Miss You and Enjoy

Hi and happy Tuesday,

I'm having lots of crafty time this week as work is pretty slow. I feel so fortunate that I have my hobby to keep me busy during these strange times.

Yesterday evening I made a couple of cards for a couple of weekly challenges. This first uses the sketch for the current CAS(E) this Sketch!

I'm using some of the new SU 2020-2022 In-color card stock and inks, a new SU stamp/die set as well as an older SU stamp set here. I've made a Slim-line card.

The new stamp and dies set is called The Right Triangle. There is a small die that cuts out tiny triangles and I used it to cut the vertical element. I noticed that the way I used it, some of the triangles looked like they made flowers, so I cut it from a scrap piece of white card stock and glued some of the tiny white triangles inside the cutouts in the Bumblebee paper. The Bumblebee piece is backed with Just Jade. The large square is two of the triangles in the stamp set stamped next to each other and cut out with a SU square die. It's backed with the scalloped layering die. The gold flower is from an older SU set called Flower Shop. The flower is punched out using the corresponding SU punch. The sentiment dies are SU Well Written dies, cut x 3 from SU Basic Black card stock and stacked together with liquid glue. I added some SU Shimmery Crystal Effects over the tops of the words. Finally, I've used some of the new in-color enamel dots for embellishments.

Here is the inside of the card.

The second card uses the sketch from the CAS on Sunday Challenge. I wanted to use the new in-colors again and decided that the new Concord & 9th Scattered Dots Turnabout set would make a good background.

The coffee cup is from the C&9th Coffee Blend Turnabout set. As you can see, I angled the center square, I liked it better with the large coffee cup.

Here is the inside of this card. I've used another C&9th Turnabout set called Retro Petals for the sentiments.

Thanks for checking in,
Colleen

Supplies
Stamps: SU The Right Triangle and Flower Shop sets, Concord & 9th Coffee Blend, Retro Petals and Scattered Dots Turnabout sets
Paper: SU Bumblebee, Misty Moonlight, Just Jade, Basic Black, and Whisper White card stock
Ink: SU Bumblebee, Misty Moonlight, Just Jade, Cinnamon Cider
Other: SU The Right Triangle, Well Written, Square/Scalloped Square dies, Die-namics Stitched Square die, Concord &9th Coffee Blend dies, SU Flower Shop punch, Misti, Gemini Jr, SU in-color enamel dots, SU Shimmery Crystal Effect, liquid glue, Gina K foam squares, SU mini Dimensionals

Just Saying Hello

Happy Monday peeps,

I recently received my order of some of newly released products from Pretty Pink Posh. I love the stencils and the stamp sets! And the dies. Can't forget the dies! For my first card using some of the new goodies, I used Claire's sketch for this week's Paper Players Challenge.

The card base is Gina K Lucky Clover card stock. I used one of the stencils and a blending brush with Lucky Clover ink to ad the Jungle leaves and flowers. The second panel is also made using new stencils from PPP, Gina K inks and blending brushes. The flowers and berries are heat embossed with clear EP. The new stitched leaf border die is cut from the same Lucky Clover paper and sponged with Fresh Asparagus ink and glued with liquid glue. The monkeys are stamped with Memento tuxedo black ink and colored with Copics, cut out with the set dies, and arranged on panels cut using Hero Arts nesting dies. The greeting is embossed with white EP on SU Poppy Parade paper. Finally, I added a few red pearls along the leaf border.

Here's the inside of the card. The sentiment here and on the front are from the new PPP set called Simple Sentiments.

These stamps couldn't be any sweeter! Thanks for stopping in,
Colleen

Supplies
Stamps: Monkey Friends and Simple Sentiments sets by Pretty Pink Posh
Paper: Gina K Lucky Clover, SU Whisper White and Poppy Parade card stocks
Ink: Memento tuxedo black, VersaMark, Gina K Lucky Clover, Fresh Asparagus, Ocean Mist, Red Hot, Wild Dandelion, Key Lime ink cubes
Other: PPP Monkey Friends dies, Stitched Leaf Border dies, Hero Arts Nested Rectangle dies, clear and white embossing powders, heat tool, PPP Stencils, TE Blending brushes, Misti, Gemini Jr, Gina K foam squares, red pearls

Hello

Hi peeps,

How was your weekend? Hoping it was relaxing and filled with lots of crafty time. I did "chores" yesterday, grocery shopping, the cleaners, laundry, etc. Then we had a "social distance" happy hour with friends in the evening which was fun. Today, I did spend several hours stamping and making cards for challenges.

