Warm Winter wishes

Hi everyone,

Well it's the last day of 2019 and I have finished this year off with a Zumba class this morning and managed to squeak in my last card for the year. Woo Hoo! 

I started by creating my background by blending a couple of colours of Distress oxide inks onto a white background which I had cut out using a wonky stitched rectangle die. I then applied some Gina K glitter paste using a stencil from Taylored Expressions.

I set that aside to dry and created my large sentiment by diecutting 3 times and layering together and blending some Distress oxide ink over top.

I coloured my cute little rabbit with Copics.

I adhered my panel to a base of patterned cardstock and foam mounted the large die cut sentiment.

The bunny was foam mounted and the tiny winter was heat embossed with white embossing powder.

I added some glossy accents to the tiny flower and added a black gel pen to the nose and eyes.

Well that's it for my card and thanks so much for stopping by.

Supplies:

Hello Bluebird Warm Wishes die set

Hello Bluebird McGregor's Garden stamp and die set

Taylored Expressions Confetti Toss stencil

MFT Die-namics Wonkly stitched rectangle die

Lawn Fawn patterned paper

Gina K glitter gel paste

Distress Oxide inks

Holly Jolly Christmas

 Hi everyone,

Today I have a card to share using some fun Mama Elephant reindeer stamps.

I started by creating my background by blending 3 different colours of distress inks. I then used a window die to cut out my panel.

I did a bit of watercolouring on the reindeers and tree and the sentiment was stamped on black cardstock and heat embossed with white embossing powder.

The inside panels were accented using a snowfall stencil and some Nuvo glitter paste.

Well that's it for my card and thanks so much for stopping by.

Supplies:

Mama Elephant reindeer stamp set

Simon Says Stamp snowfall stencil

Hello Bluebird Gallery Frame Die #1

MFT Bitty Holiday Wishes

Distress Oxide inks

Nuvo glitter paste

Watercolours

Holiday Snowflakes

Hi everyone,

Today I have 2 cards to share that I created using both the positive and negative from a large snowflake die.

I started by cutting a large panel with a stitched rectangle die and then cut a snowflake from the white piece. I then moved onto die cutting the snowflake from a few different colours of cardstock. I carefully taped all the snowflake pieces together on the back side and then laid them into the snowflake cutout background.

I added foam tape to the back of the panel and adhered it to the card base which was lined with a piece of diagonal stripe patterned paper.

For my second card I die cut the snowflake from a white panel. The background to my snowflake was created by blending 3 different colours of distress oxide inks. I added some white splatters to the panel and adhered it to my card base. I applied foam tape pieces around the edges of the snowflake and turned it into a shaker card using Snow Flurries mix from Taylored Expressions.

Both sentiments are from MFT stamps.

Well that's it for both cards and thanks so much for stopping by.

Supplies:

Impression Obsession Snowflake die - DIE093-X

Simon Says Stamp Stitched Rectangle die set

Distress Oxide inks - Salty Ocean, Peacock Feathers, Broken China

Taylored Expressions Snow Flurries sequin mix

From our home to yours

Hi everyone,

Today I have a card to share using Altenew's Leaves & Berries stencil.

I applied the stencil to my card and started to blend the berries and leaves with Distress Oxide inks masking off the berries and then the leaves. I laid the stencil back down and added some drops of white paint. I also added some little gold dots on the white background part to add a little extra interest.

I die cut a red scalloped frame and added to the card with some foam tape. The sentiment was stamped and heat embossed with white powder.

Well that's it for my card and thanks so much for stopping by.

Supplies:

Altenew Leaves & Berries stencil

MFT Die-namics Stitched Rectangle Scalloped Frame die set

Distress Oxide inks

MFT Bitty Holiday Wishes stamp set

Happy Holidays

Hi everyone,

Today I have a card to share using a new stencil from Gina K that I had recently purchased.

I die cut a red cardstock panel using a stitched rectangle die. I then applied white Gina K. Glitz glitter gel. I just love this gel.

