Birthday Shaker

Hi everyone! Today I have an edge to edge birthday shaker card.

I stenciled balloons with Distress Inks on the background and created a shaker using sequins, stars and some fun clay sprinkles! The sentiment was die cut from Tim Holtz Metallic Paper.

Love how fun this turned out!

I'm submitting this for the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge, Birthday Celebration, here.

Thanks for stopping by!

Lovely Leaves

Hello crafters! Today I have a card for the Altenew October Inspiration Challenge, which is a photo challenge of the pic below.

I used my brand new Altenew Leaf Mix Dies to create the card. Love all the leafy options in this set. I coloured a bunch of glossy card stock with alcohol inks in a variety of colours and die cut my leaves from them and added them to a kraft card base that was flicked with metallic gold paint. The sentiment is from the older but a fave Label Love stamp set.

I'm also entering this in Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge, Anything Goes, which can be found here.

Thanks for popping by!

Think Pink Challenge

Poppystamps monthly challenge is Think Pink, which also coincides with Breast Cancer Awareness Month. I made an inlaid shaker card using a variety of pink shades.

For all the details on my card and for info on the challenge and how you could win a $20 gift certificate to the Poppystamps store please visit my post here.

I'm also entering this for the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge, Make It Sparkle, here.

 Have a great day!

You Spin Me Round

I made a card that has a little spinner action happening.

You can see a bit of the action.

Stop by the Poppystamps blog here for all the details on how to make this cute critter card!

I'm also entering this for the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge, Add A Sentiment, here!

Wishing you a crafty day!

Lil Gnome

I just love the gnome dies Simon Says Stamp came out with last winter but I didn't want to just use these cuties for Christmas cards so I figured if I dressed them up appropriately I could use them all year long.

I decided to make a birthday shaker card with some fun patterned papers, colourful sequins and of course a pom pom!

I'm entering this for the SSS Wednesday Challenge, Two or More Patterned Papers, here.

Thanks for visiting!

Reveal Wheel

Made my first Reveal Wheel card using products from Lawn Fawn and bees from Simon Says Stamp Bee Yourself stamp set.

I used patterned papers from Doodlebug and Honey Bee Stamps and added glitter to the flowers.

Very fun and easy to create the Reveal Wheel card, can't wait to make more!

I'm entering this for the SSS Wednesday Challenge, Two or More Patterned Papers, here.

Have a great day!

The Bee's Knees

Made a fun shaker with the cute bees from the Simon Says Stamp Card Kit from back in July! These bees from the Bee Yourself stamp set are just adorable, especially the one with the glasses.

I used the SSS Small Hexagon Die for my shaker windows. The back of the shaker window is a daisy flower patterned paper from Doodlebug and the front panel paper is from Honey Bee stamps.

I think "You're the Bee's Knees" is a good sentiment for any occasion and I decided to stamp a birthday greeting on the inside.

I'm entering this for the SSS Wednesday Challenge, Two or More Patterned Papers, here.

Thanks for stopping by!

Happy Birthday

I have a quick and easy birthday card today.

I took a piece of bristol paper and watercolour paper and inked them up with Distress Oxides in Peacock Feathers, Mermaid Lagoon and Blueprint Sketch. I die cut the Simon Says Stamp Balloon Die from each inked piece and took the Simon Says Stamp Circular Lace Stencil sprayed it with water and layed it on top of the balloon. I let it sit for a minute, removed the stencil and dried it with my heat gun. You're left with a ghost or bleached image of the lace pattern on the balloon. The one on the left was the bristol, the one on the right the watercolor paper. I really like how this turned out!

My card was made with the bristol balloon. I just added it to a card front with the Simon Says Stamp Painted Happy Birthday die cut from white and white sparkle card stock for a layered sentiment.

To finish I added a bit of twine and some sparkling clear sequins and the card is done. I definitely want to play with this technique more, it's simple and fun to do!

I'm adding this card for Simon Says Stamps Happy Birthday Challenge here.

Thanks for stopping by!

Happy Birthday Simon Says

The Wednesday Challenge Blog at Simon Says Stamp is turning 9 years old! Wow, how time flies!

I needed to make a masculine birthday card so I pulled out a sheet of Lawn Fawn plaid paper and created a background piece for the window using alcohol inks.

Very simple design, which I tend to use for masculine cards. I don't know about you, but I find them difficult to make. Though I rebelled a bit and added one sequin.

That's it from me today. 

Happy Birthday Simon Says!

Simon Says Stamp Mood Board

I'm stopping by today with a card for the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge Blog and this week there's a fall mood board.

I couldn't resist making a leafy card for the challenge.

The Poppystamps Maple Leaf is covered with gilding flakes.

