to highlight the tiled look, I sponged it with Tea Dye distress ink being careful not to press too hard on the scored panel:

Here is a close-up:

After I had sponged the panel I adhered it to the red card stock using 1/4" Scor-Tape.

Background stamps are fun and easy to use with this technique, but smaller stamps work as well. I am thinking next time I will do it with leaves in autumn colors...and snowflakes would be fun too!

Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope you have a wonderful day! 

Blessings,

 

Crayon Resist

Hello!  Getting back in the swing of things after a little getaway with the family and have a card to share that I made using Floral Thread background, Butterfly Kiss, and Gratitude.  I stamped the image with Versafine Black Onyx and embossed with clear embossing powder.  I die cut the image using Labels Fourteen and colored over the flower petals with a white crayon.  After the were covered with crayon, I generously sponged the die cut (in the die) with Squeezed Lemonade distress ink.  It really makes the flower POP!  

Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope you have a wonderful day! 

Blessings,

 

CPS275: Life is Beautiful

Today I have a card to share that I made for the CPS275 sketch challenge.  I used the several stamp sets from Penny Black (Floral Thread, Social Butterfly and Petal Party) and Clearsnap ink.  Hope you can join us for this fun sketch this week.

Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope you have a wonderful day! 

Blessings,

 

Celebrate

 Today I have a CAS card to share using the beautiful background, Floral Thread, illustrated by my friend Laura Kirstie Campbell.  I inked it up with various Memento ink pads: LuLu Lavender, Angel Pink, Cantaloupe, Summer Sky, New Sprout and stamped it onto white cardstock.   Then I stamped the sentiment (from Gratitude) with Versafine Black Oynx and embossed with clear embossing powder.  The panel was layered onto some Black Oynx cardstock and adhered to a white card base.  The butterfly (from Social Butterfly) was stamped/embossed and gently sponged using Ink Blushers.  I adhered it by the sentiment with a pop dot.  

I am entering this into the Moxie Fab Tuesday Trigger Allegro con Brio and was inspired by the pastel colors: 

Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope you have a wonderful day! 

Blessings,

 

PDCC#136

A simple card to share today using some stamps that I recently purchased.  The kids were outside playing wiffle ball with their daddy and gave me a chance to think about "cleaning" only I got distracted, lol!  For this card I used several Penny Black stamps including: Petal Party for the sentiment/flower, Floral Thread (illustrated by sweet Laura Kirste Campbell) and Puzzle Parts.  I stamped the flower using Versafine black ink and embossed it with clear embossing powder.  Then I sponged distress ink and trimmed layering one flower on top of the other for dimension.  The Floral Thread background was stamped on a scrap piece of Ocean Mist card stock and then die cut, adding a bit more sponging. 

The colors for this card were inspired by the Play Date Cafe Challenge this week:

Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope you have a wonderful day! 

Blessings,