Thank You with Altenew

I needed a quick Thank You card and Altenew's Painted Butterflies were perfect.  I heat embossed the outline of the butterfly in gold embossing powder, then stamped the inside with a blue ink.  I created a layer by heat embossing more gold around the edge of the card and then glued everything to a card base.

Birthday Card with Tonic

 My grandpa turns 90 this year!  And I wanted to make a special card, but it had to be masculine.  It took a bit of thinking and going through my stash, but I decided to try a Jennifer McGuire technique and do a shadow box card.

The Whaley Great stamp set from Tonic made the perfect scene along with help from Altenew's Bold Numerals.

I made the card 6-1/4" x 5 so that everything fit nicely including the rounded corner die that I used to cut the window.

The back ground was creating by layering Distress Oxides in Tumbled Glass, Salty Ocean and Blueprint Sketch for the ocean and Antique Linen and Frayed Burlap along with some Sand embossing powder for the sea floor.

Mother's Day Card with Altenew

For this Mother's Day card I created a background using Altenew's Flower Vine set and colored it with Copics.  Here are the colors I used:  V01, V04, YG23, YG67, RV04, RV09, Y08, Y38, B21, B24.

I used a sentiment from Simon Says Stamp Mom's Meadow which I heat embossed using Hero Arts gold glitter.  I fussy cut this out and them glued it to a piece of vellum which I also cut out a bit larger.

Thanks for visiting and Happy Mother's Day!

Valentine's Day Card with Altenew

Some recent life events have caused my mojo to take a back burner.  I barely scraped this Valentine's Day card together for my husband.

I used Altenew's "Be A Lighthouse" stamp set along with Taylored Expressions masking heart stencil to stamp the scene.  Then I used Gina K inks to blend in some color.  Next I used my Polychromos pencils to add color to the lighthouse and landscape.

Christmas Card with My Favorite Things

I always seem to only make 1 Christmas card each year.  Here was 2020's card that went out:

For this card, I created a background using watercolor markers then die cut it with MFT "Starry Circle".  I die cut it a second time from some silver glitter paper and paper pieced the stars.  The puppy is from MFT "Happy Pawlidays" which I colored with Copics.  And the sentiment is from "Happy Holidays" by Altenew.

 Copics E31, E35, E37, YG23, YG17, Y17, Y15, W8, W6, C0, C1, R29, R35

Sympathy Card with Hero Arts

These are never easy to make cards, but I know the recipient will appreciate the sentiment.

I stamped the "Leafy Vines" from Hero Arts with Versafine and then the sentiment from "Fresh Freesia" by Altenew.  Next, I added some Hero Arts pearls and matted the card front with some matching purple paper.

Mother's Day Card with Altenew

Hello and thank you for visiting!

For this Mother's Day card, I started by creating a rainbow background using Aloha Watercolors.  Then heat embossed the flower from "Best Mom" by Altenew with Versafine and clear embossing powder.  The sentiment is from Simon Says Stamp "Mom's Meadow" and was also heat embossed.

Thank You Card with Altenew

For this card I used Altenew's Sweetest Peas stamp set.

Stamped with flowers with Hero Arts Intense Black and then colored them with Copics in V01, V06, YG25 and YG17.  After I finished coloring, I went over the image with a black marker and then added a shadow with C1.  Then I decided it needed some sparkle.  I couldn't find my Wink of Stella since almost everything is currently boxed up for an impeding house move, but I did have a Sakura Stardust Gelly Roll pen that laid down a nice thick layer of glitter!

Thanks for looking today!

Thank You Card with Newton's Nook - 2018

I needed a thank you card for my boss so I pulled out my my brand new Altenew watercolors to give them a whirl.

First I die cut a panel of watercolor paper with a Kat Scrappiness Wonky Wavy Stitched Rectangle,  Then I stamped and heat embossed the palm tree from Newton's Nook "Paradise Palms" and the Mahalo sentiment from MFT's "Polynesian Paradise".  I did a wet on wet technique to add some background color then let it dry overnight.

Birthday Card with Altenew and Inkadinkado - 2018

My dad's birthday is in October so it seemed fitting to make him a fun Halloween inspired card.

Stamps used: "Halloween Trails" by Inkadinkado; "To The Moon" by Altenew; "Lovely as a Tree" by Stampin' Up; "Boo Stamp & Cut" by Hero Arts

First I stamped the moon layers then masked it and blended on Distress Oxides.  With the mask still in place, I splattered a bit of water and Picket Fence white paint on, but I think I went a little overboard.  My husband said my "stars" looked like snow.  Once the background was done, I die cut it with a Distress Edge Rectangle by Kat Scrappiness.  Then stamped and heat embossed the images and the sentiment.

Birthday Card with The Ton - 2018

This card was created with the "Wave" layering stamp set by The Ton and inks by Altenew.

The sentiment is from the "With Love" stamp set by Reverse Confetti along with some Nuvo Drops in Black to give it a little character.

Mother's Day Card with Altenew - 2018

I made an eclipse style car for my mom for Mother's Day.

I used the "Hennah Elements" stamp set by Altenew and lots of masking to create my image.  Then I used "Large Alphabet Dies" by Kat Scrappiness to cut out the word "MOM".  I colored the letters with my Copics then cut the letters out of some black fun foam and put everything back together on my card base.

Window Birthday Card with Hero Arts - 2018

Here is a fun window card that I made for my mom's birthday last year using the "Color Layering Seahorse" from Hero Arts.

The background was inspired by a couple that Kristina Werner showed on her YouTube channel using Zig Clean Color Real Brush markers.  The sea life images were stamped with a variety of Catherine Pooler and Altenew inks.  The final layer on the seahorse was heat embossed with gold embossing powder.

This is definitely one of my favorites that I've made so far!

Birthday Card with Stampin' Up

Aloha!

Here is a recent masculine birthday card I finished using "Lovely As A Tree" by Stampin' Up.

For this card I did the following:

• Cut a a piece of Windsor & Newton Bristol paper using an My Favorite Things stitched rectangle
• Masked off a corner and then blended on Tumbled Glass and Mowed Lawn Distress Inks with a Life Changing Blending Brush
• Stamped the tree and sentiment using Versafine Olympia Green ink. The sentiment is from "Fresh Freesia" by Altenew.
• Matted this to a piece of Ocean Tides cardstock by Papertrey Ink also cut with a My Favorite Things stitched rectangle

Thanks for stopping by!

Sympathy Card with Altenew - 2017

This was created using the "Fresh Freesia" by Altenew.  I white heat embossed it, then colored it with my Tombow Dual Brush Pens.  I used the matching die and them glued it to a background that I watercolored with Distress Ink that I cut using one of the In & Out Stitched Rectangles from MFT.

The sentiment is a blend of "Hello World" from Catherine Pooler Designs and "Brushwork Alphabet" from Stampin' Up.  I added a few sequins from Pretty Pink Posh to finish it off.

Father's Day with Altenew - 2017

For this Father's Day card I black heat embossed the sentiment from Altenew's "Best Dad" set on a piece of brushed silver cardstock that I die cut with the Sentiment Label Strip by MFT.

I stacked this on top of a strip of silver cardstock that I embossed with a Darice Diamond Plate embossing folder and then a strip of patterned paper that looked like wood slats.  I glued this to a blue card base and added a couple of embellishments that look like screw heads to complete the card.