The panel the leaf is adhered to is embossed with a Taylored Expressions Weathered Embossing Folder. I then tapped Versamark along the edges, sprinkled on gold embossing powder and heat set.

The sentiment is from the Neat and Tangled Oak Leaf stamp set and is black heat embossed on vellum and wrapped around the panel.

I finished off by rounding two of the corners on the card base.

Thanks for visiting with me today!

World Card Making Day

Hello everyone, it's been a while since I posted but life sometimes gets a little crazy, right?

I have a card today I made for World Card Making Day.

I finally got a chance to play with the beautiful Emma Stamp from Simon Says Stamp. This is such a pretty and elegant design! I embossed the image in Brass Embossing Powder from Hero Arts onto water colour paper. I spritzed the paper with water and then added Ken Oliver Color Burst in Merlot and let it do its magic. I love all the separation of the different pigments in this colour!

The colours are a little darker than I would like for a wedding card but I didn't want to mess around with after it was dry so I left it as is.

I added a die cut sentiment and one black gem to finish the card.

I'm submitting this card for the Simon Says Stamp World Card Making Day Challenge found here.

Thanks for visiting with me today!

Serene Bird

I have a card today using Poppystamps stamps and dies.

I started off by die cutting a circle out of white card stock and adding a wash of colour behind it in orange and yellow.

I took glossy paper and coloured it with alcohol inks and die cut a bird from it and used a strip of it on the left hand side of the card.

The branch and Stick Frame Border were die cut from cherry wood paper and I finished off by stamping the sentiment to follow the curved of the window opening.

I'm submitting this card for Simon Says Stamp Make for the Border Challenge here.

Happy crafting!

1519 Quiet Bird Sash

1506 Stick Frame Border

1522 Chirping Birds

CL427 Flourish Blooms

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Happy Birthday To Me!

The Wednesday Challenge Blog at Simon Says Stamp is celebrating 7 years with a birthday challenge. And as a side note it's my birthday today!

For my card I used MFTs Roses All Over background stamp which I white heat embossed on water colour paper and used Distress Inks to colour in. The background was pretty vivid and drowned out the sentimet so I toned it down by gold heat embossing my sentiment onto vellum. The vellum I used has been in my stash for ages and I don't use it very often because it's quite opaque compared to the usual vellum I craft with. It really has a milky quality to it.  I finished off with a few pearls and some gold thread.

Thanks for stopping by today!

Birthday Roses

I'm back with another card for My Favorite Things Card Design Superstar. All the details can be found here.

When I first saw MFT Roses All Over Background I instantly put it at the top of my wish list. This is such a pretty stamp that works with lots of techniques, including one of my faves, watercolours.

I used watercolours in blues and pinks and white heat embossed the roses. The Snow Drifts Die came in handy to add a curvy cut and the sentiment from MFT Birthday Greetings was embossed with Silver Sparkle Embossing Powder. I also flicked on some white paint and added a few sequins.

I'm entering this in Simon Says Stamp Die Crazy Challenge here and the Simon Says Stamp Love This Technique Challenge here.

Thanks so much for stopping by today!

Color Bursts

I've been playing around with Ken Oliver's Color Bursts and boy are they addictive. I think I could spend all day colouring paper!

I took one of my watercoloured masterpieces (tee hee) and die cut it three times with My Favorite Things Double Dot Border Die. I wanted to have the dot strips raised up from the background but without foam dots so I die cut the dots from white card stock so that I had 3 white die cuts to layer behind each watercoloured piece.

The dots were adhered to glitter card stock and I created a black frame from two MFT Rectangle Stax Dies. The sentiment is from MFT Say Hello Transformables Die. It was die cut from silver and black card stock and I just snipped the word from the frame. I adhered them together slightly off set. Love how this card turned out!

I'm entering this card for My Favorite Things You Could Be A Card Design Superstar Challenge here and for Simon Says Stamp Die Crazy Challenge here.

Thanks for visiting and I appreciate all the comments you leave me!

Vellum Shaker

I have a shaker card for you today for My Favorite Things You Could Be A Card Design Superstar Challenge here!

I coloured white vellum with alcohol inks in blue and purple and applied the inks in a circular swirl pattern. I love using alcohol inks, you never know exactly how each piece will turn out! I die cut My Favorite Things Triangle Screen from the vellum, adhered it to acetate and added back some of the triangles and left the centre portion empty for the shaker window.

The background for the shaker is also vellum coloured in paler hues of blue and purple.

I finished off with a sentiment from My Favorite Things Peaceful Wildflowers stamp set and a couple of thin black strips of card stock.

I'm also entering this card for Simon Says Stamps Die Crazy Challenge here and Simon Says Stamp Love This Technique Challenge here.

Thanks for dropping by!