Pink Flowers Card

This card is crazy busy for me but I had to try something different for a change. The flower is a Stampin Up stamp and die combo that I stamped with Memento black ink and colored in with Copic markers. The following die cuts are by Spellbinders: pink oval; the pink decorative thingy's coming out from the flower; and the white scallop oval die cut. The white die cut is an old upholstery sample  and it was no problem to die cut it out with my Cuttlebug. I then inked the edges pink. 

The leaves on the left are from the same stamp as the flowers and are stamped in green on green cardstock. The other leaves are by Elizabeth Crafts Designs. I inked those leaves green with distress ink and then painted them with clear crackle paint by Ranger.

The rest of the card goes like this:

*sentiment sticker by Pebbles

*border punches in the center by EK Success

*background patterned paper by Stampin Up

*I inked that patterned paper with pink distress ink

Thanks for looking.

Baby Card with Chalk Markers

 The chalk markers are by Chalkola and you can get them at Amazon US and Amazon UK for a low price. You can get 20% off your purchase price on Amazon by using the code CHALK20A at the check out. They have a set of 10 beautiful colors that have a 6 mm bullet tip for writing or drawing. The chalk marker flows very well after the initial prepping the nib, which is super easy to do and your kids will probably do it for you. I think these will be popular with teachers because they are great for chalkboards and dry erase boards.You can also give your kids hours of fun time playing and creating with the new Chalk Markers. The markers are suggested for Non Porous surfaces but I'm using them on paper and having a great time with them. 

I just love the outcome of this card. I don't want to sell it because it's so dang cute. Starting with the Baby die cut, I colored white chalk marker onto what was grey cardstock and then I put polka dots on those letters. It's not perfect but I like the imperfections. The nib of the chalk marker is perfect for making the polka dots.

I followed a sketch at Scrapbook.com for one of their challenges. The white and brown die cuts were cut out using my Cricut and the Art Philosophy cartridge. The word baby Is also a Cricut cut from Cricut Fonts and Basic Shapes which I found in the Cricut Craft Room software. I did dry emboss the brown circle with a Darice folder. The flowers I used are by Petaloo and in the center is a baby bottle eyelet. The leaves of the flowers are a Elizabeth Crafts die that I die cut them out in white cardstock by Recollections and inked them with Ranger's Walnut Stain distress ink. Then I sprayed them with water mixed with Perfect Pearls so they would shimmer. The background paper is by Studio G.

Thanks for looking.
http://www.hidinginmycraftroom.com/ Freestyle
http://sweetstampinchallengeblog.blogspot.com/ Dies or Punches
http://craftygalscornerchallenges.blogspot.com/ AG
http://carabbiemomentsofcraft.blogspot.co.uk/ AG
http://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/wednesdaychallenge/ AG
http://kraftinkimmiestamps.blogspot.ca/ Wednesday AG
http://www.wordartwednesday.blogspot.com/ AG
http://www.4craftychicks.blogspot.com/ AG
http://chalknstock.blogspot.com/ AG with chalk {On the baby die cut}
http://craftingwithanattitude.blogspot.co.uk/ AG
http://brownsugarchallenge.blogspot.com/ Flowers
http://crafting-with-friends.blogspot.be/2015/10/challenge-9.html AG
http://creativefingerschallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/ AG
http://fussyandfancychallenge.blogspot.ca/ Flowers
http://jwscrapshack.blogspot.ca/ AG
http://pdelinkyparty.blogspot.ca/ AG
http://simplypapercraftsforalloccassions.blogspot.co.uk/ AG

SB.com-Sketch #2

SB.com-Cricut for the Baby and the brown circle and white die on the left are from Art Philosophy cartridge

Time 2 Celebrate

Sorry I have been MIA. Recent health developments limit me ability to get downstairs to my studio to work and create. Plus I'm finishing up 2015 calendars and I just don't think 2016 calendars will be made for next year. My heart is just not into it anymore. 

I'm sharing a fun, bright and girly card to welcome in the new year. My patterned papers are by DCWV, the doily is by Little Yellow Bicycle, the rick rack is by The Paper Studio, chipboard flower by Maya Road which is painted with Making Memories paint. The flower stamps and punches are by Stampin Up with Hero Arts shadow inks and the centers of the flowers are by Want 2 Scrap (small rhinestones) and Forever in Time (large rhinestone). The sentiment die cut is by Elle's Studio with the sentiment by Just Rite stamps and ink by Hero Arts. Oops I missed the leavesoff the small flowers. They are a die cut by Elizabeth Crafts on white cardstock and then inked with distress ink and sprayed with water. 

Thanks for stopping by.

Deep Red Stamps Friends and Flowers

I have a new card today using a Deep Red Stamp.

The stamp looks like this but when I colored in the bird it looked horrible because I was using a cheap cardstock that distress markers just bleed right through. 

You can find the If Friends Were Flowers stamp at Scrapbook.com and A Cherry on Top.

The stamp is heat embossed in a gold embossing powder by Stamp N Plus and colored in the flower with distress ink and a water pen. I cut the bird off and double matted the sentiment on to a scrap of yellow patterned paper and green cardstock. The background yellow cardstock is by Bazzill and it is embossed with a Stampin Up embossing folder (perfect for spring cards). 

The corners are die cuts from my Cricut in white cardstock by Recollections. The flowers are by Michael's (one with the rhinestone) and the rest by Creative Memories. The leaves are a new to me die by Elizabeth Craft Designs that I die cut in white and then inked with Peeled Paint distress ink by Ranger. I did spray them with water and Perfect Pearls.

Thanks so much for stopping by and taking a look. 

Challenges:

http://www.lisasomerville.com/- Fabulous florals

http://brownsugarchallenge.blogspot.com/ Make it sparkle {Perfect Pearls and a rhinestone}

http://izazoviislatkisi.blogspot.ca/search/label/Izazovi Flowers

http://www.craftforthecraic.blogspot.ie/ Something green

http://cutitupchallenges.blogspot.com/ Green or spring

http://jwscrapshack.blogspot.ca/ Anything goes

http://scrapping4funchallenges.blogspot.ca/ Flowers

http://sisteractcardchallenge.blogspot.com/ Anything goes

http://stampingwithdragon.blogspot.com/ Let's go Green

http://stamplorations.blogspot.ca/ Stamps and spring

http://justbcreativecrazy.blogspot.com/-Anything goes