WMSC 19

Hello again! If you haven't seen my first post just scroll down! I have beautiful handmade flowers waiting for you! :)


I made a card for the Waltzing Mouse Sketch Challenge 19 tonight. It's a pretty straight out sketch, but I decided to add a little more to it. But before I show you what I made, here's the sketch.

I stamped some In Bloom flowers on some Vintage Cream cardstock using So Saffron ink. Then I ran the sand colored cardstock (Paper Company) through my Cuttlebug with the Wood Grain Impression Plate. Instead of just a ribbon through the middle of the card, I decided on putting a green strip of Bo Bunny patterned paper and used a Martha Stewart edge punch on it. I placed a lace (Offray) and ribbon (Wendy) over the strip of patterned paper. The frame is made from my Cricut Expression. It's my favorite one to date! The flowers are from AC Moore. You know those plastic flowers they sell? Well, I bought one to try it out. Removed all of the flowers and tossed the stem. (Haha!) Here they are! I got a lot of flowers for $3.99! :) 

The sentiment is from Damask Designs. After I had stamped it, I wished I had used black. Anyway, live in person, it's actually very visible. I just wish I had a better camera and lighting! Here's a close up of the card. I hope you like it! :)

Handmade Flowers

Hi friends! I just wanted to show you some of the flowers I've been making lately. These are the more tedious ones to make. But they look really beautiful. I took a small Prima flower and broke it into its components. I tried to recreate it but I don't have anything to make those beautiful grooves that are usually found in Prima flowers. I tried to distress the petals as much as I can to get more dimension.


I know I promised I would make a tutorial on how to make one of my flowers. I just need someone to take a picture while I'm making them! My husband's been busy lately and usually tired when he gets home. I wanted to give him enough rest time. Hopefully this weekend I can ask him to help me. :) In the mean time, here are the flowers I made.

I used my Marvy Uchida punches. The six petal flower punch, a medium and small version of the punch. The bigger flowers have 4 medium punched out flowers and 3 small punched out flowers. The smaller ones have 4 small punched out flowers. I noticed that the Prima flowers were very hard/firm to the touch. I sprayed these with canned adhesive. It gave the flowers a little shine and the petals hold much better.

Here's a close up shot of them. 

Curtain Call Act 52

Hello everyone! Are you ready for another round of fun at Stacey's Stamping Stage?! It's time for Curtain Call Act 52, and let me tell you, these colors are just sooo fantastic! I just love this color combination. I'm absolutely sure you'll all have a great time with it! Here it is:

I had such a great time making this card. Isn't the color combination so nice?! I didn't have Bermuda Bay of Tangerine Tango. For the background, I used the closest color I had, turquoise. I love how it just pops off of the white cardstock. I painted the flowers using Spiced Marmalade from Tim Holtz. I'm sorry to say it's the only orange ink I have! :) Hee! I used my water pen to pick up the ink so some parts of the flowers are lighter than the rest. I'm still trying to practice on my painting skills. I used Baja Breeze (closest color I had) to color in the leaves behind the flowers. I also used it on the sentiment. I hope you all like it! :) Now come on and join in on the fun!

Supplies:

Cardstock - white, brown (PTI)

Patterned Paper - BoBunny

Stamps - Embrace Life (SU), Big & Bold Wishes (PTI)

Inks - Spiced Marmalade (Distress Inks), Baja Breeze, Basic Black (SU)

Others - dies (Spellbinders), ribbon (Offray)

The Curtain Call Crew has samples to show you today, too, so make sure you stop by to see:





Introducing...
Christina MacLaren at Seaglass & Sentiments
Julie Lacey at Stamps & Taxes
Laurel Seabrook at Seabrook Designs
Makiko Jones at MakInk Studio
Monika Davis at M.A.D. Stamper
Piali Biswas at Touch of Creation
Silke Ledlow at My Life
Stacey Schafer at Stacey's Stamping Stage
Teresa Kline at Enjoy the VA Sunshine





and October Guest Designer, Karen Thomas at Luv to Stamp.


...then play along with us and post your Curtain Call Color Challenge creation using Mr. Linky over at Stacey's Stamping Stage.

2S4Y: Kazan's Sketch 63

Hi again! One last post for tonight before I go. I'm really a night owl you know, it's the only viable explanation for me being awake this late! :) I was working on this card tonight and when I finished, I noticed that it matched Kazan's sketch. So not wanting it to go to waste, I'm posting it here as a submission! This is such a fun sketch to do. You can use it over and over again and each time would be different. I'll keep this brief since it's late! Here's the sketch again.

