Love - Create with Connie & Mary 239

This could be a wedding card or an anniversary card - and amazingly I used a Valentine stamp set!  It was created using the sketch with Create with Connie & Mary #239 here

 

Stamp:  You are Loved

Inks: Versa Mark, Baja Breeze marker

Papers: Baja Breeze, Whisper White, Brushed Silver

Accessories: Silver embossing powder, Heart framelits, 5/8" Organza ribbon (edges colored with marker0, 5/8" flower trim colored with Baja breeze marker, Decorative Label punch, 1 3/4 by 7/8" oval punch, dimensionals, Delicate designs folder, Vintage Wallpaper folder, dimensionals

Go Ahead and Cry - Fab Friday 11 & Create with Connie & Mary 238

As you can see by my previous post, it's been snowing heavily here all day - so a good day to stay in and make some cards.

This card is for 2 challenges:  Fab Friday here and the color challenge with Create with Connie and Mary here

 

 

The image was stamped using Black Stazon on Whisper White paper.  It was coloured using SU markers and an aqua painter.

Stamps:  Lean on Me

Inks: Black stazon, Basic Black marker, SU Markers (Calypso Coral, Island Indigo, Lucky Limeade), Island Indigo

Papers:  Calypso Coral, Whisper White, Lucky Limeade, Sycamore Street DSP (SAB), Calypso Coral flower from Pop up posies kit

Accessories: Rain cloud folder, Scallop border punch, White cloth brads from posies kit colored with Lucky Limeade markers, dimensionals

French Foliage Poinsettia - Create with Connie & Mary #229

I thought I was finished making Christmas cards, but I just couldn't resist one more, expecially when the sketch with Create with Connie & Mary here was calling for a poinsettia flower.  I used the stamp set French Foliage to make the flower.

 

I started out by stamping 13 leaves from the French Foliage stamp set using Cherry cobbler ink onto Very Vanilla card stock.  They were embossed with clear embossing powder and cut out.  Each leaf was then placed in a 3/4" circle to which tombo glue had been applied.  Seven (7) leaves were in the bottom row, and six (6) on the top row.  A 3/4" champagne glitter circle was attached to the middle, and a red glimmer brad inserted in the middle of that and  the flower was finished off nicely.

The leaves were also from the same stamp set, but were stamped using Gumball green on Very Vanilla cardstock. After cutting out, they were attached to the bottom of the flower. The Poinsettia was attached to the card using dimensionals.

Stamps: French Foliage, More Merry Messages

Inks: Cherry Cobbler, Gumball Green, Versa Mark

Papers:  Cherry Cobbler, Very Vanilla, Merry Moments Simply Scrappin' DSP, Be of Good Cheer DSP, Champagne glitter paper

Accessories: Gold embossing powder, Clear embossing powder, 3/4" circle punch, Red Glimmer brad, dimensionals.

Winter Memories - Create with Connie & Mary #223

For the next 3 days I will be at a craft show "The Hands of Man", so this may be my last post for a few days.  I will be taking pictures of the show and will be putting these on my blog later in the week.
This card is for the sketch challenge with CCMC 223 here

 

I must admit it felt awkward working with the paper at an angle, but I quite like the result.

Technique:   

The Gumball Green base is layered with Very Vanilla card stock embossed with the Fancy Fan folder.  The designer paper was placed at an angle, and cherry cobbler seam blinding was attached to the Very Vanilla layer above the designer paper.

I really had to resist tempation to straighten the sentiment, but the sketch shows it at an angle, so at an angle it stayed.

Image: 

The image was colored with markers and an Aqua painter.  The ribbon was stamped a second time, colored with a marker and then embossed with Iridescent Ice embossing powder.  It was then attached over top of the original ribbon with dimensionals.  See close up on second picture above.

Stamps: Winter Memories, Petite Pairs

Inks: Black Stazon, SU markers, Versa Mark, Cherry Cobbler

Papers: Gumball Green, Very Vanilla, Cherry Cobbler, Be of Good Cheer DSP

Accessories: Fancy Fan folder, Cherry Cobbler seam blinding, Iridescent Ice embossing powder, Cherry cobbler dazzling details, Dazzling details, dimensionals, 1 3/4 by 7/8" oval punch, dimensionals, glue dot

Open Sleigh Warm Winter Wishes - Create with Connie & Mary 221

It's a rainy cool day in southern Ontario, but I managed to get an hour's worth of gardening and raking leaves before the rain started.
This card is for the sketch challenge with CCM 221 here

 

Technique:

The Cherry Cobbler base is layered with first Very Vanilla, then a DSP from the Festival of Prints pack.

