Happy Valentine's Day

A quickie post today with a Valentine's card I made with the cute Love Cats die from the Frantic Stamper.

I thought this cat die would make a fun shaker card and because I didn't have an appropriate sentiment I just made my own with Lawn Fawn's Milo's ABCs.

I'm entering this card for colourQ Challenge #279, Virginia's View Challenge #12 Shaker Cards and Simon Says Stamp All Creatures Great and Small Challenge.

Thanks for visiting today and Happy Valentine's Day!

Bokeh Hearts

I tried to capture the bokeh effect using hearts instead of circles for this Valentine's Day card.

I used Distress Inks to create my watercoloured background and inked up Simon Says Stamps Tons of Hearts images in a variety of coloured dye and pigments inks and white dye and pigment inks. The sentiment was gold embossed with Simon Says Stamps Essential Greetings and I added a few sequins to finish off the card.

This is a great card for a guy.  Nothing frilly, feminine or sparkly happening here.

I'm entering this in Simon Says Stamps Flickr Love Challenge #11.

And Simon Says Stamps Anything Goes Challenge.

Thanks for visiting with me today!

Sketch Challenge

There's a sketch challenge over at the Simon Says Flickr Group.

And here's my take.

I haven't used Gilding Flakes (metal leaf) in a while so I pulled some out of my stash and used it on the Christmas tree and on the thin strip of paper.  I think that little tree is so cute dressed up in metallics.

I'm also entering this for Simon Says Winter Inspiration Challenge.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great weekend!

12 Tags With a Feminine Twist

I'm back with another tag for Ellen Hutson's 12 Tags of Christmas with a Feminine Twist.  This tag is inspired by Sandy Allnock's tag from day 9 here.

I liked Sandy's sweet winter scene and her colour combo of blue and pink.  I used Distress Paint for my background and added tiny white stars.  The deer and trees are from Impression Obsession and for some sparkle I added Stardust Stickles to the snowy hill.



I'm also entering this for Simon Says Stamps Bling It On Challenge,

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The Village

I have two cards today showcasing one of my favorite die sets that was released by Simon Says Stamp, The Village.  The five dies in this set are so versatile, they can be used year round, not just for Christmas.

For the card backgrounds I inked up Hero Arts Tiny Star Background and Impression Obsessions Textural Dots with Versamark and applied PanPastels on top. Definitely non traditional colour schemes but I like how they turned out.

I added embossed sentiments from Simon Says Stamps Holiday Hellos and Happy Stamp Sets and added Distress Clear Rock Candy Glitter to the trees.

I'm entering these cards for the Simon Says Flickr Group Challenge, Die Cutting.

Thanks for visiting with me today and I love it when you leave me comments.

Fall Leaves

I just had to make one more card for the Simon Says Stamp Tic Tac Toe Flickr Challenge because I wanted to get inky with some stamped leaves.

Here's the Tic Tac Toe Board.  I chose the line on the right with leaves, embossing and glitter.

I used Hero Arts Scattering Leaves stamps and Distress Inks to create the background.  The thanks is from a Simon Says Stamp die and I glittered it with Glitter Ritz in Poppy Orange.  I used three dies from the SSS Frames set for all the white die cuts and ran the rectangle piece through my Vagabond with the Cuttlebug Forest Branch embossing folder.

There's a new Clean and Simple Challenge on Virginia's View Challenge and I have debated on whether or not this card qualifies as CAS.  The background is a little busy but I do have a lot of white space so I will enter and Virginia can decide if it falls under CAS.

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you get a chance to get a little inky today!

Dotty Birthday

Today I have a card for the Simon Says Stamp Flickr Challenge and it's a Tic Tac Toe Challenge, one of my faves! Here's a peek at the board.

I chose the vertical line of polka dots, twine and die cut.

I made a colourful dotty background with a SSS stencil and Distress Inks in Squeezed Lemonade, Peacock Feathers and Salty Ocean.  I die cut the label from the SSS Frames set and embossed the sentiment using SSS Essential Greetings and SSS Happy stamp set in Ranger's Liquid Platinum Embossing Powder.  I finished off with a pink twine bow.


I'm also entering this for Simon Says Stamp Anything Goes Challenge. There's still lots of time to play in both challenges!

Wishing you an inky day!

Simon Says Flickr Challenge

Simon Says Stamp has started a new bi-weekly challenge on their Flickr site and it's being run by the fabulous Barb, whom we all adore!

This first challenge is a colour challenge and the rules are pretty simple.  Use at least 3 out of the 5 colours and use at least one Simon Says Stamp exclusive brand product on your project.

I used 6 dies on this project (yikes that seems like a lot) and four of them are by SSS.  One is from Poppystamps and one is from Papertrey Ink.

