by Lisa | Jul 16, 2017 | Card Challenges |
Happy Sunday my crafty friends…. I’ve been playing a lot this weekend in the haven. I’m entering a few challenges this week. I decided to play along over on the Freshly Made Sketches blog and first time over at The Color Throwdown. The colors on my flowers played right into the colors this week over at Color Throwdown (Dark Pink, Pale Pink, Green, White). This weeks sketch made it so easy for my creation. I knew I wanted to make another card with the Avery Elle Floral Bouquet. I’ve fallen in love with that stamp set.
I stamped and colored the florals in the stamp set with various copic markers on a stitched square Neenah Solar White cardstock.
I found a piece of scrap Neenah cardstock on my desk and took the broad tip of my copic markers and made a few diagonal stripes the same colors as my image and separated the colors with my EK Success journal pen to give the strip a dramatic effect.
I mounted the panel on a 5×5 square base of Neenah Solar White 110 (lb) cardstock. I added a few embellishments with my Nuvo Crystal drops and Clear Wink of Stella to the florals to finish off my card.
Crafty Supplies
Paper: Neenah Solar White (80, 110lb) cardstock
Stamp: Avery Elle Floral Bouquet
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, VersaFine Onyx Black Various Copic Markers (RV21,23,25,29 YG21, 25, 17)
Accessories: Sm Lawn Fawn Stitched Square Die, Clear Wink of Stella, Nuvo Crystal Drops (Carnation Pink, Apple, Gloss White), EK Success Journal Pen.
by Lisa | Jul 6, 2017 | Card Challenges, Tic Tac Toe Challenge |
I have that song in my head by Will Smith and DJ Jazzy Jeff, Summer Time …. I just love that song it reminds me of summer days growing up as a kid when life was simple. What time is it! It’s Tic Tac Toe Thursday.
For this weeks board I chose the middle row down: Summer, Die-Cut, Pattern Paper. I have a pretty easy card for you this week thanks to the SSS July card kit. I chose one of the pattern papers from the Echo Park Summer Dreams collection and adhered it to an A2 top-fold Neenah Solar White card base.
I die-cut a white stitched rectangle out of Neenah and adhered it on top of the pattern paper. I die cut another rectangle out of the SSS lemon chiffon yellow cardstock that was part of the kit and adhered it on stop of the white panel. I stamped the sentiment with VersaFine Onyx black ink and embossed it with clear embossing powder to give it dimension. I wanted a fun pattern for the bikini and the blue pattern paper was a hit against the yellow cardstock. I added a few of the moonstone sequins to finish the card.
Thank you for stopping by this week to see my card for this weeks Tic Tac Toe challenge……. Hope to see you in the gallery.
by Lisa | Jul 4, 2017 | Card Challenges, The Paper Players |
I’ve spent so much time over the holiday weekend playing with paper and it’s no exception this morning I put the finishing touches on my card for the challenge over at The Paper Players.
For my card today I went with the Congratulations theme. I stamped the SSS Floral Bliss floral image with Versamark ink and heat embossed with SSS Ultra Fine Gold EP on a sheet of pink 6×6 pattern paper from the Echo Park Wedding Bliss paper collection that was included in the June 2017 SSS Card kit. I really love this kit the papers and stamp set are perfect for wedding cards
I picked the black floral pattern paper and added a strip of gold foil paper to draw your eyes too the stamped image on the muted pink paper.
I heat embossed the congratulations sentiment on a strip of black cardstock with the same SSS Ultra Fine Gold EP and adhered it on the card with foam tape to give it dimension. I added a few embellishments with the Nuvo Glitter Drops in Honey Gold to finish off the card and adhered it to a top-fold Neenah Solor white card base.
Thank you for stopping bye to check out my design for this weeks theme challenge over at The Paper Players!
by Lisa | Jul 2, 2017 | Freshly Made Sketches |
Happy Sunday eve……. I’ve been playing like crazy this weekend in the haven. It started on Friday evening I sat down to work on a card for the challenge over at Freshly Made Sketches.
