50th Anniversary card

I have a card for the Simon Says Stamp Monday challenge - Celebrate! and the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge - Fabulous Florals.

I needed a card for a 50th Anniversary so I decided to make a card with some dimensional flowers. I stamped, cut out and coloured the three fuchsia flowers. I shaped them and glued them together.

I stamped the fuchsia background and coloured it. I took a piece of green cardstock, cut an oval out of it and scored a diamond pattern. It's hard to see the pattern in the picture. I stamped the sentiment, cut it out and cut a mat for it.

I attached the background to the front panel, attached it to a card base, attached the sentiment with some foam tape and glued on the fuchsias.

I used the following products:

Heartfelt Creations: Cascading Fuchsia and Fuchsia Clusters stamp sets

Gina K. Designs Sending Love stamp set

Memento Tuxedo Black ink

Spectrum Noir alcohol markers: JG1, LG5, LG3, PP6, BP4, BP1, PL4, PL2, PL1

Spectrum Noir Ultra Smooth Premium White cardstock

Creative Memories Oval Cutting System

Green and Pink cardstock, foam tape from my stash

Martha Stewart Scoring Board 

Pierced card

This card is for two challenges - StampTV MIUM - Piercing and Mod Squad Blog - Bordered Sentiment - No Flowers.

I don't have any piercing templates so I decided to use the inside of a die for my piercing shape. I taped the die on the cardstock and pierced the corners first. Then I filled in the 4 sides, hoping my spacing was right so that I would end up with an even space at the corner. I think I did fairly well. I used a smaller die in the set to cut out the middle.

I stamped the sentiment, masked it and stamped the background. I stamped over the piercing which makes it a little hard to see in the picture. I scored a line above and below the sentiment to set it off. I stamped the focal image onto the card base and attached the front panel with some foam tape.

Supplies used:

Gina K. Designs: Turquoise Sea and White cardstock

                             Art from the Heart stamp set

                             Blue Lagoon ink

Stampin' Up! Sizzix Window Frame Framelits

Memento Tuxedo Black ink

piercer

foam tape

Glitter card

This card is for the Release Party challenge - Sparkle and Shine. We had to use glitter of some sort on our card. I may have gone overboard!!

I stamped the daffodil image on a piece of white cardstock. I used a glue pen to add glue to some parts of the image and added one colour of glitter. Then I repeated this for each colour. I added some patterned paper and matted it with some green cardstock before adhering it to a white card base.

Supplies used:

Gina K. Designs: Sending Love stamp set and patterned paper; Green Grass and White cardstock

Memento Tuxedo Black ink

Zig 2 way glue pen

Martha Stewart glitter: Emerald, Peridot, Yellow Barite, Golden Beryl

Christmas Candle card

I have a card today for three challenges - Mod Squad Blog: Christmas in July, Hiding in my Craft Room: Christmas in July and Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge: Anything Goes.

This is a fairly quick card. I started with a piece of white cardstock, stamped the images and coloured them in. I added some Stickles on the flame to give some sparkle. I matted the front with red and attached it to a white card base.

I used the following supplies:

Memento Tuxedo Black ink

Heartfelt Creations Holiday Poinsettia Candle stamp set

Spectrum Noir Alcohol markers: LG3, LG4, LG5, DR3, DR5, CR7, CR8, CR1, CT2, CT4, IG1, IG2,                                                       IG3

Stickles: Stardust

Coloured Shaker Card

I am getting this in just under the wire. This is for the StampTV Kit Addicts challenge -Use Acetate. I am also entering it in the StampTV MIUM challenge - Color Me.

I started with a piece of white cardstock, stamped all over to make a background and then coloured it. I used coloured pencils and odorless mineral spirits to smooth out the colour. I adhered the background to a card base and added the shaker items. I used foam tape around the edges and added the frame. I cut out the word 'thanks' three times with my Cameo, glued them together, coloured them black and fastened it to the front of the card.

I used the following products:

Gina K. Designs Sending Love stamp set; White and Wild Lilac card stock

Memento Tuxedo Black ink

Crayola Twistable Coloured Pencils

Spectrum Noir Alcohol marker - True Black

Cameo - Black Fat script font

Odorless paint thinner

Sookwang tape

Foam tape

Acetate

Christmas Card with Acetate

This week's card is for the challenge StampTV MIUM Christmas in July.

I haven't worked much with acetate so it took a couple of tries to get it right. I was just using spare packaging so one curled up completely and even this one initially wrinkled but when I continued to heat it the acetate flattened out again.

