Week of 7/11/20 Cards

 FS700 - the extremely talented featured stamper is Mary Fran (Mary Fran NWC). I found this cute CARD

I liked the layout she used but don't have any of her elements. Rather than one person I used two and I went with a military theme rather than Valentines theme.

I stamped the background using the camouflage stamp from DRS and brown and tan colors on a lighter tan card base. Then I stamped the silhouette soldiers image in the same brown and die cut the layers popping the top layer on dimensionals.

I finished with the sentiment in the same position as the FS card using a thank you sentiment.

Thank You

 CAS596 - Cute Bugs

USEIT2020 - patches

I am still working my way through my tote of items and found a sheet of these retro patches. I hot glued them on to white die cut circles and cut 3 coordinating papers to trim the card. I finished with the birthday sentiment.

Birthday Bugs

 MMTPT624 - Paper Hugs

This cute bird image was sent to me in a teapot exchange by Polly (peeps321). Thank you Polly.

I colored it with pencils and popped up on dimensionals. The base layer I used a die cut and rather than die cutting I used it to emboss. I added pleating to the blue DP and finished with this cute ribbon and sequins.

Thinking of You

 WT800 - This is for Sabrina's Ways to Use It challenge.

My MIL gave me a bunch of Asian themed wrapping paper and I am looking for ways to use it up. I though this great dragon die cut was perfect. I cut some gold mirror paper and layered a sheet of the Asian wrapping paper over it. Die cut the dragon and left it in the die cut and used stazon black ink through the openings to add interest to the gold dragon.

Stamped the sentiment and layered on some red DP.

My husband loves dragons and this is his birthday card.

Birthday Dragon

 F4A542 - PARTY ANIMALS!

My SIL needed a get well card with a black cat and bees for a friend that recently broke a leg. I hope this will do.

Die cut the pieces of the kitty and cut the DP. Put the kitty together and popped the paws up on dimensionals. Added a few bee stickers and stamped the sentiment.

Get Well Kitty

 MIX389 - Found Art

USEIT2020 - School Bus

My mom has been going through her craft supplies and this bus was one of the items she found that she got rid of. It ended up in my tote of items that I am trying to use up.

I did the chalkboard technique on the black layer then heat embossed the sentiment.

The white paper piece I hand drew the red and blue lines then die cut the edge. I finished with the die cut tan paper and added the school bus.

Birthday Bus

IC762 - Eye on Design where I found these cute Owls Our school had graduation in four parts yesterday. My son is invited to several parties starting tomorrow so I am still working on graduation cards for his friends. Today's inspiration was perfect for me to grab a few owl stickers. Cut down the gold layer and trimmed in black. Die cut the sentiment and punched the black and white layer. Added the owl stickers and some greenery for under the stickers and finished with a gem. Owl Graduation

Week of 7/4/20 cards

 FS699 - My sweet friend Cathy McCauley aka cathymac is today's Featured Stamper. I am always thrilled to see what she adds to the gallery as every card is a treat.

I found this terrific Tote card.

I wanted to use this medical bag from DRS Designs and Cathy's tote was perfect to inspire me to pull it out and use it.

Colored it with copics and die cut the image. Added blue to the base layer and popped the sentiment frame up on dimensionals.

Thank you Doc

 CAS592 - Let’s Sail Away

JUN20VSNC - Fishin' in the Dark

I am sorting the stack of images on my table and found that I had a 3rd that just needed some coloring to the image then add to a card. So I used the same paper and layout as I did for the VSN cards and made this card in moments just sponging on some color.

Best Dad

MMTPT623 - Asia for tea, with a bonus of adding mountains in the background Stamped the mountains a few times and then colored with copics. Sponged the grass and stamped the sentiment. Stamped the couple and colored with copics and popped up on dimensionals. Hello Friend

 WT799 - Ways to use dust

I heat embossed this great Impression Obsession rose BG image in white and then sponged in blue. Then I grabbed paper scraps from other left over cards and stamped the sentiment.

Two super quick cards and using up scraps from my table. I should see if I can do a few more.

Rose Birthday

 F4A541 - Double Down Background (I used a SU BG and Hero Arts BG)

MIS388 - Know Your ABC's I was inspired by This Georges Braque Painting

Stamped the two BG images on white CS and sponged the edge with tan.

