clean and simple card set

Spring is in the air!  I know because I can’t stop sneezing…

Here’s a card I made and shared on the Butterfly Reflections Ink blog.  I’m entering it into the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge, which is all about flowers.

And here are some others that I made to complete a card set.

Thank you for stopping by!

Supplies:

Stamps: Avery Elle Banner & Wreath

Dies: Avery Elle Banner & Wreath Elle-ments

Inks: Copic markers; Memento (tuxedo black); Tim Holtz distress (peacock feathers, squeezed lemonade, spiced marmalade); Uniball Signo gel pen (white); Versafine (onxy black)

Other: foam adhesive, masking tape

Happy Mother's Day

I'm excited to share my very first post for Butterfly Reflection, Ink's blog as part of the Spring/Summer design team.  Seriously, I'm so happy about being part of the team that I actually dusted off my computer, cleared the cobwebs from my own blog, and made this card...it really has been a long time.

I made this card using two stamp sets that I've been eyeing since they were released.  The first is Concord & 9th Sophisticated Script.  Honestly, the script is so dreamy and though I was intimidated at first with lining up the letters just so, I think the stamps are quite forgiving.

The cascading flowers come from Avery Elle's Banner Wreath stamp set, which caught my attention because of their delicate lines.  To add dimension to the card, I placed the flowers down in three layers: (1) stamped and colored (combination of colored pencils and Copics) directly onto the card panel; (2) stamped, colored, die-cut and glued over stamped images; and (3) die-cuts popped up over layers 1 and 2 with some foam adhesive.

Thanks for taking a look and Happy Mother's Day to all you all wonderful mamas!

Supplies:
Avery Elle - Banner Wreath
Concord & 9th - Sophisticated Script
Derwent Inktense pencils
Copic markers
Ranger Archival Ink (jet black)
Glue and foam tape

lawnscaping challenge: in with the old (part 2)

I am loving the current Lawnscaping Challenge, where we're using older Lawn Fawn products. It's great to dust off the oldies, but goodies. Here's my card:

This card is for my friend who I'm having dinner with later. I missed her birthday last week, and since next week is Thanksgiving, I thought it totally made sense to have a turkey with a party hat.

Thanks for looking!

Supplies: Lawn Fawn - Turkey Day, Year Two, Year Five

lawnscaping challenge: in with the old

I've been away from my blog for some time, mostly because my computer has decided to stop working...so here's my attempt to use an iPad my sister gave me to get back into the blogging world.  Fingers crossed, hope this works!

Here's a card I made for the Lawnscaping Challenge: in with the old. I used stamps from Lawn Fawn's Year Two set.

We were asked to dust off some old supplies, so I grabbed this set and in fact used it for the first time.        

                      

This card is for a friend of mine that I used to work with.  I completely forgot his birthday, but I'm hoping this cute little turtle will make up for it.  Thanks for looking!

cas(e) this sketch #135

I made this card after having a wonderful conversation over dinner with one of my closest friends.  It was one of those convos that gave me a push, a spark, and some motivation to live a better life.  Here's the card...

...which I'm submitting to CAS(E) this Sketch, where we used this sketch as our inspiration.

Thank you for taking a look!

Supplies:
Stamps: Mama Elephant - True Friend, Up & Away
Dies: Mama Elephant - Up & Away
Inks: Copics, Mama Elephant (buttercup, ocean) Memento (tuxedo black)

essentials by ellen july mix it up challenge: paper smooches

I had a lot of fun with this card, which I made for the Essentials by Ellen July Mix it Up Challenge with Paper Smooches.  This card is so me...It's so old school:)

For some inspiration, I was actually listening to 80s music while painting these cassette tapes.  Here are some other layouts I tried out.

Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies:
Stamps: Paper Smooches Beboppin'
Dies: Essentials by Ellen Zipper Panel Die
Inks: Kuretake Gansai Tambi watercolors; Ranger Archival (jet black)
Other: sequins

casology: repeat

It's been a while since I've played along with the CASology challenge, but I'm pushing myself to get back into crafting and cardmaking swing of things.  Here's a clean and simple card I made using the cue word repeat.

I stamped and masked the cassette tape several times to create a repeated image.  Then, I made the ombre effect using Kuretake Gansai Tambi watercolors.  There were some cassette tapes with ombre labels back in the day, right?

Thank you for stopping by.

Supplies:
Stamps: Mama Elephant (Many Thanks); Paper Smooches (Beboppin')
Inks: Kuretake Gansai Tambi water colors; Ranger Archival Ink (jet black); Versamark (onyx black)