Playing with Circle Thinlits and Gold Velum

Hi everyone!  Here I am again with another post from a card I started last week and finished on Saturday.  I had the Circle Thinlits for a while and just got my gold velum, so I had to pull them out and play.  Here it is!  Did not like the light on it, but that is what you get when you have rain, rain, rain!

 

 

I added an extra layer to the side and also added some gold washi tape to the bottom!

 

 

This is a photo of it laid out more flat and the light shining on it better!

 

 

Items used are Stampin' Up! except the scripture.

Stamps: Embellished Events, Word Play, Label Love, Teeny Tiny Wishes

ODBD- Scripture

Card Stock: Whisper White, Gold Fancy Fold Designer Velum, Gold

Ink: Brown Sugar, Versamark

Gold Washi Tape

Artisan Punch

Circle Thinlits

Scallop 2 3/8 circle punch

2 1/2 Circle Punch

Modern Label Punch

Word Window Punch

Pirate Gold Embossing Powder (retired)

 

Thanks for stopping by today and hope you have a wonderful Wednesday!



LNS Challenge 244/Sketch 305- Monday Lunchtime Sketch

Good Morning all and hope your weekend was great!  I spent the weekend with my mom and brother and Mom is doing so good.  My brother is better, but very emotional at times as his dementia is beginning to confuse him a lot.  And, being down syndrome does not help.  But I know God is in control and I am trusting him.

 

Now on to our challenge this week at Late Night Stampers and our Monday Lunch Time Sketch.

 

The LNS Challenge this week is "elements that are all about wind."  Now I can't wait to see what you come of with on that one.  And of course I combined my two challenges and used Mary Jo's Monday Lunch Time sketch.  I just loved the sketch and here is what I came up with.

 

 

Now this is a hybrid card as I used My Digital Studio for everything under the white banner except the base.  I sized it on the paper as 4 X 5 1/4 so when I cut it out it would fit the base of my card.  I also printed the Kite on the same paper and cut it out and popped it up on the white embossed banner.  The thinking of you sentiment came from embellished events stamp set.  The MDS kit I used for the hybrid part is called New Heights.  Lots of great elements in the kit for this challenge at LNS.  Seem to always go to My Digital Studio when I need something different.

 

Here is a side view of the card.

 

 

Doesn't it look like the banner underneath is popped up?  Yet it is part of the Hybrid part which I printed out.  That is where the drop shadow comes into play.  Gives it a little bit of dimension.

 

Thanks so much for stopping by today and don't forget to stop by our Late Night Stampers Blog and Our Monday Lunch Time Sketch blog to see what the DT has in store for you!  Beautiful samples.

 

Hope you will join us this week!



Assorted Cards-Simply Sent Everyday Elegance

Well I have been trying to get my craft room organized and in doing so, I am finding all kinds of things I forgot I had.  I had ordered this set of Simply Sent Everyday Elegance Card kit from the SU Clearance Rack.  I know it was less than $3 for the kit, so I needed a set of quick cards to be able to put into our upcoming auction for Gateway Landing, facebook page.  So when I found these, I put them where I would be able to work on them when I could and yesterday was the day.  Here is the whole set.

 

 

And here are just the Cherry Cobbler.

 

 

And now for the Baja Breeze!

 

 

I now wish I had bought more than one pack of these, but next time I will know.

 

Here is the box I put them in and got it off of the Clearance Rack at Stampin' Up! also.  You can check thee clearance rack out by going to my website! 

 

 

I made the insert by using My Digital Studio and printing it out.

 

Thanks for stopping by and hope you are continuing to stay warm. 

 

 



Sketch 278 - Monday Lunchtime Sketch

Well happy Monday Morning.  When you see this, I will be in Virginia visiting my daughter's family.  By now I will have been holding my 6 month old grandson for 3 days and doing a lot of talking with my granddaughter.  I will also be leaving there today to come home.

 

So now on to this weeks sketch from Mary Jo.  I loved this sketch and decided to do some sponging with it.  More details below, but please check out Mary Jo's and the Design Teams sample for "the Monday Lunchtime Sketch" and here is my sample for this weeks sketch.

 

 

So here is what I did to sponge the circle and the scallop on the white. 

