Tag Archives: cardmaking
- Stamp – Penny Black “Pansy Bunny”
- Patterned paper – KaiserCraft “Kaleidoscope” 6 X 6″ paper pad
- Border punch – Fiskars “Upper Crest”
- Cardstock – Paper Accents
- Ranger Distress Inks: Dried Marigold, Fired Brick, Peeled Paint, Mowed Lawn, Pumice Stone, Seedless Preserves, Spun Sugar, Mustard Seed, Gathered Twigs, Antique Linen
Today I’m sharing a card that I colored this week for The Daily Marker 30-day Color Challenge. I used Ranger Distress inks and a water brush to add color to this stamped image. I’ve been having a good time coloring each day and sometimes even creating a card with what I’ve colored! Thanks for stopping by today.
2 Comments | tags: cardmaking, distress techniques, fauna, penny black, stamping, watercolor | posted in Challenges, Spring
- Stamps – The Cat’s Pajamas “Patterned Petals” (flowers and sentiment)
- Patterned papers – from Creative Imaginations Christine Adolph Collection “Boho” 6 X 6″ paper pad
- Die – Spellbinders Nestabilities “Classic Ovals”
- Bling – Mark Richards Hot Pink 3 mm Crystal Stickers
- Cardstock – Bazzill
Here is another card made with stamps from The Cat’s Pajamas new release! Sneaky Peeks of the stamps are being featured all week and will be available beginning March 17th. Make sure you visit The Cat’s Pajamas Blog each day between now and then to see new stamps, CutUps Dies and Cutables and lots of card samples. I cut out the different flowers in the set after stamping them on patterned paper. I then layered them and adhered each piece with dimensional adhesive. You can see the dimension I was able to achieve and a little more detail in the photo below. Thanks for stopping by today.
3 Comments | tags: cardmaking, Cat's Pajamas, flora, stamping | posted in General Cards, TCP
- Stamps – The Cat’s Pajamas “Space Cadet” set (N-5835)
- Die – The Cat’s Pajamas “Holiday Topper” (041) CutUps
- Patterned papers – Doodlebug Designs “Hip Hip Hooray: Party Animals and Up, Up & Away”
- Cardstock – Bazzill
Everyone knows I love a good penguin! I was very pleased to get an early chance to play with stamps from The Cat’s Pajamas new release that will be available on March 17th. And this set certainly caught my eye. I selected the penguin from this set right off and colored the image with Copic markers. I then fussy-cut it out so I could pop it up on the card front. It seemed so appropriate to use the star die from the Holiday Topper CutUps set to further the space theme. I trimmed around the die cut topper and then used three of the stars with the sentiment to tie the design together. Make sure you keep an eye on The Cat’s Pajamas Blog to see all of the great new stuff in the new release! Also, visit the forum at Splitcoaststampers for a chance to win this set. Thanks for visiting!
5 Comments | tags: cardmaking, Cat's Pajamas, copics, die cuts, penguins, stamping | posted in TCP
- Stamps – All from Hero Arts “OWH The Fox Says” set and “OWH Right at Home”
- Embossing folder – Sizzix Tim Hotz Alterations “Honeycomb” Texture Fades
- Border punch – EK Success “Dotted Wave” edger
- Patterned paper – Lawn Fawn “Polka Dot Bikini” (stars)
- Baker’s Twine – Doodlebug Designs
- Carstock – Bazzill
Just a quick post of a card I made with some more images I colored during Day 4 for The Daily Marker 30 Day Coloring Challenge. The Freshly Made Sketches sketch #176 was inspiration for this card. The stars were leftovers from a diecut I used on a previous card. Nothing wasted! I colored the foxes with Copics and popped up the foxes and stars with dimensional adhesive. This sentiment is perfect for Operation Write Home for a hero to send home. Thanks for visiting.
1 Comment | tags: cardmaking, die cuts, ek success, fauna, Hero Arts, stamping, tim holtz | posted in Freshly Made, Miss You
- Stamps –
- Stampers Anonymous Studio 490 Wendy Vecchi “Hydrangea”
- Simon Says Stamp “OWH – Brave” set
- Stencil – Stampers Anonymous Studio 490 Wendy Vecchi “Hydrangea”
- Ranger Distress Inks: Shaded Lilac, Victorian Velvet, Spun Sugar, Antique Linen, Mowed Lawn
- Cardstock – Ninah Solar White 80#
- Uni-Ball Signo Pen – white
This clean and simple (CAS) card features the hydrangea from a recent Stampers Anonymous stamp and stencil set. The Addicted to CAS Challenge #58 is to be inspired by the code word: Distress. I used Ranger Distress inks through the stencil after I stamped the hydrangea image. I also spattered dilluted Distress ink to tie the elements of the card together and still keep it one layer. I added some stippling with my white Signo pen to provide some texture and pattern to the image. This also fits the bill for the Simon Says Stamp Flickr Group Challenge #14, which is to create a one layer Clean and Simple Card. It is pretty challenging to create a single layer card! This will be a perfect card to send in my Operation Write Home box. Thanks for stopping by.
