Mother's Day Card

Howdy y'all.  Welcome back to my blog.  I have a card to show tonight that uses some of the roses and flowers that I dyed using my homemade alcohol inks. I used a Rick St. Dennis image to make this card and printed it out on a new card stock that I found at AC Moore.  It's from Crafter's Companion, the company that makes the Spectrum Noir pens.  I ran out of my Neenah and needed some card stock so I picked up two packs of 25 for $8.

So, what do you think?  The roses and the small silk flowers are dyed with the homemade alcohol inks. 

I colored the image with Chromatix pens.  I trimmed down the image, matted it on a panel of pink and then a panel of black.  The DPs are from Authentique and MME.  The card base is made from Bazzill Blackbird card stock.   The sentiment is from Beccy Muir and is included in the Rose Bouquet set.   I had to add the main sentiment to the inside, because there just wasn't room on the front to add the Scripture from Proverbs 31. 

I just kept adding embellies until I liked the look of it.  There are pearls, lace, flowers, acetate flowers, acrylic sprays, pearl sprays.  And for one of my challenges that I am entering this card in, I had to have ribbon.  I couldn't add anything else to the card, so there is ribbon on the image itself.  I hope that qualifies.  It's a little sneaky, but the ribbon is there.

Thanks for stopping by today.  I hope y'all have a great evening.  God bless.

Challenges:
Milk Coffee--Lace and Pearls
One Stop Craft--#227 Flower Power
Robyn's fetish--#158--Spring Colors
ABC Challenges--#27  Tic Tac Toe  Ribbon, Flowers, and Pink CS
Love to Create--#64  For Mom
The Pink Elephant--#198  Mother's Day
Craft Your Passion--#161 Floral Delights
Created with Love--#40  Mother's Day
Twists of Faith--#36  Mother's Day
Crafter's Cafe--Mother's Day
One Crazy Stamper--May flowers
Chocolate Coffee Cards--Mother's Day
V's Sweet Ideas-- Mother's Day

Just Chicken In

Hey Chicks.  How are ya?  I have a cute little image from From The Heart Stamps, formerly Designed2Delight.

I started by printing off the image on Neenah card stock and coloring it with BIC Markers.  I trimmed it down and matted it on a panel of light purple and then on a panel of Dark Turquoise.  I made the card base from GP White card stock.  I added a piece of Turquoise ribbon from Details and Accessories from Hobby Lobby.  I used pop dots to add the focal image. Some gems from Queen and Co finished off the card.

Thanks for stopping in this morning.  God bless y'all.

Challenges:
Card Makin' Mamas--No Patterned Paper
ABC Challenges--#23 Pink, Green and Blue
Clear it Out--Spring/Flowers
The Pink Elephant--#194  Spring Colors
From the Heart--April's Stamp of the Month

Happy Happy

Howdy y'all.  Welcome back for another peek at my creations.  This card uses a beautiful image from Anne Fenton.  She's so very talented.  I printed out the image on Neenah card stock and colored her with Spectrum Noir Pens.

She's all spiffied up and ready to party.  Nothing says hot like that little red dress.  And I love the fact that this woman isn't skinny and bony.  Not all of us are model thin.  I have some meat on my bones and like to see images that I can relate to.

I started with a black card base (Recollections) and added a layer of black, red and white striped DP from DCWV.  I did follow a sketch from Mojo Monday for this card. All of the DP is from DCWV and the black and red used for matting is from Recollections.  I printed out the sentiment from Annie's Little Footprints and cut it out with a 2" circle punch.  I did use my Nestabilities for the scalloped mats on both circles.

I added lots and lots of pearls after running the large striped circle through the D'vine Swirls EF.  I love pearls.  So classy.

Thanks for looking today.  Have a great night.  God bless y'all.

Challenges:
The Pink Elephant--#193  3 DPs and your favorite embellishment
Mojo Monday--#297
Penny's Challenges--#121 Red, Black and White
Crafty Catz--Swirlz and Pearlz
Sweet Stampin'--Go Girly
Outlawz Creative Freebie Challenge
One Crazy Stamper--Black, White plus One

Something Old

Thanks for stopping back in peeps.  I sure do appreciate it.  

The card I have for y'all this time uses a stamp from The Stamp Man Nautical set.  I used Memento Espresso Truffle ink to stamp it and DI Vintage Photo to edge it.

I wanted the image to have a distressed, old look so after edging the image with Vintage Photo, I added some ink to the image itself.  I matted it on a nice Gray from SU.  The DPs are from DCWV and have script and postal images in a distressed form.  I matted the DP on Very Vanilla (SU) and the whole thing is on a Gray (SU) card base.  That's it...no gems, pearls or bling.  I wanted a CAS manly card for this one.

Thanks again y'all.  Have a great day!  God bless y'all.

Challenges:
The Pink Elephant--#192  CAS
Anything Goes--#89 Mail It
Party Time Tuesday--#113-- Anything Goes

Kiss Me Quick

Welcome back to my blog.  I have another St. Patty's Day card for you this time.  I used an image from QKR Stampede for this one.

This little leprechaun is just too cute.  I printed out the image on Neenah card stock and colored him with Spectrum Noir pens.  I took my blender pen and going in circle, gave him some texture.   I also gave him some dark green eyes although you can't really see it in the picture.  I trimmed down the sentiment and matted it on green card stock from Recollections and used some pop dots to add it to the corner.  I added some glittery shamrocks just for interest.

I made a card base from the same green card stock and added a piece of DCWV back ground paper before adhering the image.

