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

Hooray you did it!

Hi everyone,

Well I am back from my wonderful vacation in Newfoundland. Such a incredibly beautiful, extraordinary place.

The card I have for today was actually completed before I left on vacation but I didn't have time to post it. It will fit perfectly into the theme for the current Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge here which is 'Bright and Cheerful'

Here's my card:

I first started by stamping this beautiful image from My Favorite Things and embossing it using white embossing powder. I then went on to colouring each of the sections using different colours of Zigs but not adding any water. It took me a while to colour everything but I was pretty happy with the results. I find the Zig brush pens so vibrant in colour.

I die cut the 'hooray' sentiment first in vellum and then a second time using pink cardstock. The other sentiment from Hero Arts was stamped onto a piece of black cardstock and then embossed with white embossing powder.

Before mounting the panel onto my card base I used a wonky stitched rectangle die to add some interest to the edges.

The background piece and the sentiment were mounted with foam tape and the vellum sentiment was adhered with some glue.

I added some Diamond crystal accents and that finished my card.

Thanks so much for stopping by.

Supplies:

MFT Floral Fantasy Background stamp

MFT Wonky Stitched Rectangle die set

Neat and Tangled Hooray dies

Hero Arts Everyday Sayings

Zig Clean Color Real Brush pens - Turquoise Green, Light Blue, Pink, Peach Pink, Yellow, Pale Green

Lucy's Little Things - Diamonds - Dewdrop

Congrats

Hi everyone,

Well it's a beautiful warm day, the sun is shining and I've been for my power walk. Life is good. Now it's time to post a card that I made for the current Watercolor challenge at A Blog Named Hero here.

Here's my card:

I started by stamping the Hero Arts Large Open Flower stamp with white embossing powder and heat setting.

I moved onto colouring each of the little petals of the flower with 2 different colours of Peerless Watercolors and blending them with a water brush. When I was finished that I decided to die cut the flower image using a Fancy Frames Circles die from Sunny Studio Stamps which fit perfectly around my image.

I stamped the sentiment with Versamark ink and white heat embossed onto die cut banner. The card base was covered with an orange panel on which I also stamped the flower image randomly with Versamark ink.

Added foam tape to the flower and sentiment and applied to my card base.

I used some Little Things from Lucy's Cards to add a little sparkle.

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

Supplies:

Hero Arts Large Open Flower Stamp

WPlus9 Basic Banner stamp and die

Sunny Studio Stamps Fancy Frames Circles die set

Peerless Watercolors Bonus Pak - Butterfly Wing Blue, Cadmium Yellow

Kuretake water brush 

Lucy's Cards Little Things Diamonds - Dewdrop

Simon Says Stamp white embossing powder