Consider Yourself Vintage - 50th Birthday Card

Good morning! Catching up another card from last year - this is one I made for a magazine submission call that was never picked up:

Also, considering I was making it as a masculine birthday card, I am also linking up with the current Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - It's a Guy Thing:

I used a Paper Smooches stamp set for the large numbers, and the rest of the sentiment is from an older Unity Kit of the Month. The front panel was cut with an Avery Elle die, and pattern paper is by Crate Paper. A little misting with some Tim Holtz distress markers and the misting tool, a bit of washi tape, and one of the cars from the background paper fussy cut and adhered finished this one off!

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

Distress Ink Roses

Hello! Popping in with one last card for the day! Since I'm hoping to get crafting again soon, trying to clear a bit of the backlog of unshared cards! 

I also am linking this up as a final entry into Virginia's View Challenge - All Things Distressed:

I also thought it was a fun match with the current colors for the Unity {be inspired} Challenge:

For this card, I used lots of fun Crate Paper pattern paper, a die cut a front panel with an Avery Elle die. The scallops were cut with a Lil' Inker's die that is one of my favorites! I stamped my Unity floral stamp called Born an Original by coloring directly on the stamp with some of my Tim Holtz distress markers. It is hard to tell, but I used two different shades of each color to add depth, coloring as quickly as possible, then stamped it onto my cardstock panel. I also distressed the edges a little with some distress ink to soften the stark white. Added some of my favorite jute twine, and stamped my sentiment from He's a Wordy Buck.

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

Eyelet Outlet Sketch Challenge

Good morning! There is a brand new sketch challenge starting today over at Eyelet Outlet! I hope you will come play along with us - here is what I made:

Here is the sketch to use as inspiration:

I used some pattern paper from Crate Paper, Sassy Boots from Unity Stamp Co colored with distress markers, and a sentiment from the Unity July Kit of the Month. The Star Brads are a brand new release at Eyelet Outlet, and I added some Green Enamel dots as well.

Hope you will come and join us! Have a wonderful day!

Have a Beautiful Day - Unity FWF

Good morning! Happy to be playing along with Unity Friends with Flair this morning - always a fun part of the week! 

A couple days ago I needed to mail something to Australia, and wanted to include a card. So...I set out to make a one layer card (always a fun challenge!) so that mailing costs wouldn't get too ridiculous. Here is what I ended up making:

I also used the sketch for this month's Unity {be inspired} Challenge:

Since I was making it one layer, I wanted to find a way to add some more interest to the image. So I pulled out the tree from the the February 2014 KOTM, and colored directly it with Tim Holtz distress markers , then stamped it onto my cardbase. I colored over the leaves roughly with two different shades of green, then added the brown in a few areas of the top of the tree, as well as the trunk and birdhouse. Then of course added a tiny bit of red to the heart on the birdhouse. 

The sentiment came from the September 2013 KOTM, and then I added the tiny hearts from the December 2013 KOTM by coloring them in with the same red distress marker. It was a stack of 5 hearts, so I just colored a few at a time and stamped them where I wanted them. Finished off by inking the edges of the entire card with Antique Linen distress ink, then added a couple strips of washi on the top and bottom, and finally rounded the corners. 

Also linking this up with this weeks Word Art Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes.

Thanks for stopping by this morning! Have a great weekend!!!

MCS Feb Release - Day 4

Hello again! Welcome back to Day 4 of sneak peeks for the February release at My Craft Spot! Only one more day of sneaks, then the entire reveal and hop will be on Saturday! Today we are playing with a new set to coordinate with Jar Basics - it is called Jar Full of Flowers! The perfect combination of spring fillers for Jar Basics. Here is my project:

I decided to go in a soft and monochromatic color scheme - so I stamped and heat embossed everything in white on kraft, then outlined with a Tim Holtz distress marker. I softened it a bit with a waterbrush to give a soft shadow effect. 

Next, I stamped the sentiment from the new set on vellum, wrapped it around the card, and secured it with staples. Matted the whole panel in white cardstock, then tied some Natural Jute Twine around it. 

Finished off by mounting the entire thing on an Avery Elle woodgrain card base.

Now the fun stuff! This week is a party - and a party is so much more fun when you have gifts, right? So hop on over to My Craft Spot and let Kimberly know what you think of the today's sneak peeks for a chance to win these fun Tiny Tag Dies:

See you back here again tomorrow for one more day of sneak peeks! Have a great day!!!

Unity FWF - Oh Christmas Tree

{If you are looking for my Day 5 My Craft Spot sneak peeks, click HERE or scroll down to the last post!}

Good morning! Just wanted to pop in and share a quick card for Unity Friends with Flair using the October Kit of the Month for my sentiment, and a fun brad from Eyelet Outlet. This was actually shared a couple of days ago on the Eyelet Outlet blog. I used watercolor paper, a Tim Holtz distress marker, and a waterbrush to make the ground, added my brad, and stamped my sentiment underneath with MFT ink. SUPER simple and quick!