This post has my card for this week's Freshly Made Sketches challenge. I love how this card turned out so I made three more.

I really wanted to use this Concord & 9th Turnabout flower set even though the circle is a little larger than the sketch image, but I think it works okay. The background stamp is from Concord and 9th, as is the sentiment die. For the die, I cut three for each card, glued them together and covered them with Glossy Accents. For embellishments, I added several Pretty Pink Posh gems to each card.

Here are pictures of all four cards, and the insides of the cards. The inside sentiments are from the Dahlia Turnabout set. All four cards are the same designs in different colors.

Thanks for looking in,

Colleen

Supplies

Stamps: DahliaTurnabout set, Brushed Stripes Background set both by Concord & 9th

Paper: SU Whisper White, Summer Sun, Pumpkin Pie, Magenta Madness, and Basic Black, TE Blue card stocks

Ink: Various Gina K ink cubes, SU Magenta Madness, SU Taken With Teal, Altenew orange and gold inks, Memento tuxedo black

Other: Hello die from Concord & 9th Forever Flower set, Hero Arts Rounded Corner Nesting Rectangle dies, Spellbinder Circle dies, Gina K foam squares and Connect glue, Pretty Pink Posh gems, Misti, Gemini Jr

Thank You

Hi peeps and Happy Thursday evening,

I hope all are doing well.  I for one am looking forward to the weekend. I had a fairly busy week for work this week, spending the last two days doing training. It's really too much talking!

I have a couple more Thank You cards for Joanne's them challenge at the Paper Players. These are made with the Concord & 9th Big Thank You stamp and coordinating die set.

For the rainbow card, I used blending brushes to blend the rainbow colors on a piece of white card stock. I cut the die from the front of a side folded card base, trimmed the rainbow panel to fit and glued it to the back of the card front. I used the tiny strips that were trimmed down the sides. The two greetings on the front are from the same stamp set.

For the second card, I decided to make a more masculine card by using the "thank you" cut from the first card. I cut another thank you from patterned paper and glued it to the first. The card base is made from Neenah Desert Storm and I ran the front of the card through the SU Pinewoods Planks Dynamic embossing folder. I sponged some Gina K kraft ink over the front before gluing the die cut on.

Who remembers Hodgepodge Hardware? I was looking for something else and ran across the tin and thought I'd use some on this masculine card. I really like how this card is CAS but with some great texture.

As I usually post the insides of my cards, here they are. I'm sure you can figure out which is which, LOL.

Thanks for checking in and have a fab Friday!
Colleen

Supplies
Stamps: Big Thank You set by Concord & 9th
Paper: SU Whisper White thick and regular, Basic Black, Neenah Desert Storm
Ink: Gina K ink cubes in rainbow shades, amalgam black, kraft, and warm cocoa; VersaMark
Other: Big Thank You set dies, white embossing powder, heat tool, Gemini Jr, Misti, TE Blending Brushes, SU Hodgepodge Hardware, Gina K Connect liquid glue

From the Bottom of My Heart and One Cool Pineapple

Hello Stamping Friends,

Happy Monday. I had a very productive weekend making cards and had a fun time doing so, which is kind of the point. I decided to get on the Slim Line band wagon and make  a couple of tall and skinny cards. I've ordered some dies for this size card, but they haven't arrived yet. These two happen to be one layer cards.

Both of these were made yesterday afternoon for Joanne's CAS challenge for the Paper Players. I had made the pineapple card first and decided it really didn't fit all of the CAS characteristics, so I made a second card that has more open "white" space, and still one layer.

This white card is made using the SSS set called Hello Darling. It's all just simple stamping on a Whisper White thick card base measuring 3.5 x 8.5 inches. The sentiments are stamped on strips of Whisper White and Basic Black and glued under the bike. That is the only added layering on the card.

This pineapple card I really like. The images from the SSS One Cool Pineapple set are stamped randomly with Memento tuxedo black ink and then colored with Polychromos colored pencils. After the coloring was completed, I covered all of the sunglasses with Glossy Accents to make them look glassy, and the little hearts are brushed with Wink of Stella. The card base is the SU retired Barely Banana card stock cut to 3.5 x 8.5 inches.

