Exciting news...

I have some news I am excited to finally share....you can see more HERE.  Here's a hint:

 

Obviously, I am thrilled to be a part of the blog team and have quite of few things I am working on to share with you soon!
Now on to my card for today....

I have been so hooked on stencils lately and this one (Swiss Dots) particularly from The Crafter's Workshop and combined it with some Penny Black stamps (Social Butterfly and the sentiment from Petal Party).  The only techniques on this one per se is a bit of embossing and lots of sponging.  Do you see the new Spellbinders dies (Asian Accents)...oh my, these are such a FAV and are getting broken in quite nicely!

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

Blessings,

 

Happiness

I have a card to share today that I made for the Play Date Cafe Challenge using some Penny Black stamps.  The background was created by generously sponging Tim Holtz distress ink onto an ivory panel and then water stamping with Harmony (a slapstick background stamp).  The Petal Party flowers were stamped on a separate piece that had been sponged in similar fashion, trimmed, and popped up using Glue Dots.  

Here is a look at the fun color challenge from PDCC:

Had a great time this weekend with some dear paper crafting friends at the CKC Charlotte show.  It was so much fun getting together and we had a blast!  Great memories ladies...  Linda had a "particular" Shell service station she wanted to go to, lol and Patti definitely KNOWS her way around Charlotte!!!  Love that! Here is pic of Linda, Patti, Olga and I at a fabulous scrapbooking store called The Stamper's Alley:

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,

 

Time to be Creative

Today I have something very different from a normal card to share.  I was recently at AC Moore and saw these amazing plain wood clocks and immediately thought about something I had seen Jill Foster share using wooden birds (HERE) and thought I would give it a try.

The flowers on this frame are from Petal Party and embossed using Versafine Black Oynx ink and Clear Embossing powder.  Then, I colored the flowers with a yellow and orange Big Brush Marker from Design Memory Craft     ** they blend very easily layering one color on top of the other 

Here is a photo of that process:

To fill in the gaps between the flowers, I used a yellow gelato and rubbed it in liberally with my fingers.  I added the butterflies from Social Butterfly (which I again embossed with Versafine Black Oynx ink and clear embossing powder).  I colored them with two shades of blue Big Brush Markers and using permanent glue dots attached them to the frame.  I wasn't sure what I wanted to do with the center of each flower and debated between liquid pearls and Want2Scrap bling....the latter won as I considered those holes a bit big for liquid pearls, lol!

I am amazed with how easy, fast and FUN this was to create

and hope I have inspired you to give your stamps a whirl on wood!  I had NO idea how easy it was/is!!!

Now I need to make a trip to Hobby Lobby!!  There is a LOT of shaped wood pieces there... :)

I am entering this into the Penny Black Art Extravaganza and if you have any Penny Black stamps hope you will play along!

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

Blessings, 

Smile

 I have a special card to share today that was made with new Penny Black stamps that are illustrated by my friend Laura Campbell.  I have missed Layers of Color and thrilled that Laura is now designing for Penny Black!!!

This card uses A Flight of Thread #40-139 and the background Flower Flourish #40-136.  The sentiment is from Petal Party.  I stamped the image using Versafine Black and embossed with clear embossing powder.  The image was colored using Distress markers and sponged the image right after I die cut it using the Labels Twenty and Tumbled Glass ink.  For a little extra detail, I stamped the wing of the bird a second time and popped it up on a glue dot to add a bit of dimension and added some Want2Scrap bling to the flowers.

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,

CFC56

 I made this card for the CAS-ual Friday Challenge which was to create a clean and simple project using polka dots.  I used the new stamp set Petal Party (from Penny Black) and stamped the floral image on some polka dot patterned paper from the Fabulous Simple Stories collection.  I added a scalloped epoxy center from Epiphany Crafts to the center of the flower.

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

Blessings, 

Life is Beautiful

When I received the email from Penny Black about the new summer release......I caved.   I ordered on Tuesday (6/5) and received them yesterday (6/7)...talk about a happy mail day!

While my stamp room could use a little attention (ahem...putting things away) I just had to work in a little bit of creative time too.  New stamps deserve that don't you think :) 

This card features the new set Petal Party #30-113 as well as Puzzle Parts  #30-114 (both illustrated by my good friend Nina..LOVE her style!).  I stamped the flower using Memento Black Tuxedo and colored the flower in using Copics.  The side panel using Puzzle Parts was stamped with Memento Bahama Blue and layered onto a Turquoise Sea cardstock panel.  I have some other Penny Black stamps I am so looking forward to getting inky with over the weekend....so many stamps, so little time :)

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

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

Blessings,