Birthday Wishes for You

I love challenges.  I look to them for inspiration and they also give me the incentive to create.  The added plus to this is that it also helps me build up my card stash.  :)

This week's theme at Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge is Showers and/or Flowers and flowers are always great for birthday cards.   To create my card I used Simon Says Stamp's "Spring Flowers", with their coordinating dies, and distress inks to blend the colors onto the flowers.  The DP I used is called "Market Street" from My Mind's Eye and my sentiment is from Your Next Stamp called "What Not Sentiments Four".

I'll also be linking this to Simon Says Stamp's Work it Wednesday for April.

Thank you so much for your visit!  Hope you're having a wonderful day!

We Have a Birthday!

Hi there!  I'm back today to play in some challenges.  Since Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge is "Happy Birthday", in celebration of their 8th birthday, I made this card to join in the fun.  The stamp and die set I used is Space Explorer from My Favorite Things.  I colored my images with copic markers and I used distress inks to create the background.

Since I did some spraying to create the splotches in the background and used a slider die from Your Next Stamp, I'll also be entering HLS Mixed Media April Challenge, Sprays, and HLS April Anything Goes with Dies.

I also wanted to share with you another project that I made with this stamp set.  My grandson, Tate, and my husband would often have discussions about our solar system and how the planets orbit our sun. Listening to Tate trying to name all the planets is what inspired me to buy this stamp set.  I wanted to make a space board that my grandsons could play with but yet learn from.

I purchased a magnetic dry erase board and attached magnetic sheets to my background paper as well as all the images so each object could be moved around and played with.  Hopefully we'll have some fun lessons with this as well.  (Some of the planets came from the Lawn Fawn Out of This World stamp set.)  

Thanks so much for visiting and have a great day!

Bring on the Happy!

My Favorite Things Funky Flowers; Penny Black Sprinkles & Smiles (sentiment)

I thought I should build up my card stash so looked through some challenges for inspiration:

Simon Says Bit O' Green
Cas-ual Fridays CFC169 Off the Edge
AAA Cards CAS Game #86-Diecuts

I heat embossed the flowers, leaves and stems in white and cut them out with the matching dies.  The ink blending was done with Simon Says Spring Flowers hybrid inks and distress inks.  The floral centers are dew drops from the old stash.

Appreciate your stopping by, thanks so much for looking!

Hugs

MFT Snuggle Bunnies stamp and Big Hugs die

Hello!  

Today I'll be sharing a card that I made for my sister.  She's been feeling under the weather so I wanted to send her a big hug to let her know I was thinking of her.   I wanted it to be CAS, focusing on the word HUGS.  I used MFT's Big Hugs die and the cute little critters from their Snuggle Bunnies stamp set.  She said it made her smile.  :)

Thanks for looking!    Hugs!

Here are some challenges I'll be linking to:  Simon Says:  For a Special Lady/Girl; 

Happy Little Stampers March:  Anything Goes with Dies;  and Addicted to Stamps and More #232 Make Your Mark .

Birthday Hugs

MFT Jungle Friends;  Technique Tuesday Hugs;

Martha Stewart grass punch

Hello and thank you for dropping by.

I'm back with a card I made for my son's birthday.  He has 2 boys, ages 3 and 5.   It was simple to make--made only with dies, punches, designer papers and a rub on sentiment--no stamping or coloring involved.  My color inspiration came from MFT's Color Challenge 62.

                                                                  

I will also be linking this to Simon Says Wednesday Challenge, Anything Goes.

Thanks for visiting and have a wonderful day!

Happy Holidays!

MFT Santa's Elves stamp and dies;
Whimsy Stamps Christmas Tree in Words

I love these adorable MFT Elves, they remind me of my precious grandsons.  The elves were colored with copic markers, the tree was stamped with Hero Arts Ombre green ink and topped with a gold star die cut. To ground my images, I laid down a strip of adhesive, rubbed in some gold glitter, and added a piece of patterned paper.  Finally for that last bit of sparkle, used the Wink of Stella glitter brush on the ornament and bells.

I'll be linking my card to Simon Says Challenge - Make it Sparkle and HLS December Anything Goes with Dies challenges.

Thank you so much for your visit.  Happy Holidays!

It's a Celebration!

My Favorite Things - Sweet BD Wishes; Penny Black - Sprinkles and Smiles sentiment;

Hello and thanks for stopping by!  

I have another birthday card to share with you, this time a CAS card made for my sister.   I colored my image with copic markers, sprinkled glitter on the frosting and added Little B washi tape to the card base.  I'll be playing along in the following challenges:

Splitcoaststampers CAS400 - It's a Celebration!

     C - celebration theme

     A - aqua

     S - sparkle

Addicted to Stamps and More Challenge 217 - Make Your Mark   

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes

Thank you for your visit and have a great day!