It is your Big Day!

I decided to make a fun "retro" kind of card. I have lots of Washi Tape and I think I have only used it one time!! I have seen several cards with washi tape used in the background and decided to try it myself. I LOVED the color and the Create with Connie and Mary color challenge this week...AND I have Washi Tape to match!! I also used the sketch from Freshly Made Sketches.

I decided to make this look a bit rustic too so I sponged the edges of the Very Vanilla and curled the CS a bit. The stars I covered with Crystal effects and sprinkled a little Dazzling Diamonds on them. I stamped some Gorgeous Grunge and them added my Washi Tape. I also used the WT to make little banners off the side of the tag. I think this could make a great Masculine Birthday card.

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Gee Thanks!

I love the new Word Bubbles Framelits! I knew I wanted to used them with the Sketch challenge at Hand Stamped Sentiments. I used the colors from Dynamic Duos Bold and Cheery week too. This was a very simple card with lots of fun little details.

The circles were done with masking and stmping the image inside the circles. I decided to give the word bubble a bit more dimension and added the shadow behind it. I really like the effect that gives. I decided to make a bit of a shadow for the background too. The arrow is from one of the Paper Pumpkins as well as both of the background stamps I used for the circles. I added a little bit of candy dots and bling to finish it off.

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Rainbow Swirled Birthday

I have been able to take some time to craft again today and have a fun little card to share. This card is for the SUO Challenge to make a one layer card. I do not make these very often and I actually started with another card but couldn't resist the temptation to add another layer. I used the sketch from Case this sketch also. At the Friday Mashup they challenged us to do some sponging. I thought this would be the perfect technique to use on my one layer card.

 

 I used my Swirl stamp I had made from my Undefined Kit earlier. I was looking for a whimsical background stamp and thought this would be perfect. I masked the area off then heat embossed the images with clear embossing powder . I left the masking on and sponged on the rainbow colors. I also scored along the edge of the sponged area to make the image a bit more defined. I finished it off with Embossing the sentiment as well.

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February has arrived!

It is February...FINALLY! Here in Indiana we have a had a long January with the most recorded snow on record for this area. February is a big month in our house and it starts with my husband's birthday..today! Since it is the month of hearts as well I thought I would make him a card to celebrate both! (I won't actually give him the card but I will let him look at it!! LOL!!)

I decided to join a few challenges too! I used the Addicted to Stamps and More Photo Challenge for my inspiration. I liked all the hearts with words on them and the sparkle on the box. A new Challenge I saw is called Fusion. I used the color scheme and the sketch layout with this challenge. The last is Addicted to CAS with the code word: LOVE.

 

I first started with layering different Heart shaped framelits. I used the negative space and backed it with Basic Black. I then used more framelits to layer smaller heart shapes inside the negative space. I used the Heart Punch for the smaller hearts as well as the Owl Punch for the tiniest hearts. I loved the look of adding some glimmer paper as well as some dazzling details to the smallest hearts. One of the things I love to do is add the littlest details at the end. Sometimes I have a hard time stopping.

 I liked how using dimensionals really helped with the layering. This was a fun little card to create! Thanks for stopping by!!



 

Purple Fusion

I decided to make a card for this weeks CASology challenge. The cue word is purple and purple is not a color I use much at all.

This was a very simple card to make. I decided to leave off the sentiment because I thought I could use this for many different occasions. The Lattice Die is something that I do not use much but I love the soft and delicate look it give to a card. The butterfly I stamped of vellum also to continue with the soft look.

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Birthday Bag

This post is a something a little different for me. My son is going to a Birthday Party for a little girl and I picked up a plain red gift bag at the store. When I saw the color challenge at Fab Friday this week I decided to dress up the gift bag just a bit.

Making tags is not something I am confident in doing.  I decided to make this tag the size of a card and decorate both the front and back instead of making a card. It is about 5x7. I love ALL the new banner items from SU! and I think I used every Banner product on this tag!!

 

Front of Tag

Back of Tag

Brett's friend is turning six years old so I added six candles. The flames I colored with So Saffron and highlighted with Crushed Curry and Daffodil Delight. It is hard to see in the pictures but I also added some Crystal Effects to the flame to give them a bit more dimension. (My kids thought I was a genius! Too Funny!! )

I only had white tissue paper so I decided to stamp some Gorgeous Grunge and little hearts from Hears a Flutter to bring the colors together.

I had so much fun dressing this bag up with my very own tag and tissue paper. It was a very simple thing to do and definitely make the gift a bit more personal.

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Something Elegant

I have a really bad habit of buying DSP and not using it...REALLY BAD HABIT!! I have stacks of retired DSP that I haven't touched! ugh! I want to change that this year and start using more DSP for my cards and projects. I saw the sketch at Paper Pals Arts #189 and thought it would be a great way for me to try using some of my much beloved DSP!

 

This is the first time I have used the Chalk Talk Framelits and Stamp set. This is something very different  from what I usually use and I am excited to see what else I can create. I added a few simple details to add to the "Elegance" of the DSP. I didn't have any Crushed Curry ribbon so I dyed some Whisper White Ribbon. I love how with Stampin' Up! I always have the perfect color to use!

Now that I have cut into this beautiful DSP, I can't wait to see what else I can use it for!

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