Is it Spring yet?

Hello to all my wonderful friends and welcome to my blog. For this week at The Outlaws Twisted Thursday challenge as always it is “anything goes” and we add a twist and the twist is “to add a pocket to your card or make a pocket card”. The card I made today is called a “Criss Cross card” and if you would like to try any make one, I found the directions on Splitcoast stampers. Just to put this out to all my friends if you would like to be a guest designer for one month or for one week we would love to have you. Just put a GDT after your comment and I will try and get in touch with you. 

Our Sponsors for the month of March are

http://www.etsy.com/shop/AnnesDigitalArt?ref=seller_info

and Paper Temptress

http://www.papertemptress.com/

My images is from Anne’s digital art and she is called “Suzy getting ready for”. I printed my image out on Cryogen Heavenly white card stock and you can fine that at Paper Temptress. The paper I used is Die Cuts with a View, Mariposa stack.

Here I removed the band I made for around the pocket card and placed a ribbon from stampin up 1/2inch stitched poly pear pizzazz, the image,  and poppy flower from Sizzix die. I set it in front of the pocket part and I should of taken a picture of it without the pocket behind.

Here is a side view.

another side view.

The die cuts I used are spellbinders scalloped oval to cut the image out. Spellbinders Heartfelt creations layered scalloped Posy HCD 717.

The Sizzix poppy flower die can out so nice. I have several of the flowers dies and I want to start using them.

The little flourish I add was in my stash and thought it looked nice, so I added it. Added 3 metal dots to 3 of the corners. The little flowers come with the set from Heartfelt creations posy die. Added some Pearl pen color black to the centers of the flowers. I sponged around the edges with distress ink color rusty hinge.

These are the copic markers used to color the image.

I shared my other Orchid with you (still blooming beautifully) and this one was not blooming yet and I was not sure what color it was going to be (first time it has bloomed) so here is a picture and it is so beautiful. Not sure how much everyone knows about Orchids but once they bloom they last most of the time for more them 3 months.

Thanks so much for stopping by.  Many hugs to all!

 

Pretty hats

It is Wednesday and it is time to share my I Brake for Stamps card with you.  The stamp I used is by Embossing Arts and the name of it is Hats. The flowers I used are from Wild Orchid and I Brake for Stamps has a full line of their beautiful flowers.

The spellbinder die cut, I used is called Floral Oval. I added some Pearl pen ice white and for some reason I had a problem with the liquid (it kind of flattened in some spots???) so I added some pearls I already had to the area of the ones that flatten. Have you ever had that happen to you? First time for me???

The red paper is from The Paper Company and it is called Red glitter vine. The red ribbon used is from the holiday section at Michaels. Add all kinds of white pearls. Distress ink for the edges color barn door. I used copic markers to color the image and the picture I took did not turn out. So here are the colors I used. R21, R22, R24, R27, R29, E21 and E23.

Used Martha Steward floral lace edger and added some more white pearls.

Here is the close up of the top hats. I had so much fun creating the little flowers on top and for the greenery I punch out Martha Steward branch and then cut it out in tiny stems.

Another hat. Some more flowers.

If you would like to use a coupon over at I Brake For Stamps this will give you 10% off your order, code is SAVE10PAT.

Thanks so much for stopping by. You know how much you all mean to me. Hope your day is as special as you are.

Hi!

First thing I want to do before I talk about my card. I want to thank everyone for their wonderful comments they left for me on my last card. I would of love to of replied to some of you but I was unable because some of my blogging friend do not have a blog. It means so much to me when you talk a little about yourself, I get to know you a little better and you are like another family to me and I want to share things with you that you are interested in or if it is some thing you would like to learn. So thanks for being yourself and I love you all.
Now for this week at The Outlawz Twisted Thursday challenge our Twisted for this week is to add three things of something to your card. I added 3 flowers and 3 pearl dots. Anne’s digital Art is sponsoring us this month and my image is called “Suzy Valentine”. I have the link if you would like to stop by the shop and check any of Anne’s images. I also printed Suzy out on Cryogen Heavenly White card stock, so if you need any you can stop by Paper Temptress she has a wonderful supply. Link is below.

Sponsors for the month of February are

Anne's Digital Art

http://www.etsy.com/shop/AnnesDigitalArt?ref=seller_info

and Paper Temptress

http://www.papertemptress.com/

The designer paper I used to make my card is from Graphic 45 from The Secret Garden stack.

My ribbon is from Really Reasonable Ribbon .  The Pearl Pen colors used are salmon and ice white.

The inside of the card. The die cut here is also part of the die cut on the front of the card. Only thing I know is it is from Memory Box and I do not know the name. My friend Lee let me use her die and I did not get the name (sorry). I did find it is really big so I cut it in parts to add it to the card.

The copic markers used to color the image. This is the close up of Suzy she is so darling. The tiny flower is a punch from punch a bunch and the center is the ice white pearl. I want to tell  you Scrappily Ever After is where I get all my punch a bunch punches and they will be going out of business at the end of the year. I so sad about that because I could always find what I was looking for from them.

