Gift card Holder-Get Well Soon

Made this gift card holder for someone who's had surgery and can't cook right now.  Filled it with a restaurant gift card.  I used a Sizzix pocket die by Jillibean Soup that my daughter gave me for Christmas on a piece of cream cardstock, and I heat embossed gold sentiment and dots. Sentiment is from Hero Arts, Dots are from Simon Says, added Distress Ink in Tattered Rose with an ink dauber.  Tiny Twine Bow die from Waffle Flower was cut from paper I also heat embossed with gold fine detail embossing powder.  Entering this in Cupcake Inspirations #344 Challenge to use cream, blush and gold.  And in the Freshly Made Sketches Challenge #221 to make the sentiment the star.  See sketch below, and in Simon Says Anything Goes Challenge

You Make My Heart Soar

You Make My Heart Soar card made with red and white cardstock, We R Memories Next Level hearts embossing folder and stamps and dies from The Cat's Pajamas set called Home Tweet Home.  I also used Die Namics stitched rectangle die and a brad from my stash.

Entering this in the Simon Says Love is in the Air - Use Red Challenge:

http://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/mondaychallenge/?p=3941

And in the TCP Anything Goes Challenge:http://thecatspajamasrs.com/TCP/the-january-release-is-here-and-so-is-tcp-tuesday/

Blush Cream and Gold Sparkle

I had made a similar card for my daughters last year and they loved them.  I had made them one layer in gold, blues and greens and without any flowers.  I used gold fine detail embossing powder - I have ordered the Minc Mini and I am ready to start adding foiling to my cards in the future....Hope I can do it!  They make it look very easy on the videos!  We will soon see......

Supplies used for this card were:  Stamps from Gina K Designs Flowers and Frames 1, along with the flower dies from that same set, music background stamp used on flowers is also from GKD - her Christmas Wishes set.  Background is snow stamp from Simon Says Stamp called Be Joyful and sentiment in gold is from a Simon Says set called Sparkle and Shine, Cardstock is Bazzill and cream colored from GKD.  Brads are from my stash and so is the added Wink of Stella on the flowers.

I am entering this in the Cupcake Inspirations Challenge #344 to use Blush Cream and Gold in your card.  Also entering this into the Crafting by Designs Sparkle Challenge.  (Winter, Glitter and Sparkle)  We didn't get snow here in Texas like they did in the eastern part of the country, so I made a little of it here on this card for us in the Lone Star State!   

Here are a few more fews so you can see the sparkle from different angles.

Happy crafting!!!

Birthday Tag

I love pink and brown together!  I made this card for two challenges- the StampTV Tag Your It Challenge:  http://stamptv.ning.com/forum/topics/mium-stv16mon4-tag-you-re-it

and the Cheery Lynn Designs Anything Goes Challenge http://cheerylynndesigns.blogspot.com/2016/01/cheery-lynn-designs-challenge-221.html

Supplies used were
Dies- Cheery Lynn Designs largest of the Nesting Doll dies 2. Die-namics stitched and pierced rectangle dies, flower dies from Gina K Designs
Stamps set- GKD Frame and Flowers 1, Birthday Blessings, music on flower from Christmas Wishes, all are Gina K Designs
Embossing folder is Cuttlebug, GKD Brown cardstock, pink is Bazzill, clear sequins, twine, brad, and Wink of Stella from my stash

Happy Stamping!!!!

Get Well Soon

I had fun making this Get Well Card to keep in my stash of cards for when I need it - always like to have them on hand!  I combined 3 challenges for this card.  First I used Hero Arts Messages with flourishs to stamp two greetings - one the card itself - one for masking the curves of the sentiment.  

I cut a circle mask for the sun also.  Then I inked the background, then stamped the flowers from Verve's Floral Whimsy set.  I spritzed water for some texture.  Inks used were Distress Inks in Fossilized Amber and Festive Berries and the brown is SU Chocolate Chip.  These were the closest colors I had to the color challenge listed below.  

I cut the top panel with MFT stitched rectangle die and mounted it up on fun foam for dimension.  The tiny bow is from Waffle Flower - a die called Tiny Twine Bow.  Added Wink of Stella on all flowers, sun and bow, topped bow off in the center with a rainstone from Papertrey Ink.  

