Sending Birthday Wishes

 Happy Thursday peeps,

I have another card using another much neglected background stamp from Taylored Expressions. This one is the Wildflower Background stamp. I thought it perfect for this week's Color Throwdown colors of aqua, yellow and celery. I ended up making a mini-slimline card.

After stamping the image in Memento black I colored it with various yellows, blue-greens and green Copic markers. After coloring, I cut it out and made a mat using the GKD Master Layouts 7 die set. The card base is made from retired SU Certainly Celery card stock.

For the front greeting I used dies and stamps from the SU Sending Smiles stamp set and coordinating dies.

For the inside, I stamped a tiny section of the background stamp and used a sentiment from the Honey Bee Inside Birthday stamp set then cut it out with the GKD ML 7 dies as on the front.

Enjoy your day, and thanks for looking!

Colleen

Supplies

Stamps: Wildflowers Background stamp by Taylored Expressions, Sending Smiles set by Stampin' Up, and Inside Birthday Sentiment set by Honey Bee

Paper: Gina K Designs Black Onyx, Sea Glass, and Layering Weight White, Stampin' Up Certainly Celery

Ink: Memento tuxedo black, Gina K Designs Embossing Pad, Copic Markers

Other: Gina K Designs Master Layouts 7 dies, SU Sending Smiles dies, Gina K Designs Fine Detail White EP, heat tool, Misti, Big Shot, Gina K designs black pearls, Connect glue

From My Craft Room to Yours

 Hi all,

Our friends have departed and yesterday my craft room was put back together. This afternoon, I got busy and made a card for this week's Paper Players challenge. LeAnne has a fun crafty theme for this month's Clean and Simple challenge.

I pulled out a long neglected Taylored Expressions Crafty background stamp, along with the matching Crafty Simple Strips stamp, and the coordinating banner die to make this card.

I started by cutting three sizes of circles in mylar to use as a stencil and then ink blended the three circles.  Next,  using some GKD Masking Magic strips in 1/2 inch width, I masked the edges of the white panel before stamping the background. It's stamped with craft black ink and heat embossed with clear EP. After embossing, I cut the panel down using a SU Stitched Rectangle die.

I used two of the sentiment strips and popped them up with thin strips of foam tape.

The inside of the card uses another of the strips glued over a stamped pair of scissors. I think this sentiment is funny and perfect for us paper crafters. The scissors are from Concord & 9th. 

Needless to say, I'm super happy to be back in my craft room. Have a great Thursday, and thanks for looking in.

Colleen

Supplies

Stamps: Art from the Heart Background stamp from Taylored Expressions, Simple Strips - Crafty from Taylored Expressions and Brutus Monroe, Crafty Turnabout from Concord  & 9th

Paper: Stampin' Up Basic White Thick and Gina K Designs Layering Weight White and Sea Glass card stock

Ink: Gina K Designs Lovely Lavender, Applemint, Sea Glass, Amalgam Black

Other: Taylored Expressions Simple Strips Banner dies, Stampin' Up Stitched Rectangle dies, Spellbinders Circle dies, mylar, clear embossing powder, heat tool, Misti, Big Shot, foam tape, Gina K Designs Masking Magic strips, Connect glue

day after day, year after year

 Hello peeps,

Jaydee is hostess this week for the Paper Players  with a theme challenge, animals 2 x 2. I decided to use this sweet mom deer and her fawn and make a Mother's Day card.

All of the images are from the SU set called In the Meadow. I stamped the deer in the foreground, masked them, and then stamped the rest of the images to build the scene. I colored the images with Copics.

Here is the inside. The greetings are from a couple of Gina K Designs stamp sets.

Our neighbor's rescue golden retriever completed a course so she can take him to school with her (she's a 5th grade teacher) yesterday, so I made a Congrats card for them. I think it turned out pretty darn cute. All images except the dog are from Concord & 9th. The dog image is from SU.

Finally, here are a couple of masculine birthday cards for friends who have their birthdays next week, both fronts and insides. Images are SU.

I made the background  on the following card using a SU EF and inking with multiple ink colors and spraying with a little water before adding the paper and running it through my die cutting machine. I made the wood planking using my Scor-buddy and inks.

This is my last post for a few weeks. Our friends from MA are arriving tomorrow for vacation. My craft room is also the guest bedroom, so I've moved most everything to the garage while they are here. 

Thanks for looking,

Colleen

Supplies Card 1

Stamps: In the Meadow set by Stampin' Up, On My Mind and In My Heart set and May Flowers set both by Gina K Designs

Paper: Gina K Designs Layering Weight White, Black Onyx and Warm Cocoa card stock

Ink: Gina K Designs Black Onyx, Warm Cocoa, Copic Markers

Other: Gina K Designs Master Layouts 2 dies, foam tape, Connect liquid glue

Lucky To Have A Friend Like You

Happy Weekend!

I've got a sweet friend card for you today. I've used a couple of sets from Pink Fresh Studio and the colors from this week's Color Throwdown challenge.

The patterned papers are from SU and were perfect for the colors in this week's challenge. I used a Pink Fresh Cover plate to add some texture to the polka-dots and used another pattern for the three cross pieces.

Have a nice aftrernoon and evening, and thanks for looking,

Colleen

Supplies

Stamps: Modern Layered Florals and Heart Smiles Sentiments sets by Pink Fresh Studio

Paper: Gina K Designs Layering Weight White, Lemon Yellow and SU Watercolor Wonder DSP

Ink: SU Mallow Moss and Mossy Meadow, Gina K Designs Lemon Yellow, Wild Dandelion, and Embossing Ink

Other: Pink Fresh Studio Floral Backdrop Cover Plate, Gina K Designs Silver embossing powder, heat tool, Misti, Big Shot, Trinity pearls, Connect Glue, SU Mini Dimensionals

Thinking of You & Hello Friend

 Hello Stamping friends,

TGIF! 

