Card Pattern Sketch #114

Here is another great sketch from Card Patterns. You should stop by and see all the creative cards that people have designed. I get so many new ideas looking at the various cards. I am constantly amazed by all the talented people and their ideas. "I wish I had thought of that" is a phrase that I am constantly repeating.

Here is my card:

The stamped birds and birdhouses are from "See D's" which is no longer around :( The birds and birdhouses were colored with Copic markers. Sigh...sure do love these markers. The embossed background is Cuttlebug and the verse is one of the verses from "Bird Quotes" at Stamping Sensations. A Nestability die was used to frame the verse. I used Flower Soft at the base of the birdhouse and around the verse. The vine and leaves were hand drawn with Prisma colored pencil. (I stamp better than I draw, so pretend the vines and leaves are beautiful!) Cut 'n dry with white ink was used to highlight the embossed background and Copic markers were used for the shadows. A cloud template was used for the sky. Lots of "stuff" for such a small card!

This is the Card Patterns Sketch that I used to design my card.

Another challenge later today. Tomorrow I will post pictures of tonight's Lilac Inkers challenge.

Back to creating cards in my Butterfly Garden.

SSSC 116 & CR84FN27

The Sweetest Thing has another Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge. I designed a card with this sketch but used the color challenge from CR84FN.

The music stamp was embossed with Stampendous Golden Sand embossing powder. I stamped the flowers on white cardstock and colored them with Copic markers. I cut the flowers with scissors and paper pieced them on top of the flowers in the embossed image. I used the same Copic markers to color the silk flowers. I love this color combo! :) I wasn't sure I would like these colors when I first saw them, but I am glad I tried it! Get some paper and see what you can create.

This is the SSSC #116 sketch:

This is the CR84FN27 Color challenge:

I'll be back tomorrow with another challenge.

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SSSC 115

This card was designed using the sketch from the sweetest thing .

The stamp is Lazy Susan Buggies from Stamp and Create. It was colored with Copic markers, the embossing folder is Sizzix, dies are Nestabilities.

Here is the sketch I used to make this card.

Now it's your turn! Get some paper and play with me.

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Mojo Monday #189

This card is for the Mojo Monday challenge. I love putting puzzles together and after I cut all the pieces for this card is was "puzzle-time". This was a great way to spend another rainy day.

I chose to do an Asian theme for this card. Red and black are usually associated with Asian cards but I decided to work with green as my main color in honor of "SPRING".

Here is the sketch I used to design this card.

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Card Pattern 113 & CR84FN26

WEATHER ALERT
Spring has been delayed again this week. I might have to start building an Arc if it doesn't stop raining soon. Since I am still longing for warm weather I decided to make cards with flowers and pretend they are from my garden. Considering the puddles in the backyard I probably should have made Lily Pads!

This is one of my flower cards.

The stamp is Lazy Susan Buggies from Stamp and Create. The sides were cut off of a Neatability die, the text background is from Papertrey Ink and the embossing folder is from Sizzix. The image was colored with Copic markers after a white Prisma pencil was used to lighten the flower petals.

The layout for this card is based on this Card Pattern Sketch:

The colors that I used are from CR84FN:

I wonder how Gibbs (NCIS) gets those boats out of his basement?

Back to creating cards in my Butterfly Garden.

Color Throwdown #139

Here is another color challenge. This is Color Throwdown#139. These are the colors for this challenge. Get some papers and play along!

This card has papers from DCWV, the stamp is from MTME. Enjoy!

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CR84FN25 Color Challenge.

I found this color challenge a few days ago. This color challenge was definitely not in my comfort zone nor were they my "go to" colors. I signed up for their e-mail figuring I would wait for colors that I was comfortable with. This morning I decided to give this color combination a try, I was kicking and dragging my heels all the way! Picking out papers usually takes up more of my time than I would like to admit. Giving this challenge a try was going to eliminate some of the paper picking since the colors were chosen for me. Here is the challenge.

I have always been fascinated with "Asian" stamps, papers and cards so I made a "gate-fold" card keep an "Asian" theme in the back of my mind. The color "red" is often used in Asian art so I figured this was a safe bet. Here is my interpretation using this color scheme. The red flowers that were stamped don't look as red in the photo as they do in person, so pretend they do!
The stamp, punches papers and Mizuhiki "Paper" cord are from Hanko Designs.

Turquoise Stickles were used in the center of the stamped flowers.

All the flowers were placed on the aqua horizontal strip.

A thin magnetic was used to keep the floral strip in place when the card is closed.

I am pleased with my first attempt with these colors and will keep them in mind for future use.

Back to creating cards in my Butterfly Garden.

Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge #114

Still cold and rainy outside. Spring has been delayed again this week.


Here is a wonderful sketch from The Sweetest Thing. Check out the great cards that have been posted, grab some paper and play along!

Since I am desperately awaiting the arrival of "spring", I decided to put some spring flowers on my card.

The verse is Inky Antics , the flower stamps are Hero Arts and Rubber Stampede. The butterfly die and stamp are from Papertrey Ink.


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Card Pattern Sketch 112

This is another great sketch from Card Patterns. Check out the wonderful cards that have been submitted. This is a fantastic way to get new ideas.

I tried to "think outside the box" when I created this card. The stamp is an old Hero Arts stamp that I had forgotten about. I cut the bottom leaves off of the stem and mounted them on the edge of the die cut with foam tape. The embossing folder is from Sizzix, verbiage from Papertrey Ink's Delightful Dahlia stamp set. I applied white ink with a piece of cut 'n dry to the raised designs. I love the clear stamps because you can curve them to fit any shape.

I loved the way this card turned out so I made a few more of the same card. I think I will change the verse to Happy Mother's Day.

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Mojo Monday #188

The challenge from Mojo Monday was to mix things up a bit and focus on non-traditional cards. The sketch is for either for a round or square card.

I figured I would mix things up by making a round card since I have made several square cards before. This is my first round card and I really enjoyed trying something different.

I hope you enjoyed my first attempt at a round card.

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