I then layered the panel onto a piece of white cardtock and then a piece of black cardstock.

The sentiment is from MFT stamps which was stamped and embossed with white embossing powder.

The whole thing was popped up with some foam tape onto a white card.

Such an easy, quick and festive card.

Thanks so much for stopping by.

Supplies:

Gina K. Designs Water Droplets stencil

Gina K. White Glitter glitz gel

Simon Says Stamp Stitched Rectangle die set

MFT stamps Bitty Holiday Wishes stamp set

Simon Says Stamp white embossing powder

The Magic of Christmas

Hi everyone,

Today I have a card to share with a nice wintery, snowy night background. Simon Says Stamp also has their current challenge theme as Starry, Starry Night so I thought I would enter that here

I started with a piece of navy cardstock that was die cut using a stitched rectangle die. I then placed a couple of different stencils that I have for a very long time (one is brass and the other stainless) and applied some white ink. Once I was happy with the background I added a lot of white paint splatters using Gansai Tambi white paint.

The 2 reindeers and horns were die cut with a piece of white cardstock a couple of times and adhered together.

The sentiment is from MFT stamps. I added a little red pom pom to Rudolph's nose and some sparkle embellishment from Queen & Co.

Well that's it for this card and thanks so much for stopping by.

Supplies:

Simon Says Stamp Stitched Rectangle die set

MFT stamps Bitty Holiday Wishes stamp set

MFT Die-namics Deer Love die set

American Traditional Large Snowflakes stainless stencil

Lasting Impressions Brass snowflake stencil 

Queen & Company embellishments

Memories Unicorn White pigment ink

Sending Holiday Cheer

Hi everyone,

I have a card to share today that I created using the Simon Says Stamp Poinsettia Parade die set.

I first started by creating the base of my card by embossing the background with the Lawn Fawn Quilted Backdrop die.

I used the same die to also cut a small panel to mount my flowers on.

I ran the Poinsettia die through my die cutting machine a couple of times so that I would have enough pieces to create my flowers and leaves.

I added some colour to the flowers and leaves by blending some Distress Oxide inks over the pieces.

The sentiment was stamped onto black cardstock and heat set with white embossing powder.

I die cut a panel of red cardstock, added my small quilted panel and arranged my flowers tucking i. The leaves here and there. I added a small pearl to the centre of each flower.

Well that’s it for my card and thanks so much for stopping by.

Supplies:

Simon Says Stamp Poinsettia Parade die set

Lawn Fawn Quilted Backdrop die

MFT Bitty Holiday Wishes stamp set

Distress oxide inks - Candied Apple, Twisted Citron

Holiday ornament

Hi everyone,

Today I have a card to share that I created using some Newton’s Nook products for their current colour challenge #110.
You can find the challenge here

The background to my card was created by using all the left over inks that were left on my Taylored Expressions blending brushes and blending over the panel. I love the nice soft look that this created. I used a Stitched rectangle die to cut out the entire panel. 

I used a stitched circle tag die from Lawn Fawn to stamp my images and sentiment from Newton’s Nook and then coloured them with my Prismacolor Premier pencils. Stamped some little snowflakes from the same set onto the background.

I added a stitched glitter snow hill and blended some ink around the edges of the circle tag.

A little white glitz glitter gel from Gina K was added under the tree. I popped the whole thing up with some foam dots and added a die cut bow also from Newton’s Nook and added some Glossy Accents to the windows.

Well that’s it for my card and thanks so much for stopping by.

Supplies:

Newton’s Nook Snow Globe Scenes Stamp set
Newton’s Nook Pines & Holly die set
Simon Says Stamp Stitched Rectangles die set
Lawn Fawn Stitched Circle Tags die set
Lawn Fawn Stitched Hillside borders die
Lawn Fawn Sparkle cardstock
Gina K. White Glitz glitter gel
Taylored Expressions blending brushes
Prismacolor Premier coloured pencils
Various Distress oxide inks

Fall leaves

Hi everyone,

Today I have a card to share with a Fall theme that I will also be entering in Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Fall/Autumn Colors challenge which can be found here.