Thanks for stopping by today! Have a wonderful first weekend in November (WOW! Where does the time fly?!?!?!)

My Creative Time Sneak Peeks - Day 4

Good morning! Welcome to the 4th and final day of sneak peeks of the new release at My Creative Time, where I am joining in for the week as a guest designer! Tomorrow morning is the full reveal and blog hop! Today we are sharing peaks of the "Scallop Stitched Envelope" - so many fun things to do with these! I made two of them, but am sure I will be making more of them in the future:

I thought it was the perfect size for a gift card holder, so I started off by making something to hold a nice little gift card to cheer someone up! I used one of Emma's other sets that I just love - "You are Perk-fect" to decorate up my envelope. Added some color with my Tim Holtz distress markers, and a little bit of Stickles for sparkle. I made sure to mark "Venti," because you know if you need cheering up that is probably how much you need, right? :-)

Here is the reverse side. I added eyelets to the holders, and then used some natural jute twine to wrap it together. Don't you just love the stitching on there?

The next one I just cut out of some pattern paper, and added some fun sparkly brads and bright baker's twine to tie it together. 

Haven't quite decided what I'm going to do with it - but I realized it would be great to use on a scrapbook layout to include a little memento or something, don't you think? 

Sneak Peek giveaway!

We will be giving away the set we are showcasing each day to ONE lucky winner! For example, the set we are showcasing on Monday, we will announce the winner of that on Tuesday & so on......

ALL you have to do is leave a comment on each of our blogs! You are NOT required to comment on EVERY SINGLE blog, but the more you comment on, the better chance you have for winning! 

For EXTRA entries, you can spread the word about this release on Facebook, tweet about it OR even instagram it! #mycreativetime!

GOOD LUCK EVERYONE & let's start spreading the word! ;)

Good luck to everyone! Thanks so much for visiting today! Have a wonderful day - and I will see you again tomorrow for the new release blog hop!!!!

SPS September Hop - Work Theme

Good morning! Today is the first Saturday of the month, so the Shop Pumpkin Spice DT is hopping with the new challenge for this week. If you've just hopped here from Marlene, then you are in the right place, otherwise feel free to hop back to the Shop Pumpkin Spice Blog to start at the beginning. 

The challenge theme for the week is Work...and I since I have the privilege of staying home, this is pretty much what I think of when I think of work! 

Yep! Laundry! Not my favorite household task, but it still beats washing windows (definitely my LEAST favorite household task!) I used a fun Unity Stamp that SPS carries called Loads of Love, stamped it on watercolor paper, heat embossed it with Brown Sugar Zing embossing powder. I colored it with my Tim Holtz distress markers, and used a waterbrush over it to give it a watercolor feel, then stamped my sentiment with some green MFT ink - also coloring and waterbrushing the heart in the center of the "o" - then cut it out with a Lil' Inker's stitched rectangle die.

My pattern papers are from Echo Park's 6x6 For the Record 2 paper pad. I added a bit of woodgrain washi across the top, then a couple different stickers from the For the Record  2 Tailored Alpha Stickers and For the Record 2 Tailored Elements Stickers. Finished off with a bit of Stickles on the watercolored image.

Thanks so much for stopping by today! You're next stop is the SPS Blog - so you're right at the end! Here is the rest of the blog hop line-up in case you get lost along the way:

Missy: www.quickchickdesigns.blogspot.com

June: http://www.simplyelegantpapercrafts.blogspot.com/

Saundra: http://luvscrappingtogether.blogspot.com/

Carissa: http://happilyeverpapercrafter.blogspot.com/

Marlene: http://scrappincookie.blogspot.com/

Heather: www.housesbuiltofcards.blogspot.com

Denine www.pumpkinspiceblog.blogspot.com

Have a great day!!!

Unity Be Inspired Challenge - Fall and Butterflies!

Hello! I took a few minutes yesterday to play along with the Unity {Be Inspired} Challenge:

I decided to use both the color and the card sketch challenge, only changing it to vertical instead of horizontal:

I used the same image on the sketch - from the August Kit of the Month. LOVE it - butterflies together with fall leaves? PERFECT! I stamped it on vellum, then colored it in a bit with Tim Holtz distress markers. I also stamped a sentiment from the same kit on vellum.

Pattern papers are from Crate Paper's Party Day 6x6 paper pad, and I added some natural jute twine, and a bit of May Arts ribbon - attaching the entire thing with foam adhesive to a Avery Elle kraft cardstock cardbase.

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

SPS August Blog Hop - Sunshine!

Good morning! Since it is the first Saturday of August, it is time for the monthly blog hop with Shop Pumpkin Spice! I am the first stop on the hop today, so keep hopping along to see what the rest of the design team has prepared for today!

