Unity Friends with Flair Friday

I made this card for the Unity Stamp Company Friends with Flair Friday. I used the Itty Bitty stamp called Live Half Full and papers from the Heidi Grace Sunshowers collection. I stamped the glass on vellum and turned it over and colored it with Copic markers. Then I stamped it on vellum again and didn't color it and I glued the two pieces together. This made the "clear" area of the glass more pronounced. Thanks for stopping by!

Tuesday Trigger - Deck the Halls

I'm so glad I FINALLY had time to make a challenge card and especially one for the Moxie Fab World Tuesday Trigger. I love the photo this week. You can click here to join in on this fun Moxie Fab challenge. I really wanted to use this super vintage ornament stamp set which is an exclusive Studio Calico/Hero Arts stamp from one of the Studio Calico December KOM add-ons (Nov was my bday month so I had to get an add-on since I got the $5 off coupon!). I just love these ornaments. I was definitely inspired by the colors in the photo and of course the ornaments. 


To make the background I colored each dot with markers - this assures that it is not the card you're going to make to send to all your friends and family this year - that took a while. Once I stamped it, I thought it was a little too bold for the background so I put a piece of vellum on top of the Distressed Dots panel to subdue the colors. Then I attached the panel to white card stock with foam tape. I stamped the ornaments, cut them out and adhered them to the vellum with foam tape and added twine. 


Thanks for taking a look!

Here's my card.

Materials
1. Card stock - Whisper White (Stampin Up)
2. Background Stamp - Distress Dots - Hero Arts
3. Ornaments Stamp - Studio Calico/Hero Arts
4. Ink - Riding Hood Red, Pool Party, Garden Green, Pretty in Pink (Stampin Up)
5. Twine - The Twinery (green - Martha Stewart)

Uplifting Skipping Stones Sketch Challenge

I made this card for this week's Skipping Stones Sketch Challenge #88. This month's sketch designers is one of my favorite card makers - Teri Anderson. This is another great and fun sketch. I used the Skipping Stones Stamp Set Uplifting to make this simple basically one layer card. I'm enjoying my last day to quickly make cards - work starts back Thursday and I'll have to get back into a totally new routine. Thanks for taking a look!

Here's my card. 

Materials
1. Card stock - Confetti White (Stampin Up)
2. Stamps - Uplifting (Skipping Stones Design)
3. Ink - black (Memento)
4. Markers - Assorted (Copic)
5. Banner Die (Papertrey Ink)
6. Vellum (Papertrey Ink)


Instructions
1. Create card from card stock - finished size 4.25 x 5.5
2. Stamp images and color with copics - I chose 4 colors for the color scheme
3. Create banner in vellum with banner die and stamp sentiment
4. Stamp large butterfly, color and cut out
5. Adhere butterfly to vellum banner and adhere banner to card

Layered Flowers Thinking of You

Today I attended my first Copic class and learned some basic blending techniques. So, I couldn't wait to get home and try them out. Here is the card I came up with - probably pretty primitive, but I'm sure I'll get better with practice. I think it's a really pretty card.

Materials

Card Stock - Black, White (Stampin' Up) White Swiss Dots, Purple (Bazzill Basics) Vellum (Papertrey Ink)

Ink - Black (Memento) Black- Sentiment (Stampin' Up), Assorted Markers (Copic)

Stamp Sets - Layered Flowers (Hero Arts) Sophie's Sentiments, Bannerific (Lawn Fawn)

Tools - Paper Snips (Martha Stewart), Corner Rounder (Stampin' Up)

Instructions

1. Create card from black card stock - finished size is 4.25 x 5.5

2. Cut panels in white, black and purple at .25 inch increments smaller

3. Use corner round on opposite corners of card and panel, then adhere panels to card

4. Stamp flowers and leaf images and color, then fussy cut and adhere to card

5. Stamp sentiment and banner on vellum, cut out and adhere to card

To: You, From: Me

I just got this stamp set in today and had to try it. So, I did yet another card for the Lawnscaping Challenge with only a few hours left to enter! I used the Lawn Fawn Cozy Christmas and Bows & Holly stamp sets. The images are so cute and fun, even if it is a little early for Christmas cards!!

Materials

Card Stock - Whisper White (Stampin' Up), Purple (Bazzill Basics)

Vellum - Papertrey Ink

Ink - Black (Stampin' Up)

Stamp Sets - Cozy Christmas, Bows & Holly (Lawn Fawn)

Markers - Raspberry, Holiday Blue, Emerald Green, Lipstick Red (Copic)

Instructions

1. Create card from card stock - finished size is 4.25 x 5.5

2. Cut white panel 4 x 5.25, stamp on strings of lights and color and adhere to card

3. Create scallop frame with 2 scallop circle dies

4. Cut vellum and adhere to scallop frame

5. Stamp present and tag, color, cut and adhere to card