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I started by die cutting my card panel using a wonky stitched rectangle die.

I then taped down the stitched leaves and embossed them with my diecutting machine. I added some colour by using my Taylored Expressions brushes and Oxide inks to ink blend my background.

I splattered some water droplets over the panel, added some foam tape and adhered it to my card base.

I stamped the Simon Says sentiment onto a piece of black cardstock and heat embossed with white embossing powder.

Well that's it for my card and thanks so much for stopping by.

Supplies:

MFT Die-namics Wonky Stitched Rectangle die set

Simon Says Stamp sentiment - Work Out stamp set

Lawn Fawn Small Stitched Leaves

Distress Oxide Inks - Candied Apple, Spiced Marmalade, Fossilized Amber, Squeezed Lemonade

Taylored Expressions blending brushes

Poinsettia Christmas

Hi everyone,

Today I have a card to share that I created using the new Sunny Studio Stamps Layered Poinsettia die set and new large sentiment.

I started by creating my background using a stencil from Altenew and 3 of their mini ink cubes.

I adhered the stencil to my cardstock panel and began applying the colours from the bottom first with my lightest ink and then the next darker ink, then the darkest and then repeating the inks again from dark to light to the top of my card. Used my new Taylored Expressions ink blending brushes. Love, love, love these.

Once I was happy with the stripes I applied a Simon Says Stamp stencil over top of the panel and added Glitter Snow embossing paste.

I stamped the large sentiment also new from Sunny Studio Stamps with Versamark ink and then heat embossed with white powder over top.

The poinsettia was created using 4 different shades of pinks and also a dark green. The leaves were stamped with Versamark and clear embossed. Stamped the berries and heat embossed them in white.

I added my panel to my top folding card base and then added the poinsettia with foam pieces.

Well that's it for my card and thanks so much for stopping by.

Supplies:

Sunny Studio Stamps Layered Poinsettia die set
Sunny Studio Stamps Season's Greetings stamp set
Altenew Ombre Stripes stencil
Altenew mini cube inks - Soft Lilac, Lavender Fields, Deep Iris
Simon Says Stamp white embossing powder
Aleene's Glitter Snow embossing paste
Nuvo Limoncello Jewel Drops
Taylored Expressions blending brushes

Snowflake holidays

Hi everyone,

Today I have a card to share that I created using a combination stamp and embossing folder set from Sizzix/Hero Arts.

I started by creating my background by using a smooshing technique by applying a few colours of Distress oxide inks on to my craft sheet and then dragging a piece of watercolour cardstock on top blending the colours until my whole panel was covered.

at was dry I used a stitched die to add some stitching detail to the top and bottom of the panel. I stamped the snowflake background with Versamark ink and heat embossed silver embossing over top. I used an embossing folder and lined it up with the snowflakes and ran it through my machine. I love the effect of the raised snowflakes.
I then added some splats of black paint to the panel.

I added some foam tape to my panel and also to the sentiment strip and added them to my card base.
The sentiment is from a Mama Elephant/Hampton Arts stamp set and die set.

I also added an irridescent star from Studio Katia to the left of the sentiment strip.

Well that's it for my card and thanks so much for stopping by.

Supplies:

Mama Elephant/Hampton Arts stamp set
Hero Arts/ Sizzix Snowflake Background set (stamp and embossing folder)
Lawn Fawn Stitched Borders die set
Distress Oxide inks - Peacock Feathers, Broken China, Cracked Pistachio, Salty Ocean
Silver embossing powder

Bee kind

Hi everyone,

Today I have a card to share that I created for the current Simon Says Stamp Flickr challenge #133 where the theme is to 'Emboss it like a Boss'.

I die cut a panel with a Simon Says Stamp stitched rectangle die and then placed a stencil over top and began blending 2 colours of Distress Oxide inks over it. With the stencil in place I spread a layer of translucent embossing paste over top. I set the whole thing aside and created my die sentiment.

