CAS(E) this Sketch #128

   Hello friends!    So happy you dropped by. My card today was created and entered into the CAS(E) this Sketch Challenge. Images are from the new release by PTI called Woodblock Prints and the sentiment was taken from Tulip Time also by PTI. Sequins were added to give my card a bit of sparkle.    Thanks for visiting and enjoy your day!   -CHALLENGES-     Challenge...

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Christmas Card Challenges #30

Hello all!   It's ANYTHING GOES this week at Christmas Card Challenges!    I created a fun card this week featuring super cute images from Fleece Navibaa by Gina K. Designs. I added a bit of watercolors to the background and sequins to finish off my card. We would love to see your projects in our gallery. Stop by and play along and see what the rest of the team has created! Have...

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Celebrating With You

  Thanks for dropping by!   Virginia Lu has a summer color challenge currently going on. You can find all the details at Virginia's View Challenge and you'll have till July 31 to link up your projects.     My card today features a couple of Papertrey Ink sets, Friendly Flowers and Beautiful Dahlia Additions. I smooshed my background with Zig Kuretake...

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Happy Birthday

    Morning all!    It's time for Papertrey Ink's June Blog Hop.     Here is my take on this month's photo found below this post. I was inspired by some of the colors.   For my background I heat embossed images from this month's release Woodblock Prints with white embossing powder and sponged it with distress inks. I then die cut my panel with...

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I Love Hot Cocoa

Hey there!    I have another card to share with you all that I entered into the Summer Coffee Lovers Blog Hop. I bought this cute image by Stampendous a while back, at least five years ago, and never inked it up.   I sponged the background with distressed inks and added color to the image with my Zig Real Color Brush markers. Stitched panel is a wafer die by Simon...

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Hey There Sweet Tea!

Good evening all!   I am participating in the Summer Coffee Lovers Blog Hop! . This is my first time playing along. I have always missed it in the past for some reason or other and almost missed it again this time around.   For my card I chose images from A Cup of Cheer by Papertrey Ink and a sentiment by Taylored Expressions called Hey Sweet Tea. I did a bit of stenciling...

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Happy Birthday

Good evening all!   This week for Papertrey Ink's MIM Challenge Betsy shows us a fun and easy reverse stenciling technique.   After I created my background using one of the Modern Background stencils I cut out my panel with the Sentiment Splits: Curved Vertical Die. I curved a sentiment from Botanical Blocks before stamping it onto my cardstock. Die cut...

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Hello

  Hello! I created this card for the current Altenew Inspiration Challenge featuring one of my favorite stamps sets, Peony Bouquet. Sentiment is from Painted Greetings.   Other supplies used were the Dot Fade stencil by Tim Holtz and the Pretty Frame cover plate by Papertrey Ink. Several clear sequins were added to finish off my card.   Thanks for visiting and have a super...

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Have a Blessed Christmas

Hello and welcome to another fun week at Christmas Card Challenges. We have provided the above image to get your creative juices flowing! You can choose to use it or not, just remember to create a Christmas or holiday project and have fun.   Here is what I came up with this week. Stamped images and sentiment are from the set Holiday Home by Papertrey Ink. Background was sponged...

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Sending Hugs

  Hello and thanks for dropping by!     Its release week at Papertrey Ink and the DT has been busy creating fabulous projects featuring sets that will be released on the 15th. I'm excited about the Woodblock Prints stamps, papers and stencils so this month I chose to focus on the gorgeous card created by Danielle Flanders pictured below.   For my card I stamped an image...

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just because

Hello Friends!   I have a CAS card to share with you all today featuring a couple of images from the set Birthday Blessings and a sentiment from Tiny Textures by Gina K. Designs. I added a splatter image from Distress Patterns by MFT Stamps. I also did a bit of water coloring with my Zig Real Color Brush Markers .   I had the pleasure of meeting Gina and her husband Tom...

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Christmas Card Challenges Week #28 - Religious

Good morning and a happy Sunday to you all!   This week at Christmas Card Challenges we would like to see your interpretation of our word prompt  religious.   Here is my take featuring the set Stained Glass by Papertey Ink. I heat embossed the image and sentiment with gold embossing powder and colored it with my Zig Real Clean Brush Markers.   We hope to...

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Happy Birthday

Good morning all!  I recently purchased the Zig Kuretake Gansai Tambi 36 color set of water colors and I am very pleased with them. I own many water color sets including pencils, markers, gelatos, crayons and distress but I have to say thus far these are my favorite at the moment. They are so creamy and they make the most awesome backgrounds.   I created this card for the current...

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