Hi Everyone!
Thank you for all of the comments you made on Sammi's card a few days ago. I am definitely in summer cardmaking mode and decided to create a variety of cards with the Denami Designs castle stamp and some sandpaper.
I started out by using a sea sponge to dab some acrylic blue and green paints on white tag. When the tag was dry I cut a piece so it measured 4" x 5.25".
As I did a few days ago I stamped some castle images onto sand paper. I also tore some strips of sand paper and adhered them to the layering paper.
Then I fussy cut the sand castles and adhered them to my card.
I used a DieNamics sun to cut my sun, stamped text onto it with an Amuse Artstamp and added a rhinestone brad to it to make it sparkle.
When I attended the CK Conference in Manchester, NH I purchased a variety of brads from the Eyelet Outlet booth. When I attended the Stamp Show in West Springfield, MA a few weeks ago I purchased even more brads from Eyelet Outlet because they are so much fun to use on my cards and gift tags.
I looked through my brad stash and picked out some of the summery ones and added them to my card. They add color and additional texture to my card.
Have a great day!
Carol
Good Morning!
Recently a few friends asked me to create some St. Patrick's Day cards. When I looked through my collection I discovered that I didn't have even one St. Patrick's Day stamp. Not a shamrock, a pot of gold, or even the words, "Happy St. Patrick's Day"! Although I have placed multiple stamp orders in the past month or so I never even thought of that holiday.
I drove to one of my favorite specialty stores and didn't find any St. Patrick's Day stamps in stock. I asked the woman at the desk if I had overlooked them and was told that they hadn't gotten any yet. Okay, now what?
I purchased a set of Hero Arts "Celebrate Every Day" clear stamps and that gave me the text that I wanted. I drove home and sat staring at my "wall of stamps". Suddenly I had an idea. I grabbed a Martha Stewart heart paper punch and punched out 3 green hearts. I ran them through my Cuttlebug Dots embossing folder and scored them in the middle to give them a little texture. Added a scrap of paper for a stem and I had a shamrock! If I added a 4th heart I could have created a 4 leaf clover.
Then I took my new medium round bowl stamp from DeNami Design, stamped it once on green tag and once on black tag and by adding a few embellishments I had pots of gold.
I found some St. Patrick's Day paper in my "green" paper drawer and some ribbon I liked in my ribbon stash.
Without further ado...here's my first card. The "gold pieces" are rhinestones from my bling container.
Here's my second card. I ran the layering paper through a Cuttlebug Argyle embossing folder. The layering paper has a variety of St. Patrick's Day related words on it. If you tip the paper back and forth you can see and read the words. It's kind of magical. (You can click on the picture to enlarge it and then you might be able to make out some of the words.
The "rainbow" was created with some very cool flat rhinestones. The shamrock is a Favorite Findings button. The text was cut from a piece of patterned paper.
Having some friends over today and tomorrow to paper craft!
Have a great day!
Carol
Good Morning Everyone!
I see a bright blue sky through my dining room window. Lots of squirrels running around out there right now. They must be stocking up on food before the next storm arrives.
Yesterday I played around with mainly one stamp called "Chickie with Heart Balloon" from Denami Design. The "Happy Valentine's Day" text is an A Muse Artstamp and the red heart on the first card is from Rubber Soul. All 3 stamps are on the tiny side, but all of them still give a clean impression when I stamp them which I believe is a testament to their quality.
Covered the chickie's heart balloon with an epoxy heart sticker to make her umbrella. LOVE the cloud dies I used from PaperTrey Ink. I paper pierced them before I adhered the layering paper to the blank card.
You've seen me use the sketch for this card over and over again. The chickies are on 1.25" squares and are mounted on 1.5" squares. The dotted embossing definitely adds some fun texture to the card. Button is from my stash. I think it's a Favorite Findings, but I am not positive.
Robbie laughed when he saw this card and commented "That's a lot of blank space!" but that's what I like about the card. I used a Cuttlebug Hearts embossing folder to emboss the layering paper. Covered the chickie's heart with an epoxy sticker.
I was imagining a flock of chicks floating through the air when I created this card. Used my PaperTrey Ink cloud dies again and paper pierced them again. Created the text on my computer.
I have a little rainbow thing going on here as the chicks line up. Stamped a chick about every .75" Red heart jewels on red heart layering paper. They work. The jewels catch the light.
I thought about not posting this card. At least not yet because I know it needs something else, but I haven't figured out what that something is. After I studied the photograph of it I anchored the corners down better as I hate an untidy looking card. The layering paper is embossed. I'm afraid to stamp a text at this point because I'm not sure how cleanly I could stamp on the embossing.
Off for a day of errands with Marie. Have a good one!
Carol