Stamped the Heartfelt Creations Sunflowers and sponged on tan, brown and yellow for the flower colors. Cut the flowers and shaped. Added prills and stickles to the flowers and mounted. Popped the sentiment up on dimensionals.

Finished the card off with the corner gems.

Friends...

IC761 - Color Shot is today's inspiration where I found this great Pintrist Image

My niece asked me for a purple and white graduation card and she needed a sunflower added. Today's inspiration was the push I needed to create the card.

I embossed the base white layer with the graduation caps EF. Then die cut the layers. I used a fun DP to trim between the emboss and the purple. Then I stamped the sentiment.

The little sunflower image was sent to me by Polly (Peeps321) in a teapot exchange and was the perfect size to add to the card and not take away from the graduation theme. I colored that with pencils and added it to the sentiment.

You Did It

Week of 6/27/20 Part 2 Cards

 JUN20VSNKIDS - Shake it Up

I used gold and black paint for my card so I could make another graduation card. Our school is holding an outdoor graduation in July and I am working on making as many graduation cards as I can for this year's seniors. Once the background was dry I layered.

Stamped this Unity image and colored with copics to finish off the card.

Avon Graduate

 IC760 - - HappyWalls Pinterest board here I found this amazing City Wall

JUN20VSNH - Summer in the City

Die cut the city. Used oil pigment and smeared on the background. Added the die cut city and heat embossed the sentiment. Finished with some punched hearts and sequins.

Tho Miles Apart...

 JUN20VSNI - What a Wonderful World/Tic-Tac-Toe

I used (Foam (to elevate images); Dies; Stenciling)

I stamped the image and colored with copics. When I die cut it I left it in the frame and used the frame as a stencil to color the inside of the image.

Stamped the map and cut the layers. Finished with the sentiment.

This will be my son's birthday card this year. He wears this exact hat and plays trumpet and I just had to have this image for him.

Birthday Boy

JUN20VSNJ - Endless Summer: Beach Boys

I took inspiration from Get around and used this motorcycle. This sticker was in my tote of stuff to use up. I embossed some foil and used the sticker. Layered on card stock and finished with the sentiment.

Motorcycle Birthday

JUN20VSNK - Summer of 1968

USEIT2020 - Heartfelt Creations card kit

I chose the song Grazing in the Grass and used this card kit from Heartfelt creations. It came stamped and cut. I colored the images and layered on dimensionals. I finished the images with stickles.

Wooded Birthday

JUN20VSNL - Animals, Marroon 5

My aunt asked me to make a birthday card for her with this image. It was already stamped on my table and perfect for this challenge. Colored with copics and used papers from my stash.

Birthday Fur Babies

JUN20VSNM - My Favorite Things

My sweet Baby is one of my favorite things in the world. I give my friends that own a mom and pop pet shop a yellow kitty card every year for Christmas because they gave me my little Baby.

Stamped the image and colored with copics. Cut the layers and finished with the red and gold ribbon. Popped the image up on dimensionals.

My Baby

JUN20VSNN - Country Line Dancing

This image from DRS Designs is perfect for the challenge. I stamped the image and colored with copics. The flooring was a piece left from another project and perfect for this floor. I did out of the box cutting and added the floor.

Cowboy Boots

JUN20VSNO - A Spoonful of Sugar

Stamped the Heartfelt Creations cupcake and colored with copics. Cut the cupcake base and added Nuvo Drops to the ribbon.

Birthday Cupcake

JUN20VSNP - Crescendo

I learned my nieces sister just graduated from college while working full time and having a young son. I created the ombre' layer using yellow water colors then die cut the graduates. Finished embossing the base layer and punched stars and die cut the sentiment.

Congratulations

JUN20VSNQ - Favorite Christmas Carol

USEIT2020 - Heartfelt Creations card kit

For me, any song in the old clay Christmas movies are my favorite. This image from Heartfelt Creations is perfect for a Frosty the Snowman song. The old Heartfelt Creations card kits came already stamped and cut.

I colored the images and pupped them up on dimensionals. Sponged the card bases and added stickles to Frosty.

Frosty

Week of 6/27/20 Part 1 Cards

 FS698 - The super talented Patti, better known around here as pspapercrafts is today's Featured Stamper. I found this wonderful CARD.