I inked up the solid butterfly with Distress Inks and added 2 layers of the overlay die cut in vellum.  I coloured the Birthday die cut with Squeezed Lemonade and the Leafy Sprig die cuts in a couple shades of green Distress Ink and sprayed everything that was inky with Perfect Pearls for a little shimmer.

Thanks for dropping by!

Winnie & Walter Sketch

It's time for another card for the Winnie & Walter Shares the Love with Simon Says Stamp Challenge. The day 5 challenge is to make a card based on this sketch.

I flipped the sketch for my card and stamped flowers from the Simon Says Stamp Best Mom Ever set and used Distress Inks to colour them.  The sentiment from W&W The Big, The Bold and the Happy set was embossed with Ranger Liquid Platinum Embossing Powder.  For one of the paper layers I coloured vellum with Ranger Alcohol Inks in blues, greens and yellows.  It's a great way to add some subtle colour without using patterned paper.

I'm also entering this card for Simon Says Stamptember Stamp-It Challenge.

Thanks for stopping by today and have a great weekend!

Winnie & Walter 10 Minute Dash

Here's another card for the Winnie & Walter Share the Love Week with Simon Says Stamp.

The challenge for day 2 is to make a card in under 10 minutes!  I can already feel the tension mounting, just thinking about it.

I had a plan for the card and altered it along the way because I was running out of time so I'm not really pleased with the outcome.  But that's what a craft dash is all about!

I used Simon Says Curved Edge Die and the Leanna Butterfly Die along with stamps from W&W The Big, The Bold and You and Big Bang Confetti.

It took me 8 minutes 53 seconds to make my card.  After I stopped the timer I decided to add some Wink of Stella along the red strip of paper and on the butterfly so that probably took me to 10 minutes!

I'm also entering this for Simon Says Stamptember Stamp-It Challenge.  Wow, that's a mouth full!

Thanks for dropping by today!

Winnie & Walter Shares the Love

Hi, I'm back today with a couple of cards for Winnie & Walter's Share the Love Week with Simon Says Stamp. There's a different challenge posted everyday, go check it out here.

My first card is for Day 1 and the Rainbow Challenge.  I got good and inky colouring the die cut trees with some vivid Distress Inks.  The background is stamped with images from the W&W Big Bang Confetti Set in Delicata Golden Glitz and the sentiment is from Simon Says Holiday Hellos set.  I love how this happy card turned out!

My second card is for Day 4 and the One Layer Challenge.  I die cut a balloon out of white card stock using a Simon Says die and inked it up with Hero Arts Inks in Mint Julep, Tide Pool and Ocean.  I gold embossed the stars from the Big Bang Confetti set by W&W.  The sentiments are also W&W from the Big, the Bold and the Happy set.  I think this will be a fun card for one of my young cousins.

Well, that's it from me today.  I'm  hoping I get a chance to make a few more cards for the other challenges.

I'm also entering these cards for the Simon Says Stamptember Stamp-It Challenge.

Thanks for visiting!

It's Runway Time

A quickie post for the current Runway Inspired Challenge.

I used the colour scheme and the layering to come up with my card design.

I embossed the free-form rose stamp from Printworks in three colours on three layers that were die cut with a curved edge.  I finished off with a sentiment from Technique Tuesday and added a few enamel dots.

I'm also adding this to the Simon Says Stamp Emboss It Challenge.



Thanks for stopping by today!

Curtain Call

It's my first time playing over at Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge and it's an Anything Goes Challenge inspired by this pic.

I really like this photo and took inspiration from all the white space, the cubbies, the pink and pool colours and the hydrangea on the desk.

I white embossed the hydrangea from Hero Arts and watercoloured it and the background with Distress Markers. The background was done with Embossing Paste and the Mini Cubist Stencil from The Crafters Workshop and the sentiment is Paper Smooches Quote Tag.  I finished off with some ribbon and a cute clothespin.

I'm also entering this for the Simon Says Stamp Emboss It Challenge.



Thanks for taking the time to visit today!

Shake Shake Shake It!

It's shaker time at the Simon Says Wednesday Challenge Blog and I just had to play along!  I think everybody loves getting a fun shaker card, it's such an unexpected surprise!

I used My Favorite Things Say Hello Transformable Die to create the window and I die cut some Memory Box Puffy Clouds in a couple shades of blue to create the background for the window.



I made a glittery sun using Doodlebug Chunky Sugar Glitter and added a sprinkling of enamel dots.

There's still plenty of time to make a card for the challenge, I'm hoping I'll get to make another one before the deadline.

I'm also entering this in Moxie Fabs Wonderful Words Challenge and Virginia's View Challenge #5 Dies.

Thanks for visiting today!