If you'll notice the snowflake patterned paper in the middle, it's actually a stamped background image. I used my Serene Snowflakes to stamp the images. I have been wanting to try to color them since I first got them! I finally did tonight. After stamping them, I colored them with different pastel colors from my SU inks. I'm enjoying my SU inks by the way! :) I die cut the snowflake in the middle and covered it with glitters. I'm liking how it turned out! Well, that's it for tonight...or should I say...early morning?! I'm off to bed! Bye all! Thanks for stopping by!

Birthday Giveaway Winner!

Hi everyone! Today's my birthday...actually it's past midnight already so it was yesterday! :) I actually share a birthday with my husband! :) Isn't that a great coincidence?! Anyway, it was a busy work day even if it was our birthday. The evening was so much better though! 


The winner for the birthday giveaway is Lynn! Congratulations Lynn! Send me your details so I can send the goodies as soon as possible! :) I want to thank everyone for their well wishes!!! 


I'm working on a card tonight...I'll try to post it if it isn't too late! Otherwise, tomorrow! :) Thanks for stopping by!


Jean

Card Patterns Sketch 85

Hi everyone! Busy day at work today! If I haven't mentioned it before, I work at our family's animal clinic. Today, we saved a 22 year old mixed shepherd who has multiple tumors on her legs. She's now relaxing and hopefully can go home tomorrow. It's such a great feeling when you see a dog/cat owner's eyes light up with such happiness when their pets recover from their illness or survive a dangerous surgery. I'm a cat person myself and I know exactly how these people feel. :)


Anyway, onto my card for this evening. I used Card Patterns Sketch 85 for this card. I was skeptical if I could do this one in the beginning. But I just started stamping away and never looked back. Haha! I'm a bit tired tonight so I'll keep this short and just show you my card. :) Here's the sketch from Card Patterns.

Supplies:

Cardstock - kraft, cream (Paper Company), Hawaiian Shores, Chocolate Brown (PTI)

Stamps - Eastern Blooms (SU), Mega Mixed Messages (PTI)

Others - ribbon (Offray), dies (Spellbinders), button, twine (Walmart), inks (SU)

If you haven't seen my previous posts, I have a BIRTHDAY GIVEAWAY for one lucky lady! Just leave a comment here for a chance at the giveaway! :)

2S4Y: Kazan's Sketch 63

Hi everyone! I hope you are having a good evening! Mine wasn't so good. My husband and I were driving home this afternoon. While we were stopped and waiting at an intersection an elderly man side swiped our car and sped off. I mean I can understand how that could happen...ok elderly person...understood...but come on...at least stop and see if you hurt anyone! Right?! Anyway, we're both ok but the car is a bit scratched up. Ah well, I'll leave it up to karma to take its course. I'm just glad no one was hurt.


Anyway, on a cheerful note, I have a card for everyone tonight. This is for 2 sketches 4 you. It's also a design team search! Isn't that great?! We should all try out and have some fun. I actually saw that some of my favorite designers have submissions there as well. I was trying to decide if I should even try to make a card for this one. In the end, I did, just for the fun of it! Hee hee! Here's the sketch:

My inks from Stampin' Up finally arrived! Yay! :) I couldn't resist, I had to use it to color these gorgeous flowers from 5th Ave. Florals. I also used some gray to paint the outline of the flowers. I see a lot of people using their Copics in the same manner and I wanted to try it out. It's subtle, but I love it! :) I also layered some strips of patterned papers and I used my Martha Stewart edge punch on them. Doesn't it make things more girly and frilly?! :)

If you didn't catch my earlier post, I have a birthday GIVEAWAY that ends this Friday (my birthday!). You can check it out here.

Supplies:

Cardstock - kraft, vintage cream (PTI), sand (Bazzill)

Patterned Paper - Anna Griffin, Cosmo Cricket

Stamps - 5th Ave. Florals (SU), Mega Mixed Messages (PTI)

Others - edge punch (Martha Stewart), circle die, scallop die (Spellbinders), tag die (Provo Craft), ribbon (Offray)

ps. I finally made it on Embellish Magazine!!! Well, I didn't win it, but at least I made it up there! :) I can't even count how many challenges I've entered there! I mean it's such a tough cookie to crack! Haha! :)