Watercolor Sympathy Card - FWF

Good morning! The end of a busy week - which means it is time for Unity Friends with Flair - here's my card to share this week:

I am also playing along with the brand new Unity {be inspired} Challenge color inspiration:

Yep - I know! More watercolors! I just made a very simple watercolor background, letting my colors bleed and blend together and dry, then heat embossed "SORRY love & prayers" with gold Zing embossing powder over the top. 

Added some of the fabulous new Enamel Dots from Eyelet Outlet, and mounted on some blue PTI cardstock to finish off.  

Thanks for stopping by! Have a wonderful day!

Avocado Arts June Cards - Life's a Beach

Good morning! I'm up on the Avocado Arts blog this morning with a few cards using the new stamp set for June! This is such a fun and summery stamp set - who doesn't love the beach?!?!? Here is what it looks like:

I have still been loving watercolors so much - and as soon as I saw this set, I just knew that boat was going to get the watercolor treatment! Here is my first card with this set:

I usually use Versafine ink to watercolor, since it is waterproof, but for this one, I wanted it to run together a bit, so I just used my normal Memento Tuxedo Black ink pad. I used my Tim Holtz distress tool on the edges of that panel as well as the sentiment panel. My sentiment was stamped with some Hero Arts shadow ink. Pattern paper is from an Echo Park 6x6 paper pad, and I added some jute twine, wood veneer stars, sequins, and enamel dots. Each layer also has foam adhesive - so lots of dimension on this card too!

Next up - I went for a much more clean and simple look:

I stamped and heat embossed the anchor on my pattern paper with Zing embossing powder, then cut it in a circle with my Lil' Inker's Stitched Circle Die. Added some score lines to my white cardstock to frame it a bit, some enamel dots from Eyelet Outlet, and some soft sheer ribbon by American Crafts. 

There are also several new mini sets that are newly released - I decided to use one of them to make a Father's Day card:

And here is my card - I think I'm going to send it to my dad! 

Pattern paper is by MME, I added some Thickers for the word "dad" at the top, and heat embossed my sentiment on dark brown cardstock , then hand trimmed it into a banner.

Thanks so much for stopping by today! Have a wonderful day!!!

MCS Post - Birthday Card for my daughter

Good morning!  I'm sharing a card at My Craft Spot this morning with one of the new stamps sets that just released last week! We celebrated my oldest daughter's 11th birthday this past Sunday - and because of how many cards I make, my daughters are always excited to see what I make for them. So...I decided to make my second shaker card ever! I always think they are harder than they really are - and this one came together quite quickly!

The new Build a Birthday stamp set had EXACTLY what I need for my sentiments! LOVE when things work out that way!

I had some sequins that I received in an order from another company, and they were the perfect colros for what I wanted to do! I welded my frame and the number 11 together on my Silhouette Cameo, then added the doodles around the edges and numbers with a white gel pen. 

Added my sentiments, filled it in with sequins, wrapped some Ivory Jute String around, and added some pretty pattern paper from Basic Grey to finish it off.

Thanks for stopping by today! Have a wonderful day!!!

Bokeh Effect Card for MCS

Good morning!  I'm sharing a card at My Craft Spot this morning with one of the new stamps sets that just released last week! I love trying to find different creative ways to use my stamps sets - I think it makes them more versatile in so many ways! For this one I used the new set called Clock Time to create a "bokeh" effect on my card:

Here is the stamp set - do you see the small circles I used? I also stamped some clocks over the top when I finished, and added a sentiment, framed by some of the pretty flourishes on the set.

I used some Hero Arts Ink, and Delicata Golden Glitz ink to stamp my circles, stamping each one 2 or 3 times before re-inking. This gives the look of more colors, even though I only used two ink pads! See those washi tape strips on the sides? Those were actually hiding some finger smudge marks I accidentally made when I was almost finished with the card! I didn't want to start over, and that seemed a great way to cover them up! :-)

I love that this is just a flat, one layer card - perfect for mailing, but has lots of dimension at the same time! Thanks so much for stopping by today! Have a wonderful day!!!

Eyelet Outlet Sketch Challenge

Hi there! Just popping by to share the card I made for the brand new Sketch Challenge over at Eyelet Outlet - there are currently no entries, so I hope you'll head on over there and play along! Chances of winning a prize are pretty great at the moment! 

Here is the sketch:

How many Eyelet Outlet Goodies can you spy on my card? There are a lot more than just brads and eyelets available at Eyelet Outlet! I used the fun new Sunglass Brads and 10 mm White Pearl Brads - along with some of the Pink Paper Flowers, Pink 4 mm Pearls Strips, and my favorite - the new Enamel Dots! These are seriously beautiful - so many fun colors, and such a fabulous deal!

I hope you will stop by and check out the challenge and play along! Have a great afternoon!!!

Tools for Dad

Good morning! Just sharing a card that posted last week on the Eyelet Outlet blog!

I used some of the cute hammers from the Tool Brads set as well as some of the fun new Enamel Dots - SUCH a fabulous deal on those! I'm addicted to enamel dots, and these are amazing!!! You can see it peeking out a little on the first card, but I also added some strips of two different washi tapes (HERE and HERE) to the inside to make that coordinate with the front. Pattern paper is from Crate Paper, and I used MFT inks with a combination of Paper Smooches, Avocado Arts, and Unity Stamps.

I am also linking this up with the current Simon Says Wednesday Challenge - Father's Day/Masculine:

Thanks for stopping by today! Have a wonderful day!!!

Foxy Love

Good morning! I know I'm posting a few things today - but I guess I have been busy creating, and need a little catch up time! So...I wanted to share one of my favorite cards of late! I LOVE foxes so much - and these cuties from Lawn Fawn are just as cute as it gets! This was my first try at the mirror image technique. 

I am linking this up with the current Lawnscaping Challenge - Embossing:

Also linking Iron Craft Challenge Week - the Cute Critters inspiration board:

Finally, Word Art Wednesday's Anything Goes, and the Photo Pocket Page Challenge in the Moxie Fab World (since the die I used is designed for pocket page scrapbooking).

I colored those adorable foxes with Copics, added some Wink of Stella (thought it's hard to see), and fussy cut them out. The center stitched panel is a Lawn Fawn die, and I stamped and heat embossed the clouds with white and gold embossing powder on vellum and fussy cut them out as well. Added some jute twine, pattern paper from Crate Paper, lots of foam adhesive, and a sentiment by Avery Elle.

Thanks for stopping by today! Have a wonderful day!!!