Love on Leap Year

Here's a fun card made for Leap Year!  Embossed kraft panel with brick embossing panel, then cut out window with Sizzix die, popped that panel up on fun foam, added frosted vellum under window openings, added the little frog and heart then mounted it all up on fun foam and foam dots for dimension.  I stamped the sentiment from Jane's Doodles Home Sweet Home set on cs that had been inked with Distress Ink, and then stamped and colored the heart then die cut it with MFT Stitched Scalloped Retangle die.  Slipped some thin black strips of cardstock under brick panel to anchor the edges a little.  I also cut a small red heart with a Paper Smooches die then mounted it on the edge of the window, so the froggie would have a sweet little heart in front of him.  I know one of my grandkids will be getting this card - they love critter cards!

Entering this in the following challenges:

Addicted to CAS #82 Home Challenge

Just Us Girls Photo Week #332 Challenge
AAA Game 59 Embossing Challenge
Mod Squad Animal Fun Challenge

Daisy Love

A dear crafty friend of mine for Christmas sent me a bunch of die cuts for Christmas - it was such a thoughtful gift.  She knew I didn't have very many Cheery Lynn Designs dies and that I really like them.  I used these dies cuts she sent me from CLD Daisy Strip and attached them with a vintage bronze tiny brad, then strung a little piece of Beadsmith 24 gauge vintage bronze wire for the flower stem.  I added 2 strips of floral washi tape in pink and green to the bottom of the wire to secure it to the card, then added the sentiment over it up on pop dots.  The sentiment is from a Hero Arts set called "Let Love Grow" that I just love!  I have been wanting "postage stamp" type dies but haven't wanted to spend the $ on them yet, so I figured how to make it look like that by using my dots die from Paper Smooches Dots and Dashes dies and then cutting down the middle of the cut out dots so it looks like a postage stamp!  Much cheaper way to get the same effect and now that I figured it out, I can do it on any size square or rectangle or straight line I need it on!  Lastly added Wink of Stella on daisy and May Arts dotted ribbon on the side.

If you scroll down you can see the Wink of Stella on the flower and a close up of the wire.

I'm entering this in the following challenges:

Less Is More Use Some Wire Challenge

CAS Colours and Sketches Challenge

Color Throwdown #381 to use pink green and kraft

Work it Wednesday Use something Floral Challenge

Thanks for stopping by!

Butterfly Wishes

Having fun today in the woman cave....will be away from it quite a bit this week - judging lots of music contests and doing a few clinics - so trying to get in my craft fun before the craziness begins!

Entering this in the CAS(E) this Sketch Challenge #161 and the Cupcake Inspirations Challenge #349 see the photo inspiration below...I don't have any princess stamps so I tried to follow the colors and used pearls and pink - closest things I have to princess theme!

I used butterfly dies from Memory Box, stamps from Avery Elle "Sending" stamp set and pearls/cardstock from my stash.  I think this is a perfect birthday card for a princess!

  

Happy Birdy

This is for a family member, I really like that sentiment - kind of silly, but I just like it!

Bird is from Lawn Fawn Party Animals and so is the balloon.  I fussy cut balloon out of kraft and white polka dot pp.  Used Happy Birthday embossing folder on top part, added a  green and kraft strip to center, then stamped 2 hearts and the sentiment from Impression Obsession "Heartlines" set.  Colored in the hearts and added Wink of Stella to the bird and the hearts.  Entering this in the following challenges:

Mod Squad Animal Fun Challenge

Color Throwdown #381 to use light green, pink and kraft colors

Beautiful flowers day

Entering this in the Work it Wednesday Challenge to use something new.  I'm having fun playing with the new Hero Arts items I recently bought.  Used Distress ink and Hero Arts Black ink along with Wink of Stella. Stamps are from Hero Arts You're So Lovely set.  Mask made with MFT rectangle die, finished with corner rounder.  I've tried to capture the shine on the flowers and leaves in the extra pics below. Thanks for stopping by!

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i miss you

Made this card for a family member.....also entering it in several challenges.

Card base has rounded corners on one side, Larger panel was dry embossed with We R Memories Next Level embossing folder to add texture.  Used a few stiched dies and dotted dies from various companies on edges.  Inks colors are aqua, navy, and turquioise for one of the challenges.  All stamps are from Hero Arts new set called "You're So Lovely", used masks to layer the flowers.  Added a tiny punched navy heart with Wink of Stella on it and some Rainstones from Papertrey Ink on the flowers.