For my card, I started by stamping and coloring several of the flower and leaves from the Avery Elle Floral Bouquet stamp with various copic markers. After coloring I used my Brother Scan N Cut to cut the flowers and leaves.
I wasn’t sure how this was going to play out I arranged the flowers and leaves on a square stitched panel and die-cut a rectangle piece of black patterned paper from an old Authentique Collection called Foundation.
I cut a thin strip of SU Lemon Lime Twist cardstock to just make the image pop and wowzer!!! I love this new In-Color form SU it brings out the color in the leaves. I added some Clear Wink of Stella and Nuvo Crystal Drops in Ivory Seashell to the center of the flower for shimmer and a little accent . The sentiment was stamped with VersaFine Onyx Black ink from the same stamp set. I finished it off by adding a few of Nuvo Crystal Drops in Carnation Pink to add a little interest around the flower.
Crafty Supplies:
Paper: Neenah Solar White (80lb), Authentique: Foundation Collection, SU Lemon Lime Twist
Stamp: Avery Elle Floral Bouquet
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, VersaFine Onyx Black, Copic Markers (RV21,23,25,29 YG21,23,25,17).
Accessories: Lawn Fawn LG Stitched Rectangle and LG Stitched Square, Clear Wink of Stella, Nuvo Crystal Drops Ivory Seashell and Carnation Pink, Brother Scan N Cut.
I hope you enjoy my take on the sketch.
by Lisa | Jun 29, 2017 | Card Challenges |
Hello, It’s that time… What time is it! It’s Tic Tac Toe Thursday and I have a fun card for you today. I used the elements in the middle row down….. blue, embossing, happy.
I couldn’t wait to pull out this old stencil I got last year in the SSS August 2016 Card kit.
I created several fireworks on my navy blue cardstock with various EP (hint, hint) I took the middle row too a whole new embossing level.
After embossing several fireworks I went over my card with some perfect pearls to give the fireworks some shimmer.
I then stamped the Happy 4th of July sentiment on vellum and adhered it with glue dots to my card front. This card was pretty easy to create. I hope you join in the fun over on the TicTacToe challenge this week.
Crafty Supplies:
Paper: Neenah Solar White (80lb), SSS Navy Blue Yardstick
Stamp: Lawn Fawn Happy 4Th
Ink: VersaMark Clear Ink
Accessories: Ranger EP (Red, Blue), Stampendous EP (Detail White), SSS EP (Ultra Fine Gold) Misc. EP (Silver), Nuvo Crystal Drops Ivory Seashell, SSS Firework Stencil.
by Lisa | Jun 22, 2017 | Card Challenges, Tic Tac Toe Challenge |
Hello, hello! Welcome back to Tic Tac Toe Thursday. For my card today I chose the top left row diagonal down.
I stamped the flower from the Mama Elephant Butterfly Kisses set on Neenah Solar White cardstock and colored the flowers with various Copic markers and cut it out with my Mama Elephant Butterfly Kisses Creative Cuts. I found some strips of old patterned papers from my stash and wow did it make a difference to my design.
I used my Sharpie Extra Fine Point water-based pen to add a few white dots on the flowers to give them some definition along with Clear Wink of Stella to add a little sparkle.
I added a few embellishments with my Nuvo Glitter Drops in Silver MoonDust along with silver twine that was adhered to the back of the flowers. Thank you for stopping by hope you like my take on this weeks Tic Tac Toe board.
Crafty Supplies
Paper: Neenah Solar White 80(lb), DCWV Twinkle Glintz Stack
Stamp: Mama Elephant Butterfly Kisses, W Plus 9 Kind Soul (Sentiment)
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, VersaFine Onyx Black, Various Copics (B24,26,28 – G12,17,28)
Accessories: Nuvo Glitter Drops Silver MoonDust, Silver Twine, Mama Elephant Butterfly Kisses Creative Cuts, Sharpie Extra-Fine water=based pen, Clear Wink of Stella Pen.
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