 

• I punched out the 2 1/2" circle and centered the piece of paper the circle was punched out in the center of the white paper.
• I sponged within the circle on the edges and out a little with more of the Cajun Craze Ink and less in the center to leave a little white.
• I punched out the 2 3/8" scallop circle and placed the punched out piece in the center of the paper with the punched out circle.  (Hope you know what I am talking about.)
• I then sponged the Chocolate Chip ink into the area surrounding both pieces of paper sponging a few times to get it really dark and look like a border.
• Still leaving the circle template in place, I then stamped my image with the Chocolate Chip in the center of the circles.
• And voila, you see what you get.  I then cut as needed and decorate card as needed.

Here is a side view of this card.

 

 

And then the inside where I used another image from the Serene Silhouettes stamp set along with a scripture.  Then I will be able to write on note on the bottom portion of the card.

 

 

All items used are Stampin' Up! except scripture noted below!

Stamp Sets: Serene Silhouettes, Embellished Events, ODBD Scripture Collection 6

Card Stock: Whisper White, Chocolate Chip, Cajun Craze

Ink: Chocolate Chip, Cajun Craze

Bitter Banner Framelits

Wood Grain embossing folder

 

Thanks for stopping by and hope you have a very blessed week!

 

Also adding to the Word Art Wednesday Blog!

 

Monday Lunchtime Sketch Challenge 269--TSSC269

Cannot believe it is already Monday!  Wow, weekends really fly by, but am thankful to have a job.  So back to work I go!  What a great sketch Mary Jo has put together for us today at Technostampers.  This sketch was so easy and yes, what is becoming my love in card making, Clean & Simple.  So you may want to join us this week with this wonderful Monday Lunchtime Sketch!  So here is my sample for this sketch!

 

 

Here is a side view of the card!

 

 

And a close up of the center! I used markers for coloring both of the stamping pieces!

 

 

All items used are Stampin' Up!

Stamp Sets: Embellished Events, Label Love

Card Stock: Cajun Craze, Calypso Coral,Whisper White, Shimmery White, Crushed Curry

Markers for coloring stamps

Finishing Touches Edgelits

Fancy Fan Embossing Folder

Artisan Label Punch

Crushed Curry Ribbon (retired)

 

Thanks for stopping by on this Monday and hope you have a wonderful and blessed week!

 



Clean & Simple Card Set

I have made quite a few set of cards for our Gateway Landing Open house on Sunday and thought I would share another set with you today.  This is a set I made especially for men and I am quite happy with the way they turned out.  I actually saw this set on Pinterest and cased the layout of it because I knew it would be easy and quick - CAS - that is what I am talking about!  Narelle Jones, the person I cased, did color her images, but I did not have time, so I just left them stamped and sponged the background before stamping the image.  You can find Narelle's here!  One more thing, all of my sets contain 5 cards, so I had to add one extra and decided to add the motorcycle stamp.  So here they are!

 

 

And here they are separately!

 

 

 

 

 

 

Items Used:

Stamp Sets: Need For Speed, Motorcycle

Card Stock: Not Quite Navy, Basic Black, Whisper White

Ink: Stazon Black, Not Quite Navy

Sponge for the Sponging Technique

 

Thanks for stopping by!



By the Seashore - CAS

 

Good Tuesday Morning to everyone.  I am back with another clean and simple card using the stamp set "By the Seashore."  I am loving this stamp set and especially since we have entered the beach time again.  This card was inspired by yet another blog for clean and simple called CAS(E) this Sketch.  I decided to use this stamp set as soon as I saw the sketch.  I also used the cloud embossing folder. 

 

Now let me tell you what I did with the shells.  I embossed them with white embossing powder and once embossed, I went over them with the crumb cake marker.  I then took a paper towel and brushed the excess crumb cake color off the embossing and it left just enough of the crumb cake in between the embossing to give it this effect.  Don't you just love it.  I cut them out and then popped them up with a pop dot.  I also took a sponge and sponged around the clouds with Baja Breeze and sponged around the sentiment with crumb cake.  I spritzed the crumb cake at the bottom with the Log Cabin Smooch Spritz to give it a sand look.

 

Here is a side view of the card!

 

 

And, yes the inside is decorated also.

 

 

The stamp set on the top is one of "Our Daily Bread" stamps called Footprints in the Sand.  I stamped the bottom with another shell from the set "By the Seashore."

 

All items used are Stampin' Up! Except inside stamp noted above!

 

Stamp Sets: By the Seashore, Embellished Events, (ODBD) Footprints in the Sand.

Card Stock: Bashful Blue, Whisper White, Crumb Cake

Ink: Bashful Blue, Crumb Cake, Versamark

White embossing powder

Cloud embossing folder

Banner Framelits

Crumb Cake Marker

Log Cabin Smooch Spritz

 

Thanks for stopping by today and hope you have a wonderful day!

