5 Minute Halloween Card

 

Spur of the moment I decided to send my oldest son at college a little spare cash and needed to make a Halloween card for him real quick. Like 10 minutes before the mailman got here! So looking back on this now I can see where I would have liked to put another layer but hey, he isn't going to care about the card! I wonder if he will even look at it LOL! Used the Basic Grey Halloween paper, my younger son's bat punch again and a Spellbinders tag die.I just drew in the lines on both to give them a little more oomph. This paper is hand picked for him because it has skulls and cats! He has a black cat well because he likes all this stuff. Not me but this paper is kind of cool. Sponged some of the kiwi kiss ink on the Happy part of the sentiment. That's about it, quick and simple!

Happy Halloween "Batty Bat" Tilda

 

I purchased several cute Halloween Magnolia stamps last year in thoughts of making some cute cards this year. I haven't done it! Ugh! So I pulled out this one, haven't used it before and well she is kind of cute :) I used the Magnolia moon with bats stamp first and then ended up (rather than masking and that whole mess) I stamped her, colored and cut her out and put the image on pop-dots. I used chalks to color but felt that the purple just needed some pizzazz so I pulled out my twinkling H2O's and colored the purple in with them. Very sparkly! It really added the life this card needed. The paper is my favorite Halloween paper set and it is by Nikki Sivils. The ribbon is actually glittery, in black and it looks good in person but here it doesnt show the sparkle. Oh and I cant forget, I used my son's "batty bat" (his name for bats!) punch for the bats behind the main image. I think I have now used it more than him, lol! Thanks for looking and Happy Halloween!

Pink Christmas Tree

 

OH my gosh I LOVE this card!!! It is a full on case of a card posted on the Hero Arts blog today (Hero Arts card here) that I just loved and then had to make it. I didn't have the pink polka dot paper so I used the Stampin' Up Christmas paper from the mini of which I happen to have a pink button and pink hemp string so rather than making the tree green, I made it pink! I used a Stampin' Up Christmas tree stamp but I really like the Hero Arts one, might have to get it. I didn't have the white lacy frame stamp (but may just have to get it also, my list is growing!) that she used on her card so I punched the edge of the pink card stock and used it instead. Actually I added a pink cardstock layer under the polka dot paper too because it just needed it :) Anyway I bought this paper set because I love the shades of pink and blue it has in it but am not super-fond of the little characters it has. I mean they are cute but they don't match most of my stamps and I don't want to buy that stamp set that goes with it. Looks like I might find uses for the paper otherwise. We will see, I might make at least one card showing the little guys. (To see what I am talking about click here and then go to page 32: Stampin' Up mini I am not a demo but if you need one I know of one you can order from of course. Hope you are inspired by the Hero Arts card and maybe mine ;)

Halloween Card

 

Just a simple Halloween card. I wanted to use this spooky tree since I have never used this stamp before (yeah I do have a few of those!) I had the basic idea of what I wanted to use and had it just about put together but couldn't quite get the arrangement to my liking so I asked my good friend Beth and she had a great solution! She came up with cutting the mustard piece into a circle. It amazes me how something so simple just makes the whole thing look put together properly. I never would have thought of that. It was a fun card to make. The rest of the stamps are dollar stamps - you know those clear acrylic stamps you get in the bin at the check out at JoAnn's or some place. I picked up several Halloween ones last year for my son who loves to stamp and make Halloween cards and find I use them a lot myself! Happy Fall :)

Finished Card

 

Remember this card? It is now finished! I stamped an older Stampin' Up butterfly stamp with Versamark and used Perfect Pearls powder to color it. I love this stuff, it's been around for years but I don't see it used too much. It is so sparkly and I like how it has two shades to it depending on how the light hits it. It is super easy to use too, no water or mixing with water or anything like that, just a dry brush dipped in the powder and swiped over the versamarked image. It stays on pretty well unless you rub it a lot which you can spray with hairspray or clear acrylic spray if you seriously feel the need, I never have. I like how it came out but boy it took me an hour to find a stamp to use with it! I think I need to decide what stamp to use first then pick the paper LOL! Have a great day!

Masculine card

 

I saw this card on either Splitcoast or a blog and thought now that is a perfect masculine birthday card! I had a similar map stamp and some ribbon close enough and a button and birthday stamp similar so here it is almost an exact CASE! Very fast card to make and I just think it is cool :) Oh and yes, that is a stamp, I used crumb cake ink on crumb cake card stock and it almost looks like a picture I just adhered to the card front. I think it is a cool effect. The brown card stock layer and the birthday ink is early espresso. The card base is vanilla.