I used a Simon Says Stamp die for the Be die and layered several layers together. I then went onto diecutting just the 'B' again with several layers of black cardstock.

I stamped the word kind onto a piece of black cardstock which was die cut with a Hero Arts die hexagon shape in keeping with my stencil honeycomb pattern.

The Bee was glued to my card base and the kind was foam mounted.

The whole panel was adhered to a blank card that was embossed along the edges using the same rectangle die that I used to cut out my stencil piece.

For a finishing touch I added some snow crystals from Studio Katia.

Well that's it for my card and thanks so much for stopping by.

Supplies:

Memory Box Texture Honey Comb stencil

Simon Says Stamp Stitched Rectangle die

Simon Says Stamp Be stamp set and die

Hero Arts Geometric Shapes die set

Distress Oxide inks - Squeezed Lemonade, Fossilized Amber

Dreamweaver Translucent embossing paste

Studio Katia snow crystals

Happy Day

Hi everyone,

Today I have a card to share that I am also entering in the current Simon Says Flickr challenge where the theme is 'Anything Goes'.

I die cut a piece of watercolour cardstock with Simon Says Stamp stitched rectangle die and added Ken Oliver's color burst powder in Violet to that piece until I had a nice blend of colour. I also added some splats of water. 

I moved onto coloring and diecuting all the pieces with Lawn Fawn's Fortune Teller Tabby with Copics. The crystal ball centre was die cut using a piece of Ranger's Silver Sparkle Alcohol Ink cardstock to which I stamp my sentiment.

I wanted a contrast to my background so I used the Simon Says Stamp Diagonal Stripe and blended  some black ink just around the edges of my card base.

I added the purple panel with foam and popped up the images and sentiment. I also added a piece of black and white twine to the top fold of my card.

Well that's it for my card and thanks so much for stopping by.

Supplies:

Simon Says Stamp stitched rectangle die

Simon Says Stamp Diagonal Stripe stencil

Lawn Fawn Fortune Teller Tabby

Ken Oliver's Color Burst - Violet

Ranger Alcohol Ink cardstock - Silver Sparkle

Lawn Fawn twine

Falling leaves thanks

Hi everyone,

Today I have a card to share that I created for the current Simon Says Stamp Flickr challenge #131 where the theme is 'Falling for Fall'.

I started by creating my background using a stencil and 3 different colours of Distress inks and using my new Taylored Expressions blending brushes. I absolutely love them. The blending is so smooth and crisp. I also blending another leaf on a small piece of white cardstock, fussy cut it out and popped it onto my panel with some foam dots.

The whole panel was cut using a wonky stitched rectangle die.

I die cut the Thanks die with black cardstock a couple of time and glued them together. The other words were stamped with clear embossing powder and embossed with white embossing powder.

The whole panel was attached to my card to which I had adhered a black piece of cardstock. I added a few sequins to finish off my card.

Well that's it for my card and thanks so much for stopping by.

Supplies:

Simon Says Stamp Painted Thanks die

Simon Says Stamp Thanks stamp set

The Crafter's Workshop Mini Art Deco Leaves stencil

MFT Die-namics Wonky Stitched Rectangles die set

Distress Inks - Spiced Marmalade, Mustard Seed, Festive Berries

Taylored Expressions blending brushes

Sweet Anniversary

Hi everyone,

Sorry it’s been a couple of weeks but I have been thoroughly enjoying our beautiful summer here and have not spent much time in my craft room. Today however is a rainy day so here I am. 

I have a card to share that I had created for my daughter and son-in-law’s 1st Wedding Anniversary. They live in Hawaii and I only wanted to post the card after they had received it.

I started by creating my background panel using a stencil and distress oxide ink. I blended the ink heavily at the top left of the panel and then eased off my pressure for the remainder of the blending.

The panel was die cut using a large stitched rectangle die.

I had the stamped and die cut cherries in my stash from a previous project and thought they would work well with my background.  I die cut the sweet sentiment using gold glitter card stock.

I stamped the remaining sentiments with black ink and added some crystal accents and a little glossy accents on the cherries.

