My First Card - Christmas 2016

This was the first card I made in 2016.  I cross stitched a pattern that I found on Pinterest and glued it to a blank white note card.  It was pretty plain, but perfect for giving to my Dad.  Soon after I had more cards in the works, which I'll share in the following posts.

Mother's Day with Mama Elephant

Here is a simple Mother's Day card using the Mama Elephant "Wild Meadow" stamp set. I stamped the flowers on Neenah Desert Storm cardstock with Versafine.  Then colored them with Faber Castell Polychromos colored pencils.  The sentiment I stamped with Versafine using Concord & 9th's "Perfectly Penned".

Once all the stamping was done, I die cut each piece.  Then glued a sheet of acetate to the top flower portion to create a window.

Mother's Day Flowers with Pretty Pink Posh

Aloha Friends and thanks for visiting!

For this card, I wanted to try to recreate Rena K's Pop Up Flower Card that she demonstrated in this video. It turned out really well, and I was quite happy!

Here is the front of the card:

And the inside:

Here are the steps I used to create the card:

• Took some 4" x 4" printer paper and covered each with Distress Oxides in abandoned coral, wilted violet, shaded lilac, worn lipstick, fossilized amber and tattered rose using a Life Changing Blending Brush
• Using the steps that Rena K shows in the video, I adhered the bouquet to the inside of a 4-1/4" x 5-1/2" card base of MFT Cement Gray cardstock
• Cut a heart with Hero Arts Nesting Hearts Infinity die and stamp a sentiment from Whimsy Stamps "Mother Love" in Versafine ink
• Stamp the hummingbirds by Pretty Pink Posh "Hummingbird Thanks" on Catherine Pooler Smooth White cardstock with Gina K Jet Black Amalgam Ink and colored with Copics.  Here are the colors I used:
• Wings - BV000, BV02, BV04
• Body - BG11, BG15, BG07
• Head - B000, B02, B05
•  Added details to the hummingbirds using a white gel pen and Nuvo drops for eyes then fussy cut them
• Then I cleaned up the edges using an EK Tool black pen and adhered them to the card using Lawn Fawn glue

I know my mom will love it!

Stampin Up - Up & Away Birthday Card

My grandmother's 85th birthday is this month and I was inspired by a card I saw on Pinterest.

This hot air balloon set by Stampin Up makes such wonderful balloon images!

Here are the steps and products I used to create this card:

• Cut four of the large hot air balloons from Stampin Up Up & Away Thinlits out of white cardstock with Stick-It and one out of Silver Glitter cardstock by Simon Says Stamp also with Stick-It and stuck all the pieces together to give the hot air balloon some dimension
• Created a bunch of alcohol ink backgrounds using Tim Holtz Ranger Alcohol Inks in Crimson, Sunset Orange, Sunshine Yellow, Clover, Sailboat Blue and Purple trying for a perfect rainbow
• Once I settled on my favorite background, I cut it up using the large hot air balloon detail piece dies.  Then, stuck these pieces to the back of my hot air balloon with the Stick-It that was on the white cardstock.  In hindsight, I wish that I had put the colored pieced right behind the glitter balloon piece instead of behind all of the dimensional pieces.  I think the colors would have shown up better.
• Cut a sheet of Spring Rain cardstock by Papertrey Ink using the Lawn Fawn Stitched Cloud Backdrop
• Stamped the sentiment from Stampin Up Humming Along with Versafine Black which I cut out with a Hero Arts Nesting Oval Infinity die

HAPPY 85TH BIRTHDAY TO MY GRANDMA!

MFT - Up In The Air - Sketch Challenge #432

Aloha friends!

This week I am participating in the MFT Weekly Sketch Challenge.  This is sketch #432:

And here is what I created:

I just love this stamp set by My Favorite Things!

Here are the steps that went into the making:

• blended Distress Oxides in fossilized amber, worn lipstick and broken china on Strathmore Bristol Smooth using a Picket Fence life changing blending brush and the MFT Cloud stencil
• stamped images from MFT Up In the Air on X-Press It cardstock with Gina K Jet Black Amalgam ink
• colored the balloon with Copics YG03, YG25, YG17, W0, W2; the basket with E31, E35, E57; the puppy E34, E35, E37, E57, R20, W8; the birds B000, B32, Y000, Y13, YR16

Thanks for looking!