Tuesday Morning Sketches #468

Hello!  Thank you for stopping by.  The sketch is up at Tuesday Morning Sketches and it's a nice one.  I love the layers and little bits.

The September Simon Says Stamp kit arrived in the mail on Friday and I was so excited to get to play with it over the weekend.  It's pretty bad though, I still haven't played with August's kit!  Ack!  I am hoping to get some time this upcoming holiday weekend to play with all the goodies I haven't played with yet.

Look at that gorgeous paper that came in the kit!  Oh my goodness!  It doesn't die cut very well, but I forgive it for giving me such a hard time because that finish is just too pretty.   So it appears that unicorns and mermaids and the latest trend.  Every stamp company has come out with their own.  And honestly, I haven't like any of them because they are way too cutesy and cartoon-y.  So not my style.  This set is more on the side of artsy and pretty.  As of this posting, the kit is still available for purchase.

I enjoyed coloring this one up.  I stamped on the Bristol Smooth card stock.  I colored with the Zig clean color real brush markers.  I only used water to blend the tail a bit.  The background was colored by blending on Tumbled Glass and Stormy Sky Distress Oxide inks.  I also blended on some Faded Jeans but then I ended up covering it up.

There is a coordinating die set that can be reserved, but $40 is a bit too much for me.  These images were not difficult to fussy cut.

I added some Nuvo Crystal drops to the bubbles to give it some shine and dimension.  I made the sentiment using Nuvo White embossing powder - I really need detail white.  It's in my SSS cart.

You all know how much I love decorating envelopes.  I made this one.  The gray of the card base and the gray of the envelope don't exactly match, but that's okay.  I love how this envelope came out.  If I space the address correctly, the zip code will fit between the angle fish and the starfish.

I hope you like the card and that'll you join us over at Tuesday Morning Sketches for this challenge.  Please be sure to visit the design team blogs, too.  They deserve your kind words.

Carol

Debbie
Jenée
Patti

Have a great day!

Tuesday Morning Sketches #467

Hello!  Thank you for stopping by.  I am so glad you're here - please leave me a comment to tell me you were.  The latest sketch is up at Tuesday Morning Sketches and it's another easy one - one that is pretty similar to last week's.

My card features Mondo Sakura from Essentials by Ellen, Need for Tweed background stamp from Raisin Boat and border and sentiment stamps from Choose Joy set from Simon Says Stamp.  The inks I used is Spun Sugar Distress Oxide ink and VersaFine Oynx black ink.

I used Neenah Classic Crest solar white card stock.  My idea for this card was definitely inspired by Jennifer McGuire's video she posted a couple of days ago.  I liked this idea and I really wanted to give it a try with what supplies I have here.  The only thing I don't like about my card is how the coloring turned out on the flowers.  Note to self - tip to you:  Zig Real Brush clean color marks do not color well on Neenah card stock!  Use the Bristol Smooth!  It's blotchy and it doesn't blend well.  But my sister thought the card looked pretty so I went with it.

This is essentially a one layer card - a lot of masking and double stamping using the MISTI.

I hope you like the card and that'll you join us over at Tuesday Morning Sketches for this challenge.  Please be sure to visit the design team blogs, too.  They deserve your kind words.

Carol

Debbie
Jenée
Patti

Have a great day!

Tuesday Morning Sketches #466

Hello!  Thank your for stopping by.  Our latest sketch is up at Tuesday Morning Sketches and it's a really easy one.  I think you're going to like it.

My card features papers, stickers and dies from a past card kit that I purchased when Spellbinders had a too good to pass up sale.  This was, if memory serves, is September 2017.  I haven't had a chance to play with it until this past week.  I had off 5 days and although I had super high expectations to get a lot of crafting done - I didn't.  But I still enjoyed the time off.  It was needed.

This card was super easy to put together.  I used the card base that came in the kit as well as the decorative paper and black card stock.  Spellbinders card kits are really cool - they send paper, embellishments, card stock, ephemera, ribbons/fibers and of course, dies.  There are 11 dies in this kit.  I cut two leaves from the gold foil card stock and one label from white card stock.  This kit also has these cool sentiments that are gold on clear plastic.  This card went together in about 10-12 minutes.

In this view you see how pretty and shiny the gold paper is.  I finished this off with some black twine that I made a little bow from and adhered using Ranger Multi-Medium Matte.  This is really strong glue and dries to a matte finish so it's virtually invisible.

I hope you like my card and you're inspired to join us.  Be sure to visit the design team, too.  They created some beauties to share with you.

Carol

Debbie
Jenée
Patti

Just Playing Around....

Hello!  Happy Sunday.  I made a card to share with you using Pink and Main products.  I am not on their design team, I am just a huge fan of Michelle and her store.

I picked up these products a few months ago when I was helping out at the Pink and Main booth at StampFest.  This is just my first chance to play with them.  I've been off for the last few days and although I had intended my 5 day weekend to be more productive than it turned out I am feeling refreshed and ready for my busy season to kick off tomorrow morning.

So here's the card I made....

Isn't it pretty!  I love how this card turned out.  I made a video of my process.  You can find it below.  I used Distress Oxide inks to color the card base.  I don't do a lot of rainbows and after seeing this I don't understand why I don't!  This card makes me so very happy!!

I am loving how the sentiment window, even though I intended that section to be whiter, has this halo look behind the *sunshine* die cut word.

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Thank you for stopping by!

Tuesday Morning Sketches #465

Hello! Thank you for stopping by.  The latest sketch is up at Tuesday Morning Sketches and it's a fairly clean and simple one but you can certainly jazz it up, too.

My card features Beautiful Flowers stamp set by Simon Says Stamp, black card stock from Ellen Hutson and Metallic Platinum embossing powder by Wow!  When I started this card, this original intention was to create a card like the one Jennifer McGuire made.  She used the same stamp and watercolored with Distress Oxide inks.  But I did the heat embossing and thought the card was stunning just like that - I didn't have the heart to add to it.

I did emboss some double lines using my Scor-Buddy for my sentiment area.  I then stamped a white panel with the same stamp in black ink for the inside (not pictured) and the back flap of an envelope.  I added a few gold sequins after I mounted the stamped panel onto a top folding card base.  I used black fun foam to add some dimension.

I hope to see you at the Tuesday Morning Sketches blog and can't wait to see your card!  Also, please visit the design team.

Carol

Debbie
Jenée
Patti