While watching Opening Day Baseball last night I did some playing around with texture and made two cards. Both use this week's Freshly Made Sketches sketch. I'm quite pleased with the way these two cards turned out.

For the first card, I stamped the SSS Friendship Text background stamp using navy ink on a white panel, then cut an oval from the center. Next, I inked up one side of a We R Memory Keepers embossing folder with GKD ink cubes, spritzed it with a little water, laid the panels on the inked side of the folder keeping them as if not cut, and embossed them. I wasn't sure exactly what I'd get and was nicely surprised. 

To finish  the card I cut an oval mat from black and the SSS Leafy Tear Drop dies from white and SU Orchid Oasis card stock and layered it all together. The sentiment is pre-printed from GKD and the pearls from Trinity.

For the second card, I heat embossed the SSS Arches Background stamp with Gold EP on a white panel. I cut an oval from the panel and dry embossed that using the Spellbinders Stylized Trellis EF, inked with lavender, green and turquoise inks. Again, I spritzed the EF with a small amount of water before laying the oval in and running it through my die cutting machine.

I used the same EF on the card front and the layered top oval. The butterflies and greeting are from the SSS set called Beautiful Butterflies. The butterflies are colored with Copics and cut out with the set dies. The greeting I embossed with gold to go with the gold in the bottom oval. I finished this card with flat gold sequins.

 

Enjoy your Friday evening. You'll find me watching more BB. First our friend's high school game, and after that, I'll be in front of the TV watching my pro-BB team. 

Thanks for looking in,

Colleen

Supplies - Card 1

Stamps: Friendship Text Background

Paper: Gina K Designs heavy weight white and Black Onyx card stock, SU Orchid Oasis card stock

Ink: Gina K Designs In the Navy, Red Hot, Medium Orchid, Medium Lilac, Blue Raspberry, Turquoise Sea

Other: We R Memory Keepers embossing folder, Gina K Designs pre-printed sentiments and Sentiment Strip dies, Gina K Designs Single and Double Stitched Oval dies, SSS Leafy Tear Drop die, Trinity pearls, Big Shot, Connect glue, SU mini Dimensionals

Supplies - Card 2

Stamps: Arches Background and Beautiful Butterflies set by Simon Says Stamp

Paper: SU Basic White Thick card stock and Gina K Designs Layering Weight card stock

Ink: Gina K Designs Blue Lagoon, Jelly Bean Green, Wild Lilac, and Embossing Ink and Copics

Other: Gina K Designs Single and Double Stitched Oval dies, Spellbinders Stylized Trellis embossing folder, Gina K Designs Fine Detail Gold EP, heat tool, Big Shot, Connect glue, SU mini-Dimensionals, SSS gold sequins

Just Because

 Hello,

Lots of die cutting on my card today. In fact, the front has no stamping at all. Using the current color challenge from Sunday Stamps, the sketch from this week's Paper Players Challenge, and a new die set from Spellbinders I made this.

The Spellbinders die set is the March 2023 Small Die of The Month. I didn't use the half cover die included, but I did use all of the other dies in the set. The card base is made from SSS Oyster Gray card stock and it's embossed with the Spellbinders Stylized Calla Lily embossing folder. The flowers and butterfly are made from SU card stock. I embossed the white butterfly using the Spellbinders Hydrangea Blooms embossing folder before gluing the colored flower dies on top. 

For the inside, I stamped a simple greeting and added another of the small die cut flowers.

Thanks for looking in, and have a nice evening.

Colleen

Supplies

Stamps: Sentimental Greetings set by Spellbinders (inside greeting)

Paper: Simon Says Stamp Oyster Gray card stock, Stampin' Up Basic White, Brilliant Blue, Ballet Blue, Poppy Parade, Parakeet Party, Black card stock, Lovely In Linen DSP

Other: Floral Butterfly Card Front die set by Spellbinders, Stylized Calla Lily and Hydrangea Blooms embossing folders by Spellbinders, Fishtail Flag dies by MFT, Misti, Big Shot, foam tape, Connect liquid glue

Just Saying Hello

 Hello,

I really like the Color Throwdown Challenge colors this week and I thought I'd see how this new Stitching Die of the Month from Spellbinders would look with them. The colors as well as the die shape reminds me of Moorish architecture. and I do like how they worked together. I pulled some SU DSP that has wall texture to cut the background of the die set which helps with the theme I was going for. The rest of the card stock is SU and the stitching is with basic embroidery thread, 4 strands.

The greeting is from Spellbinders and it's heat embossed with white EP.

I used the background die for the inside and a greeting from Honey Bee. 

I've already put this card in the mail going to one of my sweet nephews. Have a good week,

Colleen

Supplies

Stamps: Sentimental Greetings from Spellbinders and Inside Kindness Sentiments by Honey Bee

Paper: SU Chocolate Chip, Cinnamon Cider, Night of Navy, Basic White card stock and In Good Taste DSP

Ink: VersaMark and Gina K Designs Charcoal Brown

Other: Nested Layered Stitched Petal die set by Spellbinders, WOW white embossing powder, heat tool, Misti, Big Shot, embroidery thread, Connect Liquid Glue, Pretty Pink Posh Espresso Jewels