These were fun to make. Looking forward to the dies that I ordered to make more.

Thanks for looking in and have a nice and safe week,
Colleen

Supplies
Stamps: All Simon Says Stamp; One Cool Pineapple set, Hello Darling set, Thankful Flowers set (inside greeting on yellow card)
Paper: SU Whisper White thick, Basic Black, Barely Banana card stock
Ink: Memento tuxedo black, VersaMark, Gina K cubes in various pinks, peaches, reds, greens and yellow shades
Other: white embossing powder, heat tool, Misti, Faber Castell Polychromos colored pencils, Glossy Accents, Wink of Stella

Let's Celebrate

Hello,

I hope your Saturday has been relaxing. Mine certainly has. I've been playing in my craft room most of the day. I did some coloring using colored pencils on Kraft card stock and I've made two Fourth Of July cards.

Here is one of the Fourth Of July cards that I made. I've used this week's Freshly Made Sketch for my layout.

The stamp set is a very old Stampin' Up set called July 4th. I stamped the three fireworks stamps using two shades of blue and two shades of red randomly until most of the front of the card was covered. The star stamp is from this same set. I stamped two in the lighter shade of blue and punched them out using the SU medium star punch. These are layered onto slightly larger star dies cut from SU Poppy Parade paper. The sentiment strip stamp and the sentiment are from Avery Elle. I added several silver sequins and tiny clear rhinestones to the centers of the fireworks images.

The images for the inside are from the 4th of July Wreath set by Taylored Expressions.

I'll post more of the cards that I made today in the next few days.

Have a nice Sunday and thanks for looking in,
Colleen

Supplies
Stamps: July Fourth set by Stampin' Up, Happy 4th of July Wreath set by Taylored Expressions, Banner Bits by Avery Elle
Paper: SU Whisper White, Poppy Parade, and Brilliant Blue card stock
Ink: Gina K ink cubes Blue Raspberry, Blue Denim, Red Hot, Cherry Red, VersaMark
Other: SU star die, SU star punch, white embossing powder, heat tool, Misti, Gemini Jr, sequins, rhinestones, Dimensionals

Life is Better. . .

Happy Friday all,

My work computer is being updated this morning so while it's unavailable, I have a chance to post my Paper Players Challenge card for this week. I'm just squeaking it in, LOL.

A few days ago I watched another of Jennifer McGuire's technique videos called Faux Die Cut Monoprinting and decided to give it a try. I made several attempts, some worked pretty well and some, not so much. But, one that did come out pretty cool is the background for today's card.

In the instructions, Jennifer recommends using inks that are water sensitive such as Distress or Distress Oxide. Since this week's PP challenge is a color challenge, I wanted to see if the SU inks would work. I had good luck with the Real Red and the Tranquil Tide, but the Basic Gray inks is clearly a different formula. As you can see in my picture, no color for the Basic Gray ink transferred using this technique. I tried it a few times with always the same no color transfer.

The die that I used is the Taylored Expressions Quatrefoil Cutting Plate. For this particular background, after running everything through my die cutting machine, and before removing the die, I used purple tape over the  whole back side so that I could pull the pieces out still in their original formations. I then used this whole piece as the mono print. It really is a pretty cool technique.

The flower dies and the stamped sentiment are from the SU set called Peaceful Moments. After gluing everything in place I added some silver sequins to compliment the gray card stock.

For the inside, I used the large stamp from the new Blossoms in Bloom set, stamping off to get a light image. The sentiment stamp is also from this set.

If you are looking for a new technique to try, head over to Jennifer's blog and check this one out. I think you'll have fun.

Thanks for looking in and have a great Friday!
Colleen


Supplies
Stamps: Peaceful Moments set and Blossoms in Bloom set by Stampin' Up
Ink: SU Basic Gray, Real Red, Tranquil Tide, VersaMark
Paper: SU Thick Whisper White, Real Red, Tranquil Tide and Basic Gray card stocks
Other: Misti, Gemini Jr,  Big Shot, TE Quatrefoil Cutting Plate, SU Peaceful Moments dies, white embossing powder, heat tool, liquid glue, dimensionals, sequins