Image: The sleigh was embossed with Cherry Cobbler embossing powder on Very Vanilla card stock.  The edges of the panel were sponged with Cherry Cobbler ink, and the panel was then matted with Cherry cobbler card stock.  Some champagne glass glitter at the base of the sleigh completed the image.

Sentiment: This was taken from Winter Memories, stamped with Basic Black and die cut using the Apothecary accessories framelit..  The edges were sponged and attached along the right side of the image panel.

Stamps: Open Sleigh, Winter memories

Inks: Versa Mark, Basic Black

Papers: Cherry Cobbler, Very Vanilla, Festival of Prints DS pack, Marina Mist

Accessories: Apothecary accessories framelit, Champagne glass glitter, rhinestones, Cherry cobbler embossing powder.

I just missed the linky, so am unable to post it to the CCM site.

Bootiful Warm Winter Wishes - Create with Connie & Mary

Today is a rainy day so it's a good day to catch up on some cards.  It's been a busy time for me getting prepared for 7 craft shows, but I'm seeing the light at the end of the tunnel.
This card is for the challenge with Create with Connie & Mary here

 

Technique:  The card base is Raspberry Ripple layered with Whisper White.  The third layer is 2 designs from the Snow Festival Designer Paper.  A piece of Scalloped Champagne glitter paper was attached to the designer paper on the left hand side. The corners of the right side piece were rounded using a 1" circle punch.

Image: Two boot images were stamped with Black Stazon ink onto Whisper White card stock and colored with Real Red and Bravo Burgunday markers using an Aqua Painter.  Versa mark was applied to the boot top and lace ends with a Versa Marker pen, and Iridescent Ice embossing powder was applied and heat set.  The boots were then cut out and Crystal Effects applied.

When dry, the boots were attached with dimensionals onto  a 1 3/4" whisper white circle the edge of which had been pierced with the new mat pack and paper piercer. This circle was attached with dimensionals to a Raspberry Ripple 2 3/8" scallop circle punch

A bow made using Baja Breeze seam binding was attached with a glue to to the left side of the image circle.

Stamp: Bootiful Occasions

Inks:  Black Stazon, SU Markers - Real Red, Bravo Burgundy, Versa Mark pen

Papers: Raspberry Ripple, Whisper White, Snow Festival Designer Paper, Champagne glitter paper

Accessories: Scallop border punch, 2 3/8" Scallop circle punch, 1 3/4" circle punch, Scallop oval punch, 1 3/4 by 7/8" oval punch, 1" circle punch, rhinestones, Crystal Effects, Aqua Painter, 3/8" Baja Breeze seam binding, dimensionals, glue dots, mat pack & Paper piercer.

Snowman Family - Create with Connie & Mary #219

Yesterday was such a beautiful day that I got a lot of gardening done.  I'm thankful for that day because it's supposed to rain today - with a risk of frost tonight.  Thank goodness my geraniums are inside.
Before we know it, our children will be making snowmen like in the card I made for the sketch challenge with Create with Connie & Mary here

 

Technique:

This 5 by 5" card has a base of Baja breeeze embossed with the Northern Flurries folder.

This image was stamped on Whisper White cardstock using Black Stazon ink and die cut using the Labels framelit.  It was colored using SU markers; the outline was coloured with Bashful blue and an Aquapainter.  Some dazzling diamonds was placed on the fur cuff of the hat, and dazzling details was lightly applied around the edges of each of the snow people.

A strip of designer paper was placed alsong the bottom edge.

Using the Snow Flurry die, 2 snowflakes were die cut using Silver glimmer paper - a medium one and a small one.  A red glimmer brad was inserted in the middle of each of them.  They were attached to the card on the left lower image with glue dots.

Stamps: Frosty Friends, Winter Memories

Inks: Black Stazon, SU markers

Papers: Baja Breeze, Whisper White, Silver Glimmer, Snow Festival designer paper

Accessories: Snow Flurry die, Labels framelit, Dazzling details, Dazzling diamonds, Glimmer Brads, Aqua painter