I kept the layout very similar and added the die cut heart beat in the BG rather than a ribbon. Stamped this great sentiment from DRS Designs and cut the layers down. I rounded all the edges and finished with some punched hearts. The hearts have stickles so they really pop on the card.

A Nurse Brings

 CAS591 - Animals with Paws

I needed a few quick congratulations cards for my friends little pet grooming shop. I have been trying to come up with quick cards for them and also having them sell some of my cards to help them during this pandemic. These were super quick and I had 5 different dogs that I could stencil to give them different cards.

Stenciled the dogs and stamped the sentiment.

Congratulations Pup

 MMTPT622 - Pens/Pencils & Decorated envelopes

This daisy is hand drawn then colored with copics. Finished off with stickles and the sentiment.

Hand Drawn Daisy

FS807 - This weeks sketch I am still working on graduation cards for this year's seniors. They are having graduation in July and I am hard at work trying to make more cards. Today's sketch was perfect for this die cut. Die cut the gold and white glitter paper with the sunrays die cut from Divinity and switched them out on the 2 cards. Die cut congratulations and the graduates and layered. Congratulations

 WT798 - Sand and Surf - Texture, Technique or Image, but include both sand and surf

USEIT2020 - Beach Scene

I am working my way through a tote of items trying to use them up by the end of the year and I came across this beach scene.

I cut down the scene then layered over the blue matting. Cut out a frame and die cut some seagulls and cattails to frame. I finished the frame with the sentiment and popped up on dimensionals.

To add more interest to the image I added stickles to the water.

Beach Birthday

 F4A540 - When Words Fail (Music)

USEIT2020 - Die cut music staff & Stickers

I am still working my way through the number of cards I am making for graduating seniors this year. This card is going to one of my son's very best friends. He plays baritone and I could not find a baritone sticker so I cut one on my cricut.

The music staff was a die cut in my stack of items in my tote I am trying to use up and I finished the card with a bunch of music notes and marching band sticker.

Carter 2020

 MIX387 - Color Tic Tac Toe

USEIT2020 - Heartfelt Creations card kit

JUN20VSNA - Classis Rose

When I saw today's Mix challenge I thought of this Heartfelt Creations card kit. I am trying to use them up as they take up space in my craft room and they no longer sell the kits. I used the colors on the bottom row of the tic tac toe board.

I sponged the edges of the layers. Next I sponged the flowers and leaves. Then I shaped the flowers and leaves. Added the layers and popped the panel up on dimensionals. I finished the flowers off with stickles.

Beautiful

 JUN20VSNB - Hats Off!: Country Western

This faux wood was already done on my table and perfect for this western image from DRS Designs.

Stamped the image and sponged the edge with brown and then distressed it. added the die cut barbed wire and the birthday sentiment.

Cowboy Birthday

 JUN20VSNC - Fishin' in the Dark

This great image was sent to me by Jan (Precious Kitty) and I though it would make a couple great Father's Day cards. I am building my stash for next year early.

Sponged the sky and water then cut the layers. Stamped the sentiment and used some die cut sea shells to finish the card off.

Night Fishing

 JUN20VSND - Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot

When I saw this challenge I went to my stash of papers I needed to use up and found this bold bright sun looking paper. I needed to make some welcome cards for the little pet shop as they are opening back up and trying to rebuild their business. This is perfect paper for bright cheerful welcome cards.

Cut the paper for a few different cards and trimmed it with coordinating papers. Used a stack of already punched circles from my tote of items I am trying to use up and layered with the white. Used some already die cut dogs and stamped the sentiment.

Welcome

 JUN20VSNE - summer night card

Stamped the owls and colored with copics. cut out the circle and sponged the moon. Popped the layer on dimensionals and added the red hearts and stickles. Heat embossed the sentiment.

Owl Always...

JUN20VSNF - You are the Stamping Queen

These images were sent to me by (peeps321) aka Polly. I colored them with pencils and layered. Added bakers twine and several gems.

For You

JUN20VSNG - Smokin' Hot Jazz: Matchbook Note pad

This cute image was sent to me a while ago in a Teapot Tuesday challenge and I had it colored in a pile needing to get used. I created the Notepad with the green paper and layered purple and the sparkle orange. I finished with the punched yellow stars to match the yellow star on the shoes.