Well that’s it for my card and thanks so much for stopping by.

Supplies:

The Crafter’s Workshop Mini Circle Explosion stencil

Sunny Studio Stamps Berry Bliss stamp and die set

Sunny Studio Stamps Sweet Word die

Simon Says Stamp Stitched Rectangle die set

Altenew Halftone Happy stamp set

Distress Oxide Picked Raspberry 

Studio Katia April Crystals

Hugs

Hi everyone,

Today I have a card to share that I created for the current Simon Says Stamp Instagram challenge where the theme is 'Die Cutting'.

I started by creating my background using an Anna Griffin embossing folder. I then blended 2 different colours of Oxide inks over top.

I cut the panel to fit onto a kraft card base and then foam mounted it to my card.

I die cut the large Hugs die from Simon Says Stamps 3 times and added small pieces of foam tape to the back to give it a little extra lift.

Added the die cut sentiment to my card along with a few clear sequins and that completes my card.

Thanks so much for stopping by.

Supplies:

Simon Says Stamp Hugs die

Cuttlebug/Anna Griffin Blossoms Dance embossing folder

Distress Oxide inks - Twisted Citron, Picked Raspberry

Alcohol ink and Deco foil

Hi everyone,

I have a card to share today using Alcohol inks, Deco foil and and a patterned piece of paper especially designed to work with Alcohol inks from Hot Off The Press. I bought 4 sheets of this type of paper quite a while ago and have never really used them. Got put to the back of a drawer and forgotten, I guess.

Well they work amazingly well with the inks and the pattern is already stamped and embossed. This particular pattern is called Color Me Glossy Flourish.

I used only 2 colors of alcohol inks and before they were almost dry added the piece of deco foil and burnished it on in a few different areas. I used Lapis Watercolor Deco Foil as it has some blue, gold and silver in the foil.

The die sentiment was cut three times from some white cardstock and all 3 glued together. I stamped and embossed the Simon Says Stamp sentiment onto a piece of black with white embossing powder.

The whole panel was cut with a large rectangle stitched die and then foam mounted onto my card base.

Well that's it for my card and thanks so much for stopping by.

Supplies:

Hot Off the Press special alcohol ink paper

My Favorite Things Die-namics Celebrate die

Simon Says Stamp Large Stitiched Rectangle die

Simon Says Stamp Be 3x4 stamp set

Alcohol inks Sublime Pearl and Tranquil Pearl

Deco Foil Lapis Watercolor

Thanks a bunch

Hi everyone,

I have a card to share today using watercolours and some added splatters. Simon Says Stamp has a current Flickr challenge where the theme is 'Split, Splat, Spatter'. This card is perfect for that.

I started by creating a watercolour background and using the Clustered Leaves die from Simon Says Stamp to cut out the leaves and then added some splatters using different colours of ink.

I die cut a frame with some turquoise cardstock and then adhered the leaves directly to my card base and then foam mounted the frame over top. The sentiment from Clearly Besotted was stamped with some turquoise ink and then I added several rainbow coloured rhinestones from HAI.

Well that's it for my card and thanks so much for stopping by.

Supplies:

Simon Says Stamp Clustered Leaves die

Lawn Fawn Outside In Stitched Scalloped Rectangle Stackables die set

Clearly Besotted Miniature Floral Collection stamp set

HAI rainbow rhinestones

Our prayers

Hi everyone,

Today I have a card to share that I created using some watercolour to create a background for this large stamp from Impression Obsession with an inlaid die sentiment. Entering this in the Simon Says Stamp IG challenge for July where the theme is 'Watercolor'. I like to see the different colours poking out from behind the trees

I started by applying different colours of Tombow markers to a craft mat and then spritzing with water and using a smooshing technique to add the colour to a piece of white card stock. I sometimes forget how wonderful Tombow markers are for watercolouring. The results are beautiful.

