Cheerful and Yellow!

This card was inspired by this lovely card from coriefoster. I changed the colors and stamp set and embellishments.

I made the two rectangles of color by putting my clear block directly onto the ink pad and then stamping onto the card. A fun technique!



I think the piercing and embellishments really add to this card. I'm finding that a lot of what makes a card is in the details! I'm starting to use my embellishments more. Often one extra layer, texture or something, just sometimes make the card so much more special!

Stamp set: Three Little Words
Colors: Daffodil delight, white, certainly celery
Embellishments: Scallop trim punch, wide striped ribbon, linen thread, buttons, clear blocks, piercing!

Operation Christmas Child - 2

I went shopping with my kids to get some more stuff for Operation Christmas Child - shoeboxes. Here's what I found this month...



- soap
- bandages (this was an idea I got from when I volunteered this year)
- balls
- activity books
- stuffed teddies



I wanted to show you my cute safari. I couldn't believe it - they were on sale - less than 30 cents each! I find it hard to find nice little stuffed teddies for $1, so this was sure a great find!

Here's the link for Operation Christmas Child if you need it.

I'm finding it really fun to do this throughout the year. Then I can look for sales and be able to make more boxes!

Black and white Cupcake

This card was made for today's very fun sketch on Splitcoast.

I decided to try neutral colors with a splash of red! There's lots of texture on here.



I used the cupcake and square punches, buttons and cherry cobbler seam binding ribbon. Stamp sets: French Filigree, Something to Celebrate

Snowboard triple challenge

Today's splitcoast challenge was to use stunning black silhouettes. I thought briefly about not using one of my new EXTREME stamps, but I couldn't resist.

I found a great sketch at Pals Paper Arts that I thought I'd use today (less thinking about layout!)

I just LOVE this color combination from this great color challenge site - Create, Ink! ColorLab. The colors this week reminded me of my retired Cottage Wall designer series paper and I dug thru my stash and found a few scraps! I don't know if I've ever used so many large pieces of patterned paper on my card before! I figure it's time to use them. The colors are Rich Razzleberry, Old Olive and Pear Pizzazz and white! One of the patterned paper is from Greehouse Gala and one is from the In Color hostess pack.




To make my silhouette stunning I thought I would emboss with black and then cut it out and pop it up.

I decided to make this card specifically for my sister-in-law's birthday coming up in March. She loves snowboarding and she also loves flowers, so that's why I used the flower pattern.

The sentiment is the new hostess set "Something to Celebrate"

Extremely fun dirt bike

Here's another EXTREME card! This one made with EXTREME DIRT BIKE. I got this stamp as a freebie pick during Sale-A-Bration. Gotta love free stuff! I think my younger brother in law is going to love this image.

I used today's sketch from Splitcoast, although I flipped it horizontally and also overlapped one of the panels slightly to make it fit my bigger image.

The colors are from Color Dare - Marina Mist, Night of Navy, Sahara Sand (it was supposed to be River Rock, but I don't have any of that color).

I stamped the biker 4 times and distressed the edges with ink. The top image is cut out and popped up with Stampin' dimensionals. I used French Filigree background stamp and for the other part I inked a texturz plate before embossing.

Snowboarding Fun!

This stamp image is one I selected as a FREE item during Stampin' Up!s awesome Sale-a-bration sale on now! I really needed some more great guy images!

The color combination today is - Pacific Point, Wild Wasabi and So Saffron. Loved this color combo and it got me creating quickly!



Very simple card - I just added clip to embellish! The background is the French Filigree background stamped with white ink. The wild wasabi paper is also textured.

February Card Class - set 4

Another set of cards for my card class. The theme of these are the color combination pink pirouette and basic gray (with white). I used Vintage Vogue stamp set on both.





I made the flower from the scallop cricle punch - 4 of them folded in half a few times and attached together with a clear rhinestone brad. Also used crimping and embossing and a photo corner punch.




This one shows rock and roll and sponging! I also used the background stamp French Filigree.