Freshly Made Sketches #269

I dislike starting the new year needing a sympathy card. Last week my card group worked with alcohol inks and this is part of one of the pieces of background paper I made (2nd generation). The layout is the current sketch for Freshly Made Sketches. After trimming the background paper and attaching to the card base I stamped and embossed the sentiment. The butterfly was stamped, heat embossed and die cut. I stamped a small amount of ink with a splatter stamp and then attached the butterfly. Lastly I added some pearl bling.

Stamp/Die MFT "Winged Beauty"

Sentiment - PTI

Paper - SU! Pink Passion, misc.

https://freshlymadesketches.blogspot.com/2017/01/freshly-made-sketches-269-sketch-by.html

CASology: Week 230: COLD

Happy New Year! My first card for 2017 and I chose this cute image and sentiment from Darice, which I colored with Copics. The embossing folder which once was part of a set (?) is from Cuttlebug.

I hope all of you in cold weather can stay warm and craft. Today in San Diego there is some sun but much needed rain is on its way.

http://casology.blogspot.com/2017/01/week-230-cold.html

Merry Monday Christmas #227 HOLIDAY CHEER

The last Christmas card for the year and I made one more coffee mug image. The paper I used is double sided and I wish I had an entire package as one side is words and the other the pointsettia. The white side does have the words good cheer.  I began by die cutting the mug pieces and then the holly and assembled them. The white background piece was attached to red card stock. A strip of red card stock was die cut and then I stamped and heat embossed the sentiment. The cup was attached with mounting foam.

Merry Christmas one and all. Wherever your journey takes you, may it be safe.

God Bless, Barbara, Barb, Babs

http://merrymondaychristmaschallenge.blogspot.com/2016/12/merry-monday-227-holiday-cheer.html

Supplies:

Paper - Little Yellow Bicycle Christmas Text, snippets

Stamp - Paper Smooches Christmas Sampler

Die Cut - Paper Smooches Holly, MFT Vertical Strips

The Flower Challenge: #3 Using an Older Stamp

I am submitting my first card to The Flower Challenge, not my last. Taking photos of flowers and coloring flowers are two of my favorite artsy hobbies. This card is CAS and uses an old flower stamp and a new sentiment stamp.

The paper I used is SU! Confetti White and I think it is obsolete, what I like about the paper is there are flecks of color throughout. I stamped and heat embossed the flower and then did the same with the sentiment. After trimming the piece I attached to a narrow black mat, and then attached the piece to a piece of black mounting foam. (I love doing this). Lastly I attached to the base card which is also a piece of confetti white.

Supplies:

Stamps - Technique Tuesday "Dreamy Daisy"

  Purple Onion Design (sentiment)

Paper - SU! confetti white, black

http://theflowerchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/2016/12/the-flower-challenge-3-use-older.html

Merry Monday Christmas Challenge "Winter Fun"

This may be my last Christmas card for the year, but you never know. This card will be submitted to Merry Monday's challenge of Winter Fun.

I love the simplicity of Lawn Fawn's characters and this skating penguin is no exception. The card has six layers and a tiny image. I stamped, colored with Copics and die cut and began attaching to the various pieces of die cut designer paper. The penguin was mounted with foam. I stamped and heat embossed the sentiment with VersaMark and white embossing powder onto a snippet of red.

http://merrymondaychristmaschallenge.blogspot.com/2016/12/merry-monday-226-winter-fun-still-time.html

Winter Coffee Lovers Bloghop - 2016

Really my final card for the 2016 Winter Coffee Lovers Bloghop. I needed another thank you card to take to a brunch today so I go up early and made this card. I used a piece of brusho/stenciled watercolor paper in my UFO box. You can see the image of leaves on the left and right side. I began by stamping the sentiment and heat embossing and then added some cups and embossed and then the remainder of the images. I trimmed this piece and then trimmed a piece of black mounting foam and then attached to black card stock. Because I needed white piece of cs for the center I stamped the tall skinny stamp.

Supplies:

Leftover previously colored watercolor paper

Brushos

VersaFine, embossing powder

Black card stock

MFT - Perk Up sentiment

Mounting foam

http://coffeelovingcardmakers.com/2016/12/2017-winter-coffee-lovers-blog-hop/

2016 Winter Coffee Lovers Blog Hop

This is my final card for this season's blog hop. The image is the same as my previous card, I made three, but this has different paper and I attached silver stars on the band. I began by stenciling the chevron lightly with SU! ink and then die cut with the scalloped die, and stamped the sentiment. A piece of kraft card stock was embossed and trimmed. I assembled the coffee cup and attached to mounting foam. I angled the pieces as I wanted the imprint to show on the embossed piece.

http://coffeelovingcardmakers.com/2016/12/2017-winter-coffee-lovers-blog-hop/

Supplies:

Paper - Neenah, SU! Kraft, snippets

Ink - Memento, SU!Baker Brown Sugar

Stamps - SU! Perfect Blend (image)

  MFT Perk Up (sentiment)

Stencil - Memory Box Simple Chevron

Embossing Folder - Sizzix On the Go

Die - Sugar Pea Designs Birthday Journal