Wednesday, April 15, 2015

The Card Concept #33

Hi friends!
It is time for another fabulous challenge at The Card Concept!



 This week we hope you are inspired by the photo below.



I absolutely love the grays in this photo with the pop of neon pink.  That was definitely my inspiration for my Clean & Simple card today.

I couldn't resist these adorable elephants from Wplus9 anymore.  LOVE them!!  I resisted them for a while because I am not great at coloring but how cute does this little guy look stamped onto gray cardstock?!  So cute!!!  I stamped the chevrons using  my MISTI to ground my elephant.  The balloon is from Whole Lotta Happy die set.

Stop over to The Card Concept blog to see what the other girls have created in all of the different styles.  I just love this challenge just for this reason!  It's great to see all the different takes on one inspiration photo.

Thanks so much for stopping in!  I hope you get the chance to play along too!

Ink:  Smoky Slate (SU)
Paper:  White, Neon Pink, Smoky Slate
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Tuesday, April 14, 2015

Virtual Retreat at StampNation!!

Our next big event is happening next week!
Did you see the announcement on Catherine's blog?


Yes, we are having a StampNation Virtual Retreat!
The party begins on Sunday and lasts all week long.  
 Each day of the Virtual Retreat we will have a new challenge, some great inspirational videos and prizes from our amazing sponsors.
Stay tuned to my blog for an awesome GIVEAWAY!  
You will NOT want to miss this!!!
 
If you haven't joined StampNation yet, what are you waiting for?
This is the best time to join!

At $9 a month, you get access to every single video, project, card, tutorial, and discussion that has ever taken place on the site.  Membership is month-to-month, you can cancel at anytime, but we think you’ll love it and make yourself at home with us.


I hope to see you there!
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Monday, April 13, 2015

Merry Monday #154


 Hi everyone!
Time for another Merry Monday Challenge.
This week Nina challenges us to create a Vintage Style Christmas card.



This was certainly a challenge for me.  I am not a vintage style cardmaker but I found some awesome patterned paper that was vintagy!  I trimmed it down to fit on my card base and stamped the sentiment in Early Espresso ink. I added a twine bow to finish off my card.

  Make sure you check out the other DT members cards over at the Merry Monday challenge blog.
I hope you will join us!
Thank you for visiting and have a great day!
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Wednesday, April 8, 2015

Hello for Clearly Whimsy Stamps


Hi everyone!
My card today uses the ever popular ink smooshing technique.  I used my acrylic block this time and love the result.  After the watercolors dried I die cut using the large hello die and stamped some of the images from Thanks a million stamp set in the matching distress ink colors I used for my watercoloring.  I popped up the panel and attached the inside pieces of the letters to the base.  They were way too small to pop up with dimensionals.
I followed the sketch at Happy Little Stampers Sketch Challenge.

I also used the positive die cut on this card.


This card is similar to the one I did here.

Thank you for visiting and have a great day!

Paper:  Black
Accessories: Hello word die (Clearly Whimsy), Homemade enamel dots


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Monday, April 6, 2015

Merry Monday #153


Hi everyone!
Time for another Merry Monday Challenge.
This week Lori challenges us to use Angels or Cherubs on our Christmas card.


Believe it or not I have no angels or cherub stamps/dies in my stash.  I was going to punch art but I have gotten rid of a lot of my punches.  I just didn't use them much anymore.  So, I went looking for Angel clip art and found this silhouette image here.   I printed it out and then used the Sunshine Layers die to create the main panel.  I then stamped and embossed the sentiment using gold embossing powder.  The sentiment is from Clearly Besotted.  I added a couple stars cut out from gold foil paper for a bit of dimension to this CAS card.

 Make sure you check out the other DT members cards over at the Merry Monday challenge blog. I hope you will join us!  Thank you for visiting and have a great day!

Paper:  Black


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