IT’S YOUR DAY BALLOONS.

  Hi friends!

Playing along with this ADDICTED TO CAS CHALLENGE (ends 4/3).

this I LOVE PROMARKERS & OTHER MEDIUMS CHALLENGE

#604 Cute & Whimsical or Anything Goes (ends 4/12).

and this TRY IT ON TUESDAY CHALLENGE Make It Cute (ends 4/13).

and this SEIZE THE BIRTHDAY CHALLENGE #323 Add a Tag (ends 4/7).

and this CARDS FOR GUYZ CHALLENGES #384 Light Blue & Brown (ends 4/19).

I have a post on how to get this type of easy striped circle HERE  I used an old loyal Cropadile tool to set the rivet for tag purposes and added some waxed twine. 

I did some alcohol marker coloring and die cut him out, then covered the balloons with clear glaze. His head was foam mounted and his shoes were glued down. Sentiment was stamped in Tempting Turquoise. 

SUPPLIES

boy with balloons and sentiment stamps - Pink & Main

Diamond Dots silver circles - Stampendous

dotted embossing folder - unknown

Copic alcohol ink marker

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USING UP SCRAPS! PASTEL STRIPES

Hello!

I was unmotivated to start on a card from scratch so I went looking through my scraps folder, and came up with these wonderful shapes I had die cut from some remains of a project in September!  You can see the original cards here.  I love that these current cards are nothing like the previous!

Basic card stock strip technique: 

Lay a double sided sticky sheet on the desktop, peel back top half and start laying card stock strips down, butting them up close to the previous.  Peel more backing off sticky sheet as you work your way down.  If you don't have a double sided sticky sheet you can affix your strips one at a time to a plain piece of card stock with glue or a tape runner.

TECHNIQUES

die cutting  (word, stars)

glitter glue  (stars)

metallic card stock  (word)

foam mounting  (stars)

SUPPLIES

Shine die with shadow  -  Altenew Shine Die Set

star die  -  Cricut Cuttlebug Planner Embellishments Dies

metallic silver cardstock  -  random stash

glitter glue  -  Stickles Frosted Lace

Sharing these cards with the following Challenges:

Simon Says Stamp

Bright & Cheerful  (ends 6/15).

TECHNIQUES

die cutting  (hearts)

glitter glue  (hearts)

white enamel dots  (white dots)

preprinted  (sentiment strip)

foam mounting  (word strip)

SUPPLIES

sentiment strip  -  Paper Rose Black & White Sentiment Sheets

heart die  -   Cricut Cuttlebug Planner Embellishments Dies

glitter glue  -  Stickles Frosted Lace

enamel dots  -  Nuovo White

Micron fine point pen

Update (another card!):

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VINTAGE CHEER

Hello!

A couple more cards using up some card stock scraps (see previous post for more). 

TECHNIQUES

card stock stripes  (background)

heat embossing  (smaller words)

stacked die cutting  (larger words)

SUPPLIES

birthday stamp - (partial) Stampin' Up! random

you are words stamp - Altenew Mega Greetings 3, I think  :o)

large word dies (ekSUCCESS Word Set #54-80027

embossing powder - white detail

Sharing these cards with the following Challenge:

Try It On Tuesday

For the Man in Your Life (ends 6/12).

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CARD STOCK STRIP ELEMENTS X3

 Hello!

Well!  I'm officially still addicted to using up my random card stock scraps  :o)  Every time I make cards I pop the strips I trim off into a couple tumblers (white and colorful).  Whenever I want to craft but feel unmotivated, I spend some relaxing time gluing strips down to a base cardstock to use later on.  Usually inspiration strikes though during the process and I end the session with a few cards finished!

You can view previous posts using up card stock and paper scraps here:

 

CATS  

EASTER BUNNY

 PATTERNED

 CHRISTMAS CATS 

SNOWFLAKE 

BUBBLES

 UNICORN

 WOVEN

 BANNER 

FLORAL 

PENNANTS

TECHNIQUES

dry embossing  (white background)

die cutting  (Everything word, circles)

heat embossing  (small Thanks for words)

flat back holographic dot stickers

matte metallic cardstock  (silver card front)

SUPPLIES

Thanks for sentiment stamp  -  (partial) Stampin' Up! Home to Roost set

Everything word die  -  Picket Fence Everything Word Die  #PFSD-120

ink  -  Versamark

detail white embossing powder

embossing folder  -  Cuttlebug Divine Swirl

holographic dot stickers  -  Stampendous Diamond Dots Circle Silver

matte silver and other card stock  -  random stash

 

TECHNIQUES

die cutting  (Everything word, oval)

basic stamping  (small words)

flat back gems

matte metallic cardstock  (Everything word)

vellum  (Everything word shadow)

SUPPLIES

small words  -  TAC The Angel Company set #2755

Everything word die  -  Picket Fence Everything Word Die  #PFSD-120

ink  -   Memento Tuxedo Black

matte silver and other card stock  -  random stash

vellum

flat back gems  -  Park Lane

TECHNIQUES

dry embossing  (white background)

die cutting  (sentiment, circle)

flat back enamel dot stickers

vellum

SUPPLIES

words die  -  Picket Fence I Miss You Word Die  #PFSF-137

embossing folder  -  Sizzix for Stampin' Up!

flat back enamel dot stickers  -  LDRS Lovely Watercolor

 card stock  -  random stash

vellum

Sharing these cards with the following Challenges:

Allsorts

Anything But Birthdays  (ends 6/2).

Addicted to CAS

#221 Stripes  (ends 6/11).

Alphabet Challenge

D is for Die Cuts  (ends 6/1).