Our theme for the hop, as well as for the weekly challenge you can join in on, is Sunshine! Here is what I made:

Did you know that Shop Pumpkin Spice also has an Ebay store? (Check it out HERE) There are some different things carried there, and many items have free shipping as well. I used two different My Mind's Eye paper pads that are available in the Ebay store - Kate and CO - Oxford Lane, and Kate and CO - Cambridge Court. I also used some Kate and CO - Cambridge Court enamel dots. 

I used my Silhouette Cameo, as well as my Studio Designer Edition Software to cut out the sunburst.

I added a Peachy Keen face to the sunshine, as well as using some distress marker to add the cheeks on. I used Lil' Inker's Stitched Rectangle dies to make the stitch lines on the cardbase, and Lil' Inker's stamps to add the sentiment.

I am also linking this up to the current Peachy Keen Stamps Challenge - Anything Goes!

Thanks for stopping by today! You're next stop is Missy! Here is the entire blog hop line-up in case you get lost along the way:

Blog Hop Order:

Heather: www.housesbuiltofcards.blogspot.com (You are here)

Missy:  www.quickchickdesigns.blogspot.com

June: http://www.simplyelegantpapercrafts.blogspot.com

Flowerdisco: http://flowerdiscosscraphut.blogspot.com/

Carissa:  http://happilyeverpapercrafter.blogspot.com/

Saundra: http://luvscrappingtogether.blogspot.com

Court: http://courtscrafts.blogspot.com/

Marlene: http://scrappincookie.blogspot.com/

Denine www.pumpkinspiceblog.blogspot.com

Hello Sweet Friend - Moxie Fab TT

Good Afternoon! I had a few minutes early this morning and wanted to play along with this weeks Moxie Fab Tuesday Trigger - so I put this together:

I mean seriously! Isn't this BEAUTIFUL?!?!?!? I saw it and knew just which stamp I wanted to use:

The stamped image is an older Unity Stamp of the Week called Precious Things that I won a while back. I colored it with Tim Holtz distress markers, then stamped it onto some Bazzil Cardstock. Next, I had some Prima pattern paper that I pulled out, then stamped the Tea Time Pattern Background in soft gray over the top. This is one of my favorite background stamps EVER! LOVE how big it is!

I used Lil' Inker's stitched rectangle dies to add the stitching on the cardbase, then tucked in a feather, added some enamel dots, and finished off with some jute twine and a sentiment from the April KOTM.

Thanks for stopping by today! Almost Friday! YAY!!!

Rock on Birthday!

Hello! In my effort to get caught up on my posting, I thought I would post a couple of cards for the Wonder of Watercolor challenge in the Moxie Fab World:

I have two cards that are pretty much the same, just slightly different colors, and different coloring techniques. They are both stamped using ROCK on KID and Party All Day from Unity Stamps, heat embossed in black on watercolor paper.

The first one, I used Papertrey Ink inkpads, smooshed them on my nonstick mat, then dipped a water brush into the ink and painted in the image. 

The second one is very similar, just a little more bright in the color scheme! 

For this one, I used Tim Holtz distress markers to color in, then used the water brush to blend it out.

Pattern paper for both of them are from an older Echo Park 6x6 paper pad. These both made great flat, one layer, mail-able cards! A rare thing for me! 

These also perfectly fit one of the National Scrapbook Day challenges over at Shop Pumpkin Spice: Junes challenge to Make Two Cards from one 6x6 paper pad. If you haven't played with us - come on over! Each challenge has a prize of a $20 gift certificate to the store! And there aren't very many participants yet - so your odds are pretty good! They are open until Friday - so you still have plenty of time! Hope to see you there!!!

Jar of Happy Thoughts

Good morning! I don't know if I have said anything before about how much I love jars - but I do! So when I started thinking about something to make for this weeks Peachy Keen Challenge - Just Cards Heart of Hearts, it was easy to think of putting that heart in a jar! Here is what I made: 

I used this sweet set - Butterfly Kisses - it has so many fun sentiments!

The jar is a cut file from the Silhouette store, and I used my Cameo to cut it out.

I inked the edges with Tim Holtz distress ink before attaching all the layers together. I used one of my favorite Peachy Keen Face sets, Wide Eyed Kids Assortment, to put a sweet face on the heart. I used some white gel pen to add some stitching and detail to the face, then used foam adhesive to attach it to the jar.

I added some Glossy Accents to the eyes, mouth, top of the jar, and the bottom of the jar - sprinkling a bit of Martha Stewart Coarse Glitter on just the bottom. Also tied some natural jute twine (available HERE at My Craft Spot) around the top of the jar, tying in a bow. 

I layered all my different papers together from an older My Mind's Eye 6x6 paper pad - inking all the edges with Tim Holtz distress ink, then wrapped some Vanilla Bean crinkle ribbon (available HERE from My Craft Spot) around, tying in a bow on the side. 

Here is a close up of the jar that shows the texture from the Glossy Accents and glitter a little better:

Finished off by attaching the jar with foam adhesive, stamping the sentiment on the bottom, then adding some stitching with a Tim Holtz distress marker around the outer edges.

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