Once this was dry I stamped the large background image to my piece. I die cut the word prayers first from black and then from white cardstock. At first I was going to add the word in black but it seemed to get lost in the background so I added the white die cut piece so that it would stand out more.  The whole panel was applied to my card base with foam tape so that I could do an inlaid die technique for adding my die cut sentiment. I stamped the smaller word sentiments on black cardstock and heat embossed with white embossing powder.

Well that completes my card and thanks so much for stopping by. 

Supplies:

Impression Obsession Birds on Trees Cover-A-Card stamp

Hero Arts Prayers stamp and die set

Tombow markers - Light Green, Reflex Blue, Light Orange, Green

Hero Arts Black cube ink

Hi everyone,

Well it's been awhile since my last post. We were away on a little mini vacation and I guess life just happened. Maybe I haven't felt very creative lately. Hopefully that changes soon.

Anyways today's card is for the current Simon Says Stamp Wednesday "Anything Goes" theme and also for their current Flickr challenge where the theme is "Crazy for Coloring"

I recently won the Peonies in Bloom stamp set from Mama Elephant so that is what I used on my card. I stamped the flower and white embossed. I coloured the image with Copic markers and added some white accents with a Gelly Roll pen.

I die cut a white panel with a stitched rectangle die and then masked off a couple of strips and blended some Distress Oxide Twisted Citron ink.

The die sentiment was die cut with a piece of black cardstock and the rest of the sentiment was stamped with Versafine black ink.

I added some Studio Katia buttercream jewels and that finished off my card.

Thanks so much for stopping by.

Supplies:

Mama Elephant Peonies in Bloom stamp set

Simon Says Stamp Painted Hello die

WPlus 9 Beautiful Bouquets stamp set

MFT Die-namics Blueprints 13 die set

Distress Oxide Twisted Citron

Studio Katia buttercream jewels

Hummingbird

Hi everyone,

Today I have a card that I created with a new stamp set for me from Avery Elle. Both Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge and also their Flickr challenge #124 have the same 'Anything Goes' theme.

I started by stamping and colouring the images with Copics. I don't have the matching die so I fussy cut them out. I creating the background with a Simon Says Stamp stencil and blended Distress Oxide ink over the stencil.

I stamped the sentiment onto the background. I die cut the large frame with a Lawn Fawn die and added it to my card base with foam tape. All the images were added with foam tape also.

For a little added accents I added some round crystals from Studio Katia and a little glitter to parts of the hummingbird.

Well that's it for my card and thanks so much for stopping by.

Supplies:

Simon Says Stamp Diagonal Stripe stencil

Avery Elle Hummingbird stamp set

Lawn Fawn Outside in Stitched Scalloped Rectangle die

Distress Oxide - Squeezed Lemonade

Studio Katia Irridescent round crystals

Copics

Glitter

Butterfly birthday

Hi everyone,

I love the new Rainbow Shattered Glass Deco Foil. It makes for really pretty butterflies. There is an 'Anything Goes' challenge on Simon Says Stamp's Flickr group so I am adding my card.

I used 2 different butterflies from Memory Box to create the butterflies with the Deco Foil. I used a piece of black glitter cardstock to add the outline butterfly on top. The background panel was die cut from a piece of patterned paper using a Stitched border die from Pretty Pink Posh.

I stamped the sentiment and white heat embossed. I added the patterned panel to a piece of black cardstock which was adhered to the card base. The die sentiment was cut 3 times and glued together. The stamped sentiment and the butterflies were added with foam.

That's it for my card and thanks so much for stopping by.

Supplies:

Memory Box Pippi Butterfly die

Memory Box Isabella Butterfly die

Simon Says Stamp Sending & Wishing stamp and die set

Pretty Pink Posh Stitched Borders 4 die set

Therm O Web Deco Foil Rainbow Shattered Glass

Blue Fern Studios Charlotte's Dream 12 x 12 sheet

Black glitter cardstock

Thanks and appreciation

Hi everyone, 

Today I have a card to share using a Tim Holtz stencil and some translucent embossing paste. I am entering this in the current Simon Says Flickr challenge #123 where the theme is to "Do It With Dimension".

