Happy Beeday to you!

This weekend I had some time to really get some stamping done and had a fun and productive time.  

My favorite go-to is always a sketch challenge and Fusion Card Challenge is one of them.  I pulled out some stickers that my friend Savannah O'Gwynn has sent me with some 12 x 12 papers.  I was able to create a bunch of cards using them that I will share at a later date.

The heart banner is the sticker piece and I included just a cute little bee from Stampotique.  Please see below for my details.

Card details:

Stamps:  Stampotique Bumble Bee 2079, Simon Says Stamp Birthday Messages

Stickers:  Illustrates Faith Fundamentals Stickers

Sketch Challenges

 This weekend we had nothing planned and I was able to spend almost 2 full days in my craft room getting inky.  It was productive and my mojo was flowing pretty well.  I completed 30 cards (some were multiples) but was proud that I got so much accomplished.

Of course, my favorites are always sketch and color challenges as it gives me a jumping point.  

You can definitely see the theme of what I was creating (floral):

For the Fusion Card Challenge, I used the colors in the photo with the sketch to base my card on.  I pulled out my Simon Says Stamp Even More Spring Flowers and Verve Stamps Poppy Birthday along with some glitter washi tape and Teresa Collins Now & Then patterned paper from my stash.  I colored the floral image with my aquapainter and inks and embossed the sentiment.

For my next creation, which was more of a challenge because it's the Freshly Made Sketches and it's SQUARE which I don't do often.  

Again, with the floral theme and pulling out some of my patterned papers along with one of my favorite images from Taylored Expressions, Sketchbook Florals and dies.  I colored my image with my copic markers and added the little tag sentiment on.

Hope you've enjoyed the creations and appreciate you stopping by and saying "hi".  

Hello

 Happy Thursday!  The weekend is thisclose to being here.  YEAH!!!

We had some rain this week so evening sports were canceled and I was able to sneak in some stamping.  Hoping this long holiday weekend I'll be able to get some time in doing some more as well so I'll have lots to share.

I grabbed a color and sketch challenge and made a quick set of 4 cards.  I love it when then the creation comes together so easily.  This week's Color Throwdown was not a color combo I'd reach for so it was working outside the box for me on this one, but like how it turned out.  I kept it very simple with the new Freshly Made Sketches for this week as well.

I used a set that is new to me from Papertrey Ink called Wonderful Words: Hello. I've used it a few times already-loving the die with the sentiments.  I grabbed some strips of cardstock and next time I use this sketch I think I'd throw in a patterned paper strip or maybe emboss them to add some texture.  

Thanks for stopping by and have a safe holiday weekend!

Card details:

Stamps:  Papertrey Ink-Wonderful Words: Hello & Die

Inks:  Gina K. Designs amalgam ink obsidian, Distress Oxide Pickled Raspberry

Cardstock:  Stampin' Up Basic Black, Calypso Coral, Rich Razzleberry, Papertrey Ink Raspberry Fizz & Rustic White

With Sympathy

Well hello there!  I know I'm hit or miss on this blog but I'm still creating.  Just don't seem to remember to take pictures and post like I used to.

I got energized a few evenings this week and broke out some of my crafty stuff so hope over the next few weeks I'll have a few more to share with anyone stopping by to visit.

Combining a sketch challenge from Freshly Made Sketches and a color challenge from Color Throwdown I had a good time coming up with this card, although never a fun card to have to send out.  I broke out my Minc foiling machine and some new Heidi Swapp foil I got.

My new Ginko Bundle set from Taylored Expression had just arrived in the mail so I was anxious to break it out and use it on this card.  Can see this being a favorite of mine on cards in the future, I'm a sucker for any type of floral stamp...so I am pushing myself to do some masculine cards that I'll be sharing as well.
Hopefully, you can see the shine from this foil in some of my pictures.  I also added a little score tape and foiled over that and think that adds a great little touch and is so easy to do.  I'm a pretty clean and simple stamper most of the time but have so much stuff I'm trying to experiment a little more with some of my supplies.

Thanks for stopping by to visit me and hope you have a wonderful weekend!

Bundle of Joy

 Sorry for the wonky picture-taking here-I'm failing at my photography skills these days.

I created this cute card for a colleague who just had their first grandchild this weekend.  He's a huge Penn State fan so I tried to stick to that color theme for the card.

I used the current Freshly Made Sketches #537 as I thought it would make a great masculine card.  Hope you enjoy the idea!

Card details:

Stamps: Reverse Confetti Sentimental Sayings

Cardstock: Not Quite Navy (SU), Balmy Blue (SU), Rustic White (PTI)

Inks:  Not Quite Navy, Balmy Blue, Smoky Slate

Embellishments: Taylored Expressions Little Bit Stars and Mini Strips Flags die (I used the stars and stenciled it onto my cardstock), embellishments from Let's Celebrate You Kit from TE

Holding you in my heart

 

This has been a tough month of losses for family & friends of ours.  These are not the kind of cards you want to make, but I've found I'm making them more and more frequently lately.

I had some time this weekend to sit down for a little bit and get crafty and wanted to make a few of these to send out.  I pulled out the recent Fusion Card Challenge to make these cards.

Thanks for stopping by to check out my creations today!

Card details:

Stamps: Altenew Cherished Memories

Inks: Memento Tuxedo Black, copic markers

Cardstock:  PTI Rustic White

Accessories: gemstones

Thank you for your kindness

It's been so long since I've done any blogging, but I have been creating all this time.  

Last night the weather here wasn't too great and plans for the weekend got changed-so I tried to continue on from last week and keep on creating.  I attended the virtual Stamp Joy last weekend and my sister-in-law came over to get crafty.  It was a great day, a lot of fun where I learned some new techniques and stepped out of my comfort zone.

Tonight I broke out a favorite sketch site, Freshly Made Sketches as well as an old set that I had that I wanted to put to use, W-9 Fanciful Feathers.

I turned the sketch on its side to make it work with my images.

Thanks for stopping over to check out my creations today!  I appreciate it and hope you have a wonderful weekend.

 Card details:

Stamps: W-9 Fanciful Feathers, Clearly Besotted Scrumptious Sentiments

Cardstock: Basic Black, Crumb Cake, Confetti Cream

Inks: Memento Tuxedo Black, Copics

Accessories: Enamel Dots