Work in Progress

 

Here is a card I started today, worked on it on and off as I had a minute here and there. I just can't decide what stamp to use for the image! So here it sits, a work in progress. Nothing is glued down, just cut. Hmmmm. Come on back when I post the finished card!

Flower Bird

 

This is a nice little card I started from an example and just had fun creating. The stamp of the bird with the flowers in it just seemed to match this paper so well! I punched the flowers and sponged them to match the paper and sponged the edges of the layers with crumb cake ink. I used my Creative Memories wave cutter for the green border. The card base is crumb cake card stock, the layers are more mustard and old olive and the designer paper is the K&Co. pack I use so often. The bird is stamped with more mustard ink. Thanks for stopping by!

Mouse with Sunflower

 

Here it is! The new Stampavie Stamp by Tina Wenke "Mouse with Sunflower". It is so adorable, last month when they had their blog hop for her birthday several people used this stamp for their card and I fell in love with it. This card is not a case either! I know, surprise :) I try. I used my new Nestabilities die label 10, it is kind of hard to see since it is red pattern paper on a busy pattern background but one of the reasons I got this die is because it looks so nice with pearls or jewels in the three curves on each end.

So I finally figured out how to add a flower to it (see my last post). I went through all of my Prima flowers and other paper and such flowers and nada. So I punched the flower from the same pattern paper and had this idea to put a tag coming from the brad in the middle. Yes, also original idea! I used Stampin Up chalks to color this image. I haven't used my chalks in a long time and I have never used a water color painter with them. I am quite pleased with how it turned out. The pattern designer paper is K & Co. called Classic K Bailey. Thanks for taking a look!

More Flower cards!

 

 

 

Here are more cases of some beautiful flower cards I have collected. I am having so much fun making these! So quick, easy and pretty. I would be proud to send these out.This is where there is a card case of Beate, I think it is the second card. I need to find a better way to give credit where credit is due. Next post I have an adorable Stampavie mouse card I am working on, it is a lot of coloring like the Tildas and it is done except I am trying to figure out what I need to add to it. It has been sitting on my desk now for three days and I am hoping the light will come on tomorrow LOL! I always have placement issues with adding flowers or some embellishments. We will see! Thank you for checking out my flower cards :)

Thinking of the Beach

I love this stamp by Impression Obsession, it just reminds me of my childhood going to the beach in New England. I only lived there until I was 9 but this image brings it all back. The swimming lessons in the ocean, the park on the hill with the giant willow trees, picking bike locks with a little boy who taught me (my only foray into that - didn't steal them!), the little candy and ice cream store that seemed to be such a long walk as a child (it was only a couple minutes away!) and of course becoming a good enough swimmer to swim "all the way" to the floating raft (and getting tangled in the eel grass on the way). Fun memories! OK all that to show you this card :) Hope you like!

Flowers, flowers, flowers!

 

 

 

 

I am having a blast with flower cards lately! I got so into the Tilda cards which are so involved with so much coloring that I got tired of making cards and lost the joy of a quick simple creation. Don't get me wrong, once in a while I like to color and I love Tilda but these have been so easy and pretty I am loving them! All of these cards are cases, I made the usual changes of paper, color, stamp set but the cards aren't my own ideas. I know one of these is from a designer for Gina K. , she used Gina's stamp of course and I used Stampin Up. I think one of these is from a card made by Beate, oh my she always does beautiful work! So all in all they are just beautiful flowers and I enjoyed every minute of making them :)

 

 

 

 

My apologies if you don't recognize my blog, apparently the background I was using is no longer available. This one will have to do for now :) I know it has been forever since I posted any cards! I have not been card making or scrapbooking this Summer, just haven't really felt like it but I am getting in the mood again. I made all of these over the last two weeks. I tried to make it simple and use the supplies I had out so I didnt make a huge mess to clean up. We moved my scrapbook room into the previously called guest bedroom and I don't have to be quite as neat and tidy now thank goodness. Crafts are just inherently messy!

All of these cards are cases but one. The one with the fishing pole idea came from one of Gina K.'s wonderful design team members and the others are various cards I have seen on different blogs. I tweaked some of them with maybe a different sentiment, stamp, paper or embellishment. The only one I can truly take credit for is the first one. I did see the double Nestabilities stacked like that but as far as the layout, stamps, paper etc. it's all mine.

I have been toying with the idea of making a blog about my diet and exercise adventures but not sure it is all that interesting. I have lost 66 pounds, I am training for a half marathon and love running and really have changed my whole lifestyle! Which is why I don't find myself sitting down making crafts as much - that seems to be more when I can't get outside or currently with a knee injury. Kind of interesting how that is working for me. I feel so much better though! All in all I plan on creating and posting as "needed" :) Thanks as always for stopping by and checking out my blog :) Get out there and do something good for yourself today! I am.