Entering this in CAS(E) This Sketch Challenge, Tuesday Throwdown Under the Weather Challenge and in the CAS Colours and Sketches Challenge 157

Hope you all have a lovely week!!!

Water You Up To?

I made this card for one of my grandsons!  Yellow cardstock is Sweet Corn from GKD, Blue and white cardstock are both from my stash.  Dies used were Memory Box stitched circle dies and Lawn Fawn puffy clouds borders for the ocean waves.  The chevon paper was cut into strips from the pack called ColorBox Carnival designer paper, Ink used was Distress Ink in Chipped Sapphire along with my Misti to get it nice and dark.  I added rainstones for water droplets and they are made by Papertrey Ink.  The sentiment is a rubber stamp I bought in a box of used stamps in a garage sale so I have no idea what set it is from.  The boat is from TCP Transportation set.  I can't wait to send this one in the mail!

Happy Sunday everyone!

Entering this in the Just Us Girls Photo #327 Photo Challenge and in The Paper Players Sketch #279 Challenge and in the Less is More #260 Recipe to use a Silhouette Challenge

Love You Hearts

Valentine card made for a family member - I'm slowly but surely getting all these done ahead of time because I will have a week or so in there that I will not be able to get much crafting done and I want to get these in the mail soon!

I used GKD cardstock and the heart paper is also GKD patterned paper.  The other patterned paper is from Bazzill Kraft stack.  Brown hearts were die cut with Spellbinders heart dies and dry embossed with both the Next Level heart embossing folder (which was hard to see) so I embossed them again with my Swiss Dots embossing folder.  Love you stamp and die is from Hero Arts Yes Stamp and Die set, stamped with my Misti in Firebrick Red (DI).  Little gold bow is tied with ribbon I received from GKD also - I'm almost out of it which makes me sad - it ties so easily and keeps it's shape.  Added Wink of Stella on 3 of the brown hearts then adhered everything to a brown card base.  

This card was a lot of fun to make!  Entering it in 

Mod Squad Love is in the Air Challenge and in the Viva La Verve Sketch Challenge #2

and in Share Joy Challenge #19 I used the tic tac toe items:  hearts, glitter (Wink of Stella) and embossing (brown hearts)

Constant Friend

This card was made for a friend with Verve Stamps from 2008, two sets:  Enjoy and Floral Whimsy.  Inks used were SU Mellow Moss and Victorian Velvet Distress Ink.  I stamped off for some of the lighter background images. Stitched circle dies are from Memory Box, Rainstones are from Papertrey Ink and bow die cut is Waffle Flower's Tiny Twine Bow die.  I used fun foam and pop dots to pop up the circles and a sponge ink blending tool to blend the inks.

Entering this in:

Viva la Verve Sketch #1 Challenge

and in the Simon Says Monday Best Friends Challenge

Let Your Light Shine

Fun card made with dies from MFT's Sun Stars and Moon set, stamp is from a Studio G mini set, sequins from Pretty Pink Posh, and lots of Wink of Stella on red edges for shimmer and shine.  Sun is up on two layers of fun foam, bottom corners rounded to finish it off.  Entering this in

MFT Sketch #264 Challenge http://www.cardchallenges.com/2016/01/wednesday-sketch-challenge-sketch-264.html

and Addicted to CAS #80 Code Word Red Challenge http://addictedtocas.blogspot.com/2016/01/challenge-80-red.html

Some Birdy Loves You with Kraft

Fun Valentine card made for one of my grandaughters!  Used Impression Obsession Heartlines stamp set and stitched rectangle dies from My Favorite Things, along with Spectrum Noir markers, tiny pink hearts and cardstock from my stash.  Kraft bow is die cut with Waffle Flower tiny twine bow die.  

Entering this in:

Freshly Made Sketches-220-http://freshlymadesketches.blogspot.com/2016/01/freshly-made-sketches-220-sketch-by-jen.html

Color Throwdown CTD 376 to use aqua, pink, kraft and white. http://colorthrowdown.blogspot.com/2016/01/color-throwdown-376_68.html and in Mod Squad Love is in the Air Challenge and in the Simon Says Create with Critters Wednesday Challenge