Clean & Simple! Mosaic Madness

Good Saturday Morning!  Thought I would post this CAS card this morning before I got busy with all my "to do" list today.  Excited that I have a 3 day weekend, but I need to do some cleaning during this time.  But, I did have a few minutes yesterday to put this card together after I saw the sketch come through yesterday for the Clean and Simple Challenge.  Perfect time to use my new punch and new stamp set called Mosaic Madness and three of the new in-colors which I love.

 

 

Here is a side view of the card!

 

 

And of course the inside of the card!  I added a verse from one of my ODBD stamps which I love.

 

 

All items are Stampin' Up! except the inside verse which is ODBD stamp set from Scripture Collection 6.

 

Stampin' Up!

Stamp Sets: Mosaic Madness, Embellished Events

Card Stock: Strawberry Slush, Whisper White

Ink: Strawberry Slush, Crisp Cantaloupe, Coastal Cabana

Mosaic Punch

 

Thanks for stopping by and hope you have a fabulous Saturday!

 

Entering this into the Word Art Wednesday Anything goes challenge!

 

Box Card and Tag

 

This was one of my last projects I did this past week for Stampin' Fun and Friends along with a tutorial on how to do the card box, the band for the box and the tag.  The wonderful think about these card boxes is it can be any theme you want and you could just add a piece of jewelry or anything small.  I actually showed how you can decorate the inside of this one and add something besides a tag, or you can just keep the inside plain and add a tag.  There are so many options available.

 

Now here is the tag as a stand alone.

 

 

I love this designer paper as it gave it just the right amount of a distressed looked once I dded the sponging.

 

And now you get the see the box card closed!

 

 

And isn't this flower ribbon just beautiful! I am loving it.

 

All items used are Stampin' Up!

Stamp Set: Well Scripted, Embellished Events, He is Risen

Card Stock: Very Vanilla, Lucky Limeade, Calypso Coral

Tea for Two Designer Series Paper

Ink: Lucky Limeade, Calypso Coral

5/8” Flower Trim ribbon

In Color Dahlias

Simply Scored Scoring Tool

Simply Scored diagonal Plate

Labels Collection Framelits

Scallop Trim Border Punch

Bird Builder Punch

Sticky Strip, Adhesive, Glue Dots

Thanks for stopping by today! Now I am getting ready to go see that new handsome grandson of mine.  I could just eat him up!!!!!  Enjoy your Sunday afternoon!

 

Monday Lunch Time Sketch - TSSC252

 

Good Morning and welcome to Monday Lunch Time Sketch.  Mary Jo did a wonderful sketch for us this week.  I actually pulled out my Fours Seasons stamp set and used my markers to color the image.  I thought it went so well with the paper. 

 

Here is a side view of the card!

 

 

I popped up the center image to give it some dimension and popped up the sentiment.  Please check out Mary Jo's sketch and play along this week.

 

All items used are Stampin' UP!

Stamp Set: Four Seasons, Embellished Events

Card Stock: Very Vanilla Textured, Very Vanilla, Island Indigo

Designer Series paper: Tea for Two

Ink: Island Indigo

Markers for coloring image

2 3/8 scallop punch

Modern Label Punch

Decorative Label Punch

2 1/2 Circle Punch

 

Thanks for looking everyone and have a happy Monday!

 

Baby Card

 

Wow, two post in one week!  Maybe I will be able to get my MoJo going again!  I had a few moments yesterday to put this card together quickly with the help of Freshly Made Sketches.  My daughter is having a baby boy in February and we are really getting excited.  Actually today we are going to see the baby on a 3 D scan which is also very exciting.  Anyway, her colors for the room are yellow, white and gray.  She has cars in the bedding, but all I had was this cute little duck on wheels and I decided it would work out just great.  So that is what I used.  Isn't it just the cutest.

 

Here is the side view of the card!

 

 

And the inside of the card!

 

 

All items used are Stampin' Up!

Stamps: Embellished Events, God's Blessings (inside retired)

Card Stock: Basic Gray, Whisper White

Designer Series Paper: Summer Smooches

Ink: Basic Gray, Versamark (sentiment)

Markers for the stamp

White Embossing Powder for sentiment

Punches: 2 3/8 scallop circle, 2 1/2 round

White Tea Lace Paper Doily (coming January 2) sneak peak

 

Thanks for stopping by today and hope you have a very blessed Saturday!