Sweet Card

Happy Wednesday!

 

 

It's stormy here this morning...but that's just fine with me.  It gives me a reason NOT to go anywhere and craft the day away.  :-)

 

The card I'm sharing with you today did not turn out the way I had envisioned.  For some reason the color combo looked MUCH better in my head and than it does on my card. 

 

 

 

This card was inspired by the current Peachy Keen Stamps Photo challenge. 

 

 

I LOVE the colors!  But for some reason, they didn't sit well on my card, visually.  It looked very plain and melded together......so I added a black panel to bring the eye more towards the focus of the card. 

 

 

 

 

Supplies:

Peachy Keen Stamps Circus Treats

Peachy Keen Stamps Polka Dot Background Stamp

Peachy Keen Stamps Chinese Swirls Background Stamp

Copics

Papertrey Ink Cardstock

Mojo Monday Sketch #345

Stickles

Hero Arts Shadow Inks

 

Challenges:

PKS Photo Challenge

PKS June Linky Party

 

 

 

 

 

Santa Baby

Happy Monday!

 

It's almost Christmas!  Woo Hoo!  My babies start their holiday break from school this Friday.  I love having them home every day.  Everyone in their pajamas, because there's not one place we have to be. 

 

Speaking of Christmas, I wanted to share with you a Christmas card I created for this week's Peachy Keen Stamps challenge.  The challenge theme is Just Cards: Glitter

 

It took me a few days to come up with an idea for this challenge.   Glitter?  I put glitter on everything!  :-)  Especially since I am part of the wonderful blog All that Stickles. 

 

Then I pulled up Mojo Monday and their sketches....and Voila!!  An idea.  :-)

 

 I just love how this card turned out.  Blue is not a typical color for me.  My mother (who loves blue), as well as the sketch, was my inspiration for my card.  

 

 

 

I used PKS's Candy Stripe Background stamp on the large blue mat.  I stamped with Versamark and heat embossed with a Recollections Sparkly powder. 

 

The 3 strips were placed together and stamped with the holly leaves/berries from the November 2012 SOTM set.  Then they were adhered spaced apart. But with the stamps, it gives a continual look to the eye. 

 

The Santa is from PKS Santa Stamp Set.  I cut the circle from Xpress cardstock, then stamped the Santa face image, with his beard off the circle.  He was colored with Copics, and his hat trim was highlighted with Diamond Stickles. 

 

The patterned papers are from Bo Bunny's Elf Magic paper pad. 

 

 

 

The inside of the card was stamped with a sentiment from the November 2012 SOTM set.  Another bit of inspiration from my mother.  (If you knew my mother, you'd completely understand.)  :-)

 

I added a holly sticker with pop dots from a page kit that I picked up from Hobby Lobby last season. 

 

 

 

 

Red, White, & Blue at Get Inky!

Happy Monday!

It's time for another challenge over at Get Inky! Our theme this challenge is Red, White, & Blue.

HERE'S my layout.............

Each year our small city has a fireworks show on the lake. And every year, we take the kids. So I thought I'd start putting the pictures in a scrapbook. =) This will be the first page.

I take my inpsiration from my paper and sketchs. So when I ran across this Mojo Monday sketch, I thought PERFECT.

For the basic layout, I imported the sketch into my Silhouette Studio Software and created all the shapes. 

 

I used Get Inky's Joyful Jar Drinks set.   The stamps gave just the right amonut of interest for this piece.  The stamps (Love, Life, & Live) are actually three seperate stamps. So I placed them on my paper, between the stripes where I liked them.  Then, I used my stamp press and was able to stamp them repeatedly without any adjust to the stamps' placement.

I used the same technique to stamp them on the bottom left corner of my layout. I also added the three dots from the Joyful Jar Drinks stamp set.



Red Carpet Studio Card Challenge

Happy Sunday!!

It's time for a card challenge over at Red Carpet Studios.

 

This week is going Digital. And our wonderful sponsor provided this adorable image.  (You can find it HERE.)

 

 

 I colored the digi with Copics and added some Stickles for sparkle.

 

 

I added some twine with a rhinestone.  What's a cowgirl without rhinestones?  =)  

The image and the star are both popped up on Zots. 

 

 

My inspiration for the layout for my card is from MojoMonday.   Don't they inspire you too? 

 

 

Our challenge runs for one week. Be sure to head over to the blog and link up.

 

 

 

Red Carpet Studio - Graduation

Happy Sunday!!

 

It's time for a card challenge over at Red Carpet Studios. 

 

 

 

 

 

I love this movie.  It reminds me of my hubby.  He is a bit older than I am...so he saw this movie as a teenager.  And you know how teenage boys are.  =-)

 

 

Here is what I created for this challenge......

 

 

I created this card for a friend of my daughter's.  He is graduating this week and heading off to New York for college.  I am so proud of him.  The school colors of the high school are gold and green.  Love how those colors pop out from the black and white. 

 

My original inspiration for this challenge is from Mojo Monday Sketch. 

 

All the pieces were cut using my cameo and the sketch.  I imported the sketch into my software...sized it the size I wanted the card.  Then I took all the elements' sizes from there.  =)

 

Our challenge runs for one week.  Be sure to head over to the blog and link up. 

 

A Distress Linky Party

Happy Saturday, Stickles Lovers!

 

It's time for a new linky party over on the All that Stickles blog. 

 

This week's theme is Distress...

(Create any crafty project using Distress Stickles.)

 

 

Here's my creation....................

 

I created a card inspired by the Mojo Monday Sketch and Peachy Keen June Challenge #1.  I do love the Mojo sketch...stay tuned for another card on my next post.  =) 

 

 Stamped Peachy Keen leave image highlighted with Wild Honey Distress Stickles. 

 

 

 

So, are your creative juices flowing yet?  If so, be sure to link your creation for a change at some wonderful prizes from our sponsors. 

 

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Mojo Monday Creation

Happy Monday!!

 

I want to share with you creation. I orginally started out making this project for for Peachy Keen's May Challenge #1.   Then I saw Mojo Monday's Sketch this morning. 

 

 

 

 

And I thought this paper would be perfect!! 

 

 

The banner and border on the bottom panel are from Scraptastical Kreations.  The other pieces, including the banana, I created with my Silhouette Cameo.  The face on the banana and sentiments (both inside and out) are from Peachy Keen Stamps.