Witches Shoes

Week of 6/20/20 cards

 FS697 - this weeks incredibly talented featured stamper is Trudy (daisystampinator)

I found this super fun CARD

I loved the layout of Trudy's card. I flipped the layout and rather than a diamond base layer I did plaid using the DRS Designs plaid builder stamp. Then I added the yellow plaid rather than ribbon.

Stamped their new wheel chair buddies image I colored it with copics. Added white gel to his shirt to mirror the plaid background and die cut the layers.

Best Friends

CAS590 - Pop it Up - use pop ups/foam dots CCC20JUN - Door or Window (I did a window view of woods - not a traditional window but a window to the woods) Die cut two layers of woods. The base layer of blue is wax resist. Then I put down the base layer of the woods. Then popped the second layer of woods on dimensionals and finished with the sentiment and sequins. Seasons Greetings

 MMTPT621 - piece that move

The moving part on the card is George. He swings left and right. I used the My Favorite Things swing die.

The George image was a coloring page I printed over 6 years ago and I thought it was time to color him and get him used. Then I fussy cut around him.

The BG is sponged with green distress ink. Then I added that to the tree and the top of the swing so it looks like the tree branch swings with George.

I finished the card with the brown frame and stamped the sentiment.

Hello George

 WT797 - June Symbols Color/Flower/BIrd/Number/Stone

Stamped the Ceartfelt Creations roses and sponged them blue. Sponged the leaves green and shaped the roses and leaves. Die cut the window and sponged the layers green. Added the roses and the sentiment. Finished the roses with silver stickles and added pearls.

Mother's Roses

F4A539 - Create-A-Background

I sponged my BG then added water drops to get splatter.

This great die cut came from Anne (jdmommy). The minute I saw it in her gallery I was in love with it and she was kind enough to send me some. Thank you so much Anne.

I did use one stamp to add the sentiment. I hope that was ok.

Jazz it Up

IC759 - Children's book Illustration board where I fond this cute Birthday Dog illistration

USEIT2020 - Dimensional Dogs

I needed to get these dimensional dogs used from my tote of items I am trying to use up and the birthday dog illustration was perfect inspiration to put these on cards.

I cut down the DP for the top and added black paper to the base. Then put the dog on the card and trimmed him to fit the base. stamped the sentiment and cut to a a banner.

Birthday Dog

Week of 6/13/20 Cards

 FS696 - The incredibly talented featured stamper, PattyBennett. I found this amazing CARD

I loved the scene on the fence line and took that for my inspiration for today's card.

I stamped this wonderful image from DRS Designs and then masked her. Once masked I stamped the fence. Then I colored the scene with copics and sponged the sky.

I finished off with this wonderful sentiment also from the new DRS Designs series. I will be making a few of these cards as donations.

The Only...

CAS589 - Paper strips Super quick card for me, stamped the stars in white on the blue panel, cut red and white paper strips and glued to the card base. Stamped the great military image from DRS Designs and popped on dimensionals. Finished with a birthday sentiment for a military friend's birthday. Military Birthday

 MMTPT620 - Pink and/or Purple flowers

This great floral image was sent to me in a Teapot Tuesday exchange and I thought it would be perfect to send out for a Teapot Challenge.

Colored the image with pencils. Cut the layers and layered. The base layer is left over from the napkin technique I did last week and I loved it so much I thought it would work for this card too.

Finished with the ribbon

Pink & Purple

 WT796 - Unused Stamps

USEIT2020 - Suns & Sunbursts

This challenge is one my mom wanted to see. She wanted to see stamps that I have not used...well, I have a bunch of those stamps but I chose this cute moose image from Unity. I just had to have it and it was time to finally ink it up. I made 3 of them because I am also using up the die cut sun bursts on the BG.

Stamped the moose and colored with copics. Fussy cut them and layered on the sun burst die cuts. Added some already die cut suns from my tote of items I am trying to use up and die cut some clouds using one for the sentiment which was also unused.

Moose Birthday

IC758 - Kawaii Pen Shop where I found this cute Memo Pad

Those colors were perfect for me to create a couple more graduation cards for the class of 2020. Our school is having graduation in July so I still have some time to get a few more cards made.

Die cut the cap and banner pieces and stamped the sentiment. Glued the pieces down. Super quick cards, I might be able to crank out a few more of these. I will also keep this design in mind for next year's cards because I will need more next year with 3 family members graduating. 

Congrats 2020