3 Comments | tags: cardmaking, clean and simple stamping, distress techniques, Ranger, Stamper's Anonymous, stamping, stencils, tim holtz | posted in Addicted to CAS, Challenges, Clean & Simple, Miss You, Simon Says Stamp
- Stamps – Lawn Fawn “Snow Day” and Simon Says Stamp “Square Sayings”
- Dies – Lawn Fawn “Snow Day” and Simon Says Stamp “Tri Square”
- Patterned papers – My Mind’s Eye “Chalk Studio” 6 X 6″ pad
- Sequins – Doodlebug Designs
- Border punch – Martha Stewart “Embossed Zig Zag Edger”
- Embossing powder – White and Clear
- Kraft cardstock
- Prismacolors
I colored two little Lawn Fawn bunnies from a favorite stamp set with colored pencil for this card. I am participating in The Daily Marker’s 30-Day Coloring Challenge, during which we are to spend at least 10 minutes a day coloring for fun and relaxation. Today is the first day of Kathy’s challenge and I colored these little love bunnies during my lunch hour! I heat embossed them last night to make short works of it. Then I put down some base color and colored over the base with white colored pencil. It is a nice effect on the Kraft cardstock. I decided to use Kraft cardstock because it was part of the Simon Says Stamp/Lawn Fawn Flickr Card Challenge going on right now. We are to use Kraft, Lawn Fawn products or Simon Says Stamp products. So everything tied together nicely for this card. Thanks for visiting today.
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- Patterned papers – Doodlebug Designs “Hip Hip Horray: Party Animals” (both sides)
- Stamp -Hero Arts “Year Round Sentiments”
- Dies – Memory Box “Round Buttons”
- Cardstock – Bazzill
- Baker’s Twine – Doodlebug Designs
I made this card for the February Mid-month Challenge over at Operation Write Home Stars & Stamps. The challenge is to make cards for kids, which is my absolute favorite type of card to make for OWH! This is a simple, colorful card featuring the Doodlebug paper with lots of kid-friendly characters. I was also inspired by the current sketch at Freshly Made Sketches: #175. I like the simplicity of the sketch since the paper is so visually dominant. Thanks for visiting today.
2 Comments | tags: cardmaking, clean and simple stamping, die cuts, doodlebug designs, Hero Arts, memory box | posted in Birthday, Challenges, Children's Designs, Freshly Made, OWH
- Stamps/Heart Die – Hero Arts “OWH Stamp & Cut The Fox Says” set
- Patterned papers – Pebbles “We Go Together: Budding Romance” (both sides)
- Cardstock – Bazzill
The Fox Says… Be Mine. Here is a Valentine I made using Sketch #173 from Freshly Made Sketches. I like a good fox stamp! Thanks for visiting.
2 Comments | tags: cardmaking, die cuts, Hero Arts | posted in Freshly Made, Valentine
- Patterned papers – Pebbles “We Go Together: XOXO” and “I Love You”
- Stamp – from Simon Says Stamp “Lots of Hearts” set
- Dies – WPlus9 “Stackers Hearts”
- Stickers – Pebbles Epoxy Hearts
- Cardstock – Bazzill
I’ve been working in my art journals lately, so I want to get back into a few cards again. I used the suggested color palette in the Paper Players Color Challenge #231 for this card. I used several patterned papers from the same Pebbles collection since they were the right colors and coordinated so well. I liked stamping the patterned heart onto the patterned paper heart for this one. The patterned papers really took the lead on this one. It was a fun card to make. Thanks for visiting!
1 Comment | tags: cardmaking, die cuts, Simon Says Stamp | posted in The Paper Players, Valentine
- Dies – Memory Box – “Sofia Heart” and “Mini Heart Collection”
- Simon Says Stamp – “Large Hearts Set” and “Stitched Rectangles”
- Penny Black – “Love & Joy”
- Cardstock – Bazzill Bling and Neenah Solar White
- Sequins – Doodlebug
- Vellum
I am in the midst of the Online Card Classes Clean & Simple 4 class. During the lessons on Day 4, I was inspired by Yana Smakula and her Faux Embossing technique. I used a number of different heart dies I have in my stash to create a fun, white-on-white background. I then attached the Love die cut on a small piece of vellum cut with the stitched rectangle die. You can still see the texture of the heart background through the vellum. I added some pearly and shiny white sequins to the background to accent the bling seen in the sentiment for a subtile and classy look. Thanks for visiting.
1 Comment | tags: cardmaking, clean and simple stamping, die cuts, memory box, penny black, Simon Says Stamp | posted in Love, Online Card Classes
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