Welcome Baby

Hi everyone ~ I’m back with a card inspired by this week’s challenge at Less is More. Our theme for this challenge is ‘New Baby’, and I had to do some hunting to find this really old Stampin’ Up set...but it has some cute images, so it works!

I masked the image of the diaper pins (does anyone even use them anymore? ~ LOL), colored the ducks with Copic markers, and gave them a healthy coat of Glossy Accents. The sentiment is from one of my all-time favorite sets, so I inked it up, matted everything and added the striped patterned paper.

I finished up my Valentine cards for Winter’s Card Drive, so I’ll be getting them mailed off in the morning to meet the deadline. Onward and forward...the Online Card Class ‘Stenciled’ starts tomorrow, and I’m really excited! I bought several new stencils and die cuts, and I can’t wait to get started! If you’re also taking the class...I’ll see you there ~  

Well, that’s it for me ~ I hope everyone is doing well! Take care, and thanks so much for stopping by!
Barb

Supplies:
Stamps: Stampin’ Up - Cuddles and Tickles; Waltzingmouse - Say it Loud
Cardstock: Papertrey Ink - Select White
Patterned Paper: Papertrey Ink - Lemon Tart
Ink:  Memento - Tuxedo Black; Versafine - Onyx Black
Die: Lil’ Inker - Stitched Rectangles
Gems: Hero Arts - Sunshine Mixed Accents
Misc: Glossy Accents

A Holiday Wreath

Hello everyone! Just before Christmas, I won some blog candy on Jen McGuire’s blog from the November Oh Deer Me Embellishment Kit, and when it arrived, I was delightfully surprised at all the beautiful goodies that were included...in fact, everything is inside a pretty square tin!
I am entering this card in this week’s challenge at Festive Friday. The inspiration photo is a snowy winter scene with a wreath on the side of a red barn, so I inked up a stamp from the kit, and colored it with Copics to create a Christmas wreath.
And, since this card is CAS, I would also like to enter into this week's challenge at Addicted to Stamps and More where we are being asked to create a Clean & Simple Card.
 

 

I wanted to keep it CAS, so after coloring the leaves and flowers, I added a small silver bow and a sentiment, and mounted it on a red 4 1/4 square cardstock card base. 

Well, that’s it for me ~ I hope everyone is doing well! 

Take care, and thanks so much for stopping by!
Barb

 

Supplies:
Stamps: Freckled Fawb - Oh Deer Me Embellishment Kit; Avery Elle - Laurels (bow); MFT - Cheerful Christmas Greetings (sentiment)
Cardstock: Papertrey Ink - Select White; MFT - Wild Cherry
Ink:  Memento - London Fog; Versafine - Onyx Black
Gems: Hero Arts - Small Clear 

Sending Smiles

Hello everyone! I’ve been having so much fun with my new Mama Elephant stamps and dies, that I decided to enter a card into their current Photo Inspiration Challenge. The photo is gorgeous (see below), filled with elegant pinks, and burgundy as well as crystals and pearls!

Even though there are 3 really cute images in this set, I used the monkey again, and this time I placed them so that they are floating up toward the clouds. I didn’t have the right colors in my Copic collection, so I used watercolor pencils, and I added clear mini sequins and my WOS glitter pen to mimic the gems.



I thought this would be a great card for a child, so I stamped a Happy Valentine message and some hearts on the inside, and I'll be sending it off to the Cards from the Heart Card Drive. 

Well, that’s it for me ~ I hope everyone is doing well! Take care, and thanks so much for stopping by! 
Barb

Supplies:
Stamps: Mama Elephant - Up and Away
Cardstock: Papertrey Ink - Select White, Vellum, Soft Stone
Ink:  Ranger - Archival Jet Black
Dies: Mama Elephant - Up and Away, Landscape Trio
Sequins: Simon Says Stamp - Mini Clear Sequins (December Card Kit)
Watercolor Pencils: Inktense; Stampin ‘ Up

Misc: Wink of Stella - Clear Glitter Pen

It's a Good Day To Be Happy!

Hello everyone! I love this week’s sketch at CAS(E) This Sketch by Sam Simpson, and thought it would be fun to take out my new Mama Elephant stamps and dies and create this card.

I love the shapes and stitching on the Landscape Trio dies, so I placed them so that the monkey is floating above the clouds carrying helium balloons. I also wanted some texture on this card, so I embossed my card base with my PTI Impression Plate and added a few silver stars to the sky. 

