LAYTON'S LEGACY CARD DRIVE & FUNDRAISER FOR NICU PARENTS

I am participating in a very special Card Drive and Fundraiser for NICU Parents at the University of Minnesota Masonic Children's Hospital.  It is called the Layton's Legacy Card Drive & Fundraiser for NICU Parents. I was touched by Layton's story and a mother's love to honor her son by helping other families during a stressful and difficult time.  You can read Lea's personal story about her son Layton here and find out how you can help.

CAS-ual Fridays CFC147 -- Birthday Girl

It's been a while since I have been able to participate in a CAS-ual Fridays challenge and I am so excited to be able to participate in CFC147 - Birthday Girl - make a birthday card that you would send to your sister, friend, mother or other special female in your life.

My card was created by inking up an embossing folder with mint julep ink from Hero Arts. The sentiment is from Stampin' Up's Sassy Salutations set. I embossed the sentiment using Ranger Princess Gold. Thanks so much for stopping by! 

 

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog: Emboss It!

I created the card below for the Emboss It Challenge over on the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog. My background was created by inking up an embossing folder direct from ink pad (Hero Arts Fresh Peach) and then running it through an embossing folder. I think ran a darker ink pad (Hero Arts Pale Tomato) over the raised area created by the embossing folder. So fun and so many possibilities!

I had this Riley and Company stamp laying on my desk and it matched my background, so I fussy cut and added it to my card. The die cut word is from Simon Says Stamp. Thanks so much for stopping by!

CAS Mix Up May Challenge - Stamping + Heat Embossing + Your Choice

I recently found the CAS Mix Up Card Challenge and I am excited to be participating in May's challenge!

For my CAS card below, I met the challenge by stamping and heat embossing my sentiment with Ranger's Princess Gold embossing powder. My background was created using an embossing folder and a shadow ink from Hero Arts. It was a fun technique and so I am choosing dry embossing as my "your choice" option. Thanks so much for stopping by!

Lawnscaping Challenge: Calling All Critters - Entry#1 Mother's Day

I recently purchased the adorable Mom&Me set from Lawn Fawn. I knew this would be perfect for Mother's Day cards this year and had a fun time playing with the stamps and dies. I also love the Perfectly Plaid paper from lawn fawn and had to incorporate it into my cards. I stamped the owl and baby set on watercolor paper and tried my hand at watercoloring using the Prima original watercolor tin.

This image fits perfectly with this week's Lawnscaping Challenge #129 Calling All Critters. Thanks for stopping by!

Kat Scrappiness Sequin Card Challenge Entry #1

Kat Scrappiness is hosting a sequin challenge and giveaway over on her blog! I love sequins, have a small collection, love to see them on other people's cards, but I never seem to add them to my own cards.  This challenge was just what I needed to add that extra little "something" to my cards.

The card below was created using a gel print I made. I stamped a heart arts background stamp over the card and then did a little embellishing with some enamel accents. I then added a sentiment made with a simon says stamp die cut. The sequins were then added last, giving that special pop of color. I think they really make the card.

Thanks for stopping by!

CAS Mix Up April Challenge - Entry #1

This morning I happened upon Ingrid Blackburn's Mixing CAS with Monoprints video on YouTube. I recently purchased a Gelli plate and am addicted! I was inspired by Ingrid's video to make a card for the CAS Mix Up April Challenge! I am just getting this in under the wire!

The card below was created using a stencil from Heidi Swapp. The sentiment is from Simon Says Stamp. Thanks for stopping by!

Edited - After looking back at the challenge, I realized I had not included stamping on my card! Woops! I used one of my gel prints and stamped a Tim Holtz Crazy bird on top to add to the card!

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge Take 2

I created the following card for the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Happy Birthday using the Tim Holtz Crazy Bird stamps. I stamped the birds on some prints I had made using my Gelli arts printing plate - I absolutely LOVE that thing!!! I would play with it every day if I could! So fun.

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Happy Birthday

I created the following card for the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Happy Birthday using the Tim Holtz Crazy Bird stamps. I stamped the birds on some prints I had made using my Gelli arts printing plate - I absolutely LOVE that thing!!! I would play with it every day if I could! So fun.

This first card using an MFT die, washi tape, my dymo label maker, and some gelli print paper.

Clean and Simple Sympathy Cards

I have had the Leaf Column Background and Outline dies from Simon Says Stamp in my stash for quite some time and finally pulled them out, so I thought it would be fun to share for the "New" theme Work it Wednesday challenge at Simon Says Stamp. They are "new" to me and absolutely wonderful!

Retrosketches Challenge #187

Loved this week's sketch over at Retrosketches, so wanted to post a quick card I created. Thanks for stopping by!

https://youtu.be/J7HJybdmsIs

Halloweenies Door Hanger (Take 2)

I had so much fun pulling together a second Halloween themed door hanger based on this week's Paper Smooches Designer Drafts Challenge. Thanks for stopping by!

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge: Animal Antics

I was having fun playing with my Silhouette this past week and created this cute little owl card for the Simon Says Stamp Animal Antics Challenge. Thanks so much for stopping by!

Silhouette (Lori Whitlock Design), Papers from Basic Grey (Hey You)

Halloweenies Door Hanger

My Halloween themed door hanger was inspired by this weeks Paper Smooches Designer Drafts Challenge. I absolutely love the Halloweenies stamp set and had fun pulling this door hanger together.

10 Minute Craft Dash #25

I am always amazed at the cards I see created for the 10 minute craft dash challenge. You definitely have to have an idea in mind beforehand. Thankfully you can pick out supplies in advance. I always love to try to play along and this time I was able to create my very simple card within the 10 minutes for Craft Dash #25. I love the blue, yellow and brown color combo for this week's challenge. Thanks for stopping by.

With a Touch of Gold

I was inspired to make a third card for this week's Paper Smooches Trend Watch Challenge: flowers. I have posted the inspiration photo below. This time I tried to add a touch of gold using perfect pearls in heirloom gold. The stamps used were: Pretty Mommas, Salutations, and Potpourri. 

Krafty Smooches

The card below was inspired by two fabulous Challenges:


This week's Paper Smooches Trend Watch Challenge encourages the use of flowers. I have posted the inspiration photo below. I used the flower stamp from the Pretty Momma's stamp set. 

This week's CAS-ual Friday challenge is She's Krafty and She's Just my Type (CFC113). Of course I used kraft as my card base and had fun stamping the flower image on some text paper. The sentiment is also more of a typewriter font. Thanks so much for taking a look!

Hello There Nautical

I absolutely love Laurie Wilson's inspiration card over at the Muse Challenge blog for Muse #33. I was inspired by her card in both design and theme. I changed up the color scheme and used an embossing folder for the anchors rather than a stamped image. Thanks for stopping by!

Please see Laurie's fabulous card below!

Paper Smooches Trend Watch Challenge: Flowers

The following card was inspired by this week's Paper Smooches Trend Watch Challenge. I used the flower stamp from the Pretty Momma's stamp set and the sentiment comes from the Salutations stamp set. Thanks for stopping by!

CFC113: She's Krafty and She's Just My Type

I had fun playing with this week's CAS-ual Friday Challenge 113: She's Krafty and She's Just My Type. I recently found a blue Brother Charger 11 vintage typewriter at a specialty shop, so I had to stamp and emboss the typewriter on a light blue cardstock.

I am also entering this card in the Simon Says Stamp: Anything Goes Challenge. Thanks for looking!