I have been busy lately preparing and planting my gardens and doing work outdoors and also organizing my bead collection in hopes to start selling off some of my beads. I must admit I do have a lot. But I will also be keeping a lot so I can start making some bracelets. Maybe I can get my Yoga buddies interested in some.

Anyways I have had some time to create in my craft room. I've recently ordered some new Lawn Fawn products and look forward to playing with some of those. Stay tuned!

I attached my stencil to a die cut piece of cardstock and blended Peacock Feathers distress ink over the whole piece. I then added a layer of Translucent embossing paste over top to create the raised effect of my background.

I set that aside to dry and die cut a background piece for my stencil piece and attached that to my card base.

Once the stenciled piece was dry adhered that to the light turquoise piece with some foam tape.

I die cut the sentiment die 3 times with black cardstock and glued them together.

The stamped sentiment was stamped with versamark ink and then heat embossed with white embossing powder.

I adhered the sentiments and added some Nuvo drops for accents.

Well that's it for my card and thanks so much for stopping by.

Supplies:

Tim Holtz Flourish stencil

Simon Says Stamp Stitched Rectangle die set

Simon Says Stamp Painted Thanks die

Simon Says Stamp Thanks 3x4 stamp set

Dreamweaver Translucent embossing paste

Distress ink - Peacock Feathers

Nuvo Crystal drops - Dandelion Yellow

Happy Birthday From All of Us

Hi everyone,

I have a card to share today created with Avery Elle's All of Us stamp set which I am entering in the current Wednesday challenge over at Simon Says Stamp where the theme is 'Happy Birthday'. Details on their blog here

I started by die cutting the window frame with a piece of patterned cardstock. I then positioned the frame over a piece of white cardstock cut to the same size as my card base and figured out where to stamp each of the image lines so that they would be lined up in the frame openings.

I coloured each of the sets of images using Copices.

I added the frame over the images using some foam tape.

The sentiments were stamped from the same stamp set and adhered to my panel.

I added some googly eyes to random animals and that completes my card.

Thanks so much for stopping by.

Supplies:

Avery Elle All of Us stamp set

Mama Elephant Tri-Window cover die

Lawn Fawn patterened paper

Copics

Googly eyes

Floral Mom

Hi everyone,

I have a card to share today that I am entering in both the Simon Says current Flickr challenge #122 where the theme is 'Mother's Day/Flowers' and their current Wednesday challenge where the theme is 'Anything Goes'.

I started by stamping and embossing my floral image with white embossing powder. I then went on to water colouring the image with my Zigs. I die cut the image using a stitched square die. 

I placed a stencil over the card base and blended some Simon Says Stamp ink with a Clarity brush to give it a nice soft effect.

The stamped image was foam mounted onto a piece of turquoise cardstock.

The sentiment was die cut several times from the same colour of turquoise cardstock and mounted onto my card. I used MFT's Wow die and turned it upside down.

I added some sequins and finished the card off by adding a small crystal to each of the sequin centres.

Well that's it for my card and thanks so much for stopping by.

Supplies:

WPlus 9 Beautiful Boquets Dahlia stamp

Simon Says Stamp Flower Pattern stencil

Simon Says Stamp Stitched Squares die set

My Favorite Things Wow die-namics die

Simon Says Stamp Mint ink pad

Zigs - Carmine Red, Yellow, Bright Yellow, Orange, Light Green, Pale Green

Clarity brush

Sweet bunnies

Hi everyone,

Today's card was created using the fun bunny stamp set from Sunny Studio Stamps.

I started off by stamping my little bunnies from the Sunny Studio stamps set called Spring Greetings and coloured them with Copics.

I added some ink blending with Oxide ink in Wilted Violet to my card base. I then die cut a Zig Zag frame with some patterned paper and popped that up onto my card. Added some grassy borders and some rainbow rhinestones.

I stamped the sentiment using words from 2 different Lawn Fawn sets and added a border to my sentiment with some glitter cardstock.

Well that's it for my card and thanks so much for stopping by.

