by Lisa | Jul 13, 2017 | Tic Tac Toe Challenge |
Hello, Hello my crafty friends you know what day it is ..It’s Tic Tac Toe Thursday! I tried to keep things a little simple today. A few weeks ago I saw Nicole Sphor create this plaid background. I’ve been anxious too try it out. So this week the Tic Tac Toe board has plaid as one of the elements.. without further ado let’s get down to the business of card making.
This week my card for #tttc006 uses elements from the middle row down: layers, fuzzy (Pineapples are fuzzy right) Oh! but aren’t they so cute and of course you see that plaid background right not to bad for my first time.
This week’s card was pretty easy to pull together except the background took me two times before I was happy with the results. I die-cut a square out of Neenah Solar White card stock and went to town masking and blending the cracked pistachio, wild honey distress oxide inks which blends like butter……. After I was done with the background I cut a piece of Strathmore Bristol paper and colored the Pineapples with my Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers.
I then die-cut the Pineapples and adhered them onto another square piece of Neenah Solar card stock. I used a scrap piece of paper and blended both of the distress oxide inks to give me an ombre look and die-cut the aloha sentiment out twice to give it a little dimension and adhered it to the bottom of my panel with the pineapples. I added glossy accents to the sunglasses and a “lil” clear Wink of Stella to the pineapples and dotted the eyes of the girly pineapple with my Sakura black jelly roll pen. I finished the card off by adding a few Nuvo Crystal Apple drops and then adhered the art piece to the plaid panel onto a square 5×5 SU Garden Green card base.
Crafty Supplies
Paper: Neenah Solar White (80lb), SU Garden Green cardstock, Strathmore Bristol paper
Stamp: Lawn Fawn Aloha
Ink: Versafine Onyx Black, Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers (061-Light Brown, 052-Bright Yellow, 050-Yellow – 053-Yellow Green, 046-Mid Green, 041-Light Green) Distress Oxides (Cracked Pistachio, Wild Honey)
Accessories: Lawn Fawn ( Lg & Sm Square Stitched Dies), Lawn Fawn (Aloha die), Glossy Accents, Sakura Black Gelly Roll Pen, Clear Wink of Stella, Nuvo Crystal Apple Drops, Post-It Masking Tape
I hope you like my take on this weeks take on some of the elements from the Tic Tac Toe board……. I hope you join in the fun this week.
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 | CAS(E) this Sketch Challenge |
Hello, Hello, Happy Thursday my crafty friends I had a chance to play in the haven a little over the weekend and of course you know I had too enter a few challenges. I’m playing over on the CAS(E) this Sketch blog this week. It’s been along time since I’ve been able to play on their site.
I went deep into the crafty closet and pulled out my Taylored Expression Wildflower Bouquet stamp set. I stamped several of the Wildflower Bouquet images onto Neenah Solar White Cardstock with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and colored the images with various copic markers.
I then used my Brother Scan N Cut to cut out the image. I wanted the flowers to really stand out on my card. I die cut a piece of the patterned papers from the Lawn Fawn Watercolor Wishes 6×6 Petite Paper pack with a Lawn Fawn Stitched Rectangle die. The sentiment was stamped with VersaFine Onyx Black ink from the same Wildflower Bouquet stamp.
I added some Clear Wink of Stella on he flowers but thank goodness you can’t see it I had a major oops! You how that is right and there was no turning back. This card was pretty easy to pull together…….. Hope you like my take on the sketch.
Crafty Supplies:
Paper: Neenah Solar White (80)lb cardstock
Specialty Paper: Lawn Fawn Watercolor Wishes Petite 6×6 paper pack
Stamp: Taylored Expression Wildflower Bouquet
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Versafine Onyx Black, Various Copic Markers ( V12,15,17 RV11,13,14 E84, YG03, 17,63,67 BG000)
Accessories: Lawn Fawn Large Stitched Rectangle Dies, Brother Scan N Cut