Entering in these challenges:

Less is More Texture Challenge

Just Us Girls Color Challenge

Freshly Made Sketches 224 Challenge

Leap Year Love

Love leap years, and these cute little frogs!  

Entering this in these challenges:  

Cut It Up Challenge #90 Leap Year Challenge and 

The Mod Squad Great Outdoors Challenge

Cupcake Inspirations #348

Here's how I made it.  Watercolored Tim Holtz watercolor paper after masking off the edges and the clouds, with Distress Inks, sprayed and dripped water on it for the splotchy effect - is that a word?  Trimmed top panel and cut black mat and adhered it all to the white cardbase.  The die cut words are from Tim Holtz set, (I stacked black and textured green patterned paper to get some height on the sentiment and then added little black polka dots to the words for interest.  The raindrop bling and the frogs are from the Dollar Store.  I don' have any frog stamps but I did buy these stickers some time ago, thinking they would be cute for one of my grandkids either to play with or to make them a card..............................................

I love to look through my stash to see what I have.

Happy Leap Year!

Have a Beautiful

A card for The Challenge #60 and Crafting By Designs Tic Tac Toe Challenge.  

	Charm/tag	3 colors *	Word/number
	Texture	Free	Ribbon/washi Tape
	Glitter/bling	Die Cut/Punch	Stitching: Real/Faux

I did middle vertical row, 3 colors, free and die cut.

I used cardstock from Gina K Designs, in white, red and moonlit fog, along with GKD moonlit fog ink.  First I stenciled the polka dot tone on tone on a piece of moonlit fog then cut a strip for the side and a circle for the hole in the middle of the flower.  The stamps all came from the new Hero Arts "So Lovely" set and the flower die is also new from Hero Arts - Paper Layering Mum die cut.  I cut one out all the way and inked over it with pink and red inks, then stamped a background stamps on it with moonlit fog to give it some interest.  Then I curled up the leaves to give the 3D look this die cut is meant to do.   The little heart is a punch and also used red cardstock for a thin strips to anchor the polka dots on the left.  Topped the heart, flower center and parts of the petals with Wink of Stella.

I hope you all have a Beautiful Day!!

Entering this in The Challenge #60 - barely made it in time!

My Friend

Watercolor background card made for the StampTV Addicts Challenge hosted by Karen Hightower.

I used Blue Lagoon and Applemint inks to watercolor the background on Tim Holtz watercolor paper, then spray it with water, then cut it out with a dotted rectangle die from MFT, cut a mat in the Blue Lagoon cardstock and mounted it on Applemint card base.  I added dots inside the butterfly with a sharpie pen.

I used stamps from the Made With Love StampTV Kit.  Added a few Rainstones from Papertrey Ink.

So Lovely

Used the new Paper Layering Mum Flower Die from Hero Arts and their new set "You're So Lovely" to create this card for The Card Concept #49 Floral Radiance Challenge.  Inks used were all Distress Inks, Masked of floral design by cutting one out and fussy cutting edges that weren't cut by die and sponging background ink, then left mask in place to stamp music note background.  After stamping music, I die cut the flower again, right on the actual card front and popped up all the pretty petals that it cuts.

Added some leaves from the same stamp set with more distress inks and then added sentiment and yellow flower center - bling from my stash.  Mounted on Charcoal Brown GKD cardstock.  Here's a link to that challenge:

http://thecardconcept.blogspot.com/2016/02/the-card-concept-49-floral-radiance.html

I think this style is Clean and Layered....(for The Card Concept)

And entering this in the Work it Wednesday Simon Says Challenge

And here are a few more pics:

Hooray!

Entering this card in The Paper Players PP282 Color Challenge from Laurie and The Cats Pajamas Animals Challenge 308  and Paper Smooches Sparks Fun Challengeand planning on sending this to one of my grandkids.  Supplies used were:

Hero Arts stamps:  Hooray Set (older one), Playful Animals stamps and dies

Die Namics Dies:  Stitched Rectangles, Pierced Rectangles

Avery Elle:  Dotted Border Dies

Paper Smooches:  Hearts Dies

Waffle Flower:  Tiny Twine Bow

Also used 1" circle punch for mask, Distress Inks, Spectrum Noir markers, Wink of Stella

Happy Crafting!