Watercolor You Are loved

Good morning! A few weeks ago, a sweet friend passed on her Simon Says Stamp February Card kit to me - I have eyed them for a while, and just LOVED this one! I was excited to have some time to play with this - the papers and stamps are just gorgeous! 

I am also linking this up with a couple of challenges - first of all Virginia's View Challenge #1: Watercoloring:

Next up, the Simon Says Wednesday Challenge - Tag It, and I think this fits the Shop Pumpkin Spice Challenge - Rainbow.

I made my tag with Watercolor paper, and added some swipes of watercolor paint. Then I heat embossed my sentiment from the card kit on vellum, and attached it over the top. 

Added the tiny clothespin with some jute twine tied around it, and tucked a few enamel dots in white in there as well. The pattern paper (by Basic Grey) and the solid cardstock for the cardbase were also included in the kit.

Watercolors, flowers, jute twine, and enamel dots...a few of my favorite things! Thanks for stopping by! Have a great day!!!

On My Mind - Unity FWF

Good morning! Happy Friday everyone! Just popping by to share my card for this week with Unity Friends with Flair:

This was a card I made recently for a publication call that wasn't picked up, so I get to share it here! I started off creating the background by running some white cardstock through a paper crimper. Then I rubbed a gold Gelato over the top in a random pattern, and blended and softened it with a water brush.

The main image is from the November 2013 Kit of the Month. I heat embossed with Gold Zing embossing powder on vellum, then fussy cut it out and adhere with foam adhesive. LOVE how the solid embossing, covers up the foam adhesive on the vellum! I masked and selectively stamped my sentiment from the same kit on a frame I fussy cut out of some pattern paper from an MME paper pad, then heat embossed that in white.

Tucked a wood veneer tag in there, added a few sequins, some pattern paper from Carta Bella, and some black jute twine in a bow at the top to finish it off!

Thanks so much for stopping by today! Hope you are having a wonderful day!!!

Thank You - Gray and Blue

Good morning! Just dropping in with a quick thank you card I made earlier this week for a couple challenges:

I'm laughing at how well the card even fits the entire graphic for this challenge - CAS-ual Friday's Shades of Gray:

Also linking this up with Word Art Wednesday's Anything Goes Challenge.

I stamped and heat embossed my sentiment from Avery Elle on vellum, then backed it with a strip of white cardstock. This way I was able to adhere it at an angle with foam adhesive to my card base.

Some MME pattern paper, a bit of Freckled Fawn washi tape, and some enamel dots finish it off.

Thanks for dropping by! Have a great day!

March Eyelet Outlet Cards

Hi there! I'm up on the Eyelet Outlet blog today with a couple cards using some fun brads from Eyelet Outlet.

First up, I made a card using some of the Travel Brads - love those airplanes! I think this would make a fun graduation card - and you know it is no time at all until we will be needing those!  

I used a sentiment from Unity Stamp Company's May 2013 Kit of the Month, and added some Bling Strips from Eyelet Outlet for a trail behind the airplanes.

Pattern paper on this is from a Pebbles paper pad I have in my stash.

Next up - I used the cute Bumble Bee Brads:

I used some distress ink and a MFT stencil to make the background. 

Next, I stamped a sentiment from the Unity February 2014 Kit of the Month on vellum and overlaid it at a diagonal, then folded the edges behind the side panel. 

I am also linking this card up with the Happy for Hexagons Challenge in the Moxie Fab World.

Thanks for stopping by! Have a great day!!!

Stencils, Texture, and the Runway!

Good afternoon! Had a little more time to play this morning, so thought I would get this posted this afternoon (especially since one of the challenges it is for is ending tonight!):

First up - the new Runway Inspired Challenge that posted this morning:

Next up - I enjoyed using my first Hero Arts stencil for this, so linking up with A Blog Named Hero:

Also linking up with a similar challenge at Frilly and Funkie Challenge Blog: Stencils and Texture, as well as Simon Says Stamp Challenge - Anything Goes with Pearls. 

I used my new Hero Arts Large Lotus Flower stencil, and embossing post over some subtle glitter cardstock from DCWV. As soon as I pulled my stencil off, I sprinkled on some black glitter that I have had in my stash forever! I have no idea who or where it was from, but it was perfect for this. I had glitter EVERYWHERE after this! Oh well!

Once that dried very thoroughly - I used the Thanks word die from Paper Smooches Quote Tag Dies, attached it to a strip of vellum and wrapped it around and attached to the back. Added the pearls on each side, then covered it with Glossy Accents. Once that dried, I attached the entire thing to my card base.

A pretty simple card - but with lots of waiting for stuff to dry! I'm quite happy with how it came out though!

{Edited to add: I am also linking this up with the Stencils: Styling with Stencils Challenge in the Moxie Fab World}

Thanks for dropping by! Have a wonderful day!!!

Thanks so much - Paper Smooches and Watercolor Challenges

Good morning! Yesterday I was excited to have some time to play with some new goodies I had gotten either in the mail, or on our drive last weekend to Salt Lake City to do some shopping. Anyway - here is one of the cards I made:

First up - I was itching to use some new Paper Smooches supplies that arrived - so I am linking this up with the Paper Smooches SPARKS Anything Goes Challenge for the week:

Next up - I absolutely ADORE any form of water-coloring technique on cards! So when Virginia Lu started up a new challenge blog - Virginia's View Challenge - and this was the first theme, I just HAD to play along (in fact I have more than one card that I made because I was inspired by this and will be sharing them soon!)

For my card, I wanted to make a watercolor effect, but using stamps only. So I used Paper Smooches Positive Strokes stamp set to stamp with Hero Arts ink on vellum, then heat set it so it wouldn't smear. Next, I stamped my sentiment from Scripty Sayings and Many Thanks in black pigment ink, then heat embossed with clear embossing powder. Love that it adds a little shine, but still a slightly softened black tone as well.

I then took my vellum panel, attached it to my doily with a tiny Tim Holtz paper clip, then tied some twine in a bow onto the paper clip. I mounted that to some pattern paper from DCWV that I picked up at Michaels, and added that little wood veneer flower that I found at Michael's as well!

Trimmed it so that there was a strip of my white card base showing at the top and bottom, then finished off with some enamel dots.

Oh - I can't wait for spring! I think this card makes me want it even more! 

Hope you are having a great day!!!

My Craft Spot New Release WINNER!

Good morning! Thanks to everyone for hopping along on Saturday - what a fun release this was! And without further ado, it is time to announce the lucky winner for the Big Words Metal Dies! 

I used Random.org to generate a number:

Which means the winner is:

YAY! Congrats Sukie! Send me an email at housesbuiltofcards@gmail.com and I will forward your info to Kimberly so she can get your prize in the mail to you!