I stamped the acetate with Versamark, sprinkled embossing powder and heated. On my card base I stamped the sentiment also in Versamark and embossed it. I adhered the acetate with foam squares that I cut into tiny pieces to hide behind the snowflakes. I used Clear Wink of Stella on the snowflakes to give them some shine. (but of course it doesn't show up well in the picture!)

Materials used:
Gina K. Designs: Sentimental Holiday stamp set and Cranberry Tart cardstock
piece of packaging
Versamark ink
Recollections Detail Embossing Powder - Snow
Clear Wink of Stella pen
foam squares from my stash

One Flower

This week on StampTV MIUM, the challenge is to have only one flower on your card.

The background for this card was made from the leftover material of the card I made in February, shown here.

I stamped the flower, coloured it with alcohol markers and cut it out. I stamped the sentiment and cut it out. I then went over the edge of both pieces with an alcohol marker to create a pink edge. I attached both pieces with some foam tape and coloured the flower with Wink of Stella to give it some sparkle. Here is a close up of the flower:

Materials used:
Gina K Designs: Delicate Essentials patterned paper
                            Especially for You stamp set
                            White cardstock for the card base
Spectrum Noir: Ultra Smooth White cardstock
                          Alcohol markers: PP1, PP4, CR6, CT3
Memento Tuxedo Black ink
Clear Wink of Stella
foam tape from my stash

Rainbow Flowers

This week's challenge on StampTV was Fantasy Flowers. We were to colour out flowers any way we wanted.

I decided to colour my flowers in a rainbow pattern because I love rainbows.

I stamped the flowers, cut them out with the coordinating die and coloured them with alcohol markers. I took another piece of white cardstock and embossed it. I stamped the sentiment and matted it.

I adhered two of the flowers to a piece of black cardstock and popped up the other one with foam squares. I then adhered the black to the top of a green mat, added the white embossed piece to the bottom and taped a piece of ribbon where they joined. I popped up the sentiment with some more foam squares and added it all to a black card base.

Materials used:
Gina K. Designs: Fabulous Frame and Birthday Blessings stamp sets
                             Coordinating die (Birthday Blessings)
                             Applemint, White, and Black cardstock
Memento Tuxedo Black ink
Cuttlebug embossing folder - Baby's Breath
Spectrum Noir alcohol markers: DR2, DR5, OR2, OR3, CT3, CT4, LG4, LG5, TB4, TB5, PL3, PL4
foam squares and ribbon from my stash

Friend Always card

Today I have a card that I made for the Mod Squad challenge - Nautical. I am also entering it in the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge - Anything Goes.

I started with a piece of one of the foiling pages in the Sending Love StampTV kit. I thought it looked like bubbles underwater. I foiled it with a mint coloured foil, but it's hard to see in the picture. I sponged this with green and blue ink. I stamped some of the 'seaweed' directly on the background but it didn't show up very well, so I stamped it onto some white cardstock and fussy cut it. I stamped the fish and fussy cut that as well. I stamped the sentiment, die cut it and sponged it while it was still in the die. I ran the seaweed and fish through my Xyron sticker maker and adhered it to the background. I adhered the sentiment and attached the background to a white card base.

I used the following supplies:

Gina K. Designs: foiling sheet from the Sending Love StampTV kit

                             Fabulous Frame stamp set

                             Blue Lagoon, Grass Green and Prickly Pear ink

                             White cardstock

Heidi Swapp Minc foil - Mint

Inkadinkado stamps - seaweed and fish

Xyron sticker maker

Sizzix/ Tim Holtz Celebrate stamp and die set

Purple Cows laminator
Tombow Mono Adhesive

Birthday Quilt card

Today I have a card that I made for two challenges: StampTV MIUM - Happy Birthday to You and Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge - Anything Goes.

I decided to make a 'quilt' with some patterned paper and cardstock. I cut out triangles and then put them together to create the pattern. Once I had them where I wanted I glued them to a piece of paper, trimmed the paper and matted it with some black cardstock. I adhered this to a white card base.

I stamped the sentiment onto a piece of white cardstock and matted it with black. I wrapped a piece of ribbon around the card base and covered the ends with the sentiment, which was attached with some foam squares. To give the look of stitching, I drew dashed lines on the quilt with a white pen.

I used the following supplies:

Gina K. Designs: Delicate Essentials patterned paper

                             Birthday Blessings stamp set

                             Prickly Pear, Green Grass, Cranberry Tart, White and Black cardstock

                             Prickly Pear ink

Ranger White Opaque pen

Tombow Mono Adhesive

foam squares and ribbon from my stash