You're the Coolest

Today I have a card for the current My Favorite Things Sketch Challenge, and Summer School Lesson #8 primary colors.

I used a new set I just received, Penguins in Paradise, for my card, along with the splatter stamp which is from Jumbo Abstract Art.  The images in Penguins in Paradise are absolutely adorable and I can't wait to play with it more!

Hope you're having a fabulous summer, thanks for stopping by today :)

MFT Summer School Lesson #7

Hello!  Well I'm back at it, part 2 of My Favorite Things Summer School is in session this week.  I have a lot of other things I'm working on this week but I'm going to try and fit in as many of the lessons as I can.  Today's card is for lesson #7 Complimentary Colors.  I need to keep a color chart handy because I can never remember which colors are complimentary.  Luckily MFT provides one on their blog so I need to print that out and paste it to my craft room wall :)

With my prize winnings from the first session of MFT Summer School I was able to buy some new goodies, and this adorable little girl and sentiment were from a couple of the stamp sets I got, Sweet BD Wishes and Brushstroke Birthday.  I'm not very good at Copic coloring, so with images such as this I LOVE to paper piece!  I did color her hair with Copics though.  My complimentary color choices for this card are blue/green, and opposite that, red/orange.

For the sentiment I inked up half the stamp with PTI Berry Sorbet and the other half with PTI Aqua Mist.  I cut some tiny hearts from Winnie & Walter dies and placed them on the cupcake, and a few on my card, then I added some glossy accents on top.

I really LOVE how this card turned out, and I know I'm going to have a lot of fun dressing this little cutie in different dresses in the future :)

Thanks for stopping by today!

100% Stamped Virginia's View Challenge

Hello!  I'm entering this card that I made for my Spotlight On appearance over at Winnie & Walter into the current Virginia's View Challenge.  As you'll see, I did a lot of stamping on this one :)

I'm really loving this Winnie & Walter stamp set, In Bloom: Lola's Bouquet with Joni Andaya!  It was super easy to build up this floral paper because Joni did such a wonderful job designing the stamp set!  I used various PTI ink colors, and the word hello was die cut with Winnie & Walter's In a Word: Hello Cutaway.  The stamped panel was die cut with the large scalloped frame from Winnie & Walter's  Essentials: Audrey's Cutaways.  I used yellow card stock and added strips of white paper to it to make the card base.  Easy peasy, but very striking if I do say so myself :)

Thanks for stopping by today, have a good one!

Winnie & Walter Spotlight On...

Me!!!  I'm so thrilled to be be having the Winnie & Walter Spotlight on me today!  I had a blast designing several Bold + Bright cards using Winnie & Walter's fabulous stamps and dies.  Head on over to their blog to see what I created!

MFT Wednesday Sketch Challenge

Howdy!  I made a card for the current Wednesday sketch challenge at MFT using some of the new goodies I got in the mail yesterday :)

Great sketch, and this is the card I made using it:

I'm so happy I decided to get the new Split Diagonal stencil from the latest release, there are so many design possibilities with this stencil!  For my card today I used a rainbow of Distress Inks and sponged on the colors.  I used the Stitched Jumbo Fishtail Banners and Sun, Moon & Stars dies to do my die cutting.  The sentiment is also a new item that I really love, the fabulous stamp set Brushstroke Birthday.  I adore the big, bold sentiments in this set and I know I'll be using them a lot!  The wood glasses were included in a SSS kit (can't remember which one), but I backed them with some black card stock and applied some Glossy Accents to turn them into sunglasses.  A bright, sunshiny card for any summer occasion, I really love how this one turned out!

Thanks so much for stopping by today, hope you have a great weekend!

Celebrate!

Hello!  Today I have a card that I'm entering in 2 challenges, Sparkle & Shine Challenge #8 and AAA Cards Game #43 Star Scenes.

As you can see there's some fabulous inspiration to work with in the photos above!  I used the starry night theme, along with taking inspiration from the colors and streamers and celebratory feeling in the first photo, and came up with this card.

First I embossed the stars (Winnie & Walter) on a piece of watercolor paper, then added some Kuretake Gansai Tambi watercolor over top.  The lanterns (which I wanted to make look like they were floating in the sky) are from the Winnie & Walter's stamp set The Party.  I embossed those in white, then colored with a red Zig Clean Watercolor pen.  The tassels were embossed in white and simply colored with my Wink of Stella glitter pen.  The sentiment was cut with a PTI die.  I added Pretty Pink Posh sequins in clear and gold to finish my card.

This was a fun card to make, hope it tickles :)

Essentials by Ellen July Mix-it-Up Challenge

Hello!  Hope everyone had a safe and wonderful 4th of July!  I'm here today with a card for the July Mix-it-Up challenge over at Ellen Hutson.  They're mixing it up with Paper Smooches this month, woohoo!  I love Paper Smooches, don't own very many of their stamps strictly because I can't afford everything I want, but if I could I'd have A LOT more of them!  I'm also entering this card in the Paper Smooches Anything Goes Challenge.

I used a variety of Essentials by Ellen Wildflower Garden dies cut from patterned papers to stuff in the Paper Smooches Denim & Daisies pocket.  The sentiment is also from Paper Smooches.  The layout of this card is totally inspired by the fabulous Alice Wertz of Alice's Little Wonderland.  Not only is Alice a colorist extraordinaire but I adore the way she layers up her cards, and I cased THIS layout for my card.

Hope you have a great day, thanks for stopping by!