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CONTEMPLATIVE CATS & SHELLEBRATE YOU

 Hello!

I had so much fun making these cards and following along with the sketch at 

the Global Design Project Challenge blog!

TECHNIQUES

direct stamping (cats, hearts, missing you sentiment)

heat embossing  (you had me at sentiment)

fussy cutting  (missing you sentiment)

die cutting  (you had me at sentiment)

dry embossing  (white background on landscape card)

flat back metal gems

gold twine

SUPPLIES

cat with bird stamp  -  Coronado Island Stamps Lucy Wang's Friendship  #W001-H

cat panels stamp  -  Coronado Island Stamps Lucy Wang's Cat Panel  #W006-H

hearts stamp, missing you and matching frame stamps  -  Simple Stories Always in My Heart clear set #10739

you had me at meow stamp  -  Taylored Expressions Simple Strips Meow set  #TEBB86

oval die  -  Spellbinders Nestabilities

word strip die  -  Taylored Expressions Simple Strips Well Rounded  #TE1441 

textured paper embossing folder  - Stampin' Up! Subtle 3D 

gold thread  -  On the Surface Gilt Edge  #GET 126

flat back gold metal gems  -  Mark Richard Gold Metal #1983

Sharing these cards with the following Challenges:

Global Design Project .

Cut It Up

#251  Any Animal or Insect  (ends 5/18).

UPDATE:

Another version, using the same layout rotated

TECHNIQUES

direct stamping (shell )

*fuzzy effect is from using a wet brush on the inked image, and then it was highlighted  with colored pencil)

heat embossing  (Let's Shell-ebrate sentiment)

fussy cutting  (shell)

die cutting  (You)

dry embossing  

* colored cardstock strips were adhered to craft cardstock and then embossed)

glitter glue  

*necessary because the cardstock was so soft, especially when embossed, that the low-tack tape I used when diecutting actually didn't come off without tearing the top paper layer

foam mounting

SUPPLIES

shell stamp  -  Stampin' Up! Seaside set

Let's Shell-ebrate stamp  -  Poppy Stamps Whittle Everyday clear set  #CL484

You letters dies  -  Spellbinders How Does Your Garden Grow Alphabet  #DOML-JUL20

textured paper embossing folder  - Sizzix for Stampin' Up! 

glitter glue - Stickles Frosted Lace

colored pencil

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STRIPEY EASTER TRIO

Hello!

I rarely sit down and make just one card while supplies are out - this time it was three. I love when cards coordinate by color and theme but are totally different in layout and sometimes even style.  

Whenever I'm suffering creator's block I pull out my clear glass tumbler of extra trimmings from previous cards and glue them to a spare white base of card stock, picking whatever shades match the closest holiday or occasion. (There are some cards from awhile back that I also made with this technique: HERE and HERE.)

I started with the panel on the bottom card - just colored card stock strips glued down to white cardstock.  The pennant card was next using the leftover trimming off one edge of the striped panel where the strips hung over the base (the "string" is actually a tiny width of the white cardstock).  The third card also used leftover trimmed off strips when I made the main striped panel a hair smaller, and a flower from the first card.

 Since these cards are all different I'll include the Techniques and Supplies underneath each one.  

BUNNY LOVE

TECHNIQUES

basic stamping  (sentiment)

cardstock stripes  (strips along edge)- see above

ink swiping  (heart) - I swiped the three colors onto white cardstock, die cut it out, and then rubbed the silver inkpad along edges

alcohol marker  (bunny outlined in gray)

die cutting  (bunny, flower, heart)

flat back gems

SUPPLIES

sentiment stamp - Hero Arts #A2152 Little Happy Easter

bunny die - Spellbinders #KOM-MAR21 Celebrate Spring

flower die - Spellbinders #DOML-JUL20 How Does Your Garden Grow Alphabet

heart die - Stampin' Up! Framelits Hearts #125599

inks - Adirondack Lettuce, Aqua and Shell Pink, Stampin' Up! Marvelous Magenta, Brilliance Platinum Planet

alcohol marker - Copic gray

flat back gems - The Paper Studio, Park Lane

CHOCOLATE BUNNY

TECHNIQUES

basic stamping  (bunnies, sentiment - Staz On brown on vellum)

colored pencil  (bunnies)

alcohol marker  (shadow around bunnies)

cardstock stripes  (background - see above)

die cutting  (flowers)

punches (circles)

freehand paper piercing  (circles)

foam mounting  (circles)

flat back gems

SUPPLIES

sentiment stamp - Access Art Stamps

bunny stamp cube - Art Gone Wild! Chocolate Rabbit Treat

flower dies - Spellbinders #DOML-JUL20 How Does Your Garden Grow Alphabet

ink - Adirondack Espresso, Staz On Timber Brown

gray alcohol marker - Copic

punches - Stampin' Up!

flat back gems - The Paper Studio

vellum

CAS EASTER BUNNY

TECHNIQUES

basic stamping  (bunny, sentiment)

cardstock stripes (pennant - see above)

die cutting  (grass)

freehand doodles  (pennants)

SUPPLIES

bunny stamp - Penny Black #2857F Bunny Duck

sentiment stamp - Inky Antics #G2-179-F

grass die- Penny Black #51-549 Garden Edgers

inks - Versafine Black, Close to My Heart Watermelon #Z2158

Sharing these cards with the following Challenge blogs:

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends

#C-177 Anything Goes  (ends 3/19).

We Love Stamping

March Challenge  (ends 3/30).

Crafty Calendar Challenge

March Challenge - Spots/Stripes or Easter  (ends 3/28).

Penny Black Saturday Challenge

March Anything Goes...Bright Colors!  (ends in a month).

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