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Summer Balloons

  • Stamps – Verve Stamps “Up, Up & Away” set
  • Sentiment Stamp – Flourishes, Inc. “Orchids” set
  • Patterned papers – Basic Grey “Indie Bloom” collection
  • Gems – Hero Arts “Floral Dots” and KaiserCraft pearls
  • Cardstock – Bazzill

This card design was completely CASEd (Copy and Share Everything) from an article in Australian Cardmaking, Stamping and Papercraft magazine, Volume 17, Number 3. They featured this Verve stamp set which I really like with the hot air balloons! Enjoy your day and thank you for visiting.

 


Crafty Individuals’ Flutterbies

  • Stamp – Crafty Individuals “Butterflies Collage Quad”
  • Patterned paper – KaiserCraft “Hunt and Gather” 6-1/2″ paper pad
  • Die cut – Memory Box “Amira Flouish”
  • Cardstock – Bazzill
  • Tissue tape – Tim Holtz “Nostalgia”

This is a fun card I made using elements that went together visually and that I really like. So this butterfly stamp features not only the insects themselves, but flourishes, text, postmarks and music. I chose the die cut since it emulates a butterfly and is a flourish also. And the Tim Holtz tissue tape just tied in with the rest. Thanks for checking in here!


OWH – Sketch Challenge #84

  • Stamp – Memory Box “Dashing Squirrel”
  • Patterned cardstock – BoBunny “Back to Back” Dots and Flourishes
  • Corner punch – Fiskar’s “Budding Flower”
  • Button – Jesse James Beads “Dress it up”
  • Twine

I used the OWH Stars and Stamps Sketch #84 for this card. I colored the squirrel with Copic markers. The squirrel stamp is made by Memory Box, a fantastic company from Seattle. I love their stamps and their new die cuts.  Thanks for visiting!


CPS Sketch #233

  • Stamps – The Cat’s Pajamas “Little Sprinkle,” Judikins “Flourish,” and sentiment stamp from Hero Arts’ “Live Life” set
  • Patterned papers – Basic Grey Indie Bloom 6″ X 6″ collection
  • Cardstock – Bazzill

We’re back from camping so I can post some of the cards that I made this past week.  No Internet connection (or electricity!) there! I think I managed to keep most of the dust off of the cards and the squirrels were fairly scarce, so I don’t think there are an abundance of wildlife prints!

This card was inspired by Sketch #233 at Card Positioning Systems (CPS).


CPS Sketch #232 with CDAC Digital Art

 

  • Digital Art – Crafter’s Digital Art Center (CDAC) by Sandi Hugget of Sandi’s Samples
  • Patterned paper – BoBunny “Garden Girl Vines”
  • Cardstock – Bazzill and WorldWin
  • Corner rounder – Creative Memories

This is an interpretation of the current CPS sketch, #232. I changed the orientation of the sketch as it was presented to better feature the artwork. I colored the artwork with Copic Markers. The artwork is from Crafter’s Digital Art Center (CDAC), created by Sandi’s Samples. I just bought the Bo Bunny paper today at Stampin’ Cat and was pretty excited to use it with this!  Thanks for visiting today.


Mojo Monday Sketch #204 Challenge

  • Stamps – Tree and Season’s Greetings from Inkadinkado Holiday Clear Set: “Silhouettes”
  • Die cut – Spellbinder’s Nestabilities “Lacey Circles”
  • Corner punch – EK Success “Photo Corner Curved”
  • Cuttlebug Embossing Folder – “Victoria”
  • Patterned papers – Basic Grey “Eskimo Kisses” collection
  • Cardstock – BoBunny dots and Bazzill Basics
  • Pearls – KaiserCraft
  • Pleated satin ribbon – May Arts

This Christmas card was made using the current Mojo Monday sketch: #204. These papers and ribbon all go together nicely (despite the way the scan turned out!). This is a fun sketch. Thanks for visiting.


OWH – Thinking of You Challenge

 

  • Stamp – Kodomo, Inc., “Thinking of You”
  • Corner Punch – Fiskars “Budding Flower”
  • Die Cuts – Spellbinder’s Shapeabilities “Fancy Tags Two,” and Nestabilities “Standard Circles Large”
  • Patterned paper – Colorbok “English Moss”
  • Cardstock – Bazzill

Lots of cut paper on this one! I made this design up as I went and I think the patterned paper with the cut outs from the punch and die cuts went together well. This card is for the Operation Write Home Stars and Stamps weekly challenge: Thinking of You. Thanks for visiting.


My 100th Post! OWH Sketch #81

  • Die cuts – Spellbinders Nestabilities “Labels Seventeen” and Memory Box “Bistro Label” for sentiment
  • Rose from “Butterfly Garden Collection” by Pink Paislee
  • Stamp – Lockhart Stamp Company
  • Patterned paper – Basic Grey “Green at Heart: Kelly”
  • Cardstock – Bazzill Basics
  • Pearls – KaiserCraft

I’m pretty amazed that i’ve posted 100 cards already–just in a few months. Anyway, this is a card made using this week’s sketch on OWH Stars and Stripes: Sketch #81. I like this sketch–it is simple and very easy to apply to any card theme. Thanks for stopping by and checking out the 100th post!


CPS Sketch #230

  • Stamps – Rubber Soul “Happy Birthday,” Basic Grey “Insignia stamp set”
  • Cardstock – Bazzill

I created the background for this card with Colorbox Chalk inks direct to paper and then went in with a starburst stamp (manufacturer unknown) and stamped over the inked layer. This is an extremely simple card, using the CPS Sketch #230.  With such a “busy” background, I decided to keep it simple! Thank you for visiting.


Mojo Monday Sketch #202

  • Patterned papers – Basic Grey: “Basics Lineup,” “Pyrus: Pirum,” “Pyrus: Chinese White”
  • Die cuts – Spellbinders Netstabilities “Lacey Circles” and “Standard Circles Large”
  • Stamps – Taylored Art Work – “Butterfly,” Hero Arts ‘”Flourish Wave,” Northwoods: “Capital For You”

This card was designed using the current Mojo Monday Sketch #202. The papers are all Basic Grey. Thanks for stopping by.