Thanks for stopping in for a quick visit.  I truly appreciate it.  God bless y'all.

Challenges:
QKR Stampede--#29 Show Us Some Green
TTCRD--Anything Goes
Tuesday Alchemy--#52 Anything Goes
Red Carpet Studio--#27 Leprechaun
The Pink Elephant--#190 St. Patrick's Green
The Outlawz--Monday Greeting Challenge
Simply Create Too--#32 St. Patrick's Day/Green
Party Time Tuesdays--Luck of the Irish

Friends Birdhouse

Card #3  (See Irish Dancers post for short post explanation)

Image: Beccy Muir  (Copics, Chromatix, Glitter Gel Pens)  Neenah Super Smooth White card stock
Sentiment: Gina K Designs Friends stamp set (Versafine Onyx Black)
CS: Brown--Colorbok
DP: My Mind's Eye
Birds: K and Co.

Challenges:
Beccy's Place--Monthly Challenge
ABC Challenges--#19  Anything Goes
The Pink Elephant--#189  Inspiration Photo Challenge

Best Wishes

Hello there friends.  How was your day?  It was pretty cold here today.  I can't wait until Spring.  I love Spring..the flowers, the butterflies, the birds..everywhere you look you can see God's love for us.  I just love it.

The card I have for this post makes me think of Spring.  The flowers, the butterflies and the bright colors.

I really like this patterned paper.  I think I am going to have to purchase another pack of  DCWV Glam Girl just for this DP.  I began this card with a 4.5"x4.5" Purple card base from HOTP.  I trimmed the DP down to 4.25" square.  I added a rub on from HOTP towards the bottom of the card so that the butterflies would stand out a little better.  All of the elements came from a HOTP Card Maker Kit that I bought last year.  I inked all the edges with Martha Stewart ink in Light Pink.  I added some Glitter Gel Pen to the flower and the middle butterfly.  I used pop dots between the layers of flowers and for the center butterfly.

I hope you feel a bit of Spring in the air after seeing this card.  Have a wonderful evening.  God bless.

Challenges:
Freshly Made Sketches--#74
Crafty Catz--Die Cuts and Punches
Card Mania--#15 Butterflies or Fairies
The Pink Elephant--#188 Anything Goes

Praying for You

One more card for tonight.  Thanks for coming back.  I truly appreciate it.

This card uses an Anne Fenton image.  Anne and Sandi are illustrators for the Outlawz Creative Freebie Challenge.  They also each have blogs.   Click Here for Anne's Blog and Here for Sandi's Blog.

I tried a new something for this card.  I have never actually sewed on a card before.  I have done the faux stitching, but never actual thread and a needle.  It was time consuming, but worth the effort.  I like the way it turned out.

I began by making a card 6x6 white card base.  I added a panel of DCWV DP.  I cut two purple strips of Recollections card stock and a strip of green Recollections card stock.  I layered those towards the bottom of the card.  The strip of DP in the middle is DCWV.  I printed out the image on Neenah card stock and colored it with BIC Markers and a white gel pen for highlights.  I cut out the image using my circle cutter.  I inked the edges with DI Vintage Photo and added some black stitching around the image.  The sentiment is from Tami Mayberry's Faithful Florals stamp set.  I matted it on the same purple card stock.  The green glitter "brads" are actually drops of hot glue with glitter pressed onto them.  It's a really simple process and you can make them to coordinate your project.  It takes about 6 minutes to make 7 of them. I found the technique on a YouTube video..Check it Out.

Thanks so much for stopping back in tonight.  I truly appreciate it.   God bless y'all.

Challenges:
ABC Challenges--#17 All Stitched Up
The Pink Elephant--#187
Crafty Cardmakers--#85 Blooming Images

Berry Sweet

Boy, I can't wait for summer.  Not for the heat or the swimming or even laying out in the sun.  I want strawberries.  Nice, big, juicy, pick 'em yourself strawberries.  Every year my daughter and my MIL spend the day together picking strawberries at a local farm.  I think Kierstynne eats just as many as she puts in the basket.  I always send extra money for my MIL to put in the donation jar to cover what Kierstynne eats.  There is nothing better than straight off the vine, fresh strawberries.  My MIL makes jam from them, I freeze some for Strawberry Shortcake later on in the year, and of course, we eat some of them that day.  Nothing can beat it.

When I saw the inspirational challenge over on The Pink Elephant, I knew just what kind of card to make.  Yep, you guessed it.  A card featuring strawberries.

I used a cute stamp set from Fiskar's called Fresh Fruit.  It has quite a few fruit images as well as cute sentiments.  I used the strawberry image and stamped it out on GP White card stock using Memento Tuxedo Black ink.  I also stamped the images on the back of a piece of White Mulberry Paper and a piece of Chocolate Mulberry paper.  I colored in the strawberries with my BIC markers.  I fussy cut all the images out.  Using a glue dot I adhered the mulberry "chocolate" to the strawberries and used a white gel pen and a brown BIC marker to draw drizzles on the chocolate.   I stamped the sentiment in Memento Tuxedo Black and matted it on a piece of pink card stock and notched out the ends to form a banner.

The background patterned paper is from DCWV and had all the colors I was looking for in it.  I pulled out a scrap of brown script paper and a piece of dark red plaid paper that looked like a basket pattern.  I cut them down to size and adhered them to the center.  Using pop dots, I added the strawberries and the sentiment.

Those "chocolate covered strawberries" look good enough to eat.  I can taste them now.  I hope strawberry pickin' time gets here soon.

Thanks again for stoppin' in.  Have a truly blessed day.