Saturday, October 13, 2018

Ellen Hutson Sketch Challenge

September's Essentials Challenge for Ellen Hutson is a sketch. Check it out...



Here's my take on it...



Close up...



Materials
Paper: Neenah - solar white, misc Bazzill cardstock, My Mind's Eye - Oh What Fun!
Stamps/Inks: HA red ink cube, Pinkfresh Studio - Skating Bunnies
Cutting/Embossing: Pinkfresh coordinating dies, MFT Blueprint Sketch 29, Stitched Circles
Misc: Dimensional adhesive

Sunday, October 7, 2018

WCMD - MFT - Flower Power

World Card Making Day/Weekend continues... perfect weather for cardmaking - rainy! Here's the link challenge...Flower Power!

Here's my card...



Close up of the flowers....


Materials
Paper: Kraft card base, Neenah - solar white, misc Bazzill cardstock
Stamps/Inks: MFT - Extreme black and You Gnome Me
Cutting/Embossing: Blueprints 29, Birds of a FeathervKit
Misc: Nuvo glitter drops, Nuvo crystal glaze, copics, dimensional adhesive, clear wink of stella

WCMD - MFT - Clean and Simple

I think this might be my final World Cardmaking Day post... this one is for MFT's Clean and Simple Challenge.

Here's what I came up with...



Close up...



Materials
Paper: Kraft cardbase
Stamps/Inks: Distress Oxide - Salty Ocean, MFT - Extreme Black and You Gnome Me
Cutting/Embossing: Circle die
Misc.: MFT cloud edger stencil, copic markers, nuvo glaze, dimensional adhesive

WCMD - Kat Scrappiness

Another WCMD card, this time a friendship card for a Kat Scrappiness challenge. The theme is frienship, so I made a little Lawn Fawn scene with some critters snuggling under the stars. Kat Scrappiness has amazing dies and a phenomenal selection of a variety of brands, including Lawn Fawn.



Close up of the sparkly sky and stars...




Materials
Paper: Neenah - solar white, misc. Bazzill cardstock, watercolor paper
Stamps/Inks: MFT - Extreme Black, Lawn Fawn - Winter Skies and Upon a Star, KSS - Owl and Autumn Moo
Cutting/Embossing: Coordinating cuts, MFT - grassy hills die
Misc: Copic markers, Heirloom gold perfect pearls spray, nuvo drops, TE watercolors





World Cardmaking Day at MFT!

I decided to play along with the WCMD challenges at MFT yesterday. This was my first card for the ROYGBIV challenge. I watercolored some watercolor paper with some Taylored Expressions water color with some shimmer added, and the navy cardstock is glittery, too, so this is actually a super sparkly card.



Up close... love those MFT giraffes!



Materials
Paper: Neenah - solar white, watercolor paper, misc. Bazzill cardstock
Stamps/Inks: MFT - Extreme Black, MFT - Giraffing Around
Cutting/Embossing: Blueprint sketch 29 (MFT), Spellbinder circles, MFT cooridnating cuts
Misc: TE watercolors, copic markers, sequins, dimensional adhesive

Sunday, September 30, 2018

Stamptember: Altenew

The last Simon Says Stamptember post! It sure has been fun adding all these cards to my stash, ready to send out. This final card is for the Altenew challenge.

Here it is...


Close up of fussy cutting...


Materials
Paper: Neenah - Solar white, misc. Bazzill cardstock
Stamps/Inks: Altenew - Amazing You, Versafine - Onyx Black
Cutting/Embossing: Ranger superfine clear embossing powder
Misc: Copics, dimensional adhesive

Stamptember: Honeybee Stamps

On fhe final countdown for Stamptember with a card featuring images from Honeybee Stamps. They have absolutely adorable images and lovely die cuts - especially love the coffee cup giftcard holder, which I'm featuring today!

Here it is...



Up close...



Materials
Paper: Neenah- solar white, kraft paper
Stamps/inks: MFT - Extreme Black, Honeybe Stamps - Bee-you-tiful sentiments,Versafine - Onyx Black
Cutting/Embossing: Honeybee Stamps - Coffee Cup Giftcard Holder, Ranger superfine clear embossing powder
Misc: Copic markers, nuvo glitter drops