Supplies:

Sunny Studio Stamps Spring Greeting stamp set

Lawn Fawn Zig Zag Rectangle die set

Lawn Fawn Grassy Hillside Borders die set

Lawn Fawn Fancy Wavy Banners die set

Lawn Fawn Booyah stamp set

Lawn Fawn Happy Happy Happy Add-on stamp set

Lawn Fawn Perfectly Plaid Rainbow 6x6 paper pad

Lawn Fawn Spring Sparkle cardstock

Hai Rainbow Rhinestones

Purple balloons

Hi everyone,

Well it's been a while since I posted here as I was on vacation for a month in Hawaii visiting my daughter, son-in-law and new baby granddaughter. I think I have withdrawal symptoms from holding my adorable, sweet granddaughter and I wish I was still there. Needless to say their were lots of tears. Since returning here to Montreal the weather has not been that great. The sun is shining today but it is  only +4Celcius. Not the beautiful 80+ degrees of Hawaii.

Oh well. Back to it. I actually created this card before leaving but never had a chance to post it. The current challenge over at Simon Says Stamp is 'Anything Goes'. Details are on the blog here. It is also for the current SSSflickrchallenge#120 where the theme is also 'Anything Goes'.

The stencil background was creating by using different colours of ink and Neat and Tangled's balloon stencil.

The background was die cut using a Simon Says Stamp stitched rectangle die.

I die cut the sentiment several times with white cardstock and adhered it to a black die cut piece. I added some sparkle to the black piece with a Nuvo shimmer pen.

I added strips of washi tape to the card base and then adhered my panel.

Well that's it for this card and thanks so much for stopping by.

Supplies:

Neat & Tangled Balloon Duo stencil

Neat & Tangled Hooray word stamps and die set

Simon Says Stamp Stiched Rectangle die set

Altenew Ink Cubes - Shades of Purple

Me & My Big Ideas washi tape

Big Hugs

Hi everyone,

Today's card is for the current Wednesday challenge over at Simon Says Stamp where the theme is 'No Stamps Allowed'. Details can be found on their blog here.

Here's my card.

I started by blending my background using 3 different colours of Distress Oxide inks. I die cut the panel with a Window die.

I glued the pieces onto my card base. I die cut the sentiment with white and black cardstock and layered them together overlapping a bit so as to create a shadow effect.

The ballons were die in 3 different colours with a Sunny Studio Stamp die.

I added the sentiment and balloons to my card,

For a finishing touch I added some sparkle to the balloons and the sentiment with a metallic silver gel pen and added some twine and crystal accents to complete the card.

Well that's it for my card and thanks so much for stopping by.

Supplies:

Simon Says Stamp Hugs die

Sunny Studio Stamp Birthday Balloon die

Mama Elephant Tri Window Cover die

Gelly Roll metallic silver pen

Lucy's Cards Little Things - Diamonds - Dewdrops

Distress Oxide ink - Squeezed Lemonade, Wilted Violet, Picked Raspberry

Lawn Fawn twine

Thanks for everything

Hi everyone,

Today I have a card to share using all Simon Says Stamp products except for the ink and glitter. Simon Says Stamp's current Flickr challenge #117 is 'Let's Color'. It's really hard to see all the beautiful sparkle on my card but trust me it's there.

I started by die cutting my panel using a stitched rectangle die. I then went on to blending 2 different colours of distress oxide inks to create the background. I then taped my stencil to the panel and applied Nuvo glitter paste being careful to leave the centre part mostly free of glitter.

I die cut the sentiment 4 times with white cardstock and glued them together. The sentiment was stamped and heat embossed with white embossing powder.

Well that's it for my card and thanks so much for stopping by.

Supplies:

Simon Says Stamp Stitched Rectangle die set

Simon Says Stamp Swirls and Dots stencil

Simon Says Stamp Painted Thanks die

Simon Says Stamp Thanks stamp set

Distress Oxide inks - Cracked Pistachio, Squeezed Lemonade

Nuvo Moonstone glimmer paste