Well, that’s it for me ~ I hope everyone has a great week ahead! Take care, and thanks so much for stopping by!
Barb

Supplies:
Stamps: Mama Elephant - Up and Away
Cardstock: Papertrey Ink - Select White, Vellum; Bazzill - Icy Mint
Ink:  Versafine - Onyx Black
Impression Plate: Papertrey Ink - Linen/Canvas
Dies: Mama Elephant - Up and Away, Landscape Trio
Sequins: Simon Says Stamp - Silver Stars
Markers: Copics; Wink of Stella - Clear

You're Tops in My Book

Hello everyone! I have 2 cards to share with you today. Firstly, I thought it would be fun to create another card for the Cards from the Hearts Card Drive using my new stamps and dies from Lawn Fawn.

I decided to make this card with a chalkboard technique and although it's hard to see, I used the Tim Holtz embossing folder that has the texture of a brick wall on the red card base. I punched the notebook edge and drew lines with a white pencil, then embossed the sentiment in white. I also added glossy accents to the glasses and heart and used an old glitter pen on the book binding just to jazz it up a little.

JJ Bolton created a gorgeous card with Avery Elle’s ‘Embellish It Flower Die’ using vellum and Texture Tiles (Be Cute stamp set),  and inspired me so much, that I decided to CASE her card (I sure hope she doesn’t mind)! 

I die cut each petal 3 times, then arranged them. If you’re interested, Nina Yang has a video tutorial on You Tube creating a flower with this die Here and on This Blog Post she shows how to make 6 different flowers with this die.
I love pink and gray, so I cut 1/4“ strips in steel gray, used soft stone for the leaves and smokey gray for the sentiment. I wanted the flower to be super feminine, so I used a bright pink ink for the polka dots and finished it off with metallic gray sequins. 
I thought this card was perfect to send off in a 'care package' to my step-granddaughter, Erica, who is a freshman in college and the sweetest girl on earth...she made the Dean's List after her first semester, and we're all so proud of her!

Well, that’s it for me ~ I hope everyone is getting in some crafty time this weekend! Take care, and thanks so much for stopping by!
Barb

Supplies:
You're Tops in My Book
Stamps: Lawn Fawn - Science of Love
Cardstock: Papertrey Ink - Select White, True Black, Pure Poppy
Ink: Hero Arts Memories - Unicorn; Versamark
Dies: Lawn Fawn - Science of Love
Embossing Folder: Sizzix/Tim Holtz - Alterations
Embossing Powder: Hero Arts - White
Misc: Glossy Accents; Wink of Stella - Clear; Prismacolor White Pencil; EK Success - Binder Edge Punch
 
You Are The Best 
Stamps: Avery Elle - Texture Tiles Be Cute (polka dots), Laurels (sentiment)
Cardstock: MFT - Steel Gray; PTI - Select White, Soft Stone, Vellum
Ink: Memento Luxe - Rose Bud; Versafine - Smokey Gray
Dies: Embellish It - Flower
Gem: My Mind’s Eye - Pearl
Sequins: SSS/Kelly Purkey - Metallic Gray

My 50th Blog Post!

Hello everyone! I started my blog in October, and I honestly can’t believe it, but this is my 50th blog post! Yikes!!! I’m really enjoying blogging, and I am so grateful to each and every one of you for visiting, and leaving such sweet comments...Thank You!!!

I created this card for this week’s challenge at CASology ~ It’s week 78, and our Cue Card is ‘Dot’.

 

 I used some of the circles from Neat & Tangled Party Dots and the centers of the flowers from PTI’s Beautiful Blooms II, in 3 colors, and decreasing in size as I stamped upward on the card panel. I added enamel dots for interest, stamped my sentiment, and placed a small strip of patterned paper along the side.

I hope everyone is having a great week! Thanks again for stopping by ~
Barb

Supplies:
Stamps: Neat & Tangled - Party Dots; Papertrey Ink - Beautiful Blooms II, Signature Greetings
Cardstock: Papertrey Ink - Select White
Patterned Paper: Amy Tangerine - Sketchbook
Ink: Versafine - Onyx Black; Hero Arts - Pale Tomato, Mint Julep, Soft Pool
Enamel Dots: My Minds Eye