I’m back. Have you ever made cards and they don’t turn out?? I have. But, yeah! I finally had a card turn out that is “postable”. This card was inspired by the TimeOut Challenge #168 and The Card Concept challenge #138d. These two challenges clearly blend well together and were the basis for this mixed media card.. The clear bowl from TimeOut was the inspiration for the shaker card. I chose pink as my primary color. I loved the shells from The Card Concept and the starfish from TimeOut. I used images from multiple different desingers. The designers included: Lawn Fawn (Screen Time, Keep on Swimming, Ready Set Snow), MFT (BB Polynesian Paradise, Penguins in Paradise) Designing Desert Divas (mermaid). The background die was created with Nina solar white cardstock usning Lawn Fawn’s Sparkle Background and and Sizzix Polkadot embossing folder. The images were colored with some simple Copic coloring. Add some clear star gems, foam tape and glue and you have a cute card.

Stay safe y’all!😢😢😢 Hurricane Laura

I’ve been sending (and creating) quite a few sympathy cards recently. This is a card for a dear friend whose beloved horse passed away. The card was inspired by the clouds on the current Lawnfawnatic’s challenge. The card is completely done with die cuts, my favorite tool to use. I used Lawn Fawn’s cloud and stitched rectangle dies along with MFT’s rainbow die. The sentiment inside is “hidden” by the clouds and is from a retired Designing Desert Diva’s (😪) sentiment set. On the back, I used some Lawn Fawn vellum and printed the poem Rainbow Bridge for horses. I thought this turned out to be an elegant and sweet card. Hopefully, it will be an inspiration for a slightly different twist on Rainbow Bridge.

Here is the inside and the back of the card. I forgot to mention that I used glue dots to secure the vellum to the back.

Happy Hump Day Y’all!

Challenges entered with this card include:

A little foiling to start the week. We all need to send sympathy cards at one time or another. This was a very simple card to make. The flower is a die from SSS that was cut and then foiled. The sentiment was a simple hot foil die set. A bit of background stamping to add interest. A simple and elegant card!

Have a great week, y’all!

This card was inspired by the current MFT sketch challenge . I used stamps from BB Penguins in Paradise and BB Polynesian Paradise. The penguin and the large flower are stamped on Copic paper and colored with a combination of copic markers and Black Widow pencils. The stamps were also used on Shrinky Dinks for pencils and used as shaker elemets: the pinapple, the drink, and flower. The foiling is from  Elegant Twist Collection by Becca Feeken and Gemini Hot Foil in Cherise. The background stamp is Starry Night by Hero Arts using Versamark ink. Put it together and you have ……… Hello Lovely!.

Have a Lovely Day, y’all!

Challenges this card is entered include: MFT sketch challenge, SSS Early Bird Challenge, 2 Crafting Critter Crazies

A beautiful and peaceful scene. A little unicorn enjoying his home. This card was designed by DD14, who was inspired by the current Color Throwdown Challenge. She used Lawn Fawn dies and stamps to create the scene. The background is a blending of some distressed oxide and a great use of washi tape. Fabulous job girl!!

What an honor! Thank you so much to the group over at The Card Concept challenge. I was surprised to see that I won an honorable mention to your last card challenge. It was a fun challenge and look forward to this next fortnight challenge as well.

Happy Hump Day, y’all!

A gun gift card to make and receive. My DD14a created this card with some help from Lawn Fawn stamps/dies and MFT gift card dienamics and plastics. She did some simple copic coloring and the gift is ready to be used. She was inspired by this weeks color throwdown challange. It’s hard to see, but the gift card is gold.

Great Job, girl!!

A card inspired by the current Card Concept challenge. I was inspired by the colors, the rustic setting and the lake in the background. Definitely a mixed media card: distressed oxide ink, copic coloring, memento ink, Black Widow pencil and gellyroll pen along with some die cutting and embossing.

Happy Thursday y’all!

My first pop-up card! Oh my goodness, this was so much fun! Thank you to Karen Burniston for such a fantastic die set! Clearly, I used the castle die set and used Cinderella’s Castle at WDW as the inspiration for the colors and the addition of Tinker Bell. The castle was stenciled with some distressed oxide and the “towers” were embossed with a silver/black embossing powder. The castle needed some bling. LOL The patterened paper is from the Elsa and Anna Collection from Cricuit papers. The castle die cut on the front of the card is from a Hero Art’s set. Ms. Bell is obviously a Lawn Fawn fairy. My next attempt will have fireworks and if possible some lights.

Keep crafting y’all!

Happy Birthday to Me and everyone else with a June 7th Birthday!

I got to play this morning and created this Father’s Day Card. Shhhhh, don’t tell my husband. This card was inspired by the LawnFawnatics create a scene challenge and 2 Crafty Critter Crazies. Truthfully, this was spectacularly easy to make. All the dies and images are from Lawn Fawn Joy to the Woods. I first cut the trees out of 3M post it tape using the die set. Then, I stamped the animals using Versamark ink. 3M post it tape was cut using the coordinating dies and placed as masks for the animals. Ink blending was then done using Distressed Oxide in Citron, Carved Pumpkin and Candied Apple. After all the masks were removed I used Black Widow pencil for the trees and the nest. A black frame and citron colored cardstock to finish the card.

Happy Sunday Funday, y’all!