Love You Forever

Hello, I'm back with another card that we made in class last week.  A very clean and simple Valentine card.  The base was stamped with a swirl from Everything Eleanor in real red ink onto real red cardstock for a tone on tone effect.  The sentiment is from Papertrey Ink's Think Big line.  I love those big sentiments.  You don't need a whole lot else IMO with those sentiments.  It is fun for them to take center stage.  I punched a heart out and then ran it through my crinkler for a fun texture and popped it up on my card base.  The photo doesn't really capture it.  I really need to work on my photo editing skills.  I made a little bow out of black sheer ribbon and added it to the heart.  Easy peasy!!!  Hope to be back tomorrow with another card!  Enjoy your weekend.  I am taking advantage of my hubby being out of town and spending lots of time in my craft room.  It makes me happy :)

TTFN
Dawn

Supplies:
Stamps:  Everything Eleanor (SU)  Think Big Favorites # 11 (PTI)
real red cardstock

Happy Birthday Shaker Card

My poor neglected blog!  I can't believe I haven't updated it since August 1st!!!! Well Happy New Year!  I hope you all had a lovely holiday season.

I have been busy creating lots of cards and hope to be better at posting more frequent updates.  In the meantime, here is a card that I taught in my class last week.  Shaker cards seem to be all the rage right now and I had so much fun making this one.  I think I am hooked and all the ladies seemed to have fun making this one too!!!  I started out with Stampin' Ups Celebrate Today stamps and die combo.  This set just screams to be made into a shaker card, lol!  I used Jennifer McGuires tutorial found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9vPDsWgIzk  They are a lot of fun to make and really are very easy.  I was a little intimidated in the beginning, but like I said I think I am hooked and have lots more ideas for fun shaker cards!

Keeping this short and sweet and easing back into the blog slowly.  Enjoy the rest of your weekend!

TTFN
Dawn

Supplies:
Paper:  bazzill and pebbles
Ink:  black versafine, su real red
Stamps and dies:  SU Celebrate Today
Transparencies, pop dots, glitter, beads, sequins

F4A232 The Open Sea Happy Birthday

Hello, this is my 2nd post for today.  While I waited for my other card to dry, I played along with today's free 4 all challenge, which was to make a one or two layer card.  I pulled out my world map and the open sea stamp sets.  I inked the world map stamp using soft suede ink onto my crumb cake card base.  Next I stamped the ship from the open sea in night of navy onto a white strip.  I added my sentiment and attached to the card base.  I added thin strips of navy cardstock, a couple of little banners and some bakers twine.  I think this would make a great masculine card.  Anyway, thanks for looking!  Have a great weekend.  Here is the link to the challenge:  http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/forums/free-all-f45/f4a232-one-two-8-1-14-a-t590346.html

TTFN
Dawn

supplies:
stamps: world map, the open sea - stampin up, birthday basics by PTI
ink: crumb cake, night of navy
bakers twine

Blended Bloom

Good morning!  I am popping on with another card that I made recently.  I love this flower by Stampin' Up called Blended Bloom.  I heat embossed it on white cardstock with white embossing powder then colored it in using a sponge dauber and pool party and bermuda bay ink pads.  I added a little early espresso to the middle, cut it out and popped it up.  The sentiment is from Four You.  I also added a little strip of silver glitter paper and part of a doily.  Clean and simple!

That's it for today.  I am going out with a couple of friends to a new (to me) craft store up in N. VA today!  Looking forward to finding new crafty goodies!!  Happy hump day!

TTFN

Dawn

CC479 Sending Well Wishes

I bought this pretty stamp by Inkadinkado the other day from AC Moore for $2.  I couldn't resist, lol!!  Anyway, I saw today's color challenge on http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/forums/color-combinations-f43/cc479-crisp-pistachio-garden-5-20-2014-a-t587803.html and wanted to play along.  The colors are beautiful!  I stamped my flower using archival ink then watercolored it using crisp cantaloupe, pisctachio pudding and wild wasabi as I didn't have any garden green.  I added a little bit of more mustard to the center and then some very fine ink splatters.  I stamped my sentiment from my new Papertrey Ink set Wet Paint III, which is a fabulous new artsy sentiment set and mounted it onto a pistachio pudding card base.

I actually made 2 other cards for today's challenge, but the first one I used the wrong colors, lol!  I used calypso coral instead of the crisp cantaloupe.  Oops!

Anyway, that's it for now.  I hope to post my other cards tomorrow, if not later this evening.  Thanks for stopping by!

supplies:
stamps:  flower by inkadinkado, sentiment by papertrey ink
inks: black archival, wild wasabi, pistachio pudding and crisp cantaloupe
paper: pistachio pudding by stampin' up, watercolor

Just A Note

Ha, no cards for almost a month and then 2 in one day!!  Crazy, lol!!  I have another quick little card for you today.  I pulled out an older Stampin Up set today and some water color pencils.  I need to work on my water coloring skills, lol.  I just ordered some prismacolor pencils from amazon on Saturday and they are supposed to arrive today and I can't wait to play with them!!

Anyway, I stamped my flower in watering can archival ink and colored it in.  I added a light flick of Heidi Swapp's color shine in tinsel, a strip of pink cs, some twine and popped it up.  Using the same set I stamped the damask image using versamark ink and clear embossed it.

Well, I need to go and get ready to go to work.  Hopefully I will be back with something new tomorrow!!  Enjoy the rest of your day!

TTFN
Dawn

Playing along with the Featured Stamper on SCS

Happy Easter everyone!  I decided to play along with today's Featured Stamper on Splitcoaststampers today.  This is what I came up with.  I embossed my yellow cs with the wonderful embossing folder by SU.  One of my new faves!!  I colored another stamped butterfly by Inkadinkado with my spectrum noir pens and then added a squirt or two of goosebumps to add some texture and gloss!  There is a tiny strip of washi tape by MME along the bottom of the white panel and then I hand cut some little banners and tucked them under the main panel.  I love how bright and cheery this card turned out!  I hope you all have a wonderful Sunday!!

The featured stamper challenge can be found here:  http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/forums/featured-stamper-f132/fs321-%7B3-31-13%7D-march-goes-out-like-lion-t570903.html and here is the card I cased:  http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/gallery/photo/2351624?&cat=500&ppuser=159472

Dawn

supplies: cardstock american crafts
ink: versafine, memento
spectrum noir markers
washi tape by MME
sentiment by Papertrey Ink - Flower Fusion
embossing folder by SU
butterfly by Inkadinkado