Thank you for stopping by! Hope everyone has a wonderful week end. Be safe!

Memories of the Ocean

Welcome everyone, I want to share a card with you that I made for I Brake For Stamps. It is a beautiful day here in Wisconsin sun is shining and the temps are in the 40’s. Although I love all the seasons and my card make me want to go by the ocean. Over at the store you can fine all kinds of stunning scenery stamps.This stamp is called Cape Hatteras North Carolina (large), this stamp is a picture of that light house. These are some of my favorite kinds of cards to do.  

The first thing I did was stamp my image on Eclipse printable paper, this paper has a sticky adhesive and it makes it easy to mask you image and you can use the paper more then once. Then I cut the image out. After that I used several inks to color the stamp.

Doing the background I used my sponges and a template. The inks used are Brilliance Mediterranean blue, ice blue, sky blue, orange, coral, yellow and beige. Some opaque white and clear glaze from Sakura.  I added the corner, thought it would give a framed look.

The different inks I used to create this scene. The makers you see on the right side are Mementos markers colors bamboo leaves, rich cocoa, cottage ivy, desert sand and lady bug. I applied those inks right to the stamp. Stamped the image on my card stock and after a couple minutes applied the Eclipse paper over the image.

Sentiment is from IBFS it is called footprints in the sand, thought it was perfect for this stamp. I cut the sentiment out with spellbinders deckled rectangles large. Used Versafine majestic blue to stamp the sentiment. I sponged around the edges with Brilliance Mediterranean blue ink, the die cut is from Memory box called lavish branch. Flower centers is pearl pen color black and the dots is pearl pen color blue. Left area open for a written message.

Remember if you stop by I Brake For Stamps and want to get a discount use my coupon code and that is SAVE10PAT.

 
Finally here is the close up of the stamped image.

Thanks so much for stopping by and have a wonderful week. I wanted to share with you that Lake Michigan is 71% frozen over this year and I have lived here in Kenosha for 37 years and that has never happened. Also Before I moved to Kenosha I lived in Michigan (UP) for 18 years and I can’t remember anything like this happening. Thanks again for stopping! Stay safe! 

QUESTION, DOES ANYONE KNOW WHERE THERE ARE SOME NICE BLOG BACKGROUNDS ARE? FREE OR BUY?

Craft a scene challenge 

Pretty Flowers

Hello everyone! I hope your week is going better them my week, it has been crazy the last couple of days and I really late with my card for the Outlawz Twisted Thursday challenge and the twist for this week is to add a flower to your card.

Sponsors for the month of February are

Anne's Digital Art

http://www.etsy.com/shop/annesdigitalart

and Paper Temptress

http://www.papertemptress.com/

My image is Sarah Kay Stampavie called Katie.

This is Memory Box die called honeysuckle vine. Poppy die breezy wreath. Spellbinders scalloped oval. The paper I used is from my scraps. Added some orange metal dots to the corners. The flowers also are some I had in my stash.

The copic markers used to color the image.

Here is a close up of Katie.

I do want to tell you that I’m really having a great time cleaning and going though EVERYTHING in my craft room. So I’m not doing this in a hurry and my room is looking totally fantastic. I do not have all that white fancy furniture like a lot of the girls have, I have had to use what I have had. I will share pictures when I’m done. Thanks so much for stopping by and be safe where ever you are. I hope you have had a Happy Valentine’s times day. I got to spend the day with Emma (granddaughter she 8) and we worked on some crafts together.

Remember Moments

I want to share my card with you and I hope you enjoy what I have made. At I Brake For Stamps store there is several of these stamps and I have fallen in love with them. The one I used today is called Mother and Child Femme. Della has a line of these wonderful stamps.

I stamped the image on Cryogen heavenly white cardstock with Memento tuxedo black ink. My designer paper is by DCWV and it is the Stardust Stack and I also used DCWV Glitzy Glitter Stack.

Several Gelly Roll pens the colors are golden star, marine star, white, clear star. Brilliance ink pads starlight white, moonlight silver and sky blue. Spica pens sky blue and pitch black. Memory Box die cut called Astrid circle and I used all the stars that where cut out as embellishments. 

This is the inside of the card. The sentiment is one from the store called “we do not remember”, it is one of my favorite ones. Used Versafine ink color majestic blue for the sentiment. The punch for the corners is from Scrappy ever after and it is called 3D/5 corner star. These are the copic markers I used to color the image.

If you see something you like stop by the store and I can give you a discount just enter in the code SAVE10PAT.

As always here is the close up of the image.

Thanks so much for stopping by. I do want to tell you it is getting warmer, the temp was above 32 degrees today and this week look pretty good with temp reaching 40 degrees. I hope this is a sign the thing are going to change some. Sending out hugs to everyone.  Hope your week has been good. Stay warm